Daniel & Melissa

Mel is one of the few people that I can say I've known all my life. And it brings me great joy to see her marry the man of her dreams.

Well, the union of Dr McDreamy and Ally McBeal was a lovely affair. Something you'll find right out of the pages of Style Weddings or Her World Brides.

Then I realised that I never took a good picture of the happy couple throughout the day! Somehow, I was too busy helping out that I didn't have time to take a good picture of me even! But, I managed to scrape a few pics. Notice the pink tie for the church (McBeal said, if cannot wear Victorian, wear pink)

Then, for night, my take on a modern Victorian man: A 3 piece suit and a pocket watch (well, a fake pocket watch. It's just a chain! hahaha)

Zapped

In times of financial uncertainty, is there an investment with a guaranteed positive return? Yes!! It's known as Lasik surgery. Guaranteed savings on money spent on contact lens, the solution & spectacles! Plus my eyes are sharper now. Spotted shoes and shirts at 70% off. Now what sort of investment gives such great returns?

The Youth Camp III

Me & my translator. She was great! Couldn't ask for a better translator.

Me and the pastor's daughter.. A sweet little girl

My fan club! Now if I charged a registration fee, I would be quite the rich man...

When you are in a foreign place, one has gotta immerse in their culture! We really rocked the cute pink motorbike.

Youth Camp Part II

There are almost no traffic rules in the city.

It's now many people can pile onto the vehicle and GO!

Our friends took us out for an afternoon of fun! Heh...

I learnt a lot through the skits that the youth put up. Most skits evolve around an abusive, drunken father who beats his wife - a submissive, stay home woman.

50 points for those who can guess this Bible story!

A Church Camp in Cambodia

I went to a youth church camp held in the Anglican Church in Cambodia. CCOP - Church of Christ Of Peace. I think that's the name... But I gotta double check it to be sure.

We were there to teach the youth in Cambodia about God's Love and Judgement... I think if you look closely, you can catch one or two sleeping in class!
Played games with them. One of which is Charades. Can you guess the Bible story for this picture?
Lunch - out of a bucket.
Preparing for the trip was tough. But seeing their smiling faces was truly rewarding!

God put a smile on my face

I lost my phone. Called it and it turned out that I left it on the cab. The taxi driver sent it to my house. Well, before you praise him for his kind heart, he said that he would switch on his meter and I have to pay him the meter fee at my house. But still, I'll gladly pay the meter fee than find a new phone and replace all my lost contacts... I'll take it as a $14.80 lesson for me.

Anyway, the taxi driver told me that he picked up many passengers after me and no one noticed a phone on the back seat. It's only when I called it, about 1 and a half hours after I got off the cab, that he realised that he has a phone behind the cab!

Oh well, I gotta give myself a good knock on the head for losing the phone. And really thank God for allowing me to find my phone after I lost it. After so many screwed up things happening to me, like bird shit falling on me when I was walking to work, it's a good feeling to know that something good came my way!

4 years ago...

The 6 months of 2004 that I spent in Europe for my student exchange were unforgettable. Now, the memories are online! (also a chance to see a long haired, blonde highlighted, pre-plastic surgery me)
http://vincenttraveljournal.blogspot.com/2007/01/europe-2004-photos-and-movies.html

Those 6 months were significant. Almost life changing. It opened my eyes to a whole new world out there. I saw cultures, scenery and beauty, even horrors and wickedness and in the midst of it, hope and perseverance. It's a different experience from watching the National Geographic channel.

Thanks to Good O' Vince for taking time to post these pics online! When will our next backpacking trip be?!??

Joshua talks investment

In times of financial uncertainty, when stock markets are tumbling, it is not the best time to buy pieces for the wardrobe. It is time to invest in the wardrobe!

Tada:

The Grand Carrera. The 1st mechanical movement engineered with the rotating system, inspired by the most contemporary and technically advanced GT cars.

Mine is the Calibre 6 in Black dial and black alligator strap. I've always wanted a leather strap watch - makes the entire look more elegant. And finding out my latest purchase is alligator was an added bonus!

Stay tuned for more financial advice from me!

road works

I was driving from Marina Shopping Center to the AYE the other day and I saw the roads being prep for the F1. It's pretty exciting to drive along the roads with the protective fencing at the sides. Makes me feel like an F1 driver! Woo hoo!

in the mail

Imagine my surprise when I saw a letter addressed to me from MoE asking me to be a teacher. How do the folks at MoE know that my bond is ending? Is there a HR sharing between MoE and MoD???

Anyway, it says "The knowledge and experience that you've gained since your graduation could prove valuable in guiding the generations of tomorrow. Share it. Be a teacher."

Well, I really doubt my skills of compiling reports, preparing presentations, minuting meetings and answering like hell when something goes wrong would be useful to a kid in school. Plus, I don't see myself as a teacher - as evident below:

bomb diffuser

I started lunch time yoga every Friday. $66 a month - thats how much I'm willing to pay to officially twang from one hour of work per week. Having a rockin' body after is just added bonus. Aside from the breathing exercises, the most difficult posture is the one where one stretches out his hand in front of himself and pretends to be sitting on an invisible chair - thighs and shins at right angle, back upright. Woa! My thighs were VIBRATING during that exercise! My body is aching from this afternoon's session as I type...

So, after the yoga session, I got a bomb thrown onto my lap. The Open House booth is not up to standard. Need to put more things... So after much discussion - which I was not a part of, JOSHUA was assigned to set up another counter to screen some 1m34s video. Strange how arrows can still fly in my direction when I am not even represented in discussions. People must really think highly of me to entrust me with such an important task.

So, in short, all the logistics were sourced my moi, setting up dumped to moi, clearing up would be moi, transportation of the logistics to the venue also MOI. I got so much things to bring that I am actually bringing a suitcase tmr. If u see a flustered Captain, dragging a large black suitcase at the Open House, look harder and it may just be me!

See and Follow

See: The Fall/Winter Prada Men's ad campaign.

Follow: Move over super skinny jeans! The next big thing in mens wear is wearing a double collar. Button up the shirt to the top most button then put on a collar on top of the shirt's collar. This is Miuccia's latest offering and I think that this one is kinda hard to execute. It also kinda invokes in my mind, the collar and the cuffs that the playboy bunnies wear. Yup, wearing just the collar, cuffs and the 2 pink bunny ears! Now, to get me one of those detachable collars...

Anyway, been so busy lately doing up my booth at the RSAF Open House. Now, after doing the booth, I have to man the booth! Grrr... Response for manpower to man the booth is poor. Sad that no one takes ownership of the booth, except the one assigned to put up the booth. So, there goes this weekend - it'll be spent standing by my booth, explaining to the public what I do.

pesky ads

Channel 5 has really got no common sense - interrupting the closing ceremony with ill-timed advertisements. Cutting out things like singers performances and the UK national anthem in the process. And did they cut out our Singapore singer Stefanie Sun too? I didn't catch her performing at all!

Came home early on Friday. Managed to watch the finals of the mens beach volleyball match. Brazil vs USA. Woa! Got a new idol! And his name is Phil Dalhausser. He's the bestest blocker I've seen! Blocking I think 5 spikes in a row. Could see the look of frustration in the Brazilian's faces as they walk again and again into Dalhausser's blocks. hahaha... Must try to play like Dalhausser.

Well, the olympics are over. Sad, sad. It was fun watching the games over dinner and when I have got time to kill. Sitting in total disbelief as I watch the gymnastics people contort their bodies into out of the world poses. And bewilderment as I try to figure out the scoring for boxing - seriously, the 2 players were punching each other and yet only one player's score was increasing and the other's wasn't! But my favourite was seeing all those amazing camera angles and slow-mo replays of the medal winning performances! The best was the super slow mo replay of Phelps 1/100 second win for the 100m butterfly was just delicious.

Haha.. Phelps... If he were a one-man country competing at the Olympics, the People Republic of Phelps will rank 9th in the medal tally. He's amazing!

and I say Hallelujah!

Passed level 2! Woo hoo! In His time, in His time.

Met the cousins today. Had a great time catching up over not-so-great-food. Went to this Japanese Marche place at Raffles City. Food wasn't good at all! But still edible... But it's not a place I would recommend pple to go...

14 years later...

Last week, I met up with my primary 6 classmates for the first time in 14 years! Location was at KM8 in Sentosa's Tanjong Beach.

I graduated from Nan Hua Primary School in 1994 and mainly coz I was the only chap in my class that went to ACS(I), I kinda lost contact with them. Then suddenly Zicong called me on a Friday evening at 4pm and told me that they are meeting that very night, I felt I must meet up with them to see how everyone is.

Well, after 14 years of not meeting, what topics have we got in common to talk about? Mainly just reminiscing about primary school days, the teachers, the pranks and the much simpler life we had. Then I realised, I was pretty much the guai kia in primary school! Never pon-tang classes or go roaming at Clementi central after class.

No one was holding a particularly exciting job or accomplished anything outstanding... (other than perhaps coming 1st runner up in that singing competition!) It made me think, how have I spent my 14 years? And what have I to show after all these years?

Nonetheless, it was a good time catching up with them. Bunch of easy going and sincere people. You can bet the next outing with them won't be in another 14 years! In the mean time, I'll try to dig up my pri 6 class photos!