RP Aikido Sentosa Outing

GLITZ 2010

GLITZ 2010 Award Ceremony for Sports IG

16 June was Glitz, the award ceremony. All Sports IG including martial arts and sports club were attending. The dress code was formal. I was awarded the Merit Award for my participation in RP Aikido IG.

In the Glitz booklet, it said: " The Merit award shall be awarded to any member who has been in the polytechnic team at least 1 full academic year and who may not possess a high standard of skill in the sports, ........." I was demoralized by the quote "may not posses a high standard of skill in the sports." It should be rephrased as displaying moderate/ acceptable standard of skill in the sports.

Despite this problem, I humbly accept the award. I join RP Aikido during at the end of my second year. And it's not even a year I spent in RP Aikido and I got the position of Advisory Captain and participated in Aikido Youth Meet 2009. I am more than enough in RP Aikido, I do not wish for further achivement or medals/ awards , but the achievement of promoting Aikido to RP students and to expand RP Aikido and Aikido Shinjukai. That is more than enough.

Crazy Letterman

David Letterman is the craziest and funniest talk show host ever. In his younger age, he did a lot of craziest stuff like pranks and crazy mission like trying all 52 donuts in Dunkin' Donuts and eating pancakes in the International House of Pancakes. I hope I was the one doing it. haha.

The Elaborative Musician

The Best Conductor of all times !!!

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Mr Toh have been one of my teachers that bring inspiration to me. My past events and practices in Dunman Secondary School Choir was surely not a waste of time. It have been fruitful in developing my own character and leadership skills. There were wonderful friends and many memorable activities that I cannot forget. But the Choir will not succeed without the batonship of Mr Toh Ban Sheng.

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Mr Toh is not only a teacher or conductor, but also a excellent mediator and inspirator. As a self-taught musician, Mr Toh always strive for the highest victory, always have the highest hopes for his choirs and students. I remember through my years in Duman Sec Choir, we are constantly improving; Constant Gold in SYF and then two Gold-with-Honors. All choir members are highly inspired and able to sing with gusto and perform with pride. Though his ways of teachings were sometimes strict, there were also times for humor.

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"The Accidental Conductor" is the book of the life of Mr Toh, from the first achievements to the Ultimate Victory for him and all his choirs. Browsing through the book while sitting down for a cup of coffee, you will felt the way of music flowing quiet and then crescendo. It shows Mr Toh as the personification of everlasting perseverance and great devotion to music. It is a small book great in music wisdom and excellence.

RP Aikido Freshmen Orientation Camp 2010

RP Aikido FOCamp 2010

After a 3 day camp in RP, I am very tired. It was the first time the RP Aikido was having the camp. A lot of things are needed to be done for the preparation of the camp. Though there were some mistakes during the camp, but the camp objectives were meant and was successful in the number of attendance.

The RP Aikido committee of 2010 was the pioneer team in doing up this camp. Therefore credits should be given to them:

• Adi - Captain
• Izzun - Vice-Captain
• Juliet - Secretary
• Robin - Advisory Captain
• Roger - Chief Mentor
• Luqman - Events Manager/ Camp Head
• Izwan - Food Guy
• Lina & Freddie
• Others - Daryl, Sufi, Yee Fun and Kian Yong

Also special thanks to Advisor Kevin and OSG Head Alex for the undying support. And also Instructor Shamus for the great and fruitful time and teachings. Last but not least, the freshmen, everyone who attended the camp and made it a successful and memorable time. Thank you very much !!!

The Pug that talks !!!

My favorite dog is the pug. I believe it is the most cute dog ever, second being bulldog or pekingese. I love their flat and muzzled face, they was said to originated from the Chinese. The philosopher Confucius decribed the dog as a short-mouthed dog. I also love their expressive pair of eyes.

I came across a section from David Letterman: Stupid Pet Tricks. A pug can say I love u. Very cool.

Top Talk Show Host

David Letterman, one of my favorite talk show host. He is hilarious, funny and sometimes crazy. He made fun of guests especially Richard Simmons. And now this video show him making pranks on customers of McDonald and Taco Bell.

The Aikido Try-out

The Try-out of the Art of Peace

SLA Fiesta is over, and now is the try-out. The first try-out session for the year-one was great. All the first years are very interested and happy in the different techniques we used. All the seniors were glad. I really hope the second try-out session will be a greater success than the first one. I also wished that there will be a large amount of people joining RP Aikido IG.

SLA Fiesta !!!!

On 21st and 22nd of April, it is the recruitment drive in RP. The Aikido IG is also joining in the fiesta to recruit more new members. Our booth is in north agora hall. A lot of people, very crowded. On the first day, we got a lot of intake for this year, so cool. And then there is a small demo on the stage located at south agora. I am very happy about the large intake for this year. I hope these intakes of first years will be very interested in Aikido. Next episode: Trial !!!!! LOL.

Dinner with SPAC: A great return

Re-living the beautiful memories

Being with the SPAC members once again was a wonderful time. It have been a long long long time since I left SPAC in joining a new organisation. Though I was in RP and managing things in the RPAC, I still think of the SPAC members. I have always remembered the beautiful times we been. Wonderful people such as perry, abel, imran, liling, jasmine, yiliang and the others, they are the best friends ever. I also learned a lot of valuable things and gained countless experiences from them and their many activities planned by them. Through them, I am able to develop myself further. Thank-you very much to SPAC for the times we have been through. Today's dinner is also a memory to remember too.

Two Line Vocab

One of the best comedy show is "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" It features four actor making a series of comedian. The funniest one is Colin Mochrie. My favorite part of the show is the game known as the two line vocabulary; it is where two person can each say two line of words, while the third person is free to say anything. It is very funny.

Chengdu

Trip to Chengdu, Jiuzhaigou & Emei

Two days ago, I arrived back in Singapore after a long 10 day trip to Chengdu. Chengdu is a very beauteous city, its area is surrounded by mountainous area such as Jiuzhaigou and Mt Emei. The trip was very memorable and unforgettable. I encountered a lot of amazing scenery and experience a lot of different culture, tradition. I am also lucky to meet the Channel 8 celebrity, Quan Yi Feng. It is nice talking to her too. Lol. Most importantly, the most enjoyable thing about this trip is all our tour group, the members, leader and tour guide.

I would like to thank tour leader William, tour guide Dong Dong for showing great care and concern, and also great help when I was sick. I would also like to thank all tour member for the great fun and laughter, especially Sheren, Jenny, Mary, Elaine, Nancy, etc. It is very lucky and great to be together in this trip, it is definitely my most enjoyable trip among the many vacation to China.

I Pray for Suffering-less for the World!!!!

Well, a new year is here and it is a new start, a new beginning. As for me, I felt for this world, this wonderful world where everyone is living in. Though I am hopeless alone, I cannot change this world into a more peaceful and happy place. It is a sorrowful thing to see disasters happening in other nation, poor people, suffering and the pain. It is indeed tragic to see people dying. Though I am neither God nor a world leader, I am mere an observer and watcher of the world. I myself cannot make a great change in the universe. I experienced many tragic occurences and events, I heard many sad and touching story, but it does not change anything.

Though we think of helping others, there are other things kept blocking our way. The inability and doubtfulness clouded our ambitious mind, the mind to help other people in need and more importantly, the world. I wished for safe and joyful world free of war and disasters. Let us pour our hearts to the world, show the love to others and give comfort to this injured world we once injured.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

YEAR OF THE TIGER

Another year have passed, the cow stepped down for the tiger to raise to the sky. It is the year of the beast. Tiger and lions are kings of beast, very ferocious, fierce and vicious. In astrology, the tiger is a very divine beast; White Tiger. This year is a fierce year, a year of daring and courage. I wishes EVERYONE a great and prosperous year, overcome obstacles thruogh bravery and be ferocious in the path of success. At the same time, good health and wealth to everyone and may peace be in this world. May Spirit of Courage, Goodness and Glory filled this beautiful world that we called home.

Good Bye E44B and Hello to Holidays

Dear E44B,

I love working with you all. It may be a short period of time, but I have enjoyed it all. In this semester, I have learnt a great deal of knowledge in my course in Sports and Exercise Science. Working with you all is a great motivation for me to continue my path of success, it also boost my interest in sports science. Thank you, everyone and the facilitators. And HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!

Celebrity Workouts !!!!

Back to E35M

It's been a while since I have last blogged. Quite busy in RP, pre-reading, worksheets and presentation. My life is all the well!!!! Last friday, after school (hopefully), I took the train to Novena. I was reading a book in the train and was so into it that I landed on Orchard MRT. I thought, "Oh shit, wrong stop." So I went to Orchard ION for a walk before returning to Novena. When I walked into ION, I met my old E35M classmates (Jim, Elmo, Jinli, Jaron, Vincent, Pierre, Wen Long & Youhuai), a coincidence but fate.

I joined them for dinner. It's been long long time since I last saw them (Except for Jim, where I met in the bus 168, sleeping and snoring, wearing white jacket and hooded. LOL) At the RP Open House 2010, I met some of them. It's great to actually meet them again. Pierre, as usually, is very intelletual as even.

Funny Video

RP Open House 2010

A new year started with a good start. The RP Open House is the starters. It is the time to showcase what martial arts are !!! We join booth with Taekwondo and Judo. Three days in a row, it was tiring but worth it. It was great event to work together with the two martial groups, i'm looking forward to another event with such union.

A New Year Begins !!!

It's a new 2010 year, it's a new beginning. Last year, I have a dramastic change in my life. I wish everyone a new and glorious year ahead, good health and wealth, hapinness forever. May friendship and love blossom, may peace and harmony flow through the world and the universe.

For this year, my learning theme is "the ultimate preparation." Preparation is very important before doing the task. My resolution for this year is to soar into inevitable heights, expand to the ends of the world and to the eternity of the universe.

New year fireworks in Singapore was amazingly beautiful. Getting back home that night was difficult, 3am was the time we came back. But we have an enjoyable time there. Now, it's back to the normal days where we school and buried our face in pile of books and flashing screens of laptop. LOL.