PURE GRAFFITI

It din meant 2b a guest book...but u can treat it as one if u feel shuang. it's jus an alternative to tag board...boon (seng) complains he cant tag. it wont b erased when it's full...so feel free to hit a few letters in there

the link is under 'places of interest'. Scribble any thing u feel like expressing...anything under the sun...no constraint...no string attached...no small prints

Well...it seems tat i've got some unknown 'frens' visiting tis site on Sept 17 and 24...whoever u are thanx...esp the Canadian...thans for the advice...i haf never cease to believe in myself :>

Looking forwd to the coming loooooooooooooooooooooooong weekend... off work on friday noon...monday is labour day...so tuesday then start work again!!! HEEEEHA!! sydney...i'm coming...

Wat Haf I Got Myself Into?

sometime last week, some1 came up to me & said: "well, Lister cant take part bcos of some injuries now, so u're up for the CMDR Gray Cup together with Tim!"

Wat!!!?? the competition is next week, & tat leave me wif onli 2 weeks or less to train for it!!! how can i participate in sth tat i'm not ready for??? Wat the hell is going on?

but it seems tat no one else frm my div is up to it...suck thumb...sigh...

CMDR Gray Cup is sth like the Temasek Titans...yes, the TITANS!...fond memories in TJ... Anyway, i think tis wld b much tougher. there's more events...like e bench press which i'm EXTREMELY weak at... and the competitors are much stronger...there are freaks running 2.4km at 7-8min...wow... ... ...

did some running today...9.22...way to go...

bench press...urgh...dying at 10 rep at 45kg...loser...

chin ups...still not bad...22

dips...25 in a min...lotsa catching up to do

pushup...unknown...too tired to carry on...went to kick some soccer in the end

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sigh...

...sigh...

don really hafta the heart to participate in the cup...sigh...

they cld haf inform me earlier...more time for me to train for it but no they din...sigh...sigh...

argh... i'll b screwed

The Best Days In Creswell

Tis week has been my best days in Creswell.

I was out sailing, as in really under sail...not powered-driven vessel but sailing vessel...away from the dreary classroom lessons for a week...out into the huai bao of mother nature.

Monday, lotsa of basic theory on the physics of the sail, ROR and other shit...watever... Excuse my ignorance (or stupidity?), I thot we can onli sail downwind. I never knew tat we can actually sail in other directions as well. Of course, we cant sail head on to wind, but I was really surprised by the fact tat we can sail at an angle of 40 degree towards the direction from where the wind is coming frm!


SV Salthorse

Anyway, the fun part started on Tues when I finally set sail on SV Salthorse. It was a windy and sunny day...a perfect day for sailing...a perfect day for me to strip down to jus t-shirt and shorts...a perfect day for some sun bathing!!! We were taught how to get the sails up, control the sails for various maneouvre and bla...we picked up quickly and became really competent and comfortable after some time... It wasn’t very tedious keeping the vessel moving in one direction. So as long as there wasnt a need for any direction change or man-overboard drill, most of the time we wld be sun-bathing on the weather deck, toking cock, playing cards, enjoying the breeze and sun, watchin the sea gulls diving into the water, and occasionally visited by small little penguins and dolphins…wat a way to enjoy life...


wat a wonderful day...


Tim and me

The weather was pretty bad yesterday. Near the end of sea state 2, almost 3...huge swell and strong wind...and cold as well. When under sail, the boat had a constant list of almost 45 degrees to one side!!! Salthorse is onli 20plus metre long so it pounded and rolled a great deal under the hostile weather. And it was definitely tough when we tried to put the sails down. Kinda scary...but it was fun and exciting as well...heehee...


the calm before the storm...


HeeeeeeeeeeeHA!!!

How sad tat the week hafta come to an end.

Mission Failed

Oh well...it seems like the animations din turn out too well in the end...

Hidden Talent

Forget about what I wrote earlier on. You wont see the "boxes" now cos I've got it all sorted out. You wont believe how talented I am in all this stuffs...technogeek? I find it hard to believe too. I struggled for many hours, refused to read any manual, and even consulted Regina via ICQ. Btw, I've never read or train in html before. For some unknown reasons, I scan thru the html, did some editing, try and error, and YeeeeeeHA...I've got it all sorted!!! BZ!!!

It's raining out there...wet and cold, the worst combination u can ever get. I have planned to go for a run along the beach, thru the jungle trail...the cross-country route. But it doesnt seem possible now. I'm alone in the library, feeling bored and donno wat to do...sigh... so i thot it'll be good to venture on some animation...


Hopefully these doesnt become few days later. Let me noe if this is slowing down 56k user.

Any one haf got better idea to put in animaton...how to get rid of those boxes??

Half Way Through

I'm counting down...76 days more to go...

As It Turned Out, The Stone Was Mightier Than Both Sword And The Pen

Tricky Iceberg

My Mistake, I Wasn't Saying Anything Actually

As expected, I din really enjoy the evening. The glass of white wine that I had was probably the best part of the evening. I spent most of the time listening; I onli spoke when probed. I was simply too engrossed in trying to comprehend wat was said than to think of wat to say. Were they mumbling becos they had too much drink or was there sth wrong with me? I don seem to have any great problem in understanding them for the last few weeks or so...but why am I struggling yesterday? Or was I jus freaking myself out too much?...I’m feeling so demoralised. I just lost a battle that I have been preparing for. I think it’ll take a while before I recover all the confidence I have lost.

Sori, What Was I Saying?

I’m kinda worried bout wat’s going to happen tis evening. There will be a cocktail party tis evening at the CO’s residence. Tat means I’ll hafta do wat I dread most—socialising...sigh... Being the only foreign trainee in the div the CO is bound to tok to me. I really donno wat to say...I can imagine myself tongue tight and blabbing nonsense...I’m afraid I will not be able to present myself well enough. =X It is fairly obvious tat I’m a recluse. I jus don like to tok to ppl I donno esp when it’s in a formal setting. Tis is me and I am happy about wat I am. sometimes I do hope tat I can become more extrovert so tat I would not have to frown over such a thing again. Is it really possible? I am kinda doubtful.

Pictures from City to Surf held in Sydney, sth like the Big Walk

Feel good and ready for the 14km walk!

Caitlin, Munch, Nashy, Hoody, Depper, Gale, Vic and me

Munch and me

Bondi revisit

Me, Depper and Vic

A judge from Australian Idol. 'Hey...where u looking?'

These are taken during my Sea Familiarisation

Bearing of Bn 1...uh...370...?

Oh man...look at tat loving...

couple...?

Tat means f**k off...

Some good photos taken during the history excursion in Sydney Harbour a month ago

A bunch of idiots

Me Rulez!!!

Ernst & Young

The Big Boys From Flinders

NEOC 31

Wat's Going On Wif This World

My DO got smashed (i.e. drunk) in a pub sometime last week and was found "making fun" of one of our female course mates. He's thot 2b an extreme case of introvert...cant believe he did such a thing. Desperation? watever...he's now forced to go on 3 weeks of leave. I doubt I'll see him again. Ya...probably the next time I get to see him is when he carries a box packed with all his personal belonging.

A Feeling Worst Than Dying

I couldn’t believe it...but it’s true. I was seasick. This is the first time I puke due seasickness since I joined the navy... Tuesday morning, I was thrown into a liferaft with all my div mates. We spent the worst 4 hours of our lives I reckon together in a liferaft in the middle of Jervis Bay. No food, no water, no entertainment. There were ample supplies of sea spray, chilly gust of wind and huge swell though. The weather and sea-state weren’t very helpful...but created lotsa of trouble for the tiny little liferaft. I felt as though I was in a washing machine. First hour, still okay becos only soaking. But very soon, everyone started to throw their heads out to catch a glimpse of the horizon. And it din take too long for the thot ‘why the f**k did I join the navy’ to come up to me again. The weather turned really nasty near the end that it really felt like spin drying!!! Thank god it’s all over now...

Before they called it a day, me and everyone hafta jump into the freezing water in a suit which was suppose to keep dry. Apparently, it wasn’t very effective as I was completely soaked. Argh!!! Jesus...not that cold treatment again!!! It’s freezing!!! So much so that I cldn’t really feel or take control of my limps. For a moment I thot I wld get hypothermia. I’m not sure how long I spent in the water...but I had this out of this world thinking when I get out that I would rather shot myself dead than to jump off my sinking ship! thank god it’s all over...

I’m feeling much much better now, to be able to stand on firm ground once again. For a better tomolo, cheers!

Isn't it very true?!

Running Faster Than Time

Time is never on my side. I've gotta study for history test (again) that has been postpone till tml, read up on seamanship, ROR and stuffs for the one-week sea training starting tml and complete at least 50% of the assignment that is due few days after the sea training. And definitely not forgetting the weekly top-priority must-do stuffs...laundry, ironing and polishing...yeeks! i really hope there's 48 hrs a day...or i'm a machine so that i simply don hafta sleep at all. some rechargeable batteries, adapter and cable will do... but the fact is 'ya dream on'. Welcome back to the reality! sigh...i've gotta keep running again...gotta buy a new pair of asics for this arduous job...oop...

'Isn't it true, there just doesn't seem to be enough time to do everything these days. Time is moving so fast, ok, it feels like it is. You know what I mean.......if you don't, boy are you lucky.'~~Teri Jo

'Civil Service Will Go To A Five-Day Week'

A 2-day weekend really makes a lot of difference. I noe exactly how it wld be like cos I’m enjoying a 2½-day weekend here! After lunch on Fri, that’s it! That’s all for the week man...muaaaahah. I really hope you guys out there cld also benefit from it very soon. It feels really good! End work or book out on Fri night and got heap lotsa time to plan for the next two day. And I guess I will not haf any problem trying to re-adapt to the work life in Singapore when I get back now it is changing ...wonder how wld LWE be like...half or full day off on Fri? and wat if a holiday falls on Sat, will we get a day off on Fri?

Life’s somewhat boring tis week...lectures, lectures and more lectures. Probably it’s the ‘calm before the storm’. Next week will b a week of training out at sea...a mini sea deployment in Jervis Bay...bridgewatches, navigation lectures, ROR, seamanship evolutions, rounds and bla...sigh...and of course very little sleep. Urgh...I shouldn’t be thinking about all these now. I’ll worry about them when tis weekend arrives. Wat’s more important for me now is to develop a foolproof strategy to tackle another disheartening history test tml!

God bless me!