the athletes genes...

just read an article today... aaron huang may be making a come back soon... he broke the national long jump record unofficially last dec in aust with a jump of 7.36m, futhering the old one by 2cm... he was previously a sprinter who held the a div 100m rec for a year or two before seng song broke it... it was quite a tremendous change for him to jumps... but i guess it's quite easy for sprinters to convert to jumpers if they have the speed... but i feel that aaron is capable of jumping much further with a 100m timing of 10.84s... well, maybe shyam should consider long jump too... well, seems that singapore's athletics scene is slowly picking up... i should set my targets too, practical ones though... 7 is quite practical if i have the time and will to train, but given that i'm still stuck with work now and studies next year and the lack of ppl to train and achieve for, it may be a prob though... height isn't a prob at all i guess... c kunalan is only 1.68m and aaron is only 1.70m... if they can do it, it really proves that height isn't really the greatest limiting factor... rather it's the individual talent and attitude especially...

hmm, i realised that my cousin and i share similarities when i was young... he's only p1 but he likes to run and jump alot, and i really mean alot alot alot... it's an indication of his potential... maybe it's time to add another jumper or sprinter into my family, then we'll have a family of athletes... my dad, wei zhen, me are sprinter, mid d, jumper respectively... theody, kenneth are tt paddlers, while benedict is a swimmer... sigh, but i guess it's hard for us to make to the national level... it's quite impossible for theody to be part of the nat team, cuz of the strong monopoly of jiawei, peifen and the rest... well, i hope this athletic genes can carry on to the next generation and hopefully they will be even better than us...

pride camp...

i just went for army pride camp for the last 2 days at sentosa, org by focus adventure group... it was a camp for wits leader and activist... for those who do not know wat pride or wits are, well wits stands for work improvement teams... and the pride movement is a movement for the saf to come out with improvement projects to make the saf more efficient... anyway, i signed up for this camp last dec and it was supp to be held on 1,2 feb but it got postponed to 22-23 feb... wat a time to attend the camp with so much work and incidents happening back in office... couldn't fully enjoy the camp with the thought of work in my mind... felt kindda paiseh for my colleagues to be slogging while i'm having this camp here in sentosa... but all in all the camp was fun... day one was quite stone cuz we're still getting to know each other... we had adventure type of games, similar to obs... things like transporting ppl through a tight ropes, balancing beam, spider web and high elements with all the belaying stuff... the second day was split into 2 parts, it was rafting in the morn and amazing race in the afternoon... well, the rafting constuction wasn't very easy... at first i thought i should be kindda easy cuz i did it in ocs for leadership fieldcamp... but i was the leader and i had to be separated from the group and can only liase with them through comms... there were 4 teams in total... and there was conjestion in the station, but luckily we switched to a separate station... kindda interesting to comms them to build the raft, instructions had to be clear, with lotsa coordination... in the end we had to combine the stucture with other groups and sail to another island... the afternoon was spent running ard to find check points... but we splitted up and shared info with the other groups to complete all the objectives... well, i think the most impt takeaway for the camp was the need for cooperation, cuz we cooperated with all the teams for every single game... this is prolly the 1st non-competitive competitive camp i had... cuz everyone altrustically cooperated...

well, back to work again tmr...

it's all about the man next to you...

after watching black hawk down the second time since 2002, i could appreciate the story and actions better... it's another sad event in US's history of miscalculated involvement in world events... there are some interesting scenes and quote to take note of... (p.s quotes are not 100% accurate...)

the rebel with the pilot captive...

"you think just by capturing our leader, we will put our guns down? no... we will continue fighting... there is no peace if there's no victory..."

"you think we will just embrace the american democracy?"

josh hartnett...

"someone asked me why i joined this war... why fight someone else's war? you think your heros? i repied 'it's not about being heros but it just somehow turns out that way...' "


courage was displayed through scenes like the loading of m203 in 5 secs while the rebels were loading their gpmg... strength was displayed when the rescue team fought the rebels till the last round... hope was displayed at the death bed of the guy whose pelvis was punctured with a 7.62mm round when he wanted his parents to be proud of his courage and strength... love was displayed when the pilot was beaten up and all he fought for was the picture of his wife and his son...

somehow after being in the army, the realism of ops is really fearful, esp the first engagement... i hope i won't ever be engaged... the question at the end of the day will still be "what are we fighting for?"

"it's all about the man next to you..."

everything happens for a reason...

today's incident was a case in point...

i'm part of the eighties 80s...

i belong to the 80s... 80s songs, 80s design, 80s environment... though i only spend 5 year of my life in the 80s but i feel alot for the 80s... who can remember 最后一个大侠's purple killer? who can remember 迷离夜's stories? wat about 小虎队's 红蜻蜓? or 邓妙华's 温柔的夜?i guess not many will remember these shows or songs... but these shows and songs strike a deep chord in my heart... it was certainly a good investment in buying the 93.3 精选 for 83-92 songs... most of the songs are fabulous...

simple, earnest, humble, innocent, that's the trademark of songs in the 80s...

80s is where i belong...

why am i talking to a bunch of uninspired and sianz ppl? i'm feeling down again... maybe it's the time of the month again... (oopz...) haiz, why get involved with so many things? i'm capable of handling them but somehow i dun feel like handling... maybe i'm getting jaded... i dread going to the office though i try to make myself feel purposeful... XGS will be quite a good learning experience, and the taiwan trip will prolly be a good breather from singapore...

it's hard to give up something which it has been part of you for so long, even though it's slowly fading away... 我和我追逐的梦... my legs will carry me on but there's no clear purpose to train, no more nationals, no more team look forward to... shattered dreams... i hope the day when i give up the idea of running n jumping will never come...

shucks, stop putting up a strong front...

you raise me up...

happy lunar new year everyone... just had a very peaceful dream last night... here's a song to thank everyone who has been there for me... to greyscale for putting this song in a diff light... to the one who played this song for me in the middle of the night when i was really down...

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When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up… To more than I can be.

There is no life – no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.

the ikea green snake is back!!!

had dim sum breakfast at red star restaurant... it was very, but dim sum is suppose to make u full very fast and get hungry very fast too... well, if u wanna know where the restaurant is, it's at blk 54, chin swee road, level 7 (near supreme court)... oh well, sway sway saw co there with his family... after bfast, we went to chinatown to shop... tried to buy bah kwa from lin zhi yuan, but too bad, we were alittle late... but had some fun shopping ard chinatown though... bought some pillow and covers for my room... couldn't find any suitable clothes... well, i want the british india style ones, but they cost like 100+ for a top... anyway, my retail expedition carried on in ikea... spent 177 bucks at ikea on refurnishing my room... haha, the green snake is finally back and i bought it!!! and it's only $14.90, much cheaper as compared to it's price of $29.90 back in 1997...

p.s: my night stamina is getting worse... i'm really afraid of falling asleep on the expressway...

paint my world

"The worst pain in the world is knowing that someone meant something to you but you meant nothing to that person. But, life goes on once you realize your own strength inside of you: the strength to realize that saying goodbye doesn't mean that you don't love the person anymore or that you don't want to keep them in your life. It doesn't mean you're weak. It means that you've the strength to let go and live your own life again."
- courtesy of mogu...


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