Life Bits

Today is the 2nd lesson of a 5 part series to Project Management Professionals. I decided to drive to work today and pay that $11 car park fees because the reading materials are too heavy and bulky. haha I am so spoilt.

A lot of team activities and classroom work today. Learnt how to do a Project Charter, Work Breakdown Structure and Stakeholder analysis diagram. I cant wait to finish the classes and get my certification. Feels good to be studying again!

Check my l ater posts on the unhappiness with the services rendered by the EducationProvider. I am supposed to draft a email to the Sales Director which i will be doing right after posting this.

QB meet me after my class as she is rushing her Q1 report in the office. Since we are so near to the south, we decided to go to Keppel Bay @ Marina for dinner and some chill out. We didnt realise there is a Boat Asia 2009 there this weekend. It is super crowded but i still manage to drive in and get a lot in the Yacht Club. One of those yachts costs at least 300-400k SGD. OMFG! Will i ever own one of these?

There is this name analyzer on Facebook , tried it. Conclusion -> doesnt works and is not accurate. haha

Somewhere in my earlier posts i probably mentioned i took up 2 courses as part of government CITREP funding and also skills upgrading. One of them is PMP certification ( Project Management Professionals ). I took the saturday classes which mean 5 x saturdays i have to wake up usual time and make my way to New Horizons ( tiong bahru ) for the classes. Today is back to Skool Part 1/5. ( i wrote the blog real time using my HTC Dream , so the language and content reflects how easily and my mood at that point in time )

7.52am – boarded mrt. Wah lao, saturday morning oso no place to sit. I decided to take train not because I want to avoid erp or parking charges. But sometimes doing something out of your normal routine just let u see things in a different perspective. Watching people on the train is a new experience everyday! I always wonder who they r, why they r in the train at this time and

7.56am – ey wait. I found a seat! Mai Tu Liao.

8.02am – reading my book in the journey. Saw this from Eleanor Roosevelt ” Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart ” hmm.. I start to form up 3 names each from my different phase of life that I can immediately think of and did they leave any footprints behind ? *ask me how to see it if u want to see it*

8.48 – I reached early. Tb plaza is so crowded w students this morning. Couuldnt find a place for bfast ended up eating nasi lemak from old chang kee n soya milk along the pavement seats. My class has 19ppl. Classrooms small chairs creaked. I started to hv a bad feeling abt this place already.

11.43am – took my pre course assessment. 65 qns in 30mins. I scored 13 correct. Can’t finished. I sucks. Instructor say we will redo this after the course. Real life projects also same. So many tasks so little time . How true. Haha

Pics of the Classroom

- The chairs creaked and have stains!

We supposed to have table space for a book and a file. Apparently we dont have. And who is still using CRT monitors! And how are we supposed to see the screen in front ( where i am taking the pic from ) with all the big rocks blocking!!

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so that means today talk less , interact less.

I only came to realise DBS CEO has already left this planet when i was reading facebook and one of my friends status msg read “Hope Richard Stanley rest in peace”

He is only 48 years old , and i think he earns millions of dollars every year. Unfortunately, he doesnt have the opportunity to enjoy or reap the rewards. Well at least in my opinion, if he is CEO of one of the best banks around the region, he probably is going to be very very very very busy. and that makes me think about another question :: Is making money more important or enjoying one’s life on this planet more important. Probably a chicken and egg issue to some of us ( No money how to enjoy life? )

This incident also brought back memories back to when i was in Sec 2 when one of our schoolmates, classmate in fact have had the same illness. And he didnt survive past O Levels. I think he took the O levels, but he didnt saw his results. First time in my life that a friend passed away. I hope he has find his happiness wherever he is now.

*God Bless*

The time i really got serious about running was probably last year during AHM 2008 where i joined the 6km Fun Run. After that, i signed up for SCSM 2008 half marathon and started my workout training.

I have a goal for 2009 iin terms of running. I wanted to do a 42km. I desperately wanted to do a 42km marathon. I love running organised runs, especially by big organisations. ( nike, stand chart , SAF probably ) . Mrs Chan used to question me why pay $$$ to go run when you can just do it on your own time. I guessed the atmosphere and the mentality is different when u go for the run with 10,000 or 20,000 other people. Everyone wakes up early in the morning , head to the same starting line , and go for the same finishing line. Moreover, you do not really have much chance to run through the island city landscape. This is not only a run, is already beginning to be a lifestyle that i like to live in.

So now i got serious about running , and i happened to know a WoW mate who runs for a living. We first met up on the eve of Good Friday and i start to get to know more about how to impreove performance and reduce the timing goal i set for myself on Aug 16 ( AHM ) . I want to run below 2 hours ( my last 21km in Dec2008, i clocked 2hr 10 min ) . JF say no problem, and the topic centred around HRM. Heart Rate Monitor.

So over the weekend, i googled, forumed , discussed, facebooked this three words. H-R-M . I decided that i should invest on a reliable, affordable HRM device to facilitate my running dream and running goal. I narrowed down to 2 devices which i am still thinking which to get. Found this on the net comparing the 2 device..

Garmin ForeRunner 50 ( USD $50 )

The Garmin Forerunner 50 is the ideal heart rate monitor for ANY level of exerciser from amateur jogger / cyclist to very serious triathlete. What the Garmin Forerunner 50 will give you is heart rate, running speed, distance and pace (with optional foot pod) and bike speed, distance and pedal cadence (with opional GSC10 bike speed/cadence sensor). With the Garmin Forerunner 50 you also have the ability to download the training sessions to the PC using the Garmin Training Centre software and USB PC data stick (all included free of charge) – FANTASTIC VALUE for MONEY.

Garmin Forerunner 305 ( USD 160 )

The Garmin Forerunner 305 will do everything that the Garmin Forerunner 50 will do, plus the ability to download a TRACK of where you exercised (based on the GPS co-ordinates stored while exercising). Unlike the Foreruner 50, which uses FOOT POD (accelerometer) and BIKE POD (wheel revolutions) to calculate speed, distance and pace, the Garmin Forerunner 305 uses GPS. You may, if you wish, add the FOOT POD, or the GSC10 BIKE SPEED/CADENCE sensor to provide INDOOR running speed (on a treadmill) or bike speed / pedal cadence while (on a turbo trainer). The Garmin 305 also has a far more flexible method of presetting interval sessions (pretty well unlimited transitions), plus the ability to RACE YOURSELF using the VIRTUAL PARTNER option (you tell it you want to run 10K in 42 mins.. it paces you around)

5 years ago this day was a turning point in my life….

Updated April 11 , 2345 hrs
Out for about 38 hours before i came back to complete this posting
Assuming April 11, 2345hrs is NOW, Lets do a recap what happened today

NOW – 1 hour - ARrived back at carpark , and on the way home. What a long day
NOW – 3 hours - went to chinatown for supper. Eat the Great Wall porridge. Wasnt as fantastic as before anymore. BF and Frens went to sing KTV, Mr and Mrs Chan tired, go home rest.
NOW – 4 hours - All of us cannot decide where to go, in the end we end up at Telok Blangah Hill Park. Is like the Macritchie Tree Top walk. I didnt want to go at first, because i think going there as a group doesnt really serve any purpose. That place really is for people to go piak piak in my opinion. haha. Or maybe for couples or to-be couples
NOW – 6 hours - Stayed at TCC for about 5 hours. Yes , in that 5 hours, i surf net, play nds, read my book, eat langsane, drink earl grey, talk cock . Mrs Chan once said ‘all u need is a laptop and you dont have to go out . I do agree with her to an extent. Maybe i am also “Otaku”, or Otaku that likes to go TCC

Now – 12 hours - Check out from Fairmount. I love the hotel, i will definately go back again

Now – 16 hours - breakfast @ Pregos. one word – Shiok.

Now – 24 hours – Midnite movie – Confessions of a Shopaholic. I have that book. But i havent read it. I think i got the book for 2 years already. I quite like the show , though it doesnt qualify for any “oscar”. At least i feel entertained , and is only $6. ( New Cinema FilmGarde promotion ) .
What do i get out of the movie ? hmm…

1. I like the term “The woman with the green scarf ‘
2. I can relate to her and her shopping habits because i am also a shopaholic. I never missed out anything i like and can afford.
3. I dont like her telling lies to cover other lies. haha. I hope i dont do that

Now – 28 hours - Dinner at Glutton Place. Check the spread. I prefer this to eating at restaurant because is more comfotable to eat in the room and you can multitask

Now – 35 hours – Lunch and forgot to bring charger adpator. Sucks again. Went back to take. Then head to Fairmount to check in.

Now – 38 hours - left home , headed to AMK library found out the library doesnt open on Public holidays. Sucks.

Priest : Jialat must be the Curry, i now ls-ing

Druid : Got What ingredients?

Priest : Dont gross. I in toilet now. Was thinking”if breakups and feelings can be like LS like that flushed out from the body .. how nice hor?”

Druid : wa if you exclude the now in toilet sentence , you can include the message in your book

Priest continue to LS…

I cannot remember the last time i saw a cockroach in the house. But i saw one today and is god damn big!

First Sighting -> At the wall in the living room
Immediate action -> Wife Scream, Husband go get Bygone and SPRAAAAAAY…..
Effect -> Cockroach start to fly and wife run to balcony husband went to room and close door

after 30 sec…

Wife :Where’s the cockraoch?
Husband shouted : Dont know ey.
Wife say : issit at your back ?
Husband open door, : ” u check “
Wife say ” is on your shorts… “

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Next Sighting -> On the Piano , Cockroach almost dead.
A few more sprays of bygone, cockroach lie dead.

Damn shack