Wow... It's been so long since i've posted anything here. Bloody hell... Where did everyone go?! Nobody supports my blog anymore haha! Not even a single tag in, what, 5 months?! Haha...

A bit of time has passed since the last time i was here. Life's more or less the same, only lost 2 wisdom teeth and passed some riding pracs (now waiting for TP - 18th feb!) Yes, i'm only 1 final step away from finally getting my riding licence. Note: FINALLY. I started off when i was 18, now i'm 22 haha. Can't buy my R15 anymore, don't have the money. I think i'll just get a good-condition SP, tahan a while and change to a good 2A bike next time, probably CBR or RVF.

I'll still post my thoughts here once in a while... No matter what, this blog was never meant to be a channel for ppl to read up about me. It's a place where i pen my thoughts, log my journey, and once in a while, keep a record of how i've grown and developed my mind and mentality.

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Alright start of a new year... Resolutions? Definitely. Let's take a look at what i've planned to achieve for the past year in 2009...

What I Wanted To Do 2009

1. Make the bintan trip HAPPEN!
失败。A combined failed effort from me and the rest of the guys haha. We spent more time making trips around singapore on our mountain bikes for hiking trips than we did trying to make the vacation happen. But it's ok, at the end of the day it was all worthwhile, i'd say...

2. Take up driving lessons
成功。Managed to convince my mom and got on with my riding lessons, and now i'm waiting for TP!!

3. Continue to rediscover myself
不祥。I slowed down my pace and took some time off to take a look at my entries over the past year... Can't really say much about how i've grown, but through those posts, i could see that i've been constantly developing new thinkings, new mindsets that govern my life. I don't know if i'm good enough to stand on my own now, but i do know that i will always be learning from the bad things i encounter, and savour the moments when good things arrive. Yes, i see a new me in every single day. :)

4. Cambodia
失败。Plans were already made and then along came the classic H1N1 pandemic, plus the terrorist attack at the Thai airport, which made my mom worry enough to cut down my path towards Phnom Penh. Party-pooper.

5. Taking up platoon sergeant appointment
成功。Took up my fourth chevron stripe, and my men address me as PLATOON SGT every morning i go down to the coyline. It was a great opportunity for me that opened my eyes and my mind to a whole new array of responsibilities, learning possibilities, and management experience. Stress is stress la, but i got used to it and absorbed alot. I'm really grateful for this.

6. Stay happy
绝对成功。很多在以前会让我不愉快的事情，现在一点也不能够影响到我。遇到不开心的事情，如果没办法看得开，不仅会为了苦恼而浪费宝贵的时间，日子久了也伤神，更让人失去了冲力，也失去面对挑战的信心。太不值得了!!!

And now it's the start of another long year ahead. Many things are going to happen - ORDing, adjustments back to civilian life, schooling, motorbike, etc... I will need to ready myself to take up the challenges ahead. I'm gonna start doing so by once again setting some resolutions, and slowly but surely find my way towards each destination...

What I Want To Do 2010

1. Be financially stable for the sake my motorbike
It's not gonna be easy for someone with a spending habit like this... Haha! My money flows like holding water with cupped hands. This is something that i (regretfully) haven't been able to overcome. Let's see how it goes... I don't believe there's anything i can't do!

2. Borneo expedition
Suggested by ham. I'm on. Sounds like a great plan, provided we find enough ppl who're sporting enough to make this hike fruitful and unforgettable. It's in my blood to be a hiker, man...

3. Go back to school
Having earned my PhD (poly halfway dropout) some time back, i've realised the importance of getting good grades, and how school life is so much better than working/army life!! Here's my final chance of getting back on my feet to achieve some academic goodness in myself, haha.

4. Taiwan trip with mom
Promised her we'll get our asses to Taiwan this year. It's a lovely country for shopping and sightseeing, plus everything's easy-money, so i'm sure she'll love it.

5. Continue to rediscover develop myself
I'm out of my growing phase, and have come to a time and place where the situations and challenges in life will influence my thoughts and mentality, thus shaping my character for me to fit in to this society wherever i'm brought to. No matter where the tides of fate will sweep me, I hope to see the light and the darkness of things, and apprehend the teachings this life would give to me.

Let's continue to work hard, and make life a better place to live in :)

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Anyway here's a song that i wanna share with YOU who're reading this. Note, wonderful lyrics...

黄小琥 - 没那么简单

没那么简单
就能找到聊得来的伴
尤其是在看过了那么多的背叛
总是不安只好强悍
谁谋杀了我的浪漫

没那么简单
就能去爱别的全不看
变得实际也许好也许坏各一半
不爱孤单一久也习惯
不用担心谁也不用被谁管

感觉快乐就忙东忙西*
感觉累了就放空自己*
别人说的话随便听一听*
自己作决定*
不想拥有太多情绪
一杯红酒配电影
在周末晚上关上了手机*
舒服窝在沙发里*

相爱没有那么容易
每个人有他的脾气
过了爱作梦的年纪*
轰轰烈烈不如平静*
幸福没有那么容易*
才会特别让人着迷*
什么都不懂的年纪*
曾经最掏心*
所以最开心曾经*

想念最伤心
但却最动心的记忆

Those lines marked with a * are the words that i really like... This is how we've changed. Don't u just agree so much? ;)