Updates Updates

woohoo....long time no update liaoz.

Exams had finally finished. Yippee!

Praise God for blessing me with a 3 weeks temporary job @ the Singapore Design Festival. All thanks to Rina for introducing this lobang to me. God is good..this temp is important to me especially in this building fund period.

I'll finish my work on 5 Dec 07 and will be taking a short retreat at Bangkok from 6 Dec to 10 Dec with my uni friends. Haha it's onli 2 days away to Thailand!!! YEsssh. This breakaway is sort of a rest for me which I considered 2007 as a reasonably long and tiring year for me. (hees will share more on my 2007 reflections on the last week of Dec, stay tuned!)

I got back my exam results last tues. We were told that results will only b release on 5 Dec but it came earlier..so kind of like not prepared to check the results last week. But in the end, still took a peep at how I fared => hmmm all thanks to my curiousity..ooopss. Woohoo....my results to me I think is quite good considering that I had left the study arena for almost 5 years. God is good and I am pleased with my results. Will continue to strive for better results next semester.

This month had been great to me in terms of ministry. We had our Enrichment program weekend two weeks ago and I was given the opportunity to help santhi in some of the preparation. I had fun and enjoyed myself.

At the same time, a few of the bus captains from the north finally managed to organise an outing for our students together @ Bishan park during our COM period last week. It was a well organised event, the students enjoyed themselves, so does the teachers. Haha it was the first time ever since I joined JAMs that the buses from AMK, Yishun, TPY and Bishan came together for an activity. Due to our busy schedules, we creatively plan the outing via telephone conference in the night from 11pm onwards and we discussed till almost 2am for abt 3 days consecutively. Tiring u may say but it's all worth it considering the fact that it's all for the students. All of us felt satisfied especially seeing the students enjoyed themselves and this really gives us the motivation to organise another outing the next time.

Great week ahead!
God is good all the time. All the time, God is good. Amen!!

It's War week....

It's Monday!

Took my buyer behaviour paper last tues, should be quite ok :)

Going to take my Market Research paper later in the afternoon at 2pm. It's a very dry subject to study...haha still cant get some of the info in.

It's a busy week for me, have two more papers coming up on Wed and Fri respectively.

Didn't go for Jams last week...haha "pong-ten" from serving..oopps
Last Sat was Arise N Build weekend..haha managed to pledge an amount that God wanted me to give. Thought the amount this time is lower than my previous one (cos I'm now a full time student ma, not working), I'm trusting God to continue His provision. Keep on Keeping on, believe in faith!!!

Jiayou Jiayou Arghhhh Zhi!!!

Woolala

woohoo....10 more days to exams.
aiyaya got a lot of things to study n understand. :)

Hmm..this time I'm taking things rather easy. This is so unlike me as compared to the past durin Poly days where I will be like very "kan chiong". Haha guess I probably have "zhan da" (mature) le ba or it could be the stress tolerance trainings I had learnt durin my OCT period n in my times as a PC in the army. But I must thank God for the peace He has given to me. :)

Jams students are Olympics medal winners!!
Congrates to Wenyu, Alan, Jesslyn, Jason, Jacob and Gladys.
You have done all of us proud! =)

The Return of the Special Olympicans!!!

From (Left) to (Right)

Jacob, Jason, Gladys, Wenyu, Alan, Jesslyn

Woooo.....look at their outfit n medals..Awesome!!!

Wow! Mr Teo Ser Luck with the students!

The "aunties" & "uncles" taking photos with the proud winners! :)

Updates!!

Woohooo...it’s been a while since I last blogged.
Was very "busy" recently...err..got a couple of things to attend to..

Haha okokies...some updates!!

1. Laytin, Lizhen, May, Shiming and I celebrated Santhi's birthday last Monday. Had a simple dinner at a chinese restaurant opposite Central Mall. After dinner, we went to TCC to chill out.

Karen & I bought her an adidas watch..hees "think she quite like it".
May baked Cookies for her.
Lizhen made sushi.
Laytin bought cosmetics.
Shiming bought roses for her.

Santhi and her many many presents!!

Marked our attendance for that day..haha

Birthday Girl & the Hunks

2. Went for a free hair "dye-ing" session with Melvin at HoYOU for FREE. Err..the hairstylist chose "Fresh red color" for me..Well hmmm...the end result I don't like..cannot take it. haha guess wat...the next day I went to re-dye my hair again but at a cost... ~heart pain~

Melvin in action...

haha (he tried Ash Green, looks like THE HULK)

Morale of the story: Pls know wat color u wan before you go for a free dye session or else dun go for it. Muahaha.

3. Had a simple dinner at Sunset way with Huimin, Yanni and Simon last Wednesday evening to celebrate Huimin's birthday. The place was cosy, ambience was goood but food eeee....

4. Celebrated Jasper's birthday on Thurs evening....
We had dinner at this "wu-lu" coffeeshop in Boat Quay...and the food there was reasonably nice.
After dinner, we went for a drink at Clarke Quay...with Dale, Jay, Melvin, Ryan, Stevie, Dexiang, Terence, Jegan, Jasper, Qiaowen, Lynn and Angie.

Group Photos

My Project Team:

From Left: Ryan, Jay, Jasper, me, Melvin, Qiaowen

Qiaowen, Angie & Lynn

Exams!

My exams are coming!

1) 30 Oct 07 - Buyer Behaviour (2.15pm to 4.30pm)

2) 5 Nov 07 - Market Research (2.15pm to 4.30pm)

3) 7 Nov 07 - Introduction to Organisation Behaviour (2.15pm to 4.30pm)

4) 9 Nov 07 - Distribution Channels (2.15pm to 4.30pm)

Haha havent start my revisions yet. Got lots of materials to read up...
Pray for me ya!!

Will be looking for vacation job after my exams. TELL me if you have any lobangs!!

Cheers

Smilez?

Hmm...I havent been smiling and laughing as often as before.
My mouth like numb like that...very hard to open up and laugh.
Have I forgotten how to smile, laugh and be happy?

Realised that some of my close friends are also not smiling as happily as before...Is it becos of the cares of the world? is it becos of the regrets of yesterdays or the worries of tomorrows?

Quite saddening to see how people are affected by their cares, concerns, worries, disappointments and fears of life that eventually crippled or robbed them from being happy.

Arghh...cannot like that. We must "increase petrol", constantly tell ourselves to be happy, learn to relax, learn to see the positive side of life. Nothing in this world is too big or difficult for us to handle. The joy of the Lord is our strength.


Rev A.R Bernard said this:

Happiness is learning how to deal with the inevitable disappointments in life. When we are troubled, God stands ready and willing to protect us. Our responsibility of course, is to ask Him for protection. When we call upon him in heartfelt prayer, He will answer - in His own time and in accordance with His own perfect plan.

Life is often challengin, but we must not be afraid. God loves us and He will protect us. In times of hardship, He will comfort us,. In times of sorrwow, He will dry our tears. When we are troubled or weak or sorrowful, God is always with us. We must build our lives on the rock that cannot be shaken: we must trust in God and then we must get on with the hard work of tackling our problems.

(2 Cor 4:8) "We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;"

Let's do this everyday = Hahahahahaha!

The End - NDP 07 Appreciation Dinner

Attended the NDP 07 Appreciation Award Ceremony cum Dinner at Ritz Carlton yesterday.

Hmm..still remember 10 months ago...we just started off at Ritz Carlton for the NDP 07 Sponsorship launch..and 10 mths later..the event yesterday signifies the end of my NDP 07 affairs. :)

Was presented with the Silver award for NDP 07 by Chief Defence Force. Wore shirt and tie for the event instead of Army No. 5 T function wear. Went up stage to receive my award when the MC announced my rank and name. Haha CDF was a bit shocked when he saw me in civilian (CV) wear instead of No. 5 T. He must be thinking how come this LTA wear CV, has long and coloured hair. hees

Invitation Card for the event

The Silver Award

The Silver Medal on the booklet

Me and Maj Lim

Yan chye, Maj Lim and Me
LTC Melvin (my ex CO) and Me

Me and Chin Tat

Yan Chye and Me

1st Test

Had my 1st test in SIM today.

Market research test!
- Weightage = 20%
- 30 x Multiple choice questions
- 30 x True/False questions

Hmmm....a bit easy but tricky..haha.

Received the invitation card for Monday's NDP 07 Appreciation Dinner from Adam at SIM this morning...Registration starts at 4pm..sianz my lesson ends at 5pm. Think will be leavin class early for the event...hmm will be wearin formal haha. Rick, thanks for the jacket event though I might not wear it. :)

Pastor preached a very powerful word on Spiritual Concentration. It's so important for us to focus on God and not on our individual personal holiness. Seek first the Kingdom of God and its righteousness! Don't worry about anything..it's a waste of our time and energy...leave everything to God for His plan is higher than ours.

14th days

Today marks my 14th days as a civilian.

Been busy with project assignments (5 in total) lately....

Handed in a group case study today.

Met Ed, my OCS buddy @ SIM today...he's also leavin Army....studyin part time in SIM.

EXCO Appreciation dinner is tml at Chevron..but I'm not going cos of some "evil" person whom I don't like...haiz he's a believer somemore but behave totally different.

Well more time to read up for market survey test this saturday morning.

CDF/Minister Appreciation is comin Mon at Ritz Carlton. Will be going and collectin silver award for contribution.

Found a temp job doin admin work, payin $6.50 an hour..not much but it helps...shd b starting work next week

Certificate of Participation

Maj Lim (Chairman Comms) hosted a simple Appreciation dinner for Comms Committee at Stagmont Camp to thanks everyone for the effort and hard work put in to make the event a success. It started at 5.30pm.

I was still rushin with my proposal at that time but managed to reach Stagmont camp around 6.10pm with my friend fetching me from SIM. My group members were very understanding and asked me to attend the dinner when I told them about it. Haha told them I will come back by 8.30pm to continue with the project. :)


Got this certificate at the dinner. It is the certificate of participation that was given to all who were involved in NDP 07.

Might be getting the silver award certificate for organising NDP 07 durin the EXCO Appreciation dinner on 27 Aug at Ritz Carlton. Muahaha...still waitin for news.

Rush Hour

Hmm it's starting to get busier in sch with all the projects and assignments deadline comin soon.

Haha had just handed in an individual assignment on Mon (had been working hard throughout the week) and immediately we have to start embarking on a research proposal due on Wed.

My group managed to get most of the stuff done for the research proposal by this morning. BUT then realised we were on the wrong track after speakin to our lecturer. Arghh...have to submit by tml afternoon 2pm.

But thank God we had checked with the lecturer and found out before we submit, if not all the effort we put in will be wasted. It was 5.30pm by the time we start to work on our proposal after class. We were all calm and lame jokes started shooting here n there..We just enjoyed ourselves while rushing up the proposal. Everyone put in effort and we worked till 11pm to get most of the things up. Will be meetin up again tml mornin 9am to finalise everything. Hmm..I kind of like this feeling where everyone focuses and work together as a team. Haha

Praise the Lord! At least what we are submitting will be the more accurate and correct one :)

2 Oct 02 - 9 Aug 07

Woo...time flies...had Invested 4 years 10 mths of my life to the SAF (hees Including NSF).

Haha so what have I achieved?

Hmmm...let's see @-@

Training Periods
2 Oct 02 - Basic Military School 2, Orion Company, Platoon 2.
6 Dec 02 - Officer Cadet School (OCS), Hotel Wing, Platoon 2.
May 03 - Completed Tri-service and Service Term. Waited 3 mths for Signal course starts.
Aug 03 - OCS Professional Term at Signal Institute.

Defining moments:
- OCS = Mentally challenged, physically demanding but we all endured through.
- Completed 72km route march in Taiwan with my peers in 1.5 days. Xiong but Shiok!

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28 Jan 04 - Commissioned as Officer of the SAF by President, S.R. Nathan
Feb 04 - Appointed as Battalion Signal Officer for 35 SCE.
May 04 - Exercise xxxxx xxxxx (Div Exercise), recon 1
Jun 04 - Ex xxxxxxxxx (Div Exercise), recon 1
Aug 04 - Organising Committee for Army Half Marathon (AHM) 2004
Nov 04 - Logistic Readiness Inspection (LRI), recon B

Defining moments:
- 2004 super super super busy for me...still a greenhorn back then...a lot of things to learn hees.
- Met with lots of obstacles but eventually overcome them!
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Jan 05 - Aug 05 - Prep for EX xxxxxx xxxxx (Overseas Div Ex)
May 05 - Operation xxxxxxxx
Aug 05 - EX xxxxxx xxxxx (Overseas Div Ex), recon 1
Nov 05 - Posted to HQ SCE

Defining Moments:
- A quiet year for me.
- Reject study award offered by SAF....haha cos dun wan to be bond longer
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Mar 06 - Operation xxxxxxxx
May 06 - Ex xxxxxxxxxx
Aug 06 - Aug 07 - Organising Committee, NDP 07

Defining Moments:
- Rejected study award offered by SAF again...cos this time round made up my mind to "pang-seh" the army...muahaha
- NDP 07 experience was cool. It was a success!
- Had the opportunities to meet up and negotiate with companies on NDP sponsorship.
- ORD on 9 Aug 07, the WHOLE NATION celebrated with me.

errm....Never really go into details cos oreadi forgotten a lot things.

Ways ahead: Mr Cher will...
- Serve more, Study harder, Work hard, Play hard! Jiayou!

**Now is the time for us to shine!

ORD lo

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Singapore
Happy Birthday to you!

NDP 2007 was a success!

NDP 07 Comms committee created history, with only 28 men and still able to made things happen. So proud of everyone!

Well....while Singapore was celebrating its 42nd birthday today, the whole nation was also celebrating my ORD today! It was such an honour and privilege to me. There was a military parade and Show performance put up especially for me. The president came and most importantly, there was fireworks! Haha lol :)

Feeling a bit sad though when I was greeting farewell to my friends and colleagues. I'm really touched and thank God for the good friendship I had made throughout my 4years 10mths stay in SAF. I'm really happy that everything went on well after 12 mths of effort and time.

I just want to say something here: Thank you God for all that you have given to me!

I am officially ORD. I am LTA (NS) Cher. I am Mr Cher.


A new direction is front. Look forward and move on! Jiayou!

Sneak Preview.....

Ladies n Gentlemen...Drums roll pls

Unveiling the official NDP 07 tickets!

The front side of the tickets (ignore the blue background)

The Seating Gallery is divided into blue, yellow, red and green sectors.

The back of the ticket.Provide instructions for people to follow.

Do catch it live on TV or make a trip down to Marina Bay (Merlion) if you do not have the tickets. Fireworks rocks!

WeekaBooo

NDP 07 Preview was over and it was well conducted. Everyone was happy. 9th Aug is the next! finally after 12 months of preparation. Jiayou!

I'm into week 5 of my student life...a lot of informations from my many modules (information overloaded). Hmm..althought projects n assignments are pilling up, but haha my finances seems to go just the opposite.

Went to my "gan"- grandpa 80th bdae celebration tis evening...a lot of his friends came and graced the occassion. Hmmm...wonder how would it be like when my kakis n friends celebrate my 80th bdae?? aiya still long way to go...

11 days to NDP 07!
11 days to Mr Cher's ORD!
11 days to jobless! woo..anybody interested to sponsor Mr Cher??

God is good all the time and all the time God is good.
He gives us strength when we are weak, provide for us when we are in need, lead us when we are lost.

To lead, To excel, To overcome!

My Friends

What does Friendship means to you?

With reference from Wikipedia:

Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behavior between two or more humans. Friends welcome each other's company and exhibit loyalty towards each other. Their tastes will usually be similar and they will share enjoyable activities. They will engage in mutually helping behavior. (exchange of advice and sharing of hardship). Friendship is nothing more than the trust that someone or something will not harm them.

Woo time flies...I've been around for a quarter century already (oops..disclosed my age). Haha must admit that I have not been a very good "Peng You" to my friends, but trust me I am trying hard wo..God is good and He has never stop bringing friends into my life all these years. :)


To my friends!

I would like to acknowledge and appreciates you (a bit mushy):

1. Montfort Pri - Andy, Liangjie, Wei jie, etc

2. Montfort Sec - Baboo, Cedric, Elgin, Boon Ping, Guoyi, Jabbar, Desmond, etc

3. NYP - Deneng, Bali, Zon, Libis, Eunice, Meiling, Afni, etc

4. OCS - Jimmy, Kenny, Ed, Rong Hwa, Shu jin, Nigel, Chris, ah wee, ah cai, etc

5. 35 SCE - Quek, Zhihao, Weikang, Yong Chong, Tony, Yi Hua, Chee Seng, Lianglin, etc

6. HQ SCE - Chris Koh, Simon Leng, Kenneth, Yew sheng, etc

7. NDP 07 - Chin Tat, Yan chye, Adam, ah kiong, chee perng, kong ping, Maj Lim, etc

8. BBG - Rick, Shiming, Simon, Hensa, Yanni, Winnie, Huimin, Eena, Linda, Karen, Jing Jing, Jane

9. My Lame Kakis - Albert, May

10. My ex-cgm - Glenn, Danny, Zhenghong, Cuiqi, Chris, Tricia, Shihui, Yajing, etc

11. My Church leaders - Lily, Adiel, Santhi, Joli, Iris, Agnes, etc

Life will not be the same without you guys. =)
I apologise if I have ever failed you before.
Friends are friends forever!
Thanks for being there!

Comms Committee

Introducing the Heroes from NDP 07 Communications Committee!

Yan Chye: OIC Cue System

Maj Lim: Chairman Comms

Joey: OIC CCG2

Keane: OIC Radio
Wallace: OIC Lines

Salutes to everyone!

The journey is not easy but we are almost there. Hang on!!

Tributes to the following:

1. Maj Lim - Thanks for your direction and continual support.
2. Yan Chye - We started n will end this together! Hees I will ORD first...Jiayou!!
3. Joey - Loves your positive attitudes and drives.
4. Wallace - Haha you have been working like crazy. Good to be in the same team with U.
5. Keane - Thanks for standing in while I was on leave.
6. Adam - Hardworking and accountable. An honour to have you around in the team.

*Disclaimer*:

- All those who appears in this blog are deemed worthy only by I, me and myself! muahaha

My OCS buddies

Fellowship @ Fisherman Whalf

Shu Jin (left), Rong Hwa (right)

Bowling @ Marina Square

Woohoo...met my OCS (Signals) buddies today for a mini gathering! Arghh..time flies, it's almost 3 years since we last met. Still remember the days where we perserved and endured thrg all the rigorous trainings during our 6 months stint in Stagmont, haha not forgetting the super xiong 72KM route march in Taiwan!

We had a nice dinner at Fisherman Whalf, a drink at Clarke Quay, pool and bowling @ Marina Square. It's really nice to see them again after a 3 yrs gap. Will hope for more gatherings with ya guys soon...

Shu Jin & Rong Hwa: Study Hard, Play Hard and Work Hard. Jiayou ar! :)

NDP 07 - NE Show 1

NE Show 1 = National Education Show 1, where the primary five students from Singapore come together to see the NDP in actions. A lots students from various school came and they were all very excited about the event.

Feelin a bit sianz today. The entire NDP experience till date hasn't been a good one for me. It's all becos there were too much politics within my committee and it's realli draining energy off me. Arghh...I was particularly unhappy with some colleagues in my committee. Their characteristics are as follows:

- No actions but talk only. (Promised the whole world but delivered nothing)
- Actions a bit but noise very loud (Do a bit only but simply wants the whole world to know)

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A conversation extract that day:

Officer Z: Sir, I am not very happy working.
Officer L: Oh why not happy?
Officer Z: Not happy with some people, especially those who do nothin but make lots of noise.
Officer Z: I tink I can don't come since I had already completed all my planning and work.
Officer Z: U know Monday to Sunday, I am always happy EXCEPT on Saturday!
Officer L: hmm..I understand...thought for a while.
Officer L: Given the dynamics of our team (inexperience n talk only but no actions idlers), I realli need you to be around in case things happen.
Officer L: You have been a great help to me!
Officer Z: haiz...........
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*If you don't like your work, you have two options - CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE or CHANGE YOUR JOB*

N7 - WOW!

Group photos @ Lobby
(ooopss..not all students are in e photo..haha)


Outing @ Botak Jones
(Chee Siang, Zhen Yang & me)


yum yum...it's quite nice.

* This is my Bus: N7 !
- Know them since Nov 04 (hmm...almost 3 years liao)
- Very obedient group. Love them deep deep :)
- Privilege to be able to serve them.
- Must Jiayou n Grow Grow Grow!!

NDP CR3 - 7th Jul 07

Today is NDP 07 Combined Rehearsal 3.
5 more rehearsals to go = End of NDP 07 = ORD!

A bit sad though.......but thank God for all the favours.

9 Aug..here I come***

First Entry

Helloooss....I'm IN!

Pray that everything that I do will be like the date as shown.
*(Perfect! Perfect! Perfect!)*

Great year ahead. Jiayou Ah Zhi!!!