So, love is a decent word. It carries all your pains and sorrows away. And love is patient. Love is giving. Love is forgiveness. And one day, when you find love, your dream is just become...

   Tuesday, April 18, 2006  

Feeling great.

In the past in OCS, it was always a screwed up feeling when we get caught in the rain during training outfield. We would get all wet and low morale. During topographic exercises, if we miss the checkpoints due to inaccurate navigation, it would also be another low morale day.

However, it was a great day (or in fact, past few days were great days) at work. Last week, mmy team, consisting of Min Sheng and Min Fu went down from an unknown point, plotted and mapped the trees, hit a known FC9, plotted upwards again, and did one more transection, and came down... and hit another known FC11. Upon verfication with the master map, we were in fact only 1mm off in marking! That was actually really brilliant! Felt great to map accurately. Yesterday was equally good. Though there was quite a big screw up due to error-carried-forward from previous days of mapping, Louis's team, who came from top-down, my team went from bottom up, actually met in the middle. Comparing our maps, the common point is actually only 3mm apart! 3mm means 3m on the ground... Min Sheng (the botanist boss) commented that in such terrain, even a 5m discrepency is considered very good. That was soooo morale boosting.

And also on Monday, it was such a reminiscence of EX Spades and other outfield exercises. We finish out last tree and decided to get out of the forest due to impeding rain. However, when we started to head downhill, the heavy downpour started... Az and SiewChin and me were stuck in the middle of the forest. We started waterproofing all our equipments immediately. SC then took out a bir red piece of plastic (like those for picnic?) and each of us held a corner to shelter ourselves temporarily, hoping the rain would subside. Every now and then, we have to raise the middle of the "shelter" to drain away the water, which sometimes landed on our own shoulders... It went on for an hour and the rain never seem to stop. The ultimum was reach. It was getting late and dark and we were all wet. Common consensus was reached and the 3 of us ran out... Almost literally... Lucky SC knew the way and brought us out fast... Along the way also saw a cave that she mentioned... quite cool to see such a cave in BTNR. Finally came out totally drenched... Well, just like the end of another outfield exercise. Next up was equipment maintainence... haha.

Eh, nope, I do not want to sign on.

Cheers
ZJ

   posted by zHaN at 4/18/2006 04:34:00 pm



 

Frustration. Thats how you feel when something doesnt work out well or doesnt go the way we want. It makes you feel like screaming or just do something that will vent it out... K Lunch? Hmm...

K Lunch. It is a cheap 3 hour session of K Box costing s$6.50. This 3 hour session includes a decent meal that would satisfy a person's stomach. Just take it as eating out at MacDonald. Hey... Its about the same price! Drinks included too! Furthurmore, it allows you to scream all you want and screech all you want... No one cares...

Control. It is something that keeps myself at bay. Things are not to get out of hand. Self control is exercised. Control over thoughts is exercised --- mental control. Control over actions is exercised. Without control, hell breaks loose, everything is lost. Frustrations can be controlled too! Just like the dialect saying... "Eh3 Lun4..."

Cheers
ZJ

   posted by zHaN at 4/18/2006 04:27:00 pm






   Sunday, April 16, 2006  

The weakling me.

Week 1 - Arm ache. To be exact, should be called biscep i guess. Did too much push ups. Lasted almost a week. Almost couldnt hold my NParks range finder properly...

Week 2 - Thigh ache. Did too much sprinting after being inert. Last a few days.

Week 3 (This week) - Calf ache. I dont know why. Jumped too much during badminton? Had been regularly playing badminton but it is the first time i am exp this calf muscle ache... Wonder how long it will last...

Week 4... Anyone game for any sports?

Cheers
ZJ

   posted by zHaN at 4/16/2006 02:43:00 am



 

Jealousy. Thats something I feel when I see what others have and I dont have. It is something that sometimes strikes me and pops this question "Why not me?"...

Rationale. That is something that requires reasoning. I will have to look at the pros and cons, the cause and effects, consider all aspects of issues that may relate to it. Then, I will come up with an answer to a question with it so that it is a sound decision.

Striking a balance. Thats tough. Its about looking a things from many point of views, taking into consideration other factors, reaching an equilibrium point. It may not be the what all parties want, but it is the BEST for all parties. Its a balance.

Tough aint it? Struggling eh...

CHeers
ZJ

   posted by zHaN at 4/16/2006 02:36:00 am






   Tuesday, April 04, 2006  

I have been working at Bukit Timah Hill for the past 2 days. Well, I am actually working for this org called something like Central Tropical Forest Sensus or some sort. Pardon the mistakes... Its quite a cool job. They want to have a feel of how to forest is growing in this tropical forest, therefore, we have to mark out the THICK trees, defined as above 30 cm in diameter, plot them on the map, tag them with numbers etc.
We work in teams of 3, 1 ID-er, 1 Mapper, 1 Nailer. As what the names means, Id-er will identify the trees. Tough job and requires skills. Mapper will mark out the trees on the map. Fun job but got to be real meticulous to reduce errors. Nailer will run to the next trees and measure the diameter and jam a nail and tag into it. Exciting and fun role.
Have been the mapper and nailer... really enjoyed myself. Its always great to do something you like... and this time round, you get paid! haha.
Over the weekend, suddenly just felt irritated by some things and people around me... People can be so freaking multi faceted. So scary. People can be so FAKE. People can be such a sore in the eye at times... To the extent that every single word they say just sound so hypocrite and sick. WHY??? This is not healthy... I couldnt continue...
Hmm, back to the job... Was thinking of going to get a cheap and big hip pouch. Haha. Perhaps another pair of jeans? haha

Cheers
ZJ

   posted by zHaN at 4/04/2006 08:02:00 am