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Coaster Homework, week recaptionation!

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Coaster Homework, week recaptionation!

As the day to the holiday draws closer, the excitement builds up, partly because I am some poor peep who haven’t or say, didn’t get the privilege to travel since he enlisted into the Army, pathetic peeps like us. Anyway, being a theme park freak, did some coaster research & hey, these are some of the “MUST RIDE” at Genting & KL’s Cosmoworld @ Berjaya Times Square, where I would be staying. Shortlisted:

Ride Highlights for the upcoming holiday

GENTING- First World Theme Park

  1. Euro Express (Indoor roller)
  2. Motion Master (Movie simulator)

GENTING- Outdoor Theme Park

  1. Corkscrew Coaster (Standard corkscrew)
  2. Flying Coaster (Lie down coaster)
  3. Space Shot (Free fall tower)
  4. Rolling Thunder Mine Train (Simple mine train)
  5. Cyclone (Pinfari compact coaster)
  6. Flying Dragon (Simple coaster)

Downtown KL- Times Square Galaxystation

  1. SUPERSONIC ODYSSEY (looping indoor roller)
  2. SPINNING ORBIT (Elevated flat ride)
  3. SPACE ATTACK (Inverter flat ride)
  4. DNA MIXER (“Wipeout like” flat ride)
  5. Misc Rides, OOORT’S EXPRESS, DIZZY IZZY

The last week saw a highlight of a 5km hill run at yishun park. Clocked in at 19mins 50s in total for the ARR training time trail. Not a bad timing below 20mins I say. Next week would be chemical defence at early week, together with live heli task on wednesday. Would be an interesting week, esp for the video camera!

Run progress

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Run progress

5mins 50s for 1.5km road relay & 9mins 32s on a 2.okm leisure run, these are my current training timings for the armour route relay (ARR) coming 13th May 05. The 1.5km saw a lag of 5s from my previous 5mins 45s. ARR is an event where various army armour formations compete each other on Baton based relays 1.5km per runner. My team had been training for few months now & its about 1 more month till the event. Would see to that, together with further improvement of timings! Just so addicted to running now, guess I should go into cross country or track & field in college or so. Just like most runners, I am aiming to bring my BMI to 20 from 21+ presently, more lean muscle + less fat = faster speed + lower timings due to lower weight resistance.

& hey on a different note, I am going for a holiday! It had been about 2 years + since I’ve gone oveaseas though. Sad life in the army. Not to mention the pile of paperwork one have to go though to do so- gotta renew passport, apply oveaseas leave, apply for exit permit lah… boring… So come 29th April to 2nd May I would be in Genting & KL, Malaysia, not the best of destinations though, but the last time I’ve been to Genting/KL was ummm, in primary school? Would like to see how greatly things have changed there now. Interesting spots would be the Genting theme park itself, both indoor & outdoor, not to mention the new shopping centers. I would be staying in Berjaya TimesSquare in KL on the 2nd phase of the tour, spotting an indoor theme park & coaster… whee would see myself bombarding myself with endless loops on the coasters with my camera, coaster cam here we go!

I am 21! (birthday update)

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I am 21! (birthday update)

Ahha I am 21 already. It had been a very busy week & I guess this is gonna be one of the very memorable birthdays ever, even better than my 18th birthday celebration.

I always remember always being asked this question by friends many times, many years back on “what am I gonna do when I turn 21” back then our thoughts are always driven on the envy of 21 age-restrictions & privileges, but that was back then.. history. When you are REALLY 21, I guess I can rightfully answer that now- MEGA CELEBRATION dudes!

Spanning 3 birthday celebrations/dinners over a period of 3 days (19th, 25th & 26th of March). The first day (19th) saw a formal 10 course dinner with my relatives at Yan palace Chinese restaurant where the birthday cake was presented at the end of the dinner. The actual birthday celebration was reserved for a rather personal international buffet dinner with my family at Merchant Court, Swissotel where the night was spent chilling out in the nightlife of Clarke Quay. The 26th called upon an informal hill top combined birthday celebration for Lester & his bro too. Caught up with my old secondary school friends, catching up on much needed times.

& theres everybody!
Family dinner
The birthday cake!
Birthday cake!
(26th Mar)Purmei hill top celebration with Lester.
Celebrations with friends

Lastly I would like to take this opportunity to thank all, family, relatives & friends alike for attending & making the celebration(s) a success. Not to mention all the birthday cards, e-mails, e-cards, smses, presents & angbao! Thank You!

Photos of the event are now up in photo gallery.

IT show 2005

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IT show 2005

Dropped by the IT show at suntec yesterday & man was it FREAKING crowded. 1st time the shopping area got so packed, there was a stationary human jam lasting 5-10mins at times around the Yes! Eyewear store area leading to the exhitbition & convention center.

Link upped with John at the sony booth there where we started inching our way around the exhitibtion. Everything is roughly 10%-20% lower than normal prices in SimLim. Lots of bargains & so, hard to keep away impulsive tempation. Brought myself a Sony Dual Layer DVD-Writer (DRU-720A) at $109, together with some DVD-R & RW media. As I guess I should end my wait for a DVD-Writer since 2001… when writers cost at least $800 or so. Almost committed myself to a Jabra BT800 bluetooth headset costing $199 (no price reduction, but with a free car charger & Panasonic house phone). However, when it came to paying, I’ve reached my card spending limit! opps! Though embrassing at the moment, but Mmmm saved $200 by the bank… Though I had cash in hand at that moment, come to think about, why do I need a bluetooth headset? Furthermore, it lack some functions such as voice dailing, though it had a caller ID screen.

A bluetooth headphone would be cooler…

Am I crazy?

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Am I crazy?

I hate to say this, but personally I find myself super addicted to exercise. Not to mention often missing the feeling of fatigue during my regimes… an adrenaline addiction? Maybe because of this, I see myself for the past 2 months running at least 9km (usually topping 12km) 3 times a week on monday, wednesday & friday evenings. Tuesdays & thursdays would be gym days on upper body mainly working on biceps, triceps, abs & chest. At the same time allowing my lower body to recover from the previous training day for the next. Sundays would be swim days, where I get around 1 hour of continous 50m lap swims.

I eat at least 4-5 meals a day in moderate amounts & TONS of fruits, like 2 oranges, 2 apples/pears a day. Not to mention my daily water consumption.. whoa! The feeling of getting even fitter is quite unreal, but quite satisfying at times. Not to mention the love of chasing, overtaking & lapping joggers at the park, I hope no one is easily offended of being slow in a way… Its just so fun zipping past them.. again & again! Moreover, I see myself getting more veiny all over, especially on the arms & legs. Its like am steriods or something… scary. Not bad,not bad… I hope to get my abs more profound by burning more belly fat in my runs.

All in hand, I guess I am glad to have the annual Amour Route Relay (ARR) to thank, which is around the corner on May 13th to kick start my training schedule. In which it has its own group training on mondays, wednesdays & fridays on top of my personal training schedule. This route relay involves a 1.5km sprint/run among teams of 15 runners, where of course the fastest 3 takes home the prize.

Quite shocking is the calculated distance I run every month. (12km) x (3 times a week) x (4weeks in a month) = 144km running distance covered in a month! Would so much training have an adverse effect on the body? especially the legs, such as wear & tear?

The power of dreams

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The power of dreams

I just have to get this on my blog, its just so.. real… I had a weird dream on friday, not like your average nightmare, but something worth marvelling about. Its a about meeting this girl by the name of Sherwin or Sherene or sort. I was enrolled in Singapore Poly, DME (diploma on mechcanical engineering), a possible option I would choose to further my studies instead of going overseas (expensive) later this year. I can faintly remember it was love at first sight, she was the kind I like english speaking/educated, pretty, cheerful, sporty type who just loves to spend time with her boyfriend, even during breaks & after class. Awww…… 😆 (I will just cut the details here)

What I know about dreams scientifically is that they are usually based on real life encounters for the day or so, or sort of a mental “recall”. However, I had not met anyone called Sherene or so from god knows when! The funny things in dreams is that I get to do things logically & make effective decisions, though I have no control over it, its like watch a movie without any play controls. Moreover, it the kind which just makes you ponder on the dream for awhile the moment you wake up, & like hey why did I choose that? Would I do that if I had the control or in real ife? Though there are exceptions & there are people who actually dream about the future & so, not to mention the ever popular deja-vu feeling you get from your dreams…

*sigh* I wonder when would I ever get to meet her again…

*jumps back to bed*

Makan Singapore!

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Makan Singapore!

There is a new additional section to the site, called SG happening – Makan places in Singapore. This is a soft opening of the section, which is still under construction. I am still in the mist of compiling the full food list at the moment. In the meantime, if you have any good places to recommend around Singapore, do feel free to drop me an e-mail at the website contact form.

Die comment spammers!

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Die comment spammers!

Add a niffy new plug-in to the blog today, namely an additonal field which requires people to enter a security code (from a randomly generated graphic) in order to successfully post a comment. Something any average net surfer can do, but not spam-bots. Though I personally hate filling out such unnecessary code-like-thingys even before I could get anything posted, this is one of the best anti-spam options available against the hundreds of comment spam I get a week. Come to think about it, spam comprises of 60% of the internet traffic, a great waste of bandwidth, not to mention money both adding to inefficiency & not to mention annoyances. What is the use of spam? what do people get to gain out of hundreds of viagra, poker or mortgage ads? dang it!

Singnet boardband 256kps unlimited is now 512kps?

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Singnet boardband 256kps unlimited is now 512kps?

Hey if you are a previous singnet boardband 256kps user, you may notice download speeds going up to 50-60KB/s from 20-30KB/s. Possibly a typical computer reporting error? I don’t think so, especially with my downloads getting relatively faster. Not to mention surfing speeds. Strangely though this is not reflected to the public or so, as singtel always try to do so, to protray its “wonderful & caring image to their customers”. Are they actually providing free speed upgrades like what AOL always do? Not to mention singnet immediate competitor, starhub upgrading maxonline speeds from 3000-6500 for free too. Mmmm, if so.. great, just don’t raise the current prices…

Gleeming license plate?

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Gleeming license plate?
Phantomplate wonders

Found this interesting product on while surfing one day. This is definitely not legal, especially in the Singapore context where everything including the very cars we drive are all restricted in terms of upgrades, modifications & so. Not only a stock car city but a “fine” city as well.

Not to mention is heavy contributions from us citizens to the country’s wealthy GDP… Cut the fines! bang the traffic police! Camera-proof your license plate anyone?

Check out more from the website here.

Hot hot hot

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Hot hot hot

On the weatherwatch, yes it had been a very hot period in Singapore this month, not to mention the number of bushfires around to keep our friendly firefighters & tax expenditure busy for the time being. I used to hate the effects of el nino, though I am not sure of its part & its eminent effects in this year’s heatwave. (Wonder how the people in India will do on the mid year drought period.) On a side note, one cannot help but notice the increasing number of people humming air conditionals around the block. hehheh, but don’t air conditionals add in more heat into the surroundings?… just to cool a room?

pleasure pressure?

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pleasure pressure?

Reading from today’s Straits Times main, an article in the kaleidoscope. A particular interesting quote made by Mr Md Islam (a foreign worker from bangladesh working here) saying. “In my country, people read or travel for pleasure. Here, it seems, we all work for pleasure.” Personally I think its bad. & I guess you don’t need Steven Hawking or so to notice this eminent trend in our society. Had our ever changing lifestyles & high standards of living eating into what we define pleasure? Pausing for a moment to think, are we a bunch of lowlifes here in Singapore? Or is work the norm we don’t notice it? Being second nature to us? I mean I ever came across friends in school who would rather mug homework instead of chilling out with the rest of the gang, with the exams months away! I guess its quite obvious too, being victims of society working parents, high demands, (& the list goes on).

Mmm, instead of sculling over such “spilled-milk” are this one the few traits that we could define “uniquely Singaporean?”

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