The guys at the AnE department organised a department outing to Pulau Ubin. On an EFFING hot thursday. Haven’t stepped on the island since like quite a few years back. 6 or 7 years? Yet I still remember all the traditional bicycle rental shops, the nice quarries. The mud roads are gone! Real roads cover the pathways now.

They build a boardwalk around chek jawa, the eastern side of the island. The only place where you can see seagrass area. If you’re very lucky enough, you might catch a dugong as this place is one of the few last places to for them forage.

A viewing jetty at the end of the boardwalk. I missed the sea breeze that I used to enjoy everyday during the NS days.

This is where you can munch goodies, enjoy the sea breeze, the smell of the fresh sea breeze, enjoy the sounds of waves crashing on the rock behind you. Right below you is the sea grass area. It would be quite a spectacular view when the tide ebbs away..

His tattoos are god-damned cool lah!!!

To the west of the island would be the OBS grounds and the mountain biking trail around the quarry. Great trails if you wanna do some mountain biking there. Of course, you gotta bring your own bike to enjoy it =)

Mangroves need salt water! They create a whole new environment for the animals to live among them for protection. AWESOME! Nature and her haphazard way of organising things to inter-rely on each other =)

More pics here!

Back at CJC! Yay! It’s been a LONG while since I was back here. maybe 2 years? We’re here to create and relive our memories we had here in honor of the union of Francis and Lijuan! It’s a very rare opportunity to see so many batches of CJ ODAC people together. To make things more on the epic scale, we have Mr Issac Lim, our beloved and respected teacher who started CJ ODAC. But wait who’s that tall handsome guy in the back? It’s Brother Paul, our principal during our time =D

When I stepped into the school, i could feel all the energy surging back into me. All the training and endurance and lessons we learnt from our personal obstacles all cam be in a flash. The feeling was so nostalgic. The assembly court has been revamped. I could still remember we climbed all the way up to the top of that building using ropes. ah…

Here’s Mr Issac Lim, the ODAC teacher. He’s a very good mentor, always guiding us to push ourselves forward, getting the right attitude and correct frequency, the appreciation of the people around you, the respect you earn and the better understanding and for the nature around us. He’s a guy I respect a lot. I still remember he asked me during the end of day briefing at outside Temburong caves. “Wilson, do you think you want to join ODAC?” I was shagged dead from the sleep deprived days of the expedition. Tired from the heavy backpack I carried up the mountains and down. Why was I doing this? I could have joined the computer club or something slacker. But why ODAC?

With what little ounce of strength left in me, I gave a answer. “Yes.” I believe that there’s is more to the world that looking at the world from the computer screens. More to experience. More to feel. More to appreciate. More to understand. I wanted to push myself more than ever. I refuse to stay in a smooth flowing lifestyle, without any excitement and taking everything for granted. So I became determined to see things from a much different angle of a pampered lifestyle.

I went on to join these crazy bunch of people running up and down mountains, singing around a gas lamp at night, jumping into rivers, running away from bees and hornets, letting around blood being sucked dry by leeches. That’s is more to life than staring at crowds walking by in a shopping district. More to that.

Like what Francis and Lijuan had been through together. The difficulties they faced and great fun memories they all had. ODAC is part of their lives, and of all the CJ ODAC members that the CJ ODAC spirit has touched, inspired and changed. My life in ODAC has inspired me into photography.

I would touch on that a while later. Congrats to Francis and Lijuan!!

Miss the old days…

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Just being there for a few days, I quite amazed that I was ready to stay there for like months? LOL, if only I have the chance of studying there =( The culture there is so freaking relax, or from another perspective, quiet after 5pm. Shops close at about 5pm daily.

I would be studying in this university.. Ahh… playing hide and seek in these Hogwarts-like place.

Spooky looking hallways >.>

I remembered that we were all ready for beach stuff when I rained at Bondi Beach. So the temperature dropped to 14 degrees. Not counting in the freezing wind chills >.<

Back in the comfy, smoky town area! Lots of discounts and me money for me >.<

This is where you can hug a huge Christmas Tree!

Back to Lidcombe for some partying!

Hee hee hee hee hee~!

We parted our ways the next day =( Jiating and Hui Min went to Gold Coast!!

We went to Circular Quay for a ferry ride around the harbour!

Awesome bridge!!

Got sucked into some tourist traps

Smells fishy here

Kamei Kamei!~!

JAWS~! RUN!!

Under the sea~!

Do you know how to tell the difference from a Croc and Alligator?

walabby emoing at her corner…

Say Kangaroo!!!

Say Wallaby!

Wombat!

Wombat and his friend!

Koala! is not a bear!!!! It’s a marsupial! Which means the animals that has a pouch to carry their babies!

Nice building.

We went up the to the tall tourist trap!

WAHHHHH~~!

WAAHHHHH~!

See more here!!

And HERE~!

Sam’s back. So the ODAC people met up again for a little get together at Overeasy @OneFullerton. The place has a great view of the IR that is currently under construction. Not much wind this time as we sat near the pillar =( Once again we all order beer and lovely nice food and make merry wit each others company.

Man, time really flies fast. It’s been only a few years that we were all training together under the hot sun, running long distances stuff, running up and down mountains doing crazy shitz. Look at us now! Most of us are working, some in banking, IT line. Some are still mugging away in the universities.

So next up, WHO’S GONNA GET MARRIED FIRST? MUAHAHAHAH!!! Some of them got a number for hdb flat liao… keke.

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All these skimming of feeds made me a frequent feed reader in facebook >.< Just little nips in the life of friends that can be surprising or our social update for the rest of the world.

Every contributor is a reporter or their life, uploading and sharing pictures, videos to talk about. User generated content. No longer restricted to normal channels. Oh, like we need to post up those paintball photos, or photos from our most recent travels overseas.

More user generated content. More conversations. More sociable? Is it true?