and they've done it... 3 goals down and against all odds, the mersey-siders clawed their way back from a first half deficit to win the UEFA Champions League against AC Milan.... in a space of 6 minutes, the reds demolished the 'unbreakable' defensive wall of Milan, scoring 3 goals and forcing the match into extra-time and eventually penalties... and in the same way arsenal beat man u in the FA Cup final, Liverpool keeper, Jerzy Dudek, stopped Milan star striker, Andri Schevchenko's penalty... brilliant indeed... yes, pool deserved to win...
branded underdogs since the beginning and only finishing a humble 5th in the premiership, pool silenced their critics by winning the european cup for the 5th time and thus earning the right to return the cup to anfield... but the question remains if the english FA will allow pool to defend the european title next season due to their poor premiership finish... if they are given the chance, their mersey-side rivals, everton, could be displaced from the championship... well, in my opinion, liverpool should be given the chance as they've proven that they do deserve it... some might disagree but i don't really care...
it's all about standing by... as my boss put it, something's come up up north and our ships may be deployed to look-look see-see... and they're going to do it with live missiles.. that means standing by at home, waiting for the activation phone call to return to camp and load those harpoon anti-ship missiles... just waiting...
Monday, May 23, 2005
time to update...
caught star wars ep 3 on thursday... so finally the whole story has been concluded cept for eps 7,8 and 9... george lucas said that he wouldnt be producing anymore star wars films but that is left to be seen... anyway, ep 3 was super graphic intensive and the graphics were nothing short of spectacuar... however, the script was crap... padme amidala wasnt making sense and saying stupid lines like' "anakin, you're breaking my heart..." bleah... that was the real turn-off... luckily jar-jar binks didn't squeak a word... heh... some salvation... the way anakin turned to the dark side was also a bit lame... but yeah... he had to turn somehow right?
the rest of the days came and went...
saturday was spent at the hobby shop as usual... sunday morning was spent at church again.. then did some LANning before going home... got showered and changed and then it was off to candice's for karaoke... heh... it was good... got a score of 98 like bench... haha... made bens threathen to tell lisa that i was good and draft me into the september musical... ;P no way man... haha...
ok... gtg... need to enjoy the vesak day holiday... night!
caught star wars ep 3 on thursday... so finally the whole story has been concluded cept for eps 7,8 and 9... george lucas said that he wouldnt be producing anymore star wars films but that is left to be seen... anyway, ep 3 was super graphic intensive and the graphics were nothing short of spectacuar... however, the script was crap... padme amidala wasnt making sense and saying stupid lines like' "anakin, you're breaking my heart..." bleah... that was the real turn-off... luckily jar-jar binks didn't squeak a word... heh... some salvation... the way anakin turned to the dark side was also a bit lame... but yeah... he had to turn somehow right?
the rest of the days came and went...
saturday was spent at the hobby shop as usual... sunday morning was spent at church again.. then did some LANning before going home... got showered and changed and then it was off to candice's for karaoke... heh... it was good... got a score of 98 like bench... haha... made bens threathen to tell lisa that i was good and draft me into the september musical... ;P no way man... haha...
ok... gtg... need to enjoy the vesak day holiday... night!
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
A Quickie...
Tired...
Ep3 out tomorrow... Been waiting fot his for ages... Finally the saga can end... Will be there to catch the show on permiering day...
Left work early today cos of the IMDEX Asia expo at camp... Guess they wanted us as far away from the VIPs as possible... Same for tomorrow... That would leave us ample time to go for a gd dinner at say, sakae sushi... heh...
Tired...
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Ep3 out tomorrow... Been waiting fot his for ages... Finally the saga can end... Will be there to catch the show on permiering day...
Left work early today cos of the IMDEX Asia expo at camp... Guess they wanted us as far away from the VIPs as possible... Same for tomorrow... That would leave us ample time to go for a gd dinner at say, sakae sushi... heh...
Tired...
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Saturday, May 14, 2005
A Fellowship of Friends
Saturday started bright and early. I somehow managed to pull myself out of bed before 9 and was just in time to ask my grandfather to packet breakfast for me. While waiting for it, I started digging out all my modelling equipment once again and started to finish off Javan's Freedom Gundam.
What I did was pretty slack compared to my other kits. I just basically sprayed a couple of layers of Clear coat to make the model look as though it was really painted. Luckliy the Gundam was molded in colour so this method was possible to use. I can't imagine myself taking the whole model apart and painting all the components from scratch.
So now it sits done in its box, awaiting 'shipment' to church tomorrow where Javan will pick it up.
That took the whole morning as planned. Shortly after noon, I got dressed up and headed to Compasspoint for my long overdue haircut. Then it was down to the hobby shop to continue work on the Flanker that I've been doing. All I did was decal the model today. By tomorrow I should be done with that and the topcoat can go on.
At around 5.30, I packed up and took the MRT to Somerset to meet up with the S41 bunch for dinner and pool. In all, 12 of us turned up including Zijia, Tina, Rui Ying, Colin, Razif, Nasir, Lawrence, Shahin, Wai Wai, Audrey, Dingyan and myself. We went to the Glass House and dined at Fish & Co. Spent time over dinner talking about each other and basically did some catching up. We had our fill and then walked over to Cuppage to play pool.
SAF vs SPF. That was the match of the day. the SPF team, comprising of Razif and Nasir, took the first game, just beating the SAF team of Colin and myself. The SAF bounced back during the second game and won. The third game had actually gone to the SPF but after a while, they decided to up the stakes and replayed the 3rd game. This time it was a game of 9-ball and we took it hands down. But since they 'gave us chance', we also returned the favor and played another 2 more rounds. The adrenalin was rushing as they took the 4th game. So the 5th was it. All or nothing. And it was reserved for the SAF. But it was due to a mistake that they accidentally made and Colin cooly finished the game off. Next time, we will play again.
We left Cuppage at around 10.30 and was greeted by rain pouring down along Orchard Road. There, we went our seperate ways. It was a really great day spent catching up with old friends. I really hope we can do it again soon. But it'll be better when all the people overseas are back.
Now, I'm dead beat. There's service tomorrow and YAF after that. Got to go now. Night...
Glad to see you around. It's been a long time.
What I did was pretty slack compared to my other kits. I just basically sprayed a couple of layers of Clear coat to make the model look as though it was really painted. Luckliy the Gundam was molded in colour so this method was possible to use. I can't imagine myself taking the whole model apart and painting all the components from scratch.
So now it sits done in its box, awaiting 'shipment' to church tomorrow where Javan will pick it up.
That took the whole morning as planned. Shortly after noon, I got dressed up and headed to Compasspoint for my long overdue haircut. Then it was down to the hobby shop to continue work on the Flanker that I've been doing. All I did was decal the model today. By tomorrow I should be done with that and the topcoat can go on.
At around 5.30, I packed up and took the MRT to Somerset to meet up with the S41 bunch for dinner and pool. In all, 12 of us turned up including Zijia, Tina, Rui Ying, Colin, Razif, Nasir, Lawrence, Shahin, Wai Wai, Audrey, Dingyan and myself. We went to the Glass House and dined at Fish & Co. Spent time over dinner talking about each other and basically did some catching up. We had our fill and then walked over to Cuppage to play pool.
SAF vs SPF. That was the match of the day. the SPF team, comprising of Razif and Nasir, took the first game, just beating the SAF team of Colin and myself. The SAF bounced back during the second game and won. The third game had actually gone to the SPF but after a while, they decided to up the stakes and replayed the 3rd game. This time it was a game of 9-ball and we took it hands down. But since they 'gave us chance', we also returned the favor and played another 2 more rounds. The adrenalin was rushing as they took the 4th game. So the 5th was it. All or nothing. And it was reserved for the SAF. But it was due to a mistake that they accidentally made and Colin cooly finished the game off. Next time, we will play again.
We left Cuppage at around 10.30 and was greeted by rain pouring down along Orchard Road. There, we went our seperate ways. It was a really great day spent catching up with old friends. I really hope we can do it again soon. But it'll be better when all the people overseas are back.
Now, I'm dead beat. There's service tomorrow and YAF after that. Got to go now. Night...
Glad to see you around. It's been a long time.
Friday, May 13, 2005
Life in the Navy
What a week.
Sunday was a day of a heavy rain and strong winds. Not to mention lightning and thunder. Not really a day to associate fire and burning right? Wrong. It was a weekend day that was burned. The job was supposed to start at 9 sharp with the ship's officer stressing on the sharp 'point'. So Roscoe, Alan and I took the 0730 shuttle in and got to camp by 8. We had a nice breakfast of macaroni before going to the office. By now it was already starting to drizzle. Looking at the clouds, the 3 of us just shook our heads and hoped for the best. As they say, 'The Best Is Yet To Be'. But it was not. Not on this Sunday.
By 9, the light drizzle had built up into a full-scale storm. The view through the office windows revealed nothing but torrential rain beating down on the carpark and strong winds ripping through the leaves on the trees. A check with NOB, the ops branch, confirmed that the weather was of CAT 1 status. This refers to the lightning risk indicator which in turn affects whether we can be given the 'all-clear' to work. On a normal weekday, this weather was the most welcome. But on a Sunday, it would be better if the CAT decided to catch a few mice and stay away. So we waited.
Every half hour, 1 of us would pick up the phone and dail NOB's number only to hear the dreadded news that the CAT status would not be changing till after noon. Boredom soon set in as we could not log in to the computer due to some time restriction. Lunch was the next big event and we were looking dearly for it. Finally, noon came and we went to the cookhouse. A consolation at last. They were serving a western meal today and half spring chicken was on the menu. The cream of chicken soup was exceptionally good that day. Maybe it was becase of the low temperatures that we were experiencing.
Lunch came and went and so the wait continued. Finally at 1400, good news from NOB. The CAT status had changed to 2 and the crane could start its operation. We rushed to the jobsite and lifted all that we came to lift, finishing an hour later. I had originally wanted to go down to church and join the YAF for lunch. But that was on the assumption that the job finished at 11 as scheduled. So I went straight home instead. My dad came home that night and so I had a nice dinner at his old haunt, Singa Inn Restaurant located in East Coast Park.
Coincidentally, PM Lee was there too dining with, who i think was, his family. Yes, he was there at a small table in the mini-VIP area in the middle of the restaurant's boat-shaped dining area. Plain-clothes guards were stationed at almost every entrance and watched like hawks. Well, how often do you have the PM dining in the same restaurant as you?
The weekdays followed. One of the cranes was due for servicing so a commercial crane was hired to 'cover' it s duties. Having that crane around is a real blessing as we do not have to do much work when we go out with it. The uncle driving the thing is so experienced that he does not need anybody to signal him when he's lifting something. Slack for the next 3 weeks. Furthermore, the white dog was away on leave till the weekend.
Tuesday was the day when the shit hit the fan. By not informing the black dog that he was not going for the IPPT that day, Thomas caused a shit-storm which kept blowing harder and harder. I still do not think he was at fault as he was following an order from a lieutenant and disregarding a staff sergeant's order would be perfectly all right. But the black dog did not see it that way. He really screwed Thomas up that evening. But there was more to come.
My I/C Huang had escorted the crane operator into the base and had to escort him out so as to retrieve his 11B. So under the orders of Mr Ng, the acting STO supervisor, he changed to his civillian clothes and followed Mr Ng out of the base after getting his 11B back. Meanwhile, back at LTB, the black dog was giving a lecture when he realised that Huang was missing. We told him that he had gone out and secured (dismissed) under the orders of Mr Ng who carries the rank of a 2WO DXO. But the black dog insisted that he was supposed to report to him and at that point of time, told the STOs that we were not part of LTB and told us to leave. We were apprehensive at first but we soon left when we realised that the black dog was going to ignore us.
The rest of the week was full of him ignoring us, not telling us to muster in the morning and falling-out in the evening. We're confused by this. Who's orders should we follow? That of a ranking officer or that of a department head who holds the rank of staff sergeant? What does the directive say? I hope to find out soon so as not to get into any more of this trouble.
Today is Friday the 13th. So much crap has happened throughout the week that it will probably over-shadow and bad luck that the fabled day would bring. The white dog will be back next week. But there is something I'm looking forward to. Thursday, May 19th. Star Wars Ep III will be released and I had managed to buy 6 tickets for the STO guys, excluding the dog (no pets allowed), to go catch it on opening day.
Alright. Enough of kao peh. Your comments are appreciated so don't forget to leave a mark!
Sunday was a day of a heavy rain and strong winds. Not to mention lightning and thunder. Not really a day to associate fire and burning right? Wrong. It was a weekend day that was burned. The job was supposed to start at 9 sharp with the ship's officer stressing on the sharp 'point'. So Roscoe, Alan and I took the 0730 shuttle in and got to camp by 8. We had a nice breakfast of macaroni before going to the office. By now it was already starting to drizzle. Looking at the clouds, the 3 of us just shook our heads and hoped for the best. As they say, 'The Best Is Yet To Be'. But it was not. Not on this Sunday.
By 9, the light drizzle had built up into a full-scale storm. The view through the office windows revealed nothing but torrential rain beating down on the carpark and strong winds ripping through the leaves on the trees. A check with NOB, the ops branch, confirmed that the weather was of CAT 1 status. This refers to the lightning risk indicator which in turn affects whether we can be given the 'all-clear' to work. On a normal weekday, this weather was the most welcome. But on a Sunday, it would be better if the CAT decided to catch a few mice and stay away. So we waited.
Every half hour, 1 of us would pick up the phone and dail NOB's number only to hear the dreadded news that the CAT status would not be changing till after noon. Boredom soon set in as we could not log in to the computer due to some time restriction. Lunch was the next big event and we were looking dearly for it. Finally, noon came and we went to the cookhouse. A consolation at last. They were serving a western meal today and half spring chicken was on the menu. The cream of chicken soup was exceptionally good that day. Maybe it was becase of the low temperatures that we were experiencing.
Lunch came and went and so the wait continued. Finally at 1400, good news from NOB. The CAT status had changed to 2 and the crane could start its operation. We rushed to the jobsite and lifted all that we came to lift, finishing an hour later. I had originally wanted to go down to church and join the YAF for lunch. But that was on the assumption that the job finished at 11 as scheduled. So I went straight home instead. My dad came home that night and so I had a nice dinner at his old haunt, Singa Inn Restaurant located in East Coast Park.
Coincidentally, PM Lee was there too dining with, who i think was, his family. Yes, he was there at a small table in the mini-VIP area in the middle of the restaurant's boat-shaped dining area. Plain-clothes guards were stationed at almost every entrance and watched like hawks. Well, how often do you have the PM dining in the same restaurant as you?
The weekdays followed. One of the cranes was due for servicing so a commercial crane was hired to 'cover' it s duties. Having that crane around is a real blessing as we do not have to do much work when we go out with it. The uncle driving the thing is so experienced that he does not need anybody to signal him when he's lifting something. Slack for the next 3 weeks. Furthermore, the white dog was away on leave till the weekend.
Tuesday was the day when the shit hit the fan. By not informing the black dog that he was not going for the IPPT that day, Thomas caused a shit-storm which kept blowing harder and harder. I still do not think he was at fault as he was following an order from a lieutenant and disregarding a staff sergeant's order would be perfectly all right. But the black dog did not see it that way. He really screwed Thomas up that evening. But there was more to come.
My I/C Huang had escorted the crane operator into the base and had to escort him out so as to retrieve his 11B. So under the orders of Mr Ng, the acting STO supervisor, he changed to his civillian clothes and followed Mr Ng out of the base after getting his 11B back. Meanwhile, back at LTB, the black dog was giving a lecture when he realised that Huang was missing. We told him that he had gone out and secured (dismissed) under the orders of Mr Ng who carries the rank of a 2WO DXO. But the black dog insisted that he was supposed to report to him and at that point of time, told the STOs that we were not part of LTB and told us to leave. We were apprehensive at first but we soon left when we realised that the black dog was going to ignore us.
The rest of the week was full of him ignoring us, not telling us to muster in the morning and falling-out in the evening. We're confused by this. Who's orders should we follow? That of a ranking officer or that of a department head who holds the rank of staff sergeant? What does the directive say? I hope to find out soon so as not to get into any more of this trouble.
Today is Friday the 13th. So much crap has happened throughout the week that it will probably over-shadow and bad luck that the fabled day would bring. The white dog will be back next week. But there is something I'm looking forward to. Thursday, May 19th. Star Wars Ep III will be released and I had managed to buy 6 tickets for the STO guys, excluding the dog (no pets allowed), to go catch it on opening day.
Alright. Enough of kao peh. Your comments are appreciated so don't forget to leave a mark!
Thursday, May 05, 2005
this week's been passing pretty fast... maybe it's because of the monday holiday and the thursday half day... but hey, i'm not complaining... weekend's coming again... time to rest and recharge for the next week ahead...
pool beats chelsea... now that's one great piece of news that hit my ear this week... benitez's men sure taught the Roman army a thing or 2 about soccer and humility... though the goal was contreversial, a goal IS a goal... no use complaining there, jose... not champions leage cup for you this season... heh... guess it's revenge for kao pehing too much this season...
old memories were revisited for the upteenth time this week... i brought my college yearbook to camp for a 'yearbook exchange' thing... roscoe brought SRJC's while zhijie brought his JJC's yearCD-ROM... bleddy cheap-skates... anyway, flipping through my own book made me think about the past... people i knew... people i didn't know... people i barely knew... people i wished i got to know better... how i wish i had a 2nd chance... ok... tt's enough... time to move on...
caught some interesting documentary on nat geog the other day... talked about human instincts and one part dealt with a woman's instinct to be unfaithful to her husband... i think i posted this before but here goes again... some american guy was married with 3 sons and a daughter... his youngest son developed a heriditary disease when he was about 8 so the dad went to check if he was the one who passed the disease to his son... results turned out negative... his wife also did not have the diesase... so where did the son get the disease from? the dad then did a dna test for all his kids and the results were shocking... of his children, only the daughter was fathered by him... the 3 boys belonged to 3 different fathers... shockinhg right? there's more... a worldwide study conducted revealed that 1 out of every 10 children are not raised by their realy fathers... so, will u be going for a dna test soon?
11 1/2 more months... then outta here... time is slowly slipping by... and tt's what i want... to get out of NS... boss drove us crazy this week... nxt week, we just might add a little additives into his food... but maybe not... dunno lar... up to the others to decide...
half day today cos of RSN 38th anniversary... so ended at 12 and went straight home to rest... gotta catch up on sleep... javan's freedom is still sitting there half done... but i'll get it ready by next week so don't fret...
it's now 930... i'm tired... i will sleep...
finally, u appear...
pool beats chelsea... now that's one great piece of news that hit my ear this week... benitez's men sure taught the Roman army a thing or 2 about soccer and humility... though the goal was contreversial, a goal IS a goal... no use complaining there, jose... not champions leage cup for you this season... heh... guess it's revenge for kao pehing too much this season...
old memories were revisited for the upteenth time this week... i brought my college yearbook to camp for a 'yearbook exchange' thing... roscoe brought SRJC's while zhijie brought his JJC's yearCD-ROM... bleddy cheap-skates... anyway, flipping through my own book made me think about the past... people i knew... people i didn't know... people i barely knew... people i wished i got to know better... how i wish i had a 2nd chance... ok... tt's enough... time to move on...
caught some interesting documentary on nat geog the other day... talked about human instincts and one part dealt with a woman's instinct to be unfaithful to her husband... i think i posted this before but here goes again... some american guy was married with 3 sons and a daughter... his youngest son developed a heriditary disease when he was about 8 so the dad went to check if he was the one who passed the disease to his son... results turned out negative... his wife also did not have the diesase... so where did the son get the disease from? the dad then did a dna test for all his kids and the results were shocking... of his children, only the daughter was fathered by him... the 3 boys belonged to 3 different fathers... shockinhg right? there's more... a worldwide study conducted revealed that 1 out of every 10 children are not raised by their realy fathers... so, will u be going for a dna test soon?
11 1/2 more months... then outta here... time is slowly slipping by... and tt's what i want... to get out of NS... boss drove us crazy this week... nxt week, we just might add a little additives into his food... but maybe not... dunno lar... up to the others to decide...
half day today cos of RSN 38th anniversary... so ended at 12 and went straight home to rest... gotta catch up on sleep... javan's freedom is still sitting there half done... but i'll get it ready by next week so don't fret...
it's now 930... i'm tired... i will sleep...
finally, u appear...
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Today is a day when I Earthquaked.
was supposed to get up at 6 for band prac in church at 730... but heyhey... got up at 730... rushed like mad to get to get there in a cab... bleddy hell... dont know here all the cabs are on a asunday morning... i couldnt get even one... until this one turned out of the carpark... lucky for me... i had been waiting for like 10 mins already and was about to dail for one... haiz...
the days when i dream to get my driver's licence... the car's already here... all that's left is the photo-id-ed licence in my wallet... test coming soon... must be prepared... jane just failed hers... struck the kerb during the s-course... what a way to go... dead in the circuit... hope i wont be like john from camp... vocation : driver with at least 6,000 km travelled... result: failed before getting out of circuit... experience doesnt mean sure-pass... it's luck i tell u...
anys, prac at church was followed by worship at 9 and worship+bs at 1130.. ended early and went for lunch at sunshine with javan, julian, ju, bens, hunky, ry, dan, jane and yiying... cand and andre joined us later... after that, most of the ppl left... so bens, ry, andre, hunky, cand and i went to swensen's ps for ice-cream... the 6 of us shared a giant earthquake... that thing's so huge tt the last time i had it was for a meal for 4 people... yup, it's THAT huge... candice treated so we obliged... willingly of course... heh...
was comtemplating on whether to go down to the model shop but decided against it... instead, went home to do my own modelling at home... dug out all my stuff and started on 2 kits at the same time... the environment is definately different... no air-con, poor lighting and inadequate supplies... haiz... if only they didnt charge so much...
ok... enough blabbering... it's been hot hot hot... hope it doesnt get hotter... alright... night...
where are you?
was supposed to get up at 6 for band prac in church at 730... but heyhey... got up at 730... rushed like mad to get to get there in a cab... bleddy hell... dont know here all the cabs are on a asunday morning... i couldnt get even one... until this one turned out of the carpark... lucky for me... i had been waiting for like 10 mins already and was about to dail for one... haiz...
the days when i dream to get my driver's licence... the car's already here... all that's left is the photo-id-ed licence in my wallet... test coming soon... must be prepared... jane just failed hers... struck the kerb during the s-course... what a way to go... dead in the circuit... hope i wont be like john from camp... vocation : driver with at least 6,000 km travelled... result: failed before getting out of circuit... experience doesnt mean sure-pass... it's luck i tell u...
anys, prac at church was followed by worship at 9 and worship+bs at 1130.. ended early and went for lunch at sunshine with javan, julian, ju, bens, hunky, ry, dan, jane and yiying... cand and andre joined us later... after that, most of the ppl left... so bens, ry, andre, hunky, cand and i went to swensen's ps for ice-cream... the 6 of us shared a giant earthquake... that thing's so huge tt the last time i had it was for a meal for 4 people... yup, it's THAT huge... candice treated so we obliged... willingly of course... heh...
was comtemplating on whether to go down to the model shop but decided against it... instead, went home to do my own modelling at home... dug out all my stuff and started on 2 kits at the same time... the environment is definately different... no air-con, poor lighting and inadequate supplies... haiz... if only they didnt charge so much...
ok... enough blabbering... it's been hot hot hot... hope it doesnt get hotter... alright... night...
where are you?
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