The little lamb's world

Collin's Grille.Bento & Borobudur Snacks House

2014-01-04T22:47:00.000+08:00

My friends and I have accidentally came across 2 stores near my house selling Indonesia snacks & western foods last night.

Although these stores are located at my neighbourhood, I have never attempt to spend time exploring them.

Borobudur Snacks House

This snack house has been around in my estate since I am young. However, I have got to know the popularity of this store only last night after my friend told me. They sell Indonesia snacks that are very tasty, especially the Ang Ku Kueh which was rated and won Best Food Awards.

Other than Ang Ku Kueh, the snack house also sell other snacks such as Onek Onek, Rainbow kueh, & etc.

Collin's Grille . Bento

This is a newly opened store found in one of the neighbourhood coffee shops in Bedok North that sell western foods.

The pricing of the food and the portion given are quite reasonable. However after attempting the below mentioned food, I would likely recommend my friends to try the fish & chips which I like the most compared to the others. =)

Chips

Fried Wings

Fish & Chips

Soup of the day

Salad

My homestyle cooking of Tteokbokki

2014-01-02T01:48:00.001+08:00

Tteokbokki (or Topokki) also know as spicy rice cakes is one of my favourite Korean dishes.

Instead of following the authentic recipe of cooking Topokki, I have modified the taste of the dish based on my preference, something that is not too spicy yet simple. =)

Cooking Topokki

Final product - Home cook Topokki

Welcoming 2014

2014-01-02T01:25:00.001+08:00

2013 has been a challenging year, and also a fruitful year for me. I have finally completed my studies, given chance to prove my skills, & have done many others stuffs.

It will be good to start planning what I want to achieve in 2014.

We have just bid farewell to 2013 and welcome the arrival of 2014. Hence, I would like to wish everyone a good, happy, prosperous, healthy and blessing 2014.

Flower that bloom at night

2011-06-20T03:21:00.000+08:00

Since I'm young, I'm told that this particular flowers which looks like lotus will only bloom at night. It's been years growing this plant yet I have no idea what was the actual name for this type of flower.

It's been about 2 years since I saw the blooming of these flowers. In my memories, I used to see more than one flowers blooming. But this time round, there was only one flower.

I can't recall smelling any fragrance from this flower. Yet, by looking at the ants that crawled around the flower, you can feel how the sweetness and fragrance attracted these little "insects".

Although this flower looks beautiful, the lifespan was very short. It can only last for about 6-8 hours from the moment it started to bloom till withered.

If you do know the name of this flower, please drop me a note.

Beginning to bloom

Ants crawling around the flower

Almost fully bloomed

Macau Trip 25 - 29 May 2010 (Part 3)

2011-06-20T02:22:00.005+08:00

Day 3 - 27 May 2010

Both of us woke up late this morning. We are supposed to wake up and crossed over to Hong Kong by ferry in early morning. By the time we reached Hong Kong ferry terminal, it was past 12 noon. That means we have to miss our morning breakfast at Tim Sum resturant as we have limited time to 'play' today.

The first destination of our one day trip in Hong Kong was Ngong Ping. We took MTR to Tung Chung station and travel to Ngong Ping via the cable car. The cable car ride was about 25 mins. Throughout the journey, you will be able to see Hong Kong airport, fishermen fishing on boats, the Big Buddha statue & more.

Cable car tickets to Ngong Ping

The cable car

Cable car terminal behind us

The fisherman

I've no idea what these people are doing? Anyone can enlighten me?

The houses are so small from where we are viewing

Passing by the Hong Kong airport

The Buddha statue

Upon arrival at Ngong Ping, you will pass through Ngong Ping village before heading to the Tian Tan Buddha Statue. There are food stalls, mini theater, souvenir shops and others in Ngong Ping village. You can rest your feet and get some foods before you proceed further.

Ngong Ping Cable Car Terminal

Ngong Ping Village Directory

Direction to Tin Tan Buddha Statue

Our main motive to Ngong Ping was to visit Tian Tan Buddha Statue. Hence, we bought some snacks and ate along our way to see the Buddha statue.

It was drizzling and foggy when we reached the bottom stairway of Tian Tan Buddha Statue. We felt disappointed when we looked upon the statue where we are standing. The statue was completely hidden behind the fogs.

After discussion, we decided to climb up the stairs to try our luck. By the time we reached the top of the stairway, we are glad that our decision was right. The Buddha statue was clearly 'sitting' in front of us, so magnificent.

Unable to see the statue at the bottom of stairs

Buddha right in front of us

The Buddha

Picture taken after we came down.

After leaving Ngong Ping, we headed to our second destination, Women's street (also known as Ladies street) which was located near Mong Kok's station. Although the street was named as Women's street, they are selling stuffs that varied from toys, clothing, accessories, souvenirs & more. This is definitely not a shopping place meant for women only. We spent about 2 to 3 hours doing our shopping, buying souvenirs for our friends, colleagues & family members.

Our last destination was Avenue of Stars located near Tsim Sha Tsui station (not sure if the station name is correct). The Avenue of Stars was constructed to appreciate the efforts of those professionals who have contributed to the Hong Kong's film industry. You will be able to see various Hong Kong's film industry contributors' signatures and palm prints along the waterfront promenade, such as Jackie Chan and Andy Lau.

We spent sometimes taking pictures and looking through these palm prints as we walked. We didn't manage to walk from one end to the other. We headed back to the MTR station half way walking down the pavement. We have to get back to the ferry terminal to catch our ferry (we purchased return tickets) back to Macau.

Palm prints & signature - Jackie Chan

Palm prints and signature - Andy Lau

Palm prints and signature - Hong Jin Bao

Nice scenery at the waterfront promenade

Macau Trip 25 - 29 May 2010 (Part 2)

2011-06-02T01:52:00.000+08:00

Day 2 - 26 May 2010

This was the first time both my friend and I visited Macau which there are lots of places we can explore. Macau is a small country which can be classified under 3 areas and they are Macau city, Taipa & Coloane. Just alone in Macau city, there are numbers of historical places we can visit.

Our hostel was right behind Senado Square (5 mins walk from the hostel) which was located at the central of Macau city. It was convenience for us to move around as most of the historical churches are located around Senado Square.

Signs directing the historical places / churches.

We left our hostel at about 9am. Our first target place of interest was Ruins of St. Paul's which was supposed to be a 10 mins walk from our hostel. We didn't check with Amy in advance which direction to go. As such, we headed towards the right path based on the direction sign (see above picture).

As mentioned earlier, it was supposed to be a 10 mins walk from our hostel. But never did we know that, the route that we have chose took us almost a hour to reach our destination. Throughout the route, we saw car parking metre which we do not see it in Singapore (below picture). We came across a parade where there was a group of women doing mass dance playing "Nobody knows". We have realised that there are number of schools that do not look like one (as compared to Singapore). For example (below picture), there was this primary school which looks like an office building.

Car Parking Metre

A group of women doing mass dance

Primary school that looks like office building.

Finally, we managed to make our way to Ruins of St. Paul. The church caught fire during 1835 when typhoon hit Macau. Other than the white stone wall which remains, the rest was gone. As you walked down the stairs of Ruins of St. Paul, you will see this metal couple statues. We are not sure of the story behind this couple statues but just snapped a few pictures and move on to other places.

Ruins of St. Paul

Some historical information of Ruins of St. Paul

The metal couple statues

There are quite a number of churches around Senado Square which are listed as part of Macau's heritage. As it was almost one year since I last went to Macau, I have no idea where (which churches) these pictures was taken.

Some pictures taken around Senado Square.

In the later afternoon, we went to the Grand Prix museum and wine museum. Although both of us are not car or bike racing lovers, Grand Prix museum does attract us a little. I have never been so 'close' to these racing cars, hence we started to 'examin' these vehicles..

The wine museum was located just next to the Grand Prix museum. This museum displayed some variety of wines from various regions. I love red wine but there are some red wines in this museum I have never seen or heard before. At the end of the tour, you may want to purchase a ticket and try out some of the wines at the 'wine tasting station'.

Look like real grapes??

The golden lotus was presented by China after Macau was returned to China. Based on online information, this golden lotus represent 'Lotus Flower in Full Bloom' which symbolise everlasting prosperity in Macau. It was only walking distance from Grand Prix museum to Golden Lotus Square.

It was almost evening time after visited these places. Hence, before we ended our second day, we headed to Casino Lisboa for jackpot session after dinner.

Dining @ Chef Daniel Kitchen

2011-01-23T01:26:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was my second times to Chef Daniel Kitchen @ Illuma. Previously, it was Cecilea who has recommended me to this restaurant for lunch. It was a set of 3 course meals which cost about $13 (if I'm not wrong).

This time round, I've brought Lilian to the same restaurant for dinner (to celebrate our birthdays). There are more diners compared to my previous visit. Due to CNY, there were more variety of course meals for us to choose. After much thinking, both Lilian and I have choosen Twice Cook Sakura Chicken & Panfried Halibut Fillet.

First came the soup of the day which was mixed beans soup. Lilian does not like the soup and she find that the portion served was too little. As for me, my comment was average.

Soup of the day

It took them quite awhile before they served us our main courses. Well, at least my Panfried Halibut Fillet looks good and taste alright. The panfried fillet was not too bad except the soup base (something like Longtong soup) has spoilt the original taste of the fillet.

As for Lilian's Twice Cook Sakura Chicken, it was kind of pathetic. Honestly, both of us are unable to figure out what is that "ball' of thing made of.. Definietly does not taste like a fish ball to us.. =) The "2 pieces chicken" was so small that after she has finished the food, she commented that it was not filling at all.

Main Course: Panfried Halibut Fillet

Main Course: Twice Cook Sakura Chicken

Lastly came our desserts which Lilian felt that it was the best dish out of the previous 2 dishes. The centre part of the cake has some mango creamy fill with fruit bits (think something like pear) which I personally liked it.

Dessert: Mango Cake

There was live band in the restaurant which did create or add on to the dining experience. To our amaze, there were infact many January babies. Throughout the dinner, the performers have received quite a number of birthday songs requested by the diners. This was our first time encountering so many people celebrating their birthdays at the same location. Haha..

Overall experience dinner experience in Chef Daniel Kitchen was average, nothing much to raa raa about. Rating given maybe 7 out of 10.

My first attempt baking Shepherd Pies......

2011-01-09T01:53:00.001+08:00

I've been eating quite a different types of shepherd pies last X'mas. In addition, my lady boss has told me how she made the sheperd pies during last X'mas eve for her guests. Hence, I've decided to try baking some for my family.

The ingredients are quite easy to obtain and they are as follows:

For the mashed potatoes part

Potatoes

Milk

Egg yolk
Salt
Peppers
Butter

For the minced meat portion
Minced chicken meat
Black peppers sauce
Mixed vegetables

It has been a long time since I last baked during school days. Therefore, I'm kind of clumsy on that day of baking. I'm not sure what should be the temperature for these pies and what were the 'exact' amount of ingredients to prepare or add. Ultimately, what I did was just based on estimation.

Lcukily, I'm still able to get all the ingredients prepared. Although the 'final' products look alrite, there was still space for my improvement. Hopefully the next round of attempt would be better than this time.

Before

After

Before - close up

After - Close up

Macau Trip 25 - 29 May 2010 (Part 1)

2010-12-25T19:24:00.003+08:00

It has been quite sometimes since I posted something on my blog. This time round, I would like to do some writing on my previous trip which I have travelled to Macau in May 2010.

The trip to Macau was more of a last minute decision and we didn't have much time to prepare. We flew off on the following day after we finished our exams.

Day 1 - 25 May 2010
Due to flight maintenance, our flight to Macau was delayed till late aftenoon. By the time we touched down at Macau airport, it's around 10pm. Hence, we arrived and checked in the bagpacker hostel at about 11.30pm.

Main gate at Welcome 51A

Even though there are lots of hotels in Macau, we have choose to stay in the bagpacker hotel, Welcome 51A. A friend has previously travelled and stayed in this bagpacker hostel recommended this place to us. The cost of accomodation in this hostel for 4 nights was about SGD$300, which is quite worthwhile for us to stay in.

The hostel was located somewhere middle of some shophouses near Senado Square. The owner of the hostel, Amy is very friendly and helpful. When we reached the hostel, she was there to open the gate for us. She has specially waited for us due to our flight delayed.

Amy has directed us to our room at level 3. The room was very big and spacious. There is a queen size bed and single bed in the room. Not only these, there are cupboards for us to hang our clothing and keep our stuffs, a writing table with desktop and wireless connection provided and a personal bathroom. Best of all, the room is air conditioned.

Finally after all the unpacking and washing up, it's time for us to rest for the following day.

Our resting place during the trip

Pictures hanged above our bed

Writing table with desktop and wireless connection provided

Personal bathroom

The basin and toilet bowl in the bathroom

Weird lady that I've encountered..

2010-07-03T01:39:00.000+08:00

This is something that I would like to share to you guys.. a 'real' situation that I've encountered yesterday (2 Jul) morning.

I was late for work and was standing at the road side waiting for a cab. Across the road was a lady waiting for cab too. She looked impatient and kept looking at her watch. As there wasn't any available cab passing by, I've called for a cab and was waiting for the cab to arrive..

What amuse me at this moment was the lady opposite the road has crossed over the road and stopped about 5 metres infront of me. In my heart, I was thinking "what the hell are you tryig to do??". (I've taken some shots of the location where the lady was standing.. was quite pissed off at the moment.. oopps)

She kept trying to hail for a cab, not caring if the cabs were hired or not. Although at that time I'm waiting for my 'booked' cab to pick me up, I just felt so angry.. Supposed if I didn't book for a cab and was waiting for any available cab too, this means that she will stop the cab before me.. Wasn't that ridiculous?? Anyway....

The best thing was when my 'booked' cab was driving towards 'us', she wanted to stop that cab too. I believed the driver thought that this lady was the person who has made the booking so he slowed down the vehicle. Luckily I did see that car plate, and signalled the driver that I am the caller. Hence, the driver didn't stop his cab.

Just don't understand why she don't feel awkward when she walked and stood infront of any person who is waiting for a cab? So what if she is in a hurry, does this mean that other people are not in a hurry?

+::+Latest updates+::+

2010-06-28T02:36:00.004+08:00

Well.. It's been a long time since I last blogged here.. Hence, I will start my blogging again.. Yesh.. now I will write something ya.. :)

::=Lastest update=::

I'm participating in NDP 2010.. Last year was my first time participating in NDP.. If it was not my friend who asked me to join, seriously, I don't think I registered myself for this event..

Participating in NDP 2009 was a good experience for me. After biding farewell to my fellow friends in NTUC contingent, I thought I will not participate in this year NDP. I told them I will be busy with my studies, especially this is my final year before I grad.

However, Charles (the co-ordinator) has managed to persuade me. Since he has allowed me to join them after my exams, there is no reason for me not joining them. I can make use of this time to train myself, moreover, I will be able to meet my 'old friends'.

Indeed, meeting up with these friends was great. It's a kind of feeling like you have not been contacting them for years.. but in fact, we have not meet for months only.

This year, we have more friends participating, especially when we have teens (from NEBO) joining the NTUC contingent. It's create at least 3 generations in the contingent, making NTUC contingent looking different from the rest of the contingents.. because 'WE ARE SPECIAL!!'... haha :p

Yesterday we had our CR2 at Padang. Everything looks great except something is missing. I felt that our group still lack of communication which is something that we should build up before the actual day. Anyway, I believe 'this problem' will be solved since we are slowly building the bonds with every training we attend.

GO, go, NTUC!! We are the best!!

I've uploaded the pictures to facebook. To view, please click on the following link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=222605&id=632178474&l=34b85b0033

CNY shopping

2010-02-02T02:30:00.001+08:00

It's less than 2 weeks before we welcome the arrival of CNY. I've went to Chinatown with my sister few days ago to do some CNY shopping.

As usual, the night market before CNY at Chinatown are packed with people. Sometimes, I do feel that it's good to visit the night market at Chinatown to feel the atmostphere of CNY. You will be able to see stores selling CNY goodies & decorations, listening to CNY songs, people shouting 'leh-long' for their products and etc.

So why not just spend few hours to do some CNY shopping @ Chinatown to see, listen and feel the arrival of spring.. =)

Mr 'Chai Shen Ye' who is selling instant coffee..

Selling of 'kua zi'

Selling of mini packets 'dou zi'

Taiwan jelly

'leh long leh long' (selling of cube 'you yu')

People buying goodies

Lotsa of people 'moving' in the night market

CNY decorations..

'zhuan yung feng che'

Happy Birthday to me.. =)

2010-01-31T05:37:00.000+08:00

I've just marked another year in my life.

This year my family members, colleagues, and friends have celebrated my birthday with me. Not only this, I'm happy that many friends still remembered my birthday and gave me lotsa of birthday wishes.

I really appreciated all the wishes and gifts they have gave me.

3rd Birthday Cake that I've for my birthday.

2nd birthday cake that I've for my birthday.

1st birthday gifts I've received.

Birthday cards from my colleagues.

She got it too..

2009-12-19T01:29:00.000+08:00

The one who has been praying hard not to get CP has finally got it..

Few days ago, my younger sister has not been feeling well after attending my company's family day last Sunday. She has the same symptoms just like my brother and I, with fever and sore throats before the pox 'showed up' ..

Yesterday was her second day of getting CP, she was extremely sad as her whole body and face has been covered with lots of pox. Moreover, she has to wear long shirts and pants to 'force' the pox out.. Hence, it was a terrible and comfortable days for her..

Both my mum and I are curious why she has so many pox compared to my brother (one of the luckiest person among us as his pox are the least) and I. My sister has not been feeling good since the pox are out. She has took the pills to stop the itch which was prescribe by the doctor but the medicine don't seems to work.. My sis has been complaing not able to sleep due to the itch.

Most likely, she has to tried some other medicine to ease the itch before she starts scratching the pox.. Let's pray hard for her then..

Returning to work tomorrow

2009-12-10T21:24:00.000+08:00

After 2 weeks long of MC, I'm finally returning to work tomorrow. Although my pox have dried up, don't know why I still find that my body is weak. For example this afternoon, I'm helping my mum to hang out the few 'bamboo' of clothing outside our kitchen, and after that my back has been aching.. haiz

Hopes that everything will be fine tomorrow.. =)

Someone 'got' it too..

2009-12-09T22:39:00.000+08:00

Yesterday, my brother came home from work with fever and body ache and was on leave today as he was not feeling well. In the evening, he was asking me if the spot on his shoulder is pox, which I told him it is not. After that, I saw 2 pox on his body, one on his left chest and the other on his right chest.

Hence, he went to the clinic to check if it was really CP and.... the doc has confirmed that he has CP and gave him 14 days MC. Now, he is sitting and grumbling beside me saying I'm the culprit who caused him to get CP. haha.. Anyway, wishing him speedy recovery..

My itchy fingers

2009-12-08T23:42:00.000+08:00

Haiz.. I really do not know what to say about my 'itchy' fingers.. These fingers have been scratching and peeling of the pox that seems to be dried.. But actual fact, these pox are not dried yet..

Well, yesterday was 2 pox on my face and forehead and today, I scratched.. erm.. should I said 'peeled' of the pox from my scalp and ear (its more than 2 pox other than the ones from scalp and ear). My fingers just can't simply leave the pox alone.. Especially those on my scalp.. and that pox that I have just peeled off from my scalp today has a larger hole compared to yesterday one.. Oh man.. What am I supposed to do now?? Aarrgghh..

Together with the pox that I've peeled off from my scalp were 20 plus 'thread' of hairs.. Just in one week, my hairs has been dropping till I'm afraid that I might be bald in no time.. Especially when I washed my hairs during showers, the amount of hairs on the bathroom floor was shocking.. Not sure if it was due to the medication I'm taking or not.. But if this goes on, I'm really worried if my hairs will grow in time to replace the lost ones..

Any advice on hair growth? If you have it, please let me know.. Think I really need it.. T_T

Something about my pox..

2009-12-07T22:02:00.000+08:00

Today is the day for me to see my doctor on my CP. But before I dropped by at the clinic, I have did something terrible to my pox in the morning.. I've totally forgotten that there are some pox on my face and forehead. While drying myself after bathing, I've used my towel to rub on my face. When I'm looking into the mirror, then do I realised that I've accidentally 'scratch' off 2 pox (1 big and 1 small) from my forehead and face. Especially, the one on my forehead, I can see the 'deep' hole that was yet to recover. I felt so sad for the whole morning because I'm worried that this hole may turn into scar that will be on my forehead forever.. even till the day I die..

Well, after I've seen the doc, I'm given an additional 3 days MC for me to rest at home due to the pox have been infected (even though these pox are in the stage of drying up). At the same time asking the doc on the pox that I've scratched off this morning.. He said this pox should not turned into scar if I've applied the oilment that he gave me.. With his words, I do felt that the saddness was gone. Now, what I need to do is to pray hard that what he said was true. Else, I'm going to scold that doctor when I see him again..

Pic of medication given by the doctor to stop the itch of my pox, antibotic and etc.

Amazing weight loss..

2009-12-07T00:20:00.000+08:00

I was weighing myself this evening and to my surprise, I've lost about 5kg in a week... That was amazing!!..

Due to CP, there are lots of food that I'm not able to eat for the past one week. Hence, what I've been eating are bread, cereal, porridge, milk and water. Althought I should feel happy for the lost of weight, I do not really like the taste of what I've mentioned earlier.. Especially when I know that I've to restrict myself from eating seafood, chicken, anything that do with beans, or are black and etc.. for the next 30 days.. It's kind of tired and sick of eating the same food everyday, right?

Well, do hope that I'm having a speedy recovery so that I can start eating those food that I've been missing..

Welcome to this planet, baby Val =)

2009-12-06T01:58:00.000+08:00

Yesterday afternoon, I've received a sms from one of my close buddies cum sisters that she has gave birth to a baby ger.

The day before that, my buddy messaged me that her contractions was like from 20 mins to 15 mins. We thought that the baby girl is about to come out from her mummy's tummy on that day. But later, my buddy told me that the contractions has changed to 25 mins instead of 15 mins. I was still teasing her, maybe her gal wants to be the birthday gal on 5th Dec, therefore decided to stay in her womb for another day.

I was right!! Baby Val really choose to see this world on 5th Dec. Since we are so far away, what I hope to see now are the pictures of baby Val.. feeling excited.. =)

Dear baby Val,

I'm happy to receive the message from your mummy telling me of your arrival. Wishing you good health, beauty and intelligent.. and I hope to see you soon~..

Love,
Auntie Christine

My 'Chicken Pox' days

2009-12-04T22:45:00.000+08:00

The first and probably the last time where most people got their 'Chicken Pox' (CP) was during their primary or secondary school days.. Some who are slightly not that lucky will have it during their tertiary days.. For people like me who prayed for CP arrival during school days didn't have the chance to take long medical leave (MC) which means no chance to skip classes..
=(

Just a week ago, something I did not expected has happened and that was the arrival of CP. I've not been feeling well since last Wednesday and went to see a doctor after work. The remark that the doctor gave was high fever, 38 deg C. Even though I've taken the medication, the fever continued to go up on the following day to 39.3 deg C. On the third day, I realised that there are pox all over my back and was confirmed that I'm having CP after seeing the doctor again.

Many events that was planned weeks ago for the coming 2 weeks have to be cancelled because of this CP. Other then not able to attend these events, I felt sad for the first few days because having CP was troublesome. Not only I am not able to eat lots of food such as chicken, seafood (although I don't take seafood most of the time), food that are black, example anything with black soy sauce and more... Other stuff that I'm not supposed to do during my CP days are, cannot bathe, cannot have 'cold wind' blowing at me, must wear long pants and shirts, and more..

The first 3 days was considered the most critical days as the virus are much 'powerful' and will spread to others. As my siblings do not have CP before, therefore I need to stay away from them. Hence, my younger brother has to sleep in the living room and my younger sister has to sleep in my parents' room. (Really felt sorry to them but I've no choice either.. haiz)

There are more red pox popping out during the first 4 days, especially on the body and face. Some pox choose to grow on the tongue, gums and throat which caused difficulties for me to eat and swallow. Many friends have told me that having CP will be itchy and I do agree with what they said. Not only that, I also felt tired and sleepy throughout that few days which I've been sleeping most of the time.

Today is the 8th day I'm having CP. Some pox are slowly drying up but the rest are still the same, no sign of drying up (dunno why they are so stubborn).. haiz.. Really hopes that I can recover soon so that I can start doing my X'mas shopping for presents..

CCR4

2009-06-08T00:07:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was the fourth combined contingent rehersal (CCR4) which was also the 63rd day countdown towards the National Day Parade (NDP 09). To add on, yesterday was one of the worst weather that we had ever encountered after so many weeks of rehersals.. It was extremely hot and all of us have to endure through out the rehersal under the sun.. Everyone was sweating just like an ice melting under the sun..

As this was the first time I'm particpating the NDP (other than being an audience sitting at the side of the stage), I'm feeling excited and looking forward for the NDP to start soon.. I believed I'm not the only person who is being excited, most of the participants (including the performers) are also feeling the same way as me as the days draw nearer to NDP.

Although the training was a bit 'xiong' (due to high expectation from the organiser), it was also a fun experience for me. Other than the usual march in to the platform, we'll also be marching out of Marina Bay.. Heard that the route was about 3.2km, we will be marching on the road where many 'eyes' will be on us and I belived all of us can put up a 'nice show' on that day infront of these people (Hopefully by then, all of us have built up our stamina for this marching).

Looking forward for the upcoming rehersals and hopefully after each rehersal, we can march 'swee swee' just like the uniform groups in SAF and police force..

NDP 2009

2009-04-13T01:06:00.000+08:00

This is the first time I am participating in the NDP 2009 not as an audience but as one of the participants. At the beginning, the reason I joined this parade was to accompany one of my friends who was keen to be a participant. Best of all, we are the only 2 person from our union who will be participating in the event.

When many of my friends knew that I'm participating in the NDP, their first remarks was 'you so free arr.. got nothing to do is it?? or Why you want to waste time on this.., aiyoh..'. I was quite upset with their remarks. Although these are casual remarks, I feel that they should think before saying anything.. What if next time you participated in events which you are interested but I give you some remarks that you dun like to listen?? Will you feel upset?? If you can’t dun like the way people say things to you then please dun do it again..

I did not regret joining my friend in this event as I do enjoy myself during the past few training. Although I do not really understand the meaning of the marching commands at the first two training, I do managed to get some help from friends to translate the meaning to me.. hehe.. Though after the trainings, I do feel tired and hungry but I really enjoy myself.. keke

The participants that I have met in the trainings are mostly at the age around 40 & above and there are some who have been participating in the NDP for more than 10 years.. Amazing right?? Although all of us are representing different unions, we still have the same common goal which was to do the best during NDP..

Tomorrow is my fifth training that I will be attending.. In each and every training, our instructors has been teaching us new command.. As of now, I can see that everyone are trying their best to follow the instructions and ensure that they are working well with the rest of the participants.. 加油!! Let’s us work towards our goal together.. =)