Your Birthdate: November 6

A birthday on the 6th of the month adds a tone of responsibility, helpfulness, and understanding to your natural inclinations. Those born on the sixth are more apt to be open and honest with everyone, and more caring about family and friends, too. This is a number associated with responsibility and caring - this birthday lends a degree of concern for others.

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Wow.. this week is really like so shuang.. tues off, weds i went back to work, but my mo gave me mc when i went to see him from my sore throat,so iwent home to sleep by noon, today off as well due to Navy Day, tmr half day off as i'm just required to report at changi med centre by 1.00pm. LOLx. think i kinda rested well enough, just that my voice still sound abit weird n eeky.

I went to sing ktv today! despite my sore throat..hahaha. i was basically entertaining them as i went off key at the high pitch part of almost every song. was with my pri sch classmates.. nice meeting them after like almost a year ago.. time really flies..was reminising abt the old times and talking abt how everyone and other ppl in our pri sch were doing.. hahah quite interesting..

looks like some ancient ruins from far..see that bird? taken from the lift lob of 1st world hotel 

Us again at genting... 

Turban!!!! 

Dracula!!!  

On our hired van to genting.. 

I had about 4 , 5 days to explore Kaohsiung after minusing duty onboard and stuff. Weather there wasn't as cool and welcoming as i thought. sighz. it was freaking hot! just that u dun sweat as much as u do in sg. Kaohsiung is filled with towering giant shopping malls, with many familiar deparmental stores, isetan,sogo blah blah. They didn't have much to offer, no cheap bargains. except for kuah... who enjoys oogling at the shiseido ladies at the comestic section..haha. heheh the only thing that was interesting was the tian ti xiao jie, who will press the lift buttons and go on rattaling and introducing abt what each floor/level have to offer, while everyone in the lift actually pay no attention to her at all. poor thing lei. =P

things in taiwan are generally expensive, except for food i guess. thats like also the highlight of the trip! really enjoyed the street snacks at liu he ye shi, the equivalent of shi lin ye shi in taipei i suppose. Yum yum! i got sick of the xiang ji pa(chicken cutlet w lots of MSG) by the 2nd or 3rd day.. Lots of interesting stuff to see at xin jue jiang, a place equivalent to taipei's ximenting.. its like heeren but open air concept..

bought quite alot of local products, like taiyang ping(sun biscuit?), nai mei(milk prunes) and also some souveniers.. i had so much things to carry that i had to travel two times when I disembark from my ship..

talking abt sailing.. sailing on LST certainly is very different from many other ships. I was rather busy thru out this trip compared to my prev trips.. basically on LST there's actually a fully equipped medical centre facility.. and basically we have to see sick parades everyday, being the only medic onboard and given the no. of shp crew theres quite alot of things to do.. i'm also suppose to help to clean parts of the ship, like sweep floor mop floor wash toilet... abit not used to it cox i normally do nothing onboard other smaller crafts hahaha. but in a way time passes alot faster this time round. i was assigned to bunk together with the divers.. haah they really know how to enjoy.. brought 2 tvs, 1 ps2, 1 xbox, 1 dvd player.. they were a group of very nice ppl.. let me play their games, eat their tibits, snacks, help me out and stuff... i lobang one of their car back home on that day we reach sg as well. haha there was one time they tried to get me drunk.. we were playing this card game. each person are given 3 cards, the total points were added up and only the last digit was to be counted. eg, u get 2 kings and a 6, the total point would be 26, and therefore u would get 6 points. so the person with te smallest points would have to drink a small cup of chivas.. mind u its 40% alc.. and we are drinkning it without diluting it.. i was super duper heng... they kept missing me... so i din drink much.. hahahaha but i stilll got an splitting headache the next day.

hmm thats abt all i have to say for my taiwan trip.

Hmm.. the genting/kl trip wasn�t exactly as ideal as how I thought a holiday should be. But its definitely an experience of a lifetime. Imagine upon reaching KL and having pissed off by the hotel manager at the reception and eventually led us to a frenzy search for another hotel to stay overnight, Sweating like a pig everywhere we got to, (even in genting), facing hordes of ppl and overwhelming long queues everywhere we go, a crappy hotel room n service at 1st world hotel in genting, 2 hour delay in our return coach and an EIGHT hour bus ride back to Singapore. Hmm sounds really bad hor.? Haha but despite all this shit.. I think we still managed to have lots of fun.

A first overseas trip with my sec sch buddies comprising of tw, tj, ken, kc, wp, ronnie n sw. hmm the main objective of the trip was to get together and have fun, and I�m sure we did. Its kinda amazing how we are still meeting up like almost every week, laughing at the stupid jokes n actions we make or even at the slightest thing, keep thinking of things to do together during weekends despite graduating like 3 yrs ago le. Really treasure this friendship=)� BUT dear pals� pls�I dun think I�ll want to go on another holiday like this ever again. =P

Bought 2 T-shirt, a pair of sneakers for myself from Chinatown in KL� were relatively cheap as we bought in bulk..we had 8 ppl so bargaining wasn�t a problem. Ha. Original intention was to get a backpack or sling bag as well.. but there weren�t many nice bags around unlike last time.

PheWz! i'm finally home sweet home.. Came back from taiwan on fri midnite(sat morning) 0300hrs.. den off to woodlands to meet my sec sch buddies for KL/genting trip early morning in the same day... mad rush...really feeling quite tired n sick now..V bad sore throat due to all the late nights + spicy/fried/heaty/junk food + screams from the rides in the themepark.. haha.. but really had lots of fun la =)

shall tell u all about my taiwan n genting kl trip in the later trip.. still feeling abit dazed and hand over after all the madness =P

hmm will be onboard the ship in roughly 2 hours time? Hopefully i will be back by 30th morning or even earlier.. *really praying hard*. Really want to go KL/genting with u guys but just that the timing is soo rush.we shall see. Nonetheless i'm going to enjoy myself in gaoshiung, taiwan. hope the weather will be nice n cooling. Taiwan Wo Lai Ye! For now i'm going to eat the spread mum wiped out for me. YUM. CYa Guys =)

ayz.. i'm on duty. my 1st weekend duty in like a month plus. wad a boring saturday! did 6 weekday n 0 weekend duty for the month of march.. mindlessly and brainlessly blogging here and trying to email nice songs from the com here to my email account.

My GODLIKE streak has been ended by KC and TW! hmm i'm refering to mahjong here...not LAN.. lost 20+ bucks last night after winning consecutively for 3 weeks... guess my luck has finally ran out.. oh maybe weepoh wasn't around!! or i wasn't wearing red!! haha. anyway TW seem to have all the luck that i was having for the past weeks..argh *EVIL*
kinda sick of LAN decided not to join ken they all after work on fri... find it pointless to rush down all the way from tuas and feeling all tired and sian. went home freshen up and have a quick dinner and watched the last episode of jie da huan xi.. that show has really been good entertainment after a stressful day of work... the brainless humour certainly made weeknite dinner sessions more interesting =) for the past few weeks.

met up with mcvin at bishan for awhile before proceeding to ken's house.. had this iced earl grey + aloe vera.. found the combi rather interesting n further more it was a chef/popular recommendation.. decided to give it a try and it was indeed kinda refreshing.. cool stuff..

sighz my taiwan trip has been extended. expected to return to sg on 30thApr... extend for abt an week... which means spend more money and wads worse i dun think i can go KL/genting with my best pals! SIANz. unless they decide to return earlier... SIghzz ArghZkjkdjl;asd,84/%^*&*

Played mahjong again yesterday.. felt like a du gui.. but the good thing is that i've won for 3 consecutive weeks.. MuAhahahaha.. No la felt kinda evil... keep winning ppl's money. win until paiseh. LOL. ok shall not so xiao zhang. had a belated birthday celebration for kenvin's birthday at kenvin's favourite restaurant - swensens( think its cheows fav too. Simply dun understd wads so gd abt there=P) anyway it's Kenvin'as birthday so he wins. Talked abt rubbish n slacked abit and out of the blue we decided to have a short getaway to KL and/or genting during the labour day long weekend. Haven really worked it out yet.. but we need to get this sorted b4 me n weepoh leave for taiwan exercise nxt month.

Was looking at my own blog past archives.. hmm there was indeed a period of time that i did conscientiously make the effort to blog every day or every other day.. and to my amazement the entries were FULL of complaints and grumbles... Hahaha... and to think I was kinda happy when i was in jc everytime when i looked back. perhaps tts becox i only started blogging only in j2, when i start to feel the heat, Perhaps its my natural ability to only choose to remember more of the happy n enjoyable moments, and the tendency to blog and forget abt it when i'm feeling down. hmm self delusion? think its more like having a way to make one's day/life a brighter n a less gloomy one. =)

Gotta go collect my router and free thumbdrive at funan later... thinkning of catching ms congeniality at night.

finally i'm back here... and this time round with a brand new com from my home. at last rite. have been using the same com since sec1.. can u imagine my pain and agony haha=P. bought it abt 2 weekends ago i think. really must thank alvin who accompany me down to sim lim and relentlessly help me install all the necessary programs at his house over the night. thanks buddy!

yay going to taiwan next month from 4th to 22nd! and i'm going to sail on a LST(landing Ship Tank). but its going to be only me and 1 MO thruout the whole trip.. really pray hard that it will be some nice guy if not it would be miserable and sian trip. wonder how many days of shore leave we wil get there.. oh we going to gaoshiong only.. so no ximenting, taipei101 and stuff... nv shall go there by myself some other time.

my superior just broke some very very dire news. according to him there's this pontentially HIGH risk job, and they will have to undergo lots of tough and specialised training such as learning how to throw grenades, operate several types of weapons, FIBUA and stuff. Its a very operational and real situation we are talking abt here, where its real no-joke and to be it crudely u might just die anytime. My superior said as they haven got enough time to train medics, as for now, they need 2 medics and expected to undergo training. THATS COMPLELELY INSANE.

How can they send us NSF to do such things and expose us to such life threatening situation...not that i'm not willing to protect my country, but not in this manner. I would not hesitate to fight if there's war, or any immediate danger, but certainly not risking my life and doing something against my own will. Hey i'm just serving my duty as a male citizen, not working or slogging for the organisation. I'm not a regular, and i'm not receiving regular pay either. most importantly of all, i dun have the mindset of a regular, i dun "mai4 ming4". My attitude towards NS is just serve and say goodbye, and along it just learn anything useful and make new friends. never has cross my mind to pia.. i simply find it pointless, that kinda explains why i'm not in OCS or sispec. for me, as for now, at least i find my job though tedious and boring at times, at least i'm still helping ppl to get well, stay healthy or might even save their lives one day. Haiz just hope my CO dun send anyone of us.

Went on this total defence trip today.. at first i thot its going to be another heritage tour like those we have had during our sch days.. but it turned out to be a really interesting trip. really impressed by the wealth of knowledge the guide possessed, was like sharing lots of stuff with us. some of the things that might be interesting to note.

1.the swastika symbol that hitler used, was actually adopted from hinduism, which represents purity, and for suggesting the aryan german race was actually the puriest form of all mankind. obviously the hindus weren't very happy abt that. the buddhists also have this swastika symbol but its in the anticlockwise direction.

2.Inside the sumpreme court, the chamber where they keep the accused, has a trapdoor beneath which leads to a cell. cool stuff hor. its to transport the accused directly to court if he's a public figure to shield him away from the media and press.

3.Suntec city tower1,2,3,4,5 are build to represnt the 5 fingers, (notice 1 of the towers is shorter), and the fountain of wealth which represents the palm, has water flowing inwards towards the centre, signifying growing or reaining wealth.

4.there's this posh thai restaurant named 1827 at the old parliament building which is refurbished and now called The Arts House, which apparently chief justice and many cabinet ministers like to dine there. . if there's of interest to u.

k think i'm quite done=)

Arghz have been sooo lazy to update this blog.. sorry folks. =P where should I begin?

Hmm just came back from hong kong on mon.. not sailing.. by plane finally. Consider it a short getaway with my family.. really enjoyed the weather there.. I really miss the desserts and dim sum there!! All the almond, walnut, wad etc etc..paste wahz..! yumm.. had to grab one bowl of them before going back to hotel every night. Really was mai dongxi, chi dongxi, mai dongxi, chi dongxi all the way. Haha. Think will be sailing to Taiwan this or next month.. yeah certainly looking forward to having shore leave there as well. Then can continue to mai dongxi, chi dongxi =P

Taiwanese drama serial dou yu 2 is really worth watching. Didn�t have a very good impression of it initially. Always had reservations for sequels and part 2s. haha. But this is quite an exception. Engaging and touching.

Haven done this kind of tests for ages..
Trying to salvage n see wadever amt of brains thats still in me.

Your Dominant Intelligence is Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

You are great at finding patterns and relationships between things. Always curious about how things work, you love to set up experiments. You need for the world to make sense - and are good at making sense of it. You have a head for numbers and math ... and you can solve almost any logic puzzle. You would make a great scientist, engineer, computer programmer, researcher, accountant, or mathematician.

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Xin Nian Kuai Le! Been so lazy these few days.. nowadays i only seem to blog only when i'm on duty.. like now. HahA.

Went out with Joan and quite a number of classmates last weds..didn't really felt like a farewell dinner, felt more like a normal class gathering.. or should i say a more successful one... cox more then usual no. of ppl turned up. Felt good and certainly enjoyed catching up with u guys. All the best n take care Joan!

Took my MIPA(Medic proficiency test or sth lydat) on mon.. ran quite smoothly and easier than i thot.. manage to rattle on and on the steps that had to be performed..
despite having a small hiccup at the 2 man cpr while assisting jihui.. was screwed by the infamous blackie.. irritating guy.

Been eating non stop ever since like CNY eve? or eve eve.. Haha.. Tmr going to kc's house and weepoh's house to continue on my gourmet tour. Do i sound like a glutton or wad?=P Dun be scare to invite to your house. Went to this restanrant called noble house at shenton way on 2nd day of CNY.. is under tung luk grp of restaurants i think..superb food.. haha den went on to kenvin's house for a steamboat dinner. Headed down to PS for a late night movie.. Constantine. Its was a rather dark movie i had to say. Abit hard to understand as well due to some christianity and satanic references. But shouldn't be a problem as long as you follow closely. Cool sound and visual effects too. Good movie to catch.

Happy 20th Birthday Chek Wun!

Heya.. going duty again.. been doing duty for 2 consecutive weekends.. quite sianz.. wad to do who ask me late for duty that day.. but i'm fortunate enough to serve my extra this month instead of next month.. if not i'll probably be at med centre watching ch5's or ch8's "CNY special" I'll be doing duty on chu san.. quite alright la.. at least is a normal working day but i bet everyone is going to take off...hmmphz.. starting to eat those CNY goodies liaoz..*YumZ*

Attended the commissioning parade at SAFTI last sun.. went with weiping's family and xuanzhi.. hmm it was quite an elaborated parade with proper fanfare band and even an religious blessing ceremony.. where representatives from the 9 main religions in Singapore gathered to so called "bless" the newly commissioned officers.. quite an eye-opener.. that was even a command for the parade to bow.. first time see this kind of thing.. met alot of familiar faces among the audience and graduads-a term they used. of course they were many proud parents embracing their own sons.. feel happy for you guys weiping(Congrats to ya!), william(welcome to tuas n cya there!), vernon(sword of honour winner! how zai is that!!)...blar blar many more..its definately quite an remarkable feat to go through the 10 months of torturous training and shit.. was also glad for weiping and xuanzhi who looked fine and happy together=)

bought the SHE vcd.. haha they're so cute! my fav MV had to be jing zhong zao tie bu shao and da nu ren zhu yi.. duno why i like this album of theirs alot.. compared to previous ones..

I'm thinking of taking up Jap again.. accompanied qw n kuah to this Cmabridge language school at Peninsula Plaza to enrol in basic Jap class.. so i shun bian enquired them if they have any placement test.. like see if i'm qualified for the intermediate class.. haha surprisingly they got their Jap teacher to speak to me on the spot.. den the next moment she was like rattling on and bombarding me in Jap.. hahaha i was able to make out wad she was saying and asking.. but it took me like ages and a tremendous effort to reply her qns in jap.. i was stammering and probably speaking very bad, broken Japanese..hahaha. jialat lei.. hahaha... fortunately she was very patient with me even when i blurted out some english words from time to time when i was so bekcek haha.. quite comical. Their lessons mainly focused on conversational Jap which many lang centres do.. anyway the intermediate lessons start in late mar.. so i shall see how till then.. for now maybe i should go take out my old textbooks to refresh.. hahaha

spend the afternoon revamping my blog at the medical centre.. yah duty again.. hmm "stole" somebody's design and used it.. haha cheapo rite. but i changed most of the wordings la. so it can still be considered my creation. liked the dreamy theme and mood it presents..

came back from Penang on tues morning.. docked at Changi instead of Tuas. there was this guy onboard that had high fever of 39.0 the night before and was allergic to Panadol.. haah because of him i had the chance to use the satelite phone onboard(theres no network reception out at at sea)to contact the MO onboard the other ship.. there isn't any MO on my ship. haha it costs US$19/min. cool stuff=P. anyway after some consultation with the MO,realised that i could do nothing much but to monitor and sponge that poor "brain fried" guy till we reach Changi.. so thanks to him I could escape the "customs check" and evac to med centre immediately along with my pirated dvds in my bag.ahaha

There's really nothing much at Penang.. was so bored by the 3rd and 4th day there.. btw we had 4.5 days of shore leave there.. freaking long. sat by the batu ferringhi beach like for an afternoon..ya the one swept by the tsunami... everything seems normal there, just that its abit quiet given its proximity to the beach resorts and hotels. could only see one or 2 chap parasailing.. and some angmohs sunbathing.. a couple of horses being strolled along the beach offering rides to tourists... bought some tau sa piahs,dvds,a mini mahjong set and some souveniers.. didn't spent as much as when i was in Pattaya even though i only had 3 days there.

going to see the OCS commisioning parade tmr.. Congrats to all the soon to be officers!! SIR! *salutes*

did the usual stuff on sat... played LAN.. hahah wads new on my weekends sia..hahaha.. dunnoe when will this DOTA craze be over.. soon i think..

went to j8 to cut hair and shop for some stuff.. it was SOO crowded.. hmm there was this performance think the organisation or theme is called SHINE or sth.. where dance/cheerleading groups from Japan, Korea, SG & Msia come down to perform... quite happening and interesting sia..Some of them r not bad looking..hahaha..

anticipating the RenCi charity show later... Ciaoz