Wednesday, October 21, 2009
lalala
ok while i know that hardly anyone reads this blog, i pray that, in my absence from singapore for this next week, some one will have read this post and replied to it in one way or another(in reference to the 1st n last point).
Firstly, is there anyone here who flies regularly to the US? Probably not, but i'm still gonna ask anyway. Which airline is best for a trip to chicago? ANA, UA? Please take into account the airfare prices. Please reply. Thanks.
Secondly, if there's gonna be another christmas gathering this year, i'll apologise in advance for missing it the third time in a row. No true fault on my part though. J2 i had mr shah's wedding, J3 i had deployment(ops vigilant lion), and this year i'm gonna be overseas. so yup.
Thirdly, if anybody wants anything from taiwan, sms me by tonight and i will reply you. Alternatively, sms me anytime over the period of next week and i'll consider your request but NOT reply you.
Lastly, anybody has any nice songs please tell me. wait let me phrase it better. Nice as in you personally feel it's your favorite song or 1 of your favorites(due to one reason or another). reply me the song name(and singer preferably) pls. kind of like i love the song "Whatever it takes" by lifehouse. yup cuz i'm no music expert and i know there're definitely alot of nice songs of different genres out there that i don't know of.
ok that's all. Thanks in advance to anyone who replies(email, blog post, tagboard, or whatever method you like).
posted by yongsheng @ 5:36 PM
Mirror Image?
With the release of DotA Allstars 6.63, a new load screen was introduced as well, artwork by Kunkka. For those who are as yet unaware, the tall, dark, intimidating dudes on horseback in the foreground (and in the background, too) are actually Chaos Knight and his images. Notice that one of them holds his weapon in his left hand, the other holds it in his right. Technical error or literally mirror images?
Image courtesy of Kunkka
posted by Esc @ 9:31 PM
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
To the island!!! and back
So right after Army Open House concluded, with me having gained the ability to smile continuously for 10 hours straight, i was shipped off to THE island.
Where i traded that ability for a new one that sustains me through movies for 10 hrs straight.
Welcome to tekong!!! Where a new(relatively) operation that we are undertaking to protect the island and its trainees is well under way. Shan't reveal much details here, for fear of getting my ass shipped off to db with only 1 month left to ORD.
All i can say is that tekong seems hotter than ever, and i've become a new museum exhibit named "The Human Lobster" after spending 3 hrs swimming in tekong pool.
My skin is bloody pain and itchy now. knn.
Oh well, till the next deployment then.
ys
posted by yongsheng @ 8:44 PM
Thursday, August 13, 2009
this is good
posted by Esc @ 6:16 PM
Who wants to go watch?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/movies/22raimi.html?_r=1
posted by Esc @ 8:28 PM
Saturday, August 01, 2009
What do you see?
NDP 2009 is just round the corner. As with every year, an integral part of NDP is the theme song. And this year's theme song is following in the footsteps of recent NDP theme songs. That is, heavily criticized. The tune is too moody, lyrics not good blah blah blah...
But pause. wait a while. and take a closer look. This year's theme song is a ROCK song, as opposed to previous years' pop songs. It may not appeal to the general masses as much as the cheery tunes of pop songs, but that does not mean it's a bad song. In fact, it's a good song. I must admit that when I heard electrico would be composing this year's theme song, I expected something better, but this is good enough. Come on, it's the first real rock song we have for NDP!
So how would i compare this song to past year's songs? If you asked me to rate it, i would give it an 8.5/10. Let's look at past year songs and see how they would compare.
1998 - home, kit chan - 9/10
1999 - together, evelyn and dreamz fm - 9/10
moments of magic, tanya, fann and elsa - 9/10
2000 - shine on me, mavis and jai wahab - 7.5/10
2001 - where i belong, tanya chua - 9/10
2002 - we will get there, stefanie - 9.5/10
2003 - one united people, stefanie - 9/10
a place in my heart, sean wong - 7/10
2004 - home, young voices - 9/10
2005 - reach out for the skies, taufik and rui en - 8/10
2006 - my island home, kaira gong - 8.5/10
2007 - there's no place i'd rather be, kit chan - 6.5/10
will you, various artists - 7.5/10
2008 - shine for singapore, hady mirza - 7.5/10
so yup, as you can tell i disliked 2007's songs. kinda sucked in my opinion. Anyway, there's actually a chinese version for this year's song as well. '就在这里' Bet you didn't know that! yup. it has a mrbrown version too! lol.
Anyway, happy birthday singapore!
Le kua simi?
posted by yongsheng @ 11:22 PM
Deathly hallows
K before i go on, let me remind lz and sc that there's still 2 unpublished drafts written long ago before this post. just finish them and post them ok? mai tu liao.
So i spent the whole of today doing nothing except reading up on HP's last book. which i have to admit that yiting is right. to really refresh yourself, you have to start from the first book. damn. but since i already have this last book, i shall just finish it first before i get the rest i suppose. oh well.
and i'm running out of money. too much treats and stupid nights outs. lol.
lalala
posted by yongsheng @ 8:27 PM
backkkk
so. I realised that you just have sign in to gmail to be able to blog. wow.
anyway. Organising a class outing isn't that hard what chinee. Given that most of the guys:
1. Are in army
2. Book out on fridays
3. Have nothing better to do,
all it takes is an sms and 4 hours later you'll see everyone at dhoby ghaut. except just make sure to key in all the numbers correctly if not some people will think they're not invited and get very sad. hor kelvin. and i couldnt get some of you guys sorry!
was great to meet up anyway and just sit down and talk. I think that's really fun, because then you can talk about very exciting things. like lz's preferred specialisation in the medical field.
ys: confinement always sucks. just suck it up man. i know how hard it is, and especially with ord coming soon you don't expect this kinda thing. anyway just wanted to clarify some stuff. contrary to what you might think, I do think about what I say (haha), and I meant it when I said you were difficult. Maybe you could spare a thought for the rest of the guys. First of all, we always would want to accommodate you since you're a part of the class, so I really hope you didn't mean it when you said you had better things to do and did not ask us to accommodate you anyway. After everything that everyone and especially xunyong did to work around your schedule, I don't think it's fair to them at all for you to say that. It was never going to have anything to do with me since I was going home anyway whether or not you guys were gonna catch transformers, so I can safely say I was very objective through the episode.
I understand that you came only for the movie, but don't you think that everything would have worked out equally well had you not shown a black face right from the start of discussions about movie plans? Even then, isn't catching up with friends more important than catching a movie? I always show up for gatherings knowing full well they always degen into lan outings, but the hour or so of catching up is good enough for me. Do I get annoyed when all everyone else wants to do is lan even when it is such a time-consuming, life-wasting, geek-creating, bad-posture-and-health-causing activity? Of course I do, but do I make a big fuss out of it and insist you do it my way (i.e. walking around and looking at exciting stuff)? No, because I know you guys really get a kick out of it and that it constitutes the only fun and laughter that luzhou gets in his life, considering his luck in other stuff. Sure, the circumstances that day might have been slightly different, what with your upcoming confinement and all, but it was supposed to be a celebratory lunch for txy after all (and a chance for us to get our very first meal on him). Just think about it.
I don't mince my words and only say what I mean. So treat this objectively; it's not personal. Don't worry.
Anyway, congrats to txy again. From the moment he signed on I could see this coming because despite appearances he's quite smart and wouldn't have signed on otherwise (i think). And chinee's getting fat. Like luzhou. As in lz was always there, chinee's just catching up now.
Ok so since it's so easy to blog can everyone just do so. then if enough people show support for the idea we can pressure txy to treat lunch again. I think it's a great idea for our next class outing.
posted by jameson @ 10:28 PM
The calm before the storm
3 more weeks of shit begins in less than an hours time. so here i am writing this, hoping to clear things up, get things out before i disappear off the singapore mainland.
Firstly, sunday. I'd like to apologise to chin ee for using him as scapegoat when u guys kind of treated me badly. I regret the outburst, but i do not think i need to apologise for it. Let's see it from my point of view.
I'm about to be confined for a period so long off mainland none of you would have experienced before(it's longer than your BMT confinement). This means i'll have to wash my own clothes, survive on SFI rations, so on and so forth. That doesn't really figure in the picture, so i shan't elaborate. but the thing is, by the time i come out, i'm not sure transformers 2 would still be showing. and even if it is, i doubt i can find anybody who hasn't watched it yet. and i want to watch it, hopefully with somebody. Which is why I PANGSEH MY ODAC FRENS WHO WERE AT EAST COAST TO GO OUT WITH YOU GUYS. with that, i specifically told xun yong over the phone that i'm coming MAINLY for the movie. which is why if u guys dun wanna watch it, you could have told me earlier, i have better things to do. and there goes jameson saying i'm hard to accommodate. like hey, did i ask u guys to accommodate me? NO. you guys could have called me earlier to say if you guys dun wanna watch the movie. so THINK before u talk next time jameson. In the end, i was prepared to go watch the movie alone. which would have left a really bad taste in my mouth cuz i
1. could have watched a weekday movie myself at cheaper prices and better location
2. could have gone out with my odac frens
3. need not rush out of my house right after lunch.
Thankfully, chin ee helped clear things up. and shun cheng's eagerness to watch it helped too. Thanks guys.
Secondly, Damn the confinement cuz i'm going to miss liverpool's entire stay in sg. like wtf? my team comes down all the way to sg and i'm effing deployed. knn.
So thirdly, i went to get my 3 weeks worth of dota in the past few days. with amazing results! play 14, win 12 lose 2. wooh. and once was with chin ee's two noob frens who just started dota. the other loss coming from sc randoming spider then dun want so he took my th. lol. but then again, i had randomed th too many times le. haha. many thanks to tidehunter(x 3), tinker, lina, windrunner, ogre magi, pugna, morphling, earthshaker, lion, obsidian destroyer for making those games great. so till aug, see ya!
noobify†™
lalala
ys
posted by yongsheng @ 8:45 PM
H1N1 and deployment
*Long Post Warning* - Do not read when sleepy
The past week has been crappy, and it can only get worst. I think karma has finally arrived. so much for my slack posting.
Anyway, let's start from the very beginning of the crap and how things actually looked great then. And for analysis sake, let's use the happiness index always found in the New Paper. For those who dun know what it is, it's just a random number used in an attempt to measure happiness. Let's start with 50 on the morning of 20th june 2009.
200609 1100 hrs. My 'sis' just came back from chicago! So i went out with her the whole day. dim sum buffet, pool, window shopping, jap restaurant dinner. wooh. +30 = 80
210609 1500 hrs. My relatives all came my house to celebrate fathers' day. hell of a ruckus.but it's fun and at 3 o'clock they wanted to go swimming so i brought them there and manged to get a good swim myself too. yay. +15 = 95
220609 1100 hrs. It's a monday but i'm using one of my 21 days off in army so i dun hav to go back camp. Went out with my sis whole day again. kbox, esplanade, her hse. Met up with chun tsen, kang wei and kin wai who all went her hse. yay. Catch up with so many frens at one shot. wootz. +30 = 125
220609 2200 hrs. Received news from my bunk mate that 1 alpha coy personnel in maju camp(my camp) is h1n1 positive and that all of us may be confined. wtf. quickly called chinny to confirm with me prawning date b4 i go back to camp.. -10 = 115
230609 1000 hrs. I have a medical review for my knee so i'm still not back in camp yet. chinny confirmed prawning date, my med review told me that my knee cmi need more physio sessions. Called camp to inform them i hav physio appts so can't go back camp else i can't come out. Off was granted by PC. +10 = 125
240609 1700 hrs. Received ill news from camp. OC wants EVERYBODY back unless u're dying or smthing. sucks. sounds like an order to go back to camp to get infected. Left 4 Dead comes to mind. I have to go back and at the same time cancel my physio appt. knn. -25 = 100
240609 2230 hrs. Back in camp. The atmosphere was shitty. The air has this still dead feeling. places sealed off, signs hung up here and there. Many changes have been implemented. Learnt from an officer that total confirmed cases is now 8. Meeting chun tsen and kang wei again at clementi and learning that a tv has myseriously appeared in my bunk lessens the damage considerably though. -5 = 95
250609 1200 hrs. Our camp has made front page news. Only the headlines elude us. Republic Poly took it. Theorize that if our cases continue to surge we might just get it. -5 =90
270609 0800 hrs. It's a saturday! but i'm in camp. and i just learned that we now have 18 cases. And i'm gonna miss my prawning date. knn. -40 = 50
280609 1000 hrs. It's sunday, i'm in camp. only good thing abt this is that i wun get monday blues. lol. and kudos to camp personnel who have come up with various ways to liven up the time in there.
290609 1500 hrs. CO wants to separate the deployment personnel(those who are going on ops) from those who are non-deployed ppl. A simple instruction, but some stupid BLACK PS from surveillance platoon took things in his own hands and ask everybody to pack ALL our things and move out so he can rearrange bunks, without doing the planning first. Result? 90% of the coy went back to their own bunks. Complete wastage of time and effort. btw, i'm not racist. It's just that that guy is asshole. -10 = 40
290609 1600 hrs. CO brings us bad news. He says deployment personnel will have to stay back after quarantine is lifted so we can go for ops. like wtf. 2 week ops plus after ops need quarantine. A quick calculation reveals that it'll mean 5 weeks consecutively in camp. holy shit. transformers 2 may even be out of cinemas by then. -40 = 0
290609 2200 hrs. Confusion has been cleared up. We are deploying as second batch of personnel so we get to come out for a week first, before going back in for a long long time that would mean it'll be august by the time i come out. +10 = 10
300609 0800 hrs. Official quarantine stand down timing is at 1400 hrs. which means we get to go out after that. but i'm the COS today so i wun be going out any time soon. -10 = 0
010709 1000 hrs. Finally completely handed over my COS duty. cuz my takeover is a first timer so i had to help him do almost everything. but it's ok, i'm finally out going out. first thing me gonna do is to have a nice long hot shower. wooh. then i'll login to facebook(wah rarity leh) and update my status for the FIRST time. yay. +10 =10
Fast forward to 060709 2200 hrs. I'll be back in camp again, and i'll only come out in aug. how sian is that? worse than recruit. that's y i say things can only get worse...
So anybody wanna watch transformers? else i go in come out sure gone le. lol.
lalala
ys
posted by yongsheng @ 9:31 PM
Upcoming meteor showers
ok random matters first before i proceed to the above-mentioned topic.
Firstly, i'm damn high and happy now that my 'sister' is back from chicago! One year since i last saw her le.
Secondly, i'm free for a week cuz i can't go back to my camp. it's quarantined off cuz of a confirmed h1n1 case inside. shan't say more cuz i dunno if this is classified or not.
Now back to my favorite topic - astronomy. Half the year has gone, and many meteor showers have gone by, from weak ones like delta velids to strong ones like quadrantids. but there're plenty more to come! Nobody will bother about weak ones, so here's a list of upcoming strong showers.
Perseids - With a zenithal hourly rate(zhr) of about 90, it's a great shower. except that this year, it could be even better! Astronomers predict that this year's activity could peak unusually at 116, like last year. This hasn't exactly been explained yet.
Peak date: 12 august
Orionids - Not a very strong shower normally, but it's nearing its 12 year cycle of unusual peaks and this year could be it! usual peak is 20 per hour, but it could go up to 30 this year.
Peak date: 21 october
Geminids - Probably the finest, and the most reliable meteor shower. With a consistent zhr of 120, it's a feast for the eyes. but i kinda watched this too many times le. The last time round with xy and jasper.
Peak date: 14 december
Quadrantids - Another 120 zhr meteor shower, this one's next year so i'm not sure when the peak date is.
Peak date: 1-5 january 2010
lalala i suddenly got urge to view meteor showers, which is why i'm posting this. lol
ys
posted by yongsheng @ 8:28 PM
Class Outing Poll!
okies!
i passed my exams so i'm damn happy! lets have a class outing! (: wohoo..
what are the dates that you all are free?
sc suggested that after nat day.. since most of you all are involved in nat day.. so yea. but i start school after nat day. so hmmm but i can arrange.. maybe i skip one day school? lol..
anyway, july which dates you all free? other than weekdays which i noe le (:
yupp!
you all prefer:
Early Afternoon Activity:
Cycling/rollerblade
K Box
Bowling/Pool/Lan
Sentosa
Senkang water sports complex
Escape theme park
Ice Skating (kallang)
Movie
Others - pls specify
Evening Activity:Buffet
Pot luck
Chill in Chalet - Cater in
Buy food & Dine by the beach
Others -pls specify
SMS --->
[Early Morning Activity] , [ Evening Activity] , [Dates Free]
to 96260212 NOW!!!
posted by chinny @ 5:50 PM
Left 4 Dead 2!
November 17 2009
The zombie apocalypse just got extended.
"the title adds melee combat to enable deeper co-operative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaw, frying pan, axe, baseball bat, and more. "
let's wait for it.
lalala
posted by yongsheng @ 8:03 PM
Thailand
After 2.5 weeks spent in thailand, i'm finally back home. needless to say, it's good to be back. and a big thanks to all those who remembered my birthday!
Thailand wasn't so bad, except for the ingrown toenail and my viral infection in the other toe. Unfortunately, I can't say much else about my experiences with tarantulas and overgrown insects, beautiful night skies, daily CAT 1s, bogged down vehicles, and the bits and pieces of Thai which I learned...just this: the Thai canteen was great, and I frequented its computer shop whenever possible. Oh, and coconut ice cream is IMBA. mango sticky rice too.
Time passes so fast - it seems only a short while ago that I boarded the plane for thailand. It's going to be NDP prep now, and pretty soon, it's going to be ORD.
posted by Esc @ 2:42 PM
Image courtesy of Kunkka