Oh well

Oh well... I know that the blogs are pretty hard to read and I have not been blogging much. But there aren't really any experts out there that can help me.. Even Ryan whom I deem as "expert" in blog-creating, fail to help me. So disappointing!
Anyway, life has been really exciting thus far. I am gaining satisfaction from my job, especially so when the trainers commended me for all the jobs well done. Praise God for the favour that He had bestowed upon me. I am learning to count my blessings day by day. Even at times when I feel that life can be pretty tough with those physical ailments coming up, I know I have a Saviour that can not only empathize but also remove them.
Feeling much better now.. I was down with a wierd problem on my neck recently. It started of as a strain-like thing. No pain but really uncomfortable. The strain slowly became a hassle and affected my breathing. Being asthmatic, I can easily tell the difference between asthma and what's not. NO!! I am not going to blame it on the haze. Well.. I got the cell to pray for me last night. They had a practical session with their newly-learned practical skills from Toronto. And yes.. ... I was the test model.. For the non-science people, test model is what you test on and not necessary a super model. The lab mice is a form of test model. Anyway back to topic, I was the test-model and the cell members laid hands on me as they prayed for God's kingdom and will to be done.. And yes!! It worked! I am healed. Not a single sign of breathlessness today, though I can still feel a little tightness on my neck. Praise God for His healing works!

Mobile Dental Truck

Cool mobile dental truck I thought.. Or Should I call it a bus. Oh whatever!
Here are some pictures..

Prawn Fishing

Went Prawn Fishing yesterday...... I was abit reluctant at first since it is going to cost me $14.50 an hour. I am unsure about my skills in prawn fishing. Nevertheless I went ahead. The man told me that if I use the "sand worm", I will get a good catch from it. However the "sand worm" comes in a tub form and it will cost me $4.00. I was not willing to pay $4 for a tub of worms since I will only be fishing for 1 hour. I requested for 1 worm but the man budge not. I took my share of fish cake (prawn bait) and went on my way. Even before I could hook the fish cake up, the man came and give me a super long worm.. :p Yeah!! He even taught me how to hook the worm. After a while, another indian man came long and taught me further. After a short and exciting 1 hour.. I caught 8 prawns. When the hour is up, I retrieved my net cage and saw the last prawn escaping from the hole found at the bottom of the cage. I was dumb folded. I went to the man and requested for a refund. He refused. He said that I choose the net cage by myself which is of course not the truth. I looked at him and then look at all the other fisher men and exclaimed out loud.. " You gave me a cage with holes and now all the prawns gone.... How?"
One old uncle spoke up for me and ask him to give me back the number of prawns I caught. I caught 8 and was expecting 8 in return. The man took out a large net and was netting the pond for more prawns. Out of the 8 prawns that he netted, one of them was already dead. I requested or a change but he refused saying that it is ok to have a dead prawn and that the pond has no more prawns. He then mocked at me by saying that since I do not want the prawn, he will feed them to his son. I was abit confused by his statement at first before realizing that he was actually referring to all the huge fish in the net cage. I insisted that he returns me the 1 prawn and refused to move. My sister (Stephanie) looked at me and asked me what can I do if the man refused to give in. I told her that I will stand beside the cashier box and not move. I recall the parable in Luke.
"Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes to him at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.'
7"Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.' 8I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man's boldness[e] he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

True enough, the man finally relented and instructed his friend to catch 1 more prawn for me. On our way back, we saw 2 cute kids playing around with their make-shift rod (using a stick and some strings) The boy seeing me walking away started shouting "Bye Bye Kor Kok" continously". Lo' and behold.. I heard he shouting "Aunty Bye Bye".. I thought my ears were playing a trick on me. I stop and inch my ear towards the sound. "Aunty Bye Bye".. I was about to asked my dad to reaffirm what I heard. Even before I could, he turned around and laughed at my sister, saying that the kids were calling her aunty. Both of us burst out laughing ( which is of course my dad and myself and definitely not my sister). I couldn't laugh in a more hysterical and sissy way than this. The constant greeting by the 2 kids towards my sister kept on ringing in the background even though both my dad and I were already laughing uncontrollably.
While waiting for Lester and Co. to arrive, I saw Michelle Chia. She looks really glamourous and pretty. I was star-struck.. haha. Lester came and took his chance at prawn fishing. He took home 6 prawns and caught one small-sized tilapia, which of course he did not bring back.

Unequally Yoke

I was talking to one of the female church elder that day. I posed her the question on whether her husband has received Christ or not? She looked at me and then gave me a "depressed" NO!

Female elder: Well........ You know that famous phrase on being unequally yoke??? Its very true you know!

Me: Really?? !!

Female elder: Yes!! You know when you first fall in love.. You keep telling yourself that you will win the soul for the Lord! But after getting married .. ... its' very hard you know?

Me: Hmmm.. ya

Female elder: You will face alot of problem regarding family issues.. You and your spouse might have very different opinions towards life. Example..Pre-marital Sex issues.. My husband has a very egoistic character and has his own views on worldly issues.. This is very hard on our children.

Me: Yah.. !! I agree with you.


Well.. Lesson learnt.. I thank God for bringing classic examples into my life to learn about biblical values. I thank God for warning us before hand so that we will not need to go through all the troubling issues of being unequally yoke with your spouse. I believe I can spend more effective time on other issues.

Crazy Taxi Ride

I had a crazy Taxi ride on my way home from cell today. The air con was down, the windows were not open, the driver was swivering his steering wheel left and right continously. I felt like I am sitting in a boat. I felt sick and could empathize with my driving instructor now. LOL! Especially so when I had experienced an amplified version of my common mistakes made during my driving lessons.

I am having my driving lesson tomorrow morning.. or rather today morning.. since its already 12:43am. Well.. ... Got to improve..! Lord help me !!

Blessed Lord

The Lord had blessed me with a job! Well, I can't disclose much over here but I must say that I am enjoying and learning much from it. Without a doubt, this is definitely another blessing I am receiving from the Lord. Sadly, I am not going to disclose much for the sake of the employer. I guess there isn't anything wrong with it, but it's better not broadcast unless people specifically ask. Thank you Lord for blessing me with a job that is flexible, interesting, challenging, friendly and reasonably well-paid.
Thank you Lord!

Bon Jour'.. Calling from French School

I received a call from Sister Mei-I yesterday morning. She asked whether I can help out at the french school. I was told that they were lack of manpower and needed help. I thought it must be pretty cool helping out in a cookhouse. I bathed, changed and set off to my destination, "Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3".
Upon reaching, I gave Sis. Mei-I a call and was given the directions towards the school. The school stand out in the midst of all the industrial buildings. Sis. Mei-I was there to welcome me as I made my way to exchange for a visitor pass. I was then bought to the kitchen where all the action takes place. I thought to myself how cool.!! Which vegetable shall I cut? which meat to marinate? Where are the spices?
The boss came and directed me to help another C.A (Chef Assistant) This means I am a C.A.A (Chef assistant's assistant) How nice!!!! My first task was to sleep the floor, next to pour the rubbish, next to transport the used utensils, next to mop the floor, next to wash the utensils, next to collect the dishes and sort out the utensils. By then, I was shacked and trying to curb the murmuring spirit within me. The verse" Do it as unto the Lord" kept flashing across my mind. I purposed in my heart not to murmur. I carried on even though my back was aching like an old lady. I looked at the old indian lady beside me, hammering her back. What the heck! I can't be in a worse state than her, if she can do it why can't I? I carried on.
After having french cuisine for lunch, I carried on with work. Started by arranging and stacking up cups, followed by arranging trays, carried some tables, refill the water for the food warmer and called it a day. I received my pay for a day's work. $36 !! This much for a day of work!! The boss was nice enough to pay me $6/hr instead of $5.50 due to the last minute arrangement. I got my dad to fetch me. Thanks dad! Well.. What a day! I learnt alot from it. Thank you Lord!

A new bible.

My Aunt got me a new "NEW KING JAMES" Bible.. Yeah.. Its so cool !
Thanks alot Da Gu!

I shan't mention the price, lest my sisters get jealous. :p

Dreamz..

It seems like a dream.. All but a dream.. but reality has gladly sank in.
I have finally ORD..... Yeah!! Praise God!

MCC

MCC aka. Medical Classification Centre is my first point of contact with the army. Coincidentally, it happens to be my last too. After my training as a medic in SMM, I was posted to CMPB; CcoDTT. (Defence Technology Tower) I was given the reason that since I am a medic, I would most likely be found useful at MCC instead. I was then sent on a permanent attachment to MCC instead. This might shock most people but my initial experience in MCC was a horrible one. Though there were so many stories and incidents in-between. I wouldn't mentioned anything here, lest it stirs up some "Shit". I am glad that everything was resolved and now that I am about to ORD in a peaceful state of mind. I would like to thank all my colleagues for the invaluable lessons learnt and for the friendship that they had given to me.
I took photos with some of my colleagues this week. I would like to show my appreciation to Nasri for being my camera man that day. Great job! By the way, you look really photogenic and natural in the photos.

BBQ at East Coast

Went BBQ at East Coast Park yesterday. It was a bbq supposedly meant for my ORD farewell. However it ended up as a birthday celebration for KK. And Yes.. I am glad that the attention was shifted to him. Boy! I was glad.. KK got sabo by Jeslin with a whipped-cream pie on his face. (Woman are indeed the most vicious creature on earth... or are they not?)
The food were wonderfully prepared by Nasri. He did a great job.. The sambal sauce was superb! So were the chicken wings.. Many thanks to Jeslin for paying the food. It must have cost her alot. She is indeed a generous woman with people at heart.
On my way back on a cab, I ministered to the Taxi driver. I realized that he is a Christian. Instead of telling me that he is a believer. He started correcting me on my beliefs and was finding ways to contradict my statements. I could sense that this man lacks love though he brought up certain doctrinal stuff. I didn't want to argue with him and could sense pride over-flowing from his words. I questioned him about the church he is attending. He said that he goes from church to church occasionally but the current church he is attending is Salvation Army. He shared that he is bought up in a methodist family. I reached my place and told him that it was nice chatting with him. Gave him my well-wishes and left. I wonder what this man is doing this sunday morning..?

Futile Fishing Trip

Went fishing on Thursday with Liang. It was a beautiful day with beautiful weather. My dad came and bought along a new rod and reel in the afternoon. Liang's fishing mentor came and caught a grouper within 30 minutes. I was encouraged and continued trying but to no avail. I finally call it a day at 6.45pm (15 minutes before the end of the session) I had to rush to the airport to send Clayton off. My good friend, infact the friend whom I know the longest till date.
Clay is my K2 classmate. We meet during tuition at Mavis Tutorial centre. During secondary school, we were classmates for 5 years. Then he went to Ngee Ann Poly to do Biomedical while I went to Temasek Polytechnic and did Biotechnology. After being enlisted into the army, we end up as section mates (Yes.. God knows the reason why!) We end up becoming "medic" as a vocation. Now that both of us have ORDed. He is pursuing his studies at UK while I will be going to Australia. What's next?



I really have no idea but I am so excited. So excited on what God is going to do next! Lord! Thank you for such an interesting life!

Jonathan Pohs

Can you believe it? My sister did a search in friendster today and discovered that there are 8 Jonathan Poh in small sunny Singapore alone. I can't believe it !!! and to think that Jonathan is a common name.

Fishing Not Justified

Went fishing at Pasir Ris pond with Lester today.
We started at 9.30am and continued for 5 hours.
We caught nothing.
My dad came and took over.
Within 15 minutes !!!! He got a grouper that is around 3-4kg. OMG!!!
I can't believe it but nevertheless I am happy.
I am thinking of Sweet and sour fish, Fish with salted bean sauce, Deep fried fish fillet and more.

All in all, I enjoyed myself today. I enjoyed my tan.

Leave

Leave:

----- Marcus left for Australia
----- I am on leave every thursday and friday till my ORD.
----- Lisi is leaving this friday (18/08/06)
----- Wenjie is leaving next monday (21/08/06)
----- Clayton is leaving next month (14/09/06)

When will it be my turn ? to leave

Line Breeding = Incest

FATHER WIFE (DAUGHTER)

Well..... I cross the Father to the Daughter and I got these
Young Masters for your viewing pleasure.
Their sons dun look as good as their father or uncles...
Morale of story = Forbidding Incest is for your own good.. or rather the fish's good. LOL! Ok. Enough of my crapping!

5 more to go

I need to announce! I can't hold back any information about it. I am simply overwhelmed by the fact of it and can't wait for the number to decrease. The thought of it makes my belly dance. (not belly dancing though) I know there is so much things to do, so much in-store for me. God please keep me sane.
5 more.. 5 more months to ORD.

2 Masters and 1 Missy

Remember Mr and Mrs...
Well.. I promised that I would post some pictures of their offsprings. Here some of them.. Enjoy..!

Mr and Mrs

Mr Mrs

Well.. Didn't have much time to blog for a long time. Anyway.. I am here to present to you Mr and Mrs.

Well.. I was too busy to update anything..The truth is that they bred last Oct, 05 and I now have a whole spawn of young masters and missys. Hopefully I will be able to take some pics and post them up here. "They look Good!"

Army Life --- your choice!

Many said that army life is totally sucky, however I believe that it is your choice. Well, my chapter at Jurong camp ended yesterday. I will be re-vocationalized to a new unit this coming monday.
Jurong camp bought me many memories, it is by far the longest unit I have ever spent time in. I was posted to 30SCE as a combat engineer; plant operator vocation-wise. Going through CEC (Combat Engineering Course) was a pain for me by the fact that I had to handle demolitions. Since I am not keen to stay in the course, I thought I might as well declare my medical status. Soon I was put OOC (Out of Course) and spent my time in S2 department. My friends told me that I shouldn't have downgraded since plant operator is an easy vocation. However to think about it, who will bear the consequences of my injury if I ever get myself into such a state. The fact about my medical status doesn't change on the basis on whether I don't downgrade or not. I am downgraded to C1L2.
My life couldn't be any better now. If you are the kind that like challenges and leadership position, then go for it. Well... army life... .. your choice.