December 24th, 2006.

11.29pm

Having a lonely christmas eve at home now. Going to countdown to X'mas later. I realised that I almost always spend festivals at home. *wonders* Don't worry, I have got the stuff ready! Got drinks, Coke mind you (I am not of age yet. :p), half a spring chicken, and great movies to watch! Now watching Love Actually and Man of the House(2005). Channel switching man! :) Smses and calls are coming in... Even at home. Busy busy. It feels nice to alone at home and couch potato-ing. :p

So hope everyone enjoys the festive holidays! Merry X'mas and Happy New Year. Best wishes to all and most importantly, stay happy... :p

December 18th, 2006.

18.22pm

Saw her just now. I think she really still hate me... :(

Sigh. How did it come to this situation? Sigh.

Going for MPS later. Bringing Sarah and Yuting there. :p Last MPS for the year. Hope everyone is well. :p

Take care Singapore! I will try... :p

December 14th, 2006.

"My Dearest, I don't know where to begin..." I did the V/O for BR today. It was fun. I think I did not do well for it. Felt that it was quite mono. :( Hope it was ok.

This whole week I am feeling very free. Although there are things for me to do, events for me to attend, but there is a smell of freedom in the air. :) I am not like the usual self, rushing from this event to that, that event to another event. I am almost always late for something or the other. :p Went for a rare swim. Felt tired but it was refreshing. Would like very much to do it again. :)

Went for 52nd CLT POP. It really brought back memories. There are so many faces that I do not recognise now. There are people who comes up to me and say hi, I think I took them for some course or the other. :p Part of the reason for me to be there was to support Aw Shi Yuan, a cadet that I took for SSC 2005. He was the Overall Best from East District. He did not disappoint East by getting the Valedictorian for his 52nd CLT course. Also saw C.S. He was my junior batch of CLT but he was just commissioned last saturday, along with PM Lee's son. :p Time really flies.

It was drizzling. In between the performances, as usual, East was the noisiest people around. Singing the NCC song (One of the corporate songs that I really love and sing with all my heart, with all the NCC brothers, shoulders to shoulders). Towards the end, there were a couple of moments when I had flashbacks. The slow march into MPH, the donning of my rank by my parents, photo-taking, the singing of songs, etc. I can still remember the things that happened during my CLT course. :) Really unforgetable... Think I am never going to forget about all this for my life. All these really makes me keep going back for NCC. And this also apply to events and places that makes me keep going for it, no matter how long and how bitter it can be sometimes.

Good Night Singapore.

December 7th, 2006.

1.39pm

Oh No! Just look at my last entry. It dates more than 2 months ago. Very sorry. Simply could not get the chance to blog. Yes. I know. It does not take a lot to blog, but seriously for me, if it feels like a chore, I would not blog. :) Just happened that today I am not falling asleep as soon as I got home or straight after I bathed. I decided to blog and give some updates about what I happening to me now. :p

Recently, a lot events had in TP. TP RAWKS just ended with a smashing Jam & Hop. I really do hope that we made the impression on the post-O level students and make them feel that TP is the right place to be. I must admit that it was a gamble and a high-risk play to throw non-experienced GLs to handle the students. But luckily, most part of it turns out well.

Just finished doing my mails. Yes. Again. I am like forever on mails. :) Oh! Our Students' Lounge is kind of decorated for X'mas. :) And these couple of days, we are holding a "Win a PSP for just $1" Challenge. It is to win Mike, from Xtreme Entertainment, in foosball. :) OTC (Orientation Training Camp) is coming up. So excited! Everyday is like having this, having that. So tiring. :(

Oops. Feeling the ZzZz monster coming! Must hurry. :)

Some updates for BR! I am simply amazing by how far we have gone from the orginial plan of a short film. Just came back from the "2nd Asian Film Festival of 1st Films". It was held at Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel. I feel awed by the people there. People from all over the whole. Just look at my picture! I took a picture with Anthony Wong! He is one of my favourite actors! He is so good! Cool man! Simply tongue-tied in front of him. And for people who know me, that is a very difficult thing for me to do. :p There were interviews, there were pictures taken, the mingling with people, everything was so mind blowing as it was the first time I had to attend a film fest awards ceremony. :p

Anyway, really got to go, I having my interim project demostration later at 930am. Got to go down and set up early. So better get some sleep. And Oh Ya! I was carry Nic's PSP! I felt great! I would like to have one. So cool. So... *hint hint* Haha! Finally, something that I had not say for a long time... Good Night Singapore! :)

October 5th, 2006.

11.59pm

Had a very tiring day. Met Terence at CPF Macs at 8am in the morning. Had a 2 hours meeting with Raymond after that. Did the ITQ for the lounge photocopier. Went for Dance Ensemble's concert rehearsal. Went home and went to YEC meeting at 8pm. Today's YEC meeting lasted for 4 hours. *sad* :( Quite tired. But I am very happy just now! Verlyn made a cake for the YEC October babies! See the picture?! She made the cake! Furthermore, it was one of my favourite favours, blueberry! :) And today I got a KXM club mascot from Hadijah today! Haha! 6 members only. Now all are alumnus! *grins* Miss all the KXM club people!

Tired. Going to sleep now. Good Night Singapore!

October 1st, 2006.

1.35pm

Happy Children's Day! *grins* Yes. I did a couple of changes to my blog. After various feedback by some readers, I changed back to the original blog skin. Yes. I am going to change the tag box colour, soon I hope. :p The amazing counter also changed to unique visits only too. So tired now. Going to catch some sleep. *grins*

September 25th, 2006.

7.35pm

Currently sitting in the MOI lab. Just finished the STOMPAIDS meeting. Everyone has left. Now in here with some people I do not know. Oh. Yes. Some background information: A team of us, Abby, Hui Leng, JJ, Pei Ru and I got into a marketing competition organised my Health Promotion Board (HPB). Got shortlisted. So now we got to organise everything and try to win the prize, $10,000. :) Schedule to do a presentation tomorrow. Hope everything goes well.

Some updates! Yes. I know I know. It was more than 2 weeks since my last post. I was very very busy. Let me do some recounting (looking through my iCal). Since my last post, I had a "couple" of things on":

14 to 15, I was at Fort Canning Hill doing a Motorola Roadshow. It was quite impressive. The organisers brought in 2 units of giant air-conditioner. Cool! :)

16 to 17, I was at UOB Plaza doing a party for UOB. They had something in line with the IMF. Everyone had something to do for the IMF. The food at the UOB event was fabulous! *grins* Anyway, I bring Amanda and Tat Ming to Boi's audition on saturday morning. He is currently doing casting for his film. Titled, "Brothers", it is going to be good. *winks* I was damm tired. But I still went for a try. *grins*

18 to 21, Poly Forum 2006! Yes. Finally after months of meetings and plannings, the actual forum had arrived. Everything was great fun. All the 5 Sub Theme had wonderful ideas and plans to be carry forward. The D&D night was cool. I am sure everyone had fun. Caleb played Hard Gay, cameras flashed like the whole of Hollywood was there, Sub Theme 1 and TP people taught the whole Forum, the TP Mass Dance and the"Yum-Seng" went non-stop. *grins* Next year, it is TP's turn to host this event. I am sure it will be the best ever! :D

On the 19, "Becoming Royston" had seen it world premiere at The Cathay! It was so cool! Everything on the screen was so big! "Argh!" *grins* And the people from Singapore Dreaming was there! Thank you everyone for supporting! If not, we would not had gone so far. And yes. Tommy! So sad that you could not make it due to N.S. Do not worry. There will be more chances in the future! *winks*

On the 22, my Leave of Absence to go for the Diving Course was approved! So happy! 1 barrier down, 4 more to go! :)

23 to 24, I was playing Magic! So fun! I really enjoy every moment of it! Our whole team was there. I stay at Wen Han's, which was something that I have not being doing for the past 1 year! So sad. His place is renovated and he changed room. I really missed a lot. I want to play for life. I want to turn Pro. It is going to be a long and hard journey...

Despite all the many many things that happened, I was quite fortunate that I realise that I had been quite ignorant and bad towards my family, especially my brother. He try very hard to be like me or even excel over me. But like what I had told people a lot of times, "Everyone is different, everyone is meant for different things." Now he always keep to himself. Play WOW and watch TV at home. Recently he had a stomach problem. He was rolling around on bed. And he keep saying that, after a while it will get better. I realise I really do not know what was happening at home or what he had been doing for a long long time... This is so sad... I am going to make it up to him. I cannot promise everything is going to be perfect straight away, but I will try...

Going home. There is this guy behind me who is screaming at his brother/sister, over the phone... How ironic.

September 8th, 2006.

11.59pm

Finally sat down to blog...

Just completed SSC. Quite refreshing! "Long time did not go back already lor..." *grins* Had fun and lost my voice... And it is really satisfying to see the cadets pass out. Going for NCC Day Dinner tomorrow.

Went to watch "Singapore Dreaming" with Abby. I think it is really a powerful film. Very localised. Some comical moments, some heart-wrenching moments, some unexpected moments and some moment of truth. Touched by the film. Really nice to see local films done so nicely. Cool! *winks* And they keep promoting "Liang Teh!" "Steady lor! Thanks Eh!"*grins*

There will be a screening of the 30mins, short film version of "Becoming Royston"! It will be held at The Cathay on the 19th of September! 5.30pm! Please check out the box office soon. Or you can order your tickets with me! *winks*

Anyway, quite tired. :)

Good Night! Remember to check out "Becoming Royston" and "Singapore Dreaming".

September 3rd, 2006.

11.59pm

No. This blog is not defunct. *winks*

Had quite a weekend. Just went to HQ NCC for a briefing for the upcoming Senior Special Course, SSC. Yes, I will be away to camp, from 6 to 8 September. After which, I went to Randy's for a photo shoot. It was quite cool. Practically went through Randy's wardrobe. Seen some of the photos. Everyone look so nice! *grins*

Yesterday went to CSC's event at Siglap CC. Then went to Ngee Ann Polytechnic for Poly Forum meeting. Had to rush down to Stamford Court for a beverage survey. Followed up by a meet up with Angel and Wei Qi. Had quite a catch up. Talked quite a bit. Abby came and join us. Walked around and sat down at the Esplanade Theater-By-The-Bay area and caught EIC in action. They were quite good. But we were all quite tired, so we left after the 5th song. Abby was working for the whole day and I slept only for like 3 hours before starting my day. Cause I went to Sentosa to accompany my Spydra freshies to party, for celebration of Siyun's birthday.

Met Sylvia and Flannery for supper yesterday. Long time since we came out together. So nice. Talked a lot. Caught up with a lot of things. Flannery is going to have his POP this coming wednesday. And Sylvia is going to run for elections for her hall in NTU. Cool right? *grins*

Have you visited BR website yet? Please visit it if you have not. It had a major makeover. *grins* We even have wallpaper download now! Cool right? *winks* I have people telling me that they are seeing me on Macdonald's TV screens. And there are some SMSes saying that they like BR a lot. They would like to see it in on screens soon. Thanks for all the support! Glad you people out there like it.

Having holidays now. Thought I would be quite free (which I was, initially). But now my schedule is like filling up by the day.

Long time since I had posted a Picture of the Day. Today's Picture is so cute right? My baby niece! *grins*

Good Night Singapore!

August 21th, 2006.

1.00am

Just came back from National Day Rally. I heard I was captured on TV. *grins* Some parts of the speech was quite insightful. I thought I would have a hard time to stay awake. But everything was ok. All the topics that PM Lee touched on was more on the intangible matters, like the Singapore Heartware. Had a couple of chats with a few ministers and MPs. Most of the ministers' and MPs' first question was, "What do you think of the Rally?" or "Which topic of PM Lee's speech, touched you the most?" Quite standard. *grins*

Went to attend the International Chess: Inter-School Championships. It was held at Ngee Ann Secondary. It was quite a sight. Today was the primary school finals. There are over 180 teams! :o Cool! I want to join!

I need to shout out a regret! *sobs* Went out on Saturday. Was walking around Bugis Street. Walked past the shop which I saw the very nice "San Guo" Chinese Chess Set. They were closing down. Doing stock check. I saw a box label "Figurine Chinese Chess" in chinese. I should had asked them for it! I should had bought it. The first time I did not want to buy was because it was very expensive. I could have got discount cause they are closing down. *sobs*

Anyway going to work out tomorrow. Everyone is telling I am fat. *growls*sad*

Good Night Singapore!

August 15th, 2006.

3.13am

Just finished bathing. Watching TV. The past few days was very packed. My SIP ended on last friday. Starting to miss everyone already. :( BR concluded the shoots over the weekend. "It is a WRAP!" Glad everything is completed, but quite sad cause I am also starting to miss the whole production and everyone in BR too.

Anyway for today, everything was very packed. First, I woke up late. And I rushed to by cards for the office people. Quite upset this morning. Cause everything is back to normal. I got tens of calls and tonnes of SMSes the whole time. :( However, I did got to office alive. :p So happy to see everyone again. :) Ivan and Christopher did my appraisal with me, and I am actually quite happy with it. :) Both of them were very frank with me and I am glad that I got very good feedback from them. :)

Got to school. Went to see Lawrenz first. Sort out some stuff. Went to Sports Club AGM. SU forget to wear red. Oops. *grins* After which, we had a very long meeting to decide what projects to do and who to do. It took 4 hours. :( Not quite productive. But it was a must.

A call out to all!

BR is currently having a SMS contest out on atlife.sg. The details can be viewed at all Macs plasma screens! Cool right? *grins* The topic of the contest is to tell us what is your childhood ambition. "What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?" SMS to 78800. Keyword (DREAM) space (your name) space (your ambition & reasons). In not more than 120 characters. A Ipod Nano awaiting you each week! Still have 9 Ipods left! What are you waiting for?! Hurry Up!

Got to get some rest. This week got to rush a lot things. Finalising SU's AWP. Got to hand in SIP Report. Need to write out my Presidential Speech for AGM. etc.

Good Night Singapore. Got to get some sleep. *winks*

August 10th, 2006.

SIP Day 79:

11.59pm

Went to supper with most of the RC chairmen, Ivan, Christopher and Hadijah. At "Chicken Club." The usual. Not bad. 1 more day to the end of SIP. Going to get some farewell gifts for them . Thinking of what to get. *wonders*

Hadijah and me had so much just now! While waiting for all the people to arrive, we all stayed in the car. And all the ways that they parked their car and did not see us as they walk past was so funny! Ivan even parked beside us. So funny! *grins*

The National Day Observance Ceremony was quite a success. Verlyn was so quite good as an emcee. Quite a surprise! *grins* Everything else was alright. And I did the flag-raising! The cake was 10kg. It actually tasted nice! *grins* A lot of big cakes do not actually taste nice.

Having a very packed weekend coming up. Tomorrow, going to work in the morning. Going school during lunch to meet raymond. Go back to work and after work rush back to school to attend AGMs. Straight after that got to SU's subcomm training camp. This is Glenda's and Yee Ping's maiden project. *grins* Saturday morning got to leave for BR filming and rush back to give a talk to the subcomms. Sunday will have BR filming! It will be at the Shooting Gallery. Cool. Guess who are going to be there? *wonders* Not going to tell you! *grins*

Anyway for all those that still do not know, the 5th and last webisode up. So please do tune in to www.becomingroyston.com .

How I wish I can drive. At least i do not need to wait for transportation. You know how it is that when you are waiting for a certain bus but it does not come. Yes. It is very frustrating.

Good Night Singapore! Got to get some much needed rest. *wonders* And Picture of the Day is the nice 10kg cake that Christopher got from Prima Deli. With it is Hadijah and Jasmine (TECO new ACM). :)

August 8th, 2006.

SIP Day 77:

11.59pm

I am going to miss my days in TECO...

Actually had thought of quite a lot of things to write. But I think I have a Writer's Block now.

Anyway some updates!

NDD was quite a success. I would like to express my thanks to all the hard work that everyone had done. It was a challenge to complete such a big event. Glad I was up to the test.

Straight after the NDD, I went straight to school for TPSU Work Plan Retreat. We spend the whole night sharing ghost stories. And almost everyone was freaked out! *grins* The whole retreat was quite enriching and productive. My mummy helped to delivered 13-person worth of Macs to TP for us. We all felt kind of bad but I am so touched. I love you Mum! :) We had steam boat to wrap everything up. Cool right? *grins* Everyone had fun! It was a great bonding session. :)

Yesterday I resumed BR filming! Cool. But it was the sleepy scene! Nope! I will not disclose any information! *grins* Having a couple more days of shoots. Recently there are a couple of friends from IMD approached me to go for audition for their Project Pilot casting. Do not know if I am able to go for any. Kind of packed nowadays. Anyway webisode 5 is up! And from next week onwards, teaser trailers from BR will be out on Macdonalds Plasma TVs! Participate in the contest and stand to win a IPod Nano every week! There are even going to be wallpaper and ringtones from BR, to be downloaded!

To end everything off, National Day is coming. I do not know why. I kind of like Singapore. I think it is a great country. *wonders* I could not bare the thought of leaving here for good.

So... Good Night Singapore! I love you... *grins* :)

August 3rd, 2006.

SIP Day 74:

11.59pm

Had my first experience with a blood donation! The lime green bandage is so cool! So happy! Everytime there is a blood donation drive in TP, it always had overwhelming response!

I gave away my only NDP ticket to Christopher today. He worked so hard for NDD and had been very nice and lenient with me. Furthermore, he is intending to give his parents to watch the NDP. He is a very filial guy. I like that.

Today I am feeling much better. Kind of. I think my mood improved because I kind of gave instead of received. I like that kind of feeling. If someone can be happy because of something I had done, I am happy. People around me, parents, friends, buddies, mentors, and more, had always said that I always helped people even at my own expanse. I say yes to everyone and try to fit everything to my timetable. I try to help everyone but this will cost everyone to just have a little of what they expect of me. This will shortchange everyone who believed and had faith in me.

I will dwell on this. I think there are some things which I need to change... *wonders*

Good Night Singapore!

August 1st, 2006.

SIP Day 72:

11.47pm

Just feel that my life is in a mess right now.

To everyone out there, sorry if I was ever short-tempered and harsh on you.

Cannot remember any messier time of my life. Really feeling the drawback of having too many events or things in my life. Nearly could not hold back my emotions today. Nearly. But I held. Barely. If I had not, I do not think I would have finish my day.

Went for dinner after work today. No appetite and mood to eat, but had some gastric pains, so had to go and grab some food. I thought I would be of a older age to be sitting at a kopitiam and drinking teh all alone. Kind of sad. Felt like a lonely uncle. Kind of like the feeling which I had while watching Roystan Tan's "Sons". But in the short 30 minutes that I had alone while sitting there, I met 3 friends and had a lot of SMSes. "Sigh"

Really wish I could have 2 weeks off and get out of Singapore, to somewhere where no one knows that I am Alvin Neo. Africa sounds good. Sometimes animals are better creatures than humans are.

Thank you everyone for showing all your concerns. I am just going through a phase of growing up.

To end off, just want to share some quotes.

1) "You are what you are, because of the people around you."

2) "Life is a journey, enjoy it."

3) "Destination in life is important, process to get there even more so."

4) "With Great Powers, comes Great Responsibilities"

Changed my blog. Hope you all like it. Good Night Singapore and wish everyone to be free of worries.

July 30th, 2006.

SIP Day 70:

11.15pm

A couple of things happened for the past few days. Had quite a lot of meetings, work, leadership training camp, BR screening party at Nic's etc.

Went for bowling today. There was a CSC event just now.

LTC was fun. The process allow me to have some rediscovery why I had decided to run. Kind of rekindled. *wonders* Did dragon boating. Now my whole back and thighs are aching. After the bowling, my arms are also aching now. *sad* We even did field cooking! Cool. Can see the picture. It is when we are more or less done eating. *grins*

Too caught up with people chatting with me on MSN...

Went for the BR screening party yesterday. Got lost while en route there. So silly. Been there a couple of times before, still so blur. *grins* Was quite cool. Very crowded. Met up with a lot of people. Had fun. Saw my plushie. "Argh!" So freaky. *shivers* Can see my picture!

Helped out in packing of goodie bag for NDD. Did 2000 bags in 3 hours. According to the "old birds", we are very fast. *grins*

Thank you everyone for your concern. I am getting better if not yet recover. Sook! Very sorry. Could not turn up for your birthday dinner. Make it up to you next time ba.

Good Night Singapore.

July 24th, 2006.

SIP Day 65:

11.59pm

Not feeling very good. Lots of things on my mind. Met Ah Boi today. Had a talk with each other. I really need a rest...

Anyway BR is going very well. Going to have quite a number of screening coming up. Quite cool. It is one of the few happy things that I have nowadays. And happy things are getting lesser and lesser...

Cannot seem to do the things that really matters. A lot of work to be done...

16 more days to the end of my SIP...

Really need a rest... and maybe a hug... from anyone...

Going to get some more needed physical rest...

Good Night everyone...

July 17th, 2006.

SIP Day 59:

11.59pm

Today was a very busy day. Had 2 meetings today. NDD is more or less settled. Getting busy with the Blog Project. Was busy with SU for the better part of the day. And PF too. This week is a very packed week. Have 8 meetings scheduled for this week and for now, next week already schedule 3, Leadership Training Camp and more coming! *sigh*

I agree that my SIP is very exciting. But I am starting to feel I cannot breathe. Too many things to do, too little time. But it was my choice. I got to live with it. *bitter laugh*grins*

Anyway, last Sunday, had the EPG day. Emcee-ed for the event. The weather was a killer. So damm hot! *grins* There was a mock bomb blast. Quite cool. The event was all over the papers. Straight after the event, rushed all the way to Kallang for a family dinner. Was a bit late. Saw my baby niece! So cute!!! *grins widely* I love babies! How I wish I have my own kids. *wonders*grins*

Had 2 meeting on Saturday. The ExCo in the meeting. And the new ExCo in the afternoon. The attendance for the old ExCo was surprising. It was better than expected. *grins* There 13th seat and the internal voting was settled. From now on there are a lot things to be done. For now, tentatively, the whole of August is filled up. So watch out for Students' Union event soon!

Yes! Thank you Ah Guang! I know you helped me a lot. Thanks! *huGs* "Haha!"

Picture of the Day is of a candid shot of my baby niece! So cute right?! *grins widely*

Good Night Singapore! *waves*

July 14th, 2006.

SIP Day 57:

11.59pm

Went shopping today! So happy! Got a blazer and a top! *grins* Still looking for a decent bag and a pair of nice looking shoes. *winks*

Having 2 meetings soon. Tomorrow going to have my hair trimmed. Going to resume filming soon. *grins* Could not wait. "Haha!"

Paid back a day for work. Left 3 more days to clear. *grins*

Good Night Singapore! So happy today. *grins* Picture of the Day is the venue of the NDD. At Chongzheng Yumin Primary School.

July 13th, 2006.

SIP Day 56:

11.35pm

Compare to the past few days, today was a very relaxing day. Yesterday, I did a presentation to Mr. Mah and to the CCC, with regards to the PAssion Card.

I nicknamed myself as the "Multi-purpose Intern". *grins* I have done tickets, posters, banners, sell membership cards, attend meetings, socialise, plan events, liaise with people, and going to be emcee for an event this coming sunday. *grins*

I am getting fat! So true when working in a office. "Argh!" I do not like it...

Today, TP's Corporate Communication called and asked me to go for a photoshoot. And INT School wants to do up a profile of me too. Cool. *grins*

There is a burning question that everyone is asking. "Why did my jaw drop at the last part of the 3rd webisode?" Guess what is my answer. "Carry on watching!" *grins*

Today's Picture of the Day is a bit down the memory lane. It is a picture of Production Crew with the cast of Light Years during TP Open House '04. I am arrowed!

Cheers! Good Night Singapore! *winks

July 8th & 9th, 2006.

2.01pm

On bus 23. On my way to Suntec City. Going to meet Wen Han and play Magic. It had been a darn long time since I had played. I missed the most exciting block since Urza Saga. "Argh!" Some people may think that it is very childish to play such games. But all my avid readers will know what my life is about. Playing Magic is one of the rare times which I truly relax from work and shut myself from the outside world. It is an indulgence which I feel I need and should be having. So happy and looking forward to it later. *smiles*

There are a lot of things which I want to blog about these past few days. But when I get home, all I can manage is to bath and crawl to bed. It had been a hell of a election for the past week. First, I would like to congratulate all who had got elected. There are namely: Terence, Tat Ming, Sarah, Yee Ping, Soon Poh, Wei Sheng, Clifton, Jodin, Yiling, Yuting, Yi Jia and me. 12 members because there is a tie this year, again. Last year, it had been between Rajes and Yao Ming. Both of them got 181 votes. This year, it is between Glenda and Elene. Both of them got 194 votes. As per tradition, both of them will have to garner for votes for the internal polling by the 12 elected members. On the average, we had a very well done participated election this year. In total, there were more than 10,000 votes casted. Barely.That will be the word I would use to describe my win over Terence. I only won by 20 votes. That is a very slight margin. Yes. I got the Presidency. A VERY BIG THANK YOU! to everyone who had voted for me and to all who participated in voting for the Student Elections. So many people asked me about it. It even went to Mr Mah's ears. He congratulated me and asked me to share my campaigning strategy. *grins* "So no need!" "Haha!"

I would like to express some of my thoughts with regards to why I decided to run for Students' Union again. A lot of people know that my past year of commitment to Students' Union was not a bed of roses. Some of the people heard me whining and complaining. Why would a year 4 student stand up for elections again? By the way, my fingers are freezing. *grins* Going to change to bus 133 soon. Anyway, there were a great percentage of people who asked me to quit the Union if I did not manage to get the Presidency. It will be kind of bad for my image. It will be embarrassing. I am ashamed to say that, the thought actually crossed my mind. As I was the Vice President last year, the only way is to move up. But as the time went nearer to the end of the elections, I made up my mind not to quit just because I did not get the Presidency. It is for the students. I am doing all this for the students.

Alighting...

8.58pm

On bus 518. Continuing my entry. Had a great time. For the past 5 hours, nothing was in my mind except to find a way to beat my opponent. For me the feeling of playing Magic is like being a monk in chanting in a temple. Not too bad. Had 3-1 score. Considering I had 2 bad draws in the first game and the length of time since my last play. This new set, Coldsnap, is alright for me to play as it is something like a subset of Ice Age. So as a old school player, it is alright.

On the way to T.Y.S.E's 21st birthday BBQ. Situated at Downtown. So not too bad. It is near my house anyway. T.Y.S.E = The Yellow Salted Egg. *grins* Actually it means Tan Yong Sheng Eugene. My classmate since year 1. Cool fellow. Also like to scratch his stomach. So cute. *grins widely.* He is quite a good pool player and a darn good archer. No. It is true. Archer. *grins* He is in TP's archery team.

Reaching Downtown soon.

Today's PF meeting was alright. The attendance was alright too, although I hope to see more people each week. Until now, PF 2006 Subtheme 1 is still the most happening, compare to the others. Everyone is great! *grins*

Alighting...

July 9th, 2006.

9.01am

In the office. Very sad. Could not wake up for Germany's match. "Argh!" And I promise to wake my friend and watch together while chatting on the phone. "Argh!" So sorry! *Sad* Anyway, I heard Germany won 3-1 against Portugal. Yeah! Kudos to Germany! So cool.

I think it is something very serious for me to continue to blog what I wanted to blog in 2 entries. I think there must be something terribly wrong. I can only blog on bus and during office hours. And now the time in office are also filling up, work are piling up as high as my table can contain. Terrible. *shakes head* There are a lot of things which I wish to blog about but when the time comes, I am too tired to do it. "Argh!" On top of all this, I will need to write entries on to the ESIP. "Cannot just read my blog ar?" *grins* I missed a couple of weeks of entries. Hope I am not penalize for all it.

Just to highlight some of the things that had happened for the past week:
Tuesday Ivan treated me to Cafe Cartel.
Had a off day on Thursday to go school for campaigning. I think it save my Presidency. *grins* Thank you Ivan! And everyone in the office! For the past few days, I was unable to do any work. I was very worried. All along I seriously thought Terence got a higher chance of clinching the Presidency. I was not wrong. I only won by 20 votes. All the people, especially Mdm Koh, Cik Fatimah, Mdm Pang, Ivan, Steven, Dorothy, John, and of course Hadijah, had to tolerate my jumping about, moody state for the past few days. I am so sorry about it. I will make it up to you all. I am planning some sort of farewell present for everyone! Cool right? How sweet of me... *grins*

10.18am

Just came back from breakfast.
Continuing...
Friday had seen a heart stopping, face melting, blood rushing, toes freezing, lips drying, eye watering and strangely there was this particular silence in the mist of all the cheering and talking of so many excited voices. When my name was called, my heart skipped a beat. I had got 400 plus votes. Whatever was the rest of the number after 400, was lost in the uproar of cheers, applause and cat calls. (It was until later did I know I had got 411 votes.) When Terence's total number of votes polled was announced, I felt my heart skipped a beat for the second time in a short time frame of 15 minutes. The feeling is more gut wrenching than the first time I did the tower jump for scuba diving selection!

5.12pm

"Argh!" Lots of things to do. So little time. Having PAssion Card Drive these 2 weeks. Anyone who wishes to buy, please look for me. Having at least 7 official meetings next week. Some of which are back to back ones. Sadly, I will not be able to go to PF Facilitators Meeting this coming Saturday. Going to have 1 presentation to Mr Mah and the other to Mr Sin. All in one week.

Tonight is going to be the World Cup Finals. Still contemplating who should I bet on. Thinking of Italy... *wonders*

Played Pickleball today. Lost to Hadijah. *sad*grins*

Have some credits to do...:
Thank you everyone for all the support! And showing so much faith in me.
Thank you Sook for the time we spent together for elections.
Thank you Siyun and Joanna for convincing people who do not know me to vote for me. I know it was very difficult for Year 1s who do not know anything.
Thank you Michelle, Fishy and Serene for doing so much background work for Sook and me.
Thank you Darren for offering to help.
Thank you Huan Yang and Ressa for publicizing to Dance Ensemble during their AGM.
Thank you to all the INT candidates who shown their support! And Congrats to all those who got elected. For those who did not, please do try to help out.
Thank you Ivan, Hadijah and the whole office of TECC for all the tremendous support and tolerated my nonsense since I got into the office. Until now I am still getting congratulations from everywhere.
Thank you Wen Han for informing me to go and play Magic.
Thank you Dr. Lim for writing my recommendation letter.
Thank you everyone for the hell of exciting elections.
Thank you Yu Lan and Mingzhu for helping me to sell PAssion Card.

Congrats to Jason and Hazel for getting reelected into RPSU's Students' Union. Especially Jason as he got the Presidency. I must say TE YEC is quite some kind of power house. We have 2 Polytechnic's Students' Union Presidents as members.
Congrats to milo_dino for getting into NUS and I can see that he is enjoy so much there that he cannot wait to start school!
Congrats to all my friends who had successfully graduated, gotten into Universities, found jobs, etc.
Congrats to Ah Boi, for the new found love. *grins*

I really should get back to work. Ending working in 15 minutes. Should finish up some stuff. NDD is getting on fine. Just need to work hard on sponsorship. Still short of some cash sponsorships. Other than that, everything is more or less on track.

Anyway BR's 3rd webisode is up already! Cool! So funny! For those who had forgotten the webby or had not visited it. It is www.becomingroyston.com It is a must go. Please give it a view. It is mind blowing! "Wow!" Today's entry is full of all this phases. So steady! *grins*

9.46pm

I love to watch shows that make me "feel" at the end of the show. Watched "Honey" and "Pirates of the Caribbean". Cool. The ending part of "Honey" was quite touching. Everyone got to do what they like and everyone in the community accepted and understood what they are doing and what they are trying to tell them.

Going to get some sleep. Watching the Finals later. Hope who win? *wonders*

Good Night Singapore! Picture of the day is the Rosli's kid. One of the member of MAEC. So cute right?! He messed up my office and fell asleep straight after. *grins*

July 3th, 2006.

SIP Day 48:

8.36am

Argh! It had been a week since my last entry. No. I am not dead. Yes. I am still alive. I had a lot of inspiration to blog for the past few days. But I cannot write anything now. "Writer's Block" or is it "Writer's Blog"? "Haha" It had been 7 days since my last entry. "Woah" :(

11.59pm

Just back from the weekly MPS. Everyone had sat around and had a chit chat session. It was fun. Ivan was asking me how do I find MPS. I told him I get to know people's problem, how to solve them and that makes me happy. It is true. Some people may think that it is for the gratitude people give and so on so fro, for me I will be happy when I can be of help to people. Mr Mah brought up the topic of smokers. Do not mind smokers as if they die, its their problem. But girls who smoke are just not my type. And everyone is quite curious on blogging. For the past few days, had been trying to explain to people its concept. Quite interesting. Got to know a few new people. Karen, Eric and others who are coming regularly. Great to see them. :) Had fun discussing World Cup too! Maybe the only chance for Singapore to play in World Cup is to host it! Which is a higher possibility compared to qualifying. *grins*

For all those who still do not know, I am running for Students' Union this year! Yes. Again. *grins* So please vote for me. The process of campaigning is very exciting. So cool. Get to see all the different ways and methods of campaigning. All the funky posters. No matter how ineffective or effective the methods, there are still people doing it year by year. As I also ran for elections last year, some people counted me as a veteran. Actually its quite true. *grins* There are 33 candidates for Students' Union this year! I cannot believe it!. 33 people contesting for 13 seats. Last year there were only 24 candidates. I was told that my use of A0 posters with very nice designs were very good campaigning tactic. Mine is bigger then others. And very much nicer. Even if people who did not know me, voted! So happy! This year I am using a different method, due to the amount of people contesting, there are no place to put up posters. So I had the idea of printing postcards of my poster and putting them at all the canteen stalls! *grins* Stroke of genius? "Haha!" Hope to win the election this year. *fingers crossed* I am so touched by all the people who expressed their support. :) I have so many plans for Union. Your Welfare is My Concern. "Haha!"

Left nearly one and a half months to the end of my attachment. Actually I had learned a lot for the past few months. Got into YEC and now a intern at the CC, got to know a lot of grassroots leaders. Quite interesting. Got to see how full time working adults do volunteering work. Different committee require different ways of handling things. I really learned a lot of things where I feel people my age will not get to experience. If I can work with grassroots I can work anywhere. There was what I was told by a lot of people. Maybe I can stay on to get my 5 year service award?! *grins*

So many things to write, so little time. Hadijah changed her desk place to inside, beside Christopher. So sad. But heard there is a new officer coming in. *grins* So many things to do this week! And the next. And the next. And forever. "Argh!" NDD, PAssion Card, Blogging and not to mention campaigning for election and BR is going to continue filming for 4 more days next 2 weeks. So happy! I love acting! *grins* Ok! Going to sleep now! Need to wake up early for to go back school for doing up some posters stuff.

Picture of the Day is guess what? Me! Taken using Noir Noir, Sook's MacBook's ISight. Cool. *grins* I look so ugly.

Good Night Singapore! I need the sleep. *grins* And my favourite Japanese star's new TV series is on screen on SCV Channel 56 again! Slow Dance. Hirosue Ryoko! So pretty! Dream girl! Too bad she got married some time back. Wish her all the best anyway! :) My elections posters are up too!

June 25th, 2006.

SIP Day 41:

9.34pm

Woke up at 7.45am. Felt very tired. Slept at around 3am. Again. Stay in town after a disappointing lost at the Tangs Foosball Challenge. Both Iskandar and me made it to the finals, only to lose to a pair which we had no difficulty matching up against during warm-ups. We made it very past very tough first and second rounds. Kind of sad. Miss the chance to get a new watch. *sad*

Had a long window shopping in town. *grins* It was fatal. I saw a couple of shoes from Onisuka Tiger and another couple from Nike. "Argh!" So nice! Still thinking of them now... Shoes are my weakness. When nice shoes caught my eyes, I really must get my hands on them. I got more than 10 pairs. Quite a modest amount but I am sure in the future the number will double or triple, at least. *grins* Kind of difficult for people to give you shoes as presents. But still, my shoes size is 8 and 1/2. *grins*

Received a call from Apple@Orchard. My Ipod Nano was ready for collection! Since than, it was in operational for a day already. *grins*

Watched the first 30 minutes of the match between Germany and Sweden. Saw all the 2 goals. Cool. *grins* Had to go off to watch "She's The Man." Very funny! Nice plot. And very pretty girls. *grins*

Normal working day again. But there was a special event today. All of us went for Siti's engagment party! Cool! Food was nice and it was good to know how the other races do their tradition events. So much pretty cakes! And there is something I must confess. I dozed off in the middle of the ceremony. "Oops!" *grins*

Currently at my Ah Ma's place. Miss her so much. Got to stop her and go and chat with her. *grins* So Good Night Singapore!
Picture of the day is Hadijah and Yan Juan posing in front of Siti's bed, which was full of wonderful looking cakes and other sinful goodies! *grins*

June 23th, 2006.

SIP Day 40:

11.54pm

Quite a day. Today is the 40th day of my attachment! Cool. And tomorrow is pay day. "Haha!"

It was raining freaking heavily this morning! Went to work today. Was quite caught up in work for the better part of the morning. Sylvia "suan" me! She asked me for my autograph. *stick out tongue* Oh please...

My parents came to fetch me for lunch before going for my medical appointment. We went the wrong way! They thought it was at the Singapore General Hospital. *grins* Did a U-Turn. Went to Old Airport to have lunch. The wanton mee was good. And the rojak stall used a digital numbering system. Interesting! Quite tasty actually. *grins*

The moment I stepped into the check up room, I was stunned. The doctor was so young and so pretty! Oh my god. Damm. My type! "Haha!" And I am schedule to see her next week! Cool! *grins* My nose is kind of still hurting. "pain" The doctor used something to burn the blood vessels away. Now I am having a slight burn out at the left nostril. "Eee" *grins*

Went to Apple@Orchard just now. My dad bought a Ipod Video for my brother. There was no stock for the 2GB Ipod Nano. So we only paid the deposit for it. Once it is in, I will need to go down and collect it and pay up the rest of it. So happy! I am having 4 kinds of Ipods. Original Ipod - 3rd Generation, Ipod Shuffle, Ipod Nano and Ipod Video.

Tomorrow I having PF meeting at RP. After which I got to go down for the Tangs Foosball Challenge. Hope Iskandar and me win. *fingers crossed*

Good Night Singapore! People out there, please take care of your health. And those who do not know what an Ipod Nano is like, the Picture of the Day shows it! :)

June 22th, 2006.

SIP Day 39:

11.26pm

A BIG Apology to all my readers. I was quite lazy and tired to post anything. So I will do some recounting...

Last Sunday, I went for PF. Everything was cool. Most of the participants are engaging and on the ball. Had a lot of fun. Had quite a few moments of flashbacks. Thought of times past, when I was a participant. Miss those times...

Monday was my off day. Went to school and stayed for the whole day for the pre-election leadership workshop. There was a overwhelming attendance. The funny thing is that there are people who I expected were not there. *wonders* The things that the people brought up are fresh and what they said struck something inside me... *wonders*

Went to work on Tuesday. But it was a half day as I went to BroadcastAsia2006 for a BR screening at the Panasonic booth. It was so cool! Someone wanted to take a picture with us. Of course Shu An and me obliged. *grins* Hitch a ride in Randy's cute vintage Beetle. So cool! Met Iskandar for foosball practice at Mambo Billiards, Lucky Plaza level 6. Learn a lot new things. I think I like foosball. *grins*

Wednesday I took a MC. Went to see Dr. John as I had a bleed again. He referred me to the polyclinic to be referred to a specialist. Cheaper this way. Going for in this coming friday, which is tomorrow. Went back home and napped for a while. Went out to town with my parents. Bought a Levis 508. It was from the wagon. Cheaper. Only $65.50. And I am fat... *sad*

Today had a busy again. I think I will be very busy for the next 6 weeks. We are entering the last few stages of NDD. There are things that I got to plan and present for the PAssion Card. So on and so fro. Had another practice with Iskandar. I can dribble already. Quite slow. But I am improving. Iskandar is flying. *grins* Quite confident for Saturday. Tomorrow I will be meeting my course manager, Dr. Lim. *wonders*

I got my schedule for BR already. Got 4 days of shooting to be done. Got to arrange my off days already. For all those who still do not know, the second webisode for BR is up! Please visit www.becomingroyston.com to watch it and do join up for all the happenings in the webby.

Picture of the Day is a Looney Toons event I did at Tampines Mall. Hui Leng, Eng Meng, Jabie, Sylvia, Fabian, Yvonne are in the picture. And of course I am the one taking the photo. Take care everyone. Good Night Singapore. Tired. Going to get some winks. *grins*

June 17th, 2006.

11.59pm

Everyone! The long awaited second webisode is uploaded! No words needed! Cannot describe how I am feeling now. Kind of fun. *grins*

Let me talk about today's PF activities. Everything went better than what I had expected. The 5 of us worked fine together. There was a kind of unspoken kind of job allocation. Each of us just naturally stepped up and do the job.

I felt that all the 3 panelist/guest speakers kind of spoke what I needed to heard, needed to affirm myself. They all spoke of their experiences and I felt it was like what I would have said if I am on stage. So alike! *sad* *shakes head*

Good Night Singapore! Picture of the Day: PF people looking lost!

June 16th, 2006.

11.59pm

BR's report was 1-full page! It is crazy! "Haha!" And I get a lot of people who sent SMSes to me, "suaning" me for the sentence, "Xi Yan Xiao Shuai Ge" *argh*

Anyway... Today's PF session was a short one. Had team building games. It was fun! Hope tomorrow we are also going to have so much fun!

Went for DramaTec's annual production, Dreamscape 3.0! It was SO COOL! I love everything! Everything was SO nice! I love the set! I love the plot! I love the music! I love the concept! Most of all, I love the people!!! Everyone was simply great! *grins*

Picture of the Day is of Shahdon and me! I just realised that this is the second picture that we posed together! *grins* Good Night Singapore! I need sleep. Keep falling asleep. *sad*

June 15th, 2006.

11.19pm

All BR supporters! I was informed by Randy, BR's Executive Producer that tomorrow morning's Zao Bao has a article/write-up on BR! So excited! *grins*

First day of PF FA training. Quite cool. Everyone was interesting and it was refreshing to know what others feel. The people were not afraid to speak their mind. Very frank and objective. And there are similar faces from the previous forum! *grins* I will be looking forward to tomorrow!

Had a chat with Terence and Tommy. Had fun! *grins*

Went back for NDD meeting. Quite productive. Quite an amount of things settled. Most of the things look great! *grins*

Overall, my mood quite good. *grins* But quite tired. Had a couple of moments that my head felt numb. *sad* Yes! I will take care! Please do not worry. *grins*

Wondering what to put as the Picture of the Day. Did not take any photos today. *wonders* Let me go n have some food first. Cannot seem to think. *grins*

11.59pm

Found it! Picture of the Day is the Apple tee that Tommy gave me! It is the logo at the back of the tee. Nice right? *grins* Good Night Singapore!

June 14th, 2006.

SIP Day 37:

11.45pm

I cried. Watched a program on TV. Again those kind of sports team who won games after all the troubles and misfortune.

When to see the doctor today about my nose. He said there nothing wrong. Asked me to eat the medicine first. If any more bleeding problems, I will need to go for a blood test.

Do not know why these few days, there are so much work to be done! Simply unbelievable... Anyway, will be going for PF 06, starting for tomorrow.

Good Night Singapore! Picture of the Day: Nice right? Fireworks! Life is like Fireworks. Cherish while you can... Believe it or not. It is true.

June 13th, 2006.

SIP Day 36:

11.41pm

There was hell lot of work today. I started working the moment I stepped into the office and straight until I end the NDD meeting. This whole week is the busy week I am going to have in months I had before. Let me tell you how is it like to have only a slot of free time on Friday, 1 to 6pm. "Haha!"

Saturday:
When to Funan and work for Christina. Woke up late. Had to rush down. Was 10 minutes late. *grins* Had fun. Quite some time since I last did the popcorns. *grins* Rushed back to Tampines. Went to help out at Supernova Camp. YEC's Youth Camp for Service Learning. Everyone there was really great! I believed everyone had fun! It was so good! *grins*

Sunday:
Worked morning shift. Went to Tampines Central CC to put up the photo exhibition stuff. Went to dinner with my parents. After which went to Delong's to play mahjong. Damm. Lost quite a bit. Bet on soccer. Won Mexico's match but lost the Portugal's. *sad*

Monday:
Working from 1 to 10pm. Take time off to go from a focus group discussion from 6.30 to 8.30pm. Luckily it ended early. Rushed back to MPS. Hanged out for a while with Kee Ping they all. Went to meet Ah Boi, Sylvia, Eve and Hui Xin. Loitered a bit. Went to Eve's place. As usual. *grins* Do not know why, but we started to help figure out the tele and karaoke set. In the end, guess what? Sylvia fell asleep again. Yes. It is true. *grins* Soon after, Sylvia sent us home. But Ah Boi was going to have gastric. I was hungry too. So we went to Geylang for dim sum. It was very nice!

Tuesday:
So I had about 4 hours of rest. Went to school for Poly Forum Briefing. Had lunch with Sook and Fishe. Rushed to work. Was surprised that I was not late. *grins* Worked from the minute I stepped in until I end work. Did not even have time to eat. *shakes head*

Going to happen:
Wednesday:
Morning shift. Going out with parents. Maybe going clubbing with Ah Boi. Or maybe just go and chill. *grins*

Thursday:
Poly Forum. FA Training. 7.15am. Ending at 6pm. Rushing back to Tampines. Having NDD program meeting at 8.15pm.

Friday:
Poly Forum. FA Training. 7.15am. Ending at 1pm. Free till 7pm. DramaTec's annual play at 7.30pm.

Sat:
Poly Forum. Pre-Forum. 7.45am. Ending at 6.30pm.

Sunday:
Poly Forum. Pre-Forum. 7.45am. Ending at 6.30pm. Having a focus group discussion at 7.30pm.

So how was that? Busy? *grins* Die-ing! Anyway, I am going to sleep. Good Night Singapore! And Ole! Ole! Picture of the Day: Popcorns! *grins*

June 9th, 2006.

SIP Day 32:

4.05pm

At work. So happy and excited today! Please check out The Straits Times's LIFE! BR is on the frontpage and page 2! Although it is a small article, but it has already went beyond what I thought possible. When I was called to go for the audition, I thought it will be like a small budget short film. But now it had gone that! From the orginal idea until what we have now. During the production period, I had thoughts of this film going bigger but they were just thoughts. From the start, I believe the whole production was base on the passion for doing what each of us love. I went in with the idea of not receive a single cent, and I still do not. *grins* I am serious. Because I love what I am doing. So my friends, I will be very grateful if you all support this production. *grins*

Recently, in the mist of all these excitment, there are quite a few people who asked me the same question, "Will you be running for students' leader elections?" As always, my answer still is, "I do not know." Everyone said even if I said I do not know now, I will definitely run. I think I can list out my reasons for why I am still hesitating, at least for people who read my blog. I remember an entry which I wrote that, once someone become concern about defines as a good blog entry or bad blog entry, their life is not true anymore.

For the past year in SU, I focused a lot on my TP life and happenings and chose to let go some chances. Now I have much more chances. My YEC complains that I am under-performing. I ached to go back to NCC. I missed a lot of chance to work, which Ah Boi scolded me a lot of times for it. My friends, even those in TP, complained that I always not there for them. And some do not even look for me as often anymore. And do you know how long has it been since the last time I saw my Ah Ma? Quite sad about it. Ah Boi told me that, for the past year, he had seen that almost I choose this path, but I am not happy. It is true... But once again, it is my passion and love for TP. For this coming term, the cause for my hesitation are all that are listed above. And more. For YEC, my chairman said if I perform to what he expected of me, he will nominate me for trips with I want to go. Trips such as, NYAA EArthWatch, NYAA Exchanges, NIPPON MARU etc. *grins* And he is a guy with the means to do so. For NCC, I have not been active for almost a year. My CM does not encourage it. He rejected all my LOA applications for NCC. I know he is looking after my studies. I am grateful of it. But because of this, I missed quite a few overseas trips, to places like New Zealand, India, USA, Taiwan, Burnei, Australia etc. I did not even bother to apply to go for some of the places. The outcome was obvious. Now as I am only having one subject next semester and the trips are coming up again, from this year end to the mid of the coming year. My DC ask my just apply. So I am assuming he will recommend me. A lot of other newer batch CLTs had went already. Kyle also wants me to follow him to China this coming semester. People are offering my jobs now. But alas, I am still schooling and I still need to go for National Service. Ah Boi is facing similar situation. Both of us are facing opportunities but... we just cannot make ourself let go. *silly laugh*

So... Basically, it is about performing in other areas, getting up to others expectation of me, going for profiling trips which will be great additions to my CV and portfolio and having more time for family and friends... or... spend my time and energy for SU, either for better or for worse. For many, I believe it will be a very clear decision. But sorry. I am a weird fellow. *grins*

These few days while we talk, Ah Boi and I both agree that the choice of continuing in our way of life, course of work, plans, lies in when we are in NS. Like it or not, everything will be starting afresh. All your current friends, current contacts, everything, will be wipe clean... True?

11.59pm

Had my second nose bleed of the month. Already. Not even passed the mid-month period. Damm. Think I am die-ing. *grins*

Went to support Shaddon at Esplande for his new musical, The New Wave: City of the Gods. Other musical which was Vanity, Victorious, Virtue, Vanquished. Let me tell you! I am damm impressed. Everyone was damm good! Singapore Idol is nothing man. Compared to every single one of the performers, Chinese have a saying, "Smell no smoke". *grins* I am a fan of Shaddon. Since the day I had known him, he never ceased to amaze me. From today's performance, I can see that he had improve tremendously. Congrats!

After the play, as we are walking home, I realised I had my camera with me. Took it out and play around with the settings, and snapped! *grins* Took a few pictures. And I like some of them! Really cool!

Going work at Funan tomorrow for Christina. Afterwards, going to help out to hype the crowd. Hope I can do it! *grins*

By the way, to all, I am currently writing my 21st birthday's wish list. It is not going to look pretty. *grins* But if anyone can buy the items on it, I will consider some kind of repayment! *fingers crossed*

And BR is featured on today's LIFE!. Frontpage and page 2. Although it is small, but I like it!

Picture of the Day: One of the picture I took while I was random snapping! Hope you all like it. Please give some comments! Good Night Singapore!

June 6th, 2006.

SIP Day 29:

11.59pm

There was a BR screening at the Substation today! 2 of Nic's and Randy's works was up. "I'll LIVE A DAY FOR YOU" and of course, "BECOMING ROYSTON". You all can visit www.originasian.com to view the 2 productions. Today's Substation's screening had seen 3 other films by other directors. I was late so I could not make any comments. *grins* But after the screening, from what the audiences commented, it seems that most of them are very interested in wanting to know what happens next. And I know it is definitely not going to disappoint them!

Went to chill with Ah Boi. Talked a lot. He did not study much. But we had fun and caught up on each other news. Interesting... *grins* Anyway Good Night Singapore! Going to get my 4 hours of sleep now. Working the morning shift later. Half day. But going for a interview. *grins* By the way, Congrats to all the people who are having their graduation these few days! *grins* Picture of the Day: Close of me in BR. Ugly right? :(

June 5th, 2006.

SIP Day 28:

11.59pm

The past weekend was quite the breather I needed. Felt rested.

News for all my avid readers!
Becoming Royston, the film production which I was involved with, for the past couple of months, is up! The first webisode is up for viewing now! At www.becomingroyston.com! Please do support! Please spread the word around! Please do post feedback to me! Explore the webby closely! There are links everywhere! So happy! The whole series of webisodes will be uploaded in a spread of 3 months. The photos and other things will change as the webisodes are changed. They will be in line with the current webisodes. Please use the referral list and you will also stand a chance to win a limited edition T-shirt! *grins*

P.S I will only be appearing for 2 seconds for this first webisode. But stay tune for more! *grins*

Going to get some more rest now! Good Night Singapore! And For those who had already supported me or going to, a BIG THANK YOU to you out there!

Picture of the Day is a shot of Shu An and me! Shu An is the lead actress of this production! Pretty? *grins*

June 1st, 2006.

SIP Day 26:

11.59pm

These couple of days were very full of work for me. Everyone in the office needs help. I had been helping out where ever I could. *busy*

Today I went back to school. Went back for a Poly Forum briefing. Yes! I am in, as a facilitator! Which means I will need to work more, as I will be asking for more leave from work. *sad*

Had YEC meeting today. I had been told by so many people that I am under performing. "Ok everyone! I will work hard for YEC now! Yes! I will!" Some of us were talking and have drinks after the meeting. Talked about NYAA. Yes. I will need to complete my NYAA Gold too. I am going to work hard from now on. Can someone do it with me? If not I will be lonely... *grins*

And I am going HQ NCC tomorrow! I miss NCC! I am going to look-see at the Spec Course! Hopefully I can help out too! So going to get some sleep now. Good Night Singapore! Picture of the Day is one of my 44th batch CLT course, some of the Platoon One people attending Maz's 45th CLT Course POP! Can you see me? *grins*

May 30th, 2006.

SIP Day 24:

11.59pm

Was reading Life! today. I love reading the "biteintoit" column. There was a quote by writer Douglas Coupland on why he does not blog. 'You begin reclassifying your life into "that will make a good blog entry" or "that won't make a good blog entry". Suddenly your life isn't your life anymore' I agree fully with what he said. It is very true. When a particular blog becomes well known or is regularly been read by people, the blogger will be cautious of what he/she is writing or even write things on purpose. That is why I do not read blogs. Actually I am a person who gets effects by what others think of me. I will try very hard to maintain an image in front of people or change what they think of me.

Spend the whole day in the office revamping the powerpoint slides on the highlights of the CC. Finally done! Quite proud of it! It is quite nice! If the machine with runs the slides is not so low-end, I would like very much to do it up even nicer. If I can use Keynote to design it, woah! It would be better! *grins*

Anyway working morning shift tomorrow. So going to get some sleep now. Good Night Singapore! Picture of the Day is one of me with Samantha dressing up as Cinderella for CCN Day! One photo is $1! *pouts*

May 27th to 29th, 2006.

May 27th, 2006.

SIP Day 21:

2.48pm

Raining heavily. A lot of things had happened over the past few days. I am die-ing. Again. Very terribly tired and most probably sick. Today woke up at 5.30am to help out for the World Human Resource Congress. Information given very late. Finally got people to work. Have not been sleeping more then 12 hours in total for the past 3 days. This morning, I had my second nose bleed for the month. Not bad right? Luckily the month is ending, therefore the count can restart. *silly grins*sad*

This year's CCA Awards was quite smooth. There are quite a few new faces. And quite a few people got at least double awards. Congrats to all who award recipients! After looking at the impressive resume which the higher award winners, all I could do was to applaud louder. *grins* Truly impressive.

After the ceremony, our bunch of old "Ka Kees" went on a crazy drive around with no place in mind to go. Finally after much petroleum wasted, we arrived at Eve's place. Although everyone was tired and having a terrible sore throat, we had a karaoke session. "Haha!" Imagine having 5 Ah Dus around. *grins* Spend the night at Eve's. Had breakfast in the morning and went to polyclinic to see doctor with Eng Meng and Fayanne. Everyone is practically very sick.

I am finding it very difficult to control my fingers and eyes at the moment...

Went to school for CCN Day. Suppose to go for a NASA talk at NYP. But I know if I am to sit down, I will immediately fall asleep. Also supposed to go for work at the new T3. But I also knew that I will K.O. Walked around. TP is getting more happening as the years grow. Although there was not any super happening booth. *grins* Spent some time with Kyle, together with Guang. Talked. He shared some funny clips and videos with us. Cool.

Having CC events today and tomorrow. My mummy's birthday tomorrow. Hope to leave early from work.

Thank you everyone out there who express your concerns. Really touched. Thanks. Going to try and get some rest now. But in office, hoping they let me. *grins*

3.36pm

If you lack of sleep or rest, you will tend to fart a lot. Do not know if it is true. But I do fart a lot. *grins*

9.05pm

Mass sending photos from my phone to my lappy. Need to clear the memory card. Just settled down from my first passion card event. The result was not too bad. Done up couple of templates for the project. Going to do up a sort of report on it, so that I can keep a record of the happenings.

May 28th, 2006.

SIP Day 22:

12.54pm

Fell asleep on the sofa. Again. *grins* Woke up in the morning and found myself on bed. I think I changed and crawled on bed in the semi conscious state. "Haha!" Could not post last night entry. Guess I am too tired. But I think I got enough rest from the K.O. last night. *grins*

3.33pm

Feeling sleepy. Went to Mr Aziz's place for lunch. His grandchild's 1st birthday. Quite happening. People come and go as if on a roster. One group leaves when another comes. Food was nice. Everyone was funny. *grins*

May 29th, 2006.

SIP Day 23:

6.00am

Just reached home from Delong's place. Quite tired. Going to get some rest now. The MAEC event was very happening. I liked! Everything was so nice, so happening. The people can really sing. And the aunties and uncles really went up to the front and dance! *grins*

11.31pm

Did not manage to get chance to upload my past entries. Either I just pass out when I reach home or could not get internet access. *grins* By the way, Kino is having a 20% discount storewide from June 3 to June 24! So hurry! "Haha!"

YEC's SuperNova Camp is coming up soon. Hope everything goes well.

News in TP:
Lots of events are up and coming. Mount Ophir trip, Elections, Poly Forum 2006, S2006 etc. After the elections, all the fun will start then. *grins* TP is really very happening.

Anyway, watching TV now. Lost inspiration of what I wanted to write. "Haha!" Good Night Singapore! today we have a scandalous Picture of the Day. Ah Boi and Sylvia. *grins* Nice right? "Haha!"

May 23th, 2006.

SIP Day 18:

11.59pm

Minus the offs and weekends. I have been on SIP for 18 days. These past 18 days seems the longest in my life. There were a lot times in the past when I am saying this. This is just one of those times. These past 18 days had been a mixture of learning, rantings and many other things. I got to know a lot more people. Learn a lot more things. Done things that I normally give others to do. *grins* Like mailing? Like stamping envelops? "Haha!" I was quite tight about it for a while. But after a while I guess I am over it. It is kind of fun too. I guess I am getting all this because I am on SIP, I am suppose to learn. Because of my age, everyone have to go through these kind of things. Because I am getting paid. Because of a lot of stuff, I guess.

I am really sorry for not turning up for work on Sunday. Having Yan Juan to have to work alone. Should not have over worked myself.

Went to MPS yesterday, as always, it had been very interesting. I really enjoy the sessions. I get to know new things everytime. The volunteers there give people hope. Went to the dentist too. Found out I had 5 decays. *sads* Had 3 fillings. Need to go back for 2 more. Costed me a bomb. $170. "Ouch"

I had a busy day today. Went through all the lists of sponsor and "digged" through the phone directory, compiled all their contact numbers. Went for FLC meeting. FLC = Family Life Champions. Earlier today, Bernice SMSed me, asking me to help to facilitate the "dinner and dance" portion of the youth camp. *wonders* Me? I cannot do it man. For real!

Anyway, I think I know why I am not contributing for YEC. Never mind. I will talk to Kee Ping about it. No worries. Good Night Singapore! Please get some rest. do not be like me, over worked. Picture of the day is my first pose for the set of photo which Hui Leng taken for me, for the elections last year. *grins*

May 21th, 2006.

11.59m

Last night, I vomited. Felt very terrible. This is the thing about falling sleep once in a long time. Everything just come back at you. Yesterday, I asked the doctor, if it was because I was not getting enough rest. "Was 4 hours of rest enough?" Guess what? She smiled and said, "NOPE!" Ok! *grins* I got about 6 kinds of medicine. That is hell of a lot. But I am that kind that will eat my medicine. So people, do not worry.

Went to Zouk just now. Yes. I went to Zouk when I am still sick. But I had fun! Camp Comedy 2006. Organised by Fly Entertainment. Broadway Beng! He was so cool! So funny! Master of Hokkien songs! "Haha!" Thanks Elyn! For getting me the tickets. And Felicia! Hope we do not meet 3 months later!

Anyway, good night Singapore! *grins* Today's picture of the day, Shu An and me! She is my lead actress! Pretty right? Sleep tight!

May 19th, 2006.

SIP Day 16:

10.24am

Although I had afternoon shift for the past whole week, today I am taking the morning shift as I want to go back to school to take some stuff from Kyle and go and watch Production Crew conduct their training. Quite curious about this new main committee.

The night before, I had a D&D main committee appreciation dinner at Fish & Co. As usual, most of us were late. *grins* And as usual, poor Pamela waited 2 hours for everything to start. "Sorry Pamela! And to everyone else who was early than me." "Haha!" Everyone ordered their fill. We had a total of 3 sets of Fish & Chips, 2 sets of Seafood Platter for One, 2 sets of Seasonal Sambal, 1 set of Salmon with Cajun, 1 set of Swordfish Collar, 1 set of Teriyaki Salmon, 1 set of Grilled Calamari, 1 set of Fried Calamari, 2 glasses of Pink Passion, 2 mugs of Sharkie Freeze, 1 mug of Jungle Freeze and 1 mug of Chockie Junkie! And a hell lot of sauces! I counted we had more than 30 little cups of sauces! The night everyone had hell lot of food! *grins* And guess what. Everything was a whooping $244.65. I kept the receipt. I am thinking of keeping and compile everything into an album for myself to look back at the old times.

Actually I already wanted to do up a photo album of my years in TP. I am quite sure it will be a freaking thick book! *grins* I suppose I have more pictures of myself in TP than the past 10 years of uniform education. I do not think I develop out all the photos. I will need to think of a way or a theme to form up my album. "Who wants to help? It will be fun! I think... Haha!" *grins*

Last night, office had a farewell dinner for Vinson and Gregory and welcome dinner for Ming Jie and me. We had a birthday lady yesterday. Masat's! The mango cake for her was wonderful. Absolutely delicious. Hadijah have good taste. *grins* After which I went to attend Zone 4's monthly meeting. Quite interesting. You will get to know how people think, how the residents actions affect the decision-making. Or how the committee decision affect the residents. You may think the RCs are group of old, bickering aunties and uncles. That was what I thought too. But after I got involved in all this, I now know that they are the people who build your gardens, playgrounds, games courts, enforce regular maintenance, catch rowdy gangsters, eliminate pest problems, organise events for the blocks that are under their charge. They are volunteers, but they need to do a lot of work. Finance statements? Minutes of meetings? *grins*

"Argh" I could not go to Wala Wala. BR's whole team was there. But my meeting ended so late. And it was so far. "Sorry guys! Next time kopi together ba!" Randy and Terence will be going Japan. Today actually. "Bon Voyage guys! Take Care! Have fun!" BR's team is so cool! *grins*

The minute I come into office, Mdm Pang asked me "Kai Xin ma?" *grins* She said because I look moody. Not waked up yet. *grins* Small wonder. I slept at 2 plus. *grins* Mdm Pang made coffee for me and offered me food. Bread and biscuts. "Haha!" Now I understand how come the office termed her as a motherly figure. "Thanks Mdm Pang!" I got a few things to do but I do not think I need the whole day to do. *grins* My brother will be coming to date me for lunch. "Hehe!"

11.59pm

Did some paperwork and admin work. Went to Production Crew workshop today. Not too bad. All the new faces expressed their interest. It is very encouraging to see the next generation coming up. *grins* Had a talk with Sylvia. A long talk. *grins* Quite cool. They are going Bangkok tomorrow. Sylvia, Eve, Fayanne, Cynthia and Eng Meng. A thorn among the roses. "Haha!" Both Sylvia and Eng Meng are sick! Please take care of yourselves. And again Bon Voyage! Have fun! Enjoy! This is the second time I am wishing people a good journey, in this entry alone.

I am getting an addition hard disc drive, I am nearly out! And I will be broke. *grins* Thanks Samantha!

I am totally booked for the next 2 weeks. "Aww" I am going to Poly Forum Review. At Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Going to meet all the old friends! *happy*grins*

I forgot what I am going to blog. So... Good Night Singapore! "Haha!" Picture of the Day: Nicholas Chee. My BR Production's Director! He really look like one right? *grins*

May 16th, 2006.

SIP Day 14:

12.54pm

Late for work today. Anyway I will work my full shift today. Feeling quite sad today. First thing that catch my eye after my brother woke me up was the letter on my laptop. It was the CCA Awards notification letter. I got a ill omen since yesterday night, when Wei Qi SMS me, asking if I am going to take leave off SIP to attend it. I only got the CCA Merit Award (Leadership). Wondering who got the Student Leader of the Year. Being born in the Year of the Tiger, it had also been a very competitive environment. In the form of non-acdemic performances, such as CCAs, there are always very good candidates. This year, it is very obvious that all the awards are closely contended. So I guess I could have done more. I just did not do enough. What a way to end my CCA career in TP. I got a CCA Merit Award (Arts) and Production Crew got the Arts Group of the Year, with me as the Vice-President. To me, it is a sign of me under performing, a sort of demotion. Listening to "emo" music again. Since the new school term had started, everyone had been asking me to run for election for Union again. *bitter laugh* How ironic. Why me? Since everyone says I am the ideal choice, but why? I am suppose to graduate. *bitter laugh* My heart ask me to go for it, but my head tells me not too. When I stepped into Union, I had a dream. Now my term is ending without the dream being fulfilled. I want to bring Union up there. That is what my heart is telling me to go and do. But my brain tells me, to get out to it. I am like a past tense, a guy who is already not there. Wendy, Ivan, Randy, Nicholas and many other people had told me that I will need to get out of there someday. I guess this maybe that day. *bitter smile* There are a few songs I am listening to now. "Cry" by James Blunt. "一生最爱的人" by 伍佰 . "海濶天空" by Beyond. "手放开" by Lee Sheng Jie. They are looping and looping, over and over again. Hope everyone who is feeling down now, get over it soon. I think I will. There are better things to do than to cry over spilled milk. This is life. Slow down and you are obsolete. At least for the rat race... Going for lunch now. Maybe getting bubble tea later. *bitter smile*

4.07pm

Bought 1 cup of bubble tea. Chocolate Ice-blended. Kee Ping bought another for me. *grins* Called Sharon just now. Had a gut feeling about it. True enough. She got the award. *grins* Congrats. Half of my mind, the logical side knew she would have got it. Maybe just could not make myself to believe it. *silly grins* Kind of feeling better. At least she is obvious more of a high-flyer compared to me. At least I did not lose it to some one that I do not respect. Had once myself a couple of times if joining Union was the wrong choice. But I know that I should not regret any decision that I made. It was just a question. Told myself that it would be irresponsible to just run away for overseas trip and leave everyone behind. I know it to be true. I could not make myself to run away to Switzerland and left D&D. I could not leave FOC for Yunan. Sorry Kyle. Thank you for the opporunities. But I know my responsibilities. I know where I am needed most. At least I know I had done all I can... Btw, I am going back school tomorrow. *grins*

7.43pm

Hadijah talked bad about me. *angry* *grins* Kidding.

11.59pm

Good Night Singapore. Picture of the day is Ken. Our production's Director of Photography. Handsome right? *grins*

May 15th, 2006.

SIP Day 13:

3.25pm

Do not know the reason. Suddenly felt a sense of profound sadness. Doing my D&D project report in the office. A lot of work stuck. Listening to "emo" music again. Brought back a lot of memories. Maybe this is why I am feeling this way. BR completed filming yesterday. For my part, there are still quite a number of voice overs I need to do. But the bulk of the filming is done. Ready for editing. Everyone of the cast and crew hope this will be something big. *fingers crossed* Looking through photos and look at my schedule. I am wondering if everything will move faster and faster, until there will not be time to even look at the photos. What will happen? Everyday there are things happening. Everyday I have something to do. Or at least something new to do. I guess this is really the thing. The thing of growing up. As you grow older, everything double, triple and so on so fro. It is a race to be faster and better than everyone else. To get out of the rat race. Sitting in a CC office, I can feel the bliss of working in an environment like that. But I guess I like it otherwise. I cannot take it to be in the rat race forever. That is why I am doing so many things now. At my age, who can have a total of 1000 phone numbers in their handphones. And they are not like friends numbers. They are like numbers of people and companies that can be an opportunity. Let me quote an example, in the filming industry, out of a cohort of about 180 students who graduates, only 20 works in the corporate world and out of the 20, only 1 will make it. Ironic right? Where do the other 160 people go to? You will be surprise how many people work in places that they are not working in the field that they want to, or even studied in. As I get to know more people, greater is my understanding. This actually fueled my desire to get out of the rat race and do what I want, do what I like. But for now, all this make me feel very old, or at least weary, wore out. Too weary for my age...

4.39pm

Hadijah asked me how come I want to do things "big big". Something came across my mind. An analogy. "If you throw a small stone, the ripple will only be this small. But if you use a big rock instead, the ripple will be very much bigger." True?

7.05pm

Just finish my D&D project report. I bet it heard been a long time since any of you heard about D&D in my blog right? *grins* There are some problems with finances. But no worries. Nothing that my main committee cannot sort out. Just finished the version 1. Definitely need refinement. Kyle asked me for pictures of D&D, saying it is for SU, for CCA Awards. *Scratch head* Anyway, will need it for myself anyway. Meeting Jo tomorrow to get them. I haven seen my parents for a long long time. Around 3 weeks. When I am home, they are asleep. When I am awake, they will either be still asleep or went out for work already. *sads* Never mind. I am meeting them for dinner later! Belated Mothers' Day! *grins*

11.59pm

Had a very nice dinner. *grins* Going to have some much needed rest. Good Night Singapore!

May 9th, 2006.

SIP Day 9:

4.57pm

I am writing this entry using paper and pencil before I type it out and upload to blogspot. I was thinking, since I have the time why not use this chance to brush up my handwriting? Currently, it looks like a primary school kid practicing on the jotter book. I need to practice more. Seriously, if a doctor sees my handwriting, it would have make him/her proud.

Having 4 meeting for 4 consecutive nights. These few days I had been thinking. Since my Hong Kong trip and before that since my Korea trip, I have not had a good or even proper rest. I really ought to give myself a long break.

I was busy with a lot of things, since my D&D ended, followed closely I had FOC week, Week Zero, SIP week 1, SIP week 2 with the GE and BR Production. Now into the third week of SIP, i am having tons of meetings and even working on Vesak Day. All these while, there are still a lot of other unseen stuff that need to be done. Nearly everyday I get friends from all over who smsed me and ask me out. Really wish to go out with them, but sadly, I cannot. I think will reallly die young. *grins*fingers crossed* Because not long ago, I was told by Ah Boi that, people are more prone to stroke if lack of sleep. Still cannot plan a date to have a D&D "Thank You" dinner. Looking at having a massage trip with Ah Boi but schedule too tight. Every night when I laid down on the bed, I try to relax, the aching will get unbearable and my body will automatically restrain and I have to slowly let go of the tension. I really should relax. Someday...

Saw Sybill twice today! Once when I was on the bus, she was on the bustop. She was also at the CC for tution. *grins* Picture of the day, the multiple face of Snowden. "Haha!" Good Night Singapore!

May 8th, 2006.

SIP Day 8:

In office. Finished most of my stuff. Feeling very tired and aching all over my body. Some injuries from BR. Throughout the week of filming, I was beaten on the ground, slapped, drenched in the shower, dunked in the water, ran, wore ugly costumes, and many more. Thinking back, it was quite scary to have gone through it. If my life is like that, I think I will be very miserable. But all of that was worth it.
Everything was great. The shots, the crew, the cast, everything was great. Now, my foremost wish is to finish this film. Never mind the film festivals, never mind the injuries, never mind if there is no pay. All that matters to me is to see the whole film at it's end. The final product. Even if it was just a copy for me. Just keep my fingers crossed.

I was waiting at home for Wei Fang to call me and tell me the time to go down for the shoot at Randy's. Was channel surfing and stopped at HBO and watched. The show was "Necessary Roughness". It is the typical film about a team of sportsmen, in this case, American Football players. The captain of the squad was a golden boy in his high school days. He had to get over himself, get into the squad, get into everyone else and finally get the win that they needed. It is this kind of film that I like. At the end of it, my eyes teared. I do not why.

Going to meet Judith later. Regarding NDD. I am currently juggling 3 different projects at the same time. Really feel very drained. I am not as young as I use to be. *grins* I do not think everyone else's SIP is as challenging as mine. Going to do up my schedule now. Come to think about it, I do not mind if I am can have acting as a career option.

6.28pm:

2 hours 30 minutes to meeting time and I have finished all my stuff for today.

Is 66.6% a strong mandate? Even at PM's home ground, the Opposition managed to get more than 30%. I think this year's GE is a passable one. With the Opposition gaining more ground. It is near to the 65% that I had in mind. When I get my voting rights at the next GE, please keep up the good work. I hope PAP gets the indication of the results that the people are not very happy. *grins*

Met Judith. Discussed much. When out to party with Ah Boi, Satish, Kelvin and Jabie. Had fun. Cool! *grins* Picture of the Day, Snowden, the young Boon Huat, acting ugly. "Haha!" Good Night Singapore!

May 2th, 2006.

SIP Day 6:

Was too tired to write about BR Production Day 3. It was the most tiring day yet. From 9.30am till 1.30am. Reached home about 2am. Went to Randy's place and looked at some shots and other works. All of them are very good. All of them are award winning pieces. There are a lot things we can learn from them. Wonder if this production can achieve as much. *wonders* Anyway going to sleep after finish my article. Does not have a picture of the day today. Do not be sad people.

Wrote some things during my SIP hours, of course after completing my work. Below was what I wrote:

Sitting in the office. Finished my stuff. Both my project supervisors are not in. I guess having a long weekend. Reading and updating myself on the current election news. Everyone and everything is about the General Elections now. Pick up the newspaper and there are at least 10 pages of news on the GE's situation. Everyday the different parties get their views across to everyone, without paying a single cent to the newspaper.

To me, although first time in 18 years, the ruling party PAP did not win outright on the Nomination Day, the results are apparent. It is obvious that PAP will win, again. It is the matter of which of the Opposition parties will get into the Parliament and how put up a good fight. I believe, as do many people out there, that this GE will be a turning point for Singapore.

This year, all the parties put up a lot of new faces. 24 from the PAP, 7 from the SDP. and both SDA and WP revealed 20 candidates each. This is indeed the new wave. With the opposition putting up their best fight in years, this shows that more people are standing up to speak for themselves and fight for what they believe is good for the people. But there is a risk. If the percentage of win go past 80% in favor of the PAP, this means most of the Singaporeans do no wish to see the current Opposition. If the percentage of win falls to below 65%, this means the Opposition can try harder and more likely to succeed in the future and thus making PAP work harder, if they they wish to retain more members in the Parliament.

But for now I do not see of feel as substantial materials coming from the Opposition, It is almost pitiful. Most of the things the Opposition picked on for election rallies topics are pathetic. They should listen to themselves. If I am able to vote (1 year short), I am a neutral voter. Depending who is able to convince me, they will get my vote. For now, if I am able to vote within my constituency, it will still be for PAP. SDA picked a very weak theme for Tampines. A website, www.unemployment.com.sg, is set up by them to help residents get better jobs and solve the problem of unemployment fast. I had a look at it and even called up Mr Edmund Ng. All the answer I got were very vauge. Nothing can be said to convince me. I believe I can go a better job of convincing people.

There are other topics such as job theme "Singaporean First" policy, abolish water conservation tax, scrape taxes on daily essentials, such as salt and flour. How do you think Singapore is so rich in the first place? If the Opposition was the government then, giving out free health care services, free public transport as they had said in one of their rallies, do you think we have the funds to even buy water from Malaysia? If all the jobs are giving to Singaporean first, who would want to study hard enough to compete with the smarter, more talented pool of people? Who are the foreign talents will come here? Not everyone is Charles and Keith. How will the MNCs come into Singapore? How are we going to maintain the status of the South-East Asia regional hub? We are only a 4 million people country. We are already facing problems with the growing giants such as China and India. And scrap and abolish the Public Transport Council? Put more Opposition members in the different committees. Win the seats first. "Only with competition, comes improvement." Even me, a 20 years old teenager knows this. I serious wish the Opposition can bring up more important issues as rallies topics. Like, how to deal with terrorism? How to compete with China and India? Any plans? Not pick up stuff like why are flats not built with lifts stopping over at each level? If people have thought of that 30 - 40 years ago, there would have flying cars already. *grins* It was because of the growing population and the affordability at that time. It was the initial period of nation building.

All in all, I wish to commend on MM Lee and the founding fathers of Singapore. Think about it. In just a short 40 years, can you or anyone that you can think of, that can transform Singapore, a tiny red dot on the map, into what she is now. Think of anyone? Anyone from the Opposition? "Haha!" Anyway, I have to admire the spirit of Mr Low TK, the WP party-general-secretary, saying "If you want to win, join PAP. If you join the WP, prepare to lose." This GE is quite an improvement. But please up a better fight, because I will be able to vote in the next GE.