~Raven Outdoor Consultant Sdn Bhd~

Recee Trekking Team: Ryan, Evelyn, Justin, Wan Sin, Billy & Josh

Route: MacRitchie to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.

Date: 20/08/05

Day: Saturday

Weather: Rainy

Trail Condition: Wet and Muddy

The recee is for the up and coming event for Hwa Chong Insitute. We set off at around 1330hrs and we decide on which route to take inside the trail. I was assigned as the so call "Advance Party" to move infront of the pack to plant or to construct Trail signs or directional tell tale signs for the pack behind to follow…

When we reached the Ranger Station, Billy and I headed infront to plant the signs while the rest of the team will try to track us down. Everything went quite smoothly as we went up to the Tree Top Walk and the view there was still the same and good as ever. Just as the pack reaches the Tree Top Walk, thunder roared from a distance… Still having fear from the previous lightning strike experience I try not to think so much abt the thunder which had reached above us in just a matter of minutes.. We proceeded to the end of the walk and we headed the one way path to the X-Junction of Rifle Range Link and the Petaling Hut Trail… We made a directional sign there and we proceed tot he place where the faithful accident happened - to me!!

We carried on the trail happily and then we came across the Pipe line… we usually walk on the pipe line but It had been block off… I decided to skirt around the pipe line and cross from the bottom of it.. I took a few pictures of the rest of the team attempting to cross the pipe line.. I then went up to the other side of the pipe line to have a beta shot of them. I took around 4-5 shots then i decided to change my angle and location for a close up shot. I "step air" with my left feet and i dropped towards my left. My right feet was still on the concrete platform while i slammed my left ribcage on the ground, my head then slammed on my inner left arm causing a concussion to brian. I then slide downwards for around 1-2 feet… I laied there… "R U alrite not?" i heard them asking, some of them still confused of wat had happened.. I pass my camera to Billy and i slowly help myself up on my feet again… I did a quick full body check on myself for any injuries and also to ensure tat i’m in good condition. Then i went down to the stream to clean myself with the water… while the rest looked on with concerning eyes..(I guess haha..)

Soon after i’ve clean up myself we carried on our trek and recee… We headed all the way along Rifle Range link and hit the Rifle Range Road. It started to rain shortly after we arrived at Riflr Range Flyover(Sing Tel Dish along BKE). Then we head towards Bukit Timah Nature Reserve… It was a very nice place with a nice view.. We then turned into the Bike Track and along the way we saw plenty of Rambutans trees full of rambutans.. Errgh!! Can see cannot eat.. And tats killing me mann… Haha.. only justin get to ate 1  rambutan which he found on the ground.. So nice… Hmmm.. we ended our recee at the foot of the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Ranger Station.

We then went to the Hindede Quarry to have a break… Billy, Evelyn and Josh then went off while the rest of the hungry pack went to have our dinner at the Johnson Duck along bukit timah.

Cheerios-sutra rating: Die Die Must Try. The loh chap is fantastic mann.. made with some chinese herbs…

Haha.. its been 1 year since i’ve got my driver’s license… Hahah.. Goodbye to my "P" Plate!! haha.. Neh.. don think its goodbye la.. I’ll Continue to put the "P" Plate till i’m really confident in my driving..

Although it has been 1 year but at the 31/7/2005 sunday, i met an accident.. I’ve been grounded since then.. been 24 days w/o driving liao.. so sad.. But i kinda having phobia in driving too.. donoe when will i be able to pick up the car keys and sit in the driver’s sit once again.. haiz..

But Its okay… I’ll jus wait ya.. no problem at all..

Still Grounded for driving,

Raven

I just attended my brother’s 12 DART Course Officiating Ceremony with my family. It was a short ceremony and a team which initially started with 55 trainees filtered to 18, eventually 9 passed out as DART.

The new officiated DART had pride written on their faces… 7 weeks of training,hardship,endurance,tunneling,USAR,Height Resue and plenty more.

I’ve got a new Idol myself mann.. I’m so proud of him..

His name is Kai… My Brother!!

Jie

On 17/8/05 Wednesday, I had an appointment as an External Freelance Instructor at the Dairy Farm Adventure Center. I arrived at 1240hrs in the cloudy  afternoon; I reported for duty at the Camp Manager’s office. I was assigned duty for the rockwall station.

I had only 20 mins to rigged ur the rockwall and ensure the surrounding environment is safe for the conducting of the activity. At around 1305hrs the 1st team arrives at my station, the trainers gave the briefing for the session. I really appreciated the help of the 4 trainers who assisted me thru out the activity. And its really a small world, 2 of the trainers from Innotrek are from SPAdventurers, one of them is Han Shen, the guy who let me drove the power boat in the recent Pulau Huntu Kayaking Expedition by SPRover.

Then just before we cleared the 1st group, rain sets in.. we evac from the rockwall and headed for shelter. While evacuating, i saw a familar face… She is a student from yishun sec where cci had conducted amazing race for them before.. I was the video camera man for that activity.. and she remembers me.. haha.. Then around 15-20mins later, the rain stopped. We carried on the activity once again for around 1/2 an hr to 45mins then we heard thunder roaring in the distance then it rained… Again we evac to the shelter…

This time the EFIs were about 100meter from the tower which consist of the rockwall, Zip-Line a.k.a Flying Fox and the Abseiling wall. just about 15-20mins after the evacuation, we saw a lighting which flashes from the left corner of my eye and hit the tower. There is no loud bang. All i saw is the flash and heard "zeeeep" then the EFIs scramp for safety. "Hahaha…" We started to laugh aloud as we felt very funny… It was really a close shave mann.. i was so amazed.. we were so close to the strike.. Imagine if we did not evac from the tower… I wouldn’t be here writing this mann.. U all will be coming to my hse void deck for curry chicken mann.. Hmmm.. life is too short mann.. I’ve always wanted to write down my so call "will" or last words as i’m dealing wif outdoor stuffs and its very unpredictable outside think i beta do it before it’s too late mann… and this incident make my decision even stronger mann.. I’ll post it up once its done.. haha..

Then one of the EFI reported about the incident… The call to cut the activity was given. About 30mins ltr the green light was given once again to resume activity as the sky clears..

Then moments ltr, it rained again.. this time the decision was to call off all outdoor activity as its late and the event will end in 20mins time.. so no point to carry on..

We headed back tot he tower and quickly packed up everthing before the next lighting visited us at the tower again.. haha.. After we packed everything i realised my favourite Nalgene bottle bottle was lost.. Darn it.. I was searching high and low, headed back to the tower twice with the risked of being striked by lighting again… but still no sigh of it.. Just as i was about to give up the search, I decided to go check out the dom of the students… And at last there i saw.. My Nalgene bottle…  Then i headed home with a tired body plus a headache and an empty stomach..

Close shaved,

Raven

This is a Song about relationship and i personallly find 

it very true in almost every couple.. 

I've learned about this song while i was in my secondary 

school days.. 

This song is by 黄舒骏. For people who have been in love 

once,u'll find this song very meaningful.. 

as for ppl who had not been in a r/s b4, 

well, this song allows u to get a glimps of wat or the 

process of a r/s is like..

The song makes fun or pin pointed every single details of 

how humans behaved when in love yet the ending is very 

touching..

Well, the link n lyric is right here.. Enjoy!!

http://www.gzbs.cn/ty99/lianai.mp3 

關於戀愛症候群的發生原因

至今仍然是最大一個謎

不管性別  年齡  職業  體重  學歷

長相和血型  沒有一個人可以免疫

有些專家學者研究後相信

戀愛是內分泌失調所引起

卻有別人認為戀愛屬於濾過性病毒

像感冒無藥可救但會自動痊癒

不管你同不同意

自古到今許多例子證明

戀愛不但是一種病態

它還可能是一種變態

一般發病後的初期反應

會開始改變一些生活習性

洗澡洗得特別乾淨  刷牙刷得特別用力

半夜突然爬起來彈鋼琴

有人每天站在陽臺對路人傻笑

有人突然瘋瘋癲癲  突然很安靜

有人一臉疑呆  對鏡子咬指甲打噴嚏

有人對小狗罵三字經

女人突然改變髮型

男人開始每天練啞鈴

食慾不振  歇斯底裡  四肢萎縮

神經過敏  發抖抽筋都出現在這時期

隨病情越來越變本加厲

人會變得格外敏感勇敢和噁心

寫的說的唱的都像天才詩人一般才華洋溢

愈肉麻愈覺得有趣

有人戀愛之後每天躲在廁所哭泣

有人開記者會宣佈戀愛的消息

有人總是喜歡兩個人躲在黑漆漆的地方

像做了不可告人的事情

每天忙算命  挖空心思改變自己

配合對方的習性  把每天都當作紀念日

把自己當作紀念品

每天漫無目的的膩在一起

言不及意也覺得好有趣

走  坐  躺  趴都形影不離

像是兩人三腳又像連體嬰

 

心裡想的只有愛你愛你愛你愛你

也不管家裡米缸有沒有米

也不管路上有人示威抗議  只管愛你

心裡想的只有愛你愛你愛你愛你

也不管海峽兩岸統一問題

也不管衣索匹亞多少難民  只管愛你

經過一段轟轟烈烈熱戀時期

不久就會開始漸漸痊癒

兩人開始互相厭倦  互相攻擊對方缺點

所有甜蜜都隨風而去

然後開始從錯覺和誤解中清醒

驚訝自己為何如此不聰明

為了愛情不管一切  不顧父母  朋友

姐妹  兄弟  開始感到後悔不已

然後開始感到疲憊  沉悶  氣喘

心悸  牙痛  頭痛  夢囈

然後是精神不濟  瞳孔放大  脾氣暴燥

四肢痲痺  終于受不了要分離

雖然結果頗令人傷心

了解之後也沒什麼了不起

愛情終究是握不住的雲

只是我想要告訴你

哦  在我落寞的歲月裡

你的溫柔解脫我的孤寂

帶給我深深的狂喜

如此顫動我的心靈

輕輕訴說愛你愛你愛你愛你

不管是黑夜或是黎明

不管是夢中或是清醒  深深愛你

我要對你說愛你愛你愛你愛你

不管是黑夜或是黎明

不管是夢中或是清醒  深深愛你

多麼幸福  讓我遇見你  嗚

Well, woked up early in the morning to sent my car for Accident Report at Yishun Independent Damage Accessment Centre(IDAC). I was still very nervous from the accident tat happened on tat faithful nite, so was a little scare to be back on the driver’s sit again.. Upon exiting the Multi-storey-carpark, i saw a lot of policemen, cops and CIDs jus opposit the carpark.. The area was condored off with Yellow "Crime Scene" & blue "Police" tapes.. The Scene of Crime Van was there too.. Without much thinking i jus went off to yishun IDAC.

I made a report at the IDAC and the staff was very friendly and assisted me thru out the process.. I sketched out the scene of the incident for record purposes too.. then photos of my vehicle were taken for evidence… I was actually very impressed with the goverment to come out with such procedures for RTAs.. It really protects the people from false claims of repairs in this way… So Singaporeans be happy and proud tat u guys had such a good goverment… Think of the positive side mann… After the report was made i headed back to Base Camp…

Upon reaching the carpark at my block i still saw the Police were still there.. The atmosphere seems tense mann.. the CIDs were all with gloves and shoe covers to prevent contamination of the crime scene… I parked my car and my "Passion For Explorations" kicks in.. haha..  i headed straight to the street opp the incident and observed the scene… From my angle, i saw a CID office squatting down and looking for clues from the crime scene.. Most of the other officer were taking a break at the carpark.. They had a hard time too.. phew… Later tat evening, i found out tat the scene was actually a murder case.. a manager was stabbed on the heart and left to death… my neighbourhood has been a peaceful little street and I was actually quite shocked to have learnt abt the incident… Hope the police can solve the case soon… Good luck to them..

signing off,

Raven      

Date of Accident: 31/7/05 Sunday

Location: Ang Moi Koi Ave 1 turning into CTE towards SLE.

Incident:

I was Filtering out to the CTE and was almost out, I checked my blind spot and when i turned my head back i saw the car infront of me stopped suddenly, I jammed on my brakes but, its too late. So i turn my steering hard left to avoid head on collision. It did help and my right front bumper hit the rear left bumper of the vehicle infront. "I knew it!!" I said… for the past weeks i had some feelings that i’ll get into some trouble or wat.. I on my hazard lights and I saw the driver of the front vehicle getting out of his car… He waved at me.. i was so "pai sae" so i waved back.. then i got out of my vehicle.. I apologised immediately… The driver was a friendly guy, guess wats his job? haha.. he is a driving Instructor mann.. I felt beta upon seeing all the parking poles in his boot.. haha.. he took out a camera and started taking pictures of the scene.. "Uncle, U take picture 1st la" i told him.. After taking all the pics, we droved to the road shoulder and we discussed abt the incident.. As i was a green horn, he taught me wat to do instead.. haha.. learned something out of the RTA instead… Never stop learning ya.. haha.. we exchanged contact no. and our insurance policy no. for claiming… My car suffered from a broken side lamp and his car suffered from a cracked bumper… I was actually pondering wat is the actual function of the bumper of a vehicle now mann.. It cracked so easily.. My car’s bumper was tougher than the victim’s.. hmmm… maybe its some special engineered bumper for new vehicles?? crack to disperse the impact like those F1 cars? Who knows?

Another surprised is tat the driver actually had the same surname with me!! haha.. we both laughed upon knowing tat.. Anyone wan to buy 4D? haha.. I don bet la.. if u wan my vehicle’s no. is 4230… Strike liao must blanja me meal hor.. haha.. drinks also can.. me anything one..

The accident scene kept flashing back to me for the whole night mann.. wasnt able to get a good nite’s rest mann.. I was very scary even though its just a bumb…  Think i’m having phobia in driving liao.. sianz.. Then the next thing i did was to go home to inform my "Ah Lao" (dad) abt the incident.. He was furious mann.. tats should be obvious.. I felt so bad.. Was already scared the hell out of me during the RTA liao then reached home still ganna screwed.. Sianz.. Wat to do.. Just stood there and get screwed loh.. haiz..

The next morning i went to the Income HQ at Victorial Street to check out the procedure for the incident… Everything was quite alrite.. But I’ll need to proceed to the IDAC to make a official Accident Report.

Grounded for driving…

Raven