A Bear's Life

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Hey friends out there, we will be recruiting new volunteers on 26th June 08...
the details are below:
(Ask your friend/colleague who is interested in experiencing volunteerism to come down)

find out what it’s all about at this orientation specially created for you, our Volunteers.

Date: Thursday, 26th June 08
Time: 7.00pm – 9.00pm (Registrations start at 6.45pm)
Venue: National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre
6 Eu Tong Sen Street, #04-88 , The Central
Singapore 059817
Nearest MRT: Clarke Quay MRT

What to expect…
An overview of the local volunteering scene.
Positive preparation – what it takes to be a Volunteer
Diversity – Volunteerism doesn’t just stop at social service… think creatively… nature conservation, performing arts and many more… the possibilities are infinite!

Yup, I went for JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge. You must be thinking "Someone like Eric run???". This time, I have to tell you, you are absolutely right! Hehehe... I don't run. Well, I don't like running. Hehehe... To me it's kinda boring sport. Sorry for all jogging lovers.

My company joined JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge last Wednesday. About 50 people from my company joined the run. We prepared our t-shirt. It's from New Balance. It turned out that some people use the same t-shirt. Hahaha... When we reached there. We saw some people wearing the same one, without our company logo of course. Then we thought oh noo.... That's not good. Can't really differentiate ourselves. Hiks...

Anyway, I joined them just to help them look after the bag and taking photos for them. I was like the official cameraman for the day. Hahaha... It was fun though. It was 5.6km run. It started from the bridge near Esplanade (Can't remember what the bridge called =P) Then they run to God-knows-where because I didn't follow them running. Hehehe... And finished at The Padang.

The faster runner was like about 17min. Oh my God, 15 mins??? I think If I run, I'll be like two hours to finish it. Hahaha... That's for male. For female was about 20min if I don't remember correctly. Well done guys!!! You are good.

But to my surprise, after an hour run, all our runners are back. Huhuhu... Amazing, they are good. Well done!!! You guys are good. =D

From there, we took dinner in Funan food court. There were about 12 of us left from the run to have dinner there. Some of the others went to Marina Square food court I heard, and some left home right after the run. Hehehe...

That's all the story from JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge. Oh ya, this year total runner was 13000. Yup, huge number hey... =D

Another weekend has passed. =D What did I do this weekend??? Hmm... Friday, went to NTU for a BBQ. It's actually a farewell dinner for one of the staff which I know also since I worked in NTU before. Someone from the group left to join another company. Yeay... Congratulations!!! You have graduated... Now, only one person left in BioE from the old batch. Hahaha... You know who you are. So, when are you gonna graduate too? Looking forward for your graduation dinner. =P

Saturday, I went to Changi Village. Yup, Changi Village. It's the second time I went there actually. The first one, I went there only to get boat to Pulau Ubin. This time, me and my friends walked around the place. I went there with fellow All Saints volunteer with some of people from HSBC Insurance. We went there to view the suitable place for our outing. It's not really our outing, it's actually outing for our aunties and uncles in All Saints home. =D It's sponsored by HSBC Insurance. Some of the staff will be joining us too. Yeay... Thank you HSBC... =D

The place is actually good. Well, for us to go around, but unfortunately, it's not a really good place for outing for the elderly. There's no sheltered place to cover the elderly from the heat. You know Singapore is so hot!!! Even I almost fainted due to the heat that day. =) Oh well, we gonna go to Botanical Garden next week to view the place. But I can't go next week. We all depend on you guys!!! Not too worry, Edmund and Carolyn will be there. Right guys? =D

Alright, after the hot walk around the Changi Beach, we went to the hawker center for lunch!!! Yeay... It was almost 2pm when we ate. I was starving. And I believe you know that Changi Village is famous for the good food. Although it's a bit far from civilization. So, I decided to get nasi lemak for myself. The famous nasi lemak. The queue was so longggg... Not sure how long it took to queue. But finally I got my nasi lemak. When I ate it, it's nothing special. It's just as per normal nasi lemak. It's over-rated I found. And the portion was so small!!! Aiyo, can hardly fill my stomach, so I decided to get another food which turned out to be Hokkien mee. Hehehe... It has one of those newspaper paste and stuff too. It is actually nice. For this Hokkien mee, I agree that it tastes nice. =D

Then from there, we went to our lovely All Saints Home, we befriended with the elderlies and Kee Teck brought his Ipod shuffle and speaker to play songs around while befriending. Hehehe... Well done Kee Teck!!! After service, we went for dinner at the usual place and headed home. =D That's my Saturday!!! Hot Saturday that was.

Sunday, as usual, I was bored to almost dead. Nothing much going on. I decided to read some stuff for my master project. It's difficult!!! Huaaa.... Why did I choose this topic??? ='( Tones of equations, partial differentials and stuff. I forgot everything about these. Hiks hiks... Must tahan must tahan!!! Come on Eric, you can do it!!! Yeah!!!

One of the bravest girl I ever met...

Hi all, it's been a while. I can't believe how fast time flies. It's April now, before you know it, it's gonna be May. A third of the year has passed. And when you think what you have been doing? It's a lot yet seems so little.

I am back now in Singapore. After 18months in UK, I finally came back to tiny island of Singapore. It's not that I am looking forward coming back. I have to say that I love it there. It was a great one and half year of my life. Can't believe it passed so fast. I made so many new friends, some of which (read it: All)I never forget. Working (or training for that matter) there is a different experience. I love the way the people work over there. They work hard and yet they play hard. They know how to balance their life. I really miss UK. We'll meet again guys. Some time some where on this planet. Thank you for everything.

Now, I am back to Singapore. I am working in Tuas South, which you probably know it's out of civilization though Singapore is not so big anyway. I worked 8 to 5 now. So far, nothing much since my plant is still under construction. I heard it's gonna be busy soon when all the commisioning starts. I am not sure whether I will be going home on time again or not. =( So sad...

Singapore, after coming back, few things have changed. There a lot new building around here. Singapore is building more and more malls. There is a new Singapore fliers which look similar to London Eye. A new IR is being built. It's a lot of construction going on there. Orchard road received new malls. The old Scotts is no longer there. It's gonna be changed with this new mall. Sommerset area is also having a new mall. Wow... You guys're really into malls, aren't you? Hehehe...

I guess shopping is one of the main relaxing activities in Singapore ya. =P To be honest, I am a bit lazy to go to those crowded places. Look at Orchard road, or any malls in Singapore during weekend. It's crowded like crazy. Sometime just want to have quiet weekend. I just thought, I have to get out of the country to do that. Hahaha...

I will be going dive again. To me, that's the most relaxing time. When you go to the island. There's nothing worries me. I can relax. All I have to do is have fun and enjoying myself. I really love to dive. Can't wait for my next trip which is in June.

This is my first post after so long. It's a bit here and there. It's just me mumbling. Hehehe... There's a lot of things I can tell you. I'll let you know again next coming posts. I hope I am not to lazy to tell my story here...

Cheers guys...