Ahhh!!!! Kanna conned into going to Sentosa for a "Wushu display"..... Never saw it, dunno why n din bother.

Was suppose to be at the musical fountain.....but it's ok at least I got into the island for free through my Islander card n got to see the fountain performance. Something that I last seen about 2 decades ago....Now they concerntrate more on laser effect(n a nonsensical CGI monkey named Kiki) rather than music/water coordination.

Practised more on my newly modded nunchucks, by shortening the link by means of a cable tie, n noticed that my left hand is unable to control the weapon. Ended up hitting myself countless times....ouch...lucky it's only pinewood....heh..

Today was no different CNY as the countless CNY before. Went to various Temples to pray in the morning followed by the usual relatives to visit.....but at least some interesting things to point out.

1) The Kuan Yin Temple at Si Ma Lu(Bugis) adopted a new "floodgate" crowd control system to curb the annual chaos. Only when the no of devotees in the temple cleared will the gates be opened to allow another fresh batch in. Kinda funny that the view of such a procedure kinda resembled Govt troops invading Shaolin Temple as depicted in various movies as they rush in! The incense held by each of the devotees looked like spears too, which further enhanced the over-dramatised image....where's a video camera when u need one? hah....

2) One of the frens I made during my physiotherapy sessions in NUH turned out to be one of my relative! Wah...wat are the chances?

3) My relative's pug trying desperately to play n hump my cousin's dog Nicole created quite a scene!!

Hmmm....the ang pows shrinking liao.....only managed to get slightly over 100....oh well better then none!

Ah...it's my turn to hit number 23 liao n two two days later it's CNY!! WoW! First time my birthday lies so near such an important date! Din have the habit of celebration but at least went for sushi wif my little ninjas. Had quite an enjoyable nite wif them crapping around.

REally THanx alot to Zuming, Huaying, Weiquan and Yie Hui for my cutesy present! Really unique!!! N quite a contrast from the matt black box from which it was concealed. Almost faintz when I opened it. Wif the pic of that mouthless feline staring back in my face...

Present's back view
Present's front view

ok Whale....u have just sparked off a "Hello Kitty War"!!!
Be forewarned......!!! HEHEhehHehe (sinister laff-ter)...........

Have been stuck analysing SPI's webpage until late into the night for the past few days.

Have always been a fanatic when it comes to the paranormal. Too bad there isn't a lucrative line of work in this field or even a course in PE (not physical education.....Paranomal Engineering!). Was even more excited when Ah Yong , our newly elected welfare from NUS wushu, claims to know one of the core members of SPI! Was tempted of clicking their "join us as core member" hyperlink but was slammed down by the pressures of real world commitments. Maybe next time if I got the extra time to spare once I got a real job.....yeah rite.... Must get rid of the poly lifestyle/attitude of 'see anything, join anything'. Hopefully this does not mean the end of my "Spirit of Onz-ness" policy.

Yesterday's training consisted mostly of sparring. N Victor's usual information overload after a sparring session...... Finally got the juniors to practise n actually try out the 2nd portion of the performance (after I showed a hint of temper...haiz..). But all is not lost yet...everything went well for that portion...only needs more practise on moves n procedures...lots of it.

Supposedly from last week's CCA Fiesta we should have at least four newbies coming to try out our CCA yesterday. But as things turned out, only one was able to make it. Well better than ziltch. The new member, by the name of Emily, was 'pulled' into our club by my xiao mei. A welcome addition of 'yin qi' to our predominant 'yang qi' environment. Quite a sweet girl too. Hopes this can improve the morale of the guys! HAH!

Went CCA fiesta in NP again today! Again? u ask.......
yeah again...yeah last time do so many times until siao liao.....but I still went....
Due tho the fact that I'm still the jobless bum so got lots of free time...n my juniors are in need of help....
This time the recruitment drive is held in the blk 72 exam hall, which was damn lame for a number of reasons....

1) The location says it all.....who the hell would make their way to blk 72 during lecture breaks? I wouldn't if I am still a student there. The previous location, opposite the atrium, was a perfect place! almost everyone passes that place during lunch(well...maybe not those mechanical ppl up the hill). The pt of a CCA fiesta at this time of the yr was to interest those who never join anything at the open house jun/july fiesta. Not very helpful about the location being secluded.

2) There's only one little pathethic banner at atrium(so i heard...din even notice) indicating the fiesta's presence.....nice job....which ever dumbass incharge of the publicity, be it from union or student affairs should be sent to the guillotine pronto.

Spent an entire afternoon walking around disturbing other clubs.... among my list of victims.....adventure ropes course, astronomy, wushu n lion dance, karate, christian fellowship, japanese tsubasha club, song composing club...etc.....
Everyone was doing the same....due to lack of visitors....(think only 10% of the NP population noes of the event.....n only 5% can find us!) it almost looked like an inter-CCA interaction fiesta instead wif all the individual club members going around out of boredom. Business was bad for all martial arts club wif the exception of Taekwondo as usual. Haiz.....Shows the Singaporean mentality.....going wif the flow........follow wat is most commonly heard of ....
Made a lots of acquaintances today through all the crapping....but it's not for me....I hate acquaintances...had enuf hi-bye frens liao..... it's more for the club.....it's always for the club......

N gonna wring someone's neck if he makes me wait unneccessarily for an hour again!!
Hope u are reading this leh Yuhua!! Dun need that wake up call issit? GGrrrrrrr......!!

Finally took the long overdued grading for black belt. Was not really a difficult grading since I was exempted alot of stuff due to my injury (n my experience) Not that I really want that status. Dun even think I would enjoy that responsibility of a black belt holder. Hope this advancement in martial status will not ostracize me from the juniors. But being victims of circumstances, as we all are nowadays, it's something that's bound to happen someday. Something which I wish to prolong as much as possible.

Oh well, might as well enjoy it n stop whining. ;P

After all, it's also something that I had vowed to accomplish since poly yr 1.
"To finish everything that I started"
Well there's no 'finish' or any ending to any Martial Arts discipline, but I did promise myself to at least attain black belt if I was to join any other martial arts after I left Taekwondo(at the measly rank of green tipped belt).

Overall a feeling of uneasy fulfillment........

Angelfire killed my account again....nice....
At least whale dun have to worry about too many ppl viewing his 'Ninja' exploits!

Went to the Ren Ci charity event at taman jurong today evening wif Peilei n her group of republic poly students. They were in charged of on-off the lights in the individual rooms in the abandoned HDB flat so the entire block would show the charity hotline number. Very well organised and lotsa fun too. Peilei was very amused at them shouting cheers in public......well she needs to know more of us poly students. Today did my part of an intruder(or nei guei in infernal affairs term) again! Was the only guy wearing NP student union polo t-shirt in a sea of RP students. Glad to stand out like a sore thumb again huh?

HAHAhAhaahahaha!!!!!

Thanx alot whale!! For proving that u have not fallen totally to the dark side yet!!
Finally got down to doing wat was suppose to be done months ago!!! Shows that we still have a ninja side in all of us!!
"Epitomy" of lame!!!! Check out wat we did below !!!! HahahHahah

Nunchukus posing Whale!!
Katana posing falconz!!
"Stealthy" Whale!!
Whale n Falconz preparing to strike!!
Mystical Whale Warrior of the Night!!
Clash in the Darkness!!
Preparing to throw....!!
Throw Left Throw Right......!!
Wah damn hot n shag!!

All in a night of filming!!!! Another lame production brought to u by "Falconz Crappy Corp"
copyright FCC.....

heheh....finally got down to doing my nunchuckus. Even thought this pair is made from pinewood which is totally way too light but still...it's good enuf for practise. Spent the whole day at my father's tyre shop scraping, filing, sandpapering, screwing, sawing, lacquering(abit too thick n uneven though). Way more work to be done than my wushu qiang.

Well...the point is: nothing beats customising ur own weapon. Even if it looks damn ugly, handles like a Yamaha TZR....u'll still love it dunno why....maybe it's the effort, maybe it's the exclusivity......dun care...

Maybe that's why I always like to create my own stuff if possible

Went IMM for the Shaolin Monk's wushu display today. Totally not up to standard! They were good no doubt but the things they performed could have been done by a good S'porean wushu practitioner. Think my high expectation must be cos too used to those wushu clips boi keeps showing me....
Thanx BB for keeping me company, hope the performance never stone u too much!

Ah.....finally finished my cover-letter......even though it's a lousy one.....

Now for the resume......wah lau eh......hope it gets me a job soon....

yep...it's time to have a change of title-head!!! ;P

Ok....now that I'm MR Tiew instead of 3rd Sergeant TIew......
It's time to go job hunting....but it can wait...at least until next week anyway(wif the economy still in the slumps n SARS resurfacing)....still not used to seeing my pink IC in my wallet instead of that disgusting green card.
Been busy for the past week....let's see wat can I recall doing...
here a brief recap:

Fri: Forgot liao!

Sat: Met Ninjado comm as early as nine plus at Queensway Mac. But meeting din start till ten plus(hellooo.....is there anyone out there who still values punctuality?). Monthly trip to Ubin cancelled cos of our poor Mr Brian's last minute arrow by his CO. Had a drive through Neo Tiew Rd(hey a road wif my surname!) at night n found that it's overrun wif foreign workers n fenced up liao. Sad. The so called one n only "ghost town" in S'pore is now so inaccessible.

Sun: Late for the trip to Sungei Buloh cos of me over-sleeping. Was so paiseh so decided to drive lorry n give Huaying n SPS frens a lift there. Was a interesting trip to the wild again. Saw plenty of birds, archer fishes, spiders weaving up ants(thanx to SPS ppl) giant mudskippers, crabs n huge monitor lizards. Took pics of them....including this one that walked on the pavement. Too bad...missed a good chance to pick one of them up for a picture! Will be back to someday...that's for sure!
Had a second discussion wif comm again in the evening....went my place to see martial arts videos....went dairy farm rd in search for the "haunted house"......creepy as hell........failed....went to the one at Hillview instead.....entered wif another group of ppl....will be back for the Dairy farm house another day....

Mon: forgot liao!

Tue:Met Jeffery, former president of Ngee Ann Nan Hua Pai club to catch up on things....heard about the conversion of the club to Ngee Ann Kungfu Club(the name ooze cheese...) Went ORD dinner at marina south wif my batch of ppl in NS n Captain Arthur. Also went KTV.....

Wed: Bought Shaoxiong's n Chiu Hsia's present at city link n bugis junction. Watched fireworks wif the wushu ppl at Marina bayfront. Went Royston's place to overnight....

Thurs: Went to have breakfast at a kopitiam at Killiney Rd.....met my juniors in the afternoon to bash n struggle our way into the super-inaccessible shrubland to the abandon building at dairy farm rd. Never had such fun for quite a long while liao! Wanted to post the pics we taken here but just in case we caught something "dirty" in those photos on our way through the shrubs n inside the abandoned building....


yeah...tomorrow will be the long awaited chalet...hope everyone enjoys the stay(n i get my $250 back soon! heh..)