Heavy Firepower!
Feb/100
Even though I can smell burning (weekends) during my Live Firing of our armoured vehicle, it’s a pretty good experience.
I was appointed the ammo ic we had less than 5 hours of sleep for the past 3 days.
The only thing I’m worried during this live fire is that if I misfired, I might get confinement this saturday (my birthday celebration). So thanks god, everything went well 
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A rare update
Jan/100
Being in army, really deprived me from the outside world. I can’t surf net like I used to or chat with my friends thru msn.
Blogging content is also very limited as everything that happen here is considered classified.
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A-I-S-L Armor!
Nov/090
My blog has being inactive since I passed out from BMT (Basic Military Training). I’ve spent 2 months in SISPEC (School of Infantry Specialist) and now I’ve being posted to AISL (Armor Infantry Section Leader).
Armor vocation is the 2nd toughest (Infantry being the 1st). Of course I am jealous of friends who has being posted to SIGNAL and MP (Military Police), but I believe God has His plan and reason to put me in Armor.
Ever though I am reluctant to go through the tough period of being an Armor Infantry, since I have no choice, I might as well do a good job.
Samuel standing tall and proud with his black beret
I also appreciate the constant support from friends, family and especially my darling, 5and. Without you guys, I might not be able to go through this phase of life.
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My POP day 090909
Sep/090
It has being eons since I last updated my blog. I was away serving the army in BMTC (Basic Military Training Centre), Pulau Tekong, and schedule was hectic! Book out at Friday evening, Book back in at Sunday late afternoon. Weekends are mostly reserved to accompany my dear which leave just a few hours to sleep and do my own stuff, much less to even blog.
So, on 9th of September, 090909, I was promoted from a recruit to a private (= more pay)
Call me Private JY (Jia You) Chan
So much had happened while in this chalet-liked island. We trained to together, played together and suffered together. I will never forget my BMT’s friends…
The sergeant in the middle has the same initial as I am. 3rd Sergeant J Y Ong (Ben)
To be continued… (when I got the time)
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National Service (NS)…
Jul/090
… is the name given to the compulsory conscription in Singapore of all male Singaporean citizens and second-generation permanent residents upon reaching the age of 18. They serve a two-year period as Full Time National Servicemen (NSFs) in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Singapore Police Force (SPF), or the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
This is it guys. I am going to be enlist this thursday. Going to Pulau Tekong Camp for my BMT (Basic Military Training). Went out with dear today to get my army supplies but we end up spending most of my money on r_ _ _s (but its nice, and worth it =D).
People have being asking me what I am feeling going to be enlist soon, so I shall answer it here, once and for all (or for those who had no chance to ask). The past few days, I would have probably answer people that I 过一天，算一天 (live one day, count one day). I have nothing positive to look forward to. Only set short goals for that day, like probably I would go out with dear, or do some reading or learning.
Now as the time of enlistment draws near, I find myself thinking more. BMT will definitely be draining me physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. What if my body can’t take the intense training? What if my mind is not strong enough to endure? What if I start thinking of friends, families and dear? Would I still stay close to God?
I am also worried now about my dear. I am not someone who had much worries. But after what she told me yesterday, I kinda got drown in EMOness again(ok, for a short moment only =P). We will pull through =D
To switch my mood back, need to find some happy song to listen to. Search thru the list in iTune. A-ha!
And what nice way to end a post then a happy song, “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz.
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Time pass by very slowly…
Jul/090
Morning… it always pass by very slowly. By once it past 12pm, time seem to speed up. Or was it because of the coffee I habitually drank every afternoon? Time is relative. Time is how our mind perceive it… Einstein is indeed the smartest person alive to invent the Theory of Relativity. (Either that, or he must have a heavy dose of caffeine that day)
Yesterday, I went out with Edmund and Lim Han. Took Bus 135 to AMK Hub and I really want to mention a very friendly bus driver. When we are waiting for the bus to come to a halt, Mr Driver signal to us to stop walking to catch with the bus. He stopped right in front of us for our convenience. When we boarded the bus, Mr Driver greeted us and waited till we sat down before giving a hand signal indicating he’s leaving the bus stop. Mr Driver waved at fellow bus drivers along the way.
His hand signs is so much that I can feel that some people sitting at my side is noising their irritation. It goes to show that in this world, its hard to please everyone. When a bus driver is rude, people complain. When Mr Driver of Bus 135 shows abit of friendliness, people get uncomfortable and talk behind his back (literally, its behind his back right?).
That’s why I really want to take this chance to compliment Mr Driver of Bus 135. That’s also why I recorded down the event on my iTouch just in case I forget. For those who can’t read chinese (like my dear), it say, ‘I met a very friendly bus driver today. Was almost shocked by his friendliness’ and I also recorded down the Bus license plate in case there is a chance I can vote for the ‘Most Friendly Bus Driver’. Forward this the SBS or something. Mr Driver deserve an award or something =)
After meeting Lim Han and Edmund, we had lunch and went ‘guy shopping’. Can really see the difference when guys shop and when gals shop. We are very specific. We just go straight to the store we want. Never walk around just to look, see, look, see…
Edmund wanted to buy a new phone. How can a Apple Fanboy not pushed the iPhone to him? Eventually, I convinced Edmund, iPhone is a good buy. Value for money, app-based and will not go out of date so fast (unlike other phone whereby you are tempted to buy a new one when a new model came out). An older model of iPhone will work the same as the new model when you update the software. The only difference is that newer model will have better spec (more memory, faster processor). Don’t think an iPhone as a phone. Think it as a miniature computer (I wasn’t the only person saying that, fyi).
It can do anything a computer can do, if you seriously think about it. There are more than 30k apps (last checked) and growing… There are apps for ‘Working Out’, apps for ‘Managing Money’, apps for ‘Getting Things Done’… and more.
Yeap. I’m also brainwashing my fellow blog reader. At $199 with plan, you can’t go wrong. No plan? Use a friend’s Singtel plan to buy
We went to play L4D afterwards. As you can see, there’s only 3 of us. In the campaign, Dead Air, we barely survived to the last stage if not for a stranger playing as the 4th player. We were killed 2 time in the last stage before… we win and escaped. He escaped. The stranger managed to survive while me, Edmund and Lim Han die.
Yes… all 3 of us noob die in the end even if we completed the game.
Ciao.
P.S. love my dear, 5andra, very much XD
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What 5AM being up to recently…
Jun/090
Alot happen since I last updated, like I joined Lifegame Camp, I fell sick for a week, went grass-boarding, watched lottas movies, King of Pop, MJ, died (could have blog about that) and most importantly I changed my SPEC. Isn’t that cool. Huh? Rite? Nice rite? Err… okay I guess that wasn’t the most important thing.
And if you still don’t think its cool… look! There’s even a robbery case on the camp itself. We organized it… Errmmm I meant someone organized it. I’m not involved =P I am a law abiding policeman in the camp…
and I got married to a fellow female policewomen and led a wonderful life… and having 3 kids.
Tell me. How many camp allow you to get married and have kids?
Oh yah. Notice the new spec on that previous picture? =D Need to change one coz army dun allow colourful spec =( I also had new phone (w/ torchlight) and a new LED torchlight and a new alarm clock that can never wake me up (tried it this morning. End up. Waking up the whole family except me).
I’m still having serious sore throat and cough now =( (pls don’t let 5and noes about it).
Watch up for the Twitter update status. I will try to Tweet often while Im confined in camp to update you guys =D
Btw, Transformer 2 kick ass XD !!!
Ciao.
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You will love this =D
Jun/090
All L4D (Left 4 Dead) fans out there. Have some laugh.
Credit to Sonico30 from newgrounds for this funny animation.
Was re-watching Fantastic 4 and I totally loved Human Torch.
Here’s your chance to become Human Torch. It requires you to have a webcam and you need to allow the flash to use your webcam before you can set yourself on fire Flame-on!
This is one of the flash we were playing around when I was working at my internship company. Cool huh. It was done with actionscipt 3.0. In the future, I will post more Flash project for your viewing pleasure ;) Ciao
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The Future… (part 2)
Jun/090
Part 1 can be found here. Its just a video of the future vision by Microsoft. (Part 2 will be talking about MY future)
GOOD NEWS! Realizing that my readers are coming back to check for update more often after my last few posts, I decided to start writing often again. (this post is boring and texty, read it only if you can’t get to sleep)
For those of you who know me personally, you would have know that my passion is to be an entrepreneur, a businessman, a boss. However, when I was asked what kind of business do I want to go into, I would have given the excuses that I have 2 years serving in the army to think about it. The truth is, I do not know what I want to do. That was still me a few day ago…
Is it sooo… hard to think what kind of business to open? Answer = yes. At the back of my head, what we as designer can do is… web design company, t-shirt company, magazine company etc. These are the kind of business that a normal ‘businessman’ would open, but not an entrepreneur. There’s a distinct different between someone who just setup business(for the sake of being boss) and an entrepreneur. Unlike most bosses, entrepreneurs are the ones who look for opportunities and come up with innovative solutions.
Secondly, the business I want to open should also involve people around me. Like my friends for example, who is mainly designers. I hope to get them in as partners and work together in the future. Deep inside me, I’m always a designer and is proud to be one, so no matter what is the nature of the business, it shouldn’t deviate too far away from design.
Some of you guys might have known that I am also into Internet Marketing and a more or less experienced in SEO (i owned a few sites that has over 10k of visitors per month) but I never intended to make it my core business. So what if I can make alot of moola online? … staying at home all alone, working. Little social interaction, little challenges… totally boring life. Don’t be mistaken, it extremely lucrative and profitable online. If I work full-time as an online marketer, 1k per day is not an impossible task. However what’s the fun of it all? I remembered William was sharing that the reason he’s going Cambodia to help up and to serve the Lord is because when he reached the end of his life, he wanted to be able look back and find that he had led a meaningful life. No regrets.
What I am trying to say is… after long period of brainstorming. I finally thought of what I wanted to do. I do not want to reveal my business plan here. If you are interested, just ask me personally. Hints: Advertising, Surface Computing, Cloud Computing… That is probably too revealing already. So ciao, have a nice day!
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New Blogskin, extra features and more of 5am
Jun/090
Hey guys, come join Twitter and start following everyone else that matter to you. For those who do know what Twitter is for, here’s a short video intro to Twitter =) My blog is Twittered-enabled btw. Look at the side bar –> =D
Some people might be wondering why I changed my blog theme (a.k.a blogskin). It was purely an accident. Most of you should know how busy I have being recently that I haven’t got the time to even update my blog, let alone revamp my blog design.
I just wanted to update my blog to the new version of wordpress but I accidentally overwrite the theme folder. And it was gone… all gone. My green-mouldy-looking theme. I actually like it very much. Especially since my ‘heady’ integrate nicely into the website.
It was gone! I don’t even have a screenshot of it to keep as a memory. What a waste. So I just grab another decent-looking theme. It needed something more… something which shout out “5AMUEL!”, something uniquely me.
So here’s what I added on top of the default configuration of the Theme: a tagboard, my heady, my heady with a twitter bird, my heady twitter bird shouting out a latest TWEET from Twitter, a photo album (pictures dynamically grabbed from my Facebook photos), and a hidden feature =)
Don’t want to keep you in suspense. For those of you who owns an android phone, iphone or ipod touch… use your device to check up my blog. My blog is IPhone/IPod Touch/Android-enabled.
Before my update… viewing my blog through an iphone would take. *Start Timer…* *Stop Timer* 24 seconds. With the new update, loading up the page will take only *Start Timer…* *Stop Timer* 6 seconds.
Not to mention it look cleaner and nicer to navigate =) A treat to all my dear readers on the move =)
I want to take this time to also thanks my readers. Sometime, I just don’t feel the drive to take the effort to write an interesting post. But you readers are the reason I kept on writing. I may not be a pro-blogger who made his living through blogging, but I take the task of entertaining you guys seriously.
Well, keep tagging and commenting
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