I could still remember the day I signed up for my Singnet Internet plans. During that times, 56kbps dial up plan was everything. Everyone had an account probably just for the sake of getting online to take a little surf. Just in less than a decade, the Internet has transformed from a slow and sluggish dial up service to a high speed broadband service. It was nine years ago when I first had my Internet account, all that greeted us was a puny startup kit (a CD-ROM with Internet Explorer 3.0 in it) and perhaps some wallpaper and beautifully printed pamphlets. Take a look at today, you got all sorts of welcoming gifts, and Singnet practically thank you for signing up with them.

One of my friends got a Apple MacBook. I have seen promotions offering XBox game sets and digital cameras as well as PC packages. And for an existing customer like me, I’ve got nothing. Nine long years, not even an appreciation gift. I wasn’t even entitled to any of the promotional gifts that came along if I extended my plan. I was surprised actually, not petty, but the way they treat their current portfolio of clients.

I posted this because they just offered anyone a set of Playstation Portable (PSP) that comes with DJ Max Game and other vouchers. All yours when you sign up for one.

Am going to try Starhub the next time my Singnet plan expires.

I met Esmond, Wei Pin and Shao Xiang this evening. The hours that I talked to them today was more than everything added up in training days. Probably due to the different platoons that we were in. The two platoons never got along well enough together anyway; however, much surprisingly, everyone mixed pretty well with each other after commissioning. I heard Jie Hua and Kang Ming even played mahjong with them over night. We went over to Paradiz centre for billards. I didn’t played though. I was never good at pool or billard and so I watched and completed my game on PSP. Esmond joined us later and watched on.

After the two gentlemen pampered themselves with enough dose of billards, we continue another four hours at Counterstrike. Esmond and Shao Xiang had been hardcore gamers when they were back in secondary school. I enjoyed myself with the old school game. I must have been really busy when I was in Hai Sing, that I never bothered myself with LAN gaming. I never missed that phase of my life then. I was more intrigued by HTML codes and graphics compared to first person shooters. Video editing, maintaining the website and a bit of photography: it was all of my life back then.

I don’t understand why, it happened when I was doing my diploma too. I was never addicted to gunbound or maple story like the others were. I was never addicted to a game for more than months; weeks probably yes because I like role-playing games. It was fun playing games over a network with friends. but it never egged me to continue. I reckoned because the 0.1sec of lag time irks me.

This year has been a prime year for marriages. This time, Ms Tay (Ling Ling) has tied the knot, together with Chek Yang, her beloved husband.

Ling Ling has left significant impact on my life. I must say that she appeared at the time which is most crucial to my teenage development. At an age where many kids turned into delinquents, Ling Ling showed a path which I find hope in. She forged a friendship which I never knew I will appreciate so much in later years.

She’s the one who brought me several steps closer to Jesus. She’s the one who had several heart-to-heart talks in many stages of my life. She’s the one who sat in front of me going through all the Chemistry ten year series questions without a single reprimand that I never put in effort in lessons.

I appreciate her thoughtfulness and meticulous plans she had for my class when we were in secondary two. I remember how she took us to numerous field trips and helped us appreciate nature outside the conventional classroom teaching.

She has gone beyond what a teacher should do. She inspires more than she teaches. She is totally remarkable.

Today, she is married. And I am extremely elated! How easy is it for one to find love? =)

Here’s the photos: