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flight SQ912 1345 flight out to phillippines.
1700 landed. e system onboard was jumpy can't even finish e movie secret =(
didn't manage to get our transport to our dive place cuz there's a slight mis-commuication.
end up we took a taxi to our resort costing 2.5 grand.
but it's a fun ride, e driver miss a turn and end up 7km off e intented turning pt.
but all is well at e end made it to e solona, mabini batangas just before dinner time ends.
not a bad place gd food gd ambience cheers!

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moved out at 0900hrs.
first dive site was krabi. a wall dive quite nice but oncec my meter hit 2000. didn't felt right had a
nauseous feeling. After another 1000 i've reach my limited
signalling my DM, i surface and vomit straight out there goes my breakfast =(
felt light-headed after that and very nauseous not a very good feeling. ko for quite a long time.

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went out to see e sea horses at dead plam. they are very small and well camoflaged in e ferns. you'll need a strobe light to see them.
today's dive was nice but get e head compression again when i start e descend but not as bad as yesterday's but today's water is coLD! my fingers actually turn
purple, i was like hugging my self through out e entire dive bleahz. miss out e second dive haiz wasted lor..
come so far to miss out so many trips but got a massage which was real shiok.

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went out kayaking cold symtoms still persisted. check out at 1430 final price 15,173 peso = Sgd$561
price is abit steep but i'm not complainting the food/service was really good there's great dive sites.
Arrived at our hotel named discovery suites next to mega mall. flu got worst

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hit mega mall(mm). it's huge.. took over 5 mins to walk from end to end(at my walking speed)
standing at 6 levels it's really a mega mall. went over to SM mall of asia later in e afternoon
manage to get hold of a cab with e help of a passerby who was really nice. she even go to e extent
of call and booking e cab for us and waited with us.
if you think mega mall was huge.. e moment i saw MOA(mall of asia) jaw drop.
it's divided into 5 different sections. north/main/south/central stage and pubs
mm took me 1 hr to cover. moa took me 2 hrs. totally crazy.
oh i bought my cold medication over there at watson. they too have a pharmency section but it's
futher divided into 2 section e first one will ask you what you want and get it for you. then e second one withh check your content
and settle your payment imagine waiting 15mins just to buy a panadol.
took a jeepny to edsa station and transfer to their mrt. it's quite samll.. and guess what.. the buses on e road just zoom pass us!
that's how slow but it's a sure way to avoid the killer traffic.

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they did last min shopping while i slack in hotel again. return flight boarding time 1340
delayed till 1355 then i got in =/ e que was terrible.. i started que at 1315 just for e stamping of passport
waited till 1355.. argh! it's massive congestion outside as well shurgs.
i finally found ice wine. e same one i bought in Nz here in DFS! weee though e price is like nearly $15 more..


one conclusion to divers: never dive with a cold. it'll totally ruin your diving experience and is life threating =(
BUT will go again any takers? =D

been a week since i started work. there's still lots to learn but e main impt pt has been settled. now is mostly the technical stuffs like what part is for what purpose that kinda stuffs.
been interesting so far. a huge switch from engineering sector yup.

caleb called me up one day and ask "wei still wanna go phillippines?" me:"wa oF CUZ!!"that's how i got another trip out.. pok liao gonna eat grass there lolz.
e best part, flying off on e 7th of feb! haha siam e new year = no ang bao =(

okay here's e link to my korea trip.

korea photos <<--- click here

finally i collected my pay today when one of my ex-colleague called me up to remind me.upon receiving e pay slip i realised.. it's 2 mths pay! no not a bonus.. but rather i didn't get the nov pay also. haha happy boi.

something else happen in office today. i learned that one of my ex-crew member went overboard. yes into south china sea near vietnam. They never found his body, they could not have anyway given the weather conditions. we were always joking and messing ard.. He was supposed to be transfered to another vessel next mth. oh well nothing is predicable.
His name is soy aye from mayanmar. He will be missed.
life as a sailor is never easy.
Think your job is crappy think of those who endured e oceans and hard-driven bosses to bring you the material and goods.

well enough of that. so today i went for my job orientation. there i found many other brands not heard of in e avg runner's world. yup. i'm working now part time in the running lab(novena sq) so if you need any running shoes or accessories do pop by.
we conduct runs every tue ard novena area ranging from 5-10k. hehe machiam advertising for them..

hmz.. dead blog haha.have been busy busy sailing ard and going on holiday. so now's a break.
finally ended my sailing and started e year with a great holiday with a group of wonderful people.

oh well am back from kimchi land.
overall it had been a enjoyabe trip 7days with CTC tour and 3d f&e.

020108- oz752 2240 flight out to korea

030108- 0545 landed in kimchi land link up with tour local guide ellena. who speak surprising good chinese. reason: she was once a chinese language teacher before she switched line.
0900 arrived at everland. there we had a first glimpsed of snow which comes in light flakes and over in just a matter of 2 mins.
1500 watched a musical titled wedding in the snow.it talk about how a male servent falls in love with the owner's daughter it also protray how traditional korean wedding is like.
1930 checked into dragon valley yongpyong ski resort. collected our ski gears before that. i got a all orange rig. like promoter for m1.

040108- 0900 first ski lesson, it's more like a basic crash course only taught us how to fall/get up/stop. he ciao half way lah! wth.. anyway it was a really fun day. for my refusal to pay the 48k unlimited chair lift up i climbed up the slope but it's worth it lah. super fun zipping down the slope and ard people haha.
2000 sledging one word shiok.

050108- 0800 went up dragon peak. gondola travel time is 30mins at a price of 12k. standing at 1488m it's refreshing cold. the wind that hit's you when the door open woohoo. shiok.
1300 seoraksan or also called mount sorak national park. took a 5 min cable car ride up. peak standing at 901m
1600 arrived at sorak waterpia which consist of indoor/outdoor water theme park and a suana. but since it's their holiday the theme park it's crawling with families argh. so decided to relax in their suana.

060108- 0800 depart sorak back for seoul. ladies dream, my nightmare. cuz it marks e start of shopping.
1100 visit to e president place.
1300 shopping starts at dongdaemun/myeongdong and itaewon
1830 check into hotel riviera
1930 got bored decided to go out jalan. nothing within 200m radius. so decide to get to e park i saw earlier it's called han gang park. it's seperated into many different sections along the han gang river. the olympic stadium sits just 1.5km away from our hotel.

070108- 1030 visit to korea famous product. not kim chi but rather ginseng.
1100 had facial lesson. yes you didn't read wrong.. we had facial lesson. really not my cup of tea haha.it's together with face shop so after e facial they usher us over to face shop. as compared it's much cheaper over here as in sg.
1430 namdaemun shopping.
1700 lotte world. nothing has change in both everland or lotte world. but in comparison everland personnel are more PR that's what i felt la.

080108- 0900 visit to amethyst center.
1030 hit sinchon(korea's ladies street)
1230 broke off with main body. proceed to our hostel(holiday in korea. nothing great about that place but they offers 24hr internet hurray for that.)
1630 arrived at prayer mountain great place but canteen food.. forget it better buy cup noodles.

090108- 0700 first bus down
1000 service in pst choi church yoido full gospel church.hang ard that area.
1430 offical check into hostel. 1530 went shopping again at dongdaemun.i learnt bargaining first hand.. haha

100108- basically spent this day rotting in hostel. they got cable! that why not that bored. haha

110108- 0900finally it snowed.
1130 checked out
1230 arrive at incheon airport snow got heavier.
1430 fianlly got our baggages checked in after more then half an hr in line. oz751 return flight.flight was delayed due to e snow.final flight timing was 1830, a 2 hrs delayed.
2350 touch down in sg

for this tour e timings are not jam pack together which is great. totally enjoyed myself even with e shopping part.

next up aust? hehe

so 2007 has ended. a short summary of 07.

jan-feb
started e year with a mth in Nz. it's a wonderful experience feeding us with all that steak and booze aha oops =x

feb-may
covered duties till ord,
extracted 3 of 4 wisdom tooth with compliments of SAF.

may-dec
6months sailing,
car got sold due to my sailing( yes people i dun have f1 liao)

that's my entire year mostly not in sg.


for 08
thank god for a job amazing how it went ahha.
do more reading and learning.
enroll into uni.
live freE!

yes yes it's a ooooooold movie. watched over and over till it's so drilled in our head during ns times. but it's still a very good movie.
simple yet powerful movie.
A Team
"it's what you do now that makes a different"
but it's how training convert into real time scenarios
decisions-making and mistakes-making are ever present. pre-planned orders changes in just a matter of seconds. when hell breaks loose, everything else goes wrong.
spilt-sec decisions comes daily but does yours make a different? will it affect the integrity of your team.
each men is not his own he belong to the man beside him. if he falls you falls.
though many of you might think sure not. this world i eat you you eat me.. only e fittest survive. but come think of it how long can 1 man stand on his own? the best org ard be it big or just a small team are never individualistic but they support each other pooling their resources together. the romans legion employed this, the recent or rather not so recent movie 300 also showcase this point.

after a talk with my ocs buddy today. i realise something different style of training does make a different impact in our lives there's lots of examples but shan't touch on it ya. sensitive issues haha but ya. it's sort of leaves a residue pattern in our lives on how we react, how we tackle different issues.
life might be a vicious cycle but you can choose to end it or carry it on. whatever e decision it'll leave a impact.

ah.. got a 4 days break from work.
it's a short but really gd break.
met up with my new cg w423 this week!

taken at Changi boardwalk. went crabbing
oh well it's back to sea.
found out my friend is currently working at one of the company i planned to work in
darn should have ask her to sign me in zzz wasted.
been youtub-ing much these day here's one totally adorable vid.


she's just so cutE! gosh

Atalanta 1

back in sg after 2 weeks
went up to fang cheng in china.it use to be a small fishing village now building up as a port. it's stil a small area when you look at e map looks like a rectangle. 20mins walk for it's breath 30 for it's length(est-ed timing and walking at my speed(can use google earth to find it also ahah)
it's quite near vietnam so take 5 days to sail there

pics of fang cheng:


arrival in fang cheng me with oiler victor

kids in fang cheng who followed me ard during the entire market trip.

central wet market in fang cheng


things we bought at e market


boats we took to transit from ship to shore


our vessel (unload-ed)


jay chow chips.. totally yurks but cheap

short tour of my vessel:
it's built in Japan 1982 even older then me gosh!
but it a good ship to work for experience cuz everything keeps breaking down
it's a 100++ meter long oil tanker

my cabin

entrance to sauna(normal temp is 42 deg)

engine control room

the work horse of the vessel

kitchen


dinning area

bridge

Pics of sunrise/set and moon: