NPCC Officers' Day presentation

Well I attended the abovementioned event today, a bit embarrassingly due to my unexpected haircut. But overall it was great. Met up with a lot of old friends.

Most of my co-helpers for SYFOC were all over the place as they were seated with their Areas, or in the case of HOs, with their Open Units. but I did manage to locate some of them for a short chat and photos of course! What I feel was the highlight was that the CIs formed a band to entertain us with some songs, and in between that one of them played the piano for us. She's actually my senior from RV who might be going for this year's OBTC... see how ba.

With that that's probably the last NPCC related activity I will be attending until HOBTC perhaps. And after that, I probably can't be active anymore due to my academic committments in the 2nd sem of year 2, which all of us ME students know is a real tough sem.

But I will be hanging around.. for the friends which I have made there. :) And I will still help if needed, as a friend in need is a friend indeed. :)

Bad hair day? Try this

before and after.


Lesson No. 1: If your barber is an 'old uncle' (politically correct term: elderly gentleman), DO NOT tell him that you want your hair short. Cos his definition of 'short' and yours is different.

Lesson No. 2: Never tell your barber how often you intend to get your hair cut. My current style will probably take about 4-5 months to grow back.

Lesson No. 3: Do not tell your barber 'no need to cut like army style' ... reverse psychology kicked in in my case

Lesson No. 4: To get funny styles like Armani, the Malay barbers are the best. They seem to know all the styles there are out there...

my school life lately

Now for an update into my school life..

Been very busy with mainly school work itself. I dun understand how the concert people are managing.. or are they preparing themselves to screw up this sem?? I hope not..

Mid term break is more like a mugging break.. haha.. but got good friends to study together with.. that's all that matters :)

A touching video

sure to change our lives...

Touching video

Speaks for itself... that's how our Father God loves us :)

mid-sem crisis?

It's been a long while since I blogged about my hall life... so here
goes.

Orientation was fun, got to meet quite a bit of people and the
juniors this year are a fun and enthusiastic bunch! but whether that
translates into them staying back once the reality of studies and all
sink in remains to be seen...

A new batch of JCRC members have taken over the reins of the hall and
I hope that they will be able to bring the hall to greater heights..

As for my upcoming hall activities, I have chosen more of cultural
activities this time round. Hope it runs well...

Some events have transpired which have kind of scuttled my plans for
this coming year. But it's alright, nothing major, probably Priority
One should be to focus on my studies. Actually, frankly speaking, I
do not know whether I want to continue to stay for the remaining 2
years in hall. I may choose to go on SEP and then it will be a
problem coming back in my final year. But it doesn't really matter
much to me - things will work itself out. I've got to focus more on
the things of more importance to me...

Sep 11. 5 years on.

5 years ago today were the events that shook the world.

They made us realise how fragile the world situation is, and how such a superpower as the US can be so easily compromised.

That day, life was never the same again. I remember that day, I woke up to see an SMS from my friend about it. When I reached school, teachers and students alike were talking about it. The mood was sombre. No one knew what would happen next.

5 years on, Iraq has been invaded, Saddam Hussein has been captured, Osama bin Laden remains at large, and bombings have taken place in Madrid, London, Bali and claimed hundreds of lives...

We do not know what tomorrow brings... and therefore we must treasure our lives, what we have, the people around us whom we love and care for. These are the things that truly matter...

As we read this, let's observe one minute silence for the thousands who lost their lives in 9/11, Bali, Madrid, London...

God rest their souls.

Decisions decision

I owe you my readers another update... :P

I finally cut up the uniform cover I've been using for a very long
time (forgot when i started using it) and used it as a trash bag. A
pity some might think but it has outlived its useful lifespan anyway.
Time to inaugurate another one.

I've come to take up the challenge of EAL MM. Not an easy job,
especially Open House but i've started to form my team and hopefully
it will be a better one than next year. First out will be the RH
website which I will need to work with CompComm on this matter.

Gossips in hall... i never liked gossip, especially since it's never
good to be on the receiving end of it. True that we should take
everything we hear with a pinch of salt. I know of two friends (one
guy one girl) who were separated as a result of false rumors about
them. As in, they were rumored to be together and after that it just
seemed awkward for them, so they drifted apart. Very sad....

But having said that, I must be careful about what I say nowadays.
Walls have ears...
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University Dedication Service

That was a great time of worship, sharing and ministry organised by
the 3 Christian groups - VCF, Navigators and Campus Crusade. God
really moved powerfully in the service and many lives, myself
included were changed.

The speaker shared a powerful message about "Stand Out, Speak Up".
The point which really struck home was that while most of us hear a
lot of the Word of God, few of us actually want to ACT on it. So I
decided to ACT on a decision which i have been 'hentak kaki' on for
quite some time. Not an easy decision to make but "I have decided to
follow Jesus, no turning back, no turning back."
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BTC Dedication Service

I went down for BTC Dedication Service. Small crowd as it was mainly
Law students but it was a great time, continuation of what happened
yesterday... God is moving!

Joker on the Road

Today while in a taxi on the way to school, there was this guy in a big blue SUV trying to create trouble for us. What happened was that while turning into a slip road towards the expressway, this car had the CHEEK to cut into our lane and overtake us. Missed us by just a bit. Of course my driver sounded the horn. He sounded his horn too. After that he braked suddenly on the slip road, forcing my driver and all the other poor sods behind us to do likewise. then he came over and started shouting at the driver for a while before i intervened.. told him nicely that i'm in a hurry (of course, otherwise why would i be in a cab?) .. .he got the message and drove off.

Anyway, after that driver called the police... hope they do the necessary follow up on this guy and not let him get off scot free. He doesn't realise that his LICENCE PLATE is in big bold letters for all to see... Irritating...

Yet another day in the life of a student

Ok, update again... i guess i will update this periodically so as to
have a 'running record' of my thoughts etc...

The network connection in NUS has been real crappy. Occasionally, I
am totally unable to access the internet. And I must key in my userid
and password regularly to access sites outside of nus.edu.sg, which
is beginning to get irritating.. but perhaps it's a necessary
security measure.. Who knows, perhaps some outsiders may have brought
their laptops in for a free ride, so they needed to put a stop to
this... The other problem is that when I'm on MSN, the connection is
really intermittent, resulting in me being signed in and out
repeatedly - irritating when I'm carrying out a conversation with a
friend.

16 Aug
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Basically had Mechanics of Materials (ME2113) with an enthusiastic
lecturer! The subject seems easy enough - the start seems to be a
revision of EG1109 - but I cannot be complacent. This sem is for
pulling my CAP score...

Been meeting friends for lunch recently and today was no exception.
Yesterday I met one of my former church friends from CHC, today I met
one of my NPCC friends

Today there was no NPCC, as the cadets were having exams and all CCA
was cancelled. So I went home for what must have been the first time
in a long while (not considering the short visit back then). Now I
brought most of the things I need back to hall, hopefully I don't
have to make another trip again...

17 Aug
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Lunch turned out to be with another former church friend from CHC,
and thing was I did not arrange it beforehand, he just happened to be
in the canteen! The rest of the day was quite fruitful, I did some
studying in YIH before going on to have a swim with a couple of
friends at the SRC pool. It looks like I need more practice as I'm
not really a good swimmer yet.

.38 revolver shooting competition is this Saturday. Initially I
wanted to go, but I'm not sure what time I'm able to go off... and
anyway, I am not particularly good at it so not much of a point. I'll
probably go for a basic badminton course to learn the proper moves...

as i've regained my interest in badminton. After what happened last
year with hall badminton which caused me to lose interest. But now
I'm raring to go... got to get a new grip for my racket (the previous
one is all worn out)..