Have a happy and cheery CNY!!

28th Jan, Saturday... A day chinese called chu xi...
It's a saturday, and for working adults, it's 1/2 a day to lose. Unexpected ON-Ness by my surrounding buddies, I have to kudos to weiming and charles to be able to make it for the morning exercise at ECP. Weiming lives in Jurong West and Charles in Bukit batok!... Of course, I must not discount the nice effort bernard took to ferry them for a nearby mrt. 8.30a.m., I started my bike leg along nicoll road. The ride toward CV was terrible! Fighting with the headwind gives me a miserable 30km/h. Still I have to make the effort to tuck into aerodyn position... Ride towards was slow and painful, until the return leg! I got tailwind... I felt darn fast! 40km/h const!

I sped back(lucky no park rangers around!) to macdonalds meeting the rest of the gang for a run. Charles and Ant decided to take the wheelers instead! Leaving 5(Passive WM, Amplifier Bernie , Sunny Leeza, Tiny Shary and Me) of us doing the leg work! We all completed the run to fort road and back to macs! Weehee!

Lunch Lunch! My recommendations was MEEPOK(jln tua gong) at siglap area. The usuals like waiting time, waiting for seats happened! But something unusual also happened! We even have it on softcopy, and we still don't know why! Bernie actually attempted to hug a lamp post! Please ask him why okay! WEIRD!!

I can see everyone wasn't very happy with the MEEPOK and it's due to the waiting time! and it's probably only 3/5 stars compared to it's competitors. On the way back, another very unusual thing happened! At a cross junction, as both drivers, me and bernie played a game of 2 handed scissors paper stone through the glass windows, bernie won 2-1 game during the traffic wait!! It was just hilarious! The BMW behind probably thought I was crazy making out scissors stone gestures to my mirror!

Pictures from one of the pan pac restaurant 37th storey high, River ang bow and a breathtaking view from a relative's living room.

To all that I know, Merry wishes of wealth, health and prosperity to you and your family.

-Vincent

A test to see what's your lucky charm!

http://web.tickle.com/invite?test=1121&type=t&a_code=gJc2GZcyGZk6eBcYgZq2gRi8gRe3GJcqORqZntWZgdi0

Four-leaf CloverEven if you're not from the green isles, you just might share in some of that luck o' the Irish. The four-leaf clover is your lucky charm. Druids used four leaf clovers to see evil spirits and friendly fairies. If you start seeing magical things however, we recommend laying off the clovers for a while. In fact, you don't even need to possess the actual clover. A necklace, pendant, key chain or tattoo promises the same good fortune of the ancients. Take note brides and grooms—the mere dream of a four-leaf clover foretells of a successful marriage. Actually finding one might mean quadruplets.


I got this!, 4 leave clover, what's yours?

2 days of highly intensed body bashing!!

Clear skies, a great morning, wonderful breeze... It all happened on a beautiful saturday morning 21 Jan 2006... After or before breakfast with my family, I will go for an exercise at ECP... It was not to be that very day. 9.45 was my reporting time to work!... Canvessing for DND is getting into 3rd gear. DND in fact is a very interesting and integral part of the hall... and truth is alot of money is needed to be raised and spent. Since, a large amount requires to be raised, little thoughts are raised by the seniors when it comes to the welfare. And it seems that alot of us have little morale to carry on...

PNP seems more appropriate for the commitee name; pay and pay. I think more welfare culture has to be inbued, e.g. getting at least 10% earnings, funds waived. Looking at the insensible part of the whole is that, we are trying to raise funds and at the same time we are putting out money inside. Sounds like placing your own bet and winning your own money to treat your friends? Work culture can be improved by giving welfare, human beings will be willing to work, in return, more funds + happier people + bonded commitee. I don't really care if any DND people read this, I am just seeing it the way many people are, don't you think so?

This time it's coke light's canvessing, the overall experience will be illustrated below.
I was told to be LABOUR when I reached. I will probably understand why. =X We got our free pair of GenX shirt. If you don't know GenX is an events company. It started out slow, things were just all on trial in the morning. The target of this company is to issue 16000 coke light bottles. yes! 10 raise to the power of 4. in total, we have 22 people, 12 issuers, 10 labourers! Everyone was pretty enthusiastic at the start. The pace was upped at 1pm, went supply can't meet demand of distributing. It was pretty awful, place was in the mess, everyone was hurrying to meet the demand! 1/2 hour later, a distribution pattern shows, things gets efficient! I am quite impressed of everyone's speed and enthusiasm. I surely didn't see any lazy bums around! It was fun and tiring experience, especially knowing of my training with trifam the next day... It feels awful! LABOURER means, carrying cartons of cokes from the road side, pick and unwist bottles of coke. Every muscle in my limbs are worked that day...

Sunday! Cloudy skies at approx 5.30am... The night before, I had prepared my kit for training. It was one of the most exciting trip I will have. 100KM up Peninsular malaysia Desaru. 6.30a.m. I was at Changi Village, breakfast was wanton mee... It's probably the weirdest wanton mee I ever eatened. It has fishballs and mushrooms in it... HAHA, so complex!! 7.20a.m. We leave Changi Ferry Terminal with 12 eager bikes to Pengarang! We landed 1 hr later, our legs so itchy everyone prepared so quickly for the ride!! 17km ride to the start point to get our refills before the "race". Unofficial flag of was called and we were on out way! These people are crazy! Craig was leading the pack with a constant speed of approx 40km/h hammering!! Some of the big thighs were doing 36-37 flat!! Scrawny me was just able to keep up by drafting! Call me a cheat, but I am still not as strong!! The worse part of the trip is the upslopes, it's the time when you need a lower gear and you can't find it! the only thing you can hear are pants but yet you are just travelling a miserable 20 km/h. Going we faced headwinds, that makes it even tougher! Coming back the winds made our life easier, I can't believe there is a point I was cruising at 40 km/h, Top speed hits 54km/h... And that, I am very happy that Malaysia is probably the only place you can do this exciting thrill! Lunch was pretty high in carbo and electrolytes... Their order, not mine!! Legs worned, skin burnt but a very very fulfilling experience and i plan to go down often! Total amount spent 30+ SGD. Cheap day to spend!

Along the streets today with my good mates, I saw a special friend! It was probably the most unexpected thing that will probably happened but hell it did!! My effective comm lecturer Bee will probably give me an F for the conversation with her, even my friend thought so!! =(
ANyway, 20 hrs more to go to the Trifams next training! These people are good!! I love training with them!! I will try to beat the one with the disc ZIPP! YES!

ThaNKs for reading the bore!! =)

This is what yall do on a weekday night!? =)






This is what yall do on a weekend day!!! =)

The smell of fresh air!!

Training time!
Finally! Rain clouds had cleared! Clear skies has been holding for the past 2 days! It will be a good start to a great work out! It's kinda unexpected but Singapore Duathlon is 1 month earlier than expected. 1 month 2 weeks of training wouldn't be enought to peak! Nonetheless, one must start somewhere! I am really glad this time 2 of my good friends in aero are going to finish this race with me! wee!! Got company when running and company when cycling! It's real fun!

For some of you who don't know what's duathlon about, it's like a triathlon without the swimming part!
This year's even is shorter, a 10KM run - 36KM cycle - 5km run. It will be held at East Coast park, unlike last year marina! Which I thought the latter was so much better, big wide lanes, no kids running around to slow your training progress down.

Just hours ago, I had completed my 30KM cycling training, I was a little disappointed by the timings. I average out at 31.5km/h. just 6 months back, I was doing 35km/h. See how slack and fat I am now, it's time to regain the loss form! It's great using the heart rate meter again...
May be for those out there who might be interested in the race, heres the link!

http://jsp.triathlonsingapore.org/duathlon.jsp

Cycling at ECP,
Tip 1, headwind in the morning always comes from changi a/p, try to conserve energy by drafting a car or a front cyclist. Never push too hard against wind.
Tip 2, coming down towards city, it's time to put the pedal to the mettle, this stretch will be the power stretch to close the time gap.
Tip 3, Near bedok jetty, there is a gradual down slope that one can make use off!
Tip 4, Beware of roller bladers making U turns out of the nowhere! They are a bloody nuisance!

Below is my heart rate w/ respect to speed of bike.... DOn't laugh! It's slow!! Kinda good for a first training! =)















Anyway, just to let yall know, the upcoming cable ski park in east coast park is opening soon, it's doing some testing today! But it's really really expensive.
Prices are, Weekdays 30 bucks of an hr, Weekends 40 bucks an hr.
Batam cable ski park is 60 dollars for full day with lunch and ferry.

OLD HOBBY REVISITS
Recently I had been busy with a old hobby... DIY tube amps and speakers!
Hi-fidelity audio systems is my number one hobby!
I am no fan of transistors. No boasting, in fact, I find my 8 watt tube amp will beat a 100 watter solid state amp. Like in sports, audio is the same, power is nothing without control!
I love to go burlington sq, just beside simlim sq, to get my tubes. The auntie is very knowledgable and they sell tubes, capacitors, POTs, wires and speaker drivers reasonably!

Just yesterday, I planned to upgrade my dad's missions M782 for my own use! The Missions are great song birds, It has real hardwood construction, unlike compressed wood you find in most speakers and that makes it really HEAVY!!. I chose budget capacitors, Solens. I salvage some solens from my dad's spare Arcam speakers. Went down to burlington and got the rest of the components!

After an hr of reconstruction the cross overs in the speakers, it was time to reattched it to the speakers!
Every thing went fine!! Until I realised the midbass wasn't moOOVING!! Detached the mid bass, and used a 9 V to test. Yes, my mid bass is GONE! Spoiltt!!

Rushed down to burlington to see Dr. Auntie Audio! She told me it's a blown voice coil by transister amp! That's my dad's amp! It's a mean transister amp and it destroyed the speaker mid bass! Oh mY GOD! I hate transisters!! Repair cost is 90 dollars for 2 drivers and will be done next tuesday!! Tentatively, my speakers are without midbasses, if you wanna take a look how it looks like, please view the 2nd row 3rd picture!
UGLY!!
<-- Solens France Caps!





<-- Arcam's the bigger one, missions looks so nice!!
<-- Spoilt Mid bass, sent for repair.
<-- Last pic is bio matric thumbprint system in LT1A projector room.



<-- Have a break with kitkat MELON FLAVOUR!
So nice =)




<-- Upgraded Cross overs!





Thanks for reading my bitchin!
VinCE

Welcome the Dog year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! I AM SORRY THESE CAME 7 DAYS LATE! BUT IT'S BETTER THAN NONE!
First week of school started! Wow, this semester is so much better... 1st Sem, there were difficulties of not knowing anybody in the class... Now in the 2nd semester, it's much better to have pals you see and greet, a homely feeling thats what everyone should feel in the aerospace cohort! Over the past week, alot of things happen!
1) Plan the STEWPIG NTU timetable.
2) Study and finish a project for Entrepreneurship minor.
3) Buy food stuffs for hall consumption.
4) Reacreation at NSRCC.
5) Sentosa outing.

NSRCC
Courses at NSRCC are quite nice, I must say. Not due to the playing ground, but the planes overhead! And at the Par 3 course, where Tom, Dick and Newbies will practice their ill placed shots in this simple course. Green fee is just 8 dollars during the weekdays and there is no buggy! WTH do you need a buggy in a par3 course.!? 8 dollars is really cheap if you have nothing better to do and want to improve on your short game. Not only the views of the course is fantastic, but the planes that are landing on our beloved soil(Changi Airport) is awesome too!
The planes fly so lowwww!! We can even smell the plane's latrine on the golf course!!

ROOM
Coming Chinese New Year, I had plan to do some tidying up of my messed up room! Want paint my wall sunshine yellow! Now it's light purple and blue.. YEEK! Oh and i need to buy myself a glass bookshelf for my growing collection of reading text!

ESKI BAR
Day after the new year! It was great! Some of our hall 5 mates were free! The hardest to get is Elayne( in the pic ), followed by Nicholas! JCRC had took 1/2 their souls away and it's so hard to go out with them! It's as if they have a schedule of a superstar!!!
It was Eski bar we went, after our failed attempt to find a seat in wala wala. Eski bar is boringly cold... Music was bad! It was those type of chill music(lush 99.5?) and... yuck! The only exciting part was the "FREEZER". We spent time going in n out the room like small kids in large bodies!

SAND-TOSA
Today... 10 aero mates were down at sentosa in bad weather playing beach volley... This is the 3rd time I play such a silly game! Inflicting pain on the hands trying to push the ball to the other courts!! Hey, why can't they invent a racquet for such a game!
Anyway, i guess much of the whining comes because of the quality of the ball! We were given balls that are hard and cushionless! It was great fun playing with other teams, and although we lost, I don't think we are that bad!!! It's the lack of communications that gave us unforced errors!
Apart from the fabulous time we had, I saw 2 familiar people at the beach!
1st is my NYP lecturer, Mr Edmud Teo! I was quite surprise seeing him there, and I thought he came with all the young NYP students that was crowded around him! It was not to be! Anyway I still remember I tried to sms an answer to a friend in the exam room and got caught by him!! uhOH! Lucky I was let off!! WEE!! HENG AH!!
2nd is my BMT platoon mate, Gabriel... He is famous because in our platoon then, he was able to do 26 chin ups at one go! Then he real one toned walking muscle, now though slightly deflated, I think he is still capable of the feat!

To end, I realise the weather hasn't been too kind lately! Alot of friends are falling sick... and cars get dirty very easily too, people cannot enjoy their sports... It's wreaking havoc to the general public! I wish everyone good health and enjoy your preparations to the new year!