Life of guohui ...chp 350

nope, i'm not dead. just that i've been relatively busy or keeping myself relatively busy over the past months. and it seems that time flew by so fast, the end of my 1st sem in uni, my first exams in uni which i did relatively ok. and all too soon, my summer class ended and exam is due on this coming friday.

and of course, not forgetting the wonderful tioman trip; of kayaking and lazing in the kayak, snorkelings, island exploration, drinks under the starry sky, chicken wing and wine in bed, wonderful breakfast, cosy cuddlings, cocktail after lunch, impromptu jb shopping in april.

and not forgetting having one of the best birthday spent in my life. and i love my watch so much alongside that meaningful book.

yes, life is full of ups and downs these days but definitely i find myself very much a happier man than before, with someone to really share her joy and her anguish, while i know who to call first hand should i experience mine.

and hopefully, on to our better future ok?

guohuilist turned back time on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.

Life of guohui ...chp 349

Goodness gracious me, I do not know what is happening to me. Suddenly lost of appetite, constant nauseous feel, severe insomnia. Yes! severe insomnia for a sleep indulging person like me is totally unbearable. I can't imagine me sleeping at 5am only to wake up at 8am a totally freshed up person. And worse off when I go lights off at 1am. horrible.

And the closure of the eyelid just leads to more random thoughts running through my mind.

Exam's coming. I can't seem to focus. The assignment deadline is driving me crazy. The work deadline is driving me crazy.

And to everyone around me, I looked fine and definitely sound fine when deep in me, I know I'm not.

This is insane. Madness. Absurb. Am I going through some kind of depression?

But nope, I'm not downbeat nor upset. I still laugh at the slighest joke, greet passerby with a smile on my face.

But figuratively, something just don't seem right.

irritated.

guohuilist turned back time on Thursday, March 18, 2010.

Life of guohui ...chp 348

I apologised for the unannounced hiatus. Too much ongoing affairs and too little time to tackle them all. Or simply it boils down to priorities and a tinge of laziness.

But nevertheless, CNY was fun as usual, now that there are so many drivers within our rank. And for the first time, the 12 YEEs ventured out for some night activities.



And more random pictures that will be up soon.

And guohui found out that flower delivery on Valentine's Day is exorbitant.

But I guess she made it all worth it.

I think we've spending lots of time and wonderful memories together, and I did lots of things I never imagine for someone. Should we not end up together afterall, I guess she taught me how to love with my actions and show my affections for someone dear. And all that memories that remains.

Even though I dont like the sound of it. But still, xiaojing, shall we, let's remember the best of each other.

Meanwhile, let's filled OUR book with fond memories ok?

guohuilist turned back time on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

Life of guohui ...chp 347


The past two weeks has been hell of a chore for me, juggling between so many stuff and of course, the top of the priority being my first assignment in uni life. and of course how underestimated the difficulty level of writing my assignment paper.

Henceforth, I was practically buried under books and journals every day especially for the last week. Now my mind totally register what is counterproductive work behaviour and organisational citizenship behaviour. madness.

and all the more with insane consumption of coffee, tea and late nights.

but cookies that tasted like oven helps a lot. =)

not forgetting my wonderful weekends and random nothing.

you are like the top of my food pyramid, I shouldn't think of you too often, but I do way too much.

ok, brace up for 4 night lectures ahead, CNY at kuantan, billabong account assignment, mid-sem papers.

and not seeing her for the upcoming two week.

guohuilist turned back time on Tuesday, February 02, 2010.

Life of guohui ...chp 346

it has been a hell of a emotional rollarcoaster since sunday. Did i forgot to mention that I hate rollarcoaster rides since young?

Now I don’t feel like letting you find another princess anymore.

tears rolled down my eyes.

guohuilist turned back time on Thursday, January 21, 2010.

Life of guohui ...chp 345

all too soon, comes 2010. and I realised I have not blogged for aeons. Not that I'm very busy, but I'm burdened with lots of trival things in my life. And I'm still on the lookout for jobs, despite furiously looking for one now. Nevertheless, it's 2010, it's a start of a great new year ahead with new prospects coming up.

2009 whizzed past, didn't do and experience as much things as I thought I would love to as compared to 2008. Henceforth, I shall not make the list here. But all I can say is it has been completely devoted to PCG. But the returns are not even worth much mentioning, apart from the fact that I got back my pink IC, a service plaque, an OK Certificate of Service and a oh-look-so-wonderful testimonial and a Commendation Certificate for my service for the organisation. But been there done that, I've completed my NS in 2009 and a new phase of my life begins.

In fact, the only wonderful memory I have was on 23rd December which I did something that I never imagine myself doing for the past 22 years of my life.

But alas, it is 2 weeks into 2010, I'm back as a student. School started at RMIT-SIM for me and I thought I pretty enjoyed what I am doing. 3 yrs of hiatus from proper education left a dent in my head but I'm making up for it at the moment. So far, I have been early for lectures, taking and highlighting my notes. And I didn't even snooze off for all the 3 hours long lecture. Which is a total feat as compared to what I do during my poly days.

And the next thing to do is secure any jobs that comes into my path.

and of course, her.

And I finally met meiqi for the first time on 8th jan. Despite our first and last face to face meeting back in dec 2006, I actually went for her 21 birthday celebration and we ended up chatting without borders. I was initially quite afraid of the awkwardness of this face to face meeting. But nope, it didn't happened. And she's definitely cutier and prettier than I thought. Though I've no idea when is the next time we will see each other in person again, I'm sure this online friend will be here to stay. Right, Ms Wan Meiqi?

And i'm off to do my 132 page project XJ. =)

guohuilist turned back time on Tuesday, January 12, 2010.

Life of guohui ...chp 344

30th Nov, it's almost a month after I ORD-ed, and life has been mundanely exciting, especially last week. So it has been a month of supper, long slumber in the cold weather or simply indulge in the little things I never got to do when I was busier. Imagine spending the whole day at the pool swimming at least 70 laps, and on to read newspaper till the sun goes down. Or simply joining my best neighbourhood friend(s) on a eating rampage from lasalle to orchard ION. OR simply hanging out at the basketball talking to umemployed NBS grads like weilong and played my fave passing game. Or just simply being a serious jobseeker, improving my resume everyday while I go for interviews only to find out that it's not a job I am looking for or being me not happy with the pay.

And so the application for RMIT came, I was accepted for both the PT and FT courses. Took me a few nights to ponder over it and I will most likely accept the PT courses. Henceforth, it will be a challenging 2.5yrs for me ahead. But that will leave me debt free by the time I graduate with 2 years of relevant working experience I supposed. Besides, travelling to SIM everyday for lecture isn't something I look very forward to. And nw my clouds has cleared, it's time for me to work towards my goal.

The past week was a total rollercoaster. Let's mentioned the happier times first. Yea, met up with xiao jing for the first time for lunch at Raffles City Shopping Center and we ended up chatting like no tml or rather she's a good chatting mate I supposed. There isn't much barrier and it certainly seems that we have known each other for a long time. But it was fun, though I didn't have a proper lunch.

And we met up over sunday, supposingly to rollerblade as she suggested but other than roaming at Parkway where we idle our time away eating "dinner" after my lunch at Singpost Mac, and off we go, with IKEA Tampines in mind. But after spending so much time wandering around bedok interchange, we ended up taking an adventure ride on 67 to chua chu kang. It was on the bus we had the idea of heading to Mustafa Centre but we missed the stop and we just alighted off any random stop at Bukit Timah. And off we went to checkout whatever's avail in the area, drooled over island creamery, burger shacks and other random restaurants. And it was adjorned to starbucks where we ended up talking again till 9.30 before we parted. meaningless day but nevertheless it was fun doing nothing. Hopefully, next sunday will be a sunnier day though.

And the down side of the rollercoaster? Van. The poor girl just broke up with her BF because of some ridiculous reason. One moment I was consoling her at 2am on sat night and two days later, we were talking about her family crisis, and the next night was spent at ECP carl's junior sharing about everyday under the sun from Area 51 to mediation to religion to mediation to our families to our point of view in relationship to how we met ( yea. I didn't realise it, we were pri sch mates, as well as kindergarden mates.) to simply anything. That's the up part of the rollar coaster. The down part? 5am in the saturday morning, she called when her world came crushing down. I spent the remaining night hours left consoling and listening to her. And never before had I hear her so heartbroken or crying like no tml. It was saddening. But yet, I couldn't scold her for all these. Met up with her and jason pang on sat night to just lean by her. She seems better after bloating her eyes and dirty-ing her white pullover.

But came sunday I wish I could just whack her to her senses and get her to her senses over the phone when she called to say she was so disappointed with herself. Thank goshness, the sensible van came back at night and talked senses to me. Hopefully she's alright for now.

It has been such an emotional rollarcoaster for her, which I thought such a good girl like her shldn't even be going through. But life's as such. It has been a mentally torture for me being her friend but it's not that I'm complaining. But I'm just feeling very sad for her. Esp when her family is going through a really rough patch. So it kind of affect me as well. And I thought I could just journal it down.

Anyway, Jay Jay is back from UNSW and I am looking forward to our DELTA gathering on 16 dec, dinner with the PCG ppl on 14 dec, Ms Wan and Mr So's wedding on 4 dec, uni registeration on the 10dec, and YES! the 2 hm ppl for lunch this week.

guohuilist turned back time on Monday, November 30, 2009.

Life of guohui ...chp 343

and all too soon, the journey ended with a blink of an eye. Much to the contrary of many, I thought I actually I enjoyed my days in PCG; or perhaps Team Delta. I think I'll missed life being a coast guard and being out in the sea.

And the crazy things that comes with it, on and off duty.
And the ranting for the ever-increasing jobscope and deployment.
And of course, the people.

It's amusing how much I dreaded enlisting into SPF and ended in a place which I enjoyed my work.

nevertheless, a new phrase of life has started.

guohuilist turned back time on Saturday, November 07, 2009.

Life of guohui ...chp 342

so the sea claimed another casualty. another subject, another deceased. another good deed done. thank gosh we found him withou much decomposition.

and another 10-6. was it curse of the ramesh?

and another indulge with 2 pairs of shoes.

and another day has gone.

guohuilist turned back time on Friday, October 16, 2009.

Life of guohui ...chp 341

4 weeks. And why does my allowance have to be upped by SGD 70 bucks in my last month of pay. Irritating. Can they start this earlier? Ok, now my NS allowance offically hit the 4 digit mark.

Life's pretty hectic as usual. ASP baton In service was fun. I was exemplery as usual. No one mess with guohui with a asp baton. haha. The bruises are worth it I guess.

It's fun reply to mail in facebook everyday.

garbage at it's best. PASS THE BALL AROUND! i lack sanity and sleep.

guohuilist turned back time on Sunday, October 11, 2009.

Life of guohui ...chp 340

it's like the moment of drowning in the middle of nowhere.negativity in positivity.

5 weeks more to ORD-ing. not that i am looking very forward, but i thought i welcomed the end of it. though i really enjoyed what i am doing. it's just not my calling i guess. and suddenly, everything seems shrouded. the best part abt planning for my future? it's everything not i planned for.

i wanna break the bubble. i wanna break my conventional bubble. i need someone to trust. a dozen of needs and wants. not none satisfiable.

nope, i'm nt being emo. either am i lark-happy. i'm just being practical. practicality in my own definition. ponder before venturing. that life starts in 5 weeks time. a 22 yr old man cannot afford to step onto the wrong pebble and lands himself drowning in the pond again.

guohuilist turned back time on Wednesday, September 30, 2009.

Life of guohui ...chp 339

i swear blogger turns insane on my com.

nt that i am sane these days anyway. life's pretty hectic on the work and fun side. 1 week to D1 ord. 9 weeks to go for sc/sgt d44. team chinese chalet function was a blast. down 10bottles of chang and carlsberg before the bbq starts and i was damn high during the bbq itself. cordon bleu, chivas and beer. did i forgot to mention the secret revendous to finish off 2kg of live prawn with victor and jack?

and the 18hrs before i was attending this case of man's hand injury onboard a vlcc on a choppy night. note the movie the perfect storm. it was close. sea state 3 and no less. and 3of the man's finger was dangling from his hand in a room filled with blood. but tt wasn't the pt. pt is. i realised that the S$150 risk allowance is not easy to earn. my conscript life is cheap. haha.

old man use old boat. young man follows old man use old boat too. it sucks. MDB is offically on my hatelist. JB makan was good.

and after re reading the book, i think that henry is a selfish fellow. and i wish for my own clare.

absure sentencing. my brain has degenerated. it's time for a rest.

a rest too long.

guohuilist turned back time on Tuesday, September 01, 2009.

Life of guohui ...chp 338

blog is dead. guohui is half dead. duties and in service comes pouring like nobody business. the relative peaceful nights are getting increasingly tense as hari raya is coming and the crime rate just shoots up high.

load up ur mp5 with real ammos, cocked and loaded, pointing it at a real human being armed with machetes and parangs, knowing when to depress the trigger and the correct use of force? sounds easy? sounds fun? it's nt.

USS aircraft carriers and supply shift in our waters? more duties. more deployment. more work. the boats are overworked. the people are overwork. i am overworked.

the thoughts of a possible retreat to kukup cheers me up. the thought of seeing everyone again since steamboat is thrilling. but apparently it's off after i made so much arrangement for it.

guohui remembered the wrong dates and did not turned up for mich and esther's convocation.

the thought of taking up Astar's traineeship made me a thinkle thinker.

oh blah blah black sheep annie annie wool. gone after the 5/8?

14weeks and 46 shifts to go before i surrender my warrant card. what lies after?

life's as such these days. slp time and it's in service, strainer cleaning and KPA for tml.

and MOWA duties follows.

i'm tired.

guohuilist turned back time on Tuesday, August 04, 2009.

Life of guohui ...chp 337

today is the 9th day of my quarantine period. as expectedly. i did nth constructive during the 9 days, except to eat, slp and not grow fat.

i actually went for a swab test on 1 july. had symptoms of throat irritation, but was placed in the HIGH RISK priority patient list as i was

1) from Police Coast Guard (brani base)
2) came back from infected country (BBK)
3) had one of the symptoms ( presumed cough)

and was thus ordered to take a swab test at CGH and to stay isolated for 24-36hrs and wait for the test result to come out.

i swear i almost turned insane instantly. wireless@SG on my itouch and a book save my ass or i really do not know how to pass time. and the brilliant thing? a malay guy who was bedded >2ms from me was tested positive!



but thank goodness i wasn't.

went home at 2am, savoured myself with these:


instant noodle from japan. miso favour



authentic banana cake

with real banana fillings.

and it has been a bliss to slp in these days, ignoring myself from the crazy work at base. because it's pouring cats and more dogs these days.

but i'm going back to work tml. 4more mths to ORD. and back to more travelling and studies.

i hope.

guohuilist turned back time on Wednesday, July 08, 2009.

Life of guohui ...chp 336

june practically just whizzed past. totally. from my cousin's wedding to pri 6/11 class gathering to the classification shoot to ORD shoot to PCG corporate movie screening to the bangkok trip and nw, 7 days self quarantine. goodness.

I drove to kuantan for the first time in my life, clocking 392km in 7hrs straight! what an experience it is to drive in the land of Truely Asia, where you see perduas overtaking Civics and BMWs. driving at a constant 140km/h on a straight rd, cutting series of bends at 90km/h. I never thought i can do it so soon in my life. and meeting up with my gorgeous and handsome cousin is simply splendid.

and after another 392km back to SG, had dinner and rushed to to T3 to meet up with the pri 6/11 ppl. hopefully it will not be another 10yrs before we all meet up again huh? oh. it has been confirmed that the familiar girl i see at the park connector every week is non other than SUSAN! goodness!

classification shoot commenced at HTA after a 6hrs slp at home, marksman in m16 and almost failing HK mp5? it's supposed to be the other way round!

slp and it's work work work. and off. this 25 off is brilliant. because a hero in Team B contracted the infamous H1N1 virus and get it started in the base. before taking over duty from us.

2nd off, poor guohui realised that his ORD shoot has been postponed due to H1N1 incident. slpt, swim, gym in base before heading down to suntec to catch transformer wtih jiamin, courtesy of PCG corporate screening. HERE, another hero with the virus sat in MY cinema. brilliant!

work my ass off the next day.

home, slp for 4hrs and i'm off to the land of smiles.

and 3 days later, i'm back here blogging.

with 7 days of self quarantine from work +2 days of off days for me. seems like my long break finally begin.

at the expense of exhausting my leave balance till i ORD. damn it.

guohuilist turned back time on Tuesday, June 30, 2009.

Life of guohui ...chp 334

it was a relationship of 5yrs. gone just like that.

she never fails to brighten up my day when i was down, providing me my music therapy.she never fails to allure me to slp on long bus journey, or just provides me the sense of serenity when i go into a daze. she've given me so much, yet asking for nth in return.

and not once did she trouble me with visits to the service centre.

farewell, my ipod nano. and i'm sorry our journey has to end this way. at harbourfront MRT on 31th may 2009. it was my fault that u've got lost.

upset.

hopefully, ur successor ipod touch will fill ur void well.

guohuilist turned back time on Thursday, June 18, 2009.

Life of guohui ...chp 333

chapter 333 says another tick off the things guohui wants to do in his lifetime.

yes

I've actually completed a marathon after contemplating to do one since eons ago. and at that a night marathon in sundown marathon 2009. was somewhat disappointed in the organising committee though. for the lack of supports and service they provide throughout the race. i was conned for so many km before i can find counterpain relief. and bananas out of stock? ridiculous. but i had fun though.


gears which i swear by during the whole 42.195km.


getting ready for the marathon.

decided 1.5hrs before the race that i've so not going to drive because my cousin is driving her bf down and she mentioned that the traffic is insane. waited for bus no.29 which was jammed back and ended up cabbing down.

reached the starting point 15mins before the flag off. saw yeowhoe, shaun and boh xiong; some fellow A11 friends whom i decided to pace with. actually i have half a mind to run this race along but was persuaded the start off together with them. but it ended up that me and yeowhoe paced each other throughout though.

it was a good start at 12.20am for us. despite being the last few starters, we managed to catch up with the majority of the people with our constant pace, stopping only at water point. finished the airport runway stretch with ease. no pain, lots of perspiration and still going strong. lost shaun during this stretch due to the orh lua he had.

reached the tanah merah area by 0100hr, still doing real fine, i even met libin on the way, had a little chat before moving on. was abt to lost boh xiong after the 10km after we derailed to find the washroom for him to shit.

by 12km, boh xiong was out, leaving me and yeowhoe to move on. by now, i'm already at my worplace, the stretch of ECP. still going fine. the feets starts to hurt now and i alr have half a mind to find counterpain.

U-turned at big splash by 19km to 20km, the fastest stretch we experienced. counterpain is definitely needed but out of sight till the next km. spurred on despite the premonition that a cramp was coming.



21km mark! stopped for the first time to apply counterpain and do some stretching for 5mins. it was a good 2hr 30mins gone. we are quite in time to complete the race before 0600hr. as yeowhoe mentioned, we've alr reach army standard with respect to AHM. crossed the bridge to VS area and continued on to siglap park connector, from VS to st. pat's and on to kembangan MRT. our pace dropped as route gets narrow. spotted lots of ppl resting along the way, doing stretches alr. there's even a girl crying.

25 to 26km, it seems like the longest stretch to jog. despite us still jogging. cramps starts to creep in on me. my cartilage starts to ache. had my first power gel at the 27km mark. 2nd dosage of counterpain. route to bedok reservoir was demoralizing. there's lots of ppl stopping. the marathon has turned into the big walk instead. also, there are lots of kind souls giving out snacks and drinks, paying from their own pocket.

bedok reservoir stretch is gay. 14km more to go from here. put on my knee guard at this point on, though drenched in my perspiration alr. and on to tampines rd. passed by my house at the 33km mark. the big walk has alr begin and i'm dragging my sorry ass and counting down the distance. the park connector rd which i ran for countless time seems so long to me nw. i starting having fun cursing and swearing at myself for taking part in the marathon. wasting leave, money and precious slping time to torture myself. it's alr 0530hr. seems like we are not able to reach before 0600hr. my joint hurts. my ankles hurts. my feet hurts.

crossed to pasir ris track. we alr start to take regular 2mins break to stretch. counterpain saves my life many times here. i had my 50th cup of 100plus here too. 36km mark proved that i can fall aslp while walking.

after 37km mark at loyang stretch was pretty much a torture. walked only to try to reach the next km signboard. convo starts to decrease alr. fatigue totally set in. counterpain sent me to 7th heaven every time i used it. but i came crashing down to reality when it wears off. excruciating. tried to jog but it never last more than 100me. did i mentioned that i lost feeling of my legs? if there's a feel, the only word is pain.

39km mark, started to countdown to the number of 2.4runs we did. 3 more km to go.sun's up alr. agony sets in everytime a bus heading to changi passed by.

41km was a relief. started to jog towards the finishing pt. last no more than 50metres. every step seems so heavy.

time checked was 0800hrs. we missed our aims by 2hrs. crossed the finished line a very insane man. tt makes us finish at 7hrs 40mins. we started 20mins late.


taken after the race.


courtesy of lam.

i completed my first night marathon! now, tt's a sense of personal achievement.


the rewards.

and a nap at home for reporting for work at 1700hrs. by then, my legs are totally gone. my right ankle was swelling bigger than ever. my thighs are so tighted. damn naim and co asking me to use the handicapped toliet in base.

and i doubt i'll be jogging anytime soon.

but standard chartered marathon, anyone with me?

guohuilist turned back time on Tuesday, June 02, 2009.

Life of guohui ...chp 332

22-ed. another step towards being an uncle. tt's how young i really am.

received lots of well wishes from everywhere, from people i haven't really hear from in a million yrs. why, thank you.

i ought to feel contented. and blessed. but yet there is a sense of unspoken and unknown emptiness on 25th may 2009. unresolved.

it will pass. i know. and i shall go to slp a 22yr young man.
guohui wishes himself happy birthday.

guohuilist turned back time on Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

Life of guohui ...chp 331

there are lots of things happening lately which i'm too lazy to blog abt. or perhaps i just cannot find the right words to.

so it has been a gruesome two night shift. played some wonderful bball with the the gang.(yes, they keep reminding me of who i am in the FB quiz) and off to ECP cage for cage soccer, supper at blk 85 before adjourning home to where i am nw. nope, i'm definitely nt distracted to make a trip down to JD.

and i realise that my scandals spread very fast among the clique. girl+8pgs of chinese msg+gossipy ppl = whole world knows abt it. hw to keep low profile in the team. guess some fun spurned out of control. insane.

was home just nw and i just happened to wait for a lady who stays on the 9th storey of my blk. i guess she's a bit tipsy. keep on questioning why i wait for her. and we ended up chatting quite a fair bit by the voiddeck. without knowing her identity. all i know is i'll always bump into her when i return home after 2am.

my knee hurt. my thighs feels very tight. marathon in 17days time.

and damn,the m16 and mp5 classification shoot falls on my birthday.

if only someone could tie me down.

i digressed.

guohuilist turned back time on Wednesday, May 13, 2009.

ya. i'll never forget tt. 2/5. 2mths.

guohuilist turned back time on Monday, May 04, 2009.