a time to reflekt
Its coming.
The end of the year.
2005 will be gone.
Time to usher in the nu-year.
Time to look back and reflect on the past 1 year.
Time to make new year resolutions when we know we won't probably achieve them. haha... thats for me.
a lot has happened in 2005...
me getting my 3SG followed by 2SG...
the instructor days in FDC...
the ORD issue, what to do after...
my men ORD-ing...
Zoukout 2005 with Armin and gigs aplenty...
my understudies coming at dec currently on course for their 3SG chevron...
what a year, what a year...
but of course, 2006 is a year to look forward to...
ORD!!!
Finally... its drawing nearer, and nearer...
no more Sergeant, but Mister. or... SIR.
oh man what a day to look forward to.
and the inevitable comes...
Whats next after ORD? study? work?
what the hell...
some resolutions I hope I would keep in this coming year...
1) Get into a Uni... (RMIT, UOL)
2) financially independent hopefully.
3) run more often so that I can quit smoking. You know that smoking actually makes you thinner? I'm afraid of being fat...
4) eat less. be less of a glutton.
5) Spend more time mixing, and learn producing. I set that last year but only managed to achieve like erm... 40%? oh what the hell, when the new specs take over, I would have more time at home. :)
I justed blew away my cash with a purchase of like 13 new vinyls from 4Djsonly.com
The shipping is so fucking ex! 44 EUR!!! What the fuck man!
I'll never buy any stuff from them again... the shipping is way too extravagant. Its not even Fedex, its Rapid Air courier.
I spent a total of 261 SGD there. FUCK!!! Then again... if not for those rare vinyls.
Sander Van Doorn - Dark Roast
John O'Callaghan pres. Mannix - Mercury
Push = M.i.k.e - R.e.s.p.e.c.t
Airwave - Save Me (Disc 1)
Ridgewalkers - Find (incl Kyau vs Albert rmx)
Deep Dish - Say Hello (Paul van Dijk Rmx)
Volition - The Spell
Armin Van Buuren - Zocalo (Gabriel & Dresden rmx)
Ronski Speed & Sebastian Sand - Sole Survivor
Dogzilla - Without You ( dub mix )
The Police - SOS
Andy Moor - Halcyon - alex morph mix
Ralphie B & Sander van Dien Pres. First State - First State / Scared
I'm burned!!!
in the meantime...
Happy Nu-Year
mixed emotions
Its been a hell of a long time since I wrote anything on this blog but what the hell, I'm back to stay-in life again already.
Mondays - Fridays stay in.
I've been arrowed yet again as an instructor for the 11th ASLC. There were mixed emotions about being an instructor.
I get to spend my Xmas, New Year and Chinese New Year whereas if I remain in flight, I'm on duty for all occasions.
I miss out on the off days.
Seeing the 11th ASLC peeps, there was a feeling of relieved, and yet fear.
Relieved. Is that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel already. Its there. with just a few more hurdles to go. My ORD. My freedom. The end of all sai kang. Such was relieved.
But what was pondering me, was what is my OC gonna do with so many specs in base?
The biggest bet was, we were gonna stay with our platoons. Continuing mounting.
BUT!
There obviously isn't enough beds for us to sleep.
Which means....
Rotational mounting for older specs?
I can see it. The Invincible Future.
Mount 1. Dismount 4?
The future is near.
What about fear?
yes. the usual question. the sum of all fears in NS.
What are you gonna do when you ORD?
Work? Study?
Well, I want to study. But to think that I'm already 24 by the time I ORD, its a little to old to be taking money from your parents right?
Studying part time? Its too demanding.
Work? I don't mind working but I don't see any future in me working directly in the society because I don't have a degree which opens me up to more career opportunities.
As I mentioned before, I wanted to study creative advertising. But it needs a portfolio.
And it happens that I seem to be a little weak in that. I need time to do up my portfolio. But I'm like staying in now? Which is 1 of the reasons I'm not really happy to be an instructor now. Ahhh...life.... shit happens uh?
Well...
Study?
Work?
Part time?
Whats your call?
What is your working style
You are friendly, adaptable realists. You rely on what you see, hear, and know first-hand. You good-naturedly accept and use the facts around you. You look for a satisfying solution instead of trying to impose any "should" or "must" of your own. You are sure a satisfying solution will turn up once you have grasped all the facts.
You solve problems by being adaptable, and often can get other to adapt, too. People generally like you well enough to consider any compromise you suggest. You are unprejudiced open-minded, and tolerant of most everyone--including yourself. You take things as they are and thus may be very good at easing a tense situation and pulling conflicting factions together.
With your focus on the current situation and realistic acceptance of what exists, you can be a gifted problem solver. Because you are not necessarily bound by a need to follow standard procedures or preferred methods, you are often able to see ways of achieving a goal by "using" the existing rules, systems, or circumstances in new ways, rather than allowing them to be roadblocks.
You are actively curious about people, activities, food, objects, scenery, or anything new presented to your senses. Your expert abilities in using your senses may show in:
- a continuous ability to see the need of the moment and turn easily to meet it
- the ability to absorb, apply and remember great numbers of facts
- an artistic taste and judgement
- the handling of tools and materials
You make your decisions by using the personal values of feeling rather than the logical analysis of thinking. Your feeling makes you tactful, sympathetic, interested in people, and especially good at handling human contacts. You may be too easy in matters of discipline. You learn far more from first-hand experience than from books, and do better in actual situations than on written tests. Abstract ideas and theories are not likely to be trusted by you until you have been tested in experience. You may have to work harder than other people to achieve in school, but can do so when you see the relevance.
You do best in careers needing realism, action, and adaptability. Examples are health services, sales, design, transportation, entertainment, secretarial or office work, food service, supervising work groups, machine operation, and many kinds of troubleshooting.
You are strong in the art of living. You get a lot of fun out of life, which makes you good company. You enjoy your material possessions and take the time to acquire you. You find much enjoyment in good food, clothes, music, and art. You enjoy physical exercise and sports, and usually are good at these.
How effective you are depends on how much judgment you acquire. You may need to develop your feeling so that they can use your values to provide standards for your behavior, and direction and purpose in your lives. If your judgment is not developed enough to give you any character or stick-to-it-iveness, you are in danger of adapting mainly to your own love of a good time
http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test47.aspx
a hell lot of things
apologise for the lack of updates of my blog.
so many things have happened since the last time I posted something.
EX East Hawk 21st - 24th Nov
COC Parade (28th Nov)
and the aftermath, you can pretty much guess.
Well you work hard, but you gotta play hard too.
Celebrated Mel's Birthday at Box Office, sipping champagne, playing games related with alcohol, which everybody had a good time that night, except me. Who had a very very bad sore throat which ended up being a vocal cord infection (i att'C' 3 days for that, how serious is that). I had totally no voice but that whole week, I couldn't speak properly, couldn't eat a hell lot of stuff. You can guess the ordeal I went through in camp considering the camp food. Doesn't SFI just plain suck?
well, back to Mel's birthday, the highlight of the night was the part when they had their faces squeezed at the cheeks and having lips looking like a goldfish.Then we had to say stupid things like;
'My name is Chubby.'
'My dad is Chubby.'
'Even my DoggggGGGG is Chubby.'
Believe me. It was one of the most hilarious moments of the night.
went to Sentosa today, was totally shagged out. Its because I totally couldn't sleep last night, I have no idea why. I just couldn't sleep. In the end I slept for about only 2 hours before heading out. Its not that I can't last the day. Its when you reached home. I went to the National Skin Centre today too for my medical review. God damn it it was one the longest time I've waited there. 30 mins to see the doc, another 45 mins to process my next appointment. What the fuck man.
Andee is in HK now, left him some special instructions, hope he gets some Underground tees for me. Bon voyage Bro. Take care.
Qizhi is back in Singapore for holidays after a few months in the land down under. Wonder how he looks like now? hmm....
I have decided on which university course I've decided to take already, finally. I'm only interested in the Mass Comm, or should i say, Advertising.
It boils down to 2 universities, Monash and RMIT. Should be applying real soon. But of course I would not just applied Advertising, will apply for Industrial Design too. Hope I can get in either one.
If not... I think its the end of my academic career. Haha....
Been listening to a lot of Cranberries recently. I have no idea why. Just felt like it.
Here's some tunes I've been listening to...
Linger
Just my Imagination
Daffofil Lament
When You're gone
Never Grow Old
