the nus arts fest is here again!! click here to find out more..

and i definitely will be going for the observatory concert!! anyone wants to join me? http://www.nus.edu.sg/cfa/artsfest/observatory.html

there are other good performances too, like this japan-based singaporean girl who sings bossa nova.. heard her doing an interview on lush 99.5, and she sounds real good. then there are the dance performances by the various nus dance groups etc etc..

cafe del mar anyone? first week of march...

i love cohesion day!!

thanks to the equatorial counter current

Yippee!! my presentation is over, and we did better than expected!! though we didn't have a lot of bells and whistles, our presentation was sufficiently clear and concise, with just the right amount of information. and we were not wordy either, with enough relevant pictures and animation to show movement of wind and tidal streams, etc etc.. =)

this is where we plan to go. from maldives to darwin in australia.
and this is an aerial view of port darwin, which i did the planning for.
this shows the approach of port darwin, as circled on the chart. the pilot will be boarded at the Outer Pilot Boarding Place before we enter the DW route known as the Middle Pass. this will take us right between the main shallow patches of water, the Charles Point Patches and the Middle Ground. as u can see, there are quite a few good spots to take radar fixes from.

and these are the impt navigation marks along the route.

so glad that the presentation part is over. now we have to complete the report, which is still in a rough draft. and of course we need to finish all the chartwork. that will take up all of my CNY hols.. oh well..

where do you want to go today?

another big day tmr.. OPP presentation!! been busy with this project for the past few weeks. it's just a passage planning, to test our navigation planning skills. sihao is my group partner, and we are doing a passage from maldives to darwin. actually, we did most of the work within these past few days. kinda last min, haha.. i pity sihao for having me as his partner, cos i'm always busy with the logistics stuff for the class. well, i hope we get a decent enough grade..

and after this is done, and the report handed in next week after CNY, there's only two weeks left in the course. sad.. though the course can be quite tiring at times, being on course here in safti is definitely a better life than back onboard ship.. having lessons together and asking good questions, staying back to do chartwork or study hard for tests, playing soccer at the end of the day, these are the things i will definitely miss.. just hanging out with fellow junior officers, with our unique lingo and culture.. saying something that i know only these group of pple can understand and appreciate, it's really something..

oh well, no matter how difficult it is, i have to stay positive about going back to ship.. =)

gosh, how much more lucky can i get.. for 2 days in a row, i saw the parking warden inspecting cars in a different sector from where i parked.. but i can tell that i was only minutes away from another parking fine.. oh man.. phew!!

sedated.. losing muscle mass.. can't think, can't study at all.. i hate all these.. why now?

i want to be a better person for you..