It's been three weeks and I am still coughing like mad. I'm not exactly working very hard, work schedules are not as crazy as before...and I have been faithfully going home after work every day since last Friday and eating soupy non-fried non-oily food. I'm beginning to miss my fried hokkien mee and fried oysters... I think I'm losing my taste buds for such delicious food already... sigh
Like I told Ken... strange things happened yesterday. It all started from a conversation that I had with my colleague in the afternoon. I've passed the initial 'shock' and it's accepting the fact now.
In the last one week, 3 guy-friends whom I have lost touch for few months to 2 plus years are back on my radar again.... losing them in my radar seem very often partly because of their jobs. Any how, it's still nice to have surprises in life once in a while...
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Race starting on 18th September
THE DAY is approaching... as I look at my calendar, counting down to race starts ... 9 days!!!! I am excited but yet getting a little jittery. Perhaps I still can't believe that it's all happening ... Announcement of crew in Feb... training in July ... and now race is starting...
I picked up some latest news on Clipper website...
"Seven of the ten yachts are now moored in the Albert dock and the final three will arrive on Friday, 9th September. The most striking difference of the new yachts is the mix of international cities that are represented in the Clipper 05-06 race. First to make an impression on the river was the Chinese entry from the port of Qingdao where the 2008 Sailing Olympics will be held."
Nothing was mentioned about Uniquely Singapore but I managed to pull out a good picture of her flying our flag proudly sailing into Liverpool.
and finally here's a picture of the Team Singapore...
I picked up some latest news on Clipper website...
"Seven of the ten yachts are now moored in the Albert dock and the final three will arrive on Friday, 9th September. The most striking difference of the new yachts is the mix of international cities that are represented in the Clipper 05-06 race. First to make an impression on the river was the Chinese entry from the port of Qingdao where the 2008 Sailing Olympics will be held."
Nothing was mentioned about Uniquely Singapore but I managed to pull out a good picture of her flying our flag proudly sailing into Liverpool.
and finally here's a picture of the Team Singapore...
Little Joshua
Here's cute little Josh ... It's a pity I won't be able to meet him when he comes to Singapore in December. By then I would be sailing on Indian Ocean on my way to Fremantle. In any case, if all goes well, I should see the Schmeja family in Jan in Melbourne!! I can't wait to meet this gorgeous-looking boy.
Friday, August 26, 2005
You can get what you want
not always... but good things do happen.
last night (should be this early morning) I receive the best surprise of the year... or rather the only surprise in many years. Non of my friends have successfully given me a surprise like what M did last night. Here goes the story...
It was the usual girlie night out at our usual place for drinks and party... and C received an sms from M who is studying in Melbourne. We were pleasantly surprise to hear from her... knowing our dearest science geek, she hardly ever maintains correspondence during the semester. As the night progress, in the midst of all the drinking and merrying, M suddenly appeared and she shouted to us... I FINALLY MADE IT!!!
K, C and myself took a few seconds to react to her presence...and we screamed till our voices cracked.... we hugged and jumped for joy... we knew what she meant. It's definitely a piece of good news. When we finally calmed down... news of her presence settled into our heads... K said to M that it's 7th month now to give us such surprises in a pub.. where lightings create other visuals... erhmmm.... The crazy gal only arrived an hour ago from Melbourne and she could not wait to break the news to us. It's also undeniably the best timing too - in the presence of 3 of us - in a party ambience
At 25 she decided to go back to school and it's not even to do her masters but she is going to Medical school. After doing bachelor of science for 2.5 years on building her science foundation, she finally made it to Med school. And also one of the prestigious med school in Dublin. Now at 28, she's going to med school... and by the time she graduates she's gonna be 33. It will take her another 1-2 years before she becomes full-flege doctor...
M... I simply have to salute to you!
well... she's also another classic case of working very hard to get what you want.... and it's true that you can get what you want.
last night (should be this early morning) I receive the best surprise of the year... or rather the only surprise in many years. Non of my friends have successfully given me a surprise like what M did last night. Here goes the story...
It was the usual girlie night out at our usual place for drinks and party... and C received an sms from M who is studying in Melbourne. We were pleasantly surprise to hear from her... knowing our dearest science geek, she hardly ever maintains correspondence during the semester. As the night progress, in the midst of all the drinking and merrying, M suddenly appeared and she shouted to us... I FINALLY MADE IT!!!
K, C and myself took a few seconds to react to her presence...and we screamed till our voices cracked.... we hugged and jumped for joy... we knew what she meant. It's definitely a piece of good news. When we finally calmed down... news of her presence settled into our heads... K said to M that it's 7th month now to give us such surprises in a pub.. where lightings create other visuals... erhmmm.... The crazy gal only arrived an hour ago from Melbourne and she could not wait to break the news to us. It's also undeniably the best timing too - in the presence of 3 of us - in a party ambience
At 25 she decided to go back to school and it's not even to do her masters but she is going to Medical school. After doing bachelor of science for 2.5 years on building her science foundation, she finally made it to Med school. And also one of the prestigious med school in Dublin. Now at 28, she's going to med school... and by the time she graduates she's gonna be 33. It will take her another 1-2 years before she becomes full-flege doctor...
M... I simply have to salute to you!
well... she's also another classic case of working very hard to get what you want.... and it's true that you can get what you want.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
You can't always get what you want
I know my life has never been smooth and very often I fought and work very hard for the things I want. I know I can't have the best of both worlds... I just hope that at least one of them will happen way I want it.
Guess I should not have such high expectations... or at least I should be prepared for both worst scenarios...ie back up plan.
i'm still waiting for the outcome....sigh
Guess I should not have such high expectations... or at least I should be prepared for both worst scenarios...ie back up plan.
i'm still waiting for the outcome....sigh
Joshua Alexander Schmeja is born
Yeah!!!.... finally after nine months of waiting.... the little Schmeja has decided to pop out to see the world on 25 August 2005 at 3.05pm australia time. A day earlier than I expected ... cos it's his mummy's birthday tomorrow... I actually guess that mummy would want baby to have same birth date as her...well, it's close enough to celebrate both birthdays together in future... and more reasons for me to visit Melbourne in August.
our dearest Mrs Schmeja refused to tell us whether the baby was boy or girl.... and she has successfully kept mum about the sex of the baby from her family and friends for 4-5 months. Not even close buddies knew. No matter how I coaxed and cajoled... she simply refused.
in her recent photos updating us on her pregnancy, my guess (hmmm....i observed her tummy through photos) is that it's gonna be a boy... and true enough
and strangely... 2 or 3 days ago, an old friend sms me saying that she gave birth to a girl too... and her name is Isabel Desiree Sivanesan.
earlier this month, my uni hostel neighbour sms me too... anouncing her son Aden Lee's birth too.
in all coincidence, I receive all news via sms... it's amazing how short messaging over mobile phones has evolved to deliver all kinds of messages... simply fantastic technology ever invented...
our dearest Mrs Schmeja refused to tell us whether the baby was boy or girl.... and she has successfully kept mum about the sex of the baby from her family and friends for 4-5 months. Not even close buddies knew. No matter how I coaxed and cajoled... she simply refused.
in her recent photos updating us on her pregnancy, my guess (hmmm....i observed her tummy through photos) is that it's gonna be a boy... and true enough
and strangely... 2 or 3 days ago, an old friend sms me saying that she gave birth to a girl too... and her name is Isabel Desiree Sivanesan.
earlier this month, my uni hostel neighbour sms me too... anouncing her son Aden Lee's birth too.
in all coincidence, I receive all news via sms... it's amazing how short messaging over mobile phones has evolved to deliver all kinds of messages... simply fantastic technology ever invented...
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
STOP spam sms
I can't believe spam mails have reached sms... I actually received a strange chinese sms from a China mobile number this morning.
and it goes like this in English...
dear user,
congratulations to your mobile number! You've won the China Yuan Zhong Corp's second prize of USD190K. Please contact us at this number 008613860739652 to claim your prizes.
it sounded really nice if that's REAL.. USD190K is approximately SGD323K....hmmm what can I do with this amount?...thinking of my wish list...
I know all of you will probably say...quit dreaming, stupid!
but this spamming is so getting out of hand that it's really annoying.
can someone do anything to stop this...?
and it goes like this in English...
dear user,
congratulations to your mobile number! You've won the China Yuan Zhong Corp's second prize of USD190K. Please contact us at this number 008613860739652 to claim your prizes.
it sounded really nice if that's REAL.. USD190K is approximately SGD323K....hmmm what can I do with this amount?...thinking of my wish list...
I know all of you will probably say...quit dreaming, stupid!
but this spamming is so getting out of hand that it's really annoying.
can someone do anything to stop this...?
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