Natsu Matsuri 2009
Well last saturday went to Natsu Matsuri 2009 at japanese school(changi). Its was an interesting experience I have to say, with so many japanese people around me and the atmosphere was great.There were games like yo-yo water balloons and strings game...haha. Only Jerrold and me went...rest cannot make it and we just watch the performances lor, we also did the bon-oduri dance at the last 45 minutes...lol..its hillarious. Imagine 2 tall guys trying to do some traditional japanese folk dances...pics are on fb. the videos will try to upload here lor...haha...dont want to throw my image away in fb...ROFL...Met eunice there as well, and as usual she is always enthu. and jumping around...haha...sadly think she is quitting work this friday le...so less one person to talk at work...saded...
If you join 2 (L)s and tilt it 45 degrees each, it becomes a winner(W)....haha...thats what I came out with jerrold when I started emo-ing...haha and he was trying to distract me from thoughts in my mind. Realised that both of us are in the same kind of boat..haha..time to be a man he says...lol
Sunday, August 23, 2009
A Singaporean's Pride
Recently I went to an investment workshop or rather it can be seen as a get to know WB better. The speaker is Robert Miles who is a renowned WB expert and as written a couple of WB books and all. He was quite a good speaker with his jokes and all. Well there is something that he spoke which I felt was quite significant, he was talking about 240 years of American History and that how it have always been quite uncertain and all. Then he spoke of how WB and CM and himself often acknowledge Singapore and how that we had achieved such rapid economical progress within a span of just 4 decades in our uber short island history. And just yesterday I was reading on ST forum about a comment made by a Singaporean that there have been 2 many negative bloggers in singapore already and that we should acknowledge the work of the present government and that they should like back off a little.
Well, to me I think that when I hear those words from robert's mouth, it does feels me with pride and that all of a sudden its good to be singaporean. Of course, one might discount it as pure lip service but it is truly amazing when one thinks back and 30 years ago, life aint like this and all...maybe being the Gen Y that we are now, we never truly experience the drastic change that the Gen X and the baby boomers undergo and hence in a way we might be more skeptical of the government here. Having said that, being negative is also good because it gives the present government a lot of critical feedback from the public unlike in the past, where public opinion was difficult to obtain or whatsoever. But of course, the negative comments must be back up with sufficient evidence and all. If not, one will be kenna 'shoot' down by M^2 recently. lolz
Recently I went to an investment workshop or rather it can be seen as a get to know WB better. The speaker is Robert Miles who is a renowned WB expert and as written a couple of WB books and all. He was quite a good speaker with his jokes and all. Well there is something that he spoke which I felt was quite significant, he was talking about 240 years of American History and that how it have always been quite uncertain and all. Then he spoke of how WB and CM and himself often acknowledge Singapore and how that we had achieved such rapid economical progress within a span of just 4 decades in our uber short island history. And just yesterday I was reading on ST forum about a comment made by a Singaporean that there have been 2 many negative bloggers in singapore already and that we should acknowledge the work of the present government and that they should like back off a little.
Well, to me I think that when I hear those words from robert's mouth, it does feels me with pride and that all of a sudden its good to be singaporean. Of course, one might discount it as pure lip service but it is truly amazing when one thinks back and 30 years ago, life aint like this and all...maybe being the Gen Y that we are now, we never truly experience the drastic change that the Gen X and the baby boomers undergo and hence in a way we might be more skeptical of the government here. Having said that, being negative is also good because it gives the present government a lot of critical feedback from the public unlike in the past, where public opinion was difficult to obtain or whatsoever. But of course, the negative comments must be back up with sufficient evidence and all. If not, one will be kenna 'shoot' down by M^2 recently. lolz
Thursday, August 20, 2009
AHM 2009 or rather AQM(Army Quarter Marathon)
I ran 10km hence the AQM because half of 21km(AHM) is quarter lor. And I got to say one thing, I really suck big time...lose sia...slower by at least 30 minutes!! Total failure sia. haha. Met my previous commanders like yi xiang,wilson and shawn. Apparently PS not running because of some injury or smthg...lolz...its feel great to just run sia....and its like there is nothing else to bother except the finishing point as well as the drink station or maybe its because of the adrenaline.=P Somehow its just feel great to run 10 km and be part of something like that as well...haha its just sugoi...haha. Oh and I also met zi ling as well, she was running 21km sia...her 3rd year le, I only ran for the past 2 years only...haha..see how maybe I will run for next year.
I ran 10km hence the AQM because half of 21km(AHM) is quarter lor. And I got to say one thing, I really suck big time...lose sia...slower by at least 30 minutes!! Total failure sia. haha. Met my previous commanders like yi xiang,wilson and shawn. Apparently PS not running because of some injury or smthg...lolz...its feel great to just run sia....and its like there is nothing else to bother except the finishing point as well as the drink station or maybe its because of the adrenaline.=P Somehow its just feel great to run 10 km and be part of something like that as well...haha its just sugoi...haha. Oh and I also met zi ling as well, she was running 21km sia...her 3rd year le, I only ran for the past 2 years only...haha..see how maybe I will run for next year.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Lets leave it to fate.
I have frequently been having such words bumping around in my head. One can see it as an excuse, one can also see it as a way of consolation. Do we really leave things to fate? Do we just carelessly use the word 'fate' because we don't want to face the reality?
Nonetheless, I do agree that there are things in life where it is totally out of our control. No one could have predicted a typhoon will strike Taiwan and china recently in a year ago. So yes, fate do still play a role in our daily lives.
However, for certain 'fates' to occur, man must be pro-active in certain ways so that the probability of things that are 'fated' to happen will happen. For example, people said that its fated that the recent sub-prime financial crisis that just happened in the not too long distant past. Because, going by the trend then a financial crisis should have occur around this period.But,had someone or rather the US financial industry step in and rectify the problem of issuing sub-prime loans or derivatives to various parts of the financial market, then the crisis might not have happened. As one can see, this fated incident might not have happened, had there been some intervention by the authorities.Ultimately fate is still very much determine by what one does, or rather the amount of fate that one has. And maybe that's the reason I don't really believe in being lucky, and hence I don't really like lottery. Though I do buy lotteries during the CNY...lol...well humans all like the element of surprise mah...hehe...but of course I never win ever since my virgin experience.lol. Having said that, I don't mean that one have to keep buying until one day you strike big. Maybe one can studies the probabilities and gauge the probabilities of the number coming out? In this way, ur fated strike may be more frequent.
In a nutshell, without some work done, fate might not happened to u as well. But having said that, there are def. anomalies in life that no matter what one does, fate just seems to eludes you.=)
I have frequently been having such words bumping around in my head. One can see it as an excuse, one can also see it as a way of consolation. Do we really leave things to fate? Do we just carelessly use the word 'fate' because we don't want to face the reality?
Nonetheless, I do agree that there are things in life where it is totally out of our control. No one could have predicted a typhoon will strike Taiwan and china recently in a year ago. So yes, fate do still play a role in our daily lives.
However, for certain 'fates' to occur, man must be pro-active in certain ways so that the probability of things that are 'fated' to happen will happen. For example, people said that its fated that the recent sub-prime financial crisis that just happened in the not too long distant past. Because, going by the trend then a financial crisis should have occur around this period.But,had someone or rather the US financial industry step in and rectify the problem of issuing sub-prime loans or derivatives to various parts of the financial market, then the crisis might not have happened. As one can see, this fated incident might not have happened, had there been some intervention by the authorities.Ultimately fate is still very much determine by what one does, or rather the amount of fate that one has. And maybe that's the reason I don't really believe in being lucky, and hence I don't really like lottery. Though I do buy lotteries during the CNY...lol...well humans all like the element of surprise mah...hehe...but of course I never win ever since my virgin experience.lol. Having said that, I don't mean that one have to keep buying until one day you strike big. Maybe one can studies the probabilities and gauge the probabilities of the number coming out? In this way, ur fated strike may be more frequent.
In a nutshell, without some work done, fate might not happened to u as well. But having said that, there are def. anomalies in life that no matter what one does, fate just seems to eludes you.=)
Monday, August 10, 2009
Thoughts On NDP 2009
NDP 09
This year's NDP was the first year that I am catching it in the comfort of my home/grandma's house. For the past 2 years, I have been always at ground zero. 2007 was doing logistics support at NDP because it is done by engineers and there are no complaints with being involved in the VIP section as well as always skip trainings to help out with logistics support=P. 2008 volunteered to do security coverage because of 2 off days...haha...and its damn boring of course. So never really be able to catch the NDP at all lor.
Somehow while watching it this year, found it to be rather arty plus it involves the culture of our nation and our history though its a bit. I kinda forgot that before raffles there is this guy called sang nila utama that set foot on this place earlier.Lol. So its quite good to have the NDP to once in awhile refresh our memories about our singapore history.
Some says that its propaganda which I tend to agree...but however I have another way of seeing it. Let me bring u back into time, where the dinosaurs still roam. Humans were in small groups and obviously is a scattered bunch of species here and there. Now, in every of this groups, there will always be a tou(aka leader)Every now and then, or before each hunt, the 'tou' will always give a rally/pep talk. The elders will always share true stories(which will eventually become myths/legends) about whoever did this brave thing, about events to the younger ones. Of course all these differs from various groups. And what do u all classified this? Propaganda. So since long ago, propaganda can be seen as a way to unite a group of people and to justify a cause/to create an identity. However, of course propaganda means using selective information to lead us to a particular cause, which sounds very much like manipulation. Hence, propaganda must be used for the right cause if not then its definitely very much like manipulation. Again this will heavily depends on the propagandists, are they the good or bad?
Therefore in a way, NDP every year could be seen as a rally point for our citizens as well as to come and appreciate the 44 years of our history on this island. Oh and of course, the showcase of our military strength year after year-_-"""...haha.Oh one more thing, the government never seriously control our media/knowledge from overseas unlike some nations elsewhere hence it ain't that bad. Ok i sound very pro-gov. haha...but of course there are other things that I felt that the gov. can improve and felt that some laws are well..plain redundant. I guess in life there is always give and take right? to receive one, u got to throw another away.
Waking up on the wrong side of the bed
Actually the above pic is just something that I grab from the net..haha...and coincidentally the wordings are quite apt.Haha...Well, on saturday I woke up to find myself rather emo and hence the title: Waking on the wrong side of the bed...lolz. When I woke up, such thoughts flow thru my mind:"Why am I still single?", "Did I make any mistake in the past?", " Will the future be dull?" and this and that. Hence, it ain't the best start of a saturday anyone can have. Met up at night with ting han, was hoping can have a long chat with him but turn out that eventually he had to leave early cuz of family matters. So didnt really talk with him much, but enough to lift my spirits up a bit=). Went to the old place and just think it thru lor. Saw sam and paul though, but I guess that because they saw a bugger at the place they went further down. So I took a walk lor, walking is good seriously, I can definitely think better when walking around rather then sit down and do nothing. Anyways, so was talking to myself throughout(like mother like son...ROFL), came to realised that certain things I had been avoiding again=,=. And also another thing about conforming to the norm. Or rather my reasons for conforming isn't very good as well. Rmbr shannen told me something that she doesn't believe that life is boring, she will never describe hers as boring even if she ain't doing anything. She is the kind that sees a silver lining in every dark clouds. So after an hour walk and reasoning with myself, I sort of settle it within myself...but the flow of thoughts I had already forgotten liao...hehe...
This year's NDP was the first year that I am catching it in the comfort of my home/grandma's house. For the past 2 years, I have been always at ground zero. 2007 was doing logistics support at NDP because it is done by engineers and there are no complaints with being involved in the VIP section as well as always skip trainings to help out with logistics support=P. 2008 volunteered to do security coverage because of 2 off days...haha...and its damn boring of course. So never really be able to catch the NDP at all lor.
Somehow while watching it this year, found it to be rather arty plus it involves the culture of our nation and our history though its a bit. I kinda forgot that before raffles there is this guy called sang nila utama that set foot on this place earlier.Lol. So its quite good to have the NDP to once in awhile refresh our memories about our singapore history.
Some says that its propaganda which I tend to agree...but however I have another way of seeing it. Let me bring u back into time, where the dinosaurs still roam. Humans were in small groups and obviously is a scattered bunch of species here and there. Now, in every of this groups, there will always be a tou(aka leader)Every now and then, or before each hunt, the 'tou' will always give a rally/pep talk. The elders will always share true stories(which will eventually become myths/legends) about whoever did this brave thing, about events to the younger ones. Of course all these differs from various groups. And what do u all classified this? Propaganda. So since long ago, propaganda can be seen as a way to unite a group of people and to justify a cause/to create an identity. However, of course propaganda means using selective information to lead us to a particular cause, which sounds very much like manipulation. Hence, propaganda must be used for the right cause if not then its definitely very much like manipulation. Again this will heavily depends on the propagandists, are they the good or bad?
Therefore in a way, NDP every year could be seen as a rally point for our citizens as well as to come and appreciate the 44 years of our history on this island. Oh and of course, the showcase of our military strength year after year-_-"""...haha.Oh one more thing, the government never seriously control our media/knowledge from overseas unlike some nations elsewhere hence it ain't that bad. Ok i sound very pro-gov. haha...but of course there are other things that I felt that the gov. can improve and felt that some laws are well..plain redundant. I guess in life there is always give and take right? to receive one, u got to throw another away.
Waking up on the wrong side of the bed
Actually the above pic is just something that I grab from the net..haha...and coincidentally the wordings are quite apt.Haha...Well, on saturday I woke up to find myself rather emo and hence the title: Waking on the wrong side of the bed...lolz. When I woke up, such thoughts flow thru my mind:"Why am I still single?", "Did I make any mistake in the past?", " Will the future be dull?" and this and that. Hence, it ain't the best start of a saturday anyone can have. Met up at night with ting han, was hoping can have a long chat with him but turn out that eventually he had to leave early cuz of family matters. So didnt really talk with him much, but enough to lift my spirits up a bit=). Went to the old place and just think it thru lor. Saw sam and paul though, but I guess that because they saw a bugger at the place they went further down. So I took a walk lor, walking is good seriously, I can definitely think better when walking around rather then sit down and do nothing. Anyways, so was talking to myself throughout(like mother like son...ROFL), came to realised that certain things I had been avoiding again=,=. And also another thing about conforming to the norm. Or rather my reasons for conforming isn't very good as well. Rmbr shannen told me something that she doesn't believe that life is boring, she will never describe hers as boring even if she ain't doing anything. She is the kind that sees a silver lining in every dark clouds. So after an hour walk and reasoning with myself, I sort of settle it within myself...but the flow of thoughts I had already forgotten liao...hehe...
Saturday, August 08, 2009
The De-militarised Zone in Korean Peninsula
Just caught a short 5 minute part of an episode on discovery channel. Its about the DMZ in the Korean peninsula. Its about the eco-habitat that has sprung up in that region with its eagles,deers and other species that are considered rare on this planet. The show ended with a very interesting liner: " The price of war and destruction was paid for the growth of this accidentally founded natural habitat.
Pessimism
Well, it just starts the cog wheels in my mind to start turning. There must always be a price to pay no matter how the situation seems to be. In this context, without the Korean war, the DMZ will never be form and that modernization might have crept into the region and the animals will never be able to enjoy the habitat there. It is like economics, there will always be opportunity costs in this world, because scarcity will forever exists. Nothing is ever finite. Even happiness. Some may differ. One argument might be What about monks who have obtained enlightenment?? Or ie infinite happiness? Well, for such a group of special people, their definition of scarcity has no boundaries because they don't set any boundaries at all. I don't make sense right? haha...so its just for you to have some food for thought here. To the rest of us, we place boundaries in our definition of scarcity, we place certain markers whether unconsciously or deliberately. Maybe for many of us, some always feel that happiness is forever eluding us, some may feel that they are blessed enough already because they have achieved it already. To those that feels that they are blessed, what happen if one day the source(s) of your happiness is taken away from you, will you still be happy? will u not grieved? From this sentence, aren't I right that to you, happiness is still measured in some ways or other, hence its still finite. Ok. I sound a tad pessimistic here but well... its my thoughts lor...lol...So maybe the saying of " I dont have any expectations, thats why I am happy" is true to some extent.
IPO
Anyway recently, there was this IPO that my mum got me to recce about eventually open at 70 cents per share and the rumour mongers( which I call the papers) are saying that it will go up furthur...I can foresee that its still going up next week. Actually, its my first time recce on the stock itself and was going thru its prospectus of around 200 pages long. Initial look was that it's really good with the business in experienced hands and is considered to be an integral part of the plant maintenance industry here is Singapore along with Rotary though its much smaller in size. However, to me long term looks a bit blurry...I had sort of a hunch that it will a good way to earn quick money and see-ing from the recent news, yeah it rose by 75% for a share. From what it seems, this company needs the extra funding which is to be listed, is to get funds to fund their purchase of more equipment to continue their expansion. They haven't even managed enough contacts in the middle east to get projects there and thats where they are heading towards. But they also do have valuable customers like Shell Eastern and Exxonmobil in Singapore to ensure their credibility and cashflow but I didn't go and find out how long and how big are their projects with their customers. I think I need to go read up more on Ben graham's security investor. haha
Pessimism
Well, it just starts the cog wheels in my mind to start turning. There must always be a price to pay no matter how the situation seems to be. In this context, without the Korean war, the DMZ will never be form and that modernization might have crept into the region and the animals will never be able to enjoy the habitat there. It is like economics, there will always be opportunity costs in this world, because scarcity will forever exists. Nothing is ever finite. Even happiness. Some may differ. One argument might be What about monks who have obtained enlightenment?? Or ie infinite happiness? Well, for such a group of special people, their definition of scarcity has no boundaries because they don't set any boundaries at all. I don't make sense right? haha...so its just for you to have some food for thought here. To the rest of us, we place boundaries in our definition of scarcity, we place certain markers whether unconsciously or deliberately. Maybe for many of us, some always feel that happiness is forever eluding us, some may feel that they are blessed enough already because they have achieved it already. To those that feels that they are blessed, what happen if one day the source(s) of your happiness is taken away from you, will you still be happy? will u not grieved? From this sentence, aren't I right that to you, happiness is still measured in some ways or other, hence its still finite. Ok. I sound a tad pessimistic here but well... its my thoughts lor...lol...So maybe the saying of " I dont have any expectations, thats why I am happy" is true to some extent.
IPO
Anyway recently, there was this IPO that my mum got me to recce about eventually open at 70 cents per share and the rumour mongers( which I call the papers) are saying that it will go up furthur...I can foresee that its still going up next week. Actually, its my first time recce on the stock itself and was going thru its prospectus of around 200 pages long. Initial look was that it's really good with the business in experienced hands and is considered to be an integral part of the plant maintenance industry here is Singapore along with Rotary though its much smaller in size. However, to me long term looks a bit blurry...I had sort of a hunch that it will a good way to earn quick money and see-ing from the recent news, yeah it rose by 75% for a share. From what it seems, this company needs the extra funding which is to be listed, is to get funds to fund their purchase of more equipment to continue their expansion. They haven't even managed enough contacts in the middle east to get projects there and thats where they are heading towards. But they also do have valuable customers like Shell Eastern and Exxonmobil in Singapore to ensure their credibility and cashflow but I didn't go and find out how long and how big are their projects with their customers. I think I need to go read up more on Ben graham's security investor. haha
Monday, August 03, 2009
Oks...now the new blogger posting template doesn't allows us to change the font plus colour and everything...wth..or is it only me? Hmm...then how do one change the font of the entries??Lol..any experienced bloggers help??...hahaI sounds noobish...lolz
in 2 hours of time, going to school le...sia lah damn fast can...I wonder how it will all turn out man...since its lectures on the first day and collection of notes. We shall see lor..anw hopefully can do well in the first year and able to maintain my other commitments as well. Haha...well well pray lor.
in 2 hours of time, going to school le...sia lah damn fast can...I wonder how it will all turn out man...since its lectures on the first day and collection of notes. We shall see lor..anw hopefully can do well in the first year and able to maintain my other commitments as well. Haha...well well pray lor.
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