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Few months have passed since I came back from Melbourne.

I found that alot of places in Singapore has changed over the short duration of a year. New buildings are in the midst of being built.

New technologies are up and running in Singapore.

I met up with a few of my camp mates from 36th Singapore Combat Engineers. Yeah, those were the days where we could just slog out in camp with one major goal in mind, yup, to ORD. Notably those guys which I really could chat a lot with were Andrew, Qinghui, Daryl, Gerald, Guan Kheng, Melvin, and some of the others.

There were those that I really disliked back in camp, hopefully I will not meet them ever again. As the look in their eyes really disgust me.

I came back and met up with some of my secondary school friends, mainly Pei Pei, Ray, Fen Fang, Bingyu. These are the only ones that I have met up with, with my good friend Siu Fung flying kite at the last minute on one occasion.

It always happens, when one is attached, friends tend to be kept on one side of the shelf and soon to be forgotten until the next downturn.

I met up with another group of my closer friends, my polytechnic friends. Mr Wang, and Zixian. These two mates really influence me a lot by making me drag myself outta bed early in the morning to go to the gym together, nonetheless, either one of us would be the super latecomer. I thank them for allowing me to be part of their group after so long, especially when some other friends are not what they seem. Other friends that I've met up with, Serene, Shi Qing, and Joy. There are some which I wasn't able to physically meet, due to their personal stuff, such as wedding plans.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Another group of friends that I met up with, are my friend in University. I hope to see some of the others, especially when they come back to Singapore for their holidays. I met Jake, Danielle, Edna. I hope to see my two best buddies some time, George and Daniel. I also hope that Amy and Renkai are getting on well in their studies and 'life'..

Current Reads,
1. Sun Tzu's Art of War
"As per norm, I'm still stuck at a certain chapter of this book, where all wisdom are imparted through the use of poems."

2. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
"Finally, after a long hiatus, I've hit the dependence paradigm part of proactive-ness."

3. FREAKONOMICS
"Darren highly recommended this book to me. Its about economics, though I have zero experience in this topic, thought it might be good to learn about something new, such as personal finance in Rich Dad, Poor Dad, as recommended by Uncle Albert."

MVs that make up my dreams?

This is the first time such a weird post has come up here. But really wanna post this. Haha.

I don't really like some of the singers, but these are my personal views on the music videos.

Christina Aguilera-Candyman
"Strangely, such a wonderful video is unable to be embedded. Well I really liked the coordination from the dancers and the song has a really catchy tune. It can be found here."

It's not the sexiness of the singer that lures me over to the dark side, but more to the powerful and pure voice that she projects while singing the songs.

Rihana - Don't stop the music.

"Apparently, I heard this song for most of the time when i tuned in for 'So You Think You Can Dance' reality show while I was residing in Melbourne. Really catchy tune and soon I was hooked on to it."

PS. I don't have a fetish for non-asian girls, but yupz, she has a great voice as well.

Like bygones go.

Actually dunnno what to write for today. Heartbroken? Nah. Not so. Some other friends are feelings rather heartbroken for the week. GF/BF dumped. So many people who dunno how to treasure someone who loves them.

So here's the question today.

Would you rather be the one loving or the one to be loved...?

Job hunting is coming to an end..my thoughts.

A new chapter of my journey is about to begin.

No more university blues. Now is the time where everyday importance would be the coming of the friday night fever and the pushing back of the monday blues. I don't think there will be a chance for long weekend like in NS.

How would the next 2 years of my life be life? Wallowing in misery of the collared worker's life? Or being able to adapt to the various changes in the office? I don't know, and I don't plan to find out. I'll let God lead me on this path that he's given me and that I have chosen.

Doesn't matter that I seem to be re-doing my national service. I really find that this might be where I can find the suitable career for my journey in life. Never mind that I will not be able to earn big bucks like others in my family, at least my pursuit of joy in life lies in work experience, instead of the lure on financial gains that have changed the loyalties of many. Kinship is forgotten in such cases, and such people are really so blatantly despised in my world.

Why ignore the older generation when they do not recognize you anymore, even if they are faking it, what concern is it of yours? Human life peaks at around 80 or so, and not everyone can live till the age of that level. Let them feel wanted and there is no loss to yourself or at your expense. What others love to gossip about, don't care about them and let them say.

Dating women...no...I will not date people who are 8 years younger than my current age. I'm not like you, sotong. Only go for girls who do not know better. They see you as 24 years old, mature and caring type of guy, someone whom they can look up to and talk to. Instead, the vibes that I get from you are like you are looking up to them. They asked u to study n work, you do as you are told. I think need a mom, not a girlfriend.

Jobs....Career...Where can I find you?

Aaah. Where can I find you? Time passes by fast, even while you are languishing at pace you do not want. Work work....the lines a orc would say in Warcraft 3.

Where's work? I ask Mr Orc.

James smsed me today to inform me that he has found a temp job. As a factory packer in Tampines Industrial Park. 9am-6pm. Timing's rather ok with the 6 day week range. But seriously, what is a ITE graduate doing a primary 6 qualification job? And yeah, the Casanova haolian asked me to convert my single-hood status to attached like him.

So I asked him back. Wow, you work so long, later girlfriend can go relax one corner in school n make better choices. ;P

But I don't think I'm gonna consider dating till I get a decent job, and considering now with the lack of it, it shouldn't be anytime soon..which girl would go for a guy who has neither a wallet with substance, nor a richness in future? I think not many right? Maybe except those who think LOVE can sustain everything.

I don't condemn such people though, I used to think the same way, and in a certain way, I still do. Love can't make food, but it can keep a couple strong throughout times of despair and toughness.

Better go sleep. Tomorrow going gym with Mr Wang.

Singapore and Mi

This entry is titled "Singapore and Mi".

Well some of my friends have been asking me why there are no pictures of my life in Singapore. Well, previously I did not own a camera while I was living in Singapore. But since some of my friends wish to know what I have been up to and whats going on with me nowadays, especially TED, who just wanna know.

So this is a slide show of the random stuff I have being taking around the place. Enjoy. ;P

How to motivate myself further...

The drag from the job hunt is catching up on me.

I don't know. Should I go try out the agencies? I wouldn't want to go to Recruit Express.

I feel so unmotivated damn it. But I gotta buck up. Its only a small setback. Instead of moaning over my current worry, which is particularly unproductive, I should take a leaf from Jake and do other better things to motivate the confidence in myself.

For example, what should I work on?

1. Decreasing my ever expanding waist-line.
Considering that I have a free 2 week gym arrangement with EnergyOne, I should just make a trip down SAFRA Tampines tomorrow. I realized last week while I was trying to catch the bus home at Bedok, though I failed to catch the bus, I really enjoyed the brief sprint towards the bus stop. Since Bingyu is also currently interested in going exercising, that means i will have another exercise kaki, besides Mr Wang and Xian. Alright! I'll hop down to the Gym tomorrow for a workout then! Then go for some archery shooting to train my forearms followed by aikido practice in the evening! Then after the trial period is over, Bedok gym here i come!!!

2. Increasing my chances of a reply in a company.
If there is a decrease in my waistline, there should also be a increase in the frequencies of people calling me up for interviews. So what should I do? Should I go approach friends who are currently in the recruitment consultancy company? Kelly Services, Adecco? I would have to up the ante on the frequencies of the search for jobs using the search engines in the various job portal accounts that I have. Also, go try out the various companies that relatives of friends have recommended that I try for such as Accenture, as recommended by Ivan. And maybe, on a lighter note, as said by my dad, apply anything that comes your way, even if it has no relevance to your degree. Well, its just your first job anyway.

3. Training up my level.
Now here's the Yi-sha! of the next phrase. What's the next phrase? Its just my as slow as ever path to the acquiring of my driving licence and my first degree black belt in Aikido, after that I will have two degrees,(pun intended.) So what do I have to work on? my movement, physical and mental fitness in all timings of the training. Showing face more often, raising the needed amount for driving practice, getting a PDL again. Learning the correct patterns of performing the 31 Kata and the 7 Ken Shiburi. And learning 24 Kata as well is a plus.

4. Getting the ante up for my skills.
Not just physical skills, but also work skills. I plan to improve on my knowledge of security systems by studying the CEH course program, and taking the certification later once I am confident of my level. I may suck in Java programming, but I can't let this simple round of failure get to me. Maybe I'm no good in Java, but hey, there's still C++ and SAP down the road, So I wouldn't know until I have tried them all. I got a morale boost today on this aspect, after helping liang qi speed up his computer.

ALL RIGHT! FIRE UP!