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:

070507. ORD LOH!! haha this is a day where we finally get to see our pink ic.
there's a mixed emotion, glad that you're finally out of green.. but dreads the upcoming ICTs. but actually is sian cuz buddies you've grown to know and respect is going each of our seperate ways no longer can we crap in bunk, make a hell lot of noise, have steamboat, or those weds where we party till next morning. now we can only set a side a date for meeting up boring. anyway had a ORD dinner with my BMTC section C1S4. There's so much to catch up on all e stupid stuffs we did in bmtc and all e crazy stuffs.

C1S4

went up to genting as a ord trip. wasn't suppose to go but cuz one of them call in sick.. so had to stand in for him since paid already dun wasted keke. finally went down to KL! went to e twin towers eh.. nothing much actually pretty much like our paragon. went to chinatown next well...nothing much again.. just a section of street for jalan jalan.. darn should have go times square.didn't really do much up there cuz lack of funds. stayed in First World Hotel e super duper colourful one. we had one of the better rooms cuz my friend aunt is some sort of vvip there it's quite big as compared to the normal one. but.. our's not e biggest! my friend's rm could easily fit in 8 of us. but we're e only one with a safe and a direct view of the park itself.


Next up was the Bn ord funtion held at pioneer spring @ Mt faber safra.food's not bad quite yummy anyway *slurps
the place is quite nice acutally just that the sound system sux! which dampen the mood alittle. but over all it's a good job done. well done guys!
there's also countless of lunch and dinner meet up. thanks guys for taking time out.
basically that sums up e two weeks from ORD date till now.

other then that most oft he time is spend stone-ing and gaming with my gaming kakis
all e crazy bunch where we would play till morning dawn just to make up for the future time i'll be losing duing my job haha. namely harrison wp aloy jl sometime ah du. haha now can go back to normal routine already. dun game so much! anyway thanks for the countless gaming hours and prata sessions.

Travel the world while you work sounds great? yup, it's part of my job to travel while working. Nah it's not up in the air but rather in e ocean. confine 24/7 to a mode of transport called ship. Once again i'm back as a cadet or rather assistant engineer they called it. would be on board Atalanta 1. An oil tanker which operates in the East china sea region and no.. it's not those super big ones just shy of 4000DWT(Dead Weight Ton a marine term for measuring ship's tonnage) so it's eh.. avg ship ship? There's goes my europe trip haha anyway should be back during christmas period i hope.. will try to update my blog if i get to use the com.

my assigment and discharge book

a super cute card i recieved.

today SOTM lesson conclued the beattitudes. it's really one of the challenging sermons. it'll challange your thinking and character for it deals with your attitude.
mat 5:3-12 just these 9 versus took over 4 weeks showing how important it is. every versus would make you think hard and ponder on your past/current/future actions.
it's really greaT! moulds you into a stronger christian. too bad i'll be missing e next 7 lessons.. haiz oh well =)
See you guys ard!