we're back at the caves

and we're back at the caves for the wkend!

fav photos of the trip:

everything went too smoothly. its very rare that no substantial epic events happened when traveling with this group of friends. have been travelling with dickson, stanley and suan since forever. interestingly, we all have serious common interests in photography, mtbs and now climbing! hahahas. the not so serious interests are like guitar, bowling and bags. hahahhas.

skipp a 15s game for this.

and so, i travelled up alone. tickets under Aeroline from sg to 1utama is at 9.30am or 4pm. they travelled up on fri, 4pm. couldn't take off, so i travlled the next morng at 9.30am.

aeroline is really excellent. its comparable to airline standards. i guess that's y the company's name is of such. its really pricey. $43 one way. but well, there's food and hot drinks served. for the journey to and fro, i watched 4 movies; Into the Storm, X-man: Days of our Future Past, Non-Stop and Divergent. watched all of them before except for the first one.

total journey time: 6hrs; the bus doesn't speed crazily like other companies. not sure if its good/bad thing. ahas! but i've ever travelled to KL within 3hrs b4. mad. 

didn't want to sleep coz i wanna have a good night sleep

can u see the walls in Camp5? u see the black section of the building.. that's part of the whole climbing gym! 

didn't take much climbing photos this time coz i guess i wanted to climb more. hahas. 

dinner at the fav jap-western place. and we watched a move. sat night. RM 14. hahas. :)

Mortdecai.

not really a good movie actually though the actors/actresses acted well.

 hahhas. went back. played LAN. i mean.. its likes RM 2 per hr. y not. hahas RM 5 for 3 hr.. but  i guess we're all too tired.

Sunday Morng!

finally first time doing Top Up on natural wall

uncle Tetsu cheesecake!!!!!

so darn good. 

from Aunty Annes. 

jumbo sausage with cheese. mad good.

and just when we're about to board the bus, it raineddddd. like poured.

yup. that'a abt it. pretty simple. but everythings so :D

thank God for such friends. hahahs

booting up

things are starting to move in.

quite a week i must say. apart from argument i had with mother poon (over food), the week went pretty well. hahas. the funny thing is, we got things patched up (also over food). 

its 1:34am now and with a hurting jaw, i dun really wanna sleep yet. also wanna share all the happy things right. #sayNOtoEMOposts. 

basically, ytd was the first game of the 15s season. 

first time playing for Bucks. played flanker. went pretty well. went in 2nd half. 

had a good break towards the end but wasn't fast enough to reach the line (probably like 7m more) before being savagely taken down but 3 other ppl. that's when i think i got injured, if i rmbred correctly. 

when i was on the ground, i think apart from those 3, more bodies were tumbling over me, i rmbred the impact of someone's knee in my right cheek/jaw. that moment was too clear to be good. u know how ur brain slows things down when its in a fight or flight situation... the tachypsychia conditon (ok, i googled that. not so smart as to rmbr the term off hand)... yea. i rmbr the split sec black out abit, not too sure if its coz of the piling of bodies (covering physical light) or coz of the neurological response due to the impact to my head, and then hearing THAT sound. the sound all too familiar sound that injury-experienced ruggers know. was really in pain. but since the game was towards the end and we're so near to the line, just play on. 

and so after the game, the pain started to kick in alot. my teammates, 2 of them whom are physio-trained helped me examined.. so they were saying its either a hairline fracture somewhere or a tear of the TMJ joint. ok. i have no idea where/whats that. i'm quite pro with the knee ligaments, but not this area. so anyway, alls good now. the swell is reducing and not so much bruising as i expected. still able to eat solid food coz nothing can really stop me from eating alot (not including gastric flu). not sure if i wanna go to A&E tmr just to check it out with an x-ray to know how's it gg on the inside. x-ray will only show the bones part and i would need to do a MRI if i wanna know the condition of my ligament.

actualllyyyyy... since i can still happily eat like my muruku just now, i think shouldn't be a prob. not sure if i wanna make a trip down; also, lazy do to the paperwork for insurance claim and all. hahahahs. 

overall, quite happy actually. coz i rmbr during the debrief.. coach was saying something like.. "poon came in... made an impact to the game..." whoots. its not everyday i get such a comment + it wasn't a sunday. 

so it was very very encouraging. 

but really, just wanna thank God for my previous years of tough trngs with Blacks too. they'e taught me well.

ok. time for a good recapppp.

work first then social life.

lets start with work first. 

one of the best week actually. coz its all the fav things- wirelocking, greasing, sealant... ok wait. maybe not fav things as per se... but smth different other than bolts and nuts.

wed was the practical exam. 7 days with this mess. but really thankful for the opportunity to train like that. now i'm really more confident with the tools and stuff. i mean, all these while, before i lay hands on anything (tools/bolts and all), let alone an aircraft, i'm usually quite apprehensive coz i dont trust my skills. i would have minor thoughts of the tools eating me up or tools becoming a weapon to the aircraft and stuff like that. but now, at least i dare to do things. i mean, of course with care and not like recklessily-overly confidence. 

funny thing is that the night before we did greasing, i had chocolate lava cake with my friends. so, it felt somewhat weirdly nostalgic  abit.

sealant. 

not for the OCD hearted. hahas. surprisingly i did relatively fast. but ws. omg. HAHAH. was quite funny.

secretly proud of my work. (only on 1 side).  got boeing standard?? HAHAHAHs.  the other sides are not so ocd-level. so i dont want take photo.a hahas

also managed to squeeze a lunch with my ex-collegues too during the week. felt good. :)

ok. and on wed, my crazy friend cycled from CCK to work. that's 37km bro. hahahs. his journey started at 4:45am. crazy shit, but well done for completing something that u've always been wanting to do. hahas.

ok, now to social life.

Last Sunday.

had a good Service actually. its been long since i felt hopeful for the church. 

haven't been gg to church coz i guess i've subconsciously lost some hope in certain areas... only making it when i'm rostered to play guit for service. and so, played with ZQ leading. 

it was really... idk how to fully describe it. to really simply it, i believe we're closer to this route of revival. also i guess, because of the idontreallywanttosaywhat changes, everyone's more hopeful - not just me. and its quite freaky to a point when the content of sharing of other ppl coincidences with what u are feeling. no hint. no discussions. but it just come.

its been long.

but let's be patience and yet excited. 

on my part, i'd need to be more disciplined though. ahhahas. ;p #stillhopeful

after that, went climbing!

first climb of the year with the collegues. 

super crowded. probably coz of the new year resolutions of climbing more for 2015. ahhas. 

supposed to do lead with angie and her bf.. but they went to Onsite after seeing the place being sooo crowded. suan and kat joined us too.

some of the bouldering routes changed. 

need to work harder too ahhas. was struggling with some of the 6B routes. i mean, the 6Bs at central feels more like 6A if u wanna compare to climb Asia / yishun. hahas. yishun. i struggle with their 5Cs there. 

was good. if only it was a saturday then can lepak moreeeee. coz that night, it was superrr lepak man. 

try chilling out at kallang wave outside at night. quite nice with the waters and all. 

met up with the IMF gang on wed night. 

almost went to climb with my bro in law coz really had to feel and almost forgot about the dinner plan.

my group of IMF photogs. we've been friends since 2006. its a very diff bunch of ppl altogether. with them, sometimes, dinner time feels like an adult conference. hAHHA. i mean, minus the formal part. coz all of us are from diff walks of life, with different experiences in diff fields / stages in life. we've got lawyers, engineers, photogs and etc. and they're all very well versed with almost everything. the marrieds, the gg-to-get-married, the in-a-r/s, the singles... so our conversations covers very sg-life kinda topics like Getting A House in Sg, the market rates, which tech savvy gadget is tht best, aviation stuff, the legal side of things and so on. its quite funnny la.

i mean, everyone is so resourceful that our whatsapp group is better than google. a very talented group i must say.

during the week, woke up to this note.

not forgetting that moment that mother poon broke the monday cold war with this note. i can't cook mashed spinach for nuts. only mother poon makes the best buttered spinach.

Thursday was the last team trng before our first game on sunday.

ahhahs. i mean, i dont want to compare.. but its my first time not having a proper team run even on the last trng b4 the first game.ahhahas. no, we're not complacent. no buts. but the team is just very experienced. ahahhahas. :D

also got my new kit for the season! :)

Friday evening, we decided to have a drinking session. 

ahhas. its like a follow-up from Phuket with the ppl who didn't go. hahahahs.

chilled at pasir ris park. quite nice. surprisingly no mozzies. its nice that the whole class was there (other than the halal guys) i mean i guess, not everyone goes for such outings coz they cant get approvals/clearances from their other halves. hahahs. but quite sad coz some of them left pretty early. 

but still nice to just chill. 

then we took the first train back. 

been long since i've done such a feat. hahhas. age is catching up, so can't really ton the night. 

and Satuday is game day!

thank God game is like at 5pm.

oh yea. sent my bike for repair on thurs night coz the fork and the engine was leaking oil. probably the gasket spoil or smth. so i just nice, didn't ride to work on fri morng. took bus with weibing, met ril and alvin along the way. quite cool but so not used to it. ahhahas. 

collected my bike on sat aftnn before the game.

after game, didn't go team dinner but chose to meet up with her. <3 p="">

always love spending time with her. interesting how in our lives, we're both doing different things, but still able to talk about anything and everything.

so, even with the aching jaw and little bit of swelling (not fat ok) face, took lots of selfiesss. ahhahas.

today. Sundayyyyy again.
slept in.
but decided to wash my white knight.
really washed it this time. look.at.it.shine.man.
so shiny that i decided to take off the tank bra. ahhas. sure regret coz i would need to clean more the next time round. hahas. but ok, saving up to spray paint it black by this yr at least.

after that, went out with mother poon with sis and ah huat. 

decided not to climb today since i haven't really been spending time with mother poon though i'm still abit angry with her for throwing away over $50 worth of nuts for CNY.  we bought like a whole bucket worth of nuts, mixing diff packets / types from mustafa. sometimes i really think she's crazy. very hot tempered. i rmbr the yr after my dad passed, there's one they she got so mad that she lifted up the CPU and smashed it to the ground. and u know, last time CPU is big and heavy. 

y i'm so angry is coz we're in the state that we really gotta watch our spending coz the $$$ are running dry and i'm not holding a job that pays me above $2k. 

worse come to worse, i would need to put a stop to all my activities and go work mac/popeyes after working hours loh. 

but ok, this yr should be fine.  just that i hope my super4 dont give me probs pls!

k. guess i'm gg to slp now. kinda tired to be blogging out some of time thoughts about work.rugby.love.life. 

ok, but to admit, its about almost 3 weeks into the new year and i haven't really made effort to study for my caas papers. i'm giving excuses to start when OJT start. hahas. i mean, right now in class, we've got alot of time, and they're mostly spent on Fun Run 2. hahahs. ok. its really fun go d/l and play with ur friends. HAHAH.

okok. better chaooo. nightys!

week 1 2015

hello week 1.

its pretty a long week coz i guess some of us are adjusting back to non-holiday mode. hahas. 

but its a good week.

we're into skills trng.

starting with the basics of measurement, torquing, toolings and wirelocking next week and so on. its much better than i expected. and interestingly, its more challenging and i really learnt more than my previous institute. the learning here is more intended and fun. 

and because i'm not pro with handling the bolts and nuts in hard-to-reach areas, fiddled alot with anti-sieze compound. i rmbr lee from my previous OJT telling me about this compound. hahhaas. not good. 

but it was fun.

that's about it actually.

trng for contact and touch is stepping up with the league starting this month and next respectively.

been gymming. but recovering slowly. probably the age. ahhahas.

financally v broke. hahahas. also recovering from the december's expenditure. 

yea.

pretty smooth going.

and its such periods that i do worry abit. coz likka tsunami, the receding shoreline marks an impending storm. 

and we're also counting the no. of days before our class go seperate ways. about 1.5 wks more, we're gg to be split accordingly to mech & e&i guys. funny how my closer friends like ws, han, ril and even chris are all the e&i guys.  its always the electrical ppl huh. ahhahas. 

probably gg to feel v lonely w/o them. 

but yea, previous OJT has taught me alot. to be more patience, tolerant and to a certain extent, less honest. perhaps its because i'm too honest/ blunt and #foreverwhining that makes my journey abit more.... uncomfortable. but i guess i've learnt. i can't expect everyone to like my style of working or expect everyone work well with me w/o me compromising, but i guess that's how it is especially in a male-dominated arena.  

honestly, sometimes i really do feel like a burden.

well, my ego will comfort me that its because of the female stigma that we ladies are being labelled as. but in reality, i will need a ladder to reach the ceiling panel of an A380. ok, i can't even reach the handle of the overhead bin. hahaa. i also rmbr not being able to reach the refueling panel of an A330 even while standing on the chokes un-aviation-safety-friendily. hahaah. well. so, apart from gymming for the sake of rugby, i guess i needa do more deadlifts for my job. ahhahahs. wts. but #truestory.

and not to judge, i saw this trainee who has successfully altered her pants till super tight + make up and all. ok, i really dont want to judge but............... how is she gg to work like that? try working in the cabin with hard to reach areas in 44 deg temp. confirm pants tear + make up like hantu. 

anyway. hopefully the class will treasure the time left tgt because training days are always the best days of our career. (depends on how u define 'best' la). no doubt, there will be that competitive and selfish side of the working side of us, but i really hope we'll do this together and not keep wanting to do it on our own as individuals. perhaps some may see it as an opportunity as social loafing or individual losses due to opportunity cost at the expense of another individual, but with my years of experience and incidences of working in teams, i do see that significant increase in achievement as 1 unit vs 1 individual. probably not everyone understands that, but lets just all do whatever positively.

also, i just wanna thank ws. i think its gg to be awkward slightly uncomfortable if he should ever read this space due to the formality of this. coz its been long since i've had someone to understand me, share the same wavelengths. sometimes it gets abit freaky when we start saying the same things at the same time. its like, most of the time when we both see something, we both lol together and just by looking at each other w/o any verbal comms, we know what's it all about. hahahas.

he's like the guy version of my closer friend estee. hahahahhas. i really think the both of them should hang out sometime soon. it'll be super hilarious. hahahhahas. 

but anyway, just wanna show my appreciation towards him.

but back to serious cliche shit, been thinking quite abit. idk if its me and my self-conscious / low-self esteem being, but when anyone cares for me, i start to mentally retaliate by thinking if i'm worthy or not. i feel so unworthy of his time / effort. i dun think its abt being humble or what, but i just dont know how to accept care and even love. i mean, dont get me wrong, ws is just my ahbangbro kind of bro and its gg to be wierd if i have any romantic feelings for him. besides the part that he has a gf, he and i is like... erm.. laksa and mushroom soup; both nice to eat as individuals, but its a no-go when consumed together. ahhahahas. but even so, sometimes when he cares for me, i feel unworthy. its not just him, but the same goes as for my ex and my last complicated r/s with you. hahahahs. ya. 

looking back, i think, this (i) may potentially be a crux of the prob in my previous (failed) r/s. 

sad but true.

perhaps i'm really too boyish. not just in the dressing part, but in my thinking. maybe its the ego. or, i need to learn to not hold on to things so seriously and stop being a hoarder. 

perhaps its because of how i boyishly i tend to function, i usually hit-off well with guys. its not a good thing entirely because it sends wrong signals; hence, sometimes i needa step on the brakes abit even if it means to give up the friendship. 

hence, sometimes i feel that i can be myself with guys who have gfs coz then, i know that its a higher chance that they wont think that i like them in a romantic sense or the other way round. but u see, that's the paradox of it all. because these guys have their gfs, i would then need to put on the thrust reversers. i mean, every girl in this world will not be so.... giving. ahhas i can't find a better word. but i mean, if i'm in their shoes, no matter how high the threshold level of angelic understanding i may posses, i will still be jealous. hahahs.

so then, it leaves me to the conclusion that i will probably neeed to adapt better on my on own. 

sometimes i do wonder if i should take up a major in philosophy / political science, then i can use my brain cells more efficiently rather than thinking about these stuff that dont really matter.

the nights are getting cold. i mean the rainy sg weather is making the nights cold. hahahahahas.

but ya la. those thoughts are coming back as much as i thought they have vanished. 

but okok. still manageable. :) 

ANYWAYS.

lastly, support my friend daniel and his music!

its his 4th album now.

always very very inspired by his music and words. 

sometimes when i  really feel like shit and his songs come up on my ipod at shuffle mode, it really wipes the tears off my heart. awww.  ahhahas.

u can click here or the image to preview his albums and songs. if they speak to you/ or u just wanna be a kind soul, do donate/purchase his music to support him.

omg. watching INSIDE on natgeo now... the 'american call-girl' episode. 

super bold that they reveal that they filmed scenes with a hidden cam in her handbag. #ftw.

cheers to the start.

ahahas. thinking if i should do this post..
its been 4 days into the new year and work/trng is starting again tmr.
3 nights in a row been out with friends.
i guess these 4 days been pretty slack and super lepak, and therefore, i will need to intentionally make effort to be back on boeingpoon mode again.

just looking through the vids taken during phuket. the horror. hahas. coz so there are sooo many vids i dont rmbr taking. almost requiring censorship license. hahahahahhahahhas.

on friday night, we finally had the 'SXXXX Babes' dinner at T1. hahahs. han created the groupchat with all the ladies of the trng academy. quite an interesting dinner... all of us sharing about the life as the minority. ahhahhas. quite interesting to hear from them.

on sat night. happs.
estee jio me to zouk. and since eveleen was there, was supposed to meet her too.
before that, met ws for dinner and to lepak. we ended up htht all the way through the night at voiddeck #closeenough.. so i didn't even go zouk.. hahahhahas. but outside, i met like about 6 different friends from the different aspects of my life. was getting abit freaky and cautious. ahhahahs.

ahhahs. actually was hesitating to post up these photos coz they are potentially misleading photos which can unnecessarily cause social media chaos since i really dont know who's reading this space. but... since there's really nothing gg on between the both of us, i shouldn't bother so much. been so long since i was able to talk about anything and everything. also, thank you for being all honest abt my flaws and open to this friendship. this r/s is really not easy to comeby, especially being able to find someone with a similar ocd level. 

thank you. 

today, another lepak day. finally met up with the girls. we ate at Skinny Pizza at PS and i didn't expect the food to be so awesome. anyone ups for pizza, pls jio me. coz this is really v v v v good. 

and so. tmr.

time to get back on track and get out of the holiday life. 

life's been too good, and when it's always on a high, the inevitable troughs are coming. really embracing myself for it. may i work with a boeingpoon attitude, always happy, positive and chill. of course, when it comes to work, i also wanna be a pro like him. 

goooood night.

Phuket 2014/15

28 Dec 2014 - 1st Jan 2015
hahas. one of the most craziest trip i've done in my life.
mad happy. that's almost an understatement.
rare few trips that i'm travelling w/o my boots / trekking shoes/ sports shoes.
many firsts for me.
first time celebrating overseas.
first time jumping off a boat with strong incoming currents
first time drinking for 4 nights in a row.
first time seeing fireworks that last from 7.30pm till 6.30am.
first time traveling with 7 guys.
and the list goes on!

5 days 4 nights. planned abit so we dont waste time.
hahas. waste is such a sensitive word. coz really, wasted nights.
i mean, alcohol is so cheap that we couldn't afford the mixers. hahahhahas.
okok.

Day 1

we travelled via Tiger Airways, reaching Phuket at abt 10.20am. (-1hr from Sg).

when we reached phuket, we heard about the Airasia crash. damn sad. i think mother poon was damn worried. when i got back home from SG, she told me she was damn worried until she cried coz she couldnt contact ah huat or i as we hadn't got the SIM card yet. :( she could have checked that the flight was an inbound flight back to sg! but anyways, felt bad and glad she's one strong woman.

we roamed around looking for food. didn't know what/where was Central Night Festival mall all about. thought it was some happs place, but it was just a shopping centre. hahas. we took a 30baht (about $1) public bus to phuket town b4 walking 3km down. hahas.. what an experience. the matcha + kitkat blizzard ice cream from DQ was to die for. if i could whatsapp a tangible attachment back to u, i would.

at dinner at this halal place. not very nice. but at least there was food.

so here's the room at Kool Backpackers. not the best, but very comfy and bunk style. think its about $12 per night or smth. can't rmbr.

outside of the hostel was a place to chill. haah. alcohol and jenga blocks is quite a combo. hahhahs.

we were treated teq shots from the other table who were celebrating someones bday.

my camera got hijacked. and i brushed my teeth in the guys toliet coz there was no one in the girls toilet at about 3am. hahas.

Day 2

Island hopping day!

went to 3 islands. cant rmbr the names. the last one is the famous James Bond island. actually we should have taken the Phi Phi island package. this one super lepak. we didn't even canoe coz there were guides to canoe for us. hahahs. i think the phi phi island has got snorkelling n not so touristy. but still fun. 

i guess the main highlight for me is jumping off the boat. actually we weren't allowed to as the strong currents from the eminent storm were coming in fast. but you know, #yolo. ahhahas. glad we did. quite funny coz some of the guys had to go into combat mode to pull us back onto the boat coz the current too strong alrdy.

hahas. they've always been wanting to shave the hair off my arms and legs. 

Day 3

did all the land adventure stuff like ATV, flying fox, white water rafting, mini trek to waterfall. weather was kind, only started to rain in the night. the guys ate fried insects. didn't dare to eat any. hahahs. so far, no injuries. ahhahas.

Day 4 and into Day 2015

last day and into 2015.

first time that all of us are spending the crossover overseas. 

went shooting (first time using real bullets!), go-karting, paintballing... 

kinda love shooting. abit scared initially coz was thinking about all the worst things that could happen if i'm like bimbo-y careless. wasted i didn't join the army. i think its a sport i may do well though my patience may not be helpful. hahas.

300cc go-kart... cant drive but tried drifting at the bend. felt like InitialD, turn, then zham break then rev up. scary but shiok. hahas. almost didn't clear the height limit. wts.

this guy was God sent. if its not for him, we wouldn't be able to know abt this happs place at Chalong Bay. meeting him was really pure co-incidental and thank God for him. we went for some thai message too. hahahs. totally living the life.

really beautiful. the last sunset of the year. we missed the golden hour, but it was still breathtaking.

dinner by the roadside, all the way at the end of Patong Beach. epic wasted night. drank alot because alcohol is so cheap that we couldn't afford mixers. some down too fast, so couldn't really drink and be merry together. ahhahahhahhahas. and for the record, in my subconscious state of mind, i thought i smoked about 5 sticks. unfortunately, the truth hurts as i was told that i almost wiped out a whole box. speak about idontsmoke and anti-smoking campaign man. #whathappensinphuketstaysinphuket. 

the night was excellent. nonstop fireworks (not sure of taxes exists) like from 7pm till 5.30am. lanterns were being lifted up into the night sky one after another. we lited up 2 lanterns.. not the most environmental friendly decision, but legit coz its the new year. hahas..

cheers to a good year ahead. #thatcanofredbull

and hello 2015.

yea. that's was the 5 days together. 

honestly, i think none of us expected it to be so much fun. yep, blame it on the al al al alcohol but we're all good and not much nonsense. (the last night not counted) ahhahs. we all had so much fun that we didn't really have much time to htht. personally, i'm very thankful because i thought i'd be emo drinking and all, thinking of u. but i didn't. in these 5 days, perhaps i was mentally too preoccupied with all the activities and happy thoughts, u weren't part of the picture. this is probably what u want also right. 

ANYWAYS. perhaps this trip is quite significant to me. its likka very timely getaway. and in it, not only did i made new friends, but i grew closer one of them. i think on a personal level, it's kinda obvious to everyone who became really special to me, and honestly, i was abit apprehensive it it would take flight in the wrong direction. but i'm glad we've sort it out pretty fast and we're all good about it. really, in such instances, i usually loose the friendship totally, but i'm really thankful that this one is one to keep. :')

cheers to a happier and more positive sportspoon / boeingpoon for 2015. 

and may i continue to live life to the fullest and not look back on the things that cause hurt and regret.

thank God for everything.