Happy Birthday.

3hrs into my birthday. had dinner with yuting and meet up with jodin, joan, alan, justin and angel after that. Had a really long chat up and it was good. :) Had fun. spoke of the past and funny things and of course funny people. :) Jo, Cai and Eddie called and wished me and did a kind of phone prank. haha. Thank you all! :)

Wanna to rest. I was feeling very tired since my driving earlier in the evening. was quite elated cos Chong commented on my driving. and after that the first song on my ipod was my fav. "The Man That Can't Be Moved" - by The Script. :) Dunno why but now not feeling sleepy. gonna have dinner with eng meng and my family. the plan to rest at home is kind of not gonna work out as I think i need to go down to redhill to send in my Lumix for repairs (the shuttle cant close. :( argh. )

Anyway everything looks like it is gonna be fine. 2 weeks of tekong field camp coming up. :) Good Night Singapore and Thank You for all the wishes! :)

A case of bad air

There was a time when people says aLvin neO is a very busy and nosy person. Nowadays there is change to an always angry and upset person.
Ya. Do not know why i become so... hmm. really got to get a grip on myself. reflecting on myself and now, it is not because of the job. I like it. I like wearing green. I hold my values strong and dear. I serve with my heart and soul. I have this sense of satisfaction, a sense of achievement when things that I taught are understood and executed correctly.

This up and coming Saturday is my birthday. Thank you to everyone who wants to celebrate it with me. I am touched that there are still people out there who remember my birthday not because of facebook reminder. But nowadays I just want to have a rest at home and a quiet dinner with my parents. That is all I ask for. I am really quite tired of all the ra-ra-ing, big big parties, fun and games. "Dinner, cake, booze and party" package is kind of out for me alreay.

This is my birthday right? I have the choice right?

PAssion Card Anchor!

It’s been a while since I came back from Taiwan. Lotsa things have happened… Has it been only 2 months?

Work-wise, everything is still pretty much the same, just that training has intensified quite a bit… Shall not go into details. I’ve also been trying to make it for MPS. :)

That said, I am involved in this damm cool project with PA. You know the whole interest in new media these days, right? Those facebook, youtube kind of stuff… Getting youngsters like us engaged through the Internet because we are spending so much time online everyday… Well, they approached me earlier this year and taa daa, yours truly is now a *ahem* PAssion anchor guy. Haha. :P Let me tell you more about it before your thinking strays too far off.

There are some videos posted at www.passioncard.tv, all produced in-house by a team over at PA. Do give us your support! Wah, and now, they are arranging for me to try out some of the stuff they have at OBS. Exciting hor? Must check out the videos, ok!

Anyway, quite tired already. :)

Good night, Singapore!

Back Home!

yO! I am back! :) Taiwan was damm cool! Training was good. I can see that all my boys are really for ATEC. So proud of them! :) 1 bad thing about Taiwan... always spend too much... really spend until I broke. :(

I realise something. I suck at taking night shots and with people photos... :( really need to work it out. Brought 2 mags from Taiwan. learning... :p
Anyway. lots of things off my buy list. will update after this coming pay day. haha.

580EXII in July.
Lappy in Dec.
70-200 / 70-300 in 2 years.

Cheers!
Good Night Singapore! finally back on my bed. :D

8th April 2009

Need to be at the airport in roughly 10mins... just wanna say bye and take care to all you peeps out there! Luckily my house is just 7mins away. haha!

Hmm. there are a lot of thoughts running through my mind right now... really feeling the fatigue... Sigh... Guess this trip out came at the right time. Can concentrate on training and hopefully when I am back, everything will iron out, if not things may turn out to be not very important and I maybe wrong. Who knows?

Alright! Take care everyone! Do serious try to miss me.! haha. And all who knows Eng Meng, please shower some love. Although I need some too... hmm.. haha. Thanks!

Yays! Wishlist updated!

Yo! n Yays! Just minus off some things off my ever-longest-Guinness-world-recordish wishlist. :p

Got my:
1) LXG Graphic Comics. Vol 1 & 2. even the Black Dossier. :p
2) 300 Graphic Comic
3) Watchmen
4) Wrath of Mad God. third book of the dark war trilogy. Think there is a fourth installation. :(
5) Naruto: 45th.

So for Graphic Comics part... I am left with V for Vendetta. :p
I think Kino always likes it when I visits them. Haha.

Thoughts...

24th March, 2009.
0030hrs.

Time flies. Coming close to 10months since I was posted to 1GDS. Gonna ORD in May if I had not signed on. Its not so bad. Got the kind of fulfillment when leading my men.

Just went to MPS just now. A lot of new faces. Been a while since I had been there. Really should go more often. :) Lots of babes nowadays. :p Cookies sales doing well!

Since coping with the aftermath of GP Singapore. Going for PTQ this sunday, the last extended tourney in Singapore. We have a team blog! madcowthegathering.blogspot.com :) Visit it for our team exploits! or for more info on local magic scene. :)

Grand Prix Singapore'09

22nd March, 2009

End of Grand Prix Singapore 2009. End of the season in Singapore. And near to the end of the Extended Season. For 3 consecutive years, the Grand Prix in Singapore had been the Extended Format.

For me, this year I had a very good "feel" to how things will turn out to be. In the end, I had done too many mistakes to make my play justifiable. :( I must say that I really need more play.

What was really worthwhile and meaningful, was that the final formation of Mad Cow Inc. All the seven team mates had fun and gained a lot of experience. In two years time, the team would like to get at least half, if not the whole team, into Day Two of Grand Prix Singapore'11. It is definitely a year to look forward to as its my ORD year. :p

Japanese Players are really strong and most importantly, careful. To read more, please go to see the Events Coverage and my Flickr, for the photos that I took.

Gonna crash now... Very drained and feeling very brain dead. Losing stamina at such things now. haha. And I would like to catch up to everyone in the team and at least able to guide the younger member along. :)

Cheers. Good Night Singapore. :) *hugs!

A New Beginning

March 1st, 2009

This is the first post of the year 2009 for me. And as a lot of people had commented, I have to come and clean up the cobwebs here. Ya. The cobwebs rivals even the Great Shelob's Lair from LOTR. Now you know how Frodo got stuck ya? :p

Anyway, its been a long time. Been busy with my new job. Now a SAF Regular. An officer in the Singapore Armed Forces. A Platoon Commander in 1st Singapore Battalion Guards. Just came back from a family trip to Hokkaido and Shanghai for a White Christmas (See previous post). Most recent trip would be the Brunei training trip with my men. So proud of them. Could not had ask for a better group of soldiers. Going for Taiwan soon. My last leg of the race with them. Going to hand over soon. Although it is still around 2 plus month away, I am already feeling quite miserable. Just thinking of leaving put sorrow in my heart. Seen my boys turning into men. The way they went from whinny little chaps of barely 18years to strong and mature team of troopers.

Been thinking. Realised that I had given too much of my time to others instead of to people who matters and most importantly myself. As a late new year resolution, I will give more of my time to my family (go and rock climb with my brother, run with my dad etc.) , close friends ( meet up with them more, play magic, foos more), work, and time to learn my skills. I had thought of a "to-buy-list", a "to-read-list" and a "to-learn-list". :)

For now, just to share some of the "to-learn-list" (The others are a story for another time :p)

1) Class 3 license
2) Cless 2B license
3) An Instrument - Piano / Saxophone
4) Japanese
5) French
6) Better my foos skills
6) Many many more. :p

So ya! Watch out world! :)

Hokkaido & Shanghai Trip (A White Christmas)

31st December, 2008
2210hrs(GMT + 8, Beijing, Singapore time)




Less than 2hrs till a brand new year. New year, new resolution. Do I have one? I think I have quite a few. Going to have my countdown on the plane. Exciting? First time I am going into a new year on a plane, in the air.

This trip to China turned out to be quite fun. The group grew to be very fun! :) Everyone warmed up and stick together once in here. It is true that what is worth the trip are the beautiful sights in China. There are a lot of changes since the last time I was here. But is the same is the China people. The way that they conduct themselves is still the same. Loud. Rude. Dirty. Inconsiderate. Parents here let their children take a piss just by squatting in the middle of the shopping street. They will just rush to the front of the lift even though a lot of people had being queuing. They will just knocked into you in order to walk their own way, the pathway is quite big mind you. I know that they are slowly changing. Maybe in 10, 20 years I would come again.

The next time I post will be the next year already. Good to had been on this trip. Tonnes of work are waiting for me back home. Going back to camp on the 3rd. Have a live firing on the 4th. Training all the way till 9th. Sigh. Have to work on a Sunday even. Cannot even have a good rest.

Goodbye Shanghai. Farewell Year 2008! Haha! :)

27th December, 2008
1213hrs (GMT + 9, Japan time)

Gonna be leaving Chitose Airport in less than 40mins. Today is a good day. The view at breakfast is damm cool. Imagine a huge golf course filled with snow? HAHA! Just said byebye to Sayuri. See if we are able to see each other in Singapore. Anyway, think I gotta change a passport. Really do not look like mine now... 19 merry xmas msgs. My god! Haha!

Shanghai here I come!


26th December, 2008
2305hrs (GMT + 9, Japan time)

Had an uneventful Christmas. But the scenery is really very fitting. A White Christmas.
Guess what? It is -9 degree today! My god! Freezing cold. Today we went to a place call "Jigoku " - Hell Valley. It is a boiling point of the region which produced 3000L of water for the hot spring.

Question! Anyone know where was the G8 Summit held early this year? Lake Toya! It is the lake that never freezes as there is a live volcano nearby. Too bad we cannot be treated with the full scenic view of the lake as the there was a very strong snow drift.

Went play the snow mobile. The kind Jackie Chan and James Bond filmed chases on snow? :p Quite cool. Went onto a guided trail up to 1000ft above sea level. Freaking cold but the view is breath-taking.

Tonight is the last night in Hokkaido, Japan. Tomorrow I will be taking a short flight to Shanghai. There are worries that we may not be able to fly on time. That is the case today. The flights are cancelled/delayed due to the snow and strength of the wind.

Today a candid shot behind Sayuri today. Not gonna let her know until I mail her. Haha. Today's onsen is so cool! Beautiful! And it was snowing when I went for the outdoor pool. My god! Too bad I cannot bring in the camera. Hmm. Nevermind. Maybe I will give it a try tomorrow. Haha! Gonna grab some sleep now.

Good Night Japan! For the last time. For now. Haha!


24th December, 2008
2016hrs (GMT + 9, Japan time)

Catching my daily dose of Japan drama. Haha. Here for 4 days and I am hooked onto a baseball-coach-turned-high-school-teacher drama. From what I understand (Haha!), it is something like GTO - Great Teacher Onisuka. There are even some real life baseball stories after each episode. And the funny thing is that when I chance upon it, it was the first episode! :p

Today I am at a place named, Akankohan. A town which is build around a huge lake! This lake is around 4 X the size of Singapore. The little red dot indeed. :p The drama just ended. Today's travels is quite boring. Most of the time was spend traveling. There were a lot of sight-seeing though and the scenery is breath-taking! Our route even took us past an active volcano. Sayuri told us to be quiet so as to not wake the volcano. Haha! We went to 2 waterfalls, Gin Ga No Taki and Ryu Sei No Taki, side by side of each other. The "Galaxy Waterfall" and "Meteor Shower Waterfall". They are nearly frozen solid. Cool! :p Sayuri was saying we are very lucky. When we need to see the scenery, it will not be snowing, the weather will be damm good. :p Thanks!

I think my photography needs a great deal more work. I still need to try out a lot of different shots to get a right lighting. And what is irritating is that I always cannot seem to get the lighting right out in the sun. The sun always get into LCD screen. :( But I am damm impressed by my Canon 10-22mm UWA. :p

Today we had the traditional Japanese food! A huge spread! There was even live sashimi! The fish is still gulping! My god! Jiang Zhen De?! Hen Nan De Leh. Haha! Check out the photos! Hehe.

Tomorrow will be the day which we will spend the longest time on the road. We are going back down towards Sapporo. It will be around 5-6hrs of traveling. Guess I gotta go and grab some early rest today. This Christmas Eve is really quiet. :p Gonna be Christmas here in another 3hrs. :p

Good Night Japan! And Merry Christmas Santa! :p Sleeping on Tatami again. So damm cool right?! Haha!


23th December, 2008
2230hrs (GMT + 9, Japan time)

Less than 2hrs to Christmas Eve. Listening to "Chasing Pavements" by Adele. This song got into my head after I watched the animation film, "Dragon Hunters" with Yuting. I think it is a simple story with something to tell. I like it. Back to Christmas Eve, I believe it is the one of most looked-forward-to holiday across the globe, with celebrations big and small, special to everyone in their own unique way. This year is the first time I am out of Singapore for this holiday. But I guess it is not as celebrated in Hokkaido as it is in some other countries. The festive mood is... lacking I would say. :p

Going into today's travels. Right now I am in this hotel named, "Crescent" in Asahikawa. Nope. This is not the place that Asahi Beer is being brewed, which what Yuting thought when I msged her. Haha. We went to Tomita Farm, a place where they are famous for growing lavender. Since it is winter, we only had a greenhouse to view. We were told that during autumn the fields are filled with lavender. The lovely scent will be spreaded miles and miles away. Had lunch at a stop in Furano.

After which we went to Asahikawa Zoo! Yea! It had been a long time since I had been to a zoo. I must make time to go to Singapore Zoo when I get back. :p When you visit a zoo in during winter and under snowing conditions, you tend to not to see much things. :p What are special here are the Timber Wolves, which is what I really want to see now. This is because of the series I am reading now. "The Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R. R. Martin. It is really not bad. Quite good actually. Oh. And "Santa Monica" by Savage Garden is playing. Nice.

Back to the zoo. I got to see cranes, huge polar bears, penguins big and small, tiger that keeps running around its enclosure and a constantly roaring lion! :p It stopped snowing after a while. That was after I can feel my fingers. :( haha.

We went to a place which had a sakae museum and had a sampling. It was not bad. The place even had a spring for us to take water back! It is said to be so good that the locals collected it by the bottles and use to cook! True enough, we saw one after another of them coming with bigger and bigger containers to store the water! Haha.

We had our japanese take-away today from a big shopping mall, named Aeon. It has the size of about 3 X Tampines Mall. Had some sushi, tempura, bento, ramen (maggie style), chicken drumlets, bananas and strawberries! The food here is really quite expensive but everything is very fresh.

Once we are in the mountains (since yesterday night), the scenery had been breath-taking. The powdery white snow and mountain ranges that reaches up to the clouds, the dainty little houses, icy streams, very nice and courteous people. I think I will really pick up Japanese language, Ni-hon-go. Thinking of coming here to stay for awhile.

Anyway to end of the post, I would like to wish a special someone, Merry Christmas Eve and Happy Birthday. Sorry I cannot be there. Glad that my gift arrived and you like it. :) Thanks for everything. You are lovely. Always in my heart.

Good Night Japan! Till tomorrow! 1hr more here till Christmas. :)


22th December, 2008
2135hrs (GMT + 9, Japan time)

The second day of my Hokkaido Trip! And it is snowing! :p

I totally K.O.ed yesterday. Had to dragged myself to bed. It was damm tiring just getting here. We took a 5hrs flight to Shanghai for a transit. It took us another 3hrs plus to get to Chitose Airport. Finally arrived! :) When the plane landed, we were welcome by the first sign snow for the season. :) We had to take another hour's ride to reach our first destination, Sapporo. Yes. Sapporo the beer. Sapporo is the capital city of Hokkaido. The city is not filled with sky-scrappers or any tall buildings. I think it can be comparably rural to most of the China major city. And our tour guide's name is Sayuri, a Singaporean too!

Japan is divided into 4 major parts. Kyushu and the Southern Islands. Western Honshu and Shikoku. Central Honshu. Hokkaido and Northern Honshu. What is unique about Hokkaido is that it has the climate akin to Siberia and its indigenous people, the Ainu.

We went to visit a couple of famous streets and a underground mall. Mum bought a Coach, Blue Label bag. :p By the time we were out of the place, it was already dark. The sun sets at around 1530hrs! After which we went to another cool shopping street and got us our, White Lover Chocolate! Guess what?! We took off with a box load! Haha!

First meal in Hokkaido! We had BBQ and... Abalone! The abalone was supposed to be eaten raw but we being Singaporean and not Japanese, Sayuri recommended us to eat it after is it slightly grilled. It is so tender! Dad even brought back the shells as souvenir. We had to missed one of the stops as it was deemed unsafe to go up due to the snow and icy road. After checking into the hotel, we went out to have stroll and had a mini shopping spree at the 7-11 of Japan, Lawson.

Today the first place we went to was the Asahi Beer factory, had a short tour and free sampling of first beer. It is very smooth and fresh! We should have this in Singapore, instead of having it locked up at customs for 1 to 3 months. :( Next stop, White Chocolate Lover Factory cum Museum. The owner designed and build it like a children's playground. I realised the factories in Japan used a lot of stainless steel, giving them a very clean look. With that, we took our leave of Sapporo.

Otaru! Lunch was at a seafood market cum steamboat house. That kind of place catered for tourists. We were given a choice of getting our own seafood. Guess what was on the recommendation list again?! :p Crabs! Ours cost us 12,600yen! Mum, Daniel and myself tried crab sashimi! So fresh! So sweet! So succulent! :) Next stop we were taken to Otaru's most famous street! Served high tea in one of the tea house. The cups are for us to take away after our drink! Dainty little shot cups. There is a famous steam clock on the street. Just 2 in the world. One in Vancouver, Canada and the other here in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan! It was snowing very heavily the better half of the day. We ended our day trip with a 5-flavoured ice cream! It is Melon, Strawberry, Chocolate, Lavender and Vanilla! Yummy! Took another hr's ride into the mountains and checked into the hotel. Onsen! Hahaa! Had a go before dinner and now I am going for it again! Haha!

Back! YEA! So shiok! Gonna crash now. But there is a very upsetting thing that happened... I think there is a tiny little scratch on my Oakley lens... argh! :(

24th September, 2007

2.10am

In around another 5 hours, I will be booking into SAFTI MI. For the next 9 months of my life, I will be living there. Looking forward to it. Heard so much about OCS, thought so much about it, yet in the coming 9 months I will be truly experience how is the life in OCS. My platoon, Taurus 4, had very good results in terms of posting. 17 of us are going OCS, 16 are going SISPEC, 1 is going Police, 1 is going Transport, 3 are going Unit and 2 are going Medical Corp. I sincerely hope all 40 of us will finish our NS with a smile.

Good Night Singapore. 3 weeks of confinement. See you guys after that. Cheers! and take care!

11th September, 2007

23.59pm
POP loh! Today finally marks the end of my BMTC training. Kind of emo right now. 9 weeks in Taurus Company. Kind of sad that I did not get any awards nevertheless I am looking forward to the next phase of NS. :)

Cheers! Good night Singapore!

9th August, 2007

Happy Birthday Singapore! Happy National Day! :)

Hi peeps! Had not blog in like nearly a month. Sorry man. Book out days are packed. A sudden change a schedule left me with a whole day of free time. Checked flooded mails. Read. Watched the 4 episodes of Bleach. Got in touch with rest of the world, kind of. Haha. And going to book in later, by 8pm. So sad that I cannot get to watch the NDP07. A new place and tonnes of fireworks. :(

My National Service is kind of fun. Currently in Platoon 4, Taurus Company, BMTC School 2. As those who had been through NS would know, Platoon 4 means I am staying on the 5th story. It was a killer initially. It does not hurt so much now. Haha. But I had came to appreciate the view that my bunk offered. Both the front and back windows offers a killer view to the wondrous sea. I was just admiring the orange sunset before I book out yesterday. It was breath-taking. Tekong is not so bad as the stories that are around. The stars at night as simply beautiful. You cannot get to see it anywhere on the mainland Singapore. Yes. Although most of the time we are not so free to enjoy the scenery. :p And we never get the chance to catch the sun raise. :( Field Camp is weekend. And POP is on 11th Sept. Merely 5 weeks away! :)

NDP07 is on air now. Gonna catch it now. I gotta leave house to book in in a while though. :( Might as well catch as much as I can! :p

Once again, Happy Birthday Singapore! Take care!

13th July, 2007

Friday the 13. Google or wikipedia this day. You will be surprise the amount of myths and stories about this day. For me, I am going to be enlisted in less than 12 hours. To protect and serve the nation. Haha. Cool yea? Kind of looking forward to it. To make new friends, get to know more things, move on with life. :)

Had a farewell dinner with Union peeps. 4 tables full! Haha. Thank you everyone for coming! Had tonnes of SMSes from a lot people wishing me well. Like I am never coming back. Haha. Thanks for the kind thoughts! Don't worry I will be back to bug everyone. The world is too boring without me! Haha!

Anyway! Becoming Royston is confirmed to be on screens (The Picturehouse), from 2nd of August onwards. Do support! Hopefully I can book out. :)

I had tried to upload as many photos as I could onto my Flickr account. Do browse! :) www.flickr.com/photos/alvinneowk

Good Night Singapore! And take care everyone! Will miss everything! :p

23rd June, 2007

There is a list of people who I would like to thank and express my gratitude. (Not in any order of merit. ☺)

1) My beloved TPSU ExCos:
Terence – For your unbelievable support and faith in me. I will miss your funny antics during meetings, the Indian accent, the football forever attitude, etc. :p
Yiling – Your efficiency never fails me. For being the Devil’s Advocate in the committee. And your cute language will be sorely missed. “Morning… “ Haha.
Yuting – For being there with me every single step of the way, I can imagine the struggle to keep up (both literally and not) though. ☺
Sarah – The laughter fruit of the committee. Your ability to create cheers in a snap never crease to amaze me.
Yee Ping – For always believing in me. Your support and views are always treasured.
Glenda – Thank you for all the effort and walking with me to the end.
Wei Sheng – You are one of the most reliable people I have ever met. Once you agree to help me do some thing, it will be because you are confident of it. And you are also full of lobangs! Another Lobang King. ☺
Clifton – You always have your own set of logic that baffled everyone else. It is funny and irritating at times. But you are one of the most passionate about things in Union. Thank you for all the laughter you make at your own expanse. ☺
Jodin – Our wonderful chef and all useful handyman. Your all out attitude and perceptive views are most of the time the driving force for some ideas. And it is good to have you for BBQs and steamboats! ☺
Tat Ming – Thank you for being a big brother to everyone.
Yi Jia and Soon Poh – Although you guys could not finish this long road with us, I still like to thank you both for all the effort put in and remember nothing is impossible.

All subcomms: Derek, Farhan, Fong Yong, Shaz, Eric, Glenn, Tat Yi, Geraldine, Kimberly, Jacqueline, Hakim, Kay, Yi Wen, Elene, Xui Hui, Stefinity, Adrian, Joan, John, Ben Chow, Jessie Bessie, Jing Wen, Jean, Su Fong, Alex, Zi Xin, Helia, Su Ling, Ling Wei, and many more, thank you all everything you all had done for Union.

Everything was made possible because of every single one of you.

2) Presidents of various clubs, especially Bendy and Jonathan. You two had been my main pillars of support for the past AY. The support that had been given was tremendous. I could not have asked for more.

3) SAA
Raymond – I really learn a lot from you. Thank you for the opportunities and chances you had given to me. The frequent talks we had really help me to realign my objectives and goals. Although I must admit that you are a hard boss at times, but because of that, I got learn the necessary skills and gotten the right knowledge to handle things.
Lawrenz – Boss, thank you for being the great guy you are. Sorry for the uncountable times which I had been rash and narrow-minded. And you really save my skin for those times. Enjoy your time in NUS! Although I am sure you will. ☺
Kyle – We have a similar working style, which is why I enjoyed working with you. Thank you for giving me so many opportunities.
Uncle Sam – You really had been like an uncle to me. I always go to you for advice. And somehow, somewhat, it had always helped me. Thank you for the guidance. And although we did not win Stompaids but it was great working with you.
Catherine – Another person whom I will turn to for advice. Since my Production Crew days, you had been a source of support which I had came to rely on. Although you always left the decision to us (Eng Meng and me), the mere assurance from you always make me more at ease, no matter what the decision was. Thank you for all the help and guidance.
Fayanne – You always hang out with us. Those times were fun! I know sometimes we had our differences, and not knowing how, but we always work out fine in the end. ☺
Celine – Sorry for all the times which I had to trouble you! Realised everytime you received calls and emails from me, it was always something about borrowing this, loaning that, booking some facilities. :p You had been a great help to me! Things will not be as they are today without your help! Thank you!
Hwee Hoon – Although we did not work together very much, but I can see that you are a fantastic student development officer. CSC clinching the Constituent Club of the Year is the testimonial of your efforts. Too bad I could not go on the Laos trip with you. ☹
Khartini – You are always so cheery and smiley. Thank you for helping me so much, SEAL, applications, etc. You are no longer working in SAA, I hope you will find your next place of work as happening as TP!
Yuen Hui, Terence, Cynthia, Sheena, Bee Fong, Julia, Hon Cho, Sonny, Samantha, Ser Kian, Wilson, Anne, Pang Hock and not forgetting Auntie Dot – Although I may not had work with you all as much as I would like to, I am glad that I had known you all and thank you for all the help and guidance throughout my TP life!

Others:
Eng Meng – Bro! Thank you for all the fun and laughter that you had bring me, dreams and goals that we share, almost everything I have today is all from you, no matter directly or indirectly. Brothers forever!
Sylvia – You are always so cool. Girls are damm impressed by you and guys are in awe of you. Thanks for always being there for me!
Eve – Partner! You are always so super uber nice. And your mum rocks! ☺
Huan Yang – I can foresee that you will be a very successful business woman in the future. Thank you for being the superb girl that you are. And our late night chats rocks!
Sook – Thank you for being there every time I needed a bitching partner and a listening ear. Let’s work towards our goals and see where they lead us. ☺
Angel and Wei Qi – Although both of you always laugh at me, I am cool about it. We should meet up and celebrate birthdays together again!
Hui Leng – You always will not hesitate to offer a helping hand. It means a lot to me. :)
Pamela – Our Miss Korean. You are such a nice girl. Thanks for standing by me for both the Dinner & Dance we had gone through. Meet up soon yea?
Ivan – I am really glad to have known you. You do not know how much I had learned from you. The advices that you had given are like gold to me. Thank you for the guidance.
Dr. Lim – Thank you for believing in me and giving me the chance to run for Students’ Election. Without which I will not be what I am today.
Ah Guang, Andrew, Yao Ming, Alvin Ting, Ah Tan, Victor, and many others – Thank you for making my life in TP the best years of my life! :)

And if I had missed out anyone, please forgive me because it is 2am in the morning and I have a flight at 730am later. I am going China with my family. So, I will have hundreds of photos to upload to my Flickr when I am back! :p And there are a couple of things which I want to get. See if China got them! *winks

In the meantime, good night Singapore! Everyone, please take care, don’t be naughty and be nice! ☺

P.S. This is my 100th post! :p

June 21st, 2007

This post is long overdue. But my mood is kind of bad right now. Moody. :( Nah. Somethings just happened on the wrong date and wrong time and to me. Argh. Never mind. I am not making sense.


Anyway, back to topic. If some of you had been to my Flickr account, you would have gotten some recent happenings in my life. The TP CCA Awards 2007 had just concluded. This year there are over 400 winners for the various awards. Congratulations to all the award winners. As for me, I had been awarded the "Student Leader of the Year", a higher individual award. To me, to be awarded this title, it is a kind of recognition given by the school. But when my name was announced by the emcee, the cheers and applauses was the recognition given by my fellow peers. It really mean a lot to me. It shows that everything that I had done during my time in TP, or at least for the past AY, was known and recognised.

Still feeling very sour right now. And an emo song just came in. Sigh. :(

This award would not had been possible without everyone that had helped and/ guided me in one way or another (but for a lot of you all out there, it is always in many ways). I had been told that I had improved by a great leap as compared to the previous year, when I was the Vice-President. I must admit I also realised that I had grow in some ways, understand certain things better and view many things in a different way. I attribute all these to the people who are around me.

"You are who you are, because of the people around you."

List of people who I want to thank:

Be Right back to edit this post gonna do something.

June 1st, 2007

2am

Being the first post of the month, this ought to be a happy post. Sigh. But I do not know what had gotten to me. Was playing mahjong with kenneth, zhao zhi and xq but halfway though, got into a moody state. :( Thought about some things and read some blogs, feeling even more emo.

Went to watch Pirates. It was nice. Kind of like it. Just came back from Nicholas's grandfather's wake. Had a small catch up with Nic, Randy, Alfred and Jolene. Some happenings to update everyone!

"Becoming Royston"is going to be up on The Picturehouse @ The Cathay. Premiering on the 2nd August! http://www.thepicturehouse.com.sg/coming.html and more info can be found on the BR Production Blog! I really hope for everyone's support! If the box office can hit a certain percentage every week, it will be continue for the following week! It will really mean a lot to me for the film to go on for at least 3 weeks on screen!

Anyone interested in getting a brand new Nokia N95?! Go visit http://www.moblog.com.sg/sinema/ It is that easy!

And for those who are wondering about TP CCA Awards, I have gotten the "Student Leader of the Year". It came kind of unexpected as I am a Year 4 student. But I think it is also a kind of recognition that I receive from TP for all the work that I had done for my years in TP. I would like to thank everyone as I could not have gotten this if not for all the help and guidance given by everyone, even those outside TP along the way. And Congratulations to all the Awards recipients Damm! I am sure gonna miss this part of my life. :(

The new TPSU Executive Committee for AY 07/08 has been confirmed. I would like to wish everyone in this upcoming year, no matter in ExCo or in subcomm, a good year ahead. No matter what, just remember, "Do not give up, the world will still spin, even if you do."

There are lots of other things that I would like to post up, but nah. Gotta give it a break. Check out the links part! :p

Good Night Singapore! Gonna step up on foosball training tomorrow!

May 29th, 2007

1.45am

Morning everyone! Uploading pictures now. Today had the first Foosball DYP in TP. We had 12 players. Cool right? It was fun! Everyone had the chance to experience the tournament adreline rush. Everyone's feedback was to organise more DYPs! Farhan and Alvin Lim won the DYP. We got the points system and everything from the Forum. :p Everyone is training hard. All of us hope to get better and as least be on par with the rest of the Polys. :p

Sent Sylvia off at the Airport. She is going Sweden for a month for a study trip. So envious. The furtherest I had went was only 6 hours flight away. :( Hope I can get to see the world soon. :p

Good Night Singapore. Going to finish the uploading of the photos. My photos can be found on www.flickr.com/photos/alvinneowk :p

May 26th, 2007

1.45am
Today feeling kind of sad. Long story. Anyway a lot of things happened these past few days. Had my Graduation Ceremony on Wednesday. It was ok. Finally graduated. :p The TP Students'Elections' results are out just now. Something cool. Farid and Clement come down to give us a few tips on foosball. It was a eye-opener. And was fun! :P

Do not know what to post... Kind of tired. Good Night Singapore... :p

May 22th, 2007

Just received my enlistment letter less than 5 days ago. Sigh. July 13th. The notice came so late. I had everything planned. Start work, overseas trips, go for SSEAYP07. Sigh. I am thinking of deferrement. I am alright with going into army, to serve National Service. Kind of exciting even. Get to know more people. Move onto another phase of life. SSEAYP07 is like an once in a lifetime chance. :( Hmm. going to think about it. Maybe I could just send in a letter...

Good Night Singapore. Grand Prix Singapore is coming! :p