It's been a sad week for the Singapore rowers that have undergone a tragic experience in the freak incident in Cambodia. My heartfelt condolences to them. I guess those who survived won't feel any better for their colleagues who unfortunately died in the accident. I've got friends who personally know them and they are all very depressed for some time. Hopefully, with the new implemented safety policies in both training and competition overseas, there'll never be a repeated incident again.

I've been working in People's Association for 4 days now. I'm still not quite used to waking up and sleeping early. Having a headache today. Work's rather mundane but at least I've got people to talk to so it's still not that bad. The EA (Executive Assistants) are rather approachable. The HRO (Human Resource Officers) are more to themselves, I realise. My colleague told me that I finished my work too fast and advised me to do it in moderate speed.

Brother went for a job interview and I realise he's going for MLM type of jobs. I feelt strange when he told me that it was a kind of marketing job because there probably won't be any companies who are willing to hire him without any prior marketing degree, I suppose. Hmm, he actually wanted to join but after I tell him about the pros and cons of the job, he had to reconsider about it. In a short time of 1 month I suppose it's better if he goes for a basic-paid temporary job.

Anyway, for my re-service unit, it's not the same NS unit I was in. I'm posted to another ship. So sian. My batch boy is still posted back to his ship. So, we're still separated on different ships. Ha.

Read a blog article regarding the Japanese killing dolphins. Here's the link it's at http://www.darkmirage.com/2007/11/16/why-save-dolphins/#more-955. They feel that dolphins deserve no special attention at all. They're all the same as the cows and other animals we eat. Well, it's a rather critical and elaborate article, go read it. What do you guys think about this issue?

I wanted to join Geraldine for the oversea photography course but... I think I won't be able to make it due to work. Argh, so wasted...

I was wondering whether it's possible to bring along a camera for a Snow City trip. My camera isn't that good and I'm not sure if it'll get damaged there. Probably not right?

Schedule for the following days:
Fri: Celebration with Shuzhen for her end of exam
Sat: Physiotherapy, Lip Sin's gathering
Sun: There's something but I can't remember now. Shall try to recall later.
Next Sat: Friendly Badminton Session, probably another physiotherapy session.

I've gotten a few job offers, one of which requires me to work from 5pm to 1am every day as a waiter at a bar at Holland. I've rejected that. Always preferred a more usual working hour job.

Another one is at Kallang to help out HR for data migration. This one's $6/hr. Not a lot though, but it's a 1 to 2 weeks kind of temporary job. I've agreed too early already, because the one Sylvestor recommended me at Braddell is $7/hr and it's a similar IT job. I hope I could ask for a delay so I could take both. Hmm... so what should I wear then... Time to stock up new clothes?

Beowulf is a bit of a disappointment to me. I really didn't know that it was supposed to be a digtally animated film like Final Fantasy CGI. It's realistically rendered but didn't know it beforehand make me feel like being cheated. Lol... The production isn't simple though but I still prefer it with real humans for this show. Angelina is not real, :( Haha.

I'll update again when I'm confirmed with the job. Take care, everybody...

Work Completed... Searching for Job in Progress...

Finally, gotten my last part of the website completed. The owners of the DAUN gallery are quite happy with it. I'm quite proud of it. The first time I took effort to create a site from head to tail. Usually, I'm be lazy enough to use template. Ha. You guys can have a view at it. Here's the link: http://www.daungallery.com. I hope I can have more web job offers coming in. This way I can build up my profile faster.

I've finally sent out 4 job requests at JobsCentral. Since I haven't been doing up my résumé. It takes a long while for me to start doing it. I'm still not too sure if it looks impressive to employers but I think it's not that bad for entry level job seekers I suppose. The 4 companies I sent out were SingTel, Kumon, Kelly Services and DSTA. Other than the résumé, each application requests that I write a cover letter too. To the requirements of each job, the cover letter has got to be different. For an IT company, I've got to convince them how IT-savvy I am... For a teaching company, I've got to convince them how patient and knowledgeable I am for etc.

Gabriel has found himself a job at his brother-in-law's car firm. His description of his job nature seems complicated. He has to do other things at the other firms that his brother-in-law owns. But earning a $1800 seems not bad for 'A' level qualification at the moment. I hope I can find one soon. Wish me luck, everyone!

ORD lo! Gee.. it feels so good... I'm a NSman, not a NSF! Woohoo....

No photos here either because I'm too lazy to upload or there's really nothing much. Ok, this time I'm going to put up something. Haha... But I think my photography skills kind of sucks. I have to manually edit every picture to get the right tones and colour range. Something I can't do on my camera. Besides, the display is kind of deceiving. It's show overly vibrant colours with rich contrast... Haha.

First are the ORD BBQ pictures. It's held in East Coast Park. I think I need to go there more often, otherwise I may forget how to go there. Lol. =x Many of the group photos I have with me are badly captured. My friends didn't on the flash. =( It's not on by default...

Here are some of the shots with my friends. Uday and Eugene are 2 friends who were my platoon mates in BMT and followed me to my Navy life. Unfortunately, we are not posted to the same units after our vocational training. Ha...

Okay, from the pictures, you can tell how many attended. A better turnout rate than expected. Just that I didn't think Wei Le will be the one organising it.

His hand is injured after ORD due to a very stupid reason... I shan't elaborate more.. The way he delayed for his treatment was even more unbelievable too. Entirely half an hour of wound left open! Lol...
Here's another shot Hui Chuan request to let it stay this way. He says it makes him look angelic. Oh, whatever, it's not anywhere near his character, that is...

Poor Caicai, he's being targeted to be... erm...played around? Here's the proof... Actually, there's a few more candid photos the guys tried to take. The popular "jump-in-the-air" sort of photos. Well... it's not very successful though and it's very difficult to capture such timing given the fact that many jumped at different rates.

Another photo was the photo for all the tall guys + one short guy. I'm glad I wasn't chosen. Kelvin was chosen. Lol, it looks damn insulting to Kelvin. Nevertheless, Kelvin still chose to appear in the photo with them.

More photos can be found on facebook...

Next is the cousin's birthday-cum ORD celebration. Bro came along too and we went to Heeren's Sakae Sushi. When we reached there, the shops were very empty because Energy was holding their fans talk at the centre in Heerens.. That's right, the fan girls were screaming at the top of their voice and camera photos were madly flashed. However, Sakae Sushi still has so many customers and we almost couldn't get the seats.

After eating for a while, I realised Mum's neighbour, "thirteen aunt"'s son and Zhen Gang were eating there too. Both of them I know and don't have too nice of an impression with... Lol. Anyway, I realised we three shouldn't have ordered buffet together because the 2 can count under as one buffet.. That would save a lot of money. The bill was $91.60 if I wasn't wrong... Wow, so much for just 3 people only... Anyway, that photo on the left is my brother and me. (Pss... He's wearing my shirt...) The photo here makes it look like it's taken during the day but no, it's in the evening. I brighten it so much that our faces can be more recognisable. Haha.

The photo on the right is my cousin Karin (yep, she's pregnant already... Still thinking of name for her baby) and my brother. I don't think she can sit on the stools for the horizontally aligned seats near the conveyor belt... Fortunately, we got this larger seats. Hehe...

Mm, okay... ORD celebration is over. I need to focus on my next phase of life...