Sunday, July 27, 2008
It's a bright Sunday afternoon.. But it's like quite a moody Sunday..
Gonna set sail tmr afternoon and I won't be back till eve of national day and sailing off for Bali on National day itself. It;s like in total of 11 days of sailing but gonna be fun yet tiring? Will be involved with many nations participating in this exercise and it's an exposure heh.
Was attending a sports meet yesterday for the nations participating in this year's exercise. Witnessed many interesting things and one of them was how amazed was I when I saw how much the Japanese can eat at a BBQ. (Aussie style of BBQ is very much like buffet and there will be a chef cooking for ya, all you need to do is to take the already cooked food.) Their plates were filled with food a mountain high without seeing the surface of the plate? No joke but I thought I eat a lot, they eat more than me!
The weather here is pretty much the extreme for many Singaporeans. Like early in the morning the temp can be as low as 20 or 21 C but as hot as 27 or 28 C in the afternoon with the sun scorching hot! So the drastic temp changes can be quite bad to take on but skin got to be thick to 'tahan' haha!
Somehow beginning to fall in love with this place because of the many things I can't get in S'pore, I see them here.. Like seeing a whale on my way here, dolphins greeting you in the morning during sunrise, the nice sceneries around, the slow pace of life here and many other things! Most of all it's still the people around that's so friendly and all! Can't get enough of here really.
Anyway, it's the 4th week running for my overseas deployment. Still have about 24 days before gg back to s'pore.. Miss home, miss friends, miss the pals!
Looking forward to coming Bali R and R before home sweet home le..
I wonder how did the guys do for group duty, miss serving with the leaders!
Toodles everyone! =)
Gonna set sail tmr afternoon and I won't be back till eve of national day and sailing off for Bali on National day itself. It;s like in total of 11 days of sailing but gonna be fun yet tiring? Will be involved with many nations participating in this exercise and it's an exposure heh.
Was attending a sports meet yesterday for the nations participating in this year's exercise. Witnessed many interesting things and one of them was how amazed was I when I saw how much the Japanese can eat at a BBQ. (Aussie style of BBQ is very much like buffet and there will be a chef cooking for ya, all you need to do is to take the already cooked food.) Their plates were filled with food a mountain high without seeing the surface of the plate? No joke but I thought I eat a lot, they eat more than me!
The weather here is pretty much the extreme for many Singaporeans. Like early in the morning the temp can be as low as 20 or 21 C but as hot as 27 or 28 C in the afternoon with the sun scorching hot! So the drastic temp changes can be quite bad to take on but skin got to be thick to 'tahan' haha!
Somehow beginning to fall in love with this place because of the many things I can't get in S'pore, I see them here.. Like seeing a whale on my way here, dolphins greeting you in the morning during sunrise, the nice sceneries around, the slow pace of life here and many other things! Most of all it's still the people around that's so friendly and all! Can't get enough of here really.
Anyway, it's the 4th week running for my overseas deployment. Still have about 24 days before gg back to s'pore.. Miss home, miss friends, miss the pals!
Looking forward to coming Bali R and R before home sweet home le..
I wonder how did the guys do for group duty, miss serving with the leaders!
Toodles everyone! =)
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
thinking of what to blog now.. have myself ended up in the same internet cafe again.
just saw benny's bday video done by the cg back at s'pore. while watching i suddenly felt the warm presence of God and it reminded me of how loving these wonderful guys are, how they were there for each other, teasing and making fun too. But end of the day, it's the genuine love for each other that really touches my heart.
COme to think of it, that's one reason why I stayed on in the cell group, the love for each other. Pretty happy to be in this team/family and pretty blessed too.
How people like John, Vic, Xue would be there for me, John being sarcastic in his remarks but yet with good intentions of getting you around from bad habits, Vic's constamt encouragement plus affirmations and Xue being the spiritual buddy for me then.
Ahh, guessing I'm missing home now.. Miss the team, miss my ushers, miss the leaders in grp 3, miss doing log with Karen and the rest!! =)
just saw benny's bday video done by the cg back at s'pore. while watching i suddenly felt the warm presence of God and it reminded me of how loving these wonderful guys are, how they were there for each other, teasing and making fun too. But end of the day, it's the genuine love for each other that really touches my heart.
COme to think of it, that's one reason why I stayed on in the cell group, the love for each other. Pretty happy to be in this team/family and pretty blessed too.
How people like John, Vic, Xue would be there for me, John being sarcastic in his remarks but yet with good intentions of getting you around from bad habits, Vic's constamt encouragement plus affirmations and Xue being the spiritual buddy for me then.
Ahh, guessing I'm missing home now.. Miss the team, miss my ushers, miss the leaders in grp 3, miss doing log with Karen and the rest!! =)
Sunday, July 20, 2008
the 2 jokers! haha. At the night market.
that's me!!
big mouth... ooooo...
nice lights eh? but ex..
kane, des and dean. What's the watermelon for? guess!
Chinatown in Darwin. Nice sign eh?
Public transport in Darwin. Bus take ages to run and come..
Beautiful sunset part 1
Beautiful sunset part 2
Anyone missed this figure? The root beer rocks!
at a restuarant in Surabaya. Slacking as always. haha
The other group of slackers.. Oops!
Ulu streets of Surabaya. Chinatown aka 'Kya-Kya'
The most preferred cab, Blue bird! (charges are like 325rup every 300m?)
Full set of A & W. Man it tastes good...
hey hey i'm back again for some blogging...
just came back from night market.. Haha.. the night market here is pretty special. It's very much like a night bazaar with string of food stalls and streets of stalls selling handicraft etc. There are like hundreds of stalls and there's stuff to look around and makan. It's very much like our local 'pasaar malam' except that it's beside the beach. And it opens on Thursdays and Sundays. It's very much like the highlights of Darwin in the week.
A pretty good eye-opener really. Haha.. Didn't buy anything stuff there coz it's ex (haiz).
Anyway a continuation of the food from previous entry.. You can practically find all sorts of food here, from fast food to local food like pizzas to very asian food like curry to even very Singaporean 'ice kachang'!! Yummy..
The Mac's here doesn't have Fillet O'Fish or McChicken here as main meals but burgers like quarter pounder, double quarter pounder, triple cheese burgers after double cheese burgers. As mentioned, it's all beef associated and not much of others. One thing, the fast food here cost lesser than the other food here, and it's hard to find them around too.
I used to have the impression that the shops closes early because people here are very homely and all. Well, some are, and you would find other people hanging out in casinos, pubs, internet cafes or doing sports at night. And they don't work at home too. So work is strictly work, relaxation is total relaxation with no work involved.
The pace here is extremely slow as compared to Singapore and couldn't really get used to it initially. A good place for retirement in the future though.
Had been the casino here. Quite of boring here coz' by far I had only watched people playing the games, seeing how easy money was gained or lost on the tables. So far the worse I'd seen for one of my colleagues was 3K lost in 3 nights. Wonder what will the outcome be for him tonight. 3K is like a wow-figure to me. Sucky but oh wells..
Missing the people in Singapore and I just have this bad habit of looking at my watch, thinking what would I be doing if I were in Singapore at that point of time, like gg for UM duty etc etc etc... Miss the days..
Well back in Singapore will be things like Asia Conference and more to come like looking for a job, studies and really deciding for my future especially after this trip and ORD... More to come..
Well be uploading some pics that was taken during the trip now. tata!!
just came back from night market.. Haha.. the night market here is pretty special. It's very much like a night bazaar with string of food stalls and streets of stalls selling handicraft etc. There are like hundreds of stalls and there's stuff to look around and makan. It's very much like our local 'pasaar malam' except that it's beside the beach. And it opens on Thursdays and Sundays. It's very much like the highlights of Darwin in the week.
A pretty good eye-opener really. Haha.. Didn't buy anything stuff there coz it's ex (haiz).
Anyway a continuation of the food from previous entry.. You can practically find all sorts of food here, from fast food to local food like pizzas to very asian food like curry to even very Singaporean 'ice kachang'!! Yummy..
The Mac's here doesn't have Fillet O'Fish or McChicken here as main meals but burgers like quarter pounder, double quarter pounder, triple cheese burgers after double cheese burgers. As mentioned, it's all beef associated and not much of others. One thing, the fast food here cost lesser than the other food here, and it's hard to find them around too.
I used to have the impression that the shops closes early because people here are very homely and all. Well, some are, and you would find other people hanging out in casinos, pubs, internet cafes or doing sports at night. And they don't work at home too. So work is strictly work, relaxation is total relaxation with no work involved.
The pace here is extremely slow as compared to Singapore and couldn't really get used to it initially. A good place for retirement in the future though.
Had been the casino here. Quite of boring here coz' by far I had only watched people playing the games, seeing how easy money was gained or lost on the tables. So far the worse I'd seen for one of my colleagues was 3K lost in 3 nights. Wonder what will the outcome be for him tonight. 3K is like a wow-figure to me. Sucky but oh wells..
Missing the people in Singapore and I just have this bad habit of looking at my watch, thinking what would I be doing if I were in Singapore at that point of time, like gg for UM duty etc etc etc... Miss the days..
Well back in Singapore will be things like Asia Conference and more to come like looking for a job, studies and really deciding for my future especially after this trip and ORD... More to come..
Well be uploading some pics that was taken during the trip now. tata!!
Hey guys i'm back again!
Haha.. Kinda miss coming online and yea.. Now in the 3rd week running for my overseas deployment. mine's like one of the longest around as usual deployments last for 3 weeks or 1 mth max. Well, next stop after Aussie Darwin, Bali, more shopping!!!
Gonna go on crazy shopping once there and man, many things to buy as heard from many people. So people, hang in there for the gifts ya? Like so many gifts to buy la, JL's, Vic's, CG's, UM's, Logs.. Wah.. Anyway the shopping here in Aussie is ex, prices almost the same lest the currency exchange. Ha. The food here on average per meal is AUG $ 10 bucks. Even the drinks are like AUD $2.50 on average. Gonna go back and save money liao, coz spending too much here/ By far have spend almost a hundred on food alone. Can u believe it? Even things in Indon aren't so ex..
If you intend to come over to Aussie to holiday, it's a great place to shop around but you definitely need the money. Food here can cost a bomb!! =S
Well, gonna go now.. =) Blogging while I can. Hehe..
Haha.. Kinda miss coming online and yea.. Now in the 3rd week running for my overseas deployment. mine's like one of the longest around as usual deployments last for 3 weeks or 1 mth max. Well, next stop after Aussie Darwin, Bali, more shopping!!!
Gonna go on crazy shopping once there and man, many things to buy as heard from many people. So people, hang in there for the gifts ya? Like so many gifts to buy la, JL's, Vic's, CG's, UM's, Logs.. Wah.. Anyway the shopping here in Aussie is ex, prices almost the same lest the currency exchange. Ha. The food here on average per meal is AUG $ 10 bucks. Even the drinks are like AUD $2.50 on average. Gonna go back and save money liao, coz spending too much here/ By far have spend almost a hundred on food alone. Can u believe it? Even things in Indon aren't so ex..
If you intend to come over to Aussie to holiday, it's a great place to shop around but you definitely need the money. Food here can cost a bomb!! =S
Well, gonna go now.. =) Blogging while I can. Hehe..
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Hi guys, currently at darwion right now. managed to find some time to blog. Haha.. things had been great in new places. people here friendly and eveerything.. can't wait to be home though..
Been missing home already though i'm making new friends here too. Anyway it's 4 more weeks to go before I'm at home and 7 weeks before ORD! Can't wait for many things to happen when I go back home.
Meanwhile over here for me there's more shore leave at Darwin, coming major multilateral exercise of 11 days (oh gosh!) before Bali (more shopping!!!!) and back home..
There are many things going on right now and I think I only have this week to do some blogging in a internet cafe (without internet is like dead life here) before the next time I blog is in Singapore.
Well, no pictures to show since I didn't bring any camera. Haha.. Hope everyone's doing well back in Singapore and till the next update, toodles!! =)
Been missing home already though i'm making new friends here too. Anyway it's 4 more weeks to go before I'm at home and 7 weeks before ORD! Can't wait for many things to happen when I go back home.
Meanwhile over here for me there's more shore leave at Darwin, coming major multilateral exercise of 11 days (oh gosh!) before Bali (more shopping!!!!) and back home..
There are many things going on right now and I think I only have this week to do some blogging in a internet cafe (without internet is like dead life here) before the next time I blog is in Singapore.
Well, no pictures to show since I didn't bring any camera. Haha.. Hope everyone's doing well back in Singapore and till the next update, toodles!! =)
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Hohoho... Sorry guys. Can't deliver the promise of updating whatever happened for the last month due to shortage of time. Think now what I could remember was outing was the guys to celebrate my b'day esp fm UM, Adrian's wedding (need to get photos fm Ray man) and yeap.
Anyway, i'll be gone in 8 hrs but I'll still be contactable. As long as there is land and reception you can drop me SMS (cheaper that way) or call if emergency. Otherwise can email me and I'll check once I have the oppurtunity to do so.
So as said, I'll update whenever I can and will be back on 18 Aug! Do pray for me k? =)
Adios and God bless! Will miss you guys! =S
Anyway, i'll be gone in 8 hrs but I'll still be contactable. As long as there is land and reception you can drop me SMS (cheaper that way) or call if emergency. Otherwise can email me and I'll check once I have the oppurtunity to do so.
So as said, I'll update whenever I can and will be back on 18 Aug! Do pray for me k? =)
Adios and God bless! Will miss you guys! =S
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