A new week

Honestly, im really proud of singapore! was watching the qualifying and actual race live on the canadian sports channel over here. the singapore name is being promoted and hopefully when i tell ppl where im from next time, they wont ask if its in indonesia or china or wherever.. haha.. was thinking if i should bring a map with me so that i can just point it out.. visuals were great with the backdrop and stuff.. just sad i couldnt be there.. had hoped so much that i wouldve made it.. nvm theres always next year.. i will be there! (i hope)

so this week has been alright.. only one event last week so it was quite ok.. this coming week should see me start actually flying the hawk.. its gonna be big challenge to fly the thing not only becos its much faster than my previous aircraft, but there are so many procedures here.. but i hope to be able to get up to speed..

anyway the weather here is getting colder.. gonna buy my winter clothing soon.. need to get those thick ones.. apart from that, nothing much la.. im spending quite a bit here mostly due to food... sigh.. expenses here are high man.. roughly 30 bucks a day on food.. think i need to plan how to save.. cant save as much as wad i would like.. must save more!! haha..

im off.. life here is quite boring.. would really appreciate if they could have a hawker centre here.. missing sg food..
cheers!
God Bless!

I is.....

life is going on.. car died on me.. haha! battery problem... cant wait for dec break! USA! hopefully everything will go by plan..

do u know how to count down from 5? watch the video and test urself and see if u get it right.

God Bless!

Cheers!

Forward

Havent updated my blog in awhile.. Life is coming along.. Started flying my simulators but i wont start flying the actual thing till maybe next month.. the hawk is a great aircraft.. the only thing i dont understand is why its landing gear is a button.. haha.. interesting..

kex and i finally got our car last week.. an oldsmobile alero coupe.. not bad.. 2.4 ltr.. old but alright.. haha.. bought for 5k so thats a good price.. the tv in my room has 50 channels.. still, there are times when i just cant find anything nice to watch! but i must add that the advertisements are damn funny.. haha.. some are really creative, some lame but all good.. beginning to watch CSI more now since they come back to back.. haha..

think the mood now in north america is not the best.. all the economic turmoil and stuff.. wages in sg in decline in real terms in respect to inflation.. hopefully sg will be spared to a certain extent.. really hoping that inflation would slacken off now that commodities have decreased in price.. good news is that oil prices have dropped.. $91 plus.. haha.. all along it wasnt the supply issue that was driving prices up abv $100.. now its getting corrected.. stupid oil brokers.. anyway short post.. need sleep.. its noon in sg now and 2130 here.. makes u appreciate life back in sg and all that u miss.. i miss u mel! :D

see ya.. God Bless

Cheers!

Gonna leave u with a wonderful song by Johnny Cash titled 'Hurt' (dont worry.. im not hurt or anything.. its just a great song and video abt his life! haha)

Home and off again

pics from mall of america during our stopover in the city of minneapolis, usa... the largest shopping centre or mall as they call it in the WORLD! made vivocity look like century square.. haha

wah matt, nice body ah?

bubba gump! real thing.. didnt eat there tho cos couldnt find tom hanks inside..

Jonny rocket. Burger with onion rings.. yum.....

'wah piang so big ah? in the middle still got theme park!'

this was one big place man.. not only were there alot of shops but there were 4, yes 4 large departmental stores(like isetan or metro). the need for so many? big is best la.. haha took 4 hrs to walk the 3 magnitudinous, cyclopean, (big la) floors.. walk meaning only go inside like 4 shops and walking past the rest.. tiring.. plus another 2 hrs watching a movie which, wait ah, which cost, u are gonna be shocked, costing 5 dollars!!! which means 7 dollars in sg.. wah. watching a movie never felt so good.. haha.. honestly thats the only thing i know abt the city.. it has a large mall.. thruout the whole stopover i was fighting jet lag man.. 24hr plus journey.. no joke.. sit down=sleep in the airport.. sleep until ppl stare.. 'how come this guy sit up straight also can sleep until like that..' haha!!

well all i can say abt the 2 weeks back in sg is that it was the best.. it was short, definately but i can safely say that i made the most out of it.. meeting up with everyone again finally after a long 10 months is a really really very good feeling.. haha.. that is what home feels like. surrounded by ur closest pals and just enjoy their company.. maybe the good thing abt having a short 2 weeks would be that every single minute will be fully utilised.. like how it was.. back usually ard 2-3 am and up again in the morning.. tiring yes.. but fulfilling and fun to meet the different ppl, definately.. wanted to talk more but sometimes i had work the next day.. sigh.. wad to do ya.. haha.. but it was great meeting u guys back home man and now im off for a year!! haha.. till then u guys must take care and update the blogs! and when i get back (hopefully i wont look any fatter but thinner) it'll happen all over again but this time i'll have more time..(i hope) anyway all the photos that i took back in sg is on facebook..

seeing mel (the love of my life) finally was ***(cannot describe the feeling).. hahaha.. dear i wanna thank u for all that u've done for me all this while, be it when i was away or when i was back for the 2 weeks.. its difficult and will be more difficult now becos of the time diff but we can do it k? i love u! haha!! hope you like your advanced birthday present! haha.. so er this present valid for how many more of ur bdays ah?? 3 yrs?? hahah.. kidding la.. anyway sorry u couldnt really study as much as u would've like when i was back with all the stuff going on.. but now u can! u can do it!! haha.. driving to ntu from home brought back so many memories man.. ahha..

honestly i miss sg quite badly.. the ppl and the place.. being in a foreign land for most of the yr teaches u to treasure.. sg is SO SO different from the ang mo countries that ive visited.. they're slower paced.. less stuff to do, or actully nothing much to do.. good thing would be that i'll be able to concentrate on my flying, which id have to do considering the stakes are now.. harder, faster jet and much more stuff.. ground sch will be starting next week so i'll start to learn the systems and checks and all that and also their procedures.. hope everything will be good and manageable...

anyway im in a city called moose jaw.. dont ask me why its called that. close to a city called regina in a province which has a very long and hard to spell name called saskatchewan.. with that im off.. take care and work/study hard!! for those in army, just tahan and make the most out of it.. remember the good and forget the bad.. it'll make ur life more enjoyable.. haha..

take care and see u soon!!

God Bless

cheers