Selamat Datang Bintan!
23/05/2005, Monday to 25/05/2005, Wednesday
yawn! wake up early in the morning 5am after only 1 hour plus of sleep... that's because of late night supper with my long time no see OG pals and also last minute luggage packing... today marks the 1st day of bintan trip with my family... it had been donkey years since i went overseas last time... as u know, it's hard to get overseas leave as a NSF...
although i wake up at 5am, but due to last minute preparation and my mother's slowness, we only left home around 7.30am and reached Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal around 8am... well, the ferry trip is actually only 40 minutes, but it cost a whoppping $45! (to and fro of course) with that money i think can fly to thailand liao lor... btw, except for my parents and siblings, my brother also brought 6 of his friends... we had our packet breakfast on the ferry, because we really didn't had time b4 that... reached Bintan around 10am (9am Indonesia Time), the ferry terminal immediately a feeling that i'm in malaysia... well, besides the furtest place i had been is Batam... after which we took a "bouncy" 20mins shuttle bus to the resort we are staying... check in time was 3pm, so we put our luggage there 1st... then it begin to rain... oh shit, that means cannot go beach liao... so we decided to take a S$3 bus ride to the nearby "Pasar Oleh Oleh Shopping Village"... (Note: It's Sing dollars, not rupiah, surprisingly most things are paid by Sing dollars)...
Pasar Oleh Oleh Shopping Village... I thought it's a shopping centre at 1st, but I was totally wrong... It's a place of a few modified wooden houses that becomes shops, resturants and minimart... quite boring actually... after some walking in the rain and in the minimart (which sells very expensive things)... we had our lunch at a simple sort-of restaurant... the fish porridge is damm big and nice, and only cost 3 bucks... after which, we went back to the resort, but still cannot check in... while waiting, we choose a cake to celebrate my mother's very belated birthday... the villa (standalone 2 storey chalet-type house) we staying is actually quite near the main lobby... eqipped with 4 bedrooms, a full kitchen and 3 toilets... the best part i like is we are given a buggy (golf car) for our own use! after some tidy up, we celebrated my mother's birthday in the late afternoon, then 4 of my brother's friends went back to sg... i also got to drive the buggy without license! (according to resort rules, only people with driving license are allowed to drive the buggy)... this had been my 1st realistic driving experience... after watching some TV, that marks the end of the day...
on tuesday, after having breakfast, we went to the beach, no mood to go down to the sea, so the rest went into the sea, while sat down to write my blog... after some time, we went back to the villa and had instant noodles for lunch, because the food at the resort is really too expensive... after which, we went to some greenary to take photos and i got a few chance to drive the buggy... then we ended up at the leisure centre... we played ping pong (only 3 ping pong tables), arcade games (limited out-dated games) and pool (only ONE pool table)... i think even the NTUC Downtown East has a leisure centre better than this lor... well, after that, we went over to the main lobby, where we started to search for a affordable dinner... i saw a can drink selling at S$3! a set meal costing S$60! OMG, everything there needs a lot of $$$... luckily, we found a meal at $17++ at an Italian Restaurant... although, it's a simple restaurant, but the service was excellence... my order is a hawailian pizza, when we all thought that it's a personal size pizza, but it's turns out to be equivilant to a medium size Pizza Hut pizza... thus, we had a fulfilling dinner... in the night, we played some board games like jenga... then that's end of the day...
wednesday, wake up, had breakfast, then went over to leisure centre... where my brother's friends tried on the traditional Indonesia costumes and took photos... then we went over to the archery to shoot arrows... finally, i fulfilled my wish on trying on archery... there, we shoot about 30 plus arrows each, mostly on the ground... hehe... but it was really quite an experience... we went back to villa after that, done some pack up and went to the main lobby, getting ready to departure... at 1pm (indonesia time), we are already on the shuttle bus to the jetty... it was a 2.30pm ferry... don't know why, i really tired and dozed off... it was 5pm (Singapore time) when we reached sg again... then we headed back home in a cab... when reached home, I done my usual stuff like surfing net and writing blogs and slept around 3am...
May 31, 2005
May 26, 2005
A Fruitful OG Gathering!
22/05/2005, Sunday
Today I had a hugely successful gathering with my 3 months JJC OG (Orientation Group) after months of trying... The attendance had been the best since I enlist, total of 7 participants:
1. Ngiap Hui aka Huige (our OG Leader, now waiting to enter NIE),
2. Josiah (开心果 of the group, now lost weight and going 2nd year Accountancy at NTU),
3. Ronnie (NSF Clerk, tuition teacher, getting married at the end of the year),
4. Minli ("mother" of our group, 3rd year Psychology undergrad at NUS, tuition teacher),
5. Joanna (a always cheerful girl, 3rd year SP Media Communication student)
6. Li Li (the ever "speechless" girl, 3rd year Arts and Social Science undergrad at NUS),
7. and of course Me (the organizer)
12noon, the proposed time to meet at Heeren Shops for lunch. But, (as expected), everyone message me that they will be late. Don't misunderstand, it's perfectly ok with me, because I am always late also... the best part I like about my OG friends is that they are so accomodating and 客气, unlike my other groups of friends. We can be known as misters and misses "anything". And also we enjoy each other's company a lot... Around 12.30pm, Josiah, Ronnie, Minli and me reached and went up to Billy Bombers 1st. Huige and Joanna came shortly. The food was quite cheap and nice and served in large quantities. I paid only $18.90++ for a set lunch. But the service is damm bad, I waited 40 mins for my main course I think. Nevertheless, we had a great conversation and laughter there. Update each other about our life recently and also joke about the reation we got when we heard that Ronnie is getting married.
By the time we finish lunch (actually left a lot), it's already 10 mins to 2pm. Then we rush down to Partyworld Orchard for KTV. Everyone there is well-versed in 1 kind of songs, Huige in Chinese songs, Ronnie in Cantonese Songs, Josiah in English Songs and Minli in high pitch songs. Joanna left us at 3pm plus and Li Li came at 4pm sharp, too bad they didn't meet each other... the KTV session ended at 6pm...
we then went over to TCC cafe at cineleisure for coffee and more talking... there are endless topic we can talk about... we talked until 7.30pm where li li and minli left us and the rest of us head down to Safra Mount Faber... Guess what we do...
we played mahjong!!! it's been months since my last mahjong session, my hands are getting itchy... the charges for the room is $5.25 per hour, we played 4 hours from 8pm to 12mn... it's a room with 3 mahjong tables, fully air-conditoned of course, mahjong set provided. it's my 1st time there, also the 1st time i played 两毛, 四毛... I was reluctant at 1st, but i gave in... surprisingly, i didn't lose much... after which, we went to the nearby pasar to have supper... we had some "Men's Talk" there, about BGR etc. Josiah began to ask this question, "Why our bond is still there after 5 years?", i agree with josiah a lot, it's because we are very accomodating towards each other and all of us cherish friendships a lot... me and huige left there at 1am plus in a cab... tomolo have to wake up early to go bintan... yawn...
Partyworld Orchard, (from left): Li Li, Minli, Ronnie, Josiah, Me
TCC Cafe at Cineleisure, (from left): Huige, Josiah, Li Li, Minli, Me, Ronnie
TCC Cafe at Cineleisure, (from left): Huige, Josiah, Li Li, Minli, Me, Ronnie
22/05/2005, Sunday
Today I had a hugely successful gathering with my 3 months JJC OG (Orientation Group) after months of trying... The attendance had been the best since I enlist, total of 7 participants:
1. Ngiap Hui aka Huige (our OG Leader, now waiting to enter NIE),
2. Josiah (开心果 of the group, now lost weight and going 2nd year Accountancy at NTU),
3. Ronnie (NSF Clerk, tuition teacher, getting married at the end of the year),
4. Minli ("mother" of our group, 3rd year Psychology undergrad at NUS, tuition teacher),
5. Joanna (a always cheerful girl, 3rd year SP Media Communication student)
6. Li Li (the ever "speechless" girl, 3rd year Arts and Social Science undergrad at NUS),
7. and of course Me (the organizer)
12noon, the proposed time to meet at Heeren Shops for lunch. But, (as expected), everyone message me that they will be late. Don't misunderstand, it's perfectly ok with me, because I am always late also... the best part I like about my OG friends is that they are so accomodating and 客气, unlike my other groups of friends. We can be known as misters and misses "anything". And also we enjoy each other's company a lot... Around 12.30pm, Josiah, Ronnie, Minli and me reached and went up to Billy Bombers 1st. Huige and Joanna came shortly. The food was quite cheap and nice and served in large quantities. I paid only $18.90++ for a set lunch. But the service is damm bad, I waited 40 mins for my main course I think. Nevertheless, we had a great conversation and laughter there. Update each other about our life recently and also joke about the reation we got when we heard that Ronnie is getting married.
By the time we finish lunch (actually left a lot), it's already 10 mins to 2pm. Then we rush down to Partyworld Orchard for KTV. Everyone there is well-versed in 1 kind of songs, Huige in Chinese songs, Ronnie in Cantonese Songs, Josiah in English Songs and Minli in high pitch songs. Joanna left us at 3pm plus and Li Li came at 4pm sharp, too bad they didn't meet each other... the KTV session ended at 6pm...
we then went over to TCC cafe at cineleisure for coffee and more talking... there are endless topic we can talk about... we talked until 7.30pm where li li and minli left us and the rest of us head down to Safra Mount Faber... Guess what we do...
we played mahjong!!! it's been months since my last mahjong session, my hands are getting itchy... the charges for the room is $5.25 per hour, we played 4 hours from 8pm to 12mn... it's a room with 3 mahjong tables, fully air-conditoned of course, mahjong set provided. it's my 1st time there, also the 1st time i played 两毛, 四毛... I was reluctant at 1st, but i gave in... surprisingly, i didn't lose much... after which, we went to the nearby pasar to have supper... we had some "Men's Talk" there, about BGR etc. Josiah began to ask this question, "Why our bond is still there after 5 years?", i agree with josiah a lot, it's because we are very accomodating towards each other and all of us cherish friendships a lot... me and huige left there at 1am plus in a cab... tomolo have to wake up early to go bintan... yawn...
Partyworld Orchard, (from left): Li Li, Minli, Ronnie, Josiah, Me
TCC Cafe at Cineleisure, (from left): Huige, Josiah, Li Li, Minli, Me, Ronnie
TCC Cafe at Cineleisure, (from left): Huige, Josiah, Li Li, Minli, Me, Ronnie
Star Wars! Join the Dark Side!
21/05/2005, Saturday
Book out late around 11am, because shift 3 had a quarrel with their PC (Platoon Commander). After which, went for a quick lunch at Tampines Bus Interchange food court. Then to Tampines Mall Sistic counter to help my brother buy tickets. Reached home around 2pm...
In the afternoon, met KT, YK and his brother and 1 of his friends to watch "Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith" at PS. This show makes me finally understand the story of Star Wars, I think I am a Star Wars fan now... The fact that I am watching with my camp mates (who I see everyday) is that those people who initially promised to watch together now say don't want to watch, and also YK's friends are being recalled but the tickets are already booked. Helping friend and also get to see the movie, why not? Back to the movie, the movie is full of exciting fighting scences and fantastic special effects...
After the show, we went to BK for dinner where I got 2 Star Wars Tumbler (cup), ideal for my future hostel life at NTU. We had a good conversation at BK on the movie and also relate it to the situation at our camp. Our squadron is just like the Empire, lesser and lesser do the right things, thus more strange things happen and the "dark force" is overtaking the place. I really hope it will back to what it used to be after I leave this place in July and the newbies come. After which, we walked over to Sunshine Plaza (opp. Parklane) to look out for birthday present for our friend. Sunshine Plaza is an office building with a few shops selling huge collections of models and comics. (p.s. the fried wan ton mee there is delicious!) After a short walk, we went separate ways, I went to Bugis Junction. Had a walk at my usual hangout places, CD shops and Books Kinokuniya.
Reached home around 11pm, and finally finish watching <<蔷薇之恋>>, glad that it's a happy ending. Slept at 3am...
21/05/2005, Saturday
Book out late around 11am, because shift 3 had a quarrel with their PC (Platoon Commander). After which, went for a quick lunch at Tampines Bus Interchange food court. Then to Tampines Mall Sistic counter to help my brother buy tickets. Reached home around 2pm...
In the afternoon, met KT, YK and his brother and 1 of his friends to watch "Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith" at PS. This show makes me finally understand the story of Star Wars, I think I am a Star Wars fan now... The fact that I am watching with my camp mates (who I see everyday) is that those people who initially promised to watch together now say don't want to watch, and also YK's friends are being recalled but the tickets are already booked. Helping friend and also get to see the movie, why not? Back to the movie, the movie is full of exciting fighting scences and fantastic special effects...
After the show, we went to BK for dinner where I got 2 Star Wars Tumbler (cup), ideal for my future hostel life at NTU. We had a good conversation at BK on the movie and also relate it to the situation at our camp. Our squadron is just like the Empire, lesser and lesser do the right things, thus more strange things happen and the "dark force" is overtaking the place. I really hope it will back to what it used to be after I leave this place in July and the newbies come. After which, we walked over to Sunshine Plaza (opp. Parklane) to look out for birthday present for our friend. Sunshine Plaza is an office building with a few shops selling huge collections of models and comics. (p.s. the fried wan ton mee there is delicious!) After a short walk, we went separate ways, I went to Bugis Junction. Had a walk at my usual hangout places, CD shops and Books Kinokuniya.
Reached home around 11pm, and finally finish watching <<蔷薇之恋>>, glad that it's a happy ending. Slept at 3am...
A terrible mount...
19/05/2005, Thursday to 20/05/2005, Friday
It has been a terrible mount... for the 1st 24 hours, I didn't even get 5 hours of sleep in TOTAL. Which means this 5 hours of sleep is not continuous. Most of us at base are "granted" 4 duties (the norm is 3 duties of 3 hours each) because of only 1 (aka satu or ONE) sick personnel. For the 2nd day, duties are relief because some on off had been recalled back. But on the 2nd day, a big investigation on the missing NVG (Night Vision Goggles) was conducted by the BIG shots (i.e. CO, OC, S3 and RSM). I was being called for questioning also. All our cupboards were also being searched and personnels on dismount (off) are also being recalled back. We were also being told that if the NVG is not found, we all have to stay in (i.e. confine)... the only good thing that happen this mount is that i got some signatures on my clearance form... Luckily, CO has more 人性 to let us book out on saturday morning...
19/05/2005, Thursday to 20/05/2005, Friday
It has been a terrible mount... for the 1st 24 hours, I didn't even get 5 hours of sleep in TOTAL. Which means this 5 hours of sleep is not continuous. Most of us at base are "granted" 4 duties (the norm is 3 duties of 3 hours each) because of only 1 (aka satu or ONE) sick personnel. For the 2nd day, duties are relief because some on off had been recalled back. But on the 2nd day, a big investigation on the missing NVG (Night Vision Goggles) was conducted by the BIG shots (i.e. CO, OC, S3 and RSM). I was being called for questioning also. All our cupboards were also being searched and personnels on dismount (off) are also being recalled back. We were also being told that if the NVG is not found, we all have to stay in (i.e. confine)... the only good thing that happen this mount is that i got some signatures on my clearance form... Luckily, CO has more 人性 to let us book out on saturday morning...
May 18, 2005
spent a fruitful saturday last week... morning go bank with my mother and brother, afternoon went for a very motivating business seminar at SP and then went to KTV with my primary school friends until 11pm plus... (ps. KBox is really ex!) really tired that say...
sunday, 15/05/2005 to monday 16/05/2005... went back camp for duties at merah... luckily nothing cock up... so duties quite slack... slept a lot... and watched a few epidsopes of <<神雕侠侣>>... revised a bit of maths... booked out on tuesday morning...
tuesday, 17/05/2005... met up with KT, YK and gilbert (camp mates) in evening... went bugis to look for KT's pouch... played a game of Para Para at BJ...
went to sunshine plaza (opp. parklane) where we saw a lot of fantastic and nice comic models such as Gundam and Doreamon (my favourite charater!), but bought nothing... then had dinner at a Wan Ton Mee shop there... delicious leh! after which went parklane for a while, looked at some guitars...
yesterday night watched drama series <<蔷薇之恋>> for the whole night until 3am... today continued to "chiong"... still left with 2 discs... sad... later in the night have to book in to standby...
sunday, 15/05/2005 to monday 16/05/2005... went back camp for duties at merah... luckily nothing cock up... so duties quite slack... slept a lot... and watched a few epidsopes of <<神雕侠侣>>... revised a bit of maths... booked out on tuesday morning...
tuesday, 17/05/2005... met up with KT, YK and gilbert (camp mates) in evening... went bugis to look for KT's pouch... played a game of Para Para at BJ...
went to sunshine plaza (opp. parklane) where we saw a lot of fantastic and nice comic models such as Gundam and Doreamon (my favourite charater!), but bought nothing... then had dinner at a Wan Ton Mee shop there... delicious leh! after which went parklane for a while, looked at some guitars...
yesterday night watched drama series <<蔷薇之恋>> for the whole night until 3am... today continued to "chiong"... still left with 2 discs... sad... later in the night have to book in to standby...
May 10, 2005
I know I haven't been updating my blog for a very very very very very very long time. I'm sorry, ok? Had been quite busy recently, and the real reson is I am TOO LAZY! i always give myself excuses, must change, must change... Ok, some update about me...
After the S.H.E concert, everyone say I am obssessed by by them, I know, ok? I am deeply impress by their performance. Pretty, good vocals, great 默契, 搞笑, adorable, unique characters, 不做作, they are all in one. from that time, i begin to back track to collect their past old CD albums (original, of course) and merchandises such as pictorial books (写真集) and books on their stories (文字书) and alarm clock... the sad thing is I cant find their old original MV DVDs, so I only bought the china versions (水货)... this search lasted for a few months, from searching island-wide CD shops to begging people to sell me their albums... recently, I am watching their drama <<蔷薇之恋>> (The Rose) on VCDs...
few days ago, my handphone service was disrupted, due to overdue bills, so cannot call out, but can receive calls and sms... sorry if I haven't been calling you... I still remember the last time my service is disrupted is in my poly days... but, no need to worry about me, the most i borrow $$$ from my mother again lor... so little money, yet so many things to pay for... wat to do? this is the reality of life... below is my wish list...
1. SONY NUDE EX Earphones ($80.90)
2. 512Mb MMC (Multi Media card) (around $88)
3. 梁静茹爱的大游行 Concert DVD ($27.90)
4. Digital Camera of > 3 megapixels and > 3X optical zoom
5. IRiver H10 MP3 Player (around $400)
I think it will be christmas when I fulfill my wish list, coz my financial problem is really BIG... btw, my disruption from NS was approved few weeks ago, so I will be studying computer engineering in NTU in July! yeah! Getting a degree has always been my goal... I cant wait to end my NS life, but that equals to no more income... so have to rely on my family again... BUT, according to my expenditure records, the pocket money I getting wont be enough, so I MUST find a part time job... preferably only on weekends, pay around $200 a month, but I don't want a waiter job... any Lobang, please contact me at 98799053 or yingyong@singnet.com.sg , I'm serious about this...
Nowadays, I am going on with the motion of doing duties, mounting and dismounting, and waiting for my miserably in NS to end... I will be clearing leave end of June... 1 last thing, Don't forget to ask me out! I really want to do some catching up with old friends...
After the S.H.E concert, everyone say I am obssessed by by them, I know, ok? I am deeply impress by their performance. Pretty, good vocals, great 默契, 搞笑, adorable, unique characters, 不做作, they are all in one. from that time, i begin to back track to collect their past old CD albums (original, of course) and merchandises such as pictorial books (写真集) and books on their stories (文字书) and alarm clock... the sad thing is I cant find their old original MV DVDs, so I only bought the china versions (水货)... this search lasted for a few months, from searching island-wide CD shops to begging people to sell me their albums... recently, I am watching their drama <<蔷薇之恋>> (The Rose) on VCDs...
few days ago, my handphone service was disrupted, due to overdue bills, so cannot call out, but can receive calls and sms... sorry if I haven't been calling you... I still remember the last time my service is disrupted is in my poly days... but, no need to worry about me, the most i borrow $$$ from my mother again lor... so little money, yet so many things to pay for... wat to do? this is the reality of life... below is my wish list...
1. SONY NUDE EX Earphones ($80.90)
2. 512Mb MMC (Multi Media card) (around $88)
3. 梁静茹爱的大游行 Concert DVD ($27.90)
4. Digital Camera of > 3 megapixels and > 3X optical zoom
5. IRiver H10 MP3 Player (around $400)
I think it will be christmas when I fulfill my wish list, coz my financial problem is really BIG... btw, my disruption from NS was approved few weeks ago, so I will be studying computer engineering in NTU in July! yeah! Getting a degree has always been my goal... I cant wait to end my NS life, but that equals to no more income... so have to rely on my family again... BUT, according to my expenditure records, the pocket money I getting wont be enough, so I MUST find a part time job... preferably only on weekends, pay around $200 a month, but I don't want a waiter job... any Lobang, please contact me at 98799053 or yingyong@singnet.com.sg , I'm serious about this...
Nowadays, I am going on with the motion of doing duties, mounting and dismounting, and waiting for my miserably in NS to end... I will be clearing leave end of June... 1 last thing, Don't forget to ask me out! I really want to do some catching up with old friends...
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