Boring week. Booked out on sat morning coz I returned to PLC like 1 am or something only. One of the rare few times. It's gonna be next week too. Quite sian actually. Anyway training in Amoy Quee was pretty sian. Maybe because this is the 3rd time I'm doing the same thing. First At Selarang camp, then at Mandai Hill Camp. Lol. And I'm in Coy HQ so there's practically nothing much to do for now, until CME comes. That would be more fun. Haha. Then again it's like the best job u can get. Although there are some tough times too. Haha. It's like that. When it gets tough one would complain and wish there was less to do. But when it's overly slack, one would complain and wish there was something to do. Haha. Ironic isn't it? But I've gotta admit. Time really passes faster when there's something to do. Haha. Friday was damn sian. The 'A' Coy HQ VCs and operators were slacking our lives away in the stoopid tonner. OMG. It's damn sianz. Really. For once I really wished I was out there in the jungle doing something. LOL. Add on some drama at SGC later that night and the day is totally ruined. Haha. Simple isn't it. *Pukes*.
Anyways this week everyone seems to be busy. The Uni kids are having their exams. NS guys all like book out late too. Haha. Damn sad weekend. LOL. I'm freaking degrading in NS. No idea what to do with my life now.
Oh and bro's birthday's coming. Gotta get something for him next weekend.
Oh and i read through One of my favourite singer 林宥嘉's 神秘嘉賓 lyrics. Found the lyrics to be pretty interesting. It's very metaphorical in nature. It literally depicts a person's life as a stage. A performance. A journey. Sounds cliche but hey, it does work sometimes.
神秘嘉賓 林宥嘉
曲：鄭楠 詞：陳信延
我踩著夢的階梯 走進了 一座迷霧森林
誰的心事 被天使竊聽 泛起漣漪
時間它幫我設計 下一秒 誰是神秘嘉賓
小心翼翼 揭開了面具 掌聲鼓勵
誰闖進我的場地 誰讓我措手不及
我早就預備的劇情 妳卻給我一筆
狡猾地 致命地正中我紅心
我跟誰變得親密 誰逐漸離我遠去
華麗演出共襄盛舉 唯有妳的背影
友情客串卻留下刻骨銘心的回憶
妳按了我的門鈴 我終於 從呵欠中甦醒
緊張兮兮 對妳說一句 歡迎光臨
全場觀眾都離席 剩下我 還在原地尋覓
耳邊聽著 謝幕的歌曲 走不出去
誰闖進我的場地 誰讓我措手不及
我早就預備的劇情 妳卻給我一筆
狡猾地 致命地正中我紅心
我跟誰變得親密 誰逐漸離我遠去
華麗演出共襄盛舉 唯有妳的背影
友情客串卻留下刻骨銘心的回憶
我搬到誰的隔壁 誰成了我的鄰居
鳴謝生命有妳參與 笑納我的邀請
曲終人散卻寫下不會結束 的結局
It's an apt description of life I guess. New people enter and leave one's life at various points in life and each and everyone contributes to the excitement and passion of life. I guess everyone has to move on no matter what happens and yes, we control our own lives. Not god. Not your parents. Not anyone else. It's nice to have such songs that make one reflect on life once in a while. Makes NS more passable. Gives people some sense of hope. Haiz. That's life.
Oh damn gotta book in later.
SIAN-NIFIED.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
1st week back to camp. I guess I've been quite accustomed to sleeping outfield already. Although the bunk is superbly clean relative to my tent in Oz, I quite prefer the weather there, the nice comfy sleeping bag, and everything. Haha. Oh well. Anyways I DO NOT need to go New Zealand. So damn glad. Was like a foot into the plane already. Haha. Anyways just thankful. Alright. What else happened in camp? Hmm.. Oh yes. The new specs that came in. Yea they are from my batch. Omg Brendan Goh is Nic's VC! LOL. Remember the BMT days... yikes! Haha. It's sooo gonna be interesting to watch. Oh and my new VC's pretty nice. Haha. That's for now bahz. Haven't shown their true colours yet.. Tsk tsk.. Alright nothing much happened in camp. Has been a rather monotonous week. Guess things would get more interesting when we go to Amoy Quee Camp next week. Haha.
Have been rather lethargic all week long. Anyways, just wanna rest this weekend. Haha. Have been back tracking and reading my past entries. Realised this blog is more than 4 years old already. Haha. And yes alot of things have happened during this span of years. Happy memories or bad experiences- All these contribute to the very person I've become today. My entries really make me think back and remember the good old days in TMS and TJC. The people that I've met. The friends I've made. For the good or bad? I'm in no position to judge. All I can say is that many people have entered my life and left. 所谓世上没有不散的宴席。All good things do have to come to an end. And I guess the memories left behind is something really worth treasuring. I guess that's a good reason for me to keep my blog alive. The little things in life that makes spending a few minutes blogging all seem worthwhile. Haha.
Alright so that's about it for now. YawnzZZ
Have been rather lethargic all week long. Anyways, just wanna rest this weekend. Haha. Have been back tracking and reading my past entries. Realised this blog is more than 4 years old already. Haha. And yes alot of things have happened during this span of years. Happy memories or bad experiences- All these contribute to the very person I've become today. My entries really make me think back and remember the good old days in TMS and TJC. The people that I've met. The friends I've made. For the good or bad? I'm in no position to judge. All I can say is that many people have entered my life and left. 所谓世上没有不散的宴席。All good things do have to come to an end. And I guess the memories left behind is something really worth treasuring. I guess that's a good reason for me to keep my blog alive. The little things in life that makes spending a few minutes blogging all seem worthwhile. Haha.
Alright so that's about it for now. YawnzZZ
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Friday suppose to go attend this TPT Hub West Anniversary celebration at DXO near Esplanade. Yes I went, but only for the attendance part. Haha. Oh and just loitered around with the Support guys before we smoked out. Poof! Haha. Anyway after that went to sing K with the Support guys and SP PC (Yikes!) at Marina KBox. Haha. Had a great time singing all night.
The very next day, which is yesterday, I went to K again! Haha. Now with besties Vin and John at Somerset. Haha. I controlled myself or else I would have lost my voice by today le. Haha. Anyway my weekend has been well spent. Finished my Soviet missions in RA3. Oh read another 1/8 of my book. And yes, I watched ALOT of TV as per normal. Haha. Oh and the JC peeps are having their exciting A levels now! Haha. A's... It feels as if it had just passed for me. Time really flies. Anyways it's a mere year or so to O.R.D.. And I can start being a relief teacher! Haha. Excited. Always wanted to know what teaching is like. Oh wells. 1 year! Haha.
Has been more than a month.
Packed my tonne of stuff.
PLC here I come.
YawnzZZ
The very next day, which is yesterday, I went to K again! Haha. Now with besties Vin and John at Somerset. Haha. I controlled myself or else I would have lost my voice by today le. Haha. Anyway my weekend has been well spent. Finished my Soviet missions in RA3. Oh read another 1/8 of my book. And yes, I watched ALOT of TV as per normal. Haha. Oh and the JC peeps are having their exciting A levels now! Haha. A's... It feels as if it had just passed for me. Time really flies. Anyways it's a mere year or so to O.R.D.. And I can start being a relief teacher! Haha. Excited. Always wanted to know what teaching is like. Oh wells. 1 year! Haha.
Has been more than a month.
Packed my tonne of stuff.
PLC here I come.
YawnzZZ
Monday, November 03, 2008
Have been spending quite some time reading "Hot, Flat and Crowded", and a slow reader I am, I only finished one-eighth of the book(a very thick one indeed.. Haha). Or rather, I've just read up on where we are now. Unless your an avid researcher on environmental issues, one would never guess the extent that our environment is damaged by each and every of our actions. It's a common fact that development damages our environment, and until today, we humans are unable to strike a balance between development and environmental conservation. But how many of us actually see the exact magnitude of the damage done to our environment? Perhaps because we are stuck in this tiny island of Singapore that we are unable to picture size accurately. To me, by just building the marina bay IRs, I feel that we are already destroying a large part of nature. But this pales in comparison to the damage done when China built the 3 Gorges Dam across the YangTze River. Then again, this is nothing as compared to the amount of land China has to clear in order to develop Beijing and Shanghai into the developed cities they are to day. This is just like comparing the size of an electron, to an atom, to an entire piece of metal. It's that big of a difference! And by doing so, I'm only comparing the extent of loss of land biodiversity and environment. What about the other aspects such as damage to our oceans, air and about the increasing amounts of waste produced and about energy demand, supply and damage?
I feel that our world is developing at a rate far beyong what our environment can cope with. This is evident with recent more-drastic-than-normal changes in the weather conditions and the rapid loss of biodiversity. Dramatic weather conditions such as Hurricane Katrina destroying millions of homes in the USA, the underwater earthquake leading to Tsunami in Indonesia, longer-than-ever droughts in Australia leading to widespread forest fires. All these are signs of the environment succumbing to the extensive and intensive damage that we are subjecting it to. These are all the results of our unintentional actions to make the a better place. We all choose to develop our cities in a bid to increase our people's standard of living and quality of life. But who would expect that this results in increased air pollution through vehicle exhaust, increased electricity consumption, and greater dependence on mechanisation, increased waste as people get wealthier and adopt more undesirable consumption habits and greater loss of biodiversity through clearing of land, extensive use of the sea( overfishing, increased shipping, etc). Ironically, it's because of their actions to improve the world that they speed up the destruction of the very place we live in, and hence reduce quality of life as a result.
In my opinion, we are facing such a problem because many key personnel in society lack the thorough understanding of the problem we are facing. On the surface, it may seem as if China's rapid economic expansion of up to 10% per annum since the year 2000 proves that China's development masterplan is one that is effective and has foresight. But it simply takes one visit to the more industrialised areas in China to destroy this entire dream-like senario in our minds. Looking at the state of its natural environment, I feel that something needs to be done, and it needs to be done really soon, before things go out of control. Ask any teenager on the streets and they would probably be able to tell you that there are already measures put into place- Kyoto Protocol, Montreal Protocol, Government initiatives to encourage renewable energy, etc. But to me, what we need now is not these plans. What we need now is concrete action. Some things need to be done now. That's why I would like to commend certain orgainisations and government that have brushed aside political and economic pressures and pushed for environmental conservation.
The Netherlands
This is the country that places the greatest emphasis on the development and use of renewable energy. Such energy sources range from wind, solar, thermal, heat pumps, biomass to hydroelectricity. Currently about 10% of their total energy is met using these renewable sources. Although the Netherland does not own the largest rivers, the greatest land surface area, nor produce the most waste, the amount of energy they derive from these sources are the most. They do not have the highest GDP per capita, but still they are the most environmental friendly country. So much for the stereotype that such renewable energy requires massive funds. This is done by the two-way understanding between the people and the government. The understanding of the people reduces the level of political pressure faced by the government when they plan their budget at the start of every fiscal year. The government also increase employment through the operation of these high technology operations and they see the use of renewable energy and the greater ability to save the environment a milestone for the country and a mark of a highly developed state. I totally agree to it and commend its efforts and ability to stick by it through thick and thin.
Hyflux, Singapore
This is the company that is responsible for the developement of reverse osmosis, an essential process that allows waste water to be recycled into potable water. This drastically reduced Singapore's dependence on imported water from Malaysia and Indonesia. This comes at a perfect time when Malaysia is trying to raise the price of water sold to us. This method of obtaining drinkable water is still not as cheap as it should be, but it still beats desalination that is more expensive and pollutive. Although Singapore's action seems to have a political agenda behind it, I feel that it would be more appropriate to say that Singapore has took another crucial step towards environmental conservation. To add on, this advancement has allowed Singapore to take the lead in water management technology. Never would anyone expect such a tiny country to soon be self sufficient i water even without a fresh water source, but with this technology being further researched upon, it's won't be long before that happens.
The above are just 2 examplary examples of environmental conservation in each of their own fields. Very often it's when a country lacks something that they push for the development of it. Singapore lacks water, and hence pushed for greater water technology. Holland lacks crude oil and hence it pushes for renewable energy technology. It now seems as if these efforts are some what driven by economic and political factors. Once again, there's an irony. It's because of political and economic factors that many people and government do not dwell into research to protect our environment, but it's also because of these same 2 factors that accelerate their advancement in these fields. And this is what makes people think and go nuts, perhaps. Haha. I love how everything in this world is inter-linked. The link between science, engineering, environment, business, economics, politics.. The complexes the issue of environmental conservation, but it also makes it more exciting and this allows for people from different fields to associate with, bringing people together and pushing towards greater conservation of the environment. The vey place we live in.
Alright, these are just some of my thoughts on reading the book and perhaps the book would shed more light on the difficulties and problems of environmental conservation and economics development. But till then, that's all! =D
I feel that our world is developing at a rate far beyong what our environment can cope with. This is evident with recent more-drastic-than-normal changes in the weather conditions and the rapid loss of biodiversity. Dramatic weather conditions such as Hurricane Katrina destroying millions of homes in the USA, the underwater earthquake leading to Tsunami in Indonesia, longer-than-ever droughts in Australia leading to widespread forest fires. All these are signs of the environment succumbing to the extensive and intensive damage that we are subjecting it to. These are all the results of our unintentional actions to make the a better place. We all choose to develop our cities in a bid to increase our people's standard of living and quality of life. But who would expect that this results in increased air pollution through vehicle exhaust, increased electricity consumption, and greater dependence on mechanisation, increased waste as people get wealthier and adopt more undesirable consumption habits and greater loss of biodiversity through clearing of land, extensive use of the sea( overfishing, increased shipping, etc). Ironically, it's because of their actions to improve the world that they speed up the destruction of the very place we live in, and hence reduce quality of life as a result.
In my opinion, we are facing such a problem because many key personnel in society lack the thorough understanding of the problem we are facing. On the surface, it may seem as if China's rapid economic expansion of up to 10% per annum since the year 2000 proves that China's development masterplan is one that is effective and has foresight. But it simply takes one visit to the more industrialised areas in China to destroy this entire dream-like senario in our minds. Looking at the state of its natural environment, I feel that something needs to be done, and it needs to be done really soon, before things go out of control. Ask any teenager on the streets and they would probably be able to tell you that there are already measures put into place- Kyoto Protocol, Montreal Protocol, Government initiatives to encourage renewable energy, etc. But to me, what we need now is not these plans. What we need now is concrete action. Some things need to be done now. That's why I would like to commend certain orgainisations and government that have brushed aside political and economic pressures and pushed for environmental conservation.
The Netherlands
This is the country that places the greatest emphasis on the development and use of renewable energy. Such energy sources range from wind, solar, thermal, heat pumps, biomass to hydroelectricity. Currently about 10% of their total energy is met using these renewable sources. Although the Netherland does not own the largest rivers, the greatest land surface area, nor produce the most waste, the amount of energy they derive from these sources are the most. They do not have the highest GDP per capita, but still they are the most environmental friendly country. So much for the stereotype that such renewable energy requires massive funds. This is done by the two-way understanding between the people and the government. The understanding of the people reduces the level of political pressure faced by the government when they plan their budget at the start of every fiscal year. The government also increase employment through the operation of these high technology operations and they see the use of renewable energy and the greater ability to save the environment a milestone for the country and a mark of a highly developed state. I totally agree to it and commend its efforts and ability to stick by it through thick and thin.
Hyflux, Singapore
This is the company that is responsible for the developement of reverse osmosis, an essential process that allows waste water to be recycled into potable water. This drastically reduced Singapore's dependence on imported water from Malaysia and Indonesia. This comes at a perfect time when Malaysia is trying to raise the price of water sold to us. This method of obtaining drinkable water is still not as cheap as it should be, but it still beats desalination that is more expensive and pollutive. Although Singapore's action seems to have a political agenda behind it, I feel that it would be more appropriate to say that Singapore has took another crucial step towards environmental conservation. To add on, this advancement has allowed Singapore to take the lead in water management technology. Never would anyone expect such a tiny country to soon be self sufficient i water even without a fresh water source, but with this technology being further researched upon, it's won't be long before that happens.
The above are just 2 examplary examples of environmental conservation in each of their own fields. Very often it's when a country lacks something that they push for the development of it. Singapore lacks water, and hence pushed for greater water technology. Holland lacks crude oil and hence it pushes for renewable energy technology. It now seems as if these efforts are some what driven by economic and political factors. Once again, there's an irony. It's because of political and economic factors that many people and government do not dwell into research to protect our environment, but it's also because of these same 2 factors that accelerate their advancement in these fields. And this is what makes people think and go nuts, perhaps. Haha. I love how everything in this world is inter-linked. The link between science, engineering, environment, business, economics, politics.. The complexes the issue of environmental conservation, but it also makes it more exciting and this allows for people from different fields to associate with, bringing people together and pushing towards greater conservation of the environment. The vey place we live in.
Alright, these are just some of my thoughts on reading the book and perhaps the book would shed more light on the difficulties and problems of environmental conservation and economics development. But till then, that's all! =D
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Today finally went to sing k with Vin and Shan. Has been quite a long time since I ast sang with them. Haha. Anyways really had a great time. Oh and i managed to borrow Mayday's CD from Vin, so that saves me like 20 bucks buying the album. Haha. Oh I couldn't find Red Alert 3! I went throughout town searching for it but it's like sold out everywhere! So depressed lah. Haha. Gonna go Parkway or Tamp these couple of days to check it out. Haha. I could really spend my off playing some good games. Haha. Saw a couple of guys from my unit at PS. Guess it's the most frequent hangout spot. Haha. Or maybe pure coincidence. Haha.
Oh Ye Wei's going Thailand today (From what I heard from Vin..) ! So yea hope ya have a safe and enjoyable overseas training experience! Jia You!
Anyways I'm off to enjoy my entire week of off-in-lieu. Haha. Cheers!
Oh Ye Wei's going Thailand today (From what I heard from Vin..) ! So yea hope ya have a safe and enjoyable overseas training experience! Jia You!
Anyways I'm off to enjoy my entire week of off-in-lieu. Haha. Cheers!
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Ah.. Feels good to be back in Singapore. Alright, all I can say was that the experience in Australia was a good one. Different terrain, climate, culture and everything. The going do get tough, but it's something I am proud to have gone through and I can say that the 26 days had been quite well spent. Haha.
Anyways, back to the sunny island of Singapore. Yesterday touched down at around 4am, went to shop at the DFS and headed straight home after that. Kinda suffered from abit of jet lag. Haha. Anyways yesterday night went to grandpa's house to celebrate his birthday. There was a crowd and yea I kinda hate crowds. Haha. But that's not the point. Anyway, there was good food (I didn't eat much though, ate too much during R&R le.. haha), and chit chatted with my relatives whom I've not met up with in a LONG time. Yes almost a year. Haha. Oh and they can actually mistake me for my bro. Hmm. Is that a good thing? Haha. Anyway, I headed home pretty early coz everyone was tired from everything. Haha. So the day ended there.
Today woke up pretty late. Went to help at my dad's shop before going off to meet Wei Chong to pass him a few CDs and lunch. Haha. After that went to Parkway to do some shopping. Bought a new book entitled "Hot, Flat and Crowded" by Thomas Friedman. It's a non-fiction book about Climate crisis and all the greeny environmental stuff. It's something that most people my age wouldn't read for leisure, but heh, I do find it darn interesting. Haha. Weird me. Anyways I also bought 3 new CDs. They are 为你而活 by 神木与瞳, 魔杰座 by 周杰伦 and Sixology by 林俊杰. Haha. Just one month away and so many new albums are out. Haha. Spent quite abit but heh! It's been a month man! Hahaz.
It just feels good to be home. =D
Anyways, back to the sunny island of Singapore. Yesterday touched down at around 4am, went to shop at the DFS and headed straight home after that. Kinda suffered from abit of jet lag. Haha. Anyways yesterday night went to grandpa's house to celebrate his birthday. There was a crowd and yea I kinda hate crowds. Haha. But that's not the point. Anyway, there was good food (I didn't eat much though, ate too much during R&R le.. haha), and chit chatted with my relatives whom I've not met up with in a LONG time. Yes almost a year. Haha. Oh and they can actually mistake me for my bro. Hmm. Is that a good thing? Haha. Anyway, I headed home pretty early coz everyone was tired from everything. Haha. So the day ended there.
Today woke up pretty late. Went to help at my dad's shop before going off to meet Wei Chong to pass him a few CDs and lunch. Haha. After that went to Parkway to do some shopping. Bought a new book entitled "Hot, Flat and Crowded" by Thomas Friedman. It's a non-fiction book about Climate crisis and all the greeny environmental stuff. It's something that most people my age wouldn't read for leisure, but heh, I do find it darn interesting. Haha. Weird me. Anyways I also bought 3 new CDs. They are 为你而活 by 神木与瞳, 魔杰座 by 周杰伦 and Sixology by 林俊杰. Haha. Just one month away and so many new albums are out. Haha. Spent quite abit but heh! It's been a month man! Hahaz.
It just feels good to be home. =D
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