2008

If you want to know more about me in 2008...

(most of the information are referring from the old blog)

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Haha!! Something caught my attention in the first post of 2008...

"2008 = Decisions Making Year"

After going through this whole year, I realised it was so true... Never a year in my life that I have to make so many important decisions, 2008 is the one...

The first quarter of the year was mainly on working... I was working as a telemarketer in a company near KLCC... It was not my first job actually... Anyway, it's my first long-term part time job... The interview wasn't that hard, the only thing that shocked me were the Astro posters at their entrance... And yes, eventually we're assigned to the Astro On Demand (AOD) project... Oh "we"? Haha yea, Jian Shen was together with me... =P

Telemarketer, hmm...

• Workplace: Comfortable, one station one people... everyday make coffee... =D


• Projects: AOD & Guinness (conducting surveys)


• Salary: Not bad for me, considering myself at this age & as a part-timer


• Colleagues: Friendly? Haha... All the marketing & talkative people!

Anyway, I managed to know a lot new friend from there... Being humble was the key I guess? I was one of the youngest there, 17 years old only that time... Eventually I found the job was quite suitable for me, as I can really talk a lot if I want to!

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After I stopped my work I was busy organising the Boot Camp for the recruits of 2008... Learnt a  lot from that experience, since it was my first time being the camp commandant! It turned up to be OK I guess... It should be part of the retention, but eventually some boys left after the camp, claimed that "BB is too tough" after going through the camp... =.="

It was Award's Day then... but once again I'd missed the chance to wear a red sash... =/

Perhaps that was the only chance left

KL State Drill Competition was one of greatest experiences I had in BB... No doubt the result turned up was rather bad, but I guess it was a once in a lifetime experience. I actually made a blog post about it after the drill competition... Anyway, let it be a great lesson for me in life...

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Hmm, I guess I've left out something... This year is my 18th birthday! Anyway, it was really a dull one... I had my birthday "celebration" at work! =.=" 

Err, don't know what to say for my birthday already, nothing much, haha!! Just hope that 2009's birthday will not be that dull... =P

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And 18years old, is the age that many people started to drive, and so do I! After going through the KPP that I fell asleep, the "ngam ngam" pass undang test, the not really informative undang talk, I went for the driving test...

Passed all in one shot! =D Officially "Fast & Furious" driver on the road now!

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Not forgetting about studies... SPM result was out, 6A's... =/

I was looking to enrol a college then... Was considering between Foundation for Business or A-Level... I could not make up my mind whether to get into Business degree or not yet, so I chose A-Level as Pre-U studies. An important decision here was made, I chose Arts!! Yeah, I've gave up sciences, since I've decided not going into science-related career in future...

And as you know, I've got into TARC... It was rather cheap, and offering Cambridge A-Level. Fortunately I met a group of great new friends here!

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Don't worry, this post is not going to get longer, because...

... there was not so much of special events after that... First half of the year seems to be much more interesting... After entering college in the second half of the year, most of the things got into order already... My life was only like:

• Weekdays: College, homework, tests, classmates..
  
• Weekends: BB, family, BB, family...

and repeat.

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And here I am for holidays now... Nothing much also, just got to involve in BB more (camps, recruitment)... And of course, managed to watch more football, rest, and  hanging out with friends...

On the last day of 2008, I'll spend my night at Choon Meng's house together with some close friends! Looking forward to the party  & 2009!

Merry Christmas!

How's your Christmas?


I remember last year I had my Christmas Eve with my family and relatives, first time!! Yea, it's because most of my relatives do not celebrate Christmas... Last year was really a special one, that's why I pushed away all the invitations from friends...

As for this year, I am with friends again... =) I went to Addi's church in Puchong... His church was having a Christmas Party...

Addi was performing for a musical... ^^

Candle lights

Overall it was good... Long time I've not met Addi already, felt a bit awkward and don't know what to say when I saw him that day, haha!! Anyway, hope to see him more often in future...

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After the musical ends, Kar Hoe and I left... We actually wanted to go to PJ to find Kar Hoe's college friends to yamcha... I thought that he knew the road in the beginning... We were listening to songs and chatting happily in the car... After that he told me that he actually not sure how to go PJ from there, haha!! Then we ended up somewhere we didn't know and the worst thing is there's no sign board!!

It was not really jam that night, just that there're many cars...

Once we got back to the highways, we realised we're in Serdang... =.=" Anyway, Kar Hoe took the Sungai Besi road to get out and we eventually reached PJ/SS2, though we're abit late at that time... And I met his college friends... @.@

I've heard about them from Kar Hoe before, the words that Kar Hoe used to described them were "chisin" and "sot"... =.=" And eventually I couldn't stop laughing once I met them, haha!! To me, they're not crazy, I felt they're so REAL!! Their acts left me a question: Why so serious?

The environment there was quite good, as there're people singing and playing guitar... We had our countdown there...

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As for the actual Christmas Day, I spent my morning at home...

It was our annual clean-up!! Erm, I didn't attend the church service as my family chose that day to clean up the house... =/ As my dad is getting older, I'll really have to take up the climbing job from him... My dad said that I liked to climb when I was young, so this time round I'm finally "approved" to climb up so high... =P We spent our evening and night at Sogo shopping...

That's my simple celebration for Christmas this year... =)

Get To Know Yourself Better

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.


The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You are a true romantic. When you are in love, you will do anything and everything to keep your love true.


Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.


The seriousness of your love:

Your have very sensible tactics when approaching the opposite sex. In many ways people find your straightforwardness attractive, so you will find yourself with plenty of dates.


Your views on education:

Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.


The right job for you:

You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.


How do you view success:

You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous.


What are you most afraid of:

You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.


Who is your true self:

You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

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I find these really quite true, that's why I posted it out... =D

Words like "straightforward", "listen to both sides", "afraid of failure" truly are the words in my heart!! I was really stunned when I saw the evaluations about myself... @.@ I was like: HOW DO YOU KNOW IT? THAT'S ME!!

Thanks Kar Heng, it is because I found this in his blog...

Try it out yourself, haha!!

http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

Praise Me!!

I've made these!! =D

Discovery

Imagine Christmas morning without wrapping paper! The joy would be short-lived, for much of the excitement is the anticipation of finding out what's in the package.

Apparently God created us with a "normal" setting that causes us to enjoy the process of discovery, because finding something is often more exciting than having it. That is, after all, why we wrap presents.

Many passages in Scripture allude to this concept. In Proverbs we read of wisdom: "Those who seek me diligently will find me" (8:17). And the prophet Jeremiah wrote of the Lord: "You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart" (29:13).

God could have revealed all truth to all people at the very beginning of time, but He chose to reveal Himself gradually (1 Cor. 2:7-8). Perhaps that's because we value things more when we have to search and wait for them.

God is not playing a cruel game of hide-and-seek. He is allowing us to enjoy the process of discovering who He is and what He is up to in the universe.

So don't be discouraged over what you don't know about God. Be excited about unwrapping all there is yet to discover.

God's gift of Himself to us is a present we will always be unwrapping.

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It's not written by me obviously, it's picked up from "Our Daily Bread"... I read this for my quiet time yesterday, just wanted to share it with you guys... =)

神木与瞳 签唱会，我到了！

哈哈！太开心了，我终于看到黄美珍真人。=D

自从被她在“超级星光大道”的歌声打动后，就一直注意她至今。总觉得她的歌声很有渗透力，听她唱歌容易觉得感动。娇滴滴的她，嗓子居然有如此的爆发力。

多谢我的旧同事Emily替我找到票根，要不然我可能就得挤在人群中，提高脚来看了。

在找不到同伴的情况之下，我独自一人到了金河广场。=.="

我抵达时已经是大约两点半了（迟到），幸亏神木与瞳还没出现。我立即寻找Emily的朋友跟他讨取票根。

“只是你一个人来吗？”

“是！”

“噢，我还以为你有朋友来。全部拿去吧！”

结果我有这么多张在手中。=.="

现场播着多首神木与瞳的歌曲，我看到现场许多人在跟着唱。神木与瞳在这么短时间内就拥有了这么多粉丝，不错，不错！

他们终于出现了！先是以评判的身份出现。。。

。。。为歌迷的情歌对唱打分。

人潮汹涌！

文康的造型总是奇怪的。=.="

他们的“武装的蔷薇”真的可以飙到六楼去，把气氛炒得好high。

美珍！

与歌迷/参赛者合唱。

好幸运的歌迷！

为了不错过每一秒可看到美珍的时间，我只录了一小段，不好意思。=P

“瞳学”为“美珍校长”提前庆祝生日（提前了一个月多）=.=

离开前。。。

“希望你们继续支持神木与瞳！”

我发现，许多人都是独自到场支持他们，其实我也是第一次会做这种事。不过想到金河离学校那么近，就去看看我的偶像真人啦！

回到家，不断地在听他们的歌，觉得越听越好听。不错不错。

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In case you don't know, the songs in my blog are sang by them =D

Bros Outing

Went out with my bros- Jian Shen & Kar Hoe...

Kar Hoe has just started his holiday, and drove us around... Going out with a big gang is definitely fun but sometimes I realise going out with only few close friends can be great too!!

Yesterday was supposed to watch movie + sing K... However, we realised we got not enough time for both, and we sacrificed "K"... Went for "Transporter 3", then disturb the form5s at bowling center, then arcade... @.@

We realised we've got all the memberships... =.="

Christmas tree @TS

Slightly different angle, different effect...

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Cactus I saw on the way to our Company Camp @Brinchang, Cameron

Company Camp @Brinchang, Cameron Highlands

Am back!! =D I survived, muahaha...

Haha!! Not that bad actually, not until the extent that I'll need to use the word "survive"... =) Overall, I think we're only suffering from the insufficient sleep + the FREEZING COLD weather... Like most of the boys say, this is nothing compared to the previous one at Lata Yuk...

My 3rd time for outdoor camp!! Experienced? Not really, compared to people like Mr. Tham still long way to go... I'm still kinda "cityboy" actually, haha!!

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Come, let me start from the beginning...

Due to the early departure in the Friday morning, we stayed overnight in YC at the night before... The moment I entered YC, many people looked at me and said "wah"... Of course I asked, "why?"... Later on only I realised they actually saw me carrying very little stuff...

Through my experience, I think these are enough for a 4days 3 nights outdoor camp... =P

Anyway, I saw quite a lot of first timers for outdoor camp this time round, maybe later on they'll understand why I bring so little stuff, hehe... That night, we had our group discussions and also our last check up for equipments... Most of us slept in YC for countless times, but eventually that night we hardly got into sleep...

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Day1:

We got into bus early in the morning...

Isaac brought bananas for his group, haha!!

My group leader- Xian Lum, just came back from SPM... *Ahem* Will this actually help to keep the vege fresh? Xp

Yeah, most of us even have insufficient sleep in the first night at YC... Therefore, we took the time in the bus to sleep and rest... We had our breakfast in the bus... The journey took us for around 5 hours, and we reached Brinchang finally!!

The entrance of our campsite...

Of course, the first thing we did was setting up the tent... And this is my group's!! =)

Captain briefed us...

Our dinner for the first night!! Cool?

Worship + Sharing... Before leaving to the night trekking!!

Ok stop for awhile... =P In fact it was the first trekking in my life!! It was a night trek to Parit Falls... What can I say about night trekking? Hmm... It was cooling, it was fun, it was about TEAMWORK!!

Yeah, since it is at night, we could not see the surrounding clearly with just one torch light in our hand... Therefore, what we did was kept on passing the messages from the front/the ranger to the back, and sometimes passing the message to the front to ask everyone to pause awhile, for the people at the back to catch up... If you're not sure, we're actually moving in a single file... =)

And not forgetting, the thing that we kept on trying to avoid... The MUD, a.k.a. "Bluek"... Haha!!

The "Pit Stop" in between...

Taw Wei asked me to take a picture of his WHITE Pallas shoes... =.="
(The consequence of stepping on the mud)

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Day2:

Breakfast- Pasta... *I guess we both are really good in acting/posing... Xp

According to the timetable, we're supposed to trek in the morning... Sadly, the ranger FFK us and we're informed that we're not going to trek on that day... Therefore, we swapped our activities on day2 with activities on day3, which consists of more free time... And I actually took some time to walk around and take some pictures of the campsite... =)

These are officers' + parents' tents... 2 of our groups had also set up their tents there... *Another 2 groups' tents were set up another side (my group was one of them)

Officers' kitchen...

The BB flag!! We hoisted it up after we've completed our night trek successfully... =D

The place where we washed dishes and legs... *Not at the same time la of course...

The stream...

Group4's kitchen I think... So pack eh, wonder they were longing to cook or longing for the food, haha!!

Madam Wendy was guiding them at the side... This actually caused the following question & answer to appear...

"So next time you know what to bring for camp?"

"Madam Wendy!!" XD

My group's leader & chef were doing food check... =P

Hey, don't think I didn't contribute anything for my group... I was the main person who did the camp craft... =) Anyway, I still haven't get the picture of my group's banner, will show you guys later, hehe...

And there was a time the officers called us...

... and thought us how to prepare mud chicken!! XD

At the same time, Mr. Tham thought us how to build up BIG fire... @.@

Another view of the stream...

My group's kitchen... On fire? Haha!!

I saw this in the kitchen...

... and I modified it!! =D

Nicholas, 12 years old... Conroy's cousin... He is small in size, and cute, haha!!

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Day3:

We went to trek, without the rangers...

Guess what my officers did? They just looked through the map, carry their bags and led the whole company to trek in the jungle... This is the reason that I salute them sincerely from my heart, with them I'm so confident that I'm not going to get lost in the jungle... =)

This time round to Gunung Berumbun...

Bloated bun, haha!!

And we eventually reached the TOP of the mountain!!

Gunung Berumbun, we conquered!! I think it's the highest part of Cameron Highlands... Correct me if I'm wrong... =)

Going up is tiring, going down is SLIDING, haha!!

A place where we stopped by...

Come on we're reaching the flat ground!!

(When I looked up)

YEAH!! I did it!! My turn watching the others coming down, muahaha~

(When I looked down)

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It was raining on day2 & day3... Before the trekking, Madam Wendy told us there's landslide in Ampang which ruined many houses... Most of us were like: =O Anyway, the place we camped and trekked were quite safe, so I didn't worry much about it...

However, the mud is the thing that caused us troubles, and fun actually... ^^ During the trek, I was behind Jacob and in front of Thomas... Eventually many laughters turned up within us, since Jacob kept on stepping on mud (which helped us to know where the mud locates Xp), and Thomas kept on sliding!! He said his shoe has no friction, roar!!

I, being the one walking in front of Thomas, was slid down by him for 4 or 5 times... =.=" This is really funny, just imagine my situation... I was walking half way through the mud, going to reach the dry spot (which is not slippery)... Suddenly he slid me from the back!! And both of us fell on mud... How innocent!! HAHAHA...

Sorry, I'm actually laughing while typing the paragraph just now... The funniest one will be the one that I was opening up my legs, and he slid in between my legs!! Luckily he got to hold my waist, and I was holding the plants and the side... If not... I guess he'll slide through and hit Jacob and the people at the front, haha!!

Ok, let's come back to the photos... It was night presentation then...

Every group performed one cheer, one song and one sketch...

Boys were relaxing and enjoying the shows...

Parents and children were watching also...

Officers were evaluating...

It was sharing time then...

And something horrible happened that night!!

Officers bathed some boys in the midnight!! Haha!! Too bad I missed the show, don't know how would it be like, that the boys who were bathed with the ice-cold water cannot shout, haha!!

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Day4:

It was the last day then...

We packed up and were breaking our tents... And before we left, we had the prize giving ceremony... After rounds of voting, we got the winners for "Most Caring Member", "Most Hardworking Member", "Best Camper 16years old & above", and "Best Camper 15years old & below"...

Eventually I turned up to be the "Most Hardworking Member" =.=" I really didn't expect it... Among so many camps that I've attended, this is the camp which I think I worked the least, and yet I got the award... =.=" Anyway, the boys really "give face", thank you, haha!!

And there comes the 2 awards which I really concerned about... The "Best Performance Group", which referring to the presentations at the night before, and the "Best Group" award... *Ahem* Of course, my group turned up to be the "Best Performance Group"... ^^

Let me end this post with this photo...

Can you imagine my group was actually sleeping on this for 3 nights? *With a ground sheet on it of course, haha!!