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adawans like her took for granted who are we to know more about another person it was a tremendously good question as far as i m concerned it was a question whose answers answered all my other questions which i m struggling to find answers to up till that very moment i paused for a few short seconds before answering her because i didn t see it coming at all but i think it was a very timely question to be asked for it has reminded me my purpose in being a jedi knight the best analogy i could think of the explain would be this a doctor took the blood pressure of his patient it was below normal range if he doesn t know that the patient has an amputated hand behind his back which was bleeding profusely he d think that his patient is having a weak heart posted by master choco in dry ice at 7 48 pm no comments wednesday february 25 2009 where s the pot of gold saw this beautiful rainbow this evening if not for the fact that i was trying to check if there s anymore students staying around at the back of the school i wouldn t have seen this lovely sight spotting a rainbow almost always brings out the joy and fascination in me it s a natural phenomenon that requires the right elements put together in order for it to form just prior the this was a super heavy downpour then the sun started to peep out of the thick dark clouds when the rain subsided and the light got defracted by the water droplets in the clouds it gave me a feeling of hope all of a sudden hope that things which weren t going well or smoothly would somehow work out alright such assurance such joy a timely reminder for me to feel again a timely reminder for me to stay hopeful again so nice posted by master choco in dry ice at 8 07 pm no comments thursday january 29 2009 just got to hang in there almost didn t make it to shoot the fireworks during last year s fireworks celebration at the marina bay the show was scheduled to start at 9 pm i reached the marina area well before 8pm but the roads around the floating platform was so congested with cars and people parking around that area were all full i decided to drop my mum sis and bro in law off first to enter the viewing gallery while i tried to find parking nearest available was at suntec city i estimated that if i hurry i could still reach the floating stage gallery within 10 mins i thought i should have enough time but i ended up going round and round inside suntec city s carpark finding the elusive parking lot and when i finally did find a lot the time had just past 9 pm the show was scheduled to start at 9 pm i had wanted to just give up and forget about lugging my camera bag and heavy tripod over to the marina bay and just meet my mum sis and bro in law just to walk back again to collect my car i thought i would miss the fireworks completely but i still came out of the carpark and when i was out in the open i realised the show has not started it was a quarter past 9pm there seem to be a delay in the fireworks i decided to make a dash for it i ran with my heavy gear the last time i ran like this was when i took my soc during my ns it was tiring but i just didn t stop when i finally reached the esplanade just outside the floating gallery the mc of the fireworks show started counting down i thought i was beaten to it i had wanted to just stand at the roadside and watch the fireworks from outside but at the end of the counting down there still was no fireworks it was some musical prelude before the firing made a final dash into the floating gallery and managed to set up my camera and propped up my tripod and i made it in time for the fireworks at almost 9 30pm and why dig out something that has happened almost half a year ago now because i realise i needed a reminder that at times when i feel like really giving up when the chips seem to be down when all hopes seem to be waning there might just still be a way out and a good chance of a miracle happening now is the time to dig in really deep within me and find that resolve to not let up and continue running i might still have a chance to achieve i just need to dig in deeper and it will happen posted by master choco in dry ice at 11 18 pm no comments wednesday december 03 2008 heaven smiling on us very literally heaven was smiling on us on 1 dec while waiting for dinner at loola campsite just outside our sea dormitory we spotted a smiley face in the dark sky above everyone got excited at the very rare sighting how often do we see the crescent accompanied by 2 bight stars forming the smiley face some of the cadets decided to take pictures of it but without tripod to handle the long exposure it s very difficult to capture it i told xr that some beautiful moments in life are meant to be enjoyed and savoured and be totally immersed in those moments rather than getting ourselves so busy and hectic trying to capture it in a photo in vain and that moment would be lost without us fully enjoying it while we are busy tying to get things to work it was only later that i found out from a staff of loola that the two bright stars were actually venus and jupiter it s a rare conjuction of the 2 planets and our moon so i decided to try my luck with my g10 and managed to capture this rare conjuction not the best quality shots but i was able to make do with the settings to get this shot the brighter one on the left is venus and the other is jupiter looking back at the 4 days 3 nights in loola bintan i really feel that heaven was indeed smiling on all of us on this trip 1 an overseas trip for my npcc cadets had been long overdue loads of reasons cropped up last couple of years and we couldn t realise this plan even this year we started with plans to go thailand then the political instability there forced us to reconsider other locations our friendly neighbour up north was also out of consideration also due to some uncertain political developments we had no choice but to consider batam or bintan never had i considered these two places for an adventure trip but lo and behold came loola a never heard of location in bintan offering an adventure getaway the preparations for this trip was amidst the most hectic phase of my work in school was juggling quite a number of other matters while trying to get this trip going i almost felt like giving up but for the cadets who have been really enthusiastic about this it was well worth the effort 2 there were a number of moments during this 4d3n camp where my heart was almost in my mouth on the 2nd night the wind was howling all though the night and there was lightning at somewhere far far out in the open sea my greatest concern was for the 10 boys who were sleeping in the open sea dorm though sheltered they would be quite drenched should the sea storm come in the night prepared them for the worse and prep them to evacuate in the middle of the night should there really be a need thankfully the storm didn t come on the 3rd day we went kayaking after our flying fox there was a patch of dark clouds further out in the sea but we pressed on to do some kayaking the sea was a bit choppier than usual and two kayaks capsized the delays from helping these 2 kayaks caused us to be drifted further away from the land and to make matters worse it started to rain very heavily and we were soon paddling against the current this was the last thing i had wanted to happen in fact this shouldn t even be happening to get ourselves exposed in the sea in the heavy rain against the strong current and with 6 kayaks and 3 single canoes trying hard to return to land thankfully there was no thunder and lightning and we all managed to return to mainland after some struggle safely on the 3rd night we were all quite excited to spot the smiley face phenomenon in the night sky and many of the cadets started to crowd themselves on the little bridge connector linking to my sea dorm and while we were all so engrossed looking up all of a sudden we heard a crisp cracking noise the wooden bridge couldn t take the weight of so many people and it cracked thankfully the bridge didn t collapse or gave way totally otherwise my cadets would have fallen down into the muddy seabed below on the very same 3rd night our debrief session was cut abruptly when the wind started to howl again and unlike the previous night lightning began to strike we decided to take no chances and we quickly evacuated the boys to the land dormitory it was a 200 metres walk to the land dorm from our sea dorm what was freaky was that we were walking in the open with lighting occurring right above our heads had to take this risk as the alternative of staying put was far riskier thankfully the thunder and lightning ceased by around 3 am we didn t have to manage the unimaginable and so by the end of the very fruitful trip i really feel that heaven was really smiling on us and personally i m really so glad that this trip happened the cadets were wonderful such a cooperative group of youths so much fun and laughter we had so many important lessons we have learnt together i ve lost count on the number of times where i laughed till tears were flowing and my stomach was cramped it s been a while since i had so much fun organising a camp and for that i really have to thank all 13 of cadets my 2 very capable cadet inspectors and of course my fellow to who without her enthusiasm this trip would not have been possible and i guess this trip is our parting gift for her for this will be her last camp with us before joining her new school check out camp photos here for more reading on the moon venus jupiter conjunction check this out posted by master choco in dry ice at 12 41 pm no comments sunday october 19 2008 hard earned shirt managed to complete the new balance real run 2008 this year i feel is a tougher route 5km of cross country terrain right at the beginning i almost gave up after coming out of the trail was so tempted to turn together with the 10km runners instead of taking a longer detour for my 15km race this race was just as tough as the army half marathon i d did in august just as tough because i wasn t as well prepared for this run no excuse of course but i better cover the necessary mileage before any major runs in future today i can feel my body complaining and responding to my lack of preparations already here s some vital statistics from my heart rate meter max heart rate 204 bpm average heart rate 183 bpm max speed 12 5 km h avg speed 7 5 km h total distance 15 9 km where did the extra distance come frm calories burnt 1881 kcal total time 2 hr 7 mins i know i m pushing my body beyond what it could currently take i m basically running at over 90 of my max heart rate most of the time and that s a sign that i m not fit enough furthermore when i reached the 10km mark my left knee is trying to tell me it s getting weak already and that s not a good sign and by the time i reached 11km my right knee is also sending the same message i had to slow down no point risking my knees cartilage that would only mean that i can t run anymore in future well this race also completes the races i intended to do for the year there s still a standard chartered marathon in december but i don t think i m ready for that not sure if i m ever going to be ready for a full marathon i ll need a proper training regime if i m ever reckless enough to sign up for one posted by master choco in dry ice at 12 20 pm no comments saturday october 11 2008 oh what a week had mr newton be living in our exciting era he would still have discovered gravity but of course given the hectic pace of the 21st century and given that there probably wouldn t been so many apple trees these days for the apples to fall onto his head he would have discovered gravity the 21st century way on today s st headlines oh what a week global markets lose us 6 trillion in panic selling governments pump in at least us 6 trillion to little effect newton would also have figured out very easily that whatever that goes up will come down eventually and it was in my studies of a level physics too that there s such a concept called conservation of energy put simply there s a finite amount of energy going all around and energy is just being transferred from one form to another and this concept was similarly learnt when i did my accountancy course in ntu that was the time of the asian financial crisis of 1997 and it was at that time that i realised the world economy is but a zero sum game the amount of money is finite what this means is that when someone is making obscene amount of profits some losers out there are bleeding in their banks for all those who are studying economics or any financial management courses right now this is an excellent opportunity to see for yourselves what your books have been trying to tell you our financial markets are in a nutshell trading on perceived values and perceived networth what s valuable and worth something today can be whitewashed overnight once the market confidence is lost values depreciate and that s the reason why i didn t believe in such a system and that s the reason why i had to get out of that kind of system a system driven by a pure pursuit on the concept of money but having said that i do accept and admit that i m quite impressed with this entire concept of economics a man made creation invented out of necessity a necessity as a result of human nature if some alien colonies were to study our human civilisation i m sure they d be impressed how the human race rise and fall together with their stock markets oh and btw singapore is officially in a technical recession as declared by mti yesterday it seems each round of economic crises or recession is taking a shorter turnaround time to repeat itself and interestingly a few other noteworthy pieces of news these last couple of weeks laid the ground for what s probably to come in the near future 1 electricity price is going up amidst prices of oil falling newton would be confused too 2 aig executives were spending us 400 000 at a spa resort amidst the us taxpayers pumping in us 85 billion of rescue package into the company 3 starbucks was found to leave their water taps running continuously as a company policy to prevent bacteria from accumulating in the water pipes so that coffee drinkers like you and me would be drinking cleaner coffee how considerate of them so now we know who is paying for the millions of dollars worth of water bills each year and did someone say something about the zero sum game 4 lehman brothers ceo was interrogated after the collapse of the bank and was asked if he felt was fair that top executives in his bank were paid gross amount of bonuses a few days before they filed for bankruptcy well he explained and clarified of course cos everything in business is justifiable his system is in place and his system is working he claims but the bank collapsed anyway oh really what a week posted by master choco in dry ice at 8 27 am no comments thursday october 02 2008 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