Sat
Went to Marcus's church for special service, or rather, FREEDOM service. It was quite refreshing and very lively. The worship songs were very meaningful. Speech was by their youth pastor and her delivery of her content was excellent, and further aid by the use of diagrams made me understand it very well. Now I know what is meant by true FREEDOM,to be yourself in how God wants you to be,not to be a slave of others, trying to meet their expectations and to be free from all un-necessary worries. It was indeed a very mind-inspiring service. Then we ate and went for pool later on =P
Sun
Parkway parade in the morning. =) Its my dad's favourite place apart from Mustafa. Saw Harry Potter's last book at Giant selling for 9.99 and I thgt it was a good buy! Since I only read a small part of the book only, I thgt buying it was a good choice considering its cheap price. Wah,not until I went down to Borders. They sold it for 9.95?!?! Lingered around Borders to read the Tech magazines before going to Isetan to buy a small Gundam set to fix at home. Recently Im into the model aircraft craze and I think Im gonna get a beginner foam aircraft set soon. Gotta bring Dad to Fook Hai Building one of these days. Hahahahaha. Played Mahjong in the night with mum and bro while dad went out to play with his friends. I won 2 dollars plus?!?! Hahah,better than nth. And dad won 200 so I got more $ too. =D
Mon
Chiong-ed Forensic Heros last disc! Ep 24 now,30's the end! But its so nice I jus dont want it to end. =X Then in the night, same thing, mahjong! but this time I lost a few bucks so evened out. Argh!
Okay tmr there's so many things to bring to sch, toolkit, 2 badminton racquets, 1 tube of shuttle, books, towel. Whew.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Just an hour ago I watched a show on Channel 8 called "Life transformers" (I suppose =X) Its seriously a check on reality and very touching. The show is about how the 2 hosts and a group of volunteers go down to a family that really really needs help from society, as in REALLY very in need of help. And today's family was a family of 4, of which 3 are low in IQ and only the 2nd brother was working. His pay was low as he is lowly educated. The house was in terrible conditions and household pests roamed the place like its their playground. The toilet was so so so dirty that my mother went away from the TV for a moment because she couldn't stand the sight. So the 2 hosts and volunteers came and cleaned the house, helped the family's small girl apply to go to school and submit application forms for financial subsidies.
After watching the show, it just reminds me to realise how fortunate we are.
Like how often
-Others want to go to school when we are raking our brains on how to skip school
-Dreaming of how big a house we want to stay in when others are sleeping under the overhead bridge
-Our next Gucci bag or eating at Crystal Jade restaurants while the poor are struggling to cope with 3 meals a day.
Im not trying to say we must be like them, or learn how to save. But how often do we keep check on ourselves and appreciate the things around us. Like how a simple factor in our daily lives can cause us so much suffering and troubles and ironically we do not acknowledge its presence nor appreciate its value. Perhaps we are just living in a world of ignorance and living each day not knowing what causes its completeness.
Sometimes I wonder why these people are made to suffer and their sufferings keep snowballing over and over again. They are poor, then they get ostracised from society, people verbally and mentally abuse them, blah blah blah. Karma? I dont know. =X
School has started for about a week and the workload this semester looks kinda tough. More practical skills involved and its a combination of what we've learnt in the earlier semesters. In others words, APPLICATION. And now Im stuck with the decision to go for Attatchment or not to go for it. Somehow the pros and cons weight each other out and its really hard to make a informed decision, considering many around me are also having a "sitting on the fence" mentality. Hmmmm.......
Joined the badminton club last sat for their first training for this semester. It seems kinda nice and the committee members explain the rules of the game really well. Some are quite knowledgable in the field of hitting techniques. Best is definitely free play session, 12pm to 4pm. WOW!!! =D
And anyway, just to end it off, I like this sentence from the Bible alot
"Forgive our sins Father Lord, as we forgive those who sinned against us"
Easy to say, hard to execute.
After watching the show, it just reminds me to realise how fortunate we are.
Like how often
-Others want to go to school when we are raking our brains on how to skip school
-Dreaming of how big a house we want to stay in when others are sleeping under the overhead bridge
-Our next Gucci bag or eating at Crystal Jade restaurants while the poor are struggling to cope with 3 meals a day.
Im not trying to say we must be like them, or learn how to save. But how often do we keep check on ourselves and appreciate the things around us. Like how a simple factor in our daily lives can cause us so much suffering and troubles and ironically we do not acknowledge its presence nor appreciate its value. Perhaps we are just living in a world of ignorance and living each day not knowing what causes its completeness.
Sometimes I wonder why these people are made to suffer and their sufferings keep snowballing over and over again. They are poor, then they get ostracised from society, people verbally and mentally abuse them, blah blah blah. Karma? I dont know. =X
School has started for about a week and the workload this semester looks kinda tough. More practical skills involved and its a combination of what we've learnt in the earlier semesters. In others words, APPLICATION. And now Im stuck with the decision to go for Attatchment or not to go for it. Somehow the pros and cons weight each other out and its really hard to make a informed decision, considering many around me are also having a "sitting on the fence" mentality. Hmmmm.......
Joined the badminton club last sat for their first training for this semester. It seems kinda nice and the committee members explain the rules of the game really well. Some are quite knowledgable in the field of hitting techniques. Best is definitely free play session, 12pm to 4pm. WOW!!! =D
And anyway, just to end it off, I like this sentence from the Bible alot
"Forgive our sins Father Lord, as we forgive those who sinned against us"
Easy to say, hard to execute.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Seriously day by day its getting badminton frenzy for me.
Today I just went down to this shop at TPY Lor 4 Blk 94. Classic Sports Shop. Its quite highly recommended by fellow badminton players in the badmintoncentral forum so I went down to have a look. In the end, I changed my default strings to the Yonex BG 80 which is very good in control and smashes, changed the grip for my secondary racquet, Yonex Carbonex 8 SP (Legend k!) and the guy did a very very wonderful job with the grips, feels very very rough and good to hold, and lastly bought a bottle of RSL practise shuttles. Spent like close to 40 in all?! Yeah but its damn worth it. He didnt charge me for re-stringing and recommended me the RSL shuttles as 1 of the best practise and budget shuttles. =)
Ran 2.4 today at the stadium admist a crowd of pre-NS men taking their NAPFA tests. Reminds me of the NAPFA test next year. =P I still think I need to improve on my standing broad jump, pull-ups and shuttle run. Sit and reach might be a problem too. Haiz. But I finished my 2.4 in 10 mins plus again today! Hahahahaha. The length of 3 songs and Im done. =D
Okay, off to look for more badminton kaki on badminton central alr..Byee! =D
Today I just went down to this shop at TPY Lor 4 Blk 94. Classic Sports Shop. Its quite highly recommended by fellow badminton players in the badmintoncentral forum so I went down to have a look. In the end, I changed my default strings to the Yonex BG 80 which is very good in control and smashes, changed the grip for my secondary racquet, Yonex Carbonex 8 SP (Legend k!) and the guy did a very very wonderful job with the grips, feels very very rough and good to hold, and lastly bought a bottle of RSL practise shuttles. Spent like close to 40 in all?! Yeah but its damn worth it. He didnt charge me for re-stringing and recommended me the RSL shuttles as 1 of the best practise and budget shuttles. =)
Ran 2.4 today at the stadium admist a crowd of pre-NS men taking their NAPFA tests. Reminds me of the NAPFA test next year. =P I still think I need to improve on my standing broad jump, pull-ups and shuttle run. Sit and reach might be a problem too. Haiz. But I finished my 2.4 in 10 mins plus again today! Hahahahaha. The length of 3 songs and Im done. =D
Okay, off to look for more badminton kaki on badminton central alr..Byee! =D
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Wah today was super super ZHAI!
Mum's friend, Uncle Gary, needed ppl to help him with some stuff at the annual Hakka Association Gala Dinner and he gave me the job to contact 9 others to come along today from 10 -2. And guess what's tha pay like, 50 bucks for 4 hs! Which is like 12.50 an hour and its damn worth it considering the most I've worked was 7 bucks an hour?!
Ok so got Jonatons, Jiaw, Ajeet, Teo Huei and Tau Koon and some of them called their friends along. Job was to pack the goody bags and we did it in a production line method since we had 1400 bags to pack. Tiring but good for training the muscles! Hahahah..
Uncle Gary, who is 1 of the event organisers came along and said " okay guys I've got you all 1 ticket for the Singapore Motor Show so you ppl can go watch it later" This shocked us quite a lot cos 1 ticket costs 8 dollars. And which boss gives you such privileges. So we continued to pack and talk cock as we did. Later on he bought drinks for all of us and Jiaw was saying he's damn nice and asked him if he wanted a Godson. LOL.
So later on as he packed, guess what he said. "Guys lets go for Kenny Rogers after you all are done, my treat" Wah everybody was like "he's damn nice lar" Okay so we continued packing the bags and some went on to place them on the seats of the ballroom. Oh and PM Lee would be there in the evening so the bomb squad would be present before his arrival and we had to clear our stuff before 2. Luckily, we finished at 1.30 and after Uncle Gary gave us our pay, guess what he said to the 10 of us. "Erm okay Im passing to Mervyn 300 dollars for yr lunch today" Wah everybody was like super uber happy cos its like....30 dollars for lunch per person! Yeah and in total, if you were to add up everything, 50 dollars + 30 dollars lunch + 8 dollars Spore Motor Show Tickets and the drink worth 2 dollars, it just means 90 dollars for 3 hs!!! Wow, everyone was jus super happy.
And Ajeet and Jonatons kept taking photos with the race queens and I had to be their photographer. LOL.
All in all, 1 thing to note, THIS IS A SUPER GOOD LOBANG!!! =)
Mum's friend, Uncle Gary, needed ppl to help him with some stuff at the annual Hakka Association Gala Dinner and he gave me the job to contact 9 others to come along today from 10 -2. And guess what's tha pay like, 50 bucks for 4 hs! Which is like 12.50 an hour and its damn worth it considering the most I've worked was 7 bucks an hour?!
Ok so got Jonatons, Jiaw, Ajeet, Teo Huei and Tau Koon and some of them called their friends along. Job was to pack the goody bags and we did it in a production line method since we had 1400 bags to pack. Tiring but good for training the muscles! Hahahah..
Uncle Gary, who is 1 of the event organisers came along and said " okay guys I've got you all 1 ticket for the Singapore Motor Show so you ppl can go watch it later" This shocked us quite a lot cos 1 ticket costs 8 dollars. And which boss gives you such privileges. So we continued to pack and talk cock as we did. Later on he bought drinks for all of us and Jiaw was saying he's damn nice and asked him if he wanted a Godson. LOL.
So later on as he packed, guess what he said. "Guys lets go for Kenny Rogers after you all are done, my treat" Wah everybody was like "he's damn nice lar" Okay so we continued packing the bags and some went on to place them on the seats of the ballroom. Oh and PM Lee would be there in the evening so the bomb squad would be present before his arrival and we had to clear our stuff before 2. Luckily, we finished at 1.30 and after Uncle Gary gave us our pay, guess what he said to the 10 of us. "Erm okay Im passing to Mervyn 300 dollars for yr lunch today" Wah everybody was like super uber happy cos its like....30 dollars for lunch per person! Yeah and in total, if you were to add up everything, 50 dollars + 30 dollars lunch + 8 dollars Spore Motor Show Tickets and the drink worth 2 dollars, it just means 90 dollars for 3 hs!!! Wow, everyone was jus super happy.
And Ajeet and Jonatons kept taking photos with the race queens and I had to be their photographer. LOL.
All in all, 1 thing to note, THIS IS A SUPER GOOD LOBANG!!! =)
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Wah, tmr public holiday, SLEEP!!!
Anyway, I felt that recently I have been spending too much and I seriously ought to control my budget at least until Christmas. =) This month alone I have alr bought a pair of Creative Earphone, Diadora soccer/indoor court shoes and just yesterday, my new badminton racquet!! =) My almighty Yonex MusclePower 9! Nope of course it doesnt have muscles but it feels light and good! So overall I think I spent 200 plus in a span of like a few weeks?! Yup, no more spending until Christmas. =D
Ran 2.4 this morning and I finally reached like 10 mins and 2 seconds?! Yeah. Hahaha. I think swimming more really helps. And with more table tennis and badminton sessions coming soon, I think I will practically exercise everyday. Whee
Table tennis class today was fine. The yaking b*tch didnt come so it means more time for coach to concentrate on teaching me and the others backhand. But the sound of the shuttlecock smashes at the badminton court next to ours was super tempting and I really jus wanna grab a racquet and join in the fun and SMASH!!!
Sch's reopening soon and I sorta dread it. As in not that I dont wanna study but I have to cut down more on my sporting activities like morning swims or jogs which makes me super reluctant to do so. But Im looking forward to December periods and the hols after the common tests which means 2 weeks break.
Okay going to sleep now, byes!
Anyway, I felt that recently I have been spending too much and I seriously ought to control my budget at least until Christmas. =) This month alone I have alr bought a pair of Creative Earphone, Diadora soccer/indoor court shoes and just yesterday, my new badminton racquet!! =) My almighty Yonex MusclePower 9! Nope of course it doesnt have muscles but it feels light and good! So overall I think I spent 200 plus in a span of like a few weeks?! Yup, no more spending until Christmas. =D
Ran 2.4 this morning and I finally reached like 10 mins and 2 seconds?! Yeah. Hahaha. I think swimming more really helps. And with more table tennis and badminton sessions coming soon, I think I will practically exercise everyday. Whee
Table tennis class today was fine. The yaking b*tch didnt come so it means more time for coach to concentrate on teaching me and the others backhand. But the sound of the shuttlecock smashes at the badminton court next to ours was super tempting and I really jus wanna grab a racquet and join in the fun and SMASH!!!
Sch's reopening soon and I sorta dread it. As in not that I dont wanna study but I have to cut down more on my sporting activities like morning swims or jogs which makes me super reluctant to do so. But Im looking forward to December periods and the hols after the common tests which means 2 weeks break.
Okay going to sleep now, byes!
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