Europe II.

Hola! que tal?

Solo travelling during school time is pretty cool. Europe II. Unfortunately, i seem to have lost my camera cable so i can't transfer my photos to my laptop at the moment. So Oxford - London - Seville - Cordoba - Granada - Ronda - Malaga. Kinda packed out scheduled, but the Spanish sunshine is a refreshing change from gloomy England. Will update more once i get back to Singapore, when i have to really start studying for my final exams. Looks like everyone is doing well? Anyway, sometimes i think i am dying from 2nd hand smoke in Spain, but most times, many other things make up for it. Plus my auto-focus button on my camera is spoilt, so its manual focus now. Bah. will update soon. take care everyone!

Yang

Wowzers

Ok many things have happened in the last 2 months, sorry for not bloggin or responding cos im still in the midst of things hahahaha...but as for the last few days, Perth *I mean the WHOLE Perth* has been chaotic, and hilarious at the same time.

Monday: Flash-Flooding and Hailstorm, Damage to Perth is severe, Hailstones sized up to tennis balls. We were not affected, Praise God for that. In fact, on the news, the roads and pavements seemed to have dandruff. Thats alot of hail.

Tuesday: Waited at the bus stop until 9.05(school starts at 9), went home but got fetched to school by Dad, tried persuading him that the flood had damaged the school so badly there was no school(I was lying until...)we went to school, and school had actually been damaged that badly that there wasn't school yesterday. Drove around Perth to snap photos




Today: Woke up at 7 to go to school to sort out things for the School Ball *Yes I am indeed going to a ball*, finally sorted out things after 2 weeks of grueling arguements amongst the Asian boys and girls. Had my all time "favourite" sports. Finally found out how to make a panorama picture (Windows LIVE photo gallery not Windows photo gallery). Uncle Joe is coming for Din-Dins in some time.

(Flooded carpark we happened to pass by *Those ARE cars STUCK in the water)

(This road was warded off, so many cars made detours)

(Isn't it lovely, tree-striping storms and what they do)

And my all time favourite,

Hail-Meets-Windscreen

Well thats all for now, and im sorry bout the essays, I haven't gotten them back from the teacher yet....Will post the moment they come out.

one step closer to manhood

i don't really like using that cliche, but i guess cliches reduce the amount of brain power we have to use, no?


I used to be a lot smaller. and fatter. and i was ahead of my time - look at the plaid jacket guys - HAH! Strange, but Alden still looks mostly the same...

BUT before we unveil the balded cousin (his hair grows fast though, you have been warned)... We had our first cousin's mini-sleepover with audrey:

(kor kor is the most awake - blue elephants ftw!)

(josh joined after his shift - so poor thing, so sleepy - LOL)

(life-changing ban mian)

This is not from the same night, but i just thought it fit in with the whole army thing:

Drumroll please.....




So there you have it. Alden - i should get him to post about his company. bao got so excited finding out alden was in viper, his alma mater. Maybe BAO SHOULD POST.

:)

Its 3:18am

Note:

A lot of things have happened. But it seems like only Nick's been blogging actively. Haven't seen ANY action in Australia from Asher or JK. I still check the site regularly, waiting out for that update from cousins. Anyway, its 3:18am and I'm still awake trying to fix up computer stuff and make sure that my sis has a computer she can use tomorrow to go to work. The last few days have been such a blur. V, if you're reading this, I'm sacrificing my sleep for you (:

Pre-ORD Blues

It scares me that I'm almost finished with NS. You look back and poof, the last 2 years go by. It still feels like yesterday that I started, booking in and that first day are still fairly fresh.

I can still picture all the mistakes I made. My first turn-out alone, I ran furiously and didn't pace myself for a case of fumigation. Bringing a contractor's ladder around the station thinking it was part of our equipment. Mentally, physically challenging scenario drills. Mentally and physically challenging actual incidents.

Yet, given the chance, I'd do it all again in a heartbeat.

In a heartbeat,

Josh

TAKE HOME CHEF (MOM)

http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/takehomechef/takehomechef.html

With aunty anna around, it seriously feels like some reality tv show.

For the past week or so, I've had something different to eat for each meal, and it has been awesome. Never since atik have i been so pleased with home-cooked meals (sorry mum).

Fingers crossed that the skills remain!

backlog!

Okay guys - actually i have a lot of photos to put up but i think they're too much for one post. So let's start with the most recent and salient event - our dear cousin going into NS!

As usual, what is a send-off without a massive family dinner? Played around with my phone's panorama - guess need to work on getting everyone to STAY STILL. haha. Enjoy:


I had to rush to defu lane to join them right after my finance mid-term, but it was totally worth it, even though they had finished by the time i arrived. i had my own mini- 6 course meal, complete with individual dishes, and the prized crab pincer. would've preferred more chicken wings and tofu, but still, yum.

We also discovered that alden looks a lot like his dad:

And as is becoming a family tradition (at least among the boys), we had our 4 player agricola game (the largest we've had since asher went back). In some sort of early christmas present, Alden was able to beat all of us quite soundly with his unorthodox tactics - his favoured "triple well" strategy.


Even as i write, alden is probably sleeping in his bunk at viper company. take care dear cousin! we are praying for you.