tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:17:40 +0000reflection of lifeSingapore SlingersSingaporebasketballSingapore GahmenlifePhotographyappreciation of lifeTravelsTechnologyABLquotesyoutube videoSingapore ElectionscoolAsean Basketball LeagueRelationshipsLoveupdatesSingaporeansthoughtsengineerFriendshipLocal MediaWaste of timecharitiespoliticsAppleMoviejokesGamefarewelliPhoneinflationDrinkingMovie trailersSingapore Grand PrixSingaporean Womendatingfood reviewInjuriesaccountabilityengineering jokeshandheldF1Jammers amateur leagueLocal SportsRX8ReviewSingapore historyTravelchildhoodculturego greenironytransparencyBrunei BarracudasFacebookLossesNBLPS3Spartansadvisecyclereadswomenworse car driversExcusesMTVMichael JordanPhilippines PatriotsReservistgreat designspublic holidayspublic transportBankingConcertInvestmentsJaymee OngNCAAairwormengrishfilial pietyforeign workerspoetrysportsmanship1st chinese postAndroidOlympus OM-Dfightmartial arts.:Welcome to my world:.http://airworm23.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (airworm)Blogger549125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-6046996076826668085Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:41:00 +00002023-05-16T11:30:03.733+08:00childhoodFriendshiplife It's been awhile since I got back from States...It's been awhile since I got kids...It's been awhile since I bought a bigger place...a bigger car...to make space for the bigger things in lifeIt's been awhile since I tried doing some things for myself...like trying to write and pen out my thoughts, so many frequent thoughts as I drive or fly alone in the past few years.From losing my uncle ahttp://airworm23.blogspot.com/2021/09/its-been-awhile-ass-buddies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-8972095376119618397Fri, 11 Apr 2014 18:42:00 +00002014-04-12T02:42:47.642+08:00advisefarewellreflection of lifeI attended a colleague's funeral a month back...it took me awhile to try to get over it. Balling was helpful, and so is the spring weather. Somehow I wished I could have done more, many of my colleagues here in Gresham probably thought so as well. The funeral was full of tears and disbelief and definitely many unanswered questions...Dave, you are missed each time I look at the empty desk beside http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2014/04/keep-going.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-5674679069472069450Tue, 25 Feb 2014 00:31:00 +00002014-02-25T08:31:39.792+08:00Excuses I am such a procrastinator....it has already been 2 months and I have yet to pen type out my long awaited blog post about my time living here in the states....haha anyway enjoy this song as much as I have.http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2014/02/still-nothing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-6773251303955828721Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:32:00 +00002013-12-31T04:33:12.011+08:00appreciation of lifereflection of lifeSingaporeyoutube videoRecently I had a lot of reflecting thoughts, this usually occurs prior to the new year and reviewing what has been done so far. There is a long post which I wanted to write about, it has so much content, it's been hard trying to write in a way I can get the final message across otherwise it might come across conflicting. It will be blogged for posterity sake and for reflecting maybe in 10 years http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2013/12/i-need-you-and-thats-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-7662379816669555836Mon, 02 Dec 2013 07:53:00 +00002013-12-02T15:53:23.274+08:00cultureengineerengineering jokesjokes haha http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2013/12/progressing-oneself.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-5138290056570922917Wed, 27 Nov 2013 18:00:00 +00002013-11-28T02:00:47.463+08:00reflection of lifeyoutube videohttp://airworm23.blogspot.com/2013/11/sometimes-we-just-need-to-be-still.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-3224986418840129219Sat, 12 Oct 2013 18:48:00 +00002013-10-13T02:52:04.132+08:00PhotographythoughtsTravelHate the cold.. But I'm loving the colors. My first fall in US. Having been to US many times but terrified of the low temperatures, I always chose late spring or summer to visit America and miss the appendage freezing moments. Any impending regrets? I seriously hope not... But bball in such cold weather is really painful... And winter has not even started. http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2013/10/fall-colors-in-portland.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-3571660680780308529Sun, 15 Sep 2013 23:25:00 +00002013-09-19T06:12:34.444+08:00farewellSingaporeSingapore historyLosing memories...because of high rental, businesses have to fold. The place where I first met my wife.... Sigh...making new memories here in Portland now... Source From Monday, Hai Bin Bishan Prawn Fishing will shut its operations after six years, following a rent dispute with its landlord. Their landlord, Nature Park, which runs Asian Golf Academy at the same location, recently notified http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2013/09/why-they-keep-doing-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-9018077135798767232Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:29:00 +00002013-08-06T04:39:10.825+08:00reflection of lifeSingaporeWell I did not miss National Day last year, but I wasn't exactly celebrating as well...I think I might have missed it 6-7 years prior to 2011 and this year I am missing it again and I am really losing count and some patriotism along with the numbers. But even when I am away, I'll be travelling on the day for work here in the USA. So I guess my reflections for Singapore will come earlier this yearhttp://airworm23.blogspot.com/2013/08/national-dayagain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-750946086283247738Thu, 01 Aug 2013 23:18:00 +00002013-08-02T07:18:57.136+08:00ironyLovereflection of life I don't know anyone that doesn't like Calvin and Hobbes. Reading the comic makes me sometimes wish I stay weird. Sometimes love is just weird. Sometimes my wife is weird, but I love her weirdness, though I don't say it...haha I am not everybody who wants the same old thing... http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2013/08/love-is-weird.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-5757313194655380655Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:19:00 +00002013-06-25T23:19:57.147+08:00Lovereflection of life How does one love a porcupine? Cute as it may it, it hurts to be near a defensive creature ain't it? http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2013/06/love-in-many-ways.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-7868528967137788158Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:16:00 +00002013-04-23T11:16:49.072+08:00quotesreflection of lifeAs a follow up to my previous post, I just read this quote. “It’s not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It’s our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.”~ L.R.Knost http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2013/04/quote.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-4289556210700887593Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:48:00 +00002013-04-18T12:55:13.131+08:00appreciation of lifechildhoodreflection of lifeRelationshipsthoughtsBeen wanting to post for a long time, but never having the time or will to complete my thoughts which has been on my mind for a while now. Some days I just want to update on my current busy schedule, travelling a bit for work and home errands. If you follow my other blog, you probably know which countries I have been popping by; and possibly because of that, the blog is gaining traction and viewshttp://airworm23.blogspot.com/2013/04/hard-knocks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-6744616619499702890Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:35:00 +00002013-01-18T16:47:53.234+08:00appreciation of lifeengineerreflection of lifeBeen a long time since I blog - I am currently busy blogging about cycling over here. Do drop by to read if you are into cycling. If I had things going my way, perhaps I would like to be a professional basketball player. But by 25, I started to realise I am not talented enough and I guess that was when my degree kicked in to get a real job. When I was taking my "A" levels Chinese Oral exams http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2013/01/self-worth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-271228426798186468Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:24:00 +00002012-09-21T01:24:54.631+08:00Olympus OM-DPhotographyLoving my first mirrorless micro 4/3s camera - the Olympus OM-D E-M5. It's light and the lens available are of amazing quality. Though the prices of the lens are similar or more expensive compared to my Canon lens. So no savings there...but the weight and handling of the camera is worth every penny. Perhaps with the next release, I can let go of my DSLR and have both bodies as my travel http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2012/09/beijing-2012-with-olympus-om-d-e-m5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-4712515293495832995Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:44:00 +00002012-09-16T09:26:31.382+08:00Photography Mutianyu Great Wall The last time I was in Beijing climbing the Great Wall was about 14-15 years ago. It was repeatedly told to us from the local guides at the wall as well as fellow visitors, that there is a Chinese saying "不到长城非好汉" - meaning "He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man". So for this trip...we became men 3 times over as we went to Badaling Wall,http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2012/09/return-to-great-wall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-4008383649320394762Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:39:00 +00002012-08-24T13:42:16.591+08:00reflection of lifeSingaporean WomenSingaporeans...are damn Guniang. And this is the proof. Cut hair call police. The mollycoddling mother and child team  Back in the days when I was schooling. Never wanted my parents involved in the shit and stunts I pulled in school. One unfortunate incident when my mom had to register for my sister in primary school and the Vice Principal exclaimed to my mother, " LL is your son?". And of course, I http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2012/08/singaporean-these-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-3479116439835540251Wed, 15 Aug 2012 05:59:00 +00002012-08-15T14:03:28.605+08:00quotesSingaporeSo National Day just breezed by..though I was in Singapore these couple of years, before that I was away during National Day period for 5 consecutive years. I doubt missing National Day made me less patriotic; but definitely the quality of Shitty Times/Papers these days have diluted a lot of nationalistic pride. So besides having BBQ on a roof top of a wife's friend condo and watching the http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2012/08/47years-of-what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-6871050927759419873Tue, 14 Aug 2012 05:48:00 +00002012-08-14T14:26:10.456+08:00Photography Loving my new Olympus EM-5 - National Day at 730am http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-toy-om-d.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-6070757648639703726Wed, 08 Aug 2012 04:03:00 +00002012-08-14T14:28:51.168+08:00Photography Where have you gone? Can't the simple things stay forever? Taken using my new GS3. Just met up with a friend whom I haven't seen in at least 10 years, and the events surrounding her baffled me, scared me and worries me. Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.6 http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-simple-things_1834.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-8864616227826456200Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:43:00 +00002012-07-26T16:43:05.501+08:00coolyoutube video Batman mania...this is so cool. A man was pulled over dressed as the caped crusader in Montgomery County, Maryland, because his car had invalid numberplates. He was told to put real numberplates on the Lamborghini, rather than a Batman sign. He said he was on his way to cheer up children on the cancer ward of a local hospital. The driver was not charged.http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2012/07/batmans-real-name-is-called-lennyhaha.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-2251670864148490230Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:22:00 +00002012-06-28T13:23:12.730+08:00appreciation of lifeLoveRelationshipsJust realised in a short 2 weeks since we moved, my wife figured out how to use the washing machine, dryer..without instruction manuals; and figured out how to cook a meal for 2 using a steamer. Now I feel so inadequate in the kitchen and have been banished to doing cleaning up duties. Haha...amazing for a lady who used to burn a brownie she was going to surprise me with when we were dating. I http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2012/06/in-just-2-weeks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-6418418990585981608Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:16:00 +00002012-06-27T15:18:04.427+08:00appreciation of life As the contractor finished putting up my hangers and fabricated my side couch table, and I finished painting some minor touch ups. It is finally done! Slowly the journey begins living in our humble abode with my wonderful wannabe-chef wife and our helpful robot which a buddy bought for our housewarming gift...awesome, I am feeling lazy again with no projects at hand.http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2012/06/it-is-finally-completed-our-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-4580497071996940222Mon, 11 Jun 2012 02:08:00 +00002012-06-11T10:11:12.928+08:00coolengineerGameTechnologyyoutube videoComing soon...cool technology which would change how we use our computers. My company was supposed to develop something similar, but looks like this would be easier adoption. I wish they can work with Command and Conquer or StarCraft games! http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2012/06/more-wants.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8936431.post-9078226539872057428Mon, 14 May 2012 07:38:00 +00002012-05-14T15:41:38.524+08:00accountabilitySingaporeworse car driversMessages or anything written without sound or body language; without the ability to evoke emotions or intention, is often the reason for miscommunication. A simple " Don't be silly!" Can be spoken in jest or in contempt, with humor intentions or with disrespectful feelings. But how can that be avoided? Do we read with an open mind? Do we really understand the message, or start to misconstrue http://airworm23.blogspot.com/2012/05/read-between-lines.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (airworm)