Sunday, December 28, 2008

LONG TIME NO post!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!

HEYZ yall... been off for a long while... and lots of things have been going on!

SCM half marathon 2 hrs 12min 01 secs ^^

Brisbane, (posting pics soon)

26th soccer with juniors...

And the crash* ^^

Last cell for 2008, ended with a new cell arrangement... cant wait to see how the new year will be like... My vote for cell lead... Melvin Gan!!!!!


Will post more soons guys....


running and running



^^
In His Time
Jeremy Pan

Sunday, December 7, 2008

The SCM half marathon

A second person view from a first person event

the day before: you end the day eating pasta and a double cheese burger, hoping that it would provide enough energy for the next day. Your body feels sluggish, you dont know why, but its a good thing as you have to rest early. You reach home, bathe, prep for tomorrow, then hit the bed to sleep.

2.30AM: You wake up, not so much as being eager to go out already, but you may miss nicholas' call to pick you up. You do nothing to go back to sleep, although you try to go online and see if anyone can reply you, but to no avail. You end up lying in bed trying not so much as to waste the energy that you have.

4.30AM: You finally get out of bed, did the necessities, and prepared to recieve the call from nic. He finally calls you, and you don on the race gear, and head out to meet him.

5.10AM: Taxis' pass by as they glance towards you, thinking that you would flag them down. The night air is cooling, perhaps too cold, and the streets were deserted. You started to sing in your usual tone of voice, "Oh Lord our God" was the only song then, giving no care to the residents who were living in the blocks close to the street (well they lived by the street right? so they wouldnt be affected by my singing^^)

Nicholas' and his dad finally arrives, he picks you up and we went down the CTE to orchard, before turning to the city hall area. You see streams of participants gathering and strolling into the padang area. This would be the first time you saw such a crowd, imagining 50,000 people.

5.30AM (flag off for full marathon) :After depositing your bag at section E, You and nic gather a water bottle each, and headed over to the starting point area. It was only about a few minutes past the flag off time, when you see the kenyans, a whole bunch of them, running at a pace of about 9 mins for 2.4km. The crowd which gathered at the toilets breaks out into a cheer and thunderous clapping. interesting thing to note about these guys: they run as a pack so that they can hear the "thumping" of the legs as it hits the ground so that they can keep momentum with one another. Clever tactic eh?

Soon after, streams of participants start to trail along the road, as you wait in line to go to the portable toilets, although you nearly regret as the toilet smells of someone's chemical bombing, advice: go before you leave the house.

6.15AM: You begin your stretch and wondered when you are going to be called. You ask a lady for the time and figured it would be the best time to go to the start point. Both of you pass by a water station, squeezed the entire GU gel pack into your mouth and drank some water before heading down to the start point. You see the crowd packed towards the starting line, as you squeeze in and out of the many participants lined up there. you prepare yourself mentally and told nic: "you ready?" although his reply wasnt as good as you think nonetheless, you are going to run the race.

2mins before the flag off time, the MCs were revving everyone up by speaking through the system. you see balloons making it into the sky as the MCs told everyone to let go of the balloons. music blasts into your ear as you walk past a speaker, you see all sorts of people,
Like this guy wearing an orange wig who was also taking the half marathon, and others who were wearing clothes not seemingly able to run with.

6.30AM (flag off for half marathon): The time has come to put your body to the test, you say to nicholas: " if i ever drop behind you, dont wait for me and carry on". even though the gun has already gone off, you still spend 2 mins walking to the start line, put both earphones in your ear, and begin to move off.

The first thing that happens is that you see nicholas weaving through the crowds, good plan you think, and follow suit behind him. You pass by crowds and crowds, inching your way forwards. the plan was to stick close to nic as close as possible, so that he can pace you.

4km mark (as of running knowledge): You are running near tanjong pajar mrt area, as you pass by what seems to be a 2km mark, you say loudly: "this is so demoralising, we ran so much and its only 2km?" Nic seconds that, and even a lady running beside you also agrees with you. pretty soon, you reach the opposite of the start point road, and as you run past, you see the faces of those 10km runners preping to go. Now you are headed for nicole highway, pass the singapore flyer. By now, your ipod earphones are drenched in either water, or your sweat, making them impossible to use as of now, so you tie them round your neck, hoping it doesnt interefere with your running.

7km mark: You pass by the singapore flyer, still in tune with nicholas' speed. You see the fast food restaurant, Popeye's, telling nic that the rest of the youth went there yesterday. As you continue to run, you pass by drink stations and drink stations, each providing the liquid fluids you need on the run. You only go for the water, opting for the 100plus later on. You jog pass the all familiar 2hr 15 min pacer, with a red balloon and a super cool adidas "official pacer shirt, telling yourself that you will try to jog infront of them, at most a few meters behind them.

10km mark: You hit the nicole highway bridge, as you trod up the incline. You are amazed at yourself, considering the fact that you are still on nicholas' pace all the way. You dont want to think how long more you can hold, as you continue on. A song keeps on repeating itself in your head, "Father, Into your courts I will enter", as you use the tempo to help you press on. You see people, out of the norm, such as one 'hiking' up the bridge with a tyre and styrofoam box, which says "dont tailgate" tied to her.

12km mark: "Come on guys! 10 more kilometers to go" was your cry as you run pass the 12km sign. A volunteer with a loud speaker replies: "9 km more to be exact" LOL.

The route now seems to be the easy part, as your mind focuses on the people running on the opposite lane. The hard part is to keep up with nicholas' speed as you turn back from the halfway marker, and the strategically placed U-turns which seem to demoralise you.

17km mark: The last U-turn for the day, this is the point where your speed begins to drop as you see nicholas run ahead of you. Even as you trudge on, you see a familiar face and call out to him. Weird, he was supposed to be faster than yourself, nonetheless you carry on, trying to now pace people around you.

As you enter to the starting point of the F1 race cars, you see a display of sports cars on the right, and as of now, the 10km runners have entered the route with you, displaying more speed in their run. Not Every kilometer passes by, in which you shout out, 2 (at the 19km mark) kilometers to go! You spur everyone around you, even the supporters who seemed to be tired from standing there all day.

21km mark: You see the finishing line, 150m to go, you try to increase your speed, at the same time, urging people around you to finish the last part of the race. You run and run and run, at the last 10m, you look around you check if you are going to block anyone, and you spread out your hands to celebrate the 21.1 half marathon finishing!

In the end: You change your championchip for the race medal, looking around for nicholas, but you dont see him. you find tee first and then you head down to get your bag. Nicholas joins you soon after and you two head for breakfast and lunch at funan. You search for Darren soon after, and you three head home with a race full of experience to share^^

You cant wait for the next time you run




In His service
Jeremy Pan

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Driving and ADIDAS

If you can read this, you'd better run faster


numbers these days:
6 - minimum number of hours on the road since i got my license
2 - near accidents I had since I got my license
1:15 - the time it took to wait in line to collect my race kit
36607 - my race tag number
4 - number of papers i have finished this week

I will update more soon... but right now, i have to get ready what i intend to do over the next 3 weeks of holiday

1) pack room for renovation
2) go on a photo spree
3) sign up for next year's races
4) prepare for soccer ministry and AQ!!!
5) finish up FYP

Sunday, November 30, 2008

To ALL Mission trippers who cant go to thailand right now

Let me get straight to the point...

Most of us, YCCA mission trippers, SJCP mission trippers and CHS mission trippers, and probably others who are going over at this time...

I may not know how you feel, most certainly disappointed and frustrated that all your hard work has gone to waste... As for myself, a certain disappointment in the fact that i wont be able to serve God by bringing back testimonies and also I wont be able to improve my skill in photography there...

In any case, we all felt that the situation in thailand caused our hard work (prayers, meetings, time given... i dunno... maybe about close to 6 months?) even for those waiting anxiously to see the people who made themselves see life in a more clearer way,or even those who have prayed hard to ask God to show them why they are going for the trip (remember that God doesnt need you but He wants you) it must have been disappointing to now how can such an incident could disrupt all the plans eh?

when i came back home and talked to my mom, i realised this same familiar feeling that I had when I faced disappointments like this, and this wasn't as bad as the first time. but then i realised that God has planned all of this right from the start already, everthing intricately designed since the time to come, but we as humans dont realise this majestic way of realising the truth.

When you sleep tonight, dont forget to thank God for making such a thing happen. I told myself before... a long long time ago, whatever we plan, remember that God is the ultimate one who plans for us. One thing i can be sure of, especially when you volunteered to go on the trip, is that God is indeed happy that you have chosen to serve Him during this time^^

I challenge you tonight, to ask yourself some questions:
1) Since God removed this mission trip, would something (good or bad, exciting) happen during this time that God has placed for me to see? ( Could be a testimony)
2) If God planned for us not to go in the end, we will be able to free up a week during our holidays for us to use?

For myself, I can testify that now that the trip is cancelled, my mom would not be too anxious if i will get back late from the airport on the 19th at 12pm (flight delayed and stuff like that), because my flight to brisbane is at 7pm and i will need to check in at 5pm. ^^

Well, i am getting kinda excited, because i know that God will show us something during this time, so i can just say, be prepared.

^^
In His Time
Jeremy Pan

Thursday, November 27, 2008

supposed to study.... but....

I was supposed to study...

Ended up taking portrait shots... lol

Monday, November 24, 2008

photography!!!!

Hey all

I would like to petition you guys in my quest to become a photographer!

help me remind myself to do a few things:

1) save money to buy D700^^
2) save money to go on courses
3) take ALOT of photos
4) remind me to bring camera wherever i go (IMPT!!!)
5) Get my portfolio ready!!!
6) learn more photography/photoshop techniques


THANKS ALL IN ADVANCE!!!

Jeremy Pan

Sunday, November 23, 2008

summary of events....

hey guys!!!

Alot of things has happened the past few days...

so this is the summary:

Fri 21st nov....


Took pics at macritchie reservior with Gerald, walked the "girls" route and had a nice long conversation with him. After that, rushed down to SP to do growth factor aliquoting with my fyp team... i think its the coolest FYP ever!!! cos i got to work in a lab^^ good thing the TSO was happy that day.... or not she would not have helped us... lol

After that, headed down to bukit timah plaza to meet sus and we waiting almost 1 and a half hours for the aeropostle lady to arrive with the goods.... sad thing is, my shirt was one of the four items that were out of stock. but i got the choker, which was cool.... then taxied down to my place for cell. After cell i drove each of them home^^

22nd november:


Ran with darren and nic in the morning, not say ran but 40% run, 60% walk to lower pierce.
Met the BB boys at the storeroom while they had their meeting and was surprised by handy's hair cut. Jerald's 'fake' key was stuck in the door and we had to pry it out with our fingers, came off after clayton tried it.. haha

I left shortly after that, went home to bathe and rest for awhile before going to city hall - marina square bowling to meet the church, they were playing bowling and we all had real fun! played liwei's set for awhile as aloy budged in. After that, i went to aaron's place for some catching up and a round of the PS3. we waited for the rest to come, went to rent a movie at 2am in the morning and slept at 4am. went home at 7am to sleep and do some work, and left to play soccer.

rained pretty badly, was stuck doing tactical training



xian cai ya tang!!!! rocks PP!!! cheapo food!!!



^^
Jeremy Pan

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

DRIVING!!!

HEYS EVERYONE!!!!

after spending almost $2.8k on lessons, i finally passed my driving!!^^^^^^^^^^

during the test, the instructor kept on tapping on the electronice tablet, i was scared that i was 'over-marked' but kept focus on driving, in the end, i passed... with 2 demerit points!!

woooooots!!!!

Today was the day i first drove... got a call from my dad while having mission trip meeting and had to go to tiong baru and drive him home... super cool sia, and scary at the same time, had to pray for protection from the Lord!!!

got horned and nearly bang into motorist in my blind spot... but i made it through!!!!

Thank GOD!!

^^
In His service
Jeremy Pan

Monday, November 10, 2008

Salomon trail run 2008 results!!!

Hi ya'll,

Today is the day i got my results... and.... not bad i'd say for my first trail run ^^^^^^^^^



will update more soon.... SUPER happy with the results



In His Service
Jeremy Pan

Thursday, November 6, 2008

I love running

Its good once in a while to post something positive ^^

If i could run forever, I would run and run and run (or perhaps cycle). Too bad singapore is too roadish and there are too many cars.

I love running, running just takes your mind off things, plus, in my case, I can communicate to God^^

Ran last night, 10km around 1hr, jogged to tee's place and to the bike shop to look for bikes. Thinking of going back to cycling on the road, so am not sure about road bikes too. it was about 3km there, then i ran the remainding 7km.

Ran and ran and ran, with christian songs blaring through the headphones, i could commune with God and just pour out everything. While i was running, something came to my mind, telling me that I should put myself into two areas soon, the soccer team ministry and the BB AQ team next year.

I have a dream, that during this last year of my so called "break", i am going to accomplish what i have never had previously.

The dreams to fulfill:
1) Standard chartered 21.6km in 2hrs 15mins
2) to train the boys: AQ team 1st position
3) Upgrade myself in terms of photography
4) Build up and train a soccer team worthy of winning championships

I have 1 year to do this.

And I will do it, believe me



Because?











you now know a new version of Jeremy Pan


In His service
Jeremy Pan

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

If i had a wish

I would go back in time and stop myself

Monday, November 3, 2008

the 10km salomon trail run

A second person view from a first person event

5.45am: In the morning you wake up groggy and unaware, until you come to your senses that this day will be your first run ever. You hop out of bed to wash up, realising you got less than 20mins before you have to leave with your parents. The day before you were wondering how to get there and realised that your dad is leaving for the airport at 6.10am. What a Godsend.

You gobble up a banana and a slice of bread, then you go to your room and don on your race gear. Thinking of keeping it light, you dont bring a bag, only a shoulder pouch, containing your ez link card, $5 and your keys. Your handphone you place in the back pocket of your pants. Having no where to put your race tag and pins, you just hand carry them in the plastic bag they came in.

6.10am: You are called to leave now. You run to the refridgerator and grab the big kit kat waiting for your consumption. The bar is packed with energy but is difficult to chew due to the morning dryness of the mouth. You forget to hydrate but still you head out the door, knowing that you already did the day before. You get in the car and your dad drives all the way to the airport.

6.30am: You reach the airport and headed to the train station. Realising you have missed your train, you wait impatiently, eager to reach tampiness on time. the train came after 6mins and only left after 4mins, giving you time to mentally prepare your self.

6.55am: you reach tampiness after changing at tana merah, finding many people like your self wearing the same shirt. You are desperate to find the way to the place, thinking that by following someone you could reach the place, but no.. you head your own way, trudging past a sodden field and almost deserted roads to finally reach the place.

7.15am: You glimpse at the first sight of the road marshels in green. You walk up the steep road past the long line of toilet waiters and headed to the holding area. You search for your friend who made it there earlier than yourself. You found him and his friend getting ready to warm up. You introduce yourself to zhen ping. Then you head to an empty area to warm up.

7.25am: the announcers call for all the runners to get ready to do a mass warm up. You head to the area, finding your senior gerald and samual over there already. You meet up with them and chat. Gerald comments that the techfit that you are wearing is going to kill you, but you reply that you have always been training with it.

7.30am: all the racers head to the start line, and when the time arrives, the MC announces: "on your mark, get set, GO!" and all the runners break off with a steady paced run. You follow them at the back, having no chance to head forward due to the crowd. The first patch of grass you land on is fairly dry, some parts were sandy, until you go deeper and deeper into the forest where the rain touched, and the place was muddy. The rest of the runners slow down to cross safely, but your head strong attitude pushes you to run in the mud and past the runners, but dirtying your entire leg in the process.

You continue to run, pushing and pushing through crowds, that are being snaked by the narrow paths, and into the bushes by the sides, or splashing through day old mud that has been 'disturbed' by the runners ahead of you. You finally see the 3km mark and realised that you have 7km to go as someone ahead of you announces. 7km more. you run and run, being paced by the person ahead of you, you see people lose their shoe in the mud, but you just carry on. The mud gets thicker and when you step into it, you nearly lose your shoe. This is your training, no one is going to stop you.

5km left: You run and run, and realised that you are out of the forest, but the rest of the 5km is not as easy as back in the forest. the sun beats upon you like a hot blade, and the road ahead of you is straight, meadering into the hills that you see. Its going to be a long 5km, you are wearing double layer, but you push on, at points of time running at the pace of the person ahead of you. you begin to see people walking, which makes you want to walk, demoralising. You see the first runner about to head to the finishing point, demoralising.

The sun continues to beat down upon you, and the series of uphills and downhills are making it worse. But thats not the end of the misery, as you see your friends whom were behind you 5mins ago are now jogging past you as if they had a speed boost. You see a water station up ahead and go in to have a sip of gatorade. you toss the cup to the side, not wanting to slow down, the same goes with the half a bottle of mineral water, which you need the water to cool you down with the double layers you are wearing. You douse yourself with the water and toss it aside, not considering the helpers who have to pick it up later. You just want to run. You see people walking or already with the medical teams. You hear reports over the radio that a man nearly fainted but had 1km left to go and still wanted to carry on. You see people fall but get up ready to go. But its not about them, its about you.

3 km left: The series of hills were killing you, your energy depleted and down to the last of reserves. you see people walking uphill, as your jog nearly breaks down to a walk, in an attempt to reserve energy. The downhills are no use either, the slight moral boost only is greeted by another uphill that awaits you, and you are unaware of the next uphill behind it. your eyes have been only able to do 2 things, look at the ground to see where you are running, or find distance indicators along the road to see how long more is there. Either way, your mind is only focused on pushing you to jog and not to walk.

2km left: You see your friend jog pass you on the return route shouting: " 2km more PAN!" and you reply: "I'm behind you". the stretch would be the last uphill that you are going to encounter. the sun is killing you, you feel the heat of the waves burning you from the inside. You realise you have two options: die here without any identification (as you did not remember to write it at the back of your tag) or push on jogging and not even drop to a walk. Dying there is not an option, so you reduce your speed in an attempt to conserve energy till the next water point. finally you see one, and the joy of noticing that the end is near. you take your last bottle and douse yourself once more to cool yourself off. you see the distance indicator along the roads, 1km then 400m. Its going to be a last stretch.

200m left: a man pushes past you as you break off in leaps downhill. You finally see the end, pacing behind a man who did not notice you behind him, and flings his prespiration on his hair to you. you see the final end point just less than 100m ahead, you break into a sprint, flinging your arms wildly enough to get the boost you need to get your speed.

You hit the end point.

Joy and a sense of accomplishment fill you, the first race you completed and there are more to come....

Conclusion: You walk to tampiness to have breakfast with tee and zhen ping, having being full of fluids after drinking to the max the free drinks after the race. You walk home with soggy shoes only to give you a bloody blister. Your friend comments that you stink, not having any clothes to change into, but you dont care. Its over already and you cant wait for the next time you run.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

I just wish i could cry in the rain

this is the first time i have ever ranted on my blog, so bear with me, i am also using it to review myself, if you have any violent objections, approach me directly and not to 'announce to everyone' or i can get quite... pissed, i type here cause i can express it better.

After all the events that have occurred, i realise the actual point where i really fell. It all comes back to the point where the people whom i know who are the same age as me and of my primary and secondary school years, could walk over me as if i was some door mat, bullied, taken advantaged and etc etc. Dont have to go through the details... but what was the reason? i was too soft

SOME HOW THE PEOPLE WHOM I TOOK CHARGE OF WHEN I WAS IN MY SENIOR YEARS, SEC 4 AND SUCH, LOOKED UP TO ME, HOW FOOLISH WAS I TO THINK THAT THEY COULD BE MY FRIENDS WHEN THEY WERE NOT EVEN THE SAME AGE AS ME. but thing was, as later i learnt that even people whom are 10years difference of age still could be close friends was a hope for me. But i lost it anyway.

It was only the realisation when i spoke to nicholas about why he (in particular people of his age) dont take me seriously. you know why? BECAUSE I CHEATED MYSELF INTO THINKING THAT LOWERING MY SELF (IN TERMS OF MATURITY) COULD GAIN FRIENDS SUCH AS YOU AND THE REST OF YOUR BATCH ESP. JONATHAN MOK. FOOLISH

In the past, everytime i have to ask those whom i knew for the first time if i looked young, i was still cheating myself that i had the 'looks' to be friends with 1991 born people, but come on... you cant blame me... I was just looking for a friend!!! Jonathan was the closest i could get already, but why did i lose him? cause of things in between, such as myself that i had to try and find. I read an article in the not too long past that states the character of a single child, that long friendships can turn out loyal and those that he lost are gone forever...

but the problem lies with me, my heart? my actions? my initiative to be a "big brother" to those i meet? nah... it was the fact that i was trying to find the person who was close to me as a friend in which my heart took over in feelings and emotion. I find it hard to smile anymore.

I now know what i must do, please forgive me in advance... if you know another way, other than prayer. cause frankly, i somehow lost the faith that prayer will see anything through (for myself i mean) everytime i ask God to show something, such as how this friendship (with jonathan) would result and stuff, would turn out... i have no reply, and truthfully, i am getting quite tired of waiting.

if you all realise lately, i have not been smiling often. As for you (glow), i have to be cold towards you, i cannot fall into that trap again of being childish and think i am 16 cos i know i am not. i have to do this because i want something for myself that i have been letting people take from me for the past 3 years and that is the freedom to choose.

I envy those with best friends, cause they are all your age. I still think of why i tried to bear no grudge against alan even though he was the one who was jonathan's best friend in the end. even as of now, i still want him to know Christ and such, but i always wonder why i do so.

I dont really care who reads this post,

nic: i doubt you really care anyway... thats why i am surprised that you really help in the youth ministry

sus: be thankful for your group of friends, cause you know someone who is tried to get that same recognition and companionship, lost it, and suffered for it, me

Chari: Thanks for being there, but no one will ever know what i face, and i dont blame you

The rest: know that jeremy pan isnt some one to step over, cause i will bite back now



Either you care or not, but as for me... its just another day that these thoughts run up my mind.

I still miss that companionship, but its gone now

I just wish i could cry in the rain

Friday, October 31, 2008

UPDATE!!!!

YAY!!! I can upload pics!!!!

lets start with monday 27th oct

Futsal day.... deepavali... all rolled together to one... thank God we eventualy did not cancel the event, cos i had so much fun and getting to know the rest of Eric's family and cousin, brandon (who is zai for his age). This game i had the oppurtunity to play upfield^^ going to have to train harder in order to play my midfield!!!


The way back was a tiring one... considering the fact that we had to walk all the way back to take bus 16 to meet the rest at douby ghaut for dinner...



Fanta... get yours truely by aloysious and the mama shop between the bus 16 bus stop and nel's futsal court. Dont ask me why he posed like that... he just did... plus the bottle went up the bus and got a place in the back seat as a hole filler... (dont ask me why again)



These three were making soo much noise at the back, only marcus ng was the quiet one... for once.
Talking abt nearly everything until shan kuan decided to change to a seat infront of mine and i moved in with him to stop the noise :P

30th oct....

Was supposed to go and run... but in the end, with my dad and my bro, we went on a all men's sushi buffet at akira sushi house at tanjong pagar. We sat in the tatami room. My most memoriable dish was the fish stock soup served tea style.... the soup was clear and brothy... interesting dish... the most dish i had was most certainly the soba!!! and sashimi Ika (squid)
Was too full to run in the end :P


In His service
Jeremy Pan

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Update...

Something wrong with my firefox... cant upload photos... soooo

i will update tomorrow... if possible... cause i have to review my work before i sleep^^

Nights

In His service
Jeremy Pan

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Jeremiah 29:11

Jeremiah 29:11 (New International Version)

11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

I remember how i learnt this verse. It was that very reason that i was so down and out, considering that time when i was still going through the phase of feeling 'backstabbed'. This verse came to me as i was going to give up hope, give up pushing through.

I think God is trying to remind me: "Hey, see what I said was true."

Indeed... Am still waiting for more though ^^

In His service
Jeremy Pan

Mel's bdae pics....

Go to this link to see all the pics!!!

Mel's bdae pics!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Flickr

This is a test post from flickr, a fancy photo sharing thing.

flickr acct usage for posting photos

Having a vast collection of photos at my disposal, i previously have no way to use the sites: flickr and now photo bucket to my advantage... but now i can with the collections^^

Go to my flickr for all the photos (i will post) and the best on this site^^

Keep updated^^

(DONT PSYCHO me to join facebook)

It takes up my time

In His Service
Jeremy Pan

Long time no update

Its been quite awhile since the last update eh?
Sorry... need to learn how to post pics from photo bucket before i can do anything^^

Wa... i'll need to acct from last tuesday onwards... but these are the summaries of what happened.
-Sat was the TCM retreat, going to post photos sooon (plus timeline)

-Had resumed soccer training from a long long time... although the attendance sucked and it rained

-monday was another long day for me, a 8-6 session with a 5 hour break in between, during that time, i was like watching iron man while i was supposed to do my plant design work. I remember that day my mom was like furious why i had to wait so long before i could do my NS sign-up ^^

-tuesday ended school really really early, like around 12pm (2 hrs class) i didnt go for class either^^ but had to meet my friends for meeting after class, so i came down from home abt 12pm to have the meeting, then went to have lunch with yam and ek at FC2 with the cheapo rice. Had a good chat and got my 250gb portable hdd (although the cover said 250 it was actually 232gb) then yam and i headed to queensway shopping centre to get him a pair of soccer boots. while there, i saw "skins" something like my techfit but sooooo much more expensive (i want *hint* *hint*)

then we went to tp to settle my Singpass which i need for the NS signing up. BTW, congrats YAM for passing your motocycle course! anyway, what ensured was a series of events that was weird and amsuing to some, not to me. First, we went to yam's place for me to play commander with his new full frame face helmet^^ then,we walked 1km to settle the Singpass when i realised i didnt bring my IC! after that we went to tp to get yam's specs and get a drink plus tiramisu from coffeebean (the tiramisu not as good as aunty june's), then went to get subway to hit the road.

of course there was another meeting for the mission trip and this round we spilt the groups to discuss each team's roles. I admit I was kinda bored, and did all the 'beads' work^^ Rushed home after that to complete the NS registration thingy with my booking on 9th jan 1030am (no lessons) and slept around 12.30am

ON to wed!

-wed was a usual day, woke up surprisingly early just to go down to class when none of my team mates were there to discuss the project.... haiz... so just played com lor... tried to upload photos the way Sus does it but somehow there is some prob. Anyway, lessons as usual but during the break i went to see the concourse area with its supposedly "nike" sale but only 1/5 of the goods are nike goods. LOL.

After lessons headed straight for driving, having only 1 hour to go, i went this route, 105 then 855 then 162 then 13. remind me not to use this route again, the 162 bus took a long long road. I really thought that i was going to be really really late, like 15mins late. But tell ya something, i was reminded why we christian's pray, because we were to exercise our faith. Previously, my state of mind told me always not to worry, as God was always in control right? but after hearing Melvin's story, i was reminded that for God to work, we needed to excercise our faith and pray!!

So i prayed that i would reach on time even though it was drizzling quite heavily and i had taken the longer bus route, and surprisingly (not really) i managed to reach a few minutes late only, since my lesson started at 1.05pm, i think i reached around 1.08pm. then went in for lessons, and realised that i could still drive even though i had breaked for 1 and a 1/2 months.

After that, went home to wait for dinner to approach^^ then went to MEL's house to surprise him. I loved his house as it has this contemporary design. Everything about his house is nice lor... even waggy as i 'trained' him to be an attack dog ^^ lol. so we celebrated his bdae and went to eat 'dinner' at pp macs as the nic, ek, yam, alan, hong, john, giam have their adventure meeting... i think i will be going...

Anyway... we just ate, laughed, pic-ed. Left around 9.30pm while they went to play boggle. reached home and it was still raining, so cant run :( haiz.. need to run tonight.

Sleepy now that i have woken up so early for a lesson that wasnt there.... LOL

^^
In His Service
Jeremy Pan

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Thailand mission trip meeting 2








Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Start of the new season

NOT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER



Eating at astons!!!
Did abit of editting... so the skin looks abit clay-ish... was actually redish before



Sus', glow's and my dishes have arrived but not chari's
The food was the bomb (the best) man! my steak was the perfect combination of sauce and doneness... loved the redness in the meat... haiz... everytime i eat steak it always reminds me of the matrix in the first movie when the betrayal guy met mr smith.... the scene just tantalizes my tastebuds!


this part when chari said glow was disgusting (off pic: glow licking the sauce bowl)
Chari: "I wonder who will be your girlfriend" (correct?)


this is how glow would hold his future son/daughter
We were all laughing how glow would have his future kids (and whether they would grow up like him ^^)


At the hospital


Fire away!!
The salom chapel people previously were there and as pastor ben puts it, it was a shoot out!
Flash flash flash


The visitors
placed it on the movable table to take this shot


The visitors revised


Itadakimas (isit correct?)
Here we met a chinese actor... forgot the name le... but i knew he was speaking chinese to the tori-Q people


In the lift to the hospital (with no 7-11)
Was this taken in the lift for the clinic block or the hospital wards?


Little joel's first shoot
Just like his dad


Chari is now an aunty


Sus and the baby

Long first day today...
Summary of what happened: went to school with contacts, after school went to see the eye doc to check contacts, went home to slack, went to cityhall to stone with glow's ipod, went to eastshore to see rena and the cozy one room, went to eat at astons, got an unexpected call, went home on bus 48, sang on the way, went to meet a friend in trouble, went home to sleep, unexpecting the next day...


^^
In His service
Jeremy Pan

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Long time no blog!

sorry guys! its been awhile... but i had to prep ALOT of things...^^

Thailand trip, CONTACTS!, diffuser and tripod ... plus plus plus

just some updates and part of the pics^^

-The BBQ on oct the 5th (anyone wants pics just msg me)
- thailand trip meeting
-worship prac








Like some high school musical shot ^^



This one also ^^



Jaron as he flies






Here you go for the weather forcast in singapore Bings ^^