March 09

I had a lot of things to do in march.. looking back at the schedule it seems a busy month for me..

Finally TAG is out in march.. one month later than expected.. but still out.. now for the next issue.. still behind schedule..

NIE application.. somehow the application is not going so well.. haven’t heard from them.. so I made another application.. still waiting.. shall see how..

Cards.. I was comtemplating whether to sign up for a credit card.. in the end decided that it was not appropriate and wait till I am stable financially..

Another reason is cause of insurance coverage.. it would be cheaper to get before my birthday than after for the same type of coverage.. thought abt it and decided to take up some.. less $$ to spend now..

Hard disk.. finally got a replacement.. feel safer now.. however.. I’m still waiting on someone to check the status of the previous HDD.. nearly $200 wasted.. sad..

Prawning.. 2 prawns for 2 hours.. kinda sad.. but had fun at least.. think this could be a hobby in future.. after I get a car.. the place is super far in.. punggol.. and it rained.. heavily.. and we were next to the sea.. demoralizing the people like chloe manage to catch like 3 in 10 mins.. I was very tempted to grab one prawn when it was on the surface.. maybe I should have done so.. anyway the first prawn I caught.. I think I strangled it to death.. it wasn’t moving after I put it into the net.. another weekend perhaps to do better..

After that was the dreaded IPPT.. went to maju camp after work.. and I was waiting for some sort of normal briefing.. so I did warm ups instead.. after awhile it felt weird and so I did pull-ups first.. well cause if I fail that then I wont bother to push for the rest of the stations.. the electronic board stopped at 4 when I did 5.. panicking.. I did enough to get 6 on the board.. the last being a last ditch attempt to touch the bar.. phew.. anyway after amending the score.. I had 7 pull-ups.. previously I managed to do 5.. cool.. so after completing all the stations I check if I could get an incentive pass.. and realized I had to run 11.40 to get the $100.. so to get the 1 more point.. I queued up for the SBJ for half an hour.. just to jump 1 more cm to get 3 points.. then 2.4km run required 12.20.. to cut it short.. I run 12.00 and wondered y I had to run so fast for.. yup.. passed and got the “free” money.. also I just received a sms saying well done u cleared ur ippt.. zzz.. like who cares abt that from mindef.. my next window is open.. that same evening simon happened to have a nights out and got to meet up with him for supper.. before I had my dinner.. what a pleasant surprise.. one resolution down.. many more to go..

I also renewed my SAFRA card.. which means I’m going swimming at Mt
Faber every wed.. starting from.. soon.. not sure abt going sentosa thou.. would like to go every fortnight.. plus running.. yet to check if I can use the gym from my company.. 6 packs by dec? hopefully.. first to rid of the big bulk..

Went down to bbdc to get my PDL license.. was such a long wait.. and best part was when I took the eyesight test.. I did not see the score board and was anyhow whacking the direction the letter was.. and the retard did not direct me to the board as well.. I noticed that many others did not notice the score board as well.. then there was this china guy who was making a big fuss on things.. some license conversion thingy.. everyone was listening to him repeat the same line over and over again.. I also had my first driving lesson.. and I though I was quite slow.. looking around some others were already moving front and back while my instructor was introducing me the parts of the car.. he even commented my theory was advance.. I asked abt the biting point when he did not introduce the clutch yet.. finally I got to drive around the circuit and was quite fun.. thou I kept forgetting some stuff.. like the hand-over-hand steering.. I kept using one hand.. and I kept accelerating very hard.. nice instructor.. and I noticed that I didn’t really hear what he was trying to say to me.. did right turns and shifting to second gear.. lets see how fun the next lesson will be.. now to book the lessons.. lolx.. so far I only book 3 lessons in june..

Didn’t really have a great birthday itself but enjoyed the whole weekend.. had dinner with family.. supper with friends.. visited my grandma.. got to meet kikapu.. which I keep calling pikachu for some reason.. spend the whole day with her and other crusade friends.. relaxing day.. then got to go the Bristro bar.. nice place rite?? Think it’s a good place to relax and slack.. might be a new hangout since we can jam there from 3pm onwards.. can u believe that andrew did not know how to use the keyboards there?? 3 keyboards and a messy mixer.. YS: too bad u didn’t go.. another time ya.. and thanks for the green shirt and the cactus as well..

Jacky chan was at vivo on Monday.. thou I wasn’t that interested.. he was using a SLR cam to take pictures of the audience.. seemed like he was enjoying himself..

That’s abt it for march 09.. hectic month.. and the upcoming months will be like this.. call it a life?? Up to u.. but things sure are better than in 08.. ..

Now to plan for some short holidays..