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27.9.03
Hey hey~! I passed my driving evaluation, meaning I can book my practical driving test in-principle. Hai, but you need to pass the final theory test first, which I haven't. It's this coming Friday, wish me good luck for it! I've a friend who was so confident of getting full marks, yet failed it in his first attempt.
Hmmmm, yesterday went to catch "Turn Left Turn Right" with a BMT friend. It's a pretty simple but nice show. For the guys, Gigi is quite cute in the show, especially when she looked so helpless as the victim of Chen Zhi Cai's antics! (Cannot stand his character though, too exaggerated.) Haha, for the girls, Takeshi is quite ok lar. He looks suave and convincing as a violinist. After that had supper at Genki Sushi with him, talked a lot man! Talked crap as well as serious stuff. Like the education system in Singapore. I really agree with some of the things he said, thanks XiaoKai for the enlightenment! 'Cos I know sometimes I get too idealistic about how things should be, you injected the reality and practicality of things into me. =)
Today went out for lunch with an old classmate. Met at City Hall and walked around at Raffles City a bit, she was looking for a new bag and clothes, browsed Esprit, Mango, Levis, O'something (the clothes quite oriental style), Warehouse, Giodarno (this one is I wanted to go in one, the orange shirt now on display quite nice) and a few more lah..forgot liao. Then we walked to Suntec for lunch, it's really surprising how empty it is during lunchtime. Most people don't eat lunch on Sats I presumed. 'Cos they wake up late and have brunch. Anyway, we had a comical time trying to decide between Country Manna and Crystal Jade, almost walking two rounds around the Fountain Plaza without making a decision!! Finally settled for Country Manna..
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AidanWu was here on 8:44 pm
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25.9.03
I'm on half day today. Having my driving evaluation later. Hope it goes well.
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AidanWu was here on 11:44 am
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23.9.03
I've always been a lucky boy. I've never had the chance to miss somebody; everyone I know or are acquainted with has always just been there. Either I meet them on the streets, or I hear about them from other people whom I know, or from them directly. Although mostly it's from other people, but at least I know somehow they're still around, still reachable, in a way.
The last time someone close to me in my life passed away was in 1995, my great-grandma. For much of the past decade, the funerals I attended had always been of someone else's parents, grand-parents, friends, brother, sister. I've never truely experienced the loss of a close kin, much less a close friend. Whoever would expect a young life to be lost before an old one? And whoever would even expect death to come in the most unnatural circumstances? It's childish and immature to think that way, but when you think about it, it's much better than harbouring negative thoughts the whole day. It's about balancing optimism with reality checks. And sometimes I get so optimistic that when reality decides to advise me gently, it comes across as a rude slap across the face. Which I experienced on 11th August, and more acutely, on 13th August this year.
One could say I've yet to overcome these fully. It would indeed be a surprise to myself if I have. The first thing my boss told me when he saw me on the 12th was, "you seem to be taking it quite well," yeah, I've always been a royal-family type of person when it comes to showing my emotions. Poker-faced. Straight-faced. Whatever you call it. And at times like these it really gives the wrong impression. (Although it works really well when I try to smoke someone, or tell a lame joke with a straight face.) But I still think it's good too, not to burden others unnecessarily with your emotions. And that's why the only time I cried wason the 11th itself in the sanctity of my home.
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AidanWu was here on 8:51 pm
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22.9.03
Duty off!! Yay..tiring day. Yesterday's duty was quite well spent, I watched 5 episodes of 'Winter Sonata', and after emptying my unit of tear water, I slept for almost 7 hours! Goodness, meant to wake up at 1am but ended up waking up at 2:45am!! But very well-rested though, and was supposed to sleep from 4am to 6am, but slept through the alarm till 7:30am when my gan-cheong senior had to wake me up, because all the regulars have started arriving and the bunk was still in a mess! Haha, so today was the first day in which I did not sleep when I booked out and reached home.
Went out for lunch with my parents. My father is currently unemployed, still searching for a job, so can spare quite a bit of time with us. We went to Turf Club Mall, whatever you call the old horse racecourse. The food court looks quite make-shift, mainly because they had to make do with part of the old grandstand which was not exactly designed to be a food court, so there were many steps here and there, with amusing 'watch your step!' stickers pasted on the vertical faces of the step.
Strolled along the Furniture Mall. Lots of furniture shops, don't know how they were lured into such a liveless place and with so small a shopper base. (The place is kinda inaccessible except for those with cars; the shuttle services are quite limited, serving only Toa Payoh Interchange and Clementi Interchange.)
Wanted to visit the Flea Market but of all days it had to be closed on Mondays. So went to the main mall where there was some sort of a cheap sale. Bought a pair of rusty brown cargo pants for $13 and a pair of blue-based sandals for $13 as well.
Phew, then picked up my brother from Chinese High and went home. Seems like prelims this year is pretty tough! Especially the mathematics subjects. Well, no pain, no gain!
Giving tuition soon, as usual the guy's late. I'm so humoured.
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AidanWu was here on 7:04 pm
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21.9.03
I miss swimming! When Alvin mentioned swimming yesterday, it suddenly occurred to me that I haven't swum for almost 2 months already! My mother, being more and more superstitious with increasing age, 'advised' me at the start of the lunar seventh month not to swim for that month, and would not accept any reasoning. Then after the seventh month was finally over, the intertropical convergence zone materialised and the rainy season was born. Till now. Sigh. I miss swimming the way my Geog teacher said 'I miss skiing' as a footnote to one of the Geography assignments I did, as a response to me using a decorative symbol of a skier on the typed assignment. She missed skiing but was no where near a place where she could ski. I miss swimming and am no where near a place with a conducive environment for swimming.
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AidanWu was here on 8:04 pm
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20.9.03
Listening to Jay Chou's "Back to the Past" right now. Hmm, if only we could all, at some points in our lives, return back to the past. Lost hopes, renewed faith, whatever you call it, or even not facing up to the truth of it all, I think it's not fair to term it simply as a form of escapism.
Over the past week, I have been forced to rethink my priorities in life, and re-examine certain choices in life that I have made up till now. It's nothing really, this pensive mood comes whenever I fall ill, and will disappear, no, rather it'll fade away into some obscure corner of my soul when I recover, become more optimistic, and hence overwhelm the sense of insecurity hidden in some parts of me. Don't we all?
Playing Reflections of Nature now. I particularly like this track, Track 5. It strikes a particular chord in me, because it is a mixture of melancholy, hopelessness and ironically, hope. More importantly, it embodies the survival instinct in me, that despite how bleak things may seem at the nadir in my young life, the fact that I'm still young and alive is something that is worth celebrating, the fact that there are people who will see me on the streets and shout out my name is something to be very grateful for, the fact that some people will always remain as they are, no matter how far they are, how long you haven't seen or spoken to them. Yesterday, I was jogging as usual, but this time, I ran a bit further because I suddenly had the urge to visit my grandparents. As was to be expected, they were watching television - on two different channels in two different rooms. But the sameness is there, for they have always watched TV like that. Yet, it does not lull you into a false sense of security and of being wanted, for before it does, it gently nudges you back into reality; yes, do possess hope, as it give you strength to carry on, but do not be overpossessive of it, for it may turn into false hope and never be realised, it seems to advise.
Almost a Whisper - Romantic Piano by Yanni. It's at times like these when my nose turns sour when I hear this piece. It's not a sad piece, in fact, it's invigorating in a modulated sort of way. Spiritually invigorating, not physically. This has the ability to make my memories all flood back instantaneously, all the things I've done, right or wrong, meaningful or simply lame, that had caused grief or brought happiness...in essence, it brings me face to face with, me. It portrays me as I am at this particular point in my life, as a summation or overall picture of me, no pluses or minuses, so I am able to see, from a detached perspective, who I really am for just a split second. I drown in this flood of recollections, but I don't die, for invariably a buoyant force exists which lifts me up, just like one floats in water. This force, is probably known as, my soul, my conscience.
Do apparently shallow people have a smaller soul than those who aren't? To rephrase, do people who seem more happening, with more overt social life, or perhaps just more popular, experience more 'life' than people who remain in the shadows, covert, or in teen lingo, has 'no-life' or mugs the whole day, yet in some way or another moulding the face of the earth? I strongly believe that a bedridden person, even a brain-dead one, has an influence on how things are shaped in the world, despite their apparent inactivity. Just being there makes a difference, just as being there for someone when he or she needs it makes a difference, despite your apparent lack of motion. I also believe it does not matter how one appears to spend one's life, what matters is whether one is truely satisfied spending it that way. That said, cynics will probably say some people are more easily satisfied than others. But I say: Does that reduce the intensity of the satisfaction they feel? In some ways, I sometimes envy people who are easily satisfied, it's not that they have no life per se, they have so much in them, they just have fewer worries, fewer distractions, perhaps fewer choices and decisions to make. People living simple lives in outback Australia, farmers toiling their lives away in the outskirts of Guandzhou. Would it be right to apply the cynic's logic and say that therefore such people have lesser human rights than those who have to make more decisions, just because the widely embraced principle of the freedom of choice applies less to them?
And therefore, I feel that my soul should not be determined by what others think of me. And when I say I view myself from a 'detached' perspective, I do so not in other people's shoes. I do so...more like a ghost or something else completely neutral, without inherent bias or having preconceived ideas ingrained in it, like a rock. Something inanimate. Then again, it is not true to say that my life has been totally solitary, not influenced at all by the people around me. My life is a result of environmental influence. But my soul isn't. It is my soul that ultimately influences someone else's life, but my soul does not change the soul of another. Vice versa. Else everyone in the world would become more and more like each other. They will conform to whoever's soul has stronger lasting power. And that's scary.
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AidanWu was here on 2:14 am
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15.9.03
Back in action at last! Not feeling too well today..got a bit of dry cough which is progressing to become a wet one. I already felt weird on friday evening..uncharacteristically tired..although it can be partly attributed to the 2.4 run i did on friday evening.. and although I was pretty geared up about MAF on thursday, I was kinda sian sian on the afternoon of Sat itself, especially when that morning I was given a lot of stupid stuff to do but which I can't refuse. Then when I reached home I actually felt sleepy! Just before the big event! Haha..a real big hint that something's wrong with my body's internal system..then as the 190 chugged down the PIE and Steven's Road, I just completely conked out.
But anyway, I had a rather good time at MAF, as always. People never fail to amaze me with their loyalty to the college, or maybe just to certain people in the college, but again the college wouldn't be what it is without the people! I was really glad to see people whom I would have no other reason or occasion or time to meet up with normally; this was like a reunion of the year of some sorts. Especially seniors and peers from the CO...i made sure i took pictures with all of them! Mother Juliana, Jiajun, Siling, Shaocong, Pengbin, Yaohao, Jiamin, Ningyi, Jiamin (a different one) and sir seng. Caught a bit of the CO performance, but too bad was busy for the most part of their performance taking photos with Ms Wong! The "Tong Deng Wu Qu" was not too bad; it was the commissioned piece for SYF 2001 Secondary Schools category..and the "Hua Hao Yue Yuan" was as always a favourite among the crowd. Oh Weifen was there too!
Invited Xiao Kai there too! Was so worried he would feel out of place..especially when Bernard bang-seh him in the end! Hahaha, hope you had a good time man. *grins*
I saw Watson too!!! ^__^ Missed touching his botak head a lot. :p And he always used to get SO frustrated whenever someone rubs his botak head, I wonder why he still kept it that way? Cooler mah...haha right Wattie sen sen?
Hengfai, my sec 1-2 classmate was also there. Haven't changed much, but I surprised him by saying I was going home on my own. Heh. Jeff was also there. So were Yanquan (yuan4 zhang3) and Guohao. Saw a few 78 guys, Chi Hsien (who got 19 upon 20 for his first CA), David, and some of the gals. Of course, I saw people I would have preferred not to see, but that's not important. =)
Quite a number of ex-classmates turned up too: Alvin, Devin, Wanyi, Shiqian, Xiaofang, Lily, Shermin, Leen, Weijie, Isabel, Jingyun, Guangfan, Jason, Joseph, Paul and Eugene. Those who couldn't come: Qiyue (in US), Zhewei & Matthew (AHM), Yeelin (family obligations), Roderick (who just underwent an operation for a knee injury..take care man!), Sinyee (dunno?), Shunting (haha, lazy lah) and Yi Qian (really MIA, haven't heard from him in ages! reminder to myself to send him an email)-------Yiqian was on duty, whereas Sin Yee was there but I was in the mass dance so didn't catch her around, courtesy of Alvin----------. Well, not bad huh? haha, but seriously the class dinner at cineleisure was quite pathetic, only 7 people turned up. Some said they wanted to go but pulled out last minute. But 01s79 has always been like that, as Jason and I were consoling each other as we went down the escalator to the Cine food court. =)
There were 4 generations of 79ians that nite (out of 5). Not bad not bad. I was from the third batch. I wasn't sure if anyone from the first batch 99s79 came back..that would have made a really complete reunion of 79ners! But then too bad Daphne didn't get the chance to intro the 03s79nians to me one by one...ended up knowing none of them..=(
Another regret was not seeing OOI!!!!!!!! Haha, missed laughing at her in front of her without her knowing she's being laughed at. She always thinks we're appreciating her jokes, not realising that she's the joke. Lol.
Took 67 back home together with Jingyun. Caught up quite a bit with her. She's at NTU Life Sciences, and seems pretty well adjusted there. She's hoping to get a place in the hostel accommodation next year, so here's good luck in advance to her!
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AidanWu was here on 9:59 am
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10.9.03
Ahh...at last, some time to myself before I tuck into dinner. I am on duty again...but I have been looking forward to this one 'cos I haven't done one in quite some time.
Well well...I realise I am leaving quite a bit of *to be continued* in my previous entries..but again I just cannot seem to find the time to sit down properly and pen (type) them properly. Bah~!
Anyway, today was my 7th driving lesson, and to be frank though I thought I did try my best despite the occasional mistake (veering too far to the right, forgetting to signal when changing lanes) and one or two major ones (changing lanes near the junction, rolling back on a slope). Alright alright! It kinda sounds really bad now that I spell them out one by one. Heh, no wonder the instructor was kind of xia lan too. But heck him lah! Seriously, there was one point when I felt really lousy while driving, but again that's alright 'cos no one walks the moment he is born. And with this, I look forward to tomorrow's driving lesson. The 8th. (Man, I hope I don't get the same instructor again! ^__^ If I do, and he xialans me some more, I'll just xialan him back lah. hahaa..) Anyway it was fun driving along the roads, and enjoying the view. Haha, you should see it when a chiobu walks by...there'll be no comments on my driving from the instructor for that 10 seconds!!! *LOL*
*adjourns to clear some work and finish up with dinner*
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AidanWu was here on 6:42 pm
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9.9.03
Haha, just thought about what I had for lunch these two days. Well, Monday's cookhouse lunch was basically rice plus "shit" to quote my senior, so we decided to hop on the bus for MacPherson Rd. And we ate duck rice, which was really quite horrible. The duck meat was dry and not tasty, the sauce was too starchy and not salty enough, the chilli was too sour and the yam rice too wet. So it was very much a mashy kind of meal. Then today we had "Duck Rice Set" for lunch at the cookhouse. Haha. So extra.
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AidanWu was here on 9:13 pm
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8.9.03
Tunes of Tibet - Roof of the World
8pm, 6th September 2003, Singapore Conference Hall
This was my first proper concert in a long time, since the NUSCO concert. I dressed up as I would attend a proper concert, and caught the MRT to Tanjong Pagar.
The concert hall was about 80% full, I gauged. Before that I saw a friend's father, and agreed in principle to help out at the next Hsinghai Arts Association concert which is scheduled to be held in December. Might as well, I thought, keep in touch with the musical arena as well as broaden my knowledge and repertoire. Sigh, I really miss CO. Performing, practising, watching, anything to do with it.
Anyway, that evening, I got to watch it. Yeah~
The organisation of the orchestra is still evolving, as evident from the constant rearrangement I've seen in posters and publicity materials, and this time it was no different. The gaohu section was in the traditional position to the left of the conductor (like the 1st violins), whereas the erhu section (2nd violins) was opposite the gaohu section (to the right of the conductor). The zhonghu (violas) were in between the gaohu and erhu sections, filling up the centre front portion of the stage, whereas the cellos were slightly on the right, between the zhonghu and the erhu sections, and the plucked strings were interspersed between the gaohu and zhonghu sections, as well as behind the zhonghu. The double basses flanking the right end while some of the percussion were on the left. The woodwinds section was pretty traditional, filling up the back part of the stage.
The first song, Festival Night by Jue Ga, was average in terms of composition, and was executed perfunctionarily by the musicians. The extreme precision sought by the conductor, Yeh Tsung, really showed as the meticulous fingering of the musicians were like one giant synthesizer, perfectly timed. Although the balance wasn't always perfect, the bow-strings have shown itself as a more formidable section than before. The 3-dimensional-effect criteria that I set for the bow-strings of any orchestra was quite well fulfilled by the thick, united refrains that permeated despite the overwhelming woodwinds and almost overbearing percussion (at times). I call the 3-D effect the foundation of any orchestra. Without that, the sound is just incomplete, it's like an inverted pyramid, which doesn't exactly portray a sense of stability and you feel unsettled in your seat as a result. Or bobochacha in which the syrup isn't thick enough, thus lacking a certain 'weight' or substance to the dish. That's that. There was a cannon part (triple cannon in fact, it just gets so confusing to follow separately after a while) between the erhu I, erhu II and zhonghu sections that was almost like a riot! (I later learnt this is characteristic of Tibetan music, as this pattern emerged in the latter pieces as well). I've expounded a lot on the intricacies of the orchestra's footwork on stage as this is probably the only orchestral piece that doesn't involve a vocalist, soloist or some symphonic theme that would require higher priority in analysis.
The second song was a series of two short vocal pieces "Beautiful Hometown" and "My Homeland", sung by Ga Qiong and accompanied by the orchestra.
*To be continued*
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AidanWu was here on 8:40 pm
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Wee...i'm like so tired now...hangover from yesterday's feast at a relative's place. Haha. We had like chilli crab, black sauce sauteed grilled chicken wings and 'zhai-choy', a Hakka vegetarian stew that includes black fungus, mushrooms, dried beancurd skin ('tow-kee'), rice flour vermicelli ('tang-hoon'), cabbage and some yellow knot-like stuff that is actually very smelly before cooking (when you soak it for hours in water) but surprisingly fragrant after you cook it (well that is..duh!! ^__^) Well, talking about zhai-choy, it's a dish that we always eat on the 1st day of Chinese New Year, in accordance with the Hakka tradition of eating vegetarian on that day (for reasons that I am not too sure of, ask me if you wanna find out), and the way my relative (to be specific, my father's cousin) prepared it was slightly different from my family's style. She doesn't fry the ingredients before stewing them in black sauce, whereas we do. The difference in flavour due to the frying is almost indistinguishable to a non-gourmet like me, especially when other variables in the cooking more than overwhelm any disparity in the taste of the two distinct styles of cooking it, but it has to be something to do with the esters formed during frying and are retained during the boiling process. Anyway, it was good lah. But I still prefer the kind my grandpa used to prepare, he uses the extra bit of onion oil that gives the otherwise rather plain saltish dish (it's supposed to be healthy) an extra kick, and of course a stronger aftertaste as a result (as Aristotle would say, it the nature of onions to leave strong aftertastes when one eats them :p). And he adds fresh raw lettuce at the bottom of the dish, which, by the time it is consumed, would be partially warmed and adds a crunch to the otherwise slightly soupy and soft-on-the-teeth dish (It is the nature of stews to be a tad soupy...)
The chilli crab was a noble feat by my aunts, for someone who had never cooked chilli crabs before. It was pretty comical watching the 3 of them trying to cook the crabs. One was reading out the steps from the recipe on the back of an emptied chilli crab condiments packet (those instant mix kind) while the other was stirring the sauce and the other was pouring the crabs in. But again, I can't imagine myself in their positions cooking! I still don't like crabs though, 'cos they're so troublesome to eat! Crab claws or crab fingers anytime please...=)
The chicken wings were so-so, but I found them a bit too oily.
Then we had a fruit buffet after that: honeydew, watermelon, passion fruit, longans and fruit cocktail (those canned ones).
Then we adjourned for tea and coffee.
Then it was mooncake time. Argh, don't remind me of the weight scales.
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AidanWu was here on 10:19 am
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7.9.03
It's was a long day yesterday!
Morning was spent at the JID Family Day at East Coast Big Splash. Damn crowded with 1600 people thronging the tiny premises of the venue. But then the telematch was quite funny, and I was saboed to take part in one of the matches in which 10 members of your team had to swim to this float in the middle of the really salty swimming pool and push the guy from another team on it off before getting all 10 members up onto the float in the shortest possible time. Lol..it was quite funny when people rushed to get up and then fall off again, to the delight of those sadists watching from the 'shore'.
There was another game in which the members are supposed to cross a series of 10 floats on the water without falling off within the shortest time, and every person who didn't make it to the end would cause 30 seconds to be added to the team's overall time. Haha, needless to say, out of the 4 teams (40 participants), only 2 managed to reach the end! It's really hard to balance on the floats. In the end, my team (Team Bruce) leader came up with a strategy in which we would just pretend to step on the first float and straightaway fall into the water so as to save time (because everyone would confirm add 30 seconds to the timing). That was hell of a strategy!
There was also a game where the four teams had to retrieve fruits strewn all over the pool by means of a blindfolded person in a kayak pushed by a person at the back who was supposed to guide the person inside to retrieve as many fruits as possible. And the finale was a water-tug-of-war where it is possible to be swept off your feet and when it seems to end up a test of whose combined body weight was larger! =)
Woohoo and we ended up 2nd! (Like I am so happy. Heh.)
Then the most stupid thing happened...those from my unit who took part in the telematch went to bathe and change!!! And the moment we came out of the changing room the rest asked us "Eh want to play Big Splash?" and we were like..."err, we already bathed and changed nice nice leh..." SIGH...wasted go Big Splash never play Big Splash, and the few of us consoled ourselves repeatedly by saying "next time next time.." ^_^
So while the rest played, we just sat watching and eating the buffet lunch. Haha, so lame.
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AidanWu was here on 10:05 am
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It's a busy weekend! I am leaving for the temple soon to pray my grandpa again..
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AidanWu was here on 9:32 am
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5.9.03
Been a long day. Caught a bit of the RSAF Open House as we were let off 45 minutes earlier for that purpose. The aerial displays were pretty cool, especially the one by an F-16 going at 400km/h, which flew in, turned sharply to the right, made two rounds in double quick time, and made off before we knew it! =) That was way cool~ The audience was also treated to a scramble display by 4 F-5s and 4 F-16s in a mock intrusion of our air space by a foreign air craft. From cooled down engines to flying up at angle of almost 60 (or more) degrees took only less than ten minutes! The F-5s steered up at a smaller angle than the F-16s for reasons that I cannot fathom. Hmm.. about 60:70 for the F5:F16 in degrees. Then the Skyhawks made their way in as well, swooping in from the clouds to just very slightly touching the airway for a few seconds and take off again without actually landing at all. Well, seems like small fry but imagine the immense contact force generated if the pilot accidentally landed too hard. Ouch. Then there was this precision display where 2 Skyhawks dropped smoke-bombs simultaneously onto a grass patch some distance from the audience in rapid succession. I was kinda rushing home ('cos the intention of attending the Open House was to go home earlier, but I ended up going home later than usual) so I left as the Super Pumas and Chinooks took their places above the air field and dropped guardsmen onto the grass patch in front of the audience. Hmm, though it isn't the first time I've witnessed such an aerial display, there's still a certain freshness about it, not forgetting the unmistakable awe and respect for the pilots, as well as renewed confidence in the air and ground crew as they play their crucial role in Singapore's defence.
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AidanWu was here on 9:14 pm
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4.9.03
Yoyo, just ate fruit cake! Bengawan Solo some more...but seriously it didn't taste much better than the one I had from the confectionary downstairs..well I ain't a food gourmet! =) The cake was for the September babies in my branch; the regulars celebrate birthdays monthly. (else they have to buy >30 cakes a year! haha.) The cake was overflowing with strawberries, peaches and grapes that the birthday boy had to scrap away some of them to cut the cake properly, to the consternation of the branch head, who decided to take over the job of cutting the cake upon herself, relegating him to serve the cake to everyone. Then because the cake was already quite 'barren' of fruit, he ended up having to serve one piece of fruit each to each NSF queuing up after getting their cakes from the Major. Heh heh.
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AidanWu was here on 11:14 am
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It's thursday! This Sat's JID Family Day, and it's held at Big Splash. Think it's gonna be boring..and there're stupid telematches we have to participate in together with all the regulars and their families. Eee...Just can't wait for to end so that later the NSFs can have some real fun. Heh.
Anyway, yesterday was a half day off for me, and I still have 3 left! *evil grin*
Half days are always very well spent, because of their sheer rarity, and yesterday was no exception. A rough itinerary:
1130 I could book out now, but I was too engrossed playing this game :p [Fowlwords] It's a bit like Scrabble but of course this one's timed and with other targets to fulfil as well!
1145 Everyone left for lunch, and I'm still playing this game. (can't lose leh! haha bhb...)
1155 Still playing the game, decided to terminate it prematurely at level 13. Haha. The incessant chicken cuckling was getting on my nerves anyway..
1200 Went toilet, changed to CV, filled water bottle, left for Ubi Driving Centre
1225 Ate lunch at the driving centre
1245 Driving lesson commences; was my first road practical lesson! pretty exciting driving on the road with everyone going so fast and impatient to overtake you. Made a few mistakes that made the instructor a bit sarcastic, asking "Are you concentrating today?" and when I replied convincingly "Yes, of course" I presumed he just took me for a hopeless idiot! Heh, he changed his mind later when he found out I was going overseas to study on a scholarship, becoming much more chatty as compared to the initial reticent character I was getting resigned to. Haha, i had a fun time towards the end not letting them overtake by going faster, to the exasperation of many. :P Looking forward to the next lesson next week!
1425 Lesson ended; picked up by my mother and then went to pick up my brother at Chinese High
1500 Saw a junior's father, chatted with him for a while at the Chinese High carpark
1530 Reached home, was so engrossed in an arts programme on Passion 99.5 that I begged them to stay in the car for a few more minutes just to find out what a Tibetan erhu sounds like! It was the "Eastern Exposure" programme which broadcasts Chinese traditional and modern music, both instrumental and vocal, and features weekly interviews with famous Chinese music personalities. Yesterday's was an interview with Bian Ba, a native Tibetan who is in Singapore on invitation by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and he will be performing the Tibetan erhu at the Singapore Conference Hall Concert Hall this Friday and Saturday in a programme entitled "Tunes of Tibet". Man, I am looking forward to Saturday already!
1550 Decided to jog around downstairs. Jogged to the sports complex and then back and beyond to PJC and West Spring Secondary. Then walked home. Haha, too shagged lar.
1645 Reached home, cooled down by the window, saw a bunch of almost 30 pre-school kids arriving boisterously at the playground in the garden directly below my block. [My block and its surroundings] It's been a long time since I stepped into a playground.
1705 Realised it's late and bathed! Meeting a friend for dinner and movie later.
1735 Got dressed and walked to Stagmont Camp.
1745 Met BMT platoon mate Xiao Kai and headed for Westmall, where we had dinner at Swensen's, where we had two set dinners with very cheesy names..I had Chicky Pasta (which frankly was quite horrible, it's spicy and slightly sourish but in a different way you would expect pasta to be) and he had Cheesy Chick (which was pretty good). Haha. The complimentary apple crumble was pretty bland too, the base was practically tasteless baked flour, whereas the apple and cinnamon didn't go very well, with the apple being too devoid of juiciness and flavour. Well, but all in all, it was an okay meal.
1915 Caught "A Tale of Two Sisters". It's a pretty good movie! I'm glad I caught it. Well, it wasn't scary like conventional horror movies, it scored big on its plot and how everything ties up very nicely at the end with no major loopholes (unlike Ju-On). In fact, this was the kind of 'horror' movie I fancy, because it has a rather heartwarming ending, which gives some sort of meaning to the whole movie in the first place, instead of it being just senseless slapstick horror (like House of 1000 Corpses). Comparable to last year's "The Eye" and "Dark Waters". =) Thanks Xiao Kai for catching it with me! ^__^
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2.9.03
Yesterday I became CPL Ng officially.
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