A brief look back at FES '04 for NP Njd

Met up the whole bunch of them for a short while on Sunday for perf preps. Had Mad Jacks for lunch yet again. Seems like whenever there is a significant number of Njd ppl, we will end up having food there! Time for a membership card to that place!!
Helped Mark Lim and Dawn source for materials and made their performance nunchuckus for their "NKK" :) routine for upcoming performance. The end results of the weapon was not too neat but we were short on time. Some touching up will be in order.
After everyone left, went to see Crazy Stone, a PRC movie, at PS. Nice show! Plenty of comedic moments, competent acting and a wackily interesting plot and pace, only bad thing is that it's abit heavy on the accent. Had to read from the subtitles 90% of the time even though I got used to conversing with Chinese nationals back in my wushu days.

Perf practise started. Can't be in a more dreadful form after 2 weeks of slacking, non-existence exercise and fatty food from the US trip. I will train hard to salvage whateva strength and stamina back. But judging from Monday and today, It will be a long curve again. But I'm extremely pleased today. Attendance was almost perfect. No one fly kite and everyone trained quite seriously esp Ryan with his non-stop practising of jumping kicks.
Compared to the previous 2 perf training, it's a godsend! And that might be an understatement. Now if only they can ESS perf training. Other wise known as Eat Sleep Shit. But for now juniors.....give yourselves a pat on the back for a good first time!

Hopefully the atmosphere and crowd will be as supporting as the first perf back in 2004 at Far East Square. But whateva the case, we will train to be as, if not more successful than the first one. A few pic from that night:



The then juniors of NUS wushu doing the Ji ti Ben bu tang lang (Group Praying Mantis)


NUS wushu seniors (Royston, Weiquan, Runzhou, Zuming, Shaoxiong, Guanghao and Peilei) makes a comeback.... Performed something they only like practised a few days before the actual day. Exponents of real substance.


Plenty of other wushu clubs and schools attended too. Including NYGS which like brought their entire team with them. Pictured here is their Ji ti Jian shu. (Group Sword play)


Wenqiang does a nice turning to the sugarcane.


Hanloon experiencing some airtime courtesy of Raymond.


Act seh pose of the century. hah... not used to seeing me in white are u?? Well I still prefer that Gi.


Final line up before bow and exit.



After performance group shot. Too bad not everyone was there though. We Njd ppl are the white group to the right.


And what's a perf without a good ol' celebration stack at the end?

Rushing through Katas

Felt really paiseh to fly kite on Wilson. Dun usually do such stuff when I gave my word. Sorry Wilson, for the transport matters and being unable to help in the SMU Environmental forum this weekend.

Not much choice since I was told last minute that I had to learn 3 SETS of Kata before Grandmaster Carter Wong arives in Singapore on Friday. And before that, all weekdays will be spent either coaching the juniors in the upcoming perf or in their physical reshaping after their exams weeks. Not to mention only Dickson will be free to train me on Wednesday. Which is very nice of him by the way.

Now the question is....How the hell am I going to learn 3 WHOLE sets of Katas in just one evening??? And since I'm no longer a junior colour belt, the scrutinization will be worse during the grading, which will cost me $200!! Was always poor in memory work. I'll just have to learn what ever I can. Maybe just memorising the steps and not perfecting the moves and stances but that is challenging enough already. This is bad. If not for the grandmaster's rare visit, I will confirm skip this grading. I always preach good stance in Kata, not to mention discouraging rushing through training. Now I'm doing it myself.

Not to mention other piorities and problems I have yet to deal with, if I know how to handle in the first place. This whole weekend will be totally burnt training and entertaining the grandmaster. Not that I do not like training. It takes my mind off things for a while. But for a while.

Sorry for the depressing post.
There are more chaotic times but this is not far off.
So much shame, dishonour and guilt in my actions of late. What is happening to me.
Can I say Help?
No I dun wish to. I cannot.

Addidas MA Shoes

Finally!! Got the Addidas Martial Arts shoes I always wanted after a year of procrastination and saving up.
Was deciding if I wanna go for the ordinary pattern one for $60+ or the $40 Johore imitation which I saw on Friday's trip or the Liang Seng's exclusive but super ex version.
In the end, my wallet hated me more, even with Jinzhou's 25% bdae discount!



Yeah Happy Bdae to our Lau "Baby" Yiehui! May you remain cute as ever!
You can refer to Cat's page for more refernce to Baby's day!!

Stepping Down

Tonight I finally made the momentus move.
I stepped down as EXCO and HR Dept Head of ECO.
It isn't totally official yet but I made it known to Wilson.
It really hurts to do it since it has been a part of me since 4 yrs ago when a small but significant group of poly student decided to gather and start an organisation. And what an organisation it turned out to be. With much thanks to Wilson himself.

Still. I got to go. My lack of commitment recently has been a bane to ECO's smooth running and growth. And I'm very sure that it's still in good hands with people in my Team HR. Namely: Minghui, Zhihao, Yinzi and Janelle. You guys and gals are the best comm I had in quite awhile. With so much energy and enthusiasm helping me out with the volunteers, you guys are great!
So ends a significant chapter in life.
This hasn't been too great a yr with things leaning on the depressing side but I will get over it. I always do.

Rewrapping of the Sword

Took down my Ninja Sword from the top of the book shelf on Saturday. It's time for it to swing out of aesthetic retirement for a while. Still a little bit undecided if I should do this. Awww. what the heck...Sword kata performance at JZ wedding it will be!

But first it looks like a little maintenance is in need:


The badminton racket handle tapes that previously sticked on to replace the original cloth ones seems to be corroding away. Makes a mess of the floor just by touching it.

After short trip to the nearby Queensway shopping centre for supplies:

And this was the results! So far badminton grips are the most suitable... spongy, grippy, not to mention nice colour and designs can be found too.
My current one is not done very well but I only need it to last till the end of the performance, after that, I shall find a better replacement and actually spend some time to perfectly wrap the handle.

Jet Lag killed a Sunday

Back!

Just in time for Zuming's (aka big fat whale)bdae.
Woke early on Saturday morning to see if I can get any ideas for Zuming and so many other ppl's present. Went Artfren, Ikea and other places for handycraft ideas. Might even do up a handmade one if appropriate.
Had a nice lunch at a chinese restaurant near funan centre with the Wushu seniors, Zuming, Junxiang, Yihan, Geoffrey. Kaoz. Since baby was not there, I'm the youngest of the lot! Good to see that their Masters or PhDs studies have not messed up their brains too much.... Still as wacky as ever.

Thought I would not be affected by Jet lag cos I dun sleep much anyway. For those who do not agree, please refer to the rather unsightly and sometimes psychotic looking eye bags of mine. How wrong was I on the jet lag part. Today I actually slept all the way till 6PM!!! And would have continued to do so if my parents did not wake me for dinner! Was more tired than I actually felt. Perhaps it's due to the drawn curtains and the air-conditioning, which I next to never use, my body thought it was still night time! Totally dark and cooling, I chose the totally light proofed curtains for this new flat for torch testing. Din know it will serve another purpose!

Apologies to the wushu family, Weixin and Derrick for the unexpected kite flying. Was so disappointed that I lost my sunday in such unproductive manner.
At least I got to meet Derrick for dinner and shared some plans for the performance at Jinzhou's wedding. Everything is good to go with most of the plans drawned up. For it to be a successful one, we only needs one more essential item: the heart of the performers. Not literally so since there wun be any organ removing ritual at JZ's wedding. I just hope everyone will be able to commit in it wholeheartedly after the exams to prevent some horrific historic events from repeating itself like:

Cineleisure performance 2005:









Notice that the picture seems abit underexposed? Well they are not!! They were in hell awaiting purgatory!! ARggh!!!
Ok maybe not, but the outcome of the performance in the end was nothing too far from that.






Moving on to lighter things....
Saw a couple of stuff in Toa Payoh:





C'mon...Steel? Aww man....

















Not a very auspicious way of decorating the front door....esp this month!

Cont..NJ/NY Rants

Ah...the luxuries of life! So far both Holiday Inn Hotels I checked into have free unlimited internet access! And the speed is quite decent too! "Not glacier molasses-speed dial up" as described on the room key card. At least something to keep me occupied while I spend half a day holed up in this hotel in Clinton NJ as it's damn remote from anywhere! Not the best way to spend the day before my training starts tomorrow for the next 3 days. Esp not when the director and co from Japan is also here in US!

Well there is quite a big wal-mart 15-20 mins walk from here which I visited earlier today. Finally saw the new generation of Maglites with the 3 watt LEDs. Was tempted to buy some really good quality trekking boots that was going for really dirt cheap prices but what the heck, dun feel like hauling them back to Singapore. They were well made but the weight is the tradeoff. Also tempted by the Kershaw knives and some archery equipment( hand guard, carbon arrows..) for my brother but since I believe he already got all the equipment he wanted. (esp when I already overspent by a hundred dollars in NY yesterday!). Ended up only purchase Kill Bill vol 1 DVD. Considered to be among the top ten of my list of most entertaining shows but too bad, it's banned in Singapore. Dunno why vol 2, which is just as violent, is not. Hopefully it's not confiscated. Owning Vol 2 without 1 just seem so incomplete!

Also notice no one in this entire area walks! There's practically no pavement. Everyone drives! All the drivers must have thought I was some illegal as I walked to and fro the supermarket. Must admit that I was damn lucky that the weather was VERY good for the past 2 days that I was here. Even the company rep that was sent to pick me up today said that they dun get such weather in August. Thank you whoever is upstairs then. I got enuf on my mind already, all this really helps to facilitate my first visit to US.

Visited like practically the entire lower half of Manhattan yesterday. On foot! Walked my b*lls off! Dun wanna spend too much on transport and wanted to see more anyway. Finally got to see all the famous buildings that I read so much about in Primary sch when I was collecting Spiderman comics. Tried not to spend too much but the shopoholic in me just went loose! But it's all worth it except maybe the Empire State Building. Felt too expensive just to get a view. Can't believe I actually paid more to go up to the higher level, just like Tokyo Towers last yr. The hassle of waiting/queuing was not really worth it too. Did not make it in time for the ferry to Statue of Liberty but it's ok, been to plenty others. Let's just hope I still can remember the details when I finally post the pics. Almost used all the capacity in the 128mb XD card borrowed from Cat. Thanks! NY is one hell of a tourist driven state on the weekends with gift shops at every corner and not to mention the makeshift ones along the streets. Bought a few things here and there but the major purchase comes from a certain shop just as I was about to return to my hotel for the evening. Ashamed to say, it's yet another Surefire flashlight! Heh...more on that later...

The Falconz's first flight to the US!

Ok.... arrived in Hotel after that super long 19 hours flight....Never stayed or sat in one place that long before. But then again, I'll not exactly in one place, I was moving over the pacific ocean. Fortunately there's lotsa in-flight on demand movies. Watched: MI:3, Over the Hedge, Ice Age II, Top Gun and Singapore Gaga. Wanted to see more like the classic Stephen Chow's fight back to school, one of my childhood favourites, but was too drowsy due to the food and continuous eye strain from staring at the LCD 20 inches from your face! Other stuff kept me occupied too like planning the details of the Dec performance too. Somehow, travelling alone is kinda therapeutic and less stressful too. Not to mention the comforts of SQ flights. Compared to the previous airlines I've taken in the past, there is a noticeable difference. No wonder the hefty price tag then. Also a good time to clear my head of certain stuff as Weixin said. You're almost right, but things ain't that that simple.
Will update with pictures when I get back!

A Visit to RP's wushu!

Still into the habit of gatecrashing various training grounds! Guess I'm not out of it yet huh? Well maybe more of a guess this time with Weixin as my tour guide around RP which I see has yet to be completed yet.

Went down Republic polytechnic (Woodlands campus) for the first time on Sunday to meet Weixin who is now part of the wushu club there. "A world of difference" will still be an understatement if the phrase was used to compare the old and new campus.
This reminds me, just met iskandar on sat night as Christine and I were slacking in Starbucks Cathay. Seem like he is now studying in RP too! Wah why the sudden influx! And doesn't he already have a biotech dip from NP already?

The main purpose of going there is to train together with the RP wushu ppl but ended up slacking and watching the talented kids from Wu Fang (some of which are former associates from JTCC) training for the upcoming National Competition under the guidance of the RP coach (former nationa team coach, and the one who performed the Guan Dao so inpressively at the National Wushu Display at the indoor stadium last yr). Friendly guy but never tok much to him. Coach Xingru was there too but guess she don't recognise me liao. Too bad her bro was not there but I dun expect him to be. Been quite awhile since I seen him do Martial Arts since NUS days. Must be Mediacorp draining him away!! Heheh....
They have their own frigging Di Tang!!! That $20K di tang!! Well at least we dun have to sweep up the fur after every traing.....But I still Want a Di Tang for training!!!

After that, helped Weixin's PRC fren to carry groceries back to the hostel there. Pretty brand new and breezy. Nice view too!



Also got to shoot a few hoops to relax at the new basket ball court. Haven touched a basket ball in like ..........12yrs! Suddenly gave me a feeling that I was back in Sec 1! Nostalgic stuff!

Ended the trip with dinner at Causeway pt where Weixing bought a deck of Jet Li pictured poker cards at Comics connections. Wah really wushu siao! He was expecting the cards to have some wushu poses of the man himself. Turned out all the cards are pictures of various versions of Jet Li's smiling faces!
"the Li Lian Jie poker cards makes me feel like a gay" was his comment. It's hard not to agree.

Donnie Yen's DTG

Met up with my Wushu pals Guanghao, Peilei and Weiling together with Ninjado juniors namely Derrick, Victor with his gf Kangling, and our dear Weixin (who has gone to RP to study Biomed since switching campus) to watch Long Hu Men at Plaza Sing, one of my fav gv branches and shopping malls since even before it was renovated. Actually I liked the old PS pre-facelifted days. But more on that another time.

The show is yet another one of the cliche, super predictable hong kong gongfu comic adaptation to screen. Not much of plot and heavy on ego and action. Still.....I enjoyed it!!! Why?:

1) I did not want to waste my $$ away so I set my expectations low so that it will not disappoint from a relative point of view.
2) It really helps when I'm a Donny Yen fan!! Haha!! And that's only the reason why I paid for the tix anyway!!

The whole show is chocked full of DY's act seh poses, which by the way never seems to change since the days of the Jing Wu Men serial! And as with his every show be it hollywood or Hong Kong, there must be a scene with him fighting with a long weapon, even though it's not that significant this time round. Good effort on the other two(Shawn Yue and Nicholas Tze) who manages to fight convincingly on screen but then again, movie magic can also make Yong Beng seem like Sammo Hung. Still did not like Nicholas Tze though, wished someone else was casted instead. Would make the show all the more watchable. But that's just me.

One more thing, I believe the bad guy in the show must have been ripped off pretty badly by his contractor who built his place. C'mon....the floors and walls crumbling under mere human weight? Even parquet look more sturdy!!

Mayday! Finepix is down!

Oh no!! My dear little digital camera is down!!
Dunno where to repair it, and the cost might not be justifiable.
But I more xing tong cos it's partly a bdae gift many years back(when 3.2 megapix is considered very good!) Anyone out there have lobang for a cheap 3 megapix camera to recommend?

Already spent like 4K+ over these 2 months for various repair and replacements..Chalk one up to the list!
Guess this blog will have to go without new pics for the time being!
But I always wanted to post old photos some even before this blog exist. This is the time!! Watch for it!!

9 days to NJ and NYC!!!

Bunch of NP losers!

Met up with Xiao mei and her project team on Saturday to guide her team mates and participants around Pulau Ubin together with HC. This trip was suppose to be part of their course project to organise a event. What happened today was even beyond my worse expectations. Please bear with me for this "complain-ful post" whoeva you are that is reading this. I will try to mention ONLY the major piss offs of the day.

Firstly to start the day off, even before I see their faces, I was given a taste of their complete lack of IQ, communication, planning, responsibility, proactiveness, EQ, courtesy, etc, etc...
Was waiting at Tiong Bahru MRT platform for them to arrive when I got a call from Derrick. The initial plan was for them to arrive so I can board it to continue our trip to Tanah Merah Station where we can transit to bus no 2. Derrick mentioned that the "Leader" did not agree in getting off the train and out of the control station to rendezvous with me. HUH? WTF!!?? Since when was that the plan? I did mention that I will wait for them INSIDE the platform!! Not outside the control station!!! Who will be so DUMB as to wait outside??? And even IF I'm really that STUPID to wait outside, you are oblidged to come outside!!! Who the F*** do you think is going to guide you? For FREE somemore! Who is the one who requested for my help? and who is the one that bothered to come down to clementi previously to give you all the advice for the planning of the schedule? I very much wanted to just go home, if not for Xiao mei. Kaoz! I could be out with Christine whom I have already neglected alot recently.

There was already people late before they met up with me, and even after we reached Changi Village, one from their team was late by another 1 plus hr! Putting everything way behind schedule! What kinda team is this? The participants they gathered are not in the least bit interested in this event nor learn more about nature and litters their empty mineral water bottles all over Ubin (as reported to me by a fuming Joyce).

The project group was totally just doing this project to the least bit of effort as possible. The only effort I can see was placed into thinking which part of the trip they can shortcut without letting the lecturer know.

They don't even bother to speak to or control the participants that they have brought along for the day. Even the boarding of the bum boat really caused me to hit the roof. I had to be the one to help ask the attitude laden teens to board! I had easier time dragging dead horses. Where was the organising committee? They should be the one handling this!
At the bicycle shop, They took almost half an hour to actually rent the bicycle cos no one from the comm wanted to actually step out and gather all the Ch**by* ginnas to facilitate the renting. At that point, I was already so pissed that I totally heck care the situation already. So was Derrick- "this is the first time I see someone take so long just to Rent a bicycle!" I just bargain for the bicycles and rented William's, Joyce's and Derrick's bike. All done within 40 secs. And that was already done at leisure pace!!

What was initially suppose to start at 2pm, actually started at 430pm.
Wonderful Waste of Time.
There was a number of places I intended to show them in the initial plan but what the heck, no time is better, no mood anyway.
The LEadEr decided to stay back and look after the food....Come on! Yes, I can see that you are totally not a nature person but they are only going to cycle to the Thai Temple and that's it! The food can be placed elsewhere as I know people on the island! How motivated a team Leader!

I understand their intention to shortcut the event and go back straight after the nature night walk(which I specially called HC down to Ubin for), not everyone likes to stay out in the wild. This was of course not communicated to their lecturer who really thinks they are going to stay over on the island.
But guess what? They suddenly out of the blue decided to change the plan and cut even shorter! They decided to cut the night walk too!
Let's have a fast overview at the things they did since they arrived in Ubin:
1) Ride rented bicycle to Thai Temple
2) Cooked instant noodles for dinner
3)....erm that's it!

Wah damn tiring leh! Might actually strain a muscle!

They actually had to wait for HC to arrive at Ubin before deciding to cancel the night walk. Guess they might have tire out their brains too or they would have considered the following stuff:
1) I specially booked HC from 2 months back for this event cos you specially requested for nature guiding.
2) HC being a nice person, didn't mind helping out for free for this even though he is a professional nature guide with nature society among other posts and has so much stuff on his hand that day. I even had to pull HC out of Wilson's hand as he was suppose to be at the NDP practise that day. This ain't particularly nice or easy. Coming all the way from Woodlands ain't a short trip either....

And you all wanna send him packing?
The hell I would do that! I continued the night walk without them with my Ninjado juniors and I enjoyed that more anyway! Ended up they still could not go back and had to wait for us reluctantly at the jetty as they do not wanna pay for an extra boat for us.

Ok gotta cut this short. Enough.
As I have left out all the small details, today's little event was actually far worse than it sounds on this post. Possibly the WORST event I have the misfortune to be involved in since poly days! They do not even realise that they are wasting not 1 but 2 professionals' precious weekend time. To think that their group leader is already 24 years old! Come on! And here I was thinking I'm extremely childish for a 25! That's it. If there are going to be anymore future guiding, be it nature or urban, it's going to be fully chargeable. Way too sick of people taking our services for granted just because we do it out of passion. For free. Perhaps when their pockets start to hurt will they take things seriously.

Update: HC found out that he lost his PDA at ubin the next morning. We rushed back to ubin but to no avail...not that our hopes was high anyway. Now I'm really totally too paiseh to face him liao... to actually lost his PDA after all the things that happened... this trip is really not worth it.

Wild Lotus!

Made a nice little discovery on my way to deliver gas to Chartered on Friday! Was a little detour from the usual route as there was plenty of time till their lunchtime was over. Guess my urban exploration genes kicked in again.
Found this small little drain by the side of the road somewhere in Lim Chu Kang. Where, I will not say. Went there once during one of my night exploration trips with Winston, who by the way will be leaving Singapore for a few years soon, but the conditions were so dark and wet that we did not notice it.
What's so special about this particular ditch?
Well the sign says it all:

For those that are hard of sight, no need for the eye strain, this is what the sign say:

"AREN'T THEY BEAUTIFUL?

PLEASE DO NOT PLUCK THE
LOTUS FLOWERS.

You can't find these growing
wild anywhere in our country.

PLEASE DO NOT LITTER.

YOUR CO-OPERATION IS MUCH APPRECIATED.



As you can see, the whole ditch is filled with them, right up to the end which is even beyond this pic! It's surreal when viewed for the first time on site.

Some pics of the flowers! (taken while still in formal wear and trying hard not to accidentally slide into the ditch due to frictionless Pierre Cardin Leather shoes!):





Looks exactly the same as the lotus flowers I bought when going to pray at the ever famous Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple in Bugis.

Thank god for HP cameras!

& to whoever that initiated this little green and pink ditch!

Decision on Career

Went for abit of a workout after work today and met Christine's Step-dad. Not surprising since he is a regular at the gym. Very surprised at the weight he is lifting even at his age. It really pays to be constantly keeping in shape. The correct shape. Which I haven really been doing for years. I can always go back to my old excuse: Work always gets in the way. Or I can start training up now. Never too old to start something again if you really wanted to. Esp if the cost is only $1 per entry! But Thomson CC might be abit far for regular workouts. May have to scout around my area for cheap gyms and hope the PAssion card discount still applies! Only liked this place cos it has far less people during peak hours. It was horrible in CCK and clementi where I used to train way back in NS days.

Still can't really lift anything with my scrawny limbs not to mention my injuries but that won't put me off. Somehow I feel really motivated recently after the decision to have a career change to the Sports sector. Even though this may not be my final decision as it has yet to happen. Gettiing tired of engineering which really isn't where I truly belong. Even my good pals of ECO, Minghui and Zhihao looked rather apprehensive when they heard of my decision, saying that it was "a brave move".
Yes it is a big gamble. Alot of 'what ifs'. And I ain't getting any younger.

Seriously. So what?
I admit I still do not know what I'm good at. besides spending $. But at least I know where I'm not. Sticking on to my current career path is not such a bad option and most probably end up earning more than what is available on the other side of the fence. Money is always in the omnipotent position when it comes to jobs.

But
Is it me?
Freedom has always been a top priority in my lifestyle. Speak your mind, do what ever you like within ur limits. Hence the falcon insignia. Letting the spirit soar. Which have not been the case lately due to various reasons but I'm working on that.

This path, should I really choose to walk down, most probably will not have that bright a financial future. But it will finally unshackle me. Break free from the rat race. To some, to break free means having so much $$$, you can't finish spending even if you collect Ferraris for a hobbie. Not this old bird. I'm swooping down, clawing and devouring the rat. Can't feel stress if you can't see it. I live the way I want it to be. How successful the ppl around me are will not be an issue. Hopefully, the dollars and cents lost will be made up with a lighter soul. How much is that really worth? Esp when Christine is always by my side supporting me. Really thankful of her being so full of trust in me. It really makes the ride smoother.

Have signed up for NCAP course which will be starting end of August! Not fully related but still it is one of the small steps I'm proactively taking towards my goals. It's time to wake.

Please ignore.

Is carelessness the consequence. When life gets too simple?
The once great bird of prey. Ceased to being so able.

A commonplace scenario turned unsightly. Attest to the lack of maturity.
A forced revelation to end all conflict. Only to face an uphill battle for sanity.

Escapism is transient. Suppression will only fuel the fire.
A guilty conscience. A heart of unspeakable desire.

Raging in regrets. It struggled. Searching for a way.
When emotions runs amok. Ethics no longer keeps the host at bay.

Try as one might. To soar above the Shadows. But found itself.
yet to escape the gallows...

-falconz..

First Cabinet packed!

Got a new colleague today at work. Seems quite pro....being an ex-PTI for NDU!!! Through him got to know about another degree that I can op for other than the one offered by SSC. Both are about sports but one being more towards the mind and another, the body. Will have to take my time to see where my interest lies. And hopefully I don't take the wrong path again.

Colin came back for Ninjado today. Happy to see someone from my batch in NP again... Since he just entered NUS which is not too far away, hopefully he will be back more frequently.
As strong as you are ...or appear to be...will always need a close buddy to shake you to your senses. if any left.

Things with Miz Chan are improving. That's all I want for now. Do not want to think of anything else. But can I?


Spent the entire sunday cooped up at home. Kind of a small torture for me since this falconz like to soar free. Did it to save abit of cash and perhaps google abit on my soul. Well at least got to talk to alot of friends over msn and actually took the time to actually pack one of my cabinets. Displayed it most of the remnants of my torchlights folding knives collection since I quit the hobby. Perhaps I should do this more frequent every month. It's more than half a year since I moved to Depot rd and most of my stuff are not unpacked yet! Ok I shall conquer one cabinet at a time..one weekend at a time....

Martial Arts Accidents

Just a follow up on to my previous post:



Even though our accidents are not as dramatic as some in the above video, we ain't far off!
Looks like the juniors are not conditioned for more "complex manoeuvers" yet.
Looks like a revamp in training methods are needed.
Injuries are part and parcel in contact sports but at an average of one point five injuries every physical training, sooner or later M*M or SS* will come knocking on our doors!

Injured Ninjas

Hopeful of:

William's thumbs will soon recover & no longer need those bandages,
Ryan's knee will soon no longer feel the "lemons" inside them,
Derrick's back will soon not have the protruding bone problem,
Weixing's legs will soon be able to perform sudden movements,
Beesim's foot will soon no longer resemble that of a mammal with tusks.

Be careful, you people.

Time to sort IT out

Finally gone and done something about my MSN Messenger's email address. Previously mine was placed under NP Ninjado's email address(since I took over and revamped the club days) so that I will have notification whenever there was any enquiries to the email. All my friend keep forwarding, mass mailing stuff like friendster and other related site invites to that email. Was sick of telling everyone to not email there, but somehow never got the time to change over the contacts to my 'falconz' email. And as time(yrs!) passed I forgot about it.
A little reminder by Dawn the other day made me realize: Hey it's time to do something about it. And so began the tedious task of copying out all the email addresses and re-inviting all my friends. Could have took the easier way out by importing contacts but I was filtering out some dormant contacts that was not there anymore.

Also got down to tidying up the HTML in my blog and changed the template. The previous one was so damn messy. Cat had already seen and likened this as my quarter life crisis change. She is not far from the truth. Doing all these is very therapeutic. Able to shift focus away for a while. Must not get too depressed. Maybe that's why I have been posting more nowadays. And also cos my boss not in office till tomorrow so I got the temporary freedom to surf!



My Luxeon K2 LED emitters arrived yesterday in my mailbox after almost 4 months of wait. But no funds to proceed with any modification projects for now. Perhaps this time I will save up for a Tri-Lux Mag once I know what kind of reflector works best for K2s. And one more left for replacing the LUX III on my Longbow Micra. But then drive it on a Wiz937 might insta-flash this emitter again like what happened to my LUX V....time to post questions on candlepower forums...when I got the budget.
Never thought something so small can be so bright and efficient. Let's hope they make good their claims on the brightness. I'll be diappointed if they were to be dimmer than my T-binned LuxIII when driven at 1 watt.

A Very Blue Month.

The silver lining will show somehow.






With the demised of my computer monitor, resurection of my badly crashed bike, annual insurance bombshell and replacement of HP after the crashed. ... My bank acct has seen better days. Had to quit my flashlight/knives hobby. Traffic light camera taking a few good back potrait of me even though I did not chiong any red light. And just a couple of months left to complete a 6 yrs wait to receive my full 24 pt back to my licence. Nice timing. Lots of icing this 2 months. Gonna choke on the cake. Sorry for the pun but couldn't help it if 3/4 of all the frens I know happen to have their bdae in June.

But wait it gets better. While having my lunch at the super crowded shenton way today, Mindef gave a hello to my mobile(I ABHOR ppl calling at lunchtime!!!!!!) to inform me that I my first mob manning period will be on 18th to 25th! Time to dig out the old field pack.... whereeva it is in my store room.


This should not be posted here. But I am who I am. And I am one who faces my own mistakes.
Have let down My dearest Christine. Choices I have none. If only emotions are simple to interpret and control. Still the responsibility is all but my own. I always thought that I have gone through enough in the past to foresee and avoid such events.
What is happening now is a ironic chain of events with a hint of deja vu that dates back to the end of my poly days. Everything is happening again. And I am still treading down the erraneous path all over again. Why is it that not even the pang of guilt and past experience will make me steer clear of what is deemed so obvious?
The one closest to me is hurting. I must make a swift end to this. Regardless of results.

For those who thinks I'm a little bit MORE looney recently. Pls bear with me. Ironically It's one of those ways I used to keep myself less so.