Nothing much to say

Today leaves me with nothing to say, but a dream left a great impression in me. I dreamt that I went back to Guangzhou (with Singapore Airlines, lol) again and I saw my nephew. The feeling was so real! Makes me really feel that I'm back in Guangzhou. I certainly miss things there, should have gone there longer. Well, looking forward to a 1 month stay in China someday.. :D I mean, in Guangzhou, not Wuhan.

Ticket price from Singapore to Guangzhou was $843, slightly expensive. However, the excellent service of SIA crew was worth paying the extra. I admit, I was more excited about the flight than the trip last time, but now if I'm going to Guangzhou again, I'll be more excited to meet my niece and nephews again. However, I'd still choose SIA. =p

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My whole day was again spent piloting planes around the world. My skill has really improved, I don't burst tires, or it's a very low percentage of me bursting now. I could almost make a perfect landing. I've fallen in love with the Boeing 777, for no reason? Lol. My love for planes can be very random sometimes. Now, I shall make a list of flights I've been on, I really have nothing to do now. =p

November 1999
SQ8**
Singapore-Hong Kong
Singapore Airlines
Boeing 747-300/400 (unknown)

December 1999
SQ8**
Hong Kong - Singapore
Singapore Airlines
Aircraft unknown

11th December 2004
SQ972
Singapore - Bali
Singapore Airlines
Boeing 777-200ER

14th December 2004
SQ971
Bali - Singapore
Singapore Airlines
Boeing 777-200ER

20th November 2007
SQ872
Singapore-Taipei
Singapore Airlines
Boeing 777-200ER

26th November 2007
SQ871
Taipei - Singapore
Singapore Airlines
Boeing 777-200ER

6th January 2008
TG404
Singapore - Bangkok
Thai Airways
Airbus A300 (not confirmed)

9th January 2008
TG411
Bangkok - Singapore
Thai Airways
Boeing 777-200

4th June 2008
3K 687
Singapore - Kuala Lumpur
Jetstar Asia Airways
A320-200
First solo flight

6th June 2008
3K 688
Kuala Lumpur - Singapore
Jetstar Asia Airways
A320-200
Same day booking

10th September 2008
MI 702
Singapore - Chiang Mai
Silkair
A320-200
First flight with friends

23rd September 2008
MI701
Chiang Mai - Singapore
Silkair
A319-100
First A319 to be in service in Asia, 9V-SBA

3rd March 2009
SQ850
Singapore-Guangzhou
Singapore Airlines
Boeing 777-200ER
First solo flight on Singapore Airlines, longest currently

11th March 2009
SQ851
Guangzhou - Singapore
Singapore Airlines
Boeing 777-200ER
The flight I didn't really want to get on to, as I miss Guangzhou!

12th March 2009
3K 695
Singapore - Hong Kong
Jetstar Asia Airways
Airbus A320-200
First holiday with friends

17th March 2009
3K 692
Hong Kong - Singapore
Jetstar Asia Airways
Airbus A320-200
First time taking video of landing

Unknown Date
GA***
Unknown origin/destination, but should be Changi
Garuda Indonesia
My first impression of taking a flight, unsure to where. Airline should be GA, but not confirmed. I was only 3-4 years old!

GG-fied: Episode 2

Just as I expected, diploma plus lessons are on Friday afternoons. Now the only thing left is for my IS modules, which will be on Wednesday. Ahh, I guess the timing would be from 8am-12pm. 8am.. There goes my sleep! Well, let me get back to the diploma plus lessons again. My lecturer will be Mr Ng! Woots =p Another good news is John Lam is taking us for practical too! I hope it'll be an enjoyable module for me.

I now officially announce.. My diploma plus module for next semester is.. Metrology and Calibration.

9/11 happening to me.. AGAIN!

No, I'm not referring to the September 11 Attacks on the World Trade Center. I'm talking about the September 11 Attacks on me, myself and I. The date happened to be September 11 also. I was in Huay Zhong Bo, Chiangrai when I fainted. I still remember the feeling, it wasn't great.

Today, I cycled back from JP after my treatment. As I stepped into the lift, I felt nauseous. I thought it's nothing wrong, at most I'd just come back home and throw out. However when I reached my doorstep. I felt the fainting sensation. It was exactly what I felt when I was in HZB. I thought I was gonna faint at my doorstep, with no one around. It'd be very dangerous. What if no one comes for me after a very long time? Will I just pass on? I was determined not to faint. I held on tightly to my metal door, stayed still and waited for the sensation to fade by a little before carrying my bicycle in and quickly lying on my bed. Fortunately, the feeling was gone after 2 minutes.

However, I guess something is wrong with my body. Low blood sugar? I'm not very sure about this. What I can be sure is that my blood pressure is normal, I have no heart disease or whatsoever. Therefore, what is causing this? I don't know, seriously.

GG-fied

That's my tentative timetable for the semester. Sucks, have to face someone again. Another thing; All lessons start at 9am!!! There goes my sleep for the next semester. Well but on odd Mondays I can sleep later and go to school at 2pm! LOL! Some lecturers on my timetable are complete strangers to me, or I don't even know they exist.. Well, after school starts I will know that there's such a lecturer around, lol.

Time to buck up! Next goal: >3.2 GPA

A short write-up about my hometown in China, gotten from my nephew's QQ space. Enjoy!

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"0661"

曾经是潮阳的区号，代表着潮阳辉煌的过去，曾经是广东百强县老二的位置，与顺德拥有自己区号的唯一广东两县!
今天却沦落到百目疮夷的地步！谁之过？人民之过？政府之过？
让我们回顾一下潮阳的发展史吧！

1.千年古邑潮阳从东晋元年开始建城，已经有1700年的历史了。
直以来都在沿用潮阳的古名，取于潮之阳，寓意南海的南边朝阳升起来的地方，可谓粤东首屈一指的古邑。
曾经代表古潮阳，统率八邑和梅州的部分地区，后属潮阳府，近代开始置于汕头的管理。
古潮阳也逐渐衍生出普宁和惠来两邑，地域也在逐渐缩小！



2.潮阳的古今名人从唐代的陈北科国舅心系故土，到明朝的肖端蒙巡抚捧打江西王的刚正不阿，
演绎着潮阳人的有情有义，忠君报国。

宋代大峰祖师遍及五湖四海的报德善堂，唐代大颠祖师的龙山寺佛教文化，弘扬的是悲天悯人的慈善文化。
近代的蔡楚生大导演的《一江春水向东流》和郑正秋导演的《渔光曲》，是潮阳文化的传承。



现代潮阳籍的10个院士，更是把潮阳的文化发扬到顶峰！潮阳除了出文人，也盛生商人。
潮阳有200多万人在海内，有200多万人在海外，他们都在演绎着创业的传奇。
一条浴布，一支扁担到泰国过番，造就了不少商业巨子，也影响到本土的潮阳人。

秦国李石诚的联泰集团，陈有汉的盘谷银行都是泰国赫赫有名的商业机构。
香港林百欣家族的娱乐王国，马介璋的华南工业原料城，都是让人侧目的。
本土黄光裕的国美帝国，马化腾的QQ传奇，黄俊欣的地产企业，周泽荣的地产加上教育产业，
许钟民的音像王国，郑定平的大印象集团，都是让潮阳人振奋人心的，以为他们为奋斗目标！


潮阳人在潮商中是最有开拓精神的商圈，但冒险的精神却是有利也有弊。
在这一片文人和商人完美结合的土地，我们是有道理骄傲的，我们有着美好的未来，但发展却是事与原违！


3.潮阳的发展潮阳在90年代曾经是广东百强县的老二，当时峡山就有“小香港”的美誉，
连中央级的报纸也有报道，可见当时商业之盛。
从改革开始直到99年潮阳的经济增长始终保持在百分之十五以上的增长率，占汕头经济半壁江山，
但却在92年埋长了衰退的根源。

92年与揭阳争地级市的失败，重挫了潮阳人的信心，也影响了潮阳的经济。
在接下来的几年，政府表现的无能和腐败，加上那时的造假和6合彩，对潮阳的经济简直就是毁灭性的打击。
在00年经济开始出现负增长，一时粤东经济明星县黯然失色了。
03年潮阳被迫分为两个区：潮阳区和潮南区。
经济也开始有点起色了，有五个国家级经济特色镇（峡山，陈店，两英，谷饶，贵屿），
告别造假和6合彩等灰色经济，开始步上经济发展的快车道。


如今潮南已经是全国人均商标最多的县区了，正在大力发展自有品牌经济。
潮阳区也在大力发展工业经济和港口经济。
这一切还是让人看到希望的，但地方政府还是没有与时俱进，执政能力还是有待加强！
在这一片土地上，我们倾注了深情！

希望未来的发展不要让我们再次失望了！结束语：分久必合，合久必分，
希望在未来不远能看到一个大潮阳又重新站在人们的面前！！

3 day summary

21 March, Saturday

Nothing much to talk about. Brought Erwin to my father's shop to buy his stuffs. My father insisted on giving him discount, he had no choice but to accept it, lol! Received an SMS from KC saying that we'll spend the night at East Coast Park for our upcoming event, AVIVA Ironman Triathlon. I was practically stunned, no preparation for a taunt at all! But nevertheless, had to go for it as the meeting time was WAY too early.

Went out at 8.30pm and proceeded to Kallang MRT. Thanks to our route planner, we almost lost our way, as I was quite sure 401 did not go pass Kallang. He said that it goes through. Well, we finally settled down to take bus 31, but did not know where to alight. Fortunately, Erwin was our saviour. Walked around and found him at Marine Parade CC. Slacked at ECP Mac for the rest of the day. (about 11pm onwards)

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22 March, Sunday

Day was welcomed in ECP Mac. Ate some stuffs and carried on chatting. I totally forgot what we talked about, just remembered the frequent laughters. Tired of slacking, we decided to walk around ECP. Found the spot we had for Standard Chartered Marathon last time. Another thing; I saw lots of planes! Was trying to make out the models. Guess I was correct for some of them? Hehe.

Walked to the other end, already tired by now, we went back to Mac again. At about 6am, we decided to walk to our meeting place. After a very long walk and search, found it! Got our shirts, breakfast & snack pack and walked to our stations. It's a long walk man! Was relieved to see our station.

The run started and I was amazed by the amount of rubbish. A funny thing happened. Erwin was passing out 100 plus and water as he was near both stations. He passed a cup of 100 plus to a runner which thought the cup of 100 plus was water and poured it on himself. We laughed hard at the volunteer stand! There were actually more runners who did that, but we were already immune to that. Now, I shall let the pictures do the talking!










We decided to cab home as we were really too tired. Therefore KC, CK, ZR and myself shared one home. Slept from 6pm onwards till 11.45pm when my father woke me up for dinner cum supper. I was so sleepy that I took 2 different chopsticks and assumed they were a pair. =.=

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23 March, Monday

Feeling refreshed after a 16.5 hour sleep, I prepared for lin and nat's arrival. They came to cook! We cooked Shark's Fin soup today. Tastes great, I can say. Some very funny jokes happened too. I guess I shouldn't reveal them here. =p

I had this dream today. I dreamt that I went back to China again. Probably I miss there too much. Like what my nephew told me on QQ just now, 日有所思， 夜有所梦. However, I really wish I can go back there and stay for a month or so, but I guess I'll miss there even more.

人在新加坡 心在中国

I guess I feel better in China than in Singapore for some reasons? Sometimes feel like going back and stay for a long time, but I'm afraid kerosene and all kinds of slaughtering equipments will fly at me when I'm gonna leave. O.o Despite the never ending rumours of China businessmen using dirty tricks to make different kinds of stuffs, there's also a brighter side of China. I can't really say for other parts of China, but surely for the Guangdong Province, my homeland.

Still trying to adapt to life in Singapore currently, guess I'm more used to a pure-Chinese oriented environment, stress-free everyday?

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Anyway, I went to visit my jie yesterday. Brought her the gifts I bought, hehe. Took some shots of RiRi again!









Also had my dinner there, prepared by my 干妈.







Plus! Some random shots. :D



My jie has grown fatter!


Artistic view..


Nice view?


This candy is nice!

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号外 号外！

Photos when I was young, I look cute right? *bhb*



10 years ago visit to China!


My fourth birthday, celebrated with my kindergarden classmates!


Cute hor?

Me and my mum!

See the boy holding balloons? That's my winning piece for the art competition!

Don't smile also cute hor? =p

At sentosa!

Hong Kong Trip: Mama Mia!

Welcome to the exclusive Hong Kong food tour! This post will show the different kinds of food I ate in Hong Kong and some comments about them.



Fried Vegetables - Just the usual taste


Crab fried with Garlic - An unusual way of cooking crab, but crispy on the outside, juicy in the inside!


Pork Rib King - Not like the usual way of frying them here, it's deep fried in Hong Kong. A bit hard, but that's the natural characteristics of Pork Ribs


Sweet and Sour Pork - A more authentic taste


Roasted Goose - It's very oily, but the taste is nice. Recommended to eat it with the sauce to make the taste less fattening


Tofu Skin Wrap - A not commonly found dim sum in Singapore, consists of hotdog, chicken and potato, not sure if there are other ingredients in it


Glutinous Rice Chicken - Also known as Lo Mai Kai, it's not the usual where we get it out from a small metal bowl, it's freshly made!


Fried Vegetables - This kind of vegetable is not found in Singapore, I've forgotten the name, but the taste is surely great! It comes in a big stalk, the way of eating is to bite the stalk away and the rest of the leaves will separate


Claypot Rice with Mushroom and Chicken - They just put light soya sauce in the rice, makes the rice taste plain and the chicken seems meatless. Recommended to go to the Chinatown stall instead


Roasted Pork - Crispy skin, taste is good


Char Siew - Not like in Singapore, their Char Siew has some strands of fats to make it taste better. The taste is surely more tender!


Unknown dish - Tastes like Goreng Pisang but inside it is like custard


Fried Eggs - Tastes like the egg you get in McDonald's Big Breakfast. Well done, nothing to complain about


Fried Tofu - Plain taste, tofu seems like it's not marinated at all. No effort was made in preparing the dish


Lemon Chicken - Skin soggy, but tender meat


Pork Rib King - Taste better than the previous one, but the meat is slightly tougher

Hong Kong Trip: Summary

Finally, I'm back from being a "flying Singapore man". The trip was fun, time flies when you're overseas with friends. Since I do not blog everyday when I'm there, I shall try my best to recall everything.

Day 1

9V-JSD, our Jetstar Asia A320 parked nicely at gate C23 waiting for departure to Hong Kong Chap Lap Kok International Airport.


Now now, what's burning near the airport?


We took off from Runway 20C - bound for Hong Kong!


Baked Macaroni with Cheese, I bought this onboard for $8


Snack Pack, you can purchase this for $6



搞怪二人组 - Singapore to Hong Kong version


It's a nighttime landing, we're now descending towards Hong Kong


Finally, we touched down after several bumps. It was a rough landing, certainly! The visibility made me estimate that we used a CAT II ILS approach. It was really foggy and the plane was shaky as we descend further down the glide slope.


This bus, A31, goes along the airport to city road, hence the name Airbus, which made me think of something else. =p


Looking funny after a long flight?


These 2 weirdos are surely....


First group photo!

Day 1 ended with a breeze. We also got our Ez-Link cards there. It has an interesting name, called the Octopus Pass. Our hotel rooms were 712 and 713. After much deliberation and discussion, HK and me shared room 712 while lin, nat and px shared room 713. Both were corner rooms, famous for "dirty stuffs", fortunately nothing happened to us during the period of time. Guess my amulet helped me a lot. =p

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Day 2

We took the MRT to Admiralty MTR Station (yes, it's MTR and it has the same name as the Admiralty MRT Station in Singapore). It has lots of buses and trains connecting to different parts of Hong Kong.



A typical day-to-day life of Hong Kong Citizens boarding the MTR


Bus 629 operates a non-stop service from Admiralty to Ocean Park!

After a 25 minute bus ride, we finally reached Ocean Park. I was amazed by a nice scenery surrounding the park. Last time I went was 10 years ago, no impression at all, other than the presence of a Cable Car?



Entrance to Ocean Park. We meet again!


Now, this is a loooooooooooong escalator... They call it the 爬山电梯



The legendary Mine Ride which is bound to let you scream your lungs out!


We walked around planning what to play. After some discussion, we decided to go onto the Observation Tower.





Something caught our eye: The Pirate Ship. I always have the negative G force feeling + acrophobia when riding on it, but nonetheless, it's always fun riding on it! We went on the ship twice: Once in the middle seat and once at the second last row. However, the feeling was not scared, it was excitement!

After that we decided to go onto the Flying Dragon coaster. It has 3 inversions in total. Since I'm always afraid of inversions, I opted not to go on. However, they kept encouraging me to go. Finally, I went on. It wasn't as scary as I thought, and it's fun! The girls have their childhood back again, we played those games stalls which lets you win soft toys. Each game costs HKD 50, which is about S$10. What do guys do then? We paid for them. =.= But however, we also played in the games and won some soft toys.

Another thing caught their eye: The soft toy shop. The waiting was.. Argh, but I managed to buy some souvenirs for friends.



We decided to protect our environment!


We had the chance to view the different species of jellyfishes. It's really amazing to see them! Some of them glow very nicely in the dark, some are enormous, some are real tiny.









We also had to chance to witness... Madagascar 2 Live!







This is the plane that "crash landed" in the movie!



Animal greetings!


Female hippo vs male human


What are these 2 shorties trying to do in Africa?


We hijacked the jeep!


We saw some clowns and decided to take a picture with them!



Cute pandas!

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Day 3

The day started off with a breakfast at a restaurant atop of a hill. I don't really know where is the place, but the food is definitely delicious! HK's Auntie, Grace was our "tour guide".








Next stop, we proceeded to Stanley, a place where the scenery is really great! I shall just let the photos do the talking.



The residents of this area has been rumoured to have cancer!


Hi, bye! *his usual stupid face*


Smile! You're on Daniel Camera!


We went to the Peak Tram next. It has a very steep angle of climb, as much as 45 deg. I can't use words to describe how's the feeling like, look out for the videos I'm gonna post!










The group of us discovered another thing: Hand Wax! All the 5 of us decided to make our very own wax. We told lin and nat to do a couple one instead.. =p






The night scenery is really beautiful at the top of the peak. However, the wind was strong too! My hands turned cold minutes after stepping into the observatory tower.






Took the electric tram to have our dinner cum supper at a Claypot Rice shop. I still find the Claypot Rice at Chinatown tastes better than the one I had!

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Day 4

Walked around 女人街 with the girls today. Also managed to get some of my airplane models! The street is really long with lots of stalls, sort of like a Thailand market? Went to a pub to have our drinks after that, first time going to a pub!

A showcase of our cocktails!



Tranquila Sunrise - Order by me. It has a unique taste that not everybody can take it. I guess only lin and myself was able to take the taste, not the 2 girls. =p


Cosmopolitian - Order by lin, but got exchanged with nat.


Blue Sky - Order by lin. Same case as above. This taste is unique too. =p


Dancing Lady - Ordered by PX. We were asking her if she would really dance like a dancing lady after drinking that! *plays 舞娘*

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Day 5

We were rotting like no tomorrow for the top part of the day - Decided to go to the arcade near our hotel. It's cheap playing the arcade here, only HKD 1 for a token, that's like S$0.20! PX and myself stoned for a while at the machine where we played our spot the different game. Joined the other 3 of them at the monopoly machine next.









PX and myself paired up to play the monopoly game. Our teamwork was great! Hit the super jackpot once and another one was we managed to win 1269 medals. Ah, I don't really know how to explain the game, just know that we won. =p

Went to 青衣 for dinner. It was our treat today to thank HK's relatives for their care all these days.



Last group photo, hope we meet again someday!

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Day 6

We woke up at 7am today to prepare for our trip back to Singapore. Rushed for a bit to board the plane as we almost missed the boarding time, but we discovered that we rushed for nothing, there was a long queue for the boarding. We had to take a train to our boarding gate and transfer to a bus to board the plane. It's troublesome isn't it? However, it's a whole new experience. =p

On the bus, I managed to capture some rare shots of planes. The plane are just normal, but why rare? The angle! Have a look at the photos - I've never gotten so close to planes I'm not boarding before!




Shots of a Dragonair A320



Wide-angle wing shot of a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 + tail shot




We finally see our plane!


Boarded the plane and the plane was prepared for takeoff. There was a slight delay, but the flight was uneventful.




Read the safety information card!


This is how a Jetstar Asia A320 cabin looks like


搞怪二人组 - Hong Kong to Singapore version


Meal onboard 3K 692 HKG-SIN. Baked Rice with Curry Chicken: $8


PX was hungry so we bought a sandwich to share. Turkey Ham Sandwich: $8



The cute keychain I bought!


Beautiful clouds while descending...


We're now on finals!


The landing in Changi wasn't really smooth. Here's a video!



Upon arrival in Changi, I fished out my camera to capture more shots of planes.







This is how the seat looks like in the plane! It's comfortable, but legroom is small


Overall, the overseas trips I went was great and memorable. Hope I can go overseas again soon, to further places!