5 days to Kel's India adventure... Progress report on the state of Kel's readiness level:
1. Absolutely no packing done yet! But I did my Packing List liao so not that difficult to dump everything into the bags...
2. Aunt has lent me a 15-85mm lens, should be wide and good for filling in all the mess and happening into the frame...
3. At least Kel got all necessary medication prepared in " Kel's Mini Survival Bag" from Yuman...
4. Took home my safety shoes from my Tuas cubicle; my safest bet against whatever dirt, water and danger that roams on the streets of India... looks presentable when worn with shirt and pants too!
5. Haven't changed money yet...
6. Haven't backed-up my laptop and deleted whatever shouldn't be in it in case I lose it there...

It has been a busy, jam-packed two weeks in Kel's life. Work, play, and friends. Kel's just picked up inline-blading, which resulted in Kel's sore wrists and backside, naturally my best blading stunt so far is falling down and standing up again! Have to thank my colleagues Zi Xiang, Sheena and Waichee for accompanying Kel on his blading sessions! Without you people Kel will never have the guts to learn blading! Kel's just bought his blades too! Can practise after work liao... hehehe... only 7 days to Kel boarding the plane to India!


Thanks to Audrey... Kel got to attend the YOG Closing Ceremony! It wasn't as spectacular as the opening, but I did feel the sadness in seeing the flame go out, and the YOG ending in S'pore... even though I watched nought of the sports events at all!


Thanks Audrey!!


Thanks to Yuman & Yiin Fan, Serene and Yanyi, Kel went to the zoo again! A lesson was learnt... must go to the zoo early! 3 hours is definitely not enough! At least Kel got really really close for the first time to a colugo, lemurs, sloths and a mousedeer! Exciting!


Thanks to Serene, Yuman and Yanyi again... Kel got to laugh an entire night away! Of course the beer helped to loosened Kel up a bit bit hehehe... Really nice of Serene to spring a cake surprise for YY and me, even though she just knocked off from work... And I was really surprised by Yuman's present for me! I really have to thank the heavens for blessing Kel with all the nice people in Kel's life... I don't know what Kel did in this life to deserve all these... but Kel really has to learn how to repay all these people! Before Kel gets retribution for owing all the nice people in my life! =p

Kel's weekend's a rojak-mixed bag of feelings. Especially when the department head calls you up to chit-chat amidst your Friday evening dinnertime nap.


I always wonder how my life can be as simple as I want it to be. It is only just a decision to make. But how many people choose to go down that street? Some people who think they are successful in their life will chide this way of thought of a simple life. Is that really so, that one cannot be successful when living one's simpler life? Where life is life, what Mother Nature meant it to be.


Kel's feeling patriotic, proud to be Singaporean. At least before the little niggles start to irritate me into complaining-mode again. But I promise I will sincerely appreciate how lucky we are, at the very least for this month. Until Kel rides on the metal wings to India.

Kel has a huge head-heartache now. Kel doesn't really feel like going to sleep now. Kel feel's like he won't be able to go to sleep. Kel feels torn apart. Kel feels guilty. Kel feels really lousy. Kel feels like throwing down everything and walking into the sunset. Can he?

Good job Kel!!

Now, next; learn to sleep earlier. =)

Shit Kel's going into another phase of grumpiness and loner-ness. How come always like that? Not good. Not good. With my guy friends this is still managable because I can always resort to pure crap-talk to kill the inner-grump. But with the ladies, grumpy Kel will always crawl back into his ninja-turtle shell and into silence. Like this how? Damn Kel. Not good. Not good. Come on Kel~~

The fireworks photos from this weekend; I like! Back to work after a week out, to be honest, it's like first day of school; I'm getting the jitters! Partly because I couldn't manage to settle my urgent work before the reservist week, now I'm worried about my projects. I'm worried about the people. I'm worried about myself. Come on Kel~~

I forgot to pay my credit card bill on time again... left the bill in my work file and clean forgot 'bout it... stupid stupid Kel... stupid stupid Kel...

Kel's going back to wear green for a week. A level of uncertainty lingers prior to this annual re-visit. I am worried I will not be with the familiar group of guys. If they do deem me too weak-spined to remain with them, where will I be posted to? What will me be doing? ~~

Blur Kel strikes again. I hate me-self.

Frustrating frustrating frustrating week. Whether for things within or out of my control, the stars and heavens do not seem to be aligned in my favour at all. Worst of all, hard as I try, I do not understand what I have not done correctly, or what have I done wrongly. Even the non-feeling machines seem to rebel. One of which my camera lens, which only lets me shoot at the widest of 24mm and pretty much stumped my weekend night fireworks shoot. The sheer insignificance of me-self in this heaven and earth, that's what I'm feeling now.

A type of deep-sea crab which lives inside the body of a jellyfish-creature; The wonders of the world. How much do we really know? And yet we'd like to think we know everything.

A poor turtle's life~

Stupid stupid Kel. Should keep my mouth shut. Stupid Kel.

Got my virgin experience of being pulled over by a traffic policeman... I was driving my company 4x4 truck on the AYE, on Lane 2 at 65-70kmh. This TP bike pulled me over and said I was road hogging... which was strange because I wasn't really that slow, was within the highway and vehicle speed limits, and the fast lane was clear for overtaking... Anyway the reason he gave was quite absurd, such that I couldn't quite debate with him... he copied my details into his exercise book, and I continued on my way to DSO a good 15mins late... Anyway I'll probably try to appeal the summon, otherwise so be it and let it be "road tax" for the good old government... the points deduction doesn't really bother me because I don't usually drive anyway, just that the reason for which I was booked is quite unconvincing to me... haiz...

An old photo of myself during the Trifactor Triathlon 2009 that I stumbled across on a photo website... Pleasant surprise =)

Must remind meself not to rub my eyes while wearing my contact lenses. Got one folded in half and disappearing under my eyelid, just minutes before I need to leave company for a meeting. Took me a good while to slowly search under my upper and lower eyelids for it, and then digging it out, not fun, not fun at all...

It's quite a beautiful weekend, after a week of crazy floods, commuting madness, back-to-back meetings and presentations. It's like the Greater Beings up there are egging me on, to face the week ahead, week after week. Thank you guys!


Not a flawless panorama, but I really love the textured clouds and deep-blue sky and the Star Cruise sailing out from the harbour and into the sunset... taken while sitting on my favourite bench... =D

Respect Nature. Until Nature deals you yourself a cruel hand. And you have nothing that you can do. Because Nature is the Mother of all. The cruelty of it all. The cruelty of life.

Flowers standing tall and pretty and proud in the strong sea breeze. Kel's teachers and idols for this Sunday evening class.


Waiting. Still waiting.

"out of sight = problem solved"? Kel's such a loser.