Picture taken over the Easter Weekend on the Banff Gondola.
Overlooking the town of Banff in the Canadian Rockies.

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Why do Men have nipples???

was reading this great great book by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg whose title is above. Its the sort of stupid yet extremely interesting book that answers all the stupid qns you could ever ask. i bought the other called ' why do men sleep after sex' too.. let me share some interestings facts with yall(in my own words)..

well let me first answer the title qns. it seems looong long ago, 19 yrs for me, i was once a girl. a girl for only 6 weeks tho. that was the initial stage of my grwoth when i was yet an embryo. but Thank GOD!! genes had it that i would be a male.(thank you GOd for this so wonderful and impt fact!!!) so aft 6 weeks, the male chromosome in the embryo started to kick in and all the manly and masculine aspects of me started to take shape. so thus in those 6 weeks, i got me nipples and a little bit of breast. the answer for you.

Why does poo(aka shit) float?
its because of the air trapped in the poo. increased levels of gas and air makes it more dense and thus it floats! amazing science.

Is it true that left-handed ppl are smarter than right-handed ppl??
Nope. studies have not shown any concrete evidence but there is something interesting. Males are about one and a half to two times more likely to be left-handed than females. Anyway just some food for thought, the left brain specialises in language and speech whereas the right brain is responsible for visual and spartial skills. You ought to have known this that if you're right-handed, you're left brain dominant and vice versa.

Can you swallow your tongue??
It is not possible to swallow your tongue. The tongue can block the opening of the airway and one of the first things that you are taught in basic life support(i didnt go for that) is that if someone is having difficulty breathing, you should tilt his or her head and lift the chin. this helps remove the tongue as an obstruction.

Does the type of underpants men wear affect their fertilty??
Kramer on Seinfeld said:"I need the secured packaging of jockeys(briefs). My boys need a house!"
Wearing tight underwear will not affect your fertility. Thats becos we have a secret weapon called the scrotum. Its purpose in life is to maintain the testes at a temperature of approx 5 degrees less than the rest of the body. It appears as though the scrotum does it work whether you are in boxers, briefs or free ballin. So you can make your own fashion choice and your sperm wont know the difference.

Monday, December 11, 2006

ding dong

had katong laksa today aft work. tasted great! yum.. food makes you happy.. for me at least.. haha.. had dinner with a few of the guys aft work. we went to look at car bodykits before that.. chion wants to modify or as we call it 'zheng' his car's kit to make it look more 'fierce'. mazda 3 becoming an rx 8 ah? haha.. dennis wants to do up his too.. sir too.. well if you look at it, all do.. haha.. all of us are in the car mod mood now la.. even if you arent, just going to the workshop would transform you into one.. imagine buying a car and then modding it into a different one. thats wad some do.. gonna get the civic in jan and given parental approval, im gonna get it done up.. but that'll have to wait till ive finished brunei.. no time to do it when im in ocs.. but its quite exciting.. started to save but as you know me, it can take awhile..

enough about cars, for all i know my parents wont allow me to do it up.. which would be a great pity.. anyway life is alright new batch of air graders coming in and all that. just hoping to see one tpjcian ard one of these days. no one else but me.. hai.. hoping..

going to malaysia one of these days to eat and go-kart.. so low to the ground and going so fast.. the one in escape is a far far far cry.. like comparing the premier league to s league.. cant wait.. christmas is coming and i havent bought any gifts yet.. when do ppl actually start buying gifts? or have they all already bought theirs? er.. not to worry.. thank god for late nite shopping..

im off.. take care
God Bless
cheers!

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

pics

So here are pics from Australia

Buddies from 10/06


The boss and I



that room brings back so many memories.. studying, mental flying and other stuff.. (which only we know)


flying that was very fun indeed. considering it always surprised you.. :D


sun was bright. thats why we had stupid faces..


10/06!!


The city of Tamworth





after


Before


The printout of our CT 4B cockpit..


Good morning Sir, QFIs and fellow colleagues. Im OCT Matt Lim presenting todays Ops Brief. (Not sure if its correct.. forgot already.. haha..)



food!!!



our accomodation blocks in tamworth

click bang

well finally got to update becos im on my block leave. its a great feeling i tell you.. must enjoy every single minute of it before ive got to go back again to ocs. at least its just air wing and not army again. but still tough anyways. im spectacularly unfit man.. when was the last time you ever saw a tummy on me man? cos ive got one right now.. haha.. quite sad that it got to this state.. will its alright cos i'll lose all the weight in brunei.

anyway my hp number has changed to becos i had to get a new phone. the old one, meaning that one that has been with me since sec sch was crapping up.. got the m600i. nice phone but no cam ya? had to get one without a camera. but everything else is cool.. it was either that or the w 950 one which was a little steep.. 1000 plus man.. too much if you ask me.. bought new boots too so this month's expenditure a little high.. save money man.. buy new paper also have to share. 30 cents each with one guy forking out extra 10 cents. haha..

speaking about money how much does your car do per litre? mine does close to 11 which is alright but that means buses overtake me man!! hahah!! cant do that again.. when im driving normally it drops to 8 km per litre!!! thats retarded!! there was even an instance when in dropped to 5 plus.. pumping 25 bucks every other day.. so tired of it i decided to just pump 50 yesterday and see how long it lasts.. I MUST BE LIGHT FOOTED!!! anyway cant wait for the new civic to arrive.. bet its fuel comsump rate is much better.. jan man.. one more month!!! hopefully my parents will allow me to modify it.. hopefully.. heheh.. mugen or modulo? still cant decide but more or less decided on the rims.. if i can change them that is..

havent been doing much except soccer, eating and eating.. had crystal jade yesterday with mel at tm and the svc was quite bad.. so we wont be going back there for a while.. rather eat at imperial.. but hawker still rocks the most man.. where is the best fried oyster egg in s'pore? is the the tamp ave 4 one, the 85 one, the lagoon one or the newton one? i still cant decide.. but i like all of them.. hahah.. tink about it..
ok tink i'll stop here..

cheers to all and take care!!
GOd Bless!

Thursday, October 12, 2006

coming home

well its been 5 weeks in australia for my air grading.. life has really been good.. ok not really all the time but most of the time.. just am really blessed cos i had very good instructors who really thought me how to fly very well.. from take off to landing.. great man.. haha.. anyway just thank God i PASSED!!!

ah!!!! yes 4 whole weeks of slogging it out for this paid off.. really high chance of me getting my wings if i dun screw up bad la.. will put the photos up next time because im using the common computer over here.. will be flying home tmr and im gonna enjoy every single moment of the flight.. free drinks on the house man.. hehe.. hmm hows Sydney? transit for ard 5 hours so we'll see how it goes ah..

to tink of it life now will be quite good.. drawing good pay for the next year whilst doing not really much apart from ocs (again), brunei and all that.. quite good aye mate.. food in aust rules!! free flow food, free flow drinks, free flow ice cream.. yup nice..

and the best thing of all is that i get to fly.. although some sorties are worse than others, i guess in the end i really did enjoy all of them.. flying at 3 to 6 thousand feet and doing all the aerobatics and stuff was quite fun.. haha.. but i guess the most enjoyment one may derive is from landing the aircraft.. that really is the icing on the cake.. cos if you dont know, just getting your aircraft lined up on finals at the correct altitude is a major task in itself.. haha.. still trying to perfect it but i got somewhere there.. (i tink) haha.. but flying really is great..

ive got a list of stuff i really wanna do.. laksa, soccer, 85, movies, church and obviously her.. cant wait..

cheers

Sunday, October 08, 2006

howdy mate

passed phase one! arh!!!! 2 more sorties to test on wed!!! Will pass.. Must pass! haha.. get back to ya.. life is good!

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

WAh..

Last entry was 10th April.. how time has passed... life has indeed been good.. went into a good bmt company.. got into FEP which was good.. went to ocs ECHO wing!!! which was the best wing and now in AFS.. just hope i pass air grading.. better pass.. faith! wonder how everyone else is doing.. sort of have lost track of the rest but still meeting them up.. thats wad army does i guess.. anyway am happy now that im back to 8 to 5. but now its less slack. stuff to do and stuff to learn.. R/t and all the checks and procedures.. alot man.. but lets not forget about soccer.. miss soccer.. wanna play soccer.. match on sunday.. yes!! SOCCER!!! arh!!!! 3 months without it!!!!! anyway regarding the pilot thing i'll be trying my best so pls pray for me.. flying off on 10th of sept..

anyway gotta go now.. wanna watch simpsons.. will update another time.. life now is normal la.. havent really flown anything.. actually starting to miss echo wing in ocs.. hai... even with all the hardship and pain you still enjoy urself at the end of the day.. well life i guess..
cheers and take care!!
GOd Bless!
:D

Monday, April 10, 2006

welcome

life has been quite good lately i must say.. the FEP programme has really been a blessing.. haha.. anyway thank god i passed my interview!!!! yes so i'll see how everything turns out from there.. no worries.. all in Gods hands.. anyway gonna give blood this sunday.. first time.. well hope it turns out good.. haha.. i mean how bad can it be RITE????? its like only this massive needle being stuck into your arm and lots of blood flowing out.. haha.. change sub.

watched inside man the other day and it really had an interesting plot.. smart.. but the censoring and all that left much to be desired.. i mean there were conplete sentences which were like not sentences because of all the censoring.. just another lesson that we all have to learn to read lips ya.. very useful..

rollerblading is getting more fun.. mel and i are inproving.. just wear wrist guard next time k?? haha.. saw tin and ben the other day..great to see them again considering how many of us are going our seperate ways.. great time and thank god it didnt rain..

well im off already.. gonna jog ard my estate.. must exercise la.. hai.. dun wanna grow fat.. so im off.. take care everyone.. (if you love worship songs, get the new hillsongs album.. you wont regret.. believe that it'll be a blessing for you.. :)

Cheers
God Bless

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Post?

Well received my posting order on friday.. going to airforce.. pilot selection and stuff.. like was super shocked ah.. but anyway just to let ya know, am not a pilot yet.. am only goin for the air grading and stuff.. fly the plane and see whether i can take the Gs.. haha.. tink it'll be fun.. IF i were to be a pilot, i'll have lots of money!!! haha.. IF!! but to tink of it, it'll take alot of sacrifice of my time and loved ones.. hai.. really dunno how.. well all im gonna do is to go thru this process and see how it goes.. dun mind being a pilot and serve the country ya.. let God decide.. for those who dont know, if i dont make it, i'll either be posted to sispec or ocs.. if i make it, i'll go to australia for further tests i tink and dan if i make it at the end, i'll have to sign a 12 yr contract.. and most of that time away from our sunny island.. so thats essentially how its gonna be if i make.. IF.

actually kinda disappointed that i didnt get into ocs with the rest of my buddies.. hai.. wasted not with them.. now 3 months of just tests and stuff.. for better or worse? i dont know.. why did the air force take me away? i dont know.. but i'll leave it to God and i'll just do my best wherever i am.. he'll handle the rest.. getting into the pilot thingy is already a blessing considering i already turned down another air force vocation to be an air traffic controller.. Only God knows wad is gonna happen and i'll put my trust in him..(if i make it, i wanna fly the F-15!!!) will try to update as much as possible ya.. to the rest, take care and enjoy urselves!
Cheers!
God Bless!!

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

back and going soon

well the past week out in cv life has been great.. everything's great if you compare it with life back in tekong.. i actually looked forward to my book-out to collect my results la! just becos i wanted to book out.. haha.. well that phase of my NS life is now over.. come friday i'll find out where im off to next.. on hindsight, BMT wasnt totally that bad.. it was not bad actually.. ive made many great friends and life apart from a few occasions was ok.. life was not hell all the time but just sometimes.. anyway tink its all part of the training rite? the meaning of pain has been brought up a few notches.. but there were times when i actually had fun.. like sleeping my 7 hrs everyday.. washing the toilet was not bad too.. very relaxing becos you get to spray everywhere with water.. haha.. and the LITTLE admin time i had was spent relaxing too.. i would like to emphasize the word little! is admin time a priviledge or a right? up till now i dont know.. cos others in the other companies get at least 1 hr everyday and wad do i get? 15 mins to bath and do all my stuff before lights out.. its not nice la.. but i guess you can live with it.. i lived with it for 2 plus months.. after awhile, you get used to it, like everything else.. the pumping, crunches, alternate leg thrusts, jumping jacks, marching, running ard with rifle overhead, all the crawling, the running to and fro and running up and down your company line.. you get used to all this stuff.. i personally like alternate leg thrusts the most.. do like 20 sets of 4 and your leg goes numb.. but thats not all.. not everyone is counting together so you start back from zero.. and the cycle continues.. looking back at it all, coming up with all the punishments we went thru really takes some creativity.. not bad..
anyway thank God at least one phase of my NS life is over.. wanna thank God too for the blessing he gave me in the form of the best recruit of my platoon award.. really didnt see it coming.. didnt even tink abt it until i was told so.. God's favour i must say.. in a platoon which comprised so many outstanding personalities, im greatly blessed to have received it.. the thanks too has to go out to the guys from jaguar 3.. they really made my life as IC much easier with their cooperation and help..

well a piece of advise to those going into the army, no man is an island.. depend on others as much as yourself. be strong up there and dont give in.. its all mental.. (this mainly is for the direct enhanced leadership batches..) you'll fully understand wad this post is talking abt.. haha..
to all, God bless and take care.. this should be one of the very few posts this yr.. no time la.. sorry!! :D will update as much as possible..

CHeers!!
GOd BLess!

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

let it go

well the last three days of freedom really.. Army beckons on fri.. but as wad all my friends say, the right attitude overcomes.. and ive decided to have the right mindset and attitude going into the place.. a place of challenges and trials and difficulties but thank God im going in.. you never rise to the next level unless you go thru some trials to strengthen you and to really mould you into a better person both physically and character wise.. initially i was like 'huh why must i go into the army'.. but looking at it, i'll get a great bod when im out.. hehe.. that i hope but skinny ppl usually cant build too much.. goin into the army has also made me realise and appreciate even more for my friends.. this so too for my wonderfully great churchmates.. all have been such a great blessing in my life.. my cg has been there for me thruout and looking back at the yr together, we all have really grown.. both in numbers where we're averaging more than 25 and spiritually where i believe that everyone has gotten to know the bible and their creator much more.. isnt that wad we're called to do? at the end of the day, lets be satisfied at the things we've done for God.. when we answer him in heaven, i want to be found good and faithful like all you out there.. thats why i believe that E222 is such a special cg(although i may be biased) haha.. you guys understand the calling every christian has which is the great commission.. this is basic to our christian walk with God.. believe that the grp will indeed grow from strength to strength, from glory to glory and i believe that by Emerge, we can average at 30 ya? wad for be a apple tree when you cant grow apples? haha.. same thing as being a christian who doesnt reach out.. bear good fruits! :D

i also have to really thank all my very close buddies peng, hj, xiang, jerry, nick, matt, amos, yuqin, joash, mildred and the rest of the bunch.. thanks alot for the treat at 85 ya? haha.. really appreciate the things that you guys have done.. even with the division that has occured, i hope that you guys can come to eventually forgive.. if you dont wanna friend him its your decision but at lest forgive and maybe put in check the slandering that takes place.. as wad pst said, only the strong can really forgive and forget while the weak ones keep remembering and slandering the other party even 10 yrs from now.. haha.. but i strongly believe that you guys are strong ya.. pray that our great friendship as a bunch wont end even in heaven ya.. its been since pri 5 that xiang, peng, jerry, mildred and i have been together.. thats wad, 8 yrs leh!! wad lao.... haha.. two more and that'll be ten.. the rest is 6 yrs ya.. but still alot if you look at it.. haha.. its been filled with highs and lows but nonetheless, really exciting times... thanks to you guys..

to all the soccer guys, you guys rock.. although we all couldnt make it for the planned outings, i believe that we'll keep in touch ya? go out on CNY ya? 4 day weekend confirm got time unless have to book in.. haha.. believe that eventually, we all will be able to do many more pull-ups ya? just tot abt how we may meet at the inter company soccer events ah.. wah.. tink army will be fun la.. its really how you make out of it.. so to alex, aloy, wei liang(collecting your ball on thurs rite?), dan, wan, kenny, zaw, marcus, peng, izree all the best in the SAF.. dont miss your gals too much la.. alex ah.. meet family already sia.. haha!

to cluad, yi xuan, tintin, benita, jess, fly, astoria, constance, charis, theofania(thanks for the job offer), rach, matt lim(my neighbour), big john and the black team, its been wonderful knowing you guys and girls.. i count myself really blessed to have known you guys better.. love israel and miss my israel buddies so much and i tink i'll definately go back in the future.. constance so when are we meeting? inside tekong no more gelare leh.. haha.. to the rest, all the best in all your endeavours! haha.. and to cluad, see ya in tekong k? you going to sch 1 issit?? heard that you can do 10 pull-ups sia.. hahah!! kidding.. :D

to someone, i'll tell you later.. haha..

theres someone too that i'll like to thank.. One who has been with me thru thick and thin, happy or sad, easy or hard.. blessed me so richly and given me so much favour.. one that i really love to the core.. one who has given so much for me and i have tried to give back too.. but one who is superior to who i am and wad i am now as a person is a result of knowing that person.. i really have changed so much from who i used to be.. he is Jesus..

to all, thanks so much.. hope i have been an equal blessing as you have in your life
God Bless.. :D