Nomadic Lifestyle by Wilson

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Moved

Wilson posted at 7:30 PM

This blog will be moved to http://nomadiclifestyle.wordpress.com with immediate effect!!!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

My First Few Weeks of School

Wilson posted at 12:43 AM

This sums it all. :( :( :( :(

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

IPPT

Wilson posted at 10:28 PM

All I want is a repeat of last year, passing my IPPT in SAFRA Toa Payoh, the only test centre which is still using a manual system. I even thought of scanning my result slip and publishing it proudly to show the world I passed IPPT. Yea I know passing is no big deal when everyone gets gold or silver and happily enjoying their $200/$400 of monetary incentive, but for someone who rarely passes IPPT, pass is the biggest deal.

But plans are still plans, my achilles heels - standing broadjump is back to haunt me. And this time it's a record low of 207 which I can't believe it myself. The fast few months of gym-ing has allowed me to pass my pull up and run but seems to have no effect on my jump.. ARGH. After the statics station I requested and was granted a third attempt to jump. No miracles. I told the tester I will got one week to try.

"Welcome to RT" was his reply. Screw him. 9 cms is no big deal and I shall grab every opportunity to retake my broadjump. After all I need not take all the other stations again since I passed all my other stations and running. For a start, I've booked the 0730 slot this Saturday. Freaking early but no choice. I'm desperate to not go RT. After that there's still some windows at Toa Payoh, Maju and whereever I can go. I just want to pass the freaking broadjump.

Sadly, my friends all seems to be quite happy for me to go RT. Here's the evidence.

Yeah, I know RT isn't that bad, after all "NSmen will be paid 1/2 day service pay for each RT session attended which will be credited to their bank account on a weekly basis." So good that I doubt it can even cover my transport cost nor a portion of my opportunity course. So I shall try hard, cross my fingers and hope I get the last laugh.

Saturday, August 08, 2009

Genting 101

Wilson posted at 5:01 PM

Had a short weekend getaway at Genting with a few of the Greenies. Shall not go too much into detail about the trip since facebook tells most of the picture. Perhaps it's good to share some tips for those who are intending to go Genting in the near future.

Choosing Your Agency

With price-fixing among all the coach agencies, we randomly chose five-star as our tour agent, and here's a photo of the interior of the coach towards Genting.

Very spacious, with massage, gaming and video facilities. BUT, I will still not recommend Five Star firstly since the package does not include breakfast. Perhaps other agencies do not provide too but at least should inform the customers or give them an option to opt for breakfast. Next, the coach back to Singapore was of totally different standard. It's just a normal single deck bus without any facilities. Look at all their advertisements, I'm sure that is a form of misrepresentation. Read up a bit on HWZ forum, actually flight will be good alternative since the two-way flight from Singapore to KL is as low as only S$40, and the two way coach from KL to Genting is only RM40, so possibly it's cheaper to take a flight there compared to coach, and the journey time is much faster too.

Themepark

The indoor themepark was so-so with so many attractions changed to signature attractions (i.e. not included in package) but the outdoor themepark was still awesome! But warning! NEVER NEVER NEVER take the ride called SPACE LABORATORY! It's the most wasted 5mins of my life I swear!

Dinosaurland!! ROAR

Pirate Ship

Bumper Car! BANG BANG

The Ride which I Still Dare Not Take

Casino

Yeah! Finally my first trip to Casino. The Casino at the First World Hotel was quite small compared to the one at Highland Resort. A lot of games which I have never heard before let alone know how to play, such as carribean poker, pontoon, etc so we just stand by the side and watch. And after reading the instruction manual, I decided to stick to roulette and tai sai (big small) which is rather idiot proof and the chance is 50-50. Quite happy that they set aside a non-smoking area so that I can gamble in fresh air but sad to know that they no longer serve free sandwiches in the casino. lol. After calculating the stats, I sticked with the games with the least negative expected payoff (the house always win with negative expected payoff) and after about one and a half hour of hardwork, made a small winning of RM50. Quite a small amount but the casino trip was indeed an eye-opener especially the roulette table. After each round you look at the numberous chips sweep by the croupier into the box compared to the tiny amount they pay out, and it's amazing why people still insist to bet on those low-chance options after looking at their money being swept again and again. I've learnt to appreciate the beauty of stats after the genting trip.

Final Tip

What else can it be but good company :)

Friday, July 24, 2009

A Happy Journey Starts Like That

Wilson posted at 12:03 AM

If there's one thing that makes me hate internship most, it got to be the MRT. Can't wait for internship to end so that I need not squeeze in the MRT during peak hours in the morning and evening and get squashed near the door any more!!

Talk about graciousness, please don't blame the commuters for everything and look at the state of your MRT traffic before pointing fingers.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

The way weekends should be

Wilson posted at 11:43 PM

Probably one of the best weekends I had, not that anything special happened, but I was pretty much occupied and stress free. Met up with TWC group and decided that they will be going Genting on the same day I am going with the Greenies, so I shall have 2 groups of friends with me at Genting. Yeah! Then had a short meet up with the NPCC peeps to receive the usual inflow of (relationship) updates.

No training on Saturday since it's archery outing! Went prawning (a very short one though) followed by dinner. And today met up with the Greenies to celebrate the July babies' birthday. Good to see those who went overseas intern/ exchange once again after such a long time.

Will be meeting up with the above mentioned groups in the near future soon for more hao chi de dong xi. Another happy thing - it's 3 weeks to Merdeka!!!

Monday, July 13, 2009

Slave of Technology

Wilson posted at 12:45 AM

If you still remember around ten years back when internet was getting more popular and articles were discussing the advantages of internet, one of the advantages is

"With internet, one will not be restricted to the mundane 9 to 5 working hours and can work in the comfort of their homes."

And ten years later, it is precisely this "advantage" which returns to haunt me. Internet has not liberated me from the 9-5 work (9-6 in fact), but has extended my working hours to 24 X 7. After ending work at 6, there will still be another set of work for me to do at "the comfort of my home." First I will need to check my school email, and when the word 'archery' appears in the subject, that's more or less about it. If I'm lucky I will just need to delegate the job to someone else, if not I will have to follow up on the matter myself. Fortunately as the president, I need not have to consult others when I need to make decisions and that save me precious time and the irritation of people asking me fo r work.

That does not end my working day yet. Exploring into forex will means there is much more work for me to do. First of all will need to read on economic data and news, next will be reading charts and followed by monitoring. At least I am still using the demo account at the moment so I expect things to get worse in the coming months. By the time I finish my trades for the day, it should be about 1am and time for me to sleep.

At this rate I will probably get internet phobia soon. Everytime I log on to the school email I wish that there will be no new email and everytime a MSN window pops up, I pray hard that it is non-work-related. It takes courage even for me to log on to MSN nowadays.

Has the benefits of internet outweighed my freedom? That depends. If I get real rich with the internet, if I have more time to hunt mouse and play blackshot, if I manage to find romance on the net. If all the 'ifs' come true, then I will probably be a willing slave of technology.