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Ippt!

Going to take my IPPT at Khatib camp in less than an hour! Manz! Hope I'm able to get a silver so that I can have the cash reward of 200 to supplement my 'bonus' for the month.

Actually had a jog last night. Timing for 2.4 is barely 12 mins. That's the maximum for achieving a silver, so kinda in danger today! Lol. All thanks to all those X'mas feasting!

My First Jog of the Year

Had my first jog of the year on the 2nd of Jan (Monday). Kinda slow. Guess that's the result of the festive feasting! Or perhaps cos age is catching up with me ?

Really have to exercise more these days because my IPPT window is closing soon! Think I have to clear my IPPT sometime in Feb. I won't wanna go for RT hence better buck up!

Cheers
Nick

Year 2012!!!

It's been a really really long time since i have posted anything in here. Will do so more this year cos Blogger finally have a iPhone app!

Work have been busy this year. Have really learnt and done a lot. Worked and played really hard this year. Perhaps 2012 will be a more relaxing year

Managed to catch the fireworks at the MBS area last night after watching 'Wicked' the musical. Finally a good end to 2011 and hopefully a good beginning to Year 2012!

Would really like to thAnk everyone in my life who have made 2011 a great and fulfilling year.

Thanks go out to my colleagues at work who have guided and supported me throughout the year. Especially to my team members (Jia Ling, Sharon, Khaiyang and Leellian). Without them, work would be so much tougher!

Been on quite a number of short trips this year. Of which almost all are with my sis and tony. Thank you both so much for your patience during times where i can be rather demanding and short tempered. Forget about those negative and bad xperiences and remember the fun ones such as when Xp got knocked down by a motorbike in HCMC and when Tony almost fall off the elephant in Phuket!

To Bond: think 2011 is a busy year for all of us. Many changes took place etc. new jobs, new relationships, discoveries and new commitments. Although some of the challenges seemed tough in the beginning, everything still fall in place in the end.

Although most of us have known each other for more than a decade, we still manage to learn new things about each other. And since there have been many changes in our lives these past few yeas; from student to working adults; from single to being attached/ engaged etc, people changed more quickly. Furthermore, with the incursions of new members into the group, dynamics changes too and will continue to evolve in the coming year!

Happy New year!!

Wisdom Tooth Operation, Food and Ulcers

Something happened last Friday which set off a chain of events leading up to today. This is what happened:

2000 - 2400hrs: 16th Oct, Last Friday

The Beginning

Around 7+, 8pm that faithful night, my normally over-sensitive tooth @ the rear of the right side of my jaws started giving me problem. Normally the pain will subside after a while or after i brush my teeth. However, not this time. The pain persists all the way into the night and even after my KTV session with my friends (Ah Fats and Terence San).

2400hrs - 0300 hrs: 16th Oct, Last Friday Night

Sleepless Night

Popped 2 Panadol before heading off to bed. However, the sleep wasn't as calm as hope. The pain was so bad that I woke up in the middle of the night @ 3am to take 2 more pills.

0800 – 1200hrs: 17^th Oct, Saturday

Appointment & Badminton

The first think I did in the morning when I woke up was to google for a Dental Clinic that is open on Saturday. Managed to make an appointment for 12 noon.

Why 12 noon but not earlier??? That is because I have a badminton game arranged @ 10am that morning with my JC Classmate.

The people who turned up for the game was kinda random. They were all friends of friends etc. Even Uncle and Aunt of one of my friend’s friend turned up. What’s funnier was this conversation that I had with this guy. The conversation started off as a really standard one. We touched on area such as where do you live and how we both came to know my common friend. However, the interesting part came about when I asked him what is doing now, working or studying etc. Initially I thought that that I didn’t understand what he was saying etc. All I heard or thought I heard was the word ‘porridge.’ However, upon confirming with another random guy there, I realised that I did not hear it wrongly. The guy’s occupation is selling ‘frog leg porridge.’

1200-1300: 17^th Oct, Saturday

Consultation

Nothing special really. Just did some filling and also got convinced by the Dentist to go for my Wisdom tooth operation the following day.

1830-1730: 18^th Oct, Sunday

D-Day

This is an exciting Day. The op started with 4 injections into my gums and inner cheek to numb the area. It wasn’t so bad. It was followed by an X-Ray. What came after was kinda unexpected. The X-Ray showed that my wisdom tooth is really near to the nerve that is running below. What followed was kinda funny and scary @ the same time.

The Dentist asked me “can you feel the numbness in ur lip etc now?”

Me: Ya

Dentist: “Well, I have a bad news for you. Can you see the black line running below your teeth? That is the nerve. So, can you see that the nerve is very near to your wisdom tooth? Well, the numbness you are feeling could very well be temporary or permanent should there be any damage to the nerve in the op.

The op went rather well despite of the little scare before the op. My tooth seems like a tough nut to crack though. The Dentist seems to be having problems pulling out the tooth, even after splitting it into half. I felt like my jaws was about to fall off then.

23rd Oct, Friday

Ulcers

The ulcers finally came. And not just one or two. There are so many of them that I gie up counting also. It hurts much more than the post op pain. There are ulcers all the way from my lips to the back of my throat. Damn! I had been taking painkillers to ease the pain but it ain’t really helping so far. L

Just hope that the pain goes away soon. Well, to some extend I deserve it too. Why so? Cos I haven’t been watching what I eat after the op. I even went to Jumbo seafood with my friend 2 days back and had Mee Rebus yesterday.

Oh well, tomorrow’s the day for the stitches to go off and maybe another possible Molar extraction or Root Canal treatment which will take off one month of my pay. So yup, I’m just screwed, that it, period! L

Keep you guys posted.

Ulcers Nick

Matthijs and Eva Comes to Singapore

It's coming to half a year since I came back from my international exchange program over @ Austria last summer 2008. Things have been rather hectic every since i came back from my exchange program due to school work, my new found CCA (secretary of the Music interactive Club) and also the involvement in my 2nd OCIP (overseas community involvement project) to Gui Zhou 贵州, China.

Hardly do i have much time to think about my exchange experience. Pictures had been 'put' aside and stored in my external harddisk, making way for new picture taken during the new term, CCA and OCIP.

2 friends, Eva and Matthijs, who attended the same school as me during my Exchange in Asutria came to visit Singapore during the CNY period. It made me realise that somehow, the interactions between the friends i made then and me had dwindled to almost nothing. Is this just what life is all about? You get to know a bunch of friends, get along, spend great time and moments together and then comes the time to go separate ways in life and the so called 'friendship' somehow take a step back and with time diminishes.

Nick

Bond59's Chalet 2009!!

Well, my december holiday passed in a blink of the eye. The one month in China is really well spent. Really enjoyed myself over there. Made many new friends as well as seen many lovely things. Learnt many things as well.

Anyway, that is not the point of this entry. This entry is on the once in a year Bond59's Chalet (well, i hope it's gonna be a one in a year thingy).

Didn't really have much time to prepare for this chalet. I haven't really settle down back into school life and i have to go on another 'retreat'. However, the chalet does turns our pretty well. Kinda nice getting back to old days of talking rubbish, slacking and eating junk food.

The thing that 2 of my good friends are holding is a new roll of aluminium foil. A defective roll.
One of the newest addition to the Menu for our BBQ is that of sunny side up! Look @ the pic below, it looks better than what a lot of people can do at home right? hahaha

Look @ the burger that we made during the BBQ. Impressive isn't it? haha

Nick

Steamboat! with MIC People!

As a end of term gathering and a pre-departure gathering for the MIC people and me, i decided to prepare and host a Steamboat for them after our end of course evaluation @ Hark Music over @ my place. Felt kinda bad that they have to come all the way to Yew tee... but well, too bad!

Since i'm going to fly in a couple of hour's time, i don't really have time to write anymore, so i'll just post the picures first and write some other time etc. Anyway pictures are worth a thousand words right ? (Something like that).