I went to meet the best financial planner in the world today. I hurrayed the moment i got into the bus; for a good 12min or so i was spared from the sizzling ambient heat of the summer( hmmm i thought there's no seasons in singapore ). At that juncture i suddenly realised that the world's getting so much hotter these days. I never recount days of complaining about the searing temperature nor feel sick about sweating my guts out; Well i did grumbled back then, but certainly its not as bad as now... After settling some financial planning updates and reviewing more policies from the best financial planner, i headed home in the same fashion
Something is different this time round ; seeing the familiar stretch from Causeway point to my parents' place going by.. all these seem to hit a raw nerve in me. I havent been moving around the woodlands estate as much as i used to when i was on my skates in late 06
Those days were simply marvelous. I was so crazy into freestyle slalom that i initiated meet ups with fellow freestyle skaters( many of them are now doing it competitively ), filling every corner of our neighbourhood with laughter, exchanging pointers and stories that one would tell in a campfire. I played slalom so frequently i realised that i was getting better and better. To add on to that, people were eagerly learning tricks from me... Well it feels very good to be so involved into the sport...
... Until now. I hold a full time job, having an estate legally under my name ( erm, its actually a long term borrowing from HDB to be frank ) and happily married to a gal i so fondly love since the days in 1999. Life now is really a challenge, having to fight with the dusts at home, doing laundry,cleaning up the toilet, trying to cook dinner ( i think i'm getting into the hang of preparing meals for myself )and clearing up the dishes in the kitchen sink. Everytime i finished a particular household chore,I would kowtowed to my mum from the bottom of my heart, having to endure what i am going through now, six fold( my dad, my 3 brothers, my sister and me).
It is no longer easy to say that i am balancing it well. Maybe i havent been able to do it at all.. I had minor taskings awaiting for me to accomplish, many of them are house related....
In the midst of procrastination this evening, i rushed out for a quick slalom session after preparing fish and chips for my wife ( its Friday so no meat related food for meals!). I must say that i could no longer train( i would like to think of it as training, as you would know why soon )as hard as i did last time. Today's slalom session was barely an hour and a quarter maybe. As i tried to maneuver around the cones, those nostalgic moments at Blk 711 hardcourt from 6pm to 10pm overwhelmed me...There were times after my ATC trainee days when i headed there with my skates to look for some personal space of my own. Not only did i gain solitude, i managed to keep in mind the moves i want to learn so as to build up my trick ability profile. More tricks means more fun, and more tricks will last you longer into the sport...
Today was a very cold start... It made me realise that the past few months of slalom sessions were random and aimless; I was there for the sake of being there. No doubt that i was slaloming with pros from the team, i could no longer connect to the transitions and had difficulty performing stunts i once thought was bread and butter.
I left the court feeling this sense of austerity. As i wheezed through the veins of the neighborhood, penetrating void decks and doing tight corners around concrete bends, this particular song from The Carpenters filled my head.
Its Yesterday Once More
4/14/09
A tiring stretch
Past few days of my work life was tiring. It was almost a 6-day stretch of waking up early( and clocking around 6 hours of sleep everyday ). I used to be able to take such kind of life but of late i guessed i hadnt been working out my body. I am a staunch believer of a balanced work-and-play person. If i realised i hadnt been skating/running/climbing for sometime, my mind would automatically switch into a lethargic mode.
In the midst of all these tiring days, i made some small achievements. Got 2 bedside tables from ikea and had some advancement in preparing dinner( KUDOS to my wife who was patient enough to tolerate my ignorance in preparing meals ). Simple achievements of an easily contented person.
This morning i put on my asics kayano 15 and went running. Wasnt glad to see a lapse of one min( didnt run for a week i think ) as compared to my best timings clocked from a 4 round jog in my neighbourhood. I wanted so much to crouch onto the floor upon reaching my finishing point but my ego kept me standing. My whole body was punishing me hard today- A result of not keeping up to my runnig schedule..
But who cares, wearing the new shoe certainly adds to the kicks!
Shall be running again on friday morning. This time i must at least maintain today's timing; most importantly i must be able to maintain this timing with ease as compared to today.
Will be heading down to wan's wedding ceremony this sat noon . That means i had to change my sat noon duties into a morning one; End result - Have to report for work on friday noon, coming back at 1150pm or so, sleep for 6hours and then head out to work on sat.
Another tiring stretch to come!!!!!
In the midst of all these tiring days, i made some small achievements. Got 2 bedside tables from ikea and had some advancement in preparing dinner( KUDOS to my wife who was patient enough to tolerate my ignorance in preparing meals ). Simple achievements of an easily contented person.
This morning i put on my asics kayano 15 and went running. Wasnt glad to see a lapse of one min( didnt run for a week i think ) as compared to my best timings clocked from a 4 round jog in my neighbourhood. I wanted so much to crouch onto the floor upon reaching my finishing point but my ego kept me standing. My whole body was punishing me hard today- A result of not keeping up to my runnig schedule..
But who cares, wearing the new shoe certainly adds to the kicks!
Shall be running again on friday morning. This time i must at least maintain today's timing; most importantly i must be able to maintain this timing with ease as compared to today.
Will be heading down to wan's wedding ceremony this sat noon . That means i had to change my sat noon duties into a morning one; End result - Have to report for work on friday noon, coming back at 1150pm or so, sleep for 6hours and then head out to work on sat.
Another tiring stretch to come!!!!!
4/1/09
sick at home
I was able to write the previous blog entry because i was sick stricken at home, down with throat infection. It left me shivering with cold under the effects of high fever 2 nights back. Thank goodness my temperature subsided and i head down to attend army seminar yesterday.
I planned for a run this morning, thinking that i could have recovered 90% from my ailment 3 days back. Last night i felt this coughy sensation down my throat; It was then i realized that my throat problems have evolved from a sore one to a coughy one. I started lying on the bed before 1130pm, and i last remembered the hand phone clock showing 1215am. I was tossing around the bed, clearing my throat from the irritations within for almost 1/2 an hour before i finally turned in.....
This morning 's feel was anything but fantastic. I wasn't tired but somewhat the cough made me want to sink deeper into slumber.... I no longer felt that i was on form to run( damn i had postpone my running plans for almost 5 days or maybe longer...)
One and a half weeks ago, grizzly bear asked if i wanted to get new running shoes( he must have seen my worn-and-torn asics GT shoe during the christmas makan last year )... He boasted about asics new kayano 15 shoe . Told me that he could get it at a hefty discount.
I've tried that shoe, and now awaiting it to arrive. Cant wait to put it on so that i can have proper training for my IPPT and stand chart marathon 2009!!!!
I planned for a run this morning, thinking that i could have recovered 90% from my ailment 3 days back. Last night i felt this coughy sensation down my throat; It was then i realized that my throat problems have evolved from a sore one to a coughy one. I started lying on the bed before 1130pm, and i last remembered the hand phone clock showing 1215am. I was tossing around the bed, clearing my throat from the irritations within for almost 1/2 an hour before i finally turned in.....
This morning 's feel was anything but fantastic. I wasn't tired but somewhat the cough made me want to sink deeper into slumber.... I no longer felt that i was on form to run( damn i had postpone my running plans for almost 5 days or maybe longer...)
One and a half weeks ago, grizzly bear asked if i wanted to get new running shoes( he must have seen my worn-and-torn asics GT shoe during the christmas makan last year )... He boasted about asics new kayano 15 shoe . Told me that he could get it at a hefty discount.
I've tried that shoe, and now awaiting it to arrive. Cant wait to put it on so that i can have proper training for my IPPT and stand chart marathon 2009!!!!
3/30/09
Happy birthday Siang Ping
This month has been a real pleasant one... received alot of wellwishes during my birthday, on sms and on facebook. Never has such kind of greetings been so important, especially after my married life..
Looking back a year ago, my birthday wish/ resolution was met : A house, a stable career and a wonderful wife!
Baby plans wont hit our TO-DO list for the year 2009. It's already filled with our honey moon trip in mid may. The month of February was spent on securing air ticket for Paris. From now till May, its all about reading up for our honey moon trip. The plan is to hit Paris and roam the streets for 3 days, travel via rail eastwards to bern( capital of switzerland), spend about 6 days in total in central switzerland, thereafter crossing the borders via rail again to milan(italy). The last 6 days will be spent touring iconic places, including venice, florence and finally rome. I cant wait to utilise my newly acquired 18mm-200mm Canon EF lenses( courtesy of my wife hee hee ) and snap down all the iconic places of interest!!!!!
We were also quite busy with car hunting early this month. From the day i started training for my ATC job in Changi village( surviving on peanut pay as a trainee ), i vowed to get my hands on my OWN CAR the moment i receive my lump sum payment from passing the ATC assessment checks. Travelling to changi village via public transport has an impact on my every day life. Lost quite alot of quality sleep time. If you have no idea what i'm talking, see THIS
Hence, my wife and i spent some time checking out cars. The car budgeting was planned in such a manner that we could still afford a car, and YET enjoy our current life dining out and enjoy shopping / go for holidays and such..
1. My ideal car at present was actually a small SUV. Small=less expensive and SUV= sporty and young. That's my initial demands in a car. Then i realised how impractical it would be after sitting in a terios / rush. The interior wasnt roomy as compared to my dad's nissan latio
2. We straightaway thought of jazz/ fit. It has impressive roomy interiors for a 1.3L, complimented with soothing features on the dashboard and boasts a modern exterior for any hatchback in the market. The response on the brakes and accelerator was much better compared to my dad's nissan latio. The only factor ( both my wife and i debated over this for awhile ) was the cost. Super steep for a 1.3L hatch back.
3. So we lowered our expectations and went to check out vios. I must say that this is a car that's quite value for money. But during test driving i notice the rev to be quite noisy and frankly, the cabin spacing was anything but impressive. All along since the day i saw vios running on the road, i thought the exterior was quite unsightly.
Then, my dear friend Xiao Ming smsed me one fine day to try out this car from Kia. I had no idea about the profile of this car he was mentioning. I was surprised that he actually bought it ON THE VERY DAY HE TEST DROVE it ( i supposed it was his only test drive). 3 weeks later, another friend Patrix told me that he bought the car also ( he followed xiao ming to test drive it ).
This got me curious, and i read up about this car. Went test driving twice on it and finally settled on sliver kia cerato forte 1.6SX .
There are a thousand and one things i wanna achieve right now. I promised my wife to take her on a crash course on SINGAPORE HIGHWAY code( she passed in late 2004 but she seldom drove ). Cant wait for May to come so that i can fufil and materialise my honeymoon plans. I am also waiting for my car to arrive in late june ( had to wait due to overwhelming responses ).
Thank you folks for your well wishes...i will continue to live my life to the fullest!!!!
Looking back a year ago, my birthday wish/ resolution was met : A house, a stable career and a wonderful wife!
Baby plans wont hit our TO-DO list for the year 2009. It's already filled with our honey moon trip in mid may. The month of February was spent on securing air ticket for Paris. From now till May, its all about reading up for our honey moon trip. The plan is to hit Paris and roam the streets for 3 days, travel via rail eastwards to bern( capital of switzerland), spend about 6 days in total in central switzerland, thereafter crossing the borders via rail again to milan(italy). The last 6 days will be spent touring iconic places, including venice, florence and finally rome. I cant wait to utilise my newly acquired 18mm-200mm Canon EF lenses( courtesy of my wife hee hee ) and snap down all the iconic places of interest!!!!!
We were also quite busy with car hunting early this month. From the day i started training for my ATC job in Changi village( surviving on peanut pay as a trainee ), i vowed to get my hands on my OWN CAR the moment i receive my lump sum payment from passing the ATC assessment checks. Travelling to changi village via public transport has an impact on my every day life. Lost quite alot of quality sleep time. If you have no idea what i'm talking, see THIS
Hence, my wife and i spent some time checking out cars. The car budgeting was planned in such a manner that we could still afford a car, and YET enjoy our current life dining out and enjoy shopping / go for holidays and such..
1. My ideal car at present was actually a small SUV. Small=less expensive and SUV= sporty and young. That's my initial demands in a car. Then i realised how impractical it would be after sitting in a terios / rush. The interior wasnt roomy as compared to my dad's nissan latio
2. We straightaway thought of jazz/ fit. It has impressive roomy interiors for a 1.3L, complimented with soothing features on the dashboard and boasts a modern exterior for any hatchback in the market. The response on the brakes and accelerator was much better compared to my dad's nissan latio. The only factor ( both my wife and i debated over this for awhile ) was the cost. Super steep for a 1.3L hatch back.
3. So we lowered our expectations and went to check out vios. I must say that this is a car that's quite value for money. But during test driving i notice the rev to be quite noisy and frankly, the cabin spacing was anything but impressive. All along since the day i saw vios running on the road, i thought the exterior was quite unsightly.
Then, my dear friend Xiao Ming smsed me one fine day to try out this car from Kia. I had no idea about the profile of this car he was mentioning. I was surprised that he actually bought it ON THE VERY DAY HE TEST DROVE it ( i supposed it was his only test drive). 3 weeks later, another friend Patrix told me that he bought the car also ( he followed xiao ming to test drive it ).
This got me curious, and i read up about this car. Went test driving twice on it and finally settled on sliver kia cerato forte 1.6SX .
There are a thousand and one things i wanna achieve right now. I promised my wife to take her on a crash course on SINGAPORE HIGHWAY code( she passed in late 2004 but she seldom drove ). Cant wait for May to come so that i can fufil and materialise my honeymoon plans. I am also waiting for my car to arrive in late june ( had to wait due to overwhelming responses ).
Thank you folks for your well wishes...i will continue to live my life to the fullest!!!!
3/17/09
No water in my own house
I came to realise how inconvenient it is WITHOUT WATER AT HOME....
I got this notification pasted on the lift lobby mentioning about some upgrading works on the water pipings situated on the roof access DUE TODAY 17TH MARCH a few days back....
My usual routines of a 8am run, followed by some basic housework cleaning the floor and sunning the laundry were all ruined. Because the piping works will commence at 9am, all the way till 5pm, i run the risk of being stranded at home, sweaty.
What's worsd, is that the HDB contractors warned residents of dirty water discharging from the water piping works, and REMINDED the folks staying at the top floor to shut their windows and avoid hanging laundry .
So that means i will not only be stranded in stinkiness but also suffer the heat....
End result: I bathed with a pail that i dutifully filled up at 8am, and couldnt wash my plates from my breakfast makan. My plans to rest at home was screwed and i sought refuge at my aunt's place, giving tuition...
What a tired day...
Siang Ping,
Signing off in the radar centre, working on noon shift.
I got this notification pasted on the lift lobby mentioning about some upgrading works on the water pipings situated on the roof access DUE TODAY 17TH MARCH a few days back....
My usual routines of a 8am run, followed by some basic housework cleaning the floor and sunning the laundry were all ruined. Because the piping works will commence at 9am, all the way till 5pm, i run the risk of being stranded at home, sweaty.
What's worsd, is that the HDB contractors warned residents of dirty water discharging from the water piping works, and REMINDED the folks staying at the top floor to shut their windows and avoid hanging laundry .
So that means i will not only be stranded in stinkiness but also suffer the heat....
End result: I bathed with a pail that i dutifully filled up at 8am, and couldnt wash my plates from my breakfast makan. My plans to rest at home was screwed and i sought refuge at my aunt's place, giving tuition...
What a tired day...
Siang Ping,
Signing off in the radar centre, working on noon shift.
1/15/09
updating in progress....
Hello everyone!!!! Happy new year to you all!
I am in the midst of updating my blog( there has been really a big back log for this)... here's some quick preview to my family action plan for 2009( some already in progress )
1. Continue on my housing touch ups. Prolly this will include my basin, bathroom fixtures and moving all my belongings from my parents' to my own house
2. Travel to western/ central Europe for my honeymoon. I think this is something my wife has been really reminding me for the past few nights at home . hahahaha....
3. Purchase a car ( most probably after my honeymoon trip ). Need to re-evaluate my finances from my post honey moon trip in order to execute my plans.. heh.
Well, of course i will still continue to pursue my hobbies that never fail to excite me in life. Will commit time to them!
An Advanced Chinese New year to all of you!
I am in the midst of updating my blog( there has been really a big back log for this)... here's some quick preview to my family action plan for 2009( some already in progress )
1. Continue on my housing touch ups. Prolly this will include my basin, bathroom fixtures and moving all my belongings from my parents' to my own house
2. Travel to western/ central Europe for my honeymoon. I think this is something my wife has been really reminding me for the past few nights at home . hahahaha....
3. Purchase a car ( most probably after my honeymoon trip ). Need to re-evaluate my finances from my post honey moon trip in order to execute my plans.. heh.
Well, of course i will still continue to pursue my hobbies that never fail to excite me in life. Will commit time to them!
An Advanced Chinese New year to all of you!
12/14/08
This blog is still around....
Great...
Finally i have time to pen this down!!!
For some of you who wondered if i was still alive on this blog, A BIG SORRY to you first and foremost.
Alot of things happened in my life for the past 2 mths so far. Milestones i meant.
1. I finally went solo for my air traffic control work. Pay got incremented( SIGNIFICANTLY ) and i'm quite comfortable with my new pay as it is.
2. I spent my days after my OJT validation on my marriage, preparing card invitations, keeping track of guest listings, making sure that we had the items required for our church wedding and banquet lunch celebration. I couldnt have pulled through with the help of my wife Felicia and my buddies who came down for helpers' brief/ Church rehearsals....
3. I went through reservist with 284sa. Clocked the most ridiculous 2.4KM run of 11.12min.A clear indication of my lack of running from all the busy preparation for training at work , as well as for marriage. The only consolation ( in fact something to cheer about ) is that my battery won the BEST BATTERY competition for 2 consecutive years... I began to believe that my fellow men had grown up over the years, behaving more sensible during ICTs... working with them now is a breeze!!!!!
4. I moved into my new flat in Woodlands Drive 75. It comes with the basic necessities EXCEPT broad band and entertainment system. ( This blog was penned during my break from work ). I guessed i will start to do alot of house keeping and stock up nice items to beautify my house. i should be able to surf net once the broadband fellas pay a visit to my humble house in a few days time....
5. I got to marry the gal of my dreams. Thank you Felicia for sticking with me through thick and thin. I promise i will love you and HONOUR you for the rest of my life. For those who made time to come to our big day, i just want to say that i am SUPER DUPA touched ......
In the midst of my deep thoughts, i have yet to achieve some goals i set out previously in my previous blog entries for 2008:
1. Boulder/ rock climb - i think i only mounted the wall like less than 4 times.
2. Running - lousy timing for 2008 ippt.... i must run even more regularly. Planned to sign up Spore biathlon...
3. Slalom - i forgot hw to execute my heel wheeling...that's hw rusty i am... sigh...
That is all for now... Oh yes i have posted alot of photos on my facebook for my wedding. Do chk them out!!!!!
Finally i have time to pen this down!!!
For some of you who wondered if i was still alive on this blog, A BIG SORRY to you first and foremost.
Alot of things happened in my life for the past 2 mths so far. Milestones i meant.
1. I finally went solo for my air traffic control work. Pay got incremented( SIGNIFICANTLY ) and i'm quite comfortable with my new pay as it is.
2. I spent my days after my OJT validation on my marriage, preparing card invitations, keeping track of guest listings, making sure that we had the items required for our church wedding and banquet lunch celebration. I couldnt have pulled through with the help of my wife Felicia and my buddies who came down for helpers' brief/ Church rehearsals....
3. I went through reservist with 284sa. Clocked the most ridiculous 2.4KM run of 11.12min.A clear indication of my lack of running from all the busy preparation for training at work , as well as for marriage. The only consolation ( in fact something to cheer about ) is that my battery won the BEST BATTERY competition for 2 consecutive years... I began to believe that my fellow men had grown up over the years, behaving more sensible during ICTs... working with them now is a breeze!!!!!
4. I moved into my new flat in Woodlands Drive 75. It comes with the basic necessities EXCEPT broad band and entertainment system. ( This blog was penned during my break from work ). I guessed i will start to do alot of house keeping and stock up nice items to beautify my house. i should be able to surf net once the broadband fellas pay a visit to my humble house in a few days time....
5. I got to marry the gal of my dreams. Thank you Felicia for sticking with me through thick and thin. I promise i will love you and HONOUR you for the rest of my life. For those who made time to come to our big day, i just want to say that i am SUPER DUPA touched ......
In the midst of my deep thoughts, i have yet to achieve some goals i set out previously in my previous blog entries for 2008:
1. Boulder/ rock climb - i think i only mounted the wall like less than 4 times.
2. Running - lousy timing for 2008 ippt.... i must run even more regularly. Planned to sign up Spore biathlon...
3. Slalom - i forgot hw to execute my heel wheeling...that's hw rusty i am... sigh...
That is all for now... Oh yes i have posted alot of photos on my facebook for my wedding. Do chk them out!!!!!
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