thank you god for alvin, such a generous blessing to me, without him i would not have so siao wif biking...
u know he passed me my set of carbon handlebar and stem, crankset and who knows whatelse... so so much more!!! and then most recently when i complained my $3000 bike was giving me backache due to the terrible riding position (silly me act smart go anyhow change the geometry of the bike anyhow only), he so nice to invite me to his place for him to diagnose wad's wrong... then he swapped on a really cool looking scud handlebar for me! OH MY I JUST REALISED ITS CARBON! Oh ya and it comes wif matching handlebars, not to mention a truvativ stem. =D gosh i love him! =D hahaha dont worry i am not gay and he's already married haha...
anyway i was having a discussion wif wen about the terrible fashion of today where gals dress wif seemingly exposing as much as they can with total disregard for the morality of the guys... here's an exerpt:
shauny says: tee shirts and long skirt is cool ma shauny says: so ya it defys my logic VVenz says: long skirts are out. VVenz says: haha shauny says: nooo wayyyyy VVenz says: as long as the skirts arent so mini. VVenz says: then it's fine, dear shaun. haha VVenz says: which era you still living in? haha =) shauny says: i living in 19 century shauny says: i mean spare a tot for the guys man! we walk everywhere we see evil shauny says: wah lau eh VVenz says: it's today's fashion we're talking about. and guys hardly care whether or not the girls are scantily-clad. they'll just look and that's it. not all guys will stare and then comment. VVenz says: HAHA VVenz says: it's not la shaun. haha. VVenz says: it's fashion for now. shauny says: noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo shauny says: gosh curse fashion VVenz says: HAHA VVenz says: well. VVenz says: you cant do anything about short skirts and plunging necklines. shauny says: i hope long flowy dressses become in fashion VVenz says: it's everywhere. shauny says: grrrrrrrrrr VVenz says: HAHA VVenz says: you think go wedding huh. shauny says: yes yes! shauny says: hahaaha VVenz says: goodness shaun! VVenz says: hahaha VVenz says: come back to earth! shauny says: shaun is on earth shauny says: hahahaha
and then i decided to tell shereen about it since we were having an ongoing discussion also... and then another funny convo happened... gosh i catching the evil jean bug of posting convos on the blog haha...
♥sher says: but yeah la knee length skirts are in fashion ♥sher says: not ath longer thn that ! ♥sher says: and long skirts and tees dont really match eh dude ! ♥sher says: they look better w tank tops ♥sher says: hhaaa shauny says: arrgh ♥sher says: hahahhaa shauny says: ya nicer but then more guys will gawk at ♥sher says: kay we're getting otta point ♥sher says: whhh ♥sher says: seee ♥sher says: first trace of shaun being a overprotective bf shauny says: tt's y fashion now is bad and evil shauny says: we need long flowly dresses to be in fashion shauny says: hahaha ♥sher says: dude, the only way to not let your gf get gawked at is to get a really really really plain one ♥sher says: haha ♥sher says: which i know you dont have the taste for shauny says: yes poor shaun double standard ♥sher says: hahaha la, thn get caught in the bicycle wheel how?! ♥sher says: thn you'll secretly wish her skirt gets torn off right ! ♥sher says: HOHOHO shauny says: oh my shereen!!!!!!!!!!! shauny says: didnt expect that from u ♥sher says: ahem. shauny says: haha ♥sher says: not exactly yours. ♥sher says: but ♥sher says: hahahahaha shauny says: hahha k la i wont give u the "holier than thou" attitide ♥sher says: YA LA ! ♥sher says: come clean pls ! shauny says: (knowing i'm a sinful man) HAHHAHAA ♥sher says: out with it shaun ! shauny says: i say am a sinful man le ma shauny says: hahaha shauny says: i must go blog about these animated discussions
so where do i start... hmmm... i dunno but here goes... i've been just totally sian diao and have had absoultely no mood to drag myself to youth service week after week... there are just certain sermons where u hear a million times and either they are about stuff u dont struggly wif anymore or stuff u just dont want to deal with... the only enjoyable part of edge was like the worship, i'd make the 1h cycle down to yishun just for the worship alone man... mostly just stoned in the service and zone out while jeremy preached.... but yesterday's sermon on secrets just totally blew me away, was one of the times i most willingly went down for altar call without needing an extra strong nudge of the holy spirit to do so. what secret that bogged me? well, u'll know if u've put in effort in this friendship n i'd have already shared it wif u or its only matter of time i do. as i said before and say again, i'm sick of one way friendships and fair-weather or friend-in-need friendships.
so yep, back to the topic after that rant. i stopped doing my devotions and daily prayers for quite some time even though life's been easy for me during the last month or so of lectures and unit integration. my whole social circle went haywire, prob as a result of me telling god to "do whatever it needs to help me stop relying on people but him". so both my best buddies mia le, spending time wif who knows... one of my closest pals in church stopped coming, the other dont see him around much either, prob cuz me myself has not been actively seeking him out... my two cousins stopped dotaing wif me (which is kinda good) but we also stopped going on our late nite cycle for supper sessions... i dont have my beloved sailing team affectionately calling me "capt!"... my good girl pals are now all totally busy wif uni... juniors busy wif prelims and a levels... little sis seems more int in spending more time wif other pals... like wow, god did it! oh ya and my bestest leader stepping aside too... same old me, same old problems and boy was of sick of having no1 to complain to! every1 also got their own lives now oh well...
but really thank god that as rebellous and willful as i am, by his grace i havent ever been able to do a proper backslide. he'd always call me back, slap me around and ask me to wake up my idea or do something before i actually go about that... thank god so so much for jackson who was like my elder brother during this season, sharing wif me his thoughts on current world issues, end times and well, even my favourite topic of history, namely war... i'd just bitch to him like a one liner and he'd come back wif a verse or two and a commentary to encourage an almost spiritaully defeated me during the time when i was appointed course ic over like 90 sergeants who gave me so so much problem helping to coordinate the program.
so yep, in the past week i managed to fast lunch and get back somewhat on doing my devotions and pray, although on a scale as i did in sispec. yep, there was a period of time i was more faithful in waking up early to mediate on his word outside the toilet, cuz that was where the only light was wif all the bunks still dark. prayed for my friends and in denying my fleshing desire to eat, i got back on track and its was like god's timing was so nice in preparing me for the sermon during edge which i was so skeptical about. and the best part was that i almost didnt even go, cuz i'd made up my mind to just stay home and rot (cuz i'd dotaed the whole morning and afternoon, dad wanted to use the com le so i could not dota all the way till i slept - well i could but then dad's been really patient these days with regards to my excessive use of gaming escapism)... then this morning's message on fighting the flesh by the ever so animated and annointed pastor terry, was just like the nice icing of the cake of the awesome awesome week! but then again, the fact that i didnt go for part two of the message during evening service shows that i still have work to do...
but ya la, its nice to be close to god once again, little things like enjoying the worship even when some1 whose voice sounds as traumatising as a horror show is leading to ppl thanking me for encouraging them when i feel the spirit of god telling me to do so... as well, especially when i feel the presence of god ministering to me even as i listen to christian music on the pc. wow...
i'm just gonna let my chatbox rot to death cuz i know that the friends that matter to me already know the things i blog already. i wont bother to keep lookin ppl up in this time when i'm still messed up, enough of leechin on and leading on le i guess... time to grow up shaun and stop bothering ur friends.
anyway, here's leaving u wif pics from my taiwan trip. poor us botak heads then, now we are all sergeants in the respective units roarrr!
changi airport 1
changi airport 2
on an escaltor in a themepark in taiwan
in front of a HUGE ferris wheel
at somewhat taiwan's version of raffles city shopping mall, just that i feel its nicer haha...
hahaha... Ms see thor hui qi super funny la... like the only 1 who scam till jia lat jia lat hahaha! i just post her blog entry here hahaha... even yiwen laugh until cannot take it! where got ppl so funny de... only thor haha...
I think im becoming like huimin! despite not being in the same school now. i still feel her strong "blur" force influencing me!
this is wad happened! i saw shaun's nick to be: marry me felicaaaaa!!! and thus, being kpo i talked to him.
2:39:49 AM- hui qi:and wad is felica?
2:40:59 AMshaun:my gf
2:40:59 AMshaun:haha
2:41:40 AM- hui qi:hmmms
2:41:46 AM- hui qi:is a human right?
2:41:55 AM- hui qi:sry if i sound absurd
2:42:07 AMshaun:human right? wad u mean
2:42:51 AM- hui qi:as in is rlly gf
2:42:57 AM- hui qi:not cars or anything rite?
2:43:05 AMshaun:lol
2:43:14 AM- hui qi:cause i got alot of male friends who say their gf is their car and got name somemore!
2:43:21 AMshaun:i tot human right as in declaration of human rights
2:43:25 AM- hui qi:LOL
2:43:27 AMshaun:oh pls shaun poor man...
2:43:27 AM- hui qi:no la
2:43:28 AMshaun:no car
2:43:40 AM- hui qi:oh so u rlly got urself a gf le arh???
2:43:45 AMshaun:yes
2:43:48 AMshaun:u wanna c her pic
2:45:02 AM- hui qi:omg
2:45:06 AM- hui qi:im faint hearted too
2:45:23 AM- hui qi:pls don shock me k?
2:45:23 AMshaun:wad faint hearted
2:45:29 AMshaun:haha y!
2:45:38 AM- hui qi:not car den motor bike?
2:45:46 AM- hui qi:my friends always bluff me de!!!
2:45:57 AM- hui qi:den i very cautious now
2:45:59 AM- hui qi:so sorry
2:46:02 AMshaun:hahahaha
2:46:08 AMshaun:good good you should be
2:46:15 AMshaun:hahaa
2:47:14 AM- hui qi:oh gosh
2:47:20 AM- hui qi:so u bluffing me arh?
den i received the photo:
2:49:35 AM- hui qi:ok is a human
2:49:42 AMshaun:hahahahaah
2:49:42 AM- hui qi:she looks like felicia chin
2:56:28 AM- hui qi:eh!!!
2:56:47 AM- hui qi:ur gf looks like felicia chin leh!
2:56:57 AM- hui qi:at least give me some respond!
2:56:59 AMshaun:hahahaha
2:57:01 AMshaun:=DDDDDDDDDDDDDD
2:57:09 AMshaun:see thor quite funny
2:57:13 AM- hui qi:wad wad wad
2:57:19 AM- hui qi:wad thing funny?
2:57:25 AM- hui qi:or is tt rlly felicia chin?
2:57:30 AM- hui qi:eh i feel stupid now!
2:57:45 AMshaun:see thor u v cute la
2:57:48 AMshaun:its felicia chin la
2:57:49 AMshaun:=.-
2:57:50 AMshaun:hahahaha
2:57:53 AM- hui qi:=____=
2:57:56 AM- hui qi:fine!
not my fault k! his nick is felicaaaa not feliciaaa. misleading k! grrrr.
So ya after a long long time of sleeping and the occassional reading of the Special Forces book i borrowed, i decided to pick up the copy of time that lay on my bed haha... and boy did one article ignite so much interest in me that i just have to tell you all about it!
You know when u go and buy like stationery got some will put "eco-friendly" or a certain foolscap paper brand that says "ozone free"? you'd be suprised that even large companies are listed on greenwashingindex.com - a site that exposes such false green claims. yup, the term for this is greenwashing! Here's an exerpt from the time article.
The first step to cleaning up greenwashing is to identify it, and Tuerff and his partners have hit on an innovative way to spotlight particularly egregious examples. They've launched the Greenwashing Index www.greenwashingindex.com) a website that allows consumers to post ads that might be examples of greenwashing and rate them on a scale of 1 to 5--1 is a little green lie; 5 is an outright falsehood.
so ya la, here is a summary of the 6 hidden myths listed on terrachoice.com that these companies blatantly put big big on their label just to scam ignorant ppl like us! but let us no longer be fooled! =D Click on the link for the full article
HIDDEN TRADE-OFF Promotion of one aspect of a product as environmentally friendly while its negative impact is obscured
NO PROOF Environmental claim that can be easily verified
VAGUENESS Assertion so amorphour that its meaningless - like a "nontoxic" claim when anything could be toxic if misused
IRRELEVANCE Claim that technically true but unimportant for the planet.
LESSER OF THE TWO EVILS Claim that is narrowly true but ignores the larger environmental problems - like "green SUVs"
Just bought a brand new Marzocchi MX Pro Lo (Click to see the review) from some guy who won it at a race... retails ~$400 but i got it at a cool $250! Nice right! =D
Now all i have to do is to get rid of my ridiculously high riser handlebar that gives me terrible backaches every week when i cycle to yishun at such an uncomfortable position! =D Cant wait to drop by alvin's place to set up the fork and the handlebar, woooooooooooooooot! =D
YES YES! Christmas is round the corner and if you dunno wad to get shauny, here's a list to help u! =D first up, i neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed a YELLLLLLLLLLLLLLOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW stunt bike hahha... A Yellow Haro F4 Stunt Bike ($550) will be just right! =D
Wanna get a nice light yet not so common fork - RockShox SID Team Fork ($750)
And my poor butt needs some nice cushioning - White Fizik Gobi XM Saddle ($160)
Well, my current helmet is quite old le, this is the only yellow helmet of a colour that meets my standard haha - Yellow Giro Atmos Helmet ($280)
but then i'll prob need the visor to block out the sun, so the road helmat above prob i wont get, need a cross country specific one - White MET Veleno D Helmet ($180)
My old Creative is wayyyyyyyyyy old, besides an mp4 wont hurt to kill some time in the army - Creative ZEN X-Fi 32GB ($399)
and of course, there'll always be my dream bikes... =D In order of price tag, first up the Santa Cruz Superlight (S$2100)
AND/OR the Marin Mount Vision (US$3300)
but then, it'd be awesome to have a road bike! Scott Addict R1 (£4799.99)
No prizes for guessing what colour they are all in! =D
I really enjoyed this video about President Ronald Reagan and how he used his wit and humour even in formal speeches... why the sudden interest you may ask? cuz we got to watch a few "whose line is it anyway" episodes during the breaktimes in the course haha... Gosh i wanna be like those jokers man, such impromptu wit!!!! =((
If u cant be bothered to watch the entire clip, here's my favour joke Pres Reagan cracked. =D
"A commissar in the Soviet Union went out to one of those state collective farms, grabbed the first worker he came to and said, 'Comrade, how are the crops?'
"'Oh,' he said, 'Comrade Commissar, if we could put the potatoes in one pile, they would reach the foot of God,'" Mr. Reagan continued, "and the commissar said, 'This is the Soviet Union. There is no God.' and he said, 'That's all right, there are no potatoes.'"
And here are the pics of my parents putting on my 3SG rank during my grad parade. and for a long long time, we finally took a family photo hahaa... =D
well ya, i cant really be bothered to blog cuz well i think that the frens who really care about u will bug u non stop to meet up and catch up, that is when the updating of how each other has been occurs... was having a discussion wif a few frens about one-sided-friendships... sometimes we have friends who are more than willing to listen to our problems, will take time time to help u out and stuff but when it comes to their own personal life, you realise that u barely know what is going on in their life... cuz they dont share much with you, the little that they do, is all shallowy issues. so ya, we might be guilty of being a one-sided-friend at times to the people we love and i made it a mental note never to do that to my closest pals again, cuz well frankly if u asked me, one sided friendships are not worth having. the true test of friendship is not only to carry others on your shoulders, but to let others carry you on theirs.
been months i think since i last updated and well, probably only those who i keep in contact wif know what i've been up to... the fact that i've to be so very careful about blogging cuz of army censors already spoils my entire mood... blogging is about freedom of expression and this country well, still is but a nanny state... so ya, i rather bitch in real life than get myself into trouble, esp now when i have my three stripes.
dont have much time to upload photos cuz i only just found my usb addaptor for the SD card like 1h b4 i have to leave the house so ya... many thanks to my dear pal boon and my little sis going thru my last weeks of sispec with me... and of cuz mummy and daddy too, who i so often forget to thank... and more recently, that stupid peng who suprisingly was free to go hang out wif me and boon... caught up wif syl and shuning, and the net ppl, hope we all can eat together after service to keep the bond intact la, i cannot take seeing everyone drift slowly away into oblivion sitting down...
bear wif the lack of explaination and comments for now... be content wif the pics! hahaha... in the parade pic i am 3rd guy in the middle row from the left marker (go ask some army guy what that means).
and ya the cyclin trip to ikea wif dawn and boon..
ps. huimin hope to finally cycle wif u b4 u go off la, rain also just cheong la! =D
