Body weight (体重) 68.9kg

30/05/2012 (星期三, Wednesday, Rabu):

0620hrs: 起床. 量体重: 68.4kg, 做晨运, 步行40分钟。Woke up. checked body weight: 68.4kg.  Brisk walking exercise 40 minutes.

1530 - 1600hrs: 下雨, 不能去游泳.Raining. SAFRA swimming pool would be closed.

1600hrs: 步行40分钟。Brisk walking exercise 40 minutes.

31/05/2012 (星期四, Thursday, Khamis):

0550hrs: 起床. 量体重: 68.9kg, 做晨运, 步行40分钟。Woke up. checked body weight: 68.9kg.  Brisk walking exercise 40 minutes.

1515hrs: 我步行20分钟去裕廊战备军人俱乐部. I walked 20 minutes to SAFRA Jurong.

1550hrs: 游泳20分钟, 完成600米, 右腿抽筋, 停止游泳. Completed swimming 600m in 20 minutes. Stop swimming because of right leg cramps,

1610hrs: 晒太阳15分众. Suntan for 15 mimutes.

A strange phenomenon (中文广播电台怪现象)

29/05/2012 (星期二, Tuesday, Selasa):

0540hrs: 起床. 量体重: 67.8kg, 做晨运, 步行40分钟。Woke up. checked body weight: 67.8kg.  Brisk walking exercise 40 minutes.

1000hrs: 我步行20分钟去裕廊战备军人俱乐部. I walked 20 minutes to SAFRA Jurong.

1035hrs: 游泳30分钟, 完成1000米, 刚完成1000米, 天下雨, 救生员吹哨子请大家停止游泳。 Completed swimming 1000m in 30 minutes. When I completed the 1000 meters swim, rain came, lifeguard blew whistle to stop everyone swimming and clear the pool.

1330hrs: 我去新达城参观书展, 观赏全国小学生华语歌谣唱游比赛. 因为来观赏的人太多, 我不能进场, 只能在场外站着看, 我只逗留30分钟. I went to Singapore Book Fair 2012 at Suntec City, to watch the 12th National Chinese Folk Song Singing Competition for Primary School. It was overwhelming participants and spectators, I could not enter the performance area, stood outside without seat, and I stayed for about 30 minutes.

29/05/2012 (星期二, Tuesday, Selasa):

中文广播电台怪现象This is a strange phenomenon:

‘What didn’t kill you would only make you stronger.’

中文广播电台就爱说英语, A Chinese radio station would love to speak English,

Crosstalk Competition Final (相声表演赛)

28/05/2012 (星期一, Monday, Isnin):

0625hrs: 起床. 量体重: 68.6kg, 做晨运, 步行40分钟。Woke up. checked body weight: 68.6kg.  Brisk walking exercise 40 minutes.

1500 - 1715 hrs: 我去新达城书展, 观赏全国中学相声表演赛. I watched with great admiration of the Secondary School Crosstalk Competition Final at Suntec City - an event in conjunction with the Singapore Book Fair 2012. 

上士长

回首37年在炮兵25

有一回, 我去新加坡国家博物馆参观某一项展览, 参观该展览后, 发现有另一项活动 - ’认识新加坡一日游’ - 是一项免费的活动. 于是我要报名参加, 可是被博物馆职员拒绝, 因为那是一项只给非公民参加的活动. 新加坡公民不能参加. 我很失望.

目前(2012年), 为了引进外国人才, 颁发很多奖学金给外国学生来新加坡读书, 希望他们毕后在新加坡就业, 再在新加坡留下来, 成为新加坡公民.

怪现象, 新加坡男性公民要当兵, 奖学金却送给非公民学生.

1973年, 24炮兵营在达曼裕廊成立, 为了吸引新兵签约成为正规军人, 军官游说说: 新兵签约成为正规军人将会送去上”FATA课程”.

我见CO表示我想参加”FATA课程”, 可是就因为我已经是正规军人, 没有被考虑. 我很失望,

LTC Kwek Boon Yong从11/05/1971至01/09/1973是炮兵总长(Chief of Arty). 见了CO后, 决定去见LTC Kwek,

LTC Kwek说要有人留下来看顾和教导技术助理和距离测量员课程 (TA Courses), 于是我留在炮兵学校, 为了不使我太失望, 我擢升为上士长(BSM, TA Training Wing). 接替了SSG Ayub的职位, SSG Ayub也擢升为训练器材主管军官(OIC, Training Aids Workshop).

BSM, TA Training Wing

37 years served in Arty 25

One day, I went to the National Museum of Singapore to visit an exhibition, after visited the exhibition, I found another on going activity - Singapore One Day Tour  - it was a free activity, so I wanted  to enroll, but I was turned down by the museum staff, because it was only for non-citizens. Singapore citizens could not participate. I was very disappointed.

Currently (2012), many scholarships were awarded to foreign students to study in Singapore, in order to bring in foreign talents, hope that they would study here and work here in Singapore, and finally become Singapore citizens.

This is a very strange phenomenon of citizens of Singapore were to serve NS, but the scholarships were given to non-citizen students.

In 1973, 24SA was established in Taman Jurong Camp, to persuade and attract new recruits signing become regular soldiers, officers lobbying that recruits signed on as regulars would be sent to the FATA course.

I saw my CO expressed that I would like to attend the FATA course, but because I was already regular I was not considered. I was disappointed.

LTC Kwek Boon Yong was the Chief of Arty from 11/05/1971 to 01/09/1973.  After seeing CO, I decided to see LTC Kwek.

LTC Kwek explained to me that someone had to stay back to look after and teach the technical assistants and surveyors courses (TA Courses). So I stayed in the School of Artillery. I was appointed BSM, TA Training Wing, succeeded SSG Ayub, and SSG Ayub was appointed OIC, training Aids Workshop.

Bookmark (书签)

27/05/2012 (星期日, Sunday, Ahad):

0610hrs: 起床. 量体重: 68.3kg, 做晨运, 步行40分钟。Woke up. checked body weight: 68.3kg.  Brisk walking exercise 40 minutes.

0800hrs: 只有受洗信徒才准许参加每个主日0830hrs的掰饼聚会. Joyce和女儿是受洗信徒, 出门搭德士去女皇镇基督渔人团契参加掰饼聚会, 德士可以坐四名乘客, 我也搭顺风车和她们一起去. Only baptized members are permitted to participate in the Breaking of Bread Service at 0830hrs. Joyce and daughter had baptized, they took a taxi to the ‘Fisherman of Christ’ Fellowship (FCF) to participate in the breaking of bread service. As taxi can take four passengers, so I hitched to go with them.

0945 - 1100hrs: 听华语主日讲道. Attended the Preaching Service conducted in Mandarin.

主讲者: 程天秋. (讲: 路加福音第5章, 17 – 26节, 马可福音第2章, 5 – 10节, 诗篇第90篇).

Speaker: Tiang Thian Chiew (Luke 5: 17 – 26, Mark 2: 5 -10, Psalms 90).

1115 - 1230 hrs: 上主日学的初信班. I attended Sunday School.

主日学林许吟珍老师讲解: 继续讲解藉水礼(受洗的意义).

Topic: By water baptism (continue from last week). Teacher: Xu Ngim Thiang.

1240 - 1330hrs: Albert, Helen, Keng Hin, Joyce和我去锦茂小贩中心吃午餐. We went to Ghim Moh hawker centre for lunch.

1430 - 1730 hrs: 我再去新达城参观书展, 听讲座. I went to Singapore Book Fair 2012 at Suntec City again to listen to talks.

27/05/2012 (星期日, Sunday, Ahad):

这是一个书签, 上面3个中文字是我的姓字。These 3 Chinese characters is my name, it is a bookmark.

主日学初信班老师林许吟珍想得很周到, 她为每一名新加入的弟兄姐妹学生准备了一张名片书签, 方便介绍时亮出名片, 弟兄姐妹就可一目了然彼此的姓名.

The New Believers Class teacher Lim Xu Ngim Thiang was very thoughtful, she prepared for each new member who joined her Sunday School class a name card bookmark, to facilitate introduction, brothers and sisters could show their name cards to each others.

荣耀归与神. Gave praise to God.

NS 45 years (国民服役45年展览会)

24/05/2012 (星期四, Thursday, Khamis):

0615hrs: 起床. 量体重: 68.3kg, 做晨运, 步行40分钟。Woke up. checked body weight: 68.3kg.  Brisk walking exercise 40 minutes.

1530 - 1550hrs: 我步行20分钟去裕廊战备军人俱乐部. I walked 20 minutes to SAFRA Jurong.

1600 - 1640hrs: 游泳40分钟, 完成1000米。 Completed swimming 1000m in 40 minutes.

1640 -1650hrs: 晒太阳. Suntan.

25/05/2012 (星期五, Friday, Jumaat):

0610hrs: 起床. 量体重: 68.3kg, 做晨运, 步行40分钟。Woke up. checked body weight: 68.3kg.  Brisk walking exercise 40 minutes.

1545 - 1605hrs: 我步行20分钟去裕廊战备军人俱乐部. I walked 20 minutes to SAFRA Jurong.

1620 - 1700hrs: 游泳40分钟, 完成1000米。 Completed swimming 1000m in 40 minutes.

1700hrs: 阴天, 没有晒太阳. Cloudy, No Suntan.

26/05/2012 (星期六, Saturday, Sabtu):

0610hrs: 起床. 量体重: 68.0kg, 做晨运, 步行40分钟。Woke up. checked body weight: 68.0kg.  Brisk walking exercise 40 minutes.

1015 - 1300hrs: 我去参观国民服役45年展览会, 今年的主题是’国防从父辈交棒给儿子’. I was there at the Army Open House 2012, ‘NS 45 years, from Fathers to Sons’.

1400 - 1800hrs: 我参观了国民服役45年展览会后, 顺便去新达城参观书展, 我坐下休憩听了两个很出色的讲座. After visiting the Army Open House at F1 pit, I walked to Suntac City to visit the Singapore Book Fair 2012. At the Book Fair, I sat back relax listened to 3 talks, 2 of which were enriching and inspiration.