The Starfish Story
As the old man walked the beach at dawn
he noticed a boy ahead of him picking up starfish
and flinging them into the sea
Finally catching up the with the boy
he asked why he was doing this
The answer was that the stranded starfish would die
if left until the morning sun.
''But the beach goes on for miles and there r millions of starfish,'' said the old man.
''How can your effort make ani difference?''
The boy looked at the starfish in his hand
and then threw it safely into the waves
''It makes a difference to this one,'' he said
~ by MOE
In life, a small gesture to a small matter may means a big difference
Sunday, February 26, 2006
journal
the last time when told or forced to pen dw everyday ongoings was in sec school..
nv expect in the navy, one was also required to do tat..
was told to jot down wad we have learned from the daily lessons.. since there's not much lessons going on.. wad i wrote in there was basically my complaints in there..
and the summary of the matches i missed but read in the papers..
so if my course commander should seen wad i worte.. lets expect a tongue lashing from her..
caught Final Destination 3 few hrs back at the usual place.. CIne...
onli 3 words for the movie.. 'gross, gross, gross'.. should u have watched it.. tink u beg to diff too...
yeo roared at
Saturday, February 18, 2006
If tats True..
Being in the navy long enuff, it makes u know some of their crappy and wadsoever nonsense...
Being in the NS, u came in contact wif all sorts of pple.. those wif leadership.. those who all sorts of injuries u no heard of..
remember vividly from someone.. but forget who the one.. saying..
those in SISPEC and OCS has the leadership and in future they hold jobs
which requires of such personalities..
those who know how to 'gen' and 'gen' till dwgraded are those of business accum coz they uses their brain well and even manage to escape thro the normal nation service one has to serve..
whereas those who quietly juz serve throu the 2 yrs are of employee attitude.. they juz wanted to serve the 2 yrs peacefully and are contented wif juz tat fixed amt of salary.. come to tink of tiz. i wonder hw true is it..
the navy system are getting on my nerves or rather everyone's... commotions on juz an early bkout..promises made by our coz commander r broken..
instructions passed dw were unclear..
everything in a mess..
its the whole system which shape up the bad attitude in us.. yet they are blaming us for being nonsense... zzz
'we r paid peanuts yet cant behave like monkeys'
yeo roared at
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Chalet
reaching the age of 21..
not tat i reached tat age..
for mine still has months b4 tat..
friends wif the bday boy for 5 long good years..
loved those days in sec sch..
no worries..
no NS..
No book out coz there's even no book in
to tok abt in the 1st place..
lessons till 1pm in the afternnon
volunteery stay back in sch for
pokemon cards or magic cards..
and hop jolly home..
came poly years..
when life are even of more freedom...
plaing of Daidee btw class intervals...
skip lessons for outings..
skip the 1st 2 periods for a longer
napping time in bed..
skip the 1st 2 periods for the preparation
of presentations at the end of the day..
den came those periods waiting for
semester results and pre-NS..
basically a few mths of entire
CV and full time working life..
bt at lest there's a bit of spare
cash to indulge in movies..
comes to the age of 21..
hy in SISpec..
others in units...
life stranded dw by the Govt..
a yr and many mths to go..
b4 can become tat free-willed again..
but it will nv b like b4..
for minds have matured..
and is immuned to some of
those which friends have experienced 2gether..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONGYUAN..
friends4 the many years to come..
yeo roared at
Thursday, February 09, 2006
treasure
in times of trouble
one will realli get concern from your loved ones..
no matter hw many quarrels u had wif parents
they will still realli love you..
giddy spells
shivering..
weakness of limbs = syptoms of high temp..
remb tat the last time running a veri high
temp was like many and many yrs back..
guess my temp has reached a new height..
40.5 degree.. on wed..
wonder if it kills the few remaining brain cells i had..
lousy Saf doc onli warded mi
MC from wed till thus..
and was expected to b in camp
by thus night..
high temp din subside at 1am..
caring mum took mi to nuh A & E
whereby was given a further MC till sat..
and my temp was still abv 38 at ard 9 plus..
crazy camp to ask a high temp person
to b back in camp so soon..
dun they know tat 40.5 is a ver high temp and 2 days rest
is nv enuff...
expect mi to risk my life for a mere $450..
crazy crazy...
Vday approaching soon..
wonder when will my ideal princess appear..
yeo roared at
Saturday, February 04, 2006
junior course
they called it the junior rating course..
finally my course has started..
12 weeks into passing out..
expect new bulk mates..
more strigent rules..
more chances to sign confinements..
expect more discipline from us
by our course commander..
course commander happen to b a mdm again...
studies + swimming + jogging
makes up the course..
wonder if b posted out due to
my injury..
dw to marina SQ for Vday shopping..
not i buying presents for ani gal..
acc friz to search for the ideal
restaurant for his Vday dinner..
expected tat juz for tiz Vday ,
he's gg to spend close to $200..
a bouquet of roses..
candlelight dinner
and a watch hinted by his gf
as gift..
sometimes u may tink its gd to b single..
esp during Vday..
bt many a times..
u hope tat there's some1 out there for u
hu can share your everything..
(b it $$ or your prob.. lol)
cant find his ideal restaurant at
MSQ.. so proceed to the Esplanade
and realise tat there's a huge crowd...
the many megapixel cameras on tripod
are situated near the river bay...
such is a common sight for fireworks parade.
so we watited a while at there.
and caught a 5min fireworks show...
coincidence to catch a Firework
which is not known b4 hand..
can say tat the trip for the day
is nt wasted..
yeo roared at
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
CNY
Chinese New YeAR
a festive of Spring..
always love CNY..
onli time to visit relatives
whom i seen onli once a yr...
onli time to visit both
grandfather and grandma on the same day..
onli time to scot from one friend hse to another..
onli time whereby u can heard many shouted 'ban ban'
'ban luck' during BlackJack..
onli time whereby many will gather at the
largest surcface area u can find in the host hse
which is on the floor to play BJ..
tiz yr festive mood is surely unlike tat of last
yr coz of my service to the nation..
still prefer to spend the CNY as a civiilian..
guess nth beats to a CV life..
spend Chu Si at CM hse to watch Memiors of Geisha..
guessed many have catched tat and guess high chance
tat wont find ani friz to catch it..
so catched it asap..
since its CNY..
there's every reason to play some
card games..
long time goes the bet of
20 or 50 cents..
remeber few yrs back..
every bet comes to 20 or 50 cents..
a yr ago.
its abt $1 or $2
tiz yr it has stretch to $2 and $5
guess the amt bet
goes proportionally wif age..
friends starting to book in since ytd..
CM booked in today..
where mi is tmr morning..
thx to a forced leave day
which whole camp has to take and a
free half day offered by our ISM..
so wads more can i complained.
yeo roared at
+ The small Lion +
Simple name: *Yeo Jian Yong*
+ The heart +
A Thousand
A thousand miles travelled
Simple age: Magical *21*
Simple first roar: *15/06/85*
by many adventurers
juz to complete their single journey..
A thousand roses bought
by many
juz to humour their single love..
A thousand paper cranes
folded by many
juz to realise that single wish ..
A thousand smiles
appeared on mi
juz thinking of that single her..
A thousand days or years
I shall wait
juz for that undying single love..
Let it not be like the parallel lines
So near yet never cross each other..
even if its a thousand wait
or an infinity wait..
~ by JY
Mel ~ Doc soon to b 2
yeow tuck ~ man of own thinking
shawn ~ TiNkER
FadZ ~ modern poet
KonGYee ~ bespected tall guy
xIuYun ~ chubby nice lady
ShIJiE ~ PrI sCh FRiz
liLIan ~ good SeNioR oF SP
MelIsSA ~ kind SeNioR oF SP
PeiYing ~ Lab analyst
TeCk Wee ~ NS man
elaIne ~ woman wif ambitions