Currently typing this blog post on TIB1007H on 985 8:20am on the way to kallang. Well, BMT is gonna be over soon in a week and 2 days. Then SOC (sibei jialat), IPPT pass, and there is 24km route march without stores (I heard). Then Games day drill squad is most likely lose le cuz drill squad is sure cmi...lol. POP-ing soon. Wow....time
And completing this post entry on TIB721K on 985 now rushing home to prep for book in. now is almost 1pm and quite rush actually from Expo back to Bukit Batok. Maybe this is one of the few times where I write a blog post on a bus or outside and offline on Openoffice Writer.
Friday I went to huifang's cellgroup then went to ben's cellgroup then went with victor to sitex to see his new computer. ( btw maybe can try to avoid acer!). Then saturday went with the bus fans to the LTA gallery @ Little India then went to catch SBS 8020R on 174 which happens to be a rare cameo.
Sunday attend service. Then booking in at 4pm for some drill squad practice. My second last book in le....so yea. Next bookout will be with duffel bag and clear cupboards etc. 3 months, in a blink of an eye has finished. Now is left only SOC and stuffs...hmm
Also, my laptop is now 3 years old and sorta going strong. The CPU fan is weird weird at the moment but I hope to have it fixed by next week at Sim Lim square. For this laptop, the hard disk is still going strong too. Hopefully it can last for another 2 years or so before it goes to computer scrapyard...lol. God has blessed my laptop for 3 years le! :D :D
It does feel a bit odd now that i'm gonna leave tekong soon, and leaving Raven Platoon 2. The day when I enlisted, I cried. But as time and experiences shape me up, now here I am, moving to the future and letting go of what happened throughout the year. NS had helped me move on and gained new experiences and friends. Quite true.
Anyway a few pics to share that I took during this long weekend.
West Mall having their Christmas decos
Entrance to the LTA
LTA gallery...a trishaw ride for 5 cents in the past ^^
Pun on the famous arches in Singapore.
SBS8020R on 174 :D
SMB52K on 171
Mark, signing off!
Labels: Buses, NS
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
wa...after friday bookout for ippt pass, my muscle ache until like crazy...
-IST on thurs afternoon because cannot do agr
- Friday SOC training
wa muscle now aching like mad, spamming yokoyoko and salonplas..hopefully can recover my muscles by tuesday because that's my final ippt....
yesterday went with my my mum and bro to ICA to renew passports, then dropped by the army market to get a backup ID tag for $4.50 + rubber gasket ($1).
Then went down to Sim Lim Square to fix up the hard disk and my computer's cpu fan. Well...almost got scammed $202 from the first shop. The guy said that the hard disk is literally gone, which led me to believe that the hard disk is literally gone case, together with the data. So after asking a few other shops on data recovery which the prices is $100 over, with one shop saying they'll daignose for $30, we went to Azenith at #05-51 where the guy say that it might just be the casing spoilt and the hard drive is likely intact, since hard drives are built for long lifespan. After changing casing, there was really no problem with the drive at all and the data is all intact! So i changed my CPU fan at the same shop and both items have a one month warranty.
That brings me back to one point where i recalled that during the hard drive malfunctioning, there were times where the data could be read without problems which further reinforces the fact that the drive has no problems at all!
Well...took a few pics of buses and some random shots
It looked like as if it was gonna rain....
Downtown line. Gonna ride it when it opens.
was raining after all, and a busy bus stop outside Fu Lu Shou Complex as the saturday crowd gathers there for the buses.
Labels: Buses, photography, Technology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
IPPT i don't know if i can pass, but can give it a shot at passing, troubled by the past that happened within the same time period...lucky is that NS serves as some sort of distraction for me at the moment. I also need to redig shellscrape, it's really better than some people re-field camp etc. heard that this week is my 16km route march too...and i don't know wether if my body/gastrics can handle or not...i've been feeling nauseous ever since after field camp. haiz....
3 more weeks, SOC, IPPT and route march stands in the way between me and POP...or GP as they renamed it. oh well...lan lan have to serve have to serve...lol.
Labels: NS
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Ever since SMRT introduced SMB1H (a Mercedes OC500LE) and its cousins, to SMB135E (a Yutong ZK), the local bus scene had an exciting trip. Now hang on tight as more great news comes in the form of 66 Mercedes Benz Citaros (yes, the original Citaros from MB in Germany) by SMRT Buses and more firsts for SMRT.
The Citaro is not the usual "Low Entry Front -Rear Exit" as found in the OC500LEs, the Yutong or of SMRT's rival SBST's Scania K230UBs & B9TLs. The Mercedes Benz Citaro is fully low floor from front to rear, and it takes one step to get to the seats. Finally, passengers will be willing to move in towards the rear without the hassle of climbing steps or having the dangers of falling down the steps in a low-entry bus. And the whole concept of fully low floor makes the bus more accessible to everyone.
The design follows SMRT's customisations, with black/grey interiors and red seat covers reflecting the corporate colours (though this may be changed before the bus enters revenue service). There are also some suprises in this bus such as foldable seats and a side display that's not at the usual place (in the middle of the first 3 windows) and no usual plug doors for the exit.
From the front and side, the Citaro seems to resemble a mix of new and old buses in Singapore, namely the OC500LE+Volgren Merc on the front, the Yutong, OC500LE and Habit on the side. The Citaro is an attractive bus and it will be a head turner and eye-catcher for everyone (especially if it is deployed on 190 in the city).
SMRT should be applauded for their efforts to make public transport more accessible to everyone and making new initiatives such as
1st Euro V public bus on the road,
First China public bus on Singapore's roads and now the first fully low floor bus that is about to hit the roads in a few month's time. And it seems that SMRT's continuing the TIBS's tradition of European look buses in Singapore.
We look forward to the debut of the first fully low floor WAB bus, the Citaro by SMRT on Singapore's roads!
(all pictures courtesy of KP)
Labels: Buses
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
Haiz....frigging tired. After SIT test and field camp, my body don't feel like moving anymore. Too bad, next week have to go on... haiz
HG throw next week, then all PT. Hopefully the Sir can let us bookout on friday so that we can have 2 nights of rest......:X
Love my ipod touch! And sort of chionged finished Macross Front within 4 hours. Skip alot of stuffs though...the battles are nice! haiz should have watched it before enlistment....:X
Mercedes Benz having Citaros being brought in. Cool! Can't wait for it to be on the road.
Labels: Buses, NS
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Saturday, November 07, 2009
Sunday, November 01, 2009:
Photos
The bus with a LAWO Sicma EDS
Random shot of my brother posing :p lol. He is afraid of the camera's flash so he closed his eyes till like this
yea amd i got an ipod touch to replace my ipod nano 2g le
Labels: Buses, family, Technology
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Sunday, November 01, 2009
