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So yeah, I spent like few minutes sending my dad smses to get those three digits and somehow that day it was real tough to sms my dad. Oh, he did reply... 2 hour after I msged him and by then I went back home alr, So in the end we bought some random coded transistors. I do hope they work. Anyways the golden aged guy went with me was not really so called cooperative. He kept pointing at transistors out there (any transistors) and kept saying 'Bentuknya kayak gini...' (the shape looks like this). Oh well... I know la! I took electronics for 3 years leh... If I still cannot differentiate transistors from capacitors or other components I am a world-class phenomenon... I am not saying he's a bad guy... He's nice. Just that yesterday he was making me lost it. My bad temper huh... Proof: after treating me lunch (great food) he asked me to accompany him to buy bread. After paying for 4 loaves of bread, he shoved the bag to me saying that those bread were for me.

Anyways the 'bad' days continued after the Bizcom meeting. I was pretty tired out (cleaning Bizcom table) to think straight. So when we went out to have supper, I was too concerned about the amount of money in my wallet instead of thinking on how to ngakalin (umh... how to translate... 'play around' maybe) with the $4 I had. My 'best' solution was going to other restaurant to buy food. But it turned out that I had to spend $3.80 bah!!! I expected to spend below $3 btw...

Sounds bad rite? To think on the surface, yes! It is real bad. But I believe in a thing...

This is the day
This is the day
This is the day
That the Lord has made
That the Lord has made

Let us rejoice
Let us rejoice
And be glad in it

This is the day that the Lord has made
Let us rejoice and be glad in it
This is the day that the Lord has made

So yeah... just some food for thought for myself... If today is the day that the Lord Himself has made, and all His creation were seen by Him to be good ones, why should I care on how the day goes? He would never plan any bad thing to happen to His kiddoz, wouldnt he?

Anyways, saikang job over... Quite a tough job to remove paint from artpaper... But Jeremiah's Vim finished all. Got quite some boards for O-week (meaning cut cost!). If Shing not happy arh, hahaha.... Going to do a weird mythocard to screw him. Oh and must credit God -as always- who made it rained that I could use it to wash off the soap. But then my room would flood (yes... now understand ur feeling!) hor... Still nevermind! REJOICE!!!

Bad day... Not really...

I woke up yesterday with a big challenge on my shoulder and I cant beat it. So there I went down the drain of my own stupid mistakes n as a result I lost the joy of the day.

I was supposed to go to meet my father's boss' father to accompany him to buy some electronic spareparts. They were saying it is regulator LT1084, 1085 and 1086. But I knew for sure it is not called regulator coz there is no electronic component called by that name. So I asked my dad about this and apparently yeah, they were actually looking for transistors which act as regulators of a circuit. See... Proven?! And to think 2 days ago I went to sweep Sim Lim Square (mind you this is a computer mall) to buy regulators... No point rite??? Wasting my time... And then the night before my dad's boss called me to say it is not Sim Lim Square, but I was supposed to go to Sim Lim Tower! Madness... After the tiring sweep then they told me...

Seriously I thought nothing could be worse than that in terms of challenge of my temper. Oh well my guess was wrong. Upon taking cab to that Sim Lim Tower, I asked the taxi driver 'Which way are you taking?' and he understood it as 'Hello Sir, dont fool me! You go the wrong way!' and he was mad at me. Then asked me with a raised voice how many times have I been to Singapore and I answered I stayed here 6 years already. Not happy with that he mocked my unawareness of one direction traffic system in Singapore despite my stay for a long time. Having enough of that I fumed lah... (loooosssseeee ittttt...) and I fought with him inside a taxi with my dad's boss' dad next to me. Lucky for me he did not understand English so hopefully he did not notice some bad (and no, I did not swear) phrases I uttered to the taxi driver. You see the snowball effect... The morning I did not have the proper mood to start the day and then my mood went worse.

Even worse, during the search of the transistors, I found out that there were 3 more digit next to the numbers. So actually names of transistors goes like this XX XXXX XX X. XX is manufacturer code. XXXX is the type of transistors (numbers). XX I dunno yet. X indicates at what current this transistor works. Correct me if I'm wrong. But as stated on top, I only told the XX XXXX part.

Update later.... Saikang job soon...

51st Post: Tribute To Flying Dutchman

Whoo yeah... Havent really write much here other than short recaps which did not really represent my thoughts. My ENGIN CAMP 2007 has been real great. I have to say that it is greater than the 2006 one. Speaking of which I have just found Lynn (lynn-lime) blog haha... A bit missed the last year camp when I was a freshie and as Evonne put it: any fresher you have to peel it yourself haha. Anyways, just want to quote from my OG mate, Chong Yi about the camp

Whether FD won the first or not is not important. (We know the truth
ourself. Rite?) Most important is our friendship bonding, our
Dutchman spirit of flying and striving till the end and lastly
having fun in the camp.

Even though it's just 4 Dayz and 4 Nitez, our friendships like we've
known each others for mths or even yrs. That's what i'm proud of and
I hope that even yrs down the route after we graduate, our
friendship remains burning strong and bright. It's really possible
cos even my pri sch mates(it's like 10 yrs back!!!) have gathering
recently too...

Remember the first dayz when our spirit were not high enough, the
councillors really does a great job in requesting only "essence"
from us. The lame entertainment and games helps to boost our morale
for the next few dayz...

What's unbelievable is the Sentosa dayz... Cycling to a point, park
our bicycles(with the help of some councillors looking after them)
and run to our checkpoint really seems more like playing Sentosa
amazing race. Not forgetting our success of only group that complete
all 8 stations in the stipulated time without fail and got the
highest spirit then...

Even though our score change wif Sotong, the "siao on" and never
give up spirit still in us. We even go to the extend of taking taxi
down to AMK and try our ways and means to win the game even though
we were left wif 5 freshies...

Whoo yeah.. It's like indeed true. I am proud to be with these madness-filled guys. The first day I came to the camp I was in the why-the-heck-all-the-guys-look-so-sian state. I just could not see the hint of madness in their eyes especially when I looked at Shee Ling and Keow Koon. I dunno, they are just look too uhau. But they proved me wrong. Shee Ling, despite her small stature and quiet personality is actually a very onst girl. She could keep up with the rest of the FDs. Then KK is moderately onst but she could surprise me sometimes with her eagerness to join many stuff. Cynthia n Qiying were livelier. I could see from the beginning. But to reach such a greater 'heights' well... I salute them.

The guys on the other hands look the cool cool type at the beginning. But I think it is pretty normal for all to behave that way. But one thing suprised me is that they had taken off their masks pretty fast. Only after a telematch all the madness started to oozed out. Cynthia put it this way "...after one day we just gelled already...". Yeah. Indeed true. The essence of cheering has rubbed on each and everyone of us.

So yeah, this post is of a honour towards (in no order of preference) Wyman, Zhaohui, Carine, Yiyang, Fengyi, Linette, Ben, Qiying, Cynthia, Shee Leng, Hong Sheng, KK, James, Kenneth, Chongyi. To all the essence of Flying Dutchman. To all the friendships that were made.

THREE CHEERS, THE THREE CHEERS, THE THREE CHEERS FOR FD....
HIP HIP HOORAY!
HIP HIP HOORAY!
HIP HIP HOORAY!
ESSENCE!

Jamrud's Kabari Aku

Aku di sini dan engkau di sana
Membentang luas samudra biru
Memisahkan kita
Inginku berenang ke kotamu
Tapi pasti tenggelam dan kau sedih

Kirimi aku kabarmu di sana
Lewat telepon, surat, faksmili
Ngobatin rinduku
Kirim juga foto ukuran jumbo
Biar nanti ku pajang di kamarku

Ngurangin beban ini
Ngurangin sesak ini
Ngurangin rasa ingin bertemu
^Nggak perlu curiga
^Karna ku tahu kau masih
^Memegang janji yang dulu pernah kita spakati

Mungkin tak lama lagi
Aku hadir di sana
Atau tak lama lagi
Kau yang ada di sini

Aku di sini, kau ada di sana
Membentang luas samudra biru
Memisahkan kita
Ingin ku terbang bersama angin
Tapi nanti tersesat dan kau sedih

Suddenly thought of this song and yeah, I can say that this song represents my feeling right now, haha... Other than the three lines which I started with '^', the song is just right... Hope you read this and understand this hahahaha (I doubt it)...

Anyways, my skin now darkens like mad up to a point that the tone is now similar to Yossy's one, hahaha (no offense). My voice has recovered pretty well now but I guess must rest more for the o week dry runs.

The kids complained to their mum that their study session with me is pretty much useless. I would say so too. They dont have motivation! How am I supposed to make them study?! I can teach well if the student (like my bro) is motivated. And hey, motivation comes from self, not from other...

All Aboard 2007

This is what I have learned from Engin Camp:

1. There are 2 types of good councillors, one is firestarter, another one is kerosene. Firestarters would unleash the madness in the group while kerosenes would give crazy ideas on those mad people.

2. For an OG to be siao on, at least 2 siao on persons required. If there is only one siao on guy, the pressure on him would be excessive. Once he cannot take it, the madness would go away. If there are more people, when one dies off another would step up.

3. A camp must give equal opportunity to those who are physically not so powerful. That way, at least weaker-in-physical-aspect groups would have some opportunities to win games.

4. To make a winning OG, you will need to keep the spirit level up. And to keep the spirit level up, you will need to win games. So it is kind of circle and thus winning games in the first day is very important.

5. Good ice breaker games are those involving extreme actions and those which does not require complicated instructions.

6. Essence of cheering is not the words. It is how crazy you go (the rah rah) after the cheer. The crazier the group goes, the higher the spirit of the group will go.

7. There are two types of creative person. One is planned freak, another is spontaneous freak. In an ultimate OG, both types of creative person must be present.

8. In a good committee, everyone must know what is going on in the camp, even if they are not responsible of it. At least they should know whom to go to if a problem arises.

9. Always assess risk of injury no matter how small it can be. In addition, always have a trained first aider (and a lifeguard in case of pool games) ready.

Politic (inspired by Lionheart)

Let me tell you a story about a fictitious country called the country of N.

Cast:
A = the largest organisation in the country 'N'
B = a standing committee of the organization 'A'
C = another standing committee in the organization 'A'
D = an ad hoc committee set up by the big guys in 'A'
E = a yearly project under the initiative of 'A'
F = previous head of 'B' who has a very large influence
G = the current head of 'B'
H = another yearly project under 'A' to welcome new members of 'A'
I/J= other large standing committees in 'A'
K = young prodigy of 'B' recently joining as propaganda master
L = a genious marketeer, recently joining 'B'
M = a mad logistic guy, knowing nothing but given some responsibility in 'B'
N = the country where all this happens
O = the logistic pro, tipped to be the next operation head of 'A'
P = a mysterious organization from last year project 'E'

And the story goes like this...

Hi, I'm M. Being a head of a division in project E has not been easy for me. While I could rub my shoulders with some high rank officials of A, there is quite a large responsibility to bear. My division is divided into two... Sad but it is the truth. I (and five others) am from H while three quarter of the people in my division happens to come from P. One fine day I received this mail from a guy in my division saying that we are kicked out entirely from project E because of our divisons' inefficiency. Being a responsible head of division, I attend a meeting with E's project directors later on. They tell me that while it is indeed true that the whole division is disbanded, the six guys from project H are kept because of our loyalty to the project so far. I am in a difficult position, how am I supposed to tell the members of P that we are kept?

The story does not stop here. It is well complicated by the possible kicking of B-team from the project. It is said that they have not been active as well. Knowing this, F is furious. He has been helping out in A a lot, such that A fund has been overflowing under her leadership. He analyzed the situation and thought that the real reason behind the scrapping of B from project E is because G, the successor of F, attended meeting of C instead coming to the dry run of execution of project E. F regards this as A's lack of gratitude towards what B has done to A. After some threats that B is going to resign and bring I and J to rebel against board of management of A, at last B-team would still joining project E. Well I cant imagine if all B members decide to resign. A would lose many upcoming prodigies such as K L and O. Besides, are not B members the spine of D, who fund project E and F? A is going to have some trouble in this financial year is really all members of B resign. But hey, as a member of B I'm glad that this minor internal conflict has been won by F...

Projects

In early-game DotA, when you are the only hero in the line, it is nice. You can get all the exp for yourself. But in real life, it is not. When you are planning to go creeping, it's better to go as a team. Why am I saying this? My past few days have not been kind to me. There are a lot of frictions here, there, everywhere. Basically was doing all sorts of CCAs these few days and all turn out not so good. Partially (I feel) it is coz I'm doing those CCA alone. It's like going out of my comfort zone to the wilderness alone. Hmm think more updates later after I'm going to another briefing.

Update
This is my own analysis of all the projects currently I'm doing. Not doing very well but can persevere la... I hope nothing bad is going to happen. So far I think all the above-mentined frictions are manageable.

1. O-Week
Position : VPD
Status: Practically inactive now
Opportunity : High position so got some power. Shing.
Challenge : Dunno Chinese, so not really following 100% of conversation. A little bit confused of my rights.

2. Camp
Pos : OGL
Sta : Almost final execution
Opp : Enthusiasm. Linette.
Cha : Cant blend in well due to lack of ability of Chinese language, nuff said. Rag comm threat.

3. Rag
Pos : Freelance
Sta : Looking for foothold
Opp : Freelance, so no commitment. Blending better with low rank ppl.
Cha : Difficult to talk to the high rank ones other than Wai Teng. Again : Chinese

4. MF
Pos : Ass Sec aka Slacker
Sta : Very unclear
Opp : A lot Indons, can support
Cha : The un-clarity of the current status

5. UC
Pos : OGL, recently demoted to ordinary member
Sta : Recently inducted as a Pai Kia
Opp : Exco exco exco.
Cha : Being the youngest guy of all.

Quick note 1-13 June

Seriously my hectic (or rather uber-hectic) schedule starts taking the toll on me. Simple proof: my abandoning (bah, how to spell that?) of the blog. Good thing never kicks my health off me. Whee.

Got a little bit sick (kind of asthma but i'm sure it's not caused by asthma) when I was back in Pwt but just shrugged it off n it was alright. Did write my thoughts (quite a lot of them) on piece of paper but currently not with me now, so got to copy here. Highlight of the days: food!!! No matter how sucks it supposed to be home cooked food always nice, no? Oh, did not get to buy new comp after all. But never mind, shall survive again this sem, hopefully. Good thing I'm streamed into ME, no need to take C++ hahahhaah.

Back here (10 June), totally tired. 6 hrs car travel + 2 hrs plane trip + 1 hr MRT just to go from my home to PGP. Some more I hang around with my friends... Still managed to go blogger but somehow it's all in Chinese... Tired till I slept the whole day! And it was a Sunday! Meaning I skipped going to church! Feeling very very unwell the whole day, physically mentally psychologically, REAL UNWELL. It's just very very no peace in my heart.

11 June - 12 June is the high-adrenaline-phun Engin Camp dry run. First day: pool games + faculty walk + mystery night. Second day: Sentosa day. Totally tired (again) but as I said PHUN!!! Fun to the core! Salute to the commies, esp Edward! He's the pub head for O-week but his programs for the Camp is best haha... And I'm getting darker now whee... But I think still cannot beat my skin colour during the lifeguard days. Some tips I think anyone should know, when going to beach always rub some sunscreen on your shoulders! Very important! Hands and legs got burned is okay but shoulders must be protected otherwise going to trouble you when sleeping or carrying bags (pain pain, like few campers). Getting to know many wonderfully mad people there. Listing down: Kunlin, Margaret, Joel, Shraddha, Yvonne, Bao (the Tala Ai guy). I'm hoping to do even crazier stuff during the real camp. Going to be under Edward's house (oh! I'm OGL hahahahahahah)

And currently my nongkrong group is slightly displaced. Now I'm hanging out with the RA community. Partially caused by Nonk being RA. But I think this is the sequence:
1. Me, Nonk, Teddy left here
2. Nonk is RA
3. Nonk is busy with RA stuff
4. Me and Ted intro-ed to the RA community
5. Yong knows us already
6. We hang out every nights
And currently as I'm typing they are mahjonging next to me. Bah, not good with mahjong. I always get the so-called bad luck if I play with numbers. Actually coz I dont recognize the numbers till I really practice writing Chinese characters. Oh might as well write about the two RA girls I played with. One is Eileen, classified as serious girl (other example: Yin Jin). I think she takes everything seriously, even mahjong! She is the one very focused even when we all (read: the guys) go mad. I can see her being a taitai in the future; she got the taitai look. The other one is Shu Hui, classified as free spirited girl (other example: Yen Nee). Can laugh at our jokes. She can strike light conversation such as asked me to join the RA community next year. (and no! I dont think I'm becoming an RA)

But for now I have to nurse my burnt shoulder (not THAT bad) while juggling between Engin Rag (helping Wai Teng actually) and work commitment. And after all, this is not a 'quick' record one.

WTH

Whoa 10 days or so of inactivity and now my blog commands are in Chinese???? Oh no...

Inactivity

This blog is going to be inactive for a few days (most likely around 10 days) due to impossibility to borrow Nonk's laptop... Going home for soul-fixing and shoulder-fixing.