<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751</id><updated>2011-05-19T19:32:42.678+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Speed is life...</title><subtitle type='html'>"Hold me in Your arms, never let me go. I wanna spend eternity with You... 
And now that You're near, everything is different, everything's so different. I know I'm not the same, my life You've changed, I wanna be with You, I wanna be with You..."</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>230</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-116342655843355359</id><published>2006-11-13T21:45:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-11-13T22:02:38.446+08:00</updated><title type='text'>It's Been A While</title><summary type='text'>Yup, it's been a while since I last posted. I've been doing a lot of thinking about myself and the TCH thing. The planning retreat is coming up this week so I hope all goes well and we actually plan things better. I also hope we carry them out better as well.Well, Orca dropped into town last week to celebrate her birthday. She flew back to Aus after just 5 days to finish her exams. Yeah, exams. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/116342655843355359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/116342655843355359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_11_01_archive.html#116342655843355359' title='It&apos;s Been A While'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-116230874343746166</id><published>2006-10-31T23:25:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T23:32:23.446+08:00</updated><title type='text'>How...?</title><summary type='text'>There is a problem and it needs fixing. The problem about this problem is that I don't know how to tell them to fix it. It's not turning out the way I expected or wanted. How am I supposed to let them know and get them to solve the problem? How do I tell them of the consequences if it is not fixed before the end of the year? Hopefully, time will tell.Something completely unrelated: Are you the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/116230874343746166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/116230874343746166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html#116230874343746166' title='How...?'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-116221642286457251</id><published>2006-10-30T21:51:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-10-30T21:53:42.866+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Update</title><summary type='text'>Nothing to update except the changing of the Tag-board. Tag Away!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/116221642286457251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/116221642286457251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html#116221642286457251' title='Update'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-116066776912664689</id><published>2006-10-12T23:31:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-10-12T23:42:49.136+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mi Taste?</title><summary type='text'>I find it funny how people attend an event but leave saying it's "not to mi taste". Do people out there actually think that all events and activities are planned to their liking and wants? I know that you (whoever's reading) are thinking what an arrogant SOB. You're right. I wonder when it will be really "to mi taste". Nah. But I bet it'll be a success. See ya at the Hub.Leave a Mark.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/116066776912664689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/116066776912664689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html#116066776912664689' title='Mi Taste?'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-116040838459018268</id><published>2006-10-09T23:21:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-10-09T23:39:44.610+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ignorance Is Bliss... My Foot!</title><summary type='text'>Have you ever had the time when you wanted to chat with someone on an IM eg MSN but when you say hi, there is no reply? Being ignored is what I'm talking about. That makes it 2 times in as many days from as many people. I said hi, typed a load of stuff and threw in a few nudges and wait for a solid 30 minutes. The reply in both instances: nothing.There may be reasons why these parties choose to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/116040838459018268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/116040838459018268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html#116040838459018268' title='Ignorance Is Bliss... My Foot!'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-116029751245113910</id><published>2006-10-08T16:47:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-10-08T16:51:52.463+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hazy Daze</title><summary type='text'>Yes, the haze is back. It was really bad last week but was worst yesterday when the PSI hit 150. That's unhealthy. Now it's a good 35 and I can see Pasir Ris from my place once again. Hope it stays that way. Leave a mark.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/116029751245113910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/116029751245113910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html#116029751245113910' title='Hazy Daze'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-115919840161897201</id><published>2006-09-25T23:23:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-09-30T00:12:01.280+08:00</updated><title type='text'>I Simply Live for You</title><summary type='text'>Verse:Say the word and I will sing for YouOver oceans deep I will followIf each star was a song and every breath of wind praiseIt would still fail by far to say all my heart containsI simply live, I simply live for YouSay the word and I will sing for YouOver oceans deep I will followIf each star was a song and every breath of wind praiseIt would still fail by far to say all my heart containsI </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115919840161897201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115919840161897201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html#115919840161897201' title='I Simply Live for You'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-115910855440154754</id><published>2006-09-24T22:33:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-09-24T22:35:54.416+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Go Get It!</title><summary type='text'>Skype is the ultimate free telephone. Go get it!www.skype.comleave a mark!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115910855440154754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115910855440154754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html#115910855440154754' title='Go Get It!'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-115894019214497474</id><published>2006-09-22T23:48:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-09-22T23:53:27.840+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank You All</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115894019214497474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115894019214497474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html#115894019214497474' title='Thank You All'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-115850855778176432</id><published>2006-09-17T23:53:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-09-17T23:55:57.813+08:00</updated><title type='text'>21</title><summary type='text'>Time really flies don't it? Thanks to all for the prezzies and for coming to the BBQ on Sunday. Hope nobody had stomach-ache after that =)...Do I feel something developing?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115850855778176432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115850855778176432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html#115850855778176432' title='21'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-115626553589008918</id><published>2006-08-23T00:40:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T00:52:15.913+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sick</title><summary type='text'>Another month has passed since my last post. The tag-board has only moved 3 times, once by Chau, once by me and once by spam. Boy, this blog really is moving slow. In any case, I'm now down with a bout of flu and sore throat sustained during the Synod Youth Ministry "Get Lost" Amazing Race-styled game which was played on Saturday. We started from Bethel Presbyterian Church and worked our way </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115626553589008918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115626553589008918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_archive.html#115626553589008918' title='Sick'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-115315293003323820</id><published>2006-07-17T22:56:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-07-18T12:27:59.006+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Canada</title><summary type='text'>Ok. Razif's been bugging me to update this blog of mine so I'm going to oblige with this long overdue post about my trip to Canada.On 29 May, my uncle, aunt, grandma and I began a 2 week long trip to the real Maple land, Canada. A flight scheduled at 10:15am meant that I had to be up by 7 and at the airport by 8. There are no direct routes from Singapore to Vancouver so we had to take 2 flights. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115315293003323820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115315293003323820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_archive.html#115315293003323820' title='Canada'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-115020501911804593</id><published>2006-06-13T21:22:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-13T21:23:39.133+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Back</title><summary type='text'>I just got back from the land of the Maple Leaf. I'm still trying to recover from the jet lag. I'll try to post pictures the next time I blog. Night.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115020501911804593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/115020501911804593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html#115020501911804593' title='Back'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-114844899822147367</id><published>2006-05-24T13:10:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T13:36:38.283+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Work</title><summary type='text'>I've finally found a temporary job. In fact, I'm posting this during lunchtime at my workplace. I'm working at the Ministry of Education's Pre-School Education and Standards Branch in the MOE's Grange Road campus. I've been here the past week already but can't stay long as I'll be away on holiday for the next 3 weeks. First to Canada fron 29 May till 13 June then to Church Camp in Malacca from 15</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114844899822147367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114844899822147367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_archive.html#114844899822147367' title='Work'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-114769035081339282</id><published>2006-05-15T18:52:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-05-15T18:52:31.670+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dead Duck</title><summary type='text'>A woman brought a very limp duck into a vet. As she laid her pet on the  table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's  chest.After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm so  sorry, your duck has passed away."The distressed owner wailed, "Are you sure?""Yes, I'm quite sure. The duck is dead," he replied."How can you be so sure," she protested. "I mean,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114769035081339282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114769035081339282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_archive.html#114769035081339282' title='Dead Duck'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-114654133701183787</id><published>2006-05-02T11:16:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-05-02T11:42:17.086+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Back... again...</title><summary type='text'>A lot has happened since my last post. But most significant of all is the fact that I have ORDed. It's been 3 weeks since that day.Naturally, I was happy to leave the Armed Forces. That freedom which was stolen in December 2003 was finally and suddenly returned. So was the pink NRIC. I am finally a civillian again. So what have I been doing since then? Well, I've increased the frequency of giving</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114654133701183787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114654133701183787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_archive.html#114654133701183787' title='Back... again...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-114433740098724701</id><published>2006-04-06T22:54:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-06T23:35:16.426+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Life</title><summary type='text'>Today I had a chance to visit the new SAJC in Potong Pasir. Chan from camp invited me to the SAJC Life concert and I gladly accepted his invitation. In short, the experience was nothing less than WOW!Finding Julia was hard because she didn't bring her handphone. But she kind of stood out like a sore thumb in her TJC uniform. No offence here. With her was Yilin. The 3 of us managed to jump queue </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114433740098724701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114433740098724701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_archive.html#114433740098724701' title='Life'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-114285674346745202</id><published>2006-03-20T19:48:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-20T20:12:24.913+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The 18 Year-Olds</title><summary type='text'>I was just reading Razif's and Chau's blogs. Seems that nostalgia is the theme today. No harm going with the flow I guess.Yes, how time flies. Just 3 years ago, all of us S41ers were just ordinary students doing ordinary student things. I still remember the times we spent skipping lectures to go to the cafe to play carrom or to the Reading Room to play cards (the Principal incident comes to mind)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114285674346745202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114285674346745202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html#114285674346745202' title='The 18 Year-Olds'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-114270140437798873</id><published>2006-03-19T00:10:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-19T01:03:24.430+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beginning of the end</title><summary type='text'>23 days. That's all I've got left for my NS. Now reality sets in.All this while, I've been wanting freedom. Freedom from having to go back to camp every weekday and having to see the face of the black dog and his minions (3SG and above only). Someone from camp put it right once. This 2SG was giving someone a wash-down and said that he was trying to start a rebellion by grumbling. He mentioned </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114270140437798873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114270140437798873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html#114270140437798873' title='Beginning of the end'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-114096247677227090</id><published>2006-02-26T21:51:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-02-26T22:01:16.843+08:00</updated><title type='text'>2</title><summary type='text'>Two songs that have been stuck in my head since the party yesterday. Enjoy.Wonderwall - OasisToday is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to youBy now you shoulda somehow realized what you gotta doI don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you nowBack beat, the word is on the street that the fire in your heart is outI'm sure you've heard it all before but you never really</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114096247677227090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114096247677227090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html#114096247677227090' title='2'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-114088648495711031</id><published>2006-02-26T00:18:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-06T23:37:03.440+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Time Flies...</title><summary type='text'>Yup. It really does. 3 weeks since my last post here and a lot has happened. People have come and mostly gone. Mostly because 3 of them were really close friends. Work's been a series of highs and lows though I spent about a week and a half going on MC and medical appointments. So now I'm down to 5x9 days to orD-Day!!!TCH has been rather ok. Though some people say it is not their cup of tea, I'll</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114088648495711031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/114088648495711031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html#114088648495711031' title='Time Flies...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-113898475547159468</id><published>2006-02-04T00:16:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-02-04T00:39:15.530+08:00</updated><title type='text'>One of Those Times...</title><summary type='text'>My posting frequency has been in the doldrums recently. Partially because I've been lazy and partially because I've had not time to post.CNY was a blast in terms of cash collected. So now I'm way closer to that new phone I've always wanted. Just another $80 or so. I realised that people are starting to stinge. Enough about that. I don't really want to complain. I'm satisfied though I could have </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113898475547159468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113898475547159468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_02_01_archive.html#113898475547159468' title='One of Those Times...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-113785905976588411</id><published>2006-01-21T23:20:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-21T23:57:39.810+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Help Which I Need Comes Not From Here... But From He...</title><summary type='text'>The past 2 weeks at work have been really bad.  There has been a growing amount of friction between certain parties in LTB which was caused be some new restrictions imposed on us. I don't really want to delve into the topic. In any case, it has caused me to feel very depressed.Letting emotions run our lives. I'm sure that most people are guilty of that from time to time. I'm no exception. As </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113785905976588411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113785905976588411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html#113785905976588411' title='The Help Which I Need Comes Not From Here... But From He...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-113724902470248117</id><published>2006-01-14T22:28:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-14T22:30:24.736+08:00</updated><title type='text'>My Random Thoughts for Today</title><summary type='text'>1. There's too much red tape around.2. Come on, give it up. It's time to move on.3. Why did I even try?4. CAmpus Hub rocks my socks!Good night.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113724902470248117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113724902470248117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html#113724902470248117' title='My Random Thoughts for Today'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-113611156517154994</id><published>2006-01-01T18:30:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-01-01T18:32:45.183+08:00</updated><title type='text'>2006</title><summary type='text'>Happy New Year to one and all. May all your New Year resoultions come into being.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113611156517154994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113611156517154994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html#113611156517154994' title='2006'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-113553005573503039</id><published>2005-12-26T00:41:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-12-26T01:00:55.793+08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Christmas Post</title><summary type='text'>First and foremost, I would like to wish one and all a Merry Christmas.Today, we celebrated Christmas. And this was how I went about celebrating.I woke up at around 7 and rushed to church in a cab. It was pouring and I was trying not to get the presents that I bought wet. I managed to reach before 7.30 and started by shifting the drums and other sound equipment to the ground floor. Then there was</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113553005573503039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113553005573503039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_archive.html#113553005573503039' title='A Christmas Post'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-113492299415680969</id><published>2005-12-19T00:04:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-12-19T00:23:14.430+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Operation Campus Ministry</title><summary type='text'>Now I'm irritated. Today I told Eld Ho Yew Kee about my plan to recuit PLH band members to play for the Campus Ministry (known as CM from here). And his reaction was a simple "No". Why? He says that we do not need a full band initially as there won't be many people attending the meetings initially. This is completely different from my plan to rope in the younger ones so that a full band can be </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113492299415680969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113492299415680969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_archive.html#113492299415680969' title='Operation Campus Ministry'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-113472369989159858</id><published>2005-12-16T16:10:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T17:01:39.946+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Impact</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday evening after work, I was on my way home when I remembered that the Impact campers were putting up a performance in church. Since I was already in Dhoby Ghaut, I decided to attend and met up with Jason and John at Raffles City where they were shopping for stuff.We managed to reach church just after 7. Luckily the concert had not started. After a short time of worship, the concert began </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113472369989159858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113472369989159858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_archive.html#113472369989159858' title='Impact'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-113361978207440049</id><published>2005-12-03T22:11:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T16:10:08.256+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Wedding</title><summary type='text'>Today was the day I witnessed holy matrimonythe exchanging of rings and the true love between Tommy and Jophia.The wedding service was supposed to start at 2 so I estimated that I would take 45 mins to drive from my place to Covenant Evangelical Free Church in Bukit Panjang. Not wanting to be late and not get a lot, I left home at 1 and took the TPE/SLE/BKE to BP. A mere 20 mins later, I pulled </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113361978207440049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113361978207440049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_12_01_archive.html#113361978207440049' title='The Wedding'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-113198735634837258</id><published>2005-11-15T00:33:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-15T00:55:56.400+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Campus Hub</title><summary type='text'>What is in a name? Frankly, a lot. A name is like the title and introduction of an organisation or a person. Think Tan Ah Kow vs Andronicus Edward Zimmer. A few posts ago, I mentioned that the YAF combined with the PUNJ from ARPC would be setting up a new university outreach group. And here is its name: The Campus Hub.The idea came from Prof Ho who said that people who will be using it in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113198735634837258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113198735634837258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html#113198735634837258' title='The Campus Hub'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-113189318810739963</id><published>2005-11-13T22:46:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-13T22:46:28.123+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A big-city California lawyer went duck hunting in rural Mississippi.He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing.The attorney responded, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and now I'm going into retrieve it."The old farmer replied, "</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113189318810739963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113189318810739963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html#113189318810739963' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-113085806059566637</id><published>2005-11-01T23:11:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-11-01T23:14:20.606+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Evidence provided by the reaction to hurricane Katrina has prompted a major  research institution to recently announce the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element has been named "Governmentium". Governmentium (Gv) has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.   These 312 particles are</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113085806059566637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113085806059566637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_archive.html#113085806059566637' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-113059445235955987</id><published>2005-10-29T21:50:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-10-29T22:00:52.603+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Framed...</title><summary type='text'>framed... that was 3 LTB personnel were on thursday... all because an RP couldnt keep his cool and booked them for nothing... now these guys are facing DB as a possibility... a future runied for 3 young people...is this world unfair? or is it just more fair to some than others?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113059445235955987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/113059445235955987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html#113059445235955987' title='Framed...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112981710629558213</id><published>2005-10-20T20:58:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-10-20T22:05:06.343+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>finally some time to blog...today started with something different... instead of going back to camp, i went to the chevrons in jurong... it was the nmtb helathy lifestyle day and we had bowling at the cathay bowl there... 2 games on nmtb... 102 on the 1st and 133 on the 2nd... really bad compared to the times in jc when we bowled about once a week... the event ended at 1 and i went to play LAN </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112981710629558213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112981710629558213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html#112981710629558213' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112826453631673433</id><published>2005-10-02T21:55:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-10-02T22:48:56.366+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>another week has passed and another will be starting again... starting from tomorrow, i will have 191 days of my ns liability to serve... that's approximately 6.3 months or 27 weeks away... considering all the time i wasted in there plus all the shit i've received, i deserve to get out... just counting down now...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112826453631673433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112826453631673433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html#112826453631673433' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112749127473735728</id><published>2005-09-23T23:59:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-24T00:01:14.780+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>today i was invited by one of my colleagues to attend a worship concert at the chapel of the ressurection which is located in sajc... it was a long time since i went there and so i gladly agreed...the thing started at 730 but i only reached at 8 due to traffic... as i walked in, the band was just wrapping up the last bits of one way... and after that it was all the slow songs to get ppl into the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112749127473735728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112749127473735728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_09_01_archive.html#112749127473735728' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112739897559956299</id><published>2005-09-22T22:20:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-22T22:22:55.603+08:00</updated><title type='text'>What best describes NSFs</title><summary type='text'>We are the UNFORTUNATEand UNDERPAIDled by the UNQULIFIEDto do the UNNECESSARYfor the UNGRATEFUL...Yup... that pretty much sums it all up...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112739897559956299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112739897559956299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_09_01_archive.html#112739897559956299' title='What best describes NSFs'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112661562914087803</id><published>2005-09-13T20:44:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-13T20:47:09.146+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Messing up...</title><summary type='text'>I've so totally messed up my life... I messed up school-life... I messed up church-life... I messed up my work-life... How I wish I could just push the 'reset' button and make it all go away... I wouldn't mind starting it all over again... I wish I could start all over again...Thanks to all those who sent their birthday wishes... They're really treasured and cherished...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112661562914087803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112661562914087803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_09_01_archive.html#112661562914087803' title='Messing up...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112610592793842776</id><published>2005-09-07T23:06:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T23:12:07.943+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>it's thursday... the week's gonna be over... and the musical is coming... just cant wait for it... been hooked to this new game called navy field...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112610592793842776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112610592793842776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_09_01_archive.html#112610592793842776' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112558482040490364</id><published>2005-09-01T22:05:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-09-01T22:27:00.453+08:00</updated><title type='text'>A sad sad life...</title><summary type='text'>Now is the time when I blog what I really feel about the things that go on around me.Basically I've been feeling down and out the past few months if not the past 2 years. Ever since I enlisted into the god-forsaken SAF, my social life has taken a nose-dive... A nose-dive to hell to be precise.Leaving school at the end of 2003 would mean that I would see my classmates very little and conscription </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112558482040490364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112558482040490364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_09_01_archive.html#112558482040490364' title='A sad sad life...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112455040238262177</id><published>2005-08-20T22:56:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-20T23:06:42.390+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Joke of the Day</title><summary type='text'>A Chinese tourist visits America and goes to a local bank to change his Ren Min Bi (RMB) for US$. The teller gives him a good rate and th Chinese man leaves happily.A few weeks later, the tourist once again visits America and the bank. He was about to change his RMB once again but this time, the rate was lower. He demanded to know why he was getting a lower rate than before but his English was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112455040238262177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112455040238262177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_archive.html#112455040238262177' title='Joke of the Day'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112410908804025453</id><published>2005-08-15T20:04:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-15T20:31:28.073+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>First Premiership weekend over... Man U wins... Pool drew... Arsenal and Chelsea were just lucky... Charlton were stunning...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112410908804025453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112410908804025453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_archive.html#112410908804025453' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112342284635559035</id><published>2005-08-07T21:05:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-08-07T21:54:06.396+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Retreat</title><summary type='text'>The retreat was a blast. Held over 2 days, the YAF had a great time of fun, games and fellowship. I missed most of the 1st day as I was in camp doing an operation in the morning. However, I managed to make it for the afernoon's games and the barbecue in the evening.The barbecue was awesome as it had the most glorious spread that I have ever seen at a barbecue. Sambal stingray, satay and crayfish </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112342284635559035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112342284635559035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_archive.html#112342284635559035' title='The Retreat'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112281241771480377</id><published>2005-07-31T20:19:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-31T20:20:17.723+08:00</updated><title type='text'>How the SAF works...</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112281241771480377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112281241771480377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html#112281241771480377' title='How the SAF works...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112274149169113038</id><published>2005-07-30T23:53:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-31T00:38:11.730+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Celebrating the nation's 40th preview...</title><summary type='text'>Today is the day when I attended the National Day preview at the Padang.Initailly, I was supposed to go back to work on some last minute job in CNB at 3pm. But after some negotiations and deal-making with Thomas, I managed to persuade him to replace me so that I could go for the preview.I met my aunt at her house and from there, she drove the both of us to the Golden Shoe Carpark in town and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112274149169113038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112274149169113038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html#112274149169113038' title='Celebrating the nation&apos;s 40th preview...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112264684875711294</id><published>2005-07-29T21:16:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-29T22:20:48.796+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Bullies</title><summary type='text'>This has been a really bad week. And it started last week. Last Thursday to be exact.NMTB celebrated Racial Harmony Day with a gathering at HQ NMTB last Thursday. All NMTB staff were invited but as I had detail that day, I did not go. So Alan and Thomas went instead. There, they talked to my OC and discussed if we could meet him some day and bring the problems we had with our supervisor forward. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112264684875711294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112264684875711294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html#112264684875711294' title='The Bullies'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112208547390741649</id><published>2005-07-23T10:23:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T10:24:33.906+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>and she's gone... gone again... another 2,400 miles away...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112208547390741649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112208547390741649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html#112208547390741649' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112208534070016283</id><published>2005-07-23T10:04:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T10:22:20.706+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>i just got home from work... bazooka loading this morning... we had to get to camp at like 7 and since there were no buses at that time, i had to persuade my dad to let me take his percious merc to work on my own...so after quite some debating, he reluctantly handed me the key... i fetched alan and soh on my way there and ended up 45 mins early... so we had breakfast in camp before the loading </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112208534070016283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112208534070016283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html#112208534070016283' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112169279673397599</id><published>2005-07-18T21:15:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-18T21:19:56.736+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>and here i am in camp, blogging while the rest of my mates are playing chinese chess and just waiting for a chance to get their hands on the computer... well, after going to bed at 230 last night, i woke up at 515 to get to work... bad combination... today i was really cranky and got pissed at every little thing... bleah... i'm still pissed... early detail tomorrow so that's why i gotta stay in..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112169279673397599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112169279673397599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html#112169279673397599' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112162264999944820</id><published>2005-07-18T01:12:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-18T01:50:52.966+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Fellowship of Friends</title><summary type='text'>Meal at a fancy Thai restaurant in Suntec City: $18/-Drinks at Harry's in the Esplanade                     : $8/-Hanging out with S41                                            : PricelessThere are somethings that money cannot buy. For everything else, there is S41.Yes, today was another day where I had the chance to catch up with the people from my former JC class of 02S41.It actually started </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112162264999944820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112162264999944820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html#112162264999944820' title='Another Fellowship of Friends'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112134773716632787</id><published>2005-07-14T20:56:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-14T21:28:57.210+08:00</updated><title type='text'>So what excites you?</title><summary type='text'>being an STO really sucks... the job is sometimes exciting and stuff but the real problem lies when i interact with people on the outside...every now and then, i get people asking me, " So what do you do in the Army?" first thing's first... i'm not in the Army... i'm navy... there's a difference... as for what i do, i am a sea terminal operator... "What's that?"... well, we STOs enhance the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112134773716632787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112134773716632787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html#112134773716632787' title='So what excites you?'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-112092347689199907</id><published>2005-07-09T23:32:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-07-09T23:37:57.083+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>just to let u all know, i'm still alive... been doing other stuff lately so i havent spent much posting... anyway...welcome back to those who are on uni break and are back here is sg... hopefully i can catch up with the whole bunch of you soon...everything has been pretty stagnant recently... there is just no life whatsoever... this is bad... sheesh...thankfully, the new STOs are here... heh... </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112092347689199907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/112092347689199907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html#112092347689199907' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111953488961237320</id><published>2005-06-23T21:05:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-06-23T21:54:49.656+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Uniquely Singapore</title><summary type='text'>For the past year or so, Singapore has been pursuing a goal. The goal was to aquire a national identity. One that would stand out from the rest of the world and would be like what samba is to Brazil and Big Ben is to England. And so the government went for it. The Esplanade was a non-starter. We concocted our own perfume and even christened our own sailing ship with the name "Uniquely Singapore".</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111953488961237320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111953488961237320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_archive.html#111953488961237320' title='Uniquely Singapore'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111893042740726798</id><published>2005-06-16T20:11:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-06-16T22:00:57.850+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>back from church camp...spent the last 5 days at the resort beach in desaru... the theme was on missions and the guest speaker was rev klass from the netherlands...this camp was the first for many things... for starters, it was the first time that i joined the adults for their programme... and it really wasn't a good first experience... discusions were much longer than usual and the questions </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111893042740726798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111893042740726798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_archive.html#111893042740726798' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111797669269874552</id><published>2005-06-05T20:35:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-06-05T21:04:52.713+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>the week has passed once again... another sunday gone just like that... work tomorrow... i need rest...the whole world has to know one very important fact... and this is it... shelby hates star wars ep3... ok... that was it...anyway, besides the corny lines and crappy acting by natalie portman and hayden christensen, the show was pretty good... especially the cg fight scenes like the space battle</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111797669269874552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111797669269874552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_archive.html#111797669269874552' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111719366197804874</id><published>2005-05-26T19:21:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-05-27T19:34:21.990+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>and they've done it... 3 goals down and against all odds, the mersey-siders clawed their way back from a first half deficit to win the UEFA Champions League against AC Milan.... in a space of 6 minutes, the reds demolished the 'unbreakable' defensive wall of Milan, scoring 3 goals and forcing the match into extra-time and eventually penalties... and in the same way arsenal beat man u in the FA </summary><link 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lucas said that he wouldnt be producing anymore star wars films but that is left to be seen... anyway, ep 3 was super graphic intensive and the graphics were nothing short of spectacuar... however, the script was crap... padme amidala wasnt making sense and saying </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111678072470569401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111678072470569401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html#111678072470569401' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111642240179353399</id><published>2005-05-18T21:15:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-05-18T21:20:01.803+08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Quickie...</title><summary type='text'>Tired...Ep3 out tomorrow... Been waiting fot his for ages... Finally the saga can end... Will be there to catch the show on permiering day...Left work early today cos of the IMDEX Asia expo at camp... Guess they wanted us as far away from the VIPs as possible... Same for tomorrow... That would leave us ample time to go for a gd dinner at say, sakae sushi... heh...Tired...New slogan for MSN </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111642240179353399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111642240179353399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html#111642240179353399' title='A Quickie...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111608898462840274</id><published>2005-05-14T23:21:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-05-15T00:43:04.680+08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Fellowship of Friends</title><summary type='text'>Saturday started bright and early. I somehow managed to pull myself out of bed before 9 and was just in time to ask my grandfather to packet breakfast for me. While waiting for it, I started digging out all my modelling equipment once again and started to finish off Javan's Freedom Gundam.What I did was pretty slack compared to my other kits. I just basically sprayed a couple of layers of Clear </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111608898462840274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111608898462840274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html#111608898462840274' title='A Fellowship of Friends'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111599267133198992</id><published>2005-05-13T21:05:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-05-13T21:57:51.396+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Life in the Navy</title><summary type='text'>What a week.Sunday was a day of a heavy rain and strong winds. Not to mention lightning and thunder. Not really a day to associate fire and burning right? Wrong. It was a weekend day that was burned. The job was supposed to start at 9 sharp with the ship's officer stressing on the sharp 'point'. So Roscoe, Alan and I took the 0730 shuttle in and got to camp by 8. We had a nice breakfast of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111599267133198992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111599267133198992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html#111599267133198992' title='Life in the Navy'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111529982564719697</id><published>2005-05-05T20:53:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-05-05T21:30:25.743+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>this week's been passing pretty fast... maybe it's because of the monday holiday and the thursday half day... but hey, i'm not complaining... weekend's coming again... time to rest and recharge for the next week ahead...pool beats chelsea... now that's one great piece of news that hit my ear this week... benitez's men sure taught the Roman army a thing or 2 about soccer and humility... though the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111529982564719697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111529982564719697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html#111529982564719697' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111495871173878995</id><published>2005-05-01T22:31:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T22:45:11.740+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Today is a day when I Earthquaked.was supposed to get up at 6 for band prac in church at 730... but heyhey... got up at 730... rushed like mad to get to get there in a cab... bleddy hell... dont know here all the cabs are on a asunday morning... i couldnt get even one... until this one turned out of the carpark... lucky for me... i had been waiting for like 10 mins already and was about to dail </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111495871173878995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111495871173878995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_archive.html#111495871173878995' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111487271726467247</id><published>2005-04-30T22:23:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-04-30T22:51:57.263+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>2 words to describe the past week... blistering hot...with an average temperature of 34 deg in the afternoons, singapore was baking in the sun... the heat made working on the wharf pure torture... all of us STOs were trying to avoid work as much as possible... but we still had to work cos the navy doesn't not function on hot days... i had to change my coverall everyday cos of the weather... </summary><link 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gotta keep telling myself: keep a cool head... dont do stupid stunts and the week will pass quickly... one more week down, one more week closer to ord... gaah... need sleep badly... too much MGS over the weekend already...i'm bringing my model building back to my place</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111435033755477749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111435033755477749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_archive.html#111435033755477749' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111418480798164154</id><published>2005-04-22T23:39:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-04-22T23:46:47.983+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>what a week... i spent a total of only 15 hours sleeping in the past 4 days... reason's cos i just bought  metal gear 3 and have been hooked to it ever since... argh...  tired... but luckily the workload this week wasnt that heavy... the detail board was practically empty and cobwebs were literally growing on it... heh... spent most of the time in the office reading e-forum jokes and the janes </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111418480798164154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111418480798164154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_archive.html#111418480798164154' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111340098121645012</id><published>2005-04-13T21:59:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-04-13T22:03:01.216+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>fast post...dad's back so that means less time on the com for me... but good news too... he bought the car back from my uncle... so now there's transportation when he's around... more good news... just got my FTT results today... passed... practical test, here i come! slacking at work today... no details... just some crappy in-case-nuclear-reactor-blows-up drill that took the whole morning... </summary><link 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bleah... gotta find a way to get new games... gotta find my metal gear 2 back too... in the afternoon, i met ben s for movie... caught the wedding date at ps... strange thing was that i ran into his sister before he showed up... and boy was he late... 20 mins +... luckily</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111314290856408900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111314290856408900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_archive.html#111314290856408900' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111288990508137219</id><published>2005-04-07T23:39:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-04-08T00:05:05.083+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>was on leave today... spent the whole morning stoning and slacking in front of the com... bleah... all my games are boring me out already... gotta find a way to get new ones without breaking the bank... bleah...took my finaly theory test in the afternoon... the dumb thing was that i had to go for some simulated theory test using a computer when the actual thing was done using a pen and paper...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111288990508137219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111288990508137219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_archive.html#111288990508137219' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111271262584168435</id><published>2005-04-05T21:36:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-04-05T22:50:25.843+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Questions...</title><summary type='text'>damn it... how do you make a choice between friendship and what's right?when you know that your friend is being a real bastard, how do you choose? how do you try to change the situation? how do you make your friend understand that he/she is in the wrong? how do you persuade a person who doesn't want to be persuaded?help me...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111271262584168435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111271262584168435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_04_01_archive.html#111271262584168435' title='Questions...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111210070661730241</id><published>2005-03-29T20:10:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-03-29T20:51:46.620+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>it's been a really hectic weekend for me... been sleeping late and doing tiring work...easter weekend... gd friday was spent going for friday service at raffle's city in the morning then having lunch with my family... then going home cos i had nothing to do... so ended playing hl2 till bedtime and then knocking out...woke up at 430 on saturday... and while most people would still be sound asleep,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111210070661730241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111210070661730241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111210070661730241' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111150368201643127</id><published>2005-03-22T21:52:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-03-22T23:01:22.016+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>bleah... i hate ops sentinel... ok... a little explaination required here...All RSN (Republic of Singapore Navy) missile-capable ships are out-fitted with dummy missiles on their racks durng peace-time... this, i suppose, is used to scare the enemy away cos a dummy missile canister looks exactly like a real one... however, there are times when the RSN decides to load 'live' missiles to 'test' </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111150368201643127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111150368201643127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111150368201643127' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111124327815463707</id><published>2005-03-19T22:06:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-03-19T22:41:18.156+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Today is the day when i played soccer again...jon keane invited us to play ball today... got up early in the morning to get to np... reached at 10+... shahin, jun yi, nasir, david and i responded to the call of the beautiful game... razif was on night duty so he didnt join us... anyway, the 5 of us s41 ppl started playing without keane... formed a 5 a side team and played with some of the local </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111124327815463707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111124327815463707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111124327815463707' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111089412535150077</id><published>2005-03-15T20:42:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-03-15T21:42:05.353+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) really lives up to it's name... yes, passengers really do travel en masse and just like sardines are canned in the same fashion...leaving work at 6, i managed to catch the west bound train just before the doors closed on me at tanah merah station... the train wasn't really packed at the time but i had to stand because the usual rush hour traffic... anyway, the train </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111089412535150077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111089412535150077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111089412535150077' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-111029583028872726</id><published>2005-03-08T23:10:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-03-08T23:30:30.290+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>this is bad... been typing like crap recently... my f's are becoming d's and my b's are becomming n's... bleah... how to solve this? been typing crap to ppl on msn... arghh...8 lessons down... 2 to go... then it's TP test and finally, licence!! giving myself another month or so...after that i'll be hoping my dad buys back his old car and leaves it here.. hah...sian...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111029583028872726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/111029583028872726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111029583028872726' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110995025193593565</id><published>2005-03-04T23:16:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-03-04T23:30:51.936+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>as far as movies go, closer isn't for most movie-goers... the plot is extremely deep and the storyline is just short of baffling... however, all of its short-comings are made up simply because of one person... natalie portman...yes, it's queen amidala of naboo who saves the show from becoming an instant relic... if you say that the recent weather in singapore has been nothing short of blistering </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110995025193593565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110995025193593565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#110995025193593565' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110977722339333320</id><published>2005-03-02T23:01:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-03-02T23:27:03.396+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>today was great... finished work and went straight down to plaza sing to meet bench, andre, javan and zara... basket... they didnt wait for me to get dinner so i settled for some food from carrefour... then it was time to go catch hitch...hitch was probably the best show i've watched in like a long time... the plot is good and will smith makes the jokes just come alive... but the best part of the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110977722339333320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110977722339333320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#110977722339333320' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110967826221346364</id><published>2005-03-01T19:45:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-03-01T19:57:42.213+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>it's been a while since i last blog... tt's cos i've been pretty busy recently... yeah... having late nighrs and all... bleah... the way pool lost the league cup was pathetic... and it backs my theory that chelsea can't win ithout fluke goals... i mean like there wouldn't have been extra time if not for gerrard's own goal... and the duff goal against man u some time ago was something you'd find </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110967826221346364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110967826221346364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#110967826221346364' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110925313488233860</id><published>2005-02-24T21:48:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-02-24T21:52:14.883+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>the SAF should start to think of giving us STOs hazard pay... today a colleague of mine fell while dismounting one of our vehicles and broke his arm... the SAF might be paying the medical bills, but who's going to pay for the risks we take?gaah... did work yill after 5 today... then there was some buffet in camp... damn full now...scv's a blast... and man u's a disappointment... mark, out...</summary><link 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all those bush-fires all over the island... and the constant burning of joss paper ain't doing much to help too... gaah... hope it ends soon... else i'm gonna report sick... heh...ok... tt's enough... now playing Friends by Michael W Smith...FriendsMichael W. SmithPacking up </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110908604244086557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110908604244086557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110908604244086557' title='Haze Daze'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110891381075008008</id><published>2005-02-20T23:02:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-02-20T23:36:50.750+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>went to the sajc funfair yesterday... met up with andrew, victoria and marcus before going... heh... i hoped to find mr chan and say hi to him... but i guess he found me first... got intercepted in the hall while talking with khail and zif... he came up to us and tried selling tickets but i think he only managed to sell one and ironically to khail, the miser...followed marcus around but in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110891381075008008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110891381075008008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110891381075008008' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110873929065396966</id><published>2005-02-18T22:52:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-02-18T23:08:10.656+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Today is the day when another 2 of my friends left for Australia.First to go was Shelby. Her Singapore Airlines flight to Perth left at about 9 this morning. Pity I couldn't send her off cos I was at work. But we did have somewhat of a good conversation last night when she called me at 2am. Well, I guess it was worth it as that was the last time I was going to talk to her in a long time. She says</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110873929065396966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110873929065396966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110873929065396966' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110864812432737086</id><published>2005-02-17T20:51:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-02-17T21:48:44.330+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Today was the last day I got to see her before she left.I went to work as usual this morning. Had a few details throughout the day but they were quite easy. I actually had fun on the last one, playing with the ground-control unit of the aerial platform and hence the people up there were at my mercy. So I took them for a ride, swinging the gondola here and there, up and down. Heh, as I said, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110864812432737086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110864812432737086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110864812432737086' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110856719471666191</id><published>2005-02-16T22:30:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-02-16T23:19:54.720+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>heh... was on leave today... took it specially so that i could join jase and shelby for farewell lunch...met jase, shelby, javan, bench and jase's cousin, sam, and friend, zhiwei at cityhall... walked thru citylink mall to get to suntec... we were really early... cos all around us were shops that still had their shutters down and without staff around... bleah... early right? so we hung around in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110856719471666191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110856719471666191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110856719471666191' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110830256601728099</id><published>2005-02-13T21:27:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-02-13T21:49:26.016+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>finally some time to blog... been coming home late the past few days... bleah...friday was at bs and coffee after that... yesterday was at yip's place for cny and yip's b'day...gaah... why didn't everton hold chelsea to a draw? supid beattie... sent off... bleah... hope man u win tonight...how iam i going to take leave on wed? boss not in town... maybe ask mr ng... hopefully can so tt i can go </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110830256601728099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110830256601728099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110830256601728099' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110795750637567335</id><published>2005-02-09T21:18:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-02-09T21:58:26.376+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>frist and foremost, wishing all of u out there a happy and prosperous lunar new year... may the year of the rooster see the accomplishment of all your dreams...new year's eve:went to camp in the morning... did some gangway job that was supposed to take 30 mins but i spent 3 hrs there in the end... bleah... at least i got to go sailing... :P ok... so it was just 200m... but better than nothing</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110795750637567335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110795750637567335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110795750637567335' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110770091525512128</id><published>2005-02-06T22:39:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-02-06T22:41:55.256+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>if you have ever taken public transport here in sing, you'd probably see ppl do a host of things to kill time... Some choose to read... Others choose to listen to their music... Then there's tv mobile... What i saw today takes the cake as the most bizzare way to kill time...after boarding the lrt from my place to go to church, a weird looking guy boards a stop after me... Now, when i mean weird</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110770091525512128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110770091525512128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110770091525512128' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110762078988505081</id><published>2005-02-06T01:05:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-02-06T00:26:29.886+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>gaaah... com crashed on thursday morning before gg to work... corrupted files or something like that... got the repair-man today and all is well... but my hdd got re-formatted so all is literally lost... baah... photos, mp3s... the works... but never mind... at least my com is up to speed again and ie ain't crapping up...spent yesterday night in camp cos i had early detail this morning... the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110762078988505081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110762078988505081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110762078988505081' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110735140904407331</id><published>2005-02-02T21:13:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-02-02T21:36:49.043+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>there's only one word to describe my day at work... slack...went to collect my licence from kaki bukit in the morning then went to work... stupid 930 bus didnt show up... luckily there was this other guy who was going in also so we both shared a cab in... wasnt that expensive... but hey, every little bit helps =P...then at camp, my boss was on half-day leave... coupled with the lack of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110735140904407331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110735140904407331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_archive.html#110735140904407331' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110717819688712684</id><published>2005-01-31T20:58:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-01-31T21:29:56.886+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>today is the first day i went back to changi in like 4 weeks... and guess what they gave me? a half-day off... hah... got let off at 1230 and went straight home... been sleeping ever since... just got up not too long ago... recuperation... that's what i need...hungry... where's my mum with dinner??? baah...gaah... pissed at IE... too many ads getting through my ad-blocking software... luckily</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110717819688712684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110717819688712684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110717819688712684' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110709711361111253</id><published>2005-01-30T22:54:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-01-30T22:58:33.610+08:00</updated><title type='text'>I Dream - Taufik Batisah</title><summary type='text'>In my mind  I can climb  All the mountains that surround me  My spirits there, where eagles dare to fly   In my heart   There's a spark  That can light the world around me  An open door, where I am sure dreams are    It doesn t matter if I win  Or the colour of my skin  Cause the race is all about  Believing in yourself   Chorus 1:  And I dream  I can run  Like the wind  And be</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110709711361111253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110709711361111253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110709711361111253' title='I Dream - Taufik Batisah'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110709640933797358</id><published>2005-01-30T22:01:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-01-30T22:46:49.336+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>sunday again... so it was back to church as usual... was supposed to go for 9am service but the alarm clock on my phone failed to ring... baah... got up at 8 and got to church at 930... went straight to lighthouse room to find the band practicing for michael's worship... kinda got into the action by playing the bass guitar for the prac... then at 11, i went for YAF...YAF was super boring today.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110709640933797358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110709640933797358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110709640933797358' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110700596350143461</id><published>2005-01-29T21:05:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-01-29T21:41:27.353+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Today is the day when I had my first sleep-in in 2 weeks.Got up at 10 today and stoned till 1+ when i left toe house to go to Nakamoto's to get my new F-16B done up. I stayed there until 5 when Bench finally finished his task in church and joined me. We then headed to PS and Taka for some shopping. It was actually he who was shopping 'cos I didn't bring my shopping cash. He bought a pair of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110700596350143461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110700596350143461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110700596350143461' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110693288388465014</id><published>2005-01-29T01:28:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-01-29T01:21:23.883+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Back-dated Blogging...</title><summary type='text'>27 January 2005Today was the day where I was extremely unlucky.Due to alarm flailure, I got up late and so I had to rush to get myself ready to go to camp in record time. But I don't know what the SAF was thinking when they designed the No. 4(green cammo) uniform. It takes a hell lot of time to get on properly and the boots are hell to lace. It was then when I realised that one of the garters</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110693288388465014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110693288388465014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110693288388465014' title='Back-dated Blogging...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110675270086148057</id><published>2005-01-26T23:07:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-01-26T23:18:20.860+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why women are evil...</title><summary type='text'>since women take up time and money, therefore:woman = money x timeand since time = moneywoman = (money)²and since money is the root of all evil =&gt; evil = √(money)²therefore,woman = evilNote: This is not my work... I apologise for any in accuracies... but it was fun...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110675270086148057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110675270086148057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110675270086148057' title='Why women are evil...'/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110675187703074216</id><published>2005-01-26T22:52:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-01-26T23:04:37.033+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>my internet explorer is getting screwy... pop-ups keep popping up even with the pop-up blocker on and its super slow... it lags while loading a page and eats a lot of memory... damn it lar... so now i'm switching to netscape till i can find a cure for this problem... bleah...i need sleep... deprived... rest is for the weary... but who actually gives a damn... i'm weary and that's the bottom </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110675187703074216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110675187703074216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110675187703074216' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110657401724110768</id><published>2005-01-24T21:29:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-01-24T21:40:17.240+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>back-to-back courses... wah...  havent gone back to office since the 3rd of this month... kinda missing the place aloready... BUT i don't miss the dogs... buggers all...the forklift is super difficult to operate cos it works like a car driving in reverse... bleah... dunno how to pass the test on friday... well, at least i dun have to see the 2 dogs till next monday... bleah...arghh... still </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110657401724110768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110657401724110768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110657401724110768' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110648460074415269</id><published>2005-01-23T20:35:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-01-23T20:50:00.743+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>another tiring day... this makes it the third in a row of tiring days...went to church as per a usual sunday... service at 9 followed by yaf at 11... finished at 12 and had coffee with tommy, jophia and ben s at macs... then it was back to church to hook up with the other guys who were at a worship meet thing... finally left for np at 3...got to np at ard 4+ and started right away... heh... </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110648460074415269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110648460074415269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110648460074415269' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110640754104553401</id><published>2005-01-22T22:52:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-01-22T23:25:41.046+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>updated with 3 more pics...tiring... that basically sums up all of today's activities...went to NP open hse at 10 in the morning... bench, his friend and i jalan-jalan-ed in the campus picking up freebies and good deals... heh... i kinda faked a lecturer and told him that i was testing pre-u for 1st 3 mths and was thinking of gg to NP in the future... well, at least it shows that i ain't </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110640754104553401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110640754104553401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110640754104553401' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110632790420413649</id><published>2005-01-22T01:17:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-01-22T01:18:24.203+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Here's a little project i'm working on using photoshop... Comments please?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110632790420413649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110632790420413649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110632790420413649' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499751.post-110632096252136988</id><published>2005-01-21T22:51:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-01-21T23:22:42.523+08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>tired... thirsty... tanned(sort of lar)... that was today...woke at 6+ and went to meet chau, zif, khail, dingo, tiger, kim seng and jon david(roy keane) in school for soccer... never played at the home ground since j2... heh... the place surely does bring back memories... at 915 the bell rang and we were all going, "eh... time for moral ed with kang..." then at 1000, "better go for econs </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110632096252136988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5499751/posts/default/110632096252136988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://leftamark.blogspot.com/2005_01_01_archive.html#110632096252136988' title=''/><author><name>Markymark</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15780624719020776915</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
