My Lil' Adventures

Bye Bye for now =)

2009-08-05T13:58:00.005+08:00

This is my last post on blogger =)

I'm moving to wordpress.

All my post here will be imported there. =D

Friends do note here is the add to my new blog

http://liladventurer.wordpress.com/

Tell Me Your Wish, Same Heart, ATC, Pinnacle, Disappointents

2009-06-27T22:47:00.003+08:00

Hello bloggy! Its been such a long while since my last post....here are some updates=)

I'll start off with some rainy news first....today was Pinnacle ( Its an AD race organised by NP X-ventures )

There were complications at the start when our catergory ran the wrong route for like 25 mins? =.= yeah can't believe they made us back-track to the start point and flag us off again?! Its like WTH!! They should have been more clear of the route...Ran like 3 KM with Jason at least....wasted our time and energy.

Signs were not clear, Instructions from helpers ( some of them ) were unclear and misleading as well!

We were top 4 until this particular station made us form the letter 'M' with puzzle pieces ( 4 cut and laminated paper )
Spent an hour at that station.

At the end, though I didn't show it, I was filled with sorrow and disappointment for not even finishing in the top 3 or 5. Its my last year which I can join as an NP student and I really wanted to WIN so badly, I've joined enough local races and have sufficient experience =( . Now I join races expecting to be in the top 3 or top 5 at least. but today was such a BIG disappointment!!!

Jason was a wonderful partner and I enjoyed most of the race. But It really sucks not to be top 3. =(

In another AD race organised by NTU. It was ATC we came in 4th=) we had super loads of fun.
That race beats Pinnacle hands down. I would join again!

I'll upload the photos another day =)

On a Sunnier note, SNSD has released a new song!!! so did Kara!
SNSD with their new look is even more jjang!!

Heres Tell Me Your Wish by SNSD!!

Kara's same heart!!

I really want to join an AD race and finish in the top 3 at least!

Thanks Matthew for SNSD youtube vid!!

enjoy=)

Cooking For Myself Week, S.W.E.T, Adidas Sundown

2009-06-02T20:52:00.004+08:00

Hey ppl! Its been a long time hasn't it? here are some updates

Cooking for myself week was a success! woots congrats! its been a long time since I last cook my own meal. Instant noodles aren't counted!

Here are some of them though..at least those which I remembered to take a shot before I gobbled them down..

Salmon, broccoli and asparagus in cream of potato soup.

Potato Cakes

Penne with broccoli and asparagus

Really nice! gotta cook more!! yummyness + Happiness!

On the 20th of May S.W.E.T successfully summit Mt. Everest!! Woots! Congrats to the girls!
A major step for women in Singapore! I was at National Dental Centre when I saw the news on CNA.
They've since returned from their expedition yesterday.

I've also completed Adidas Sundown Ultra-Marathon. I had to jog/run/walk for 9 hrs 45mins and shrug off aches and tireness to become an Ultra-Marathoner! Woots!

84km was no joke...having to run 2 rounds suc*s.

Tips for aspiring Ultra-Marathoners

1) Join and Run with a friend

2) Don't bother bringing Ipod or any MP3 ( after awhile they become a burden )

3) Train for it ( unless you wanna die )

4) Carbo load ( rice are my choice! 2hrs before the race latest )
5) Don't Chiong the 1st 10km
6) Warm-ups and cool downs are important

7)Don't do any other excersies before the race ( example sports climbing )

8) Have fun and take loads of pictures

So glad I trained up for it! Ran beside Khari during the marathon..man he's fast!

(I would have enjoyed it more if you stayed on..but whats past is past)

100 Plus was my liquid gold
Bananas are now my all time fav fruit during/before/after race.

Another Achievement for me!

Congrats to all 42km and 84m Finishers! it was tough but we made it!

~ryuta~

Everest, SWET, Star trek, Transformers 2

2009-05-11T00:22:00.040+08:00

Its been awhile since my last post haha..been quite busy.

I'll start off with some news from the S.W.E.T( Singapore Women's Everest Team ), Last update was on the 07 may..they were making the push to the summit!!!
Imagine that! I hope they made it without any complications.

8850m A.S.L is no joke! Being on top of the world, I wish I'll get to experience that some day too!
S.W.E.T

Pic credits:http://www.womenoneverest.com/

A post from their blog

It's crunch time! The acclimatization cycles are complete, the weather's looking good and we're feeling more prepared than ever. At the crack of tomorrow's dawn, we'll be headed for the summit push, towards the top of Mt Everest at 8,850m. Stay tuned, we hope to bring you good news from the top of the world!

This reminds me of a year ago where I myself was in Nepal for my own expedition to Everest Base Camp ( 5500m A.S.L ) organised by my senoirs. 04 - 25 March 2008

It was the best outdoor adventure I ever had! The trek was fantastic! The memories made their will stay in my mind for the rest of my life.

It is one of my proudest achievements so far! =)

I was the youngest in the team then 18 years old.

Heres some of the memories from last year

Those were fun times...now its all assignments & paper work..haiz..gone are my adventure days I fear.

Watched Star Trek with Calvin, Philbert and Andrew on Saturday! Uber Awesome!
Terminator & Transformers next! can't wait! Woots!

~ryuta~

Monopoly, baby blue whale , 8eight, water rugby

2009-05-03T23:18:00.005+08:00

Back with new updates. =)

well its been another eventful week...I played water rugby with the guys from 34th council( ernest-mini hulk M.V.P centre ) fun + madness as usual @ sports complex swimming pool!

Went to The Tea Party at 6th avenue with Philbert, Darren, Andrew and Calvin.
Had tea ( summer breeze )& board games
I won my first ever monopoly game there too woots!

Went to the Blue Whale Model Exhibit,organised by NAT GEO on wednesday with Charmaine at vivocity!
I loved it! a life size model of a baby blue whale!! cool!

Can't wait for this week!! Members Act this friday! + no ISEN class on monday! woots!

heres an MV from 8eight

enjoy

tomorrow's another day

~ryuta~

BBQ night, Dead phone, Swollen right foot, Jit Siong's Birthday

2009-04-26T09:39:00.007+08:00

Back with updates (:

1st off some rainy news...
my phone is damaged..I found out the hard way how non-water resistant my phone is when it dropped into a washing basin. Sadden =(
The sunny side of this is that I'll be collecting it from Sony @ wisma on tuesday or monday hopefully.

Its kinda refreshing not having to answer your mobile or keep checking for messages..it takes your mind off things.
I have been keeping up with work though, through emails, msn and my home tele. I won't neglect my work and assignments just because of a phone.
Though it can be troublesome at times like when everyone is planning to go on an outing and you're like the last the find out at the last min, I'll take it that fate wants me to have this slight moment of peace=) I shall make full use of it!

P.S for those who are trying to contact this evil ryuta, you can reach him through email, msn or my home tele( not many of you have this )=P sorry for the inconvience

BBQ night was nice it went wonderfully well congrats to the 34th councils who made it all possible. 1st members act success Fwoo!

I was F&B this time along with hashanah, matthew, bing hua and mervyn. haha
The five of us were in the Advance party so we were in charge of bbq pit preparations.
We got the news all of a sudden that the members were arriving! in the midst of relaxing..O.O;
we were supposed to be informed way before hand so that a lil food would have been cooked at least.
Enter frenzy mode...we rushed to get the fires up and burnin' and cook as much as possible. In the end it turned out alright.

Didn't get to interact much with the new members as I was behind the pit cooking most of the time, flippin satay and otah was my fav! I became pretty good at it!
Spoke with a few members though Ying Ting from mass com & Si Jia from ECH met them from thr cca fiesta really friendly people, zhen yi from ECP and Jasmine from didn't get to ask her haha they were nice too.

Saw some old friends and made some new ones it was kinda cool, seeing the current councils interacting with members reminds me of myself like a year ago when I first started out as a council.
You guys have grow soo much I'm proud of you guys! Keep up the good work!

Gotta new shoutout for mervyn and bruno.
shout out: Stay cool
reply: Always cool

haha. Well she still seem a lil angry at me guess I must have irritated her a lil too much. But in the end it all turned out ok.

Went back home about 11pm. Bathe and got some well deserved sleep.

Came back from karate training with a swollen right foot after a small accident while sparring on saturday now its a lil better but I can't wear shoes because it still hurts a lil.
Its preveting me from going for Floorball today too! humph!! >=(
hope it recovers soon!

Jit Siong got me this from China! cool rite?

Thanks for the Gift!
Happy Birthday to ya too! please do something about that hairstyle of yours.

I still hav a 15% IS presentation tomorrow! oh man!

heres pretty girl from kara

~enjoy~

tomorrow is another day

~ryuta~

Clubbing, CCA fiesta preparations, New Sem

2009-04-19T22:41:00.005+08:00

I went clubbing yesterday with my secondary school buddies, went to Double O stayed till abt 4+am before leaving. Yay I didn't get drunk or a headache! Just a lil tired from Karate training.

Just so happens we all wore white!

Bert looks happy! Darren where are you looking at?

Whiskey dry

Vodka Cranberry

Went to school today to help out with the CCA Fiesta preparations

Just check out how limited is our area this year!!
( the person who came up with this arrangement needs to get his/her/their heads checked )

TAS

Flying Mervyn! ( I love this pic! )

The showcase for CCA Fiesta is soo much smaller than last year! The people who decided to limit the area are really STUPID!! I mean how are we suppose to attract members with all the booths soo close to one another?? It doesn't work like that! Roar! Coconut Berry!

Tomorrow's the Start of the new sem as well! Enter year 3..=( time flies..really really fast!
Hope we get lots of quality members this year!

tomorrow is another day!

~ryuta~

Berkelah waterfalls, Hashanah's return, Hoodie, Jay chou

2009-04-15T19:33:00.010+08:00

I'm back from Berkelah waterfalls! woots! it was fun. Its the most enjoyable waterfall trip I have experienced thus far!

The trek to the main waterfall was worth it!

There were very deep pools for swimming as well! The main waterfall had a deep 10m+ pool ( maybe even deeper )

There was also a rainbow over at the main waterfall which kept appearing and disappearing due to the sunlight.

Here are some of the photos from the trip:

Start of the trek

Twin falls

self-taken pic in a shallow pool

I almost slipped and fell into the water while taking this pic

A pitcher plant! ( I'm still a HLM student through & through haha! )

2nd last fall

I caught a slight fever/cold from the return bus journey...it was frickin' cold!! I didn't take out my wind-breaker because I had assume it wasn't going to be cold..bad idea..I nearly froze to death on that stupid bus....had to curl up and sleep.

Hashanah is back from China too! welcome back girl!

My hoodie from YES STYLE came at last! woots! waited like a week for it! its finally here!

Was surfing youtube and searched for some of Jay chou' songs ( just had the urge to listen to his songs again )

heres one of my Favs

晴天

故事的小黃花

The spring flower of the story

從出生那年就飄著

Floats from that year when it was born

童年的盪鞦韆

Swinging on a swing in childhood

隨記憶一直晃到現在
Following memories always swaying till now

ㄖㄨㄟㄙㄡㄙㄡㄒ一ㄉㄡㄒ一

ㄌㄚㄙㄡㄌㄚㄒ一ㄒ一ㄒ一ㄒ一ㄌㄚㄒ一ㄌㄚㄙㄡ

吹著前奏望著天空我想起花瓣試著掉落

Playing the prelude, watching the sky, I remember the petal trying to flop

為妳翹課的那一天

That day when I skipped class for you

花落的那一天

That day when flowers fell

教室的那一間

That classroom

我怎麼看不見Why is it I couldn't see

消失的下雨天

The disappeared rainy sky?

我好想再淋一遍

I really want to be drenched again

沒想到失去的勇氣我還留著

Never thought that I still keep the courage that I have lost

好想再問一遍

Really want to ask again

妳會等待還是離開

Will you wait or leave?

颳風這天
This day of the typhoon
我試過握著妳手

I tried to hold onto your hand

但偏偏

But yet

雨漸漸

Rain gradually

大到我看妳不見

Became heavy to the point that I cannot see you

還要多久

How much longer

我才能在妳身邊

Before I can be at your side?

等待放晴的那天

Waiting for that day when it clears up

也許我會比較好一點

Maybe I will be a bit better

從前從前

In the past, in the past

有個人愛妳很久

There was someone who loved you for a long time

但偏偏

But yet

風漸漸

Wind gradually

把距離吹得好遠

Blows the distance really far apart

好不容易

Not very easily

又能再多愛一天

Once again be able to love a day more

但故事的最後妳好像還是說了拜拜

But the end of the story it seems like you still said bye-bye

enjoy

~ryuta~

Better In Time

2009-04-11T13:54:00.008+08:00

Recce is coming! Going to berkelah Waterfalls! woots!!

The info I found on the web about this waterfall just increases my excitement for the recce!
Here are photos of the things I've been doing this past week.

Went for to a Turkish restaurant for dinner with my sceondary school buddies last saturday

( look at the number of plates )
Had Sakae Sushi lunch buffet at city link with my poly classmates

( roast duck pizza! yumness! )

Went Dhoby Ghaut for LAN and dinner( 1st time having roast duck pizza and blue lagoon ) =D

Received my package from USA containing my survivor Buff!
Yayness! + happiness + coolness!

Woots! Survivor buff!!

I've also decided to concentrate more on my karate in order to get selected for the national team at the end of this year( hopefully I'll be able to make it )

Guess that means bye bye AR for now...

[SNSD!]

SNSD concluded their final week of activities for "Gee" with farewell live performances at KBS2TV's Music Bank on the 27th ofmarch and SBS's Inkigayo on the 29th of march, bringing closure to the "Gee" craze that had gripped Korea nationwide since January.

Gee was on the no.1 chart for 9 weeks

wow!

The girls added that they will be coming back with their next album which will be even better and more anticipated than "Gee". "As our fans expect more and more from us, we will work harder and harder to present our best to everyone," the girls concluded.

SNSD Fighting!
can't wait for their next Album!!

Charmaine ask which song was to best describe how I felt that day haha think its this

Leona lewis[ better in time ]

It's been the longest winter without you

I didn't know where to turn to

See somehow I can't forget you

After all that we've been through

Going coming thought I heard a knock

Who's there no one

Thinking that I deserve it

Now I realize that I really didn't know

If you didn't notice you mean everything

Quickly I'm learnin'

To love again

All I know is

I'm goin' be ok

[Chorus]

Thought I couldn't live without you

It's gonna hurt when it heals too

It'll all get better in time

And even though I really love you

I'm gonna smile cause I deserve to

It'll all get better in time

I couldn't turn on the TV

Without something that'd remind me

Was it all that easy

To just put aside your feelings

If I'm dreaming

Don't wanna let that hurt my feelings

But that's the path I've been living

And I know that time will heal it

If you didn't notice boy you meant everything

Quickly I'm learning to love again

All I know is I'm goin' be ok

Since there's no more you and me

It's time I let you go so I can be free

And live my life how it should be

No matter how hard it is

I'll be fine without you

Yes I will

[Chorus X2]

Thought I couldn't live without you

It's gonna hurt when it heals too

It'll all get better in time

And even though I really love you

I'm gonna smile cause I deserve to

It'll all get better in time .....

tomorrow is reece!

~ryuta~

Karate, Recce, Shopping, Choices..

2009-04-07T00:35:00.009+08:00

I can't believe it has already been 1 week since my last post! time really flies!

I've been hanging out with my secondary school buddies last week. Went for buffet at Sakae sushi on Friday, Bowling and had a Turkish dinner on Saturday night. ( yayness and yumness)

I think I've been spending a lil' too much money recently..have to cut down..or get that Ad 21 job or Adidas job.

Recce is coming for the 1st trip! woots! can't wait!

Today at noon, I got a called from my Karate Sensei about my trainings.
Its about increasing my commitment in karate which basically equals to more training..if I do There might be a chance that I'll get selected into the National Team and get to represent SINGAPORE in the 2013 SEA games.
Though he added that this will be a long process which requires lots of dedication and hard work from me and hope to have a positive reply from me about this matter soon not verbal but through my actions.( so guess I have to go down more often for trainings ).

The prospect of representing SINGAPORE in the SEA games is really tempting and I'm really grateful to my Sensei for having such high expectations of me. However if I choose this path it'll mean that I'll have lil' or no time for my Adventure Races at all because of the amount of training it requires. Which means I'll have to put AR on hold or give it up altogether. T.T(ultimate sadness)

There is one thing I'll never give up though that is my interest in Adventure not really in the AR field but as in Trekking, Mountaineering, Rock climbing, White water rafting etc.
I have always preferred that type of Adventure, the more leisure, care-free, trek-stop and smell the roses and enjoy the scenery.
I really grateful and glad that I joined The Adventure Seekers as it was though this CCA (or rather the Pelepah trip ) that lit the passion for adventure in me!

Oh well I guess I should make a choice soon like I did with a certain issue as well. ( gave up one thing for another )

Can't wait for the SURVIVOR BUFFS to be delivered! coolness!

tomorrow is another day

~ryuta~

April Fools, Updates, Mervyn, John

2009-04-01T23:00:00.009+08:00

Today is 1st of April, which is also known as april fools day...a fact which i clearly forgotten as I woke up early this morning and got the shock of my life when I saw Charmaine's prank message.

Thanks to that message I couldn't go back to sleep in peace...found out like 6 hours later that it was a prank..=_=
So those of you who wanna prank me please keep in mind I'm a lil dense, so ya please don't prank me.

Went to the airport to welcome Mervyn back from Vietnam on sunday, had dinner at T3 with the 34th councils there..ate mushroom congee yum! It was the most expensive congee I've ever ate 9.90
had the rice mochi for dessert.
Mervyn bought gifts for us as well its this long black wooden dragonfly

Thanks for the gift Mervyn!

The next day, went to send John off to Australia, before that I went to east coast to cycle with Aliyyah, Darren & Zai ( thanks for the invite darren ) we rented bikes from East coast and cycled all the way to Changi village( its a new system that allows us to return the bikes at another shop branch of the same company but different location ) met norman at a bus stop near his work place after that it was off to the airport.

We had our last dinner with him as a 33rd council.
Honestly some ppl were still pissed off with each other...just let it go already shessh
John even joked about the number of people who came to send him off..he was like" my god lah its all I won't ever be coming back to Singapore lah "

We ate at popeyes, it was fun! getting together again as 33rd councils. I really missed those times. Jazreel's Hp got stolen..hope the culprit gets his retribution!
( Heres some photos of John! )

Goodbye my friend..cya in 6 months prawn mee when u get back
I'll email ya.

Don't run into the woods and disappear like you said you would. Please don't bring back your weapon prototypes as well..you'll get caught.

( Thanks for all the nonsensical moments and Adventure we had in 33rd council )
(Also thanks for asking about me and her )
I took this photo when I was on my way home yesterday...

with every storm..there'll always be sunshine waiting at the end of it.

Haha random shot it is but the picture doesn't do justice to the scene..the scenery was 10 times more stunning!
( And you looked stressed up or was unhappy with something..cheer up ya?I told you before, you look better with a smile on your face..)
=)

Meanwhile here a song from Kara it's called honey( have been addicted to this )~enjoy~

Tomorrow is another day

~ryuta~

Training, Tears in heaven, Arrival, fellow soshified!

2009-03-28T22:51:00.006+08:00

Went out with my secondary school buddies yesterday( Andrew, Calvin, Darren..Bert had SU camp to help out with)

They hung out at my place and played Guitar Hero world tour...darren was playing lead guitar 1st before he switched to the mike and started singin'

Watching them was super hilarious..=)
The game actually registers your pitch as you sing! cool huh?

After that we went to Holland V after many detours..for our dinner
We went to NYDC, its my first time there..the food prices were like woah( think if my wallet was alive it'll be screaming in 3 languages for me to stop ordering and get out of there )....was kinda on budget haha.. so I ordered Tears In Heaven..its spaghetti with bacon strips in it..yum!

Place we went to..

Quite a small portion..but it was yummy. The high pricing is a put off though( $15+ )..when I first saw the portion I went =.=....looked at Andrew and said..its really Tears In Heaven...the tears are coming from my wallet.

Anywayz Mervyn is on his way back from Vietnam tomorrow..gonna welcome him back..

Grace( Yi jie's friend ) posted the video of me climbing the palm on facebook..I was like..OMG!! upon closer inspection of myself in that video, I realized one thing...I look damn retarted climbing that palm...( though I won't admit it anywhere outside this blog but yeah..haha)

Went for Karate training today..I got to do goju sparring today after a long time(close distance sparring) I missed how fun it was.

I met a fellow SNSD Fan on the bus today! woots! My mom called my phone and after my convo, This girl came and said " Hi, sorry to bother you but was that SNSD's Gee? "

ME: er..yup( kinda freaked out )
Her: Oh my god, do you have the full song with you?

Me: ya, you want it?
Her: yes,thank you

While transferring the song we talk about SNSD and stuff( but mostly SNSD ), her name was Ling or li..something I couldn't really hear her and I was too embarrassed to ask her twice.
She's from CJC year 2 this year..

Apparently Tae yeon's her Fav in the group, we laugh at how the members of SNSD would be during their live shows and their habits as well as their personality.

Transferred Kissing you to her too

Was about to get "Way To Go" from her however it was her stop at Thomson plaza so we said our byez and that was it. Dang it!

Oh well at least I've met another SNSD fan! woots! SNSD fighting!!

Adidas Sundown Marathon is drawing closer..it'll be a gauge of whether I'll take part in the North Face challenge this year.

that's all for tonight!

~ryuta~

Coughs, Sore throat, Flu, Fevers are a pain...

2009-03-26T22:19:00.003+08:00

I'm feeling soo ill today...can't believe how sore my body feels right now...even typing is causing me aches..=(

Even typing a single sms is a killer..
sorry to those whom I didn't reply..I was either too tired or sleeping..

I must have depleted like 1/2 of singapore's tissue supply as well...the only thing that that brings me relive is the chestnut drink I bought..ah...

anyways I'm off to sleep now...hope I get better tomorrow

~ryuta~

Medal, Vietnam, Gifs, Photoshop, soshified!

2009-03-24T23:06:00.010+08:00

Back with one medal which I got from sunday's competition..got a bronze for kata haha.
( Happiness )

I read an article a few days back saying a hawker at newton food centre overcharged a couple of tourist. $238 for 8 or was it 6..big prawns.
I was like omg!! Major Rip Off!!
Luckily the hawker was given a 3months ban..but in my opinion that hawker should have been kicked out of newton food centre for being their dishonesty.
It really gives a big bad impression of our country..can't believe those people!

Mervyn is off to Vietnam!!( lucky punk ) go scout for your stuff but please don't get conned or ripped off..haha better bring us back a gift!

Singapore's Women Everest Team just arrived in Kathmandu a few days ago..good luck to them! hope they do our country proud!!

They really are inspirational...aside from their regular jobs they set aside family and training time.

They've summit many mountains like Cho Oyu and now attempt to scale the tallest mountain Mount Everest!

For those of you who think scaling a mountain is a walk in the park..it really isn't.

I've been playing with Adobe Fireworks and Photoshop these two days haha
created some gif files and edited a few photos.

heres some of them

( got this from soshified forums ) Tae yeon is soo funny!!

(heres one from soshi forums, soo young being dragged away! ) cuteness!

Soo Young!

yup they're all SNSD pics for now..kinda experimenting..haha!

Their smiles never fail to put one on my face. =)

been pondering about some stuff lately...I've come to realise some stuff too...

Anyway...Think I'll be quite busy this year..nike human race, new balance real run, salomon X-trail, North face. Have no idea if I should join as a runner or volunteer. I'll ask Jia hui if she's going to any of these when I get the chance.

tomorrow's another day=)

~ryuta~

Lazy saturday

2009-03-21T17:30:00.007+08:00

Back from training...its pouring madly out there!
Mom cooked pasta! yay+happiness! ( Its been awhile since I ate mom's cooked pasta )

The past few days were really really hectic!! Was preparing showcases,structures and campfires for sports camp!

Some highlights

Carrying the platform of the structure(the thing which the campers get on for photo taking) with 6 people from the blue track to the Admin field was a killer!!
Clarissa, Mervyn, Vanessa, Sidiq, Yi Jie and me was task with this high level job!!
That Coconut Berry platform was insanely heavy!! It's so deceptively light when you look at it but when we carried it..I was like O_O!!!!!!!!

Luckily Mervyn managed to engage the help of a lorry driver to transport the platform to the Admin field halfway through the process! Woots!
We were all cursing and swearing at the platform haha.

Campfire preparation

While preparing to build the campfire structure the sky wasn't so auspicious..threaten with streaks lightning and beats of thunder I had thought all our efforts of preparing for campfire night would be fruitless!

Lucky for us the weather held up and clearer skies soon followed.
We went on to build our campfire structure only to discover that there was insufficient material for the structure.

We fanned out to look for materials and gathered a whole bunch of supplies. This time we had more people Aliyyah, Bing Hua, Marcus, Matthew, Michelle joined us. ( zaireel came as well )
Together we made a great campfire!

Bing hua..where are you placing the torch at??

Fire boyz

Check our fire!

After campfire it was home sweet home courtesy of Zaireel!
Thanks for the ride!!
Good Luck for your 9 mountains trip!

Still waiting for atc...hope x-ventures have slots so I can join it with her.

Going for a karate competition tomorrow..will be doing kata instead of kumite.
well hope I'll do well.

Anyway I surfed the web and came across this video and liked the song!
Its by wonder girls "미안한 마음" The movie is nada sou sou

Its a lil unclear so I'll post a clearer version without subs...

Surfed some more and stumbled on SNSD's Way To Go!!!
enjoy~

Yay! SNSD!
Soo young-Sunny-Yuri-Tae yeon-Tiffany-Seo Hyun-Yoona-Jessica-Hyo Yeon!
Yayness!

Yi Jie will probably give that disgusted look when she sees this but hey, its like her with her Super junior! haha!
~ryuta~

Spars, Structures, Super junior, SNSD

2009-03-17T13:15:00.007+08:00

Just finished the showcase structure for sports camp this morning...dead tired..
I really really dislike spars...
Went to Charmaine's cousin's performance on sunday...she was the guest vocalist.
Here's a vid of her singing unfaithful enjoy~

Anyway today we completed about 50% of the Structure for the sports camp campfire night.

My brother found this pic from the web..

Made me go....O.O;

Have been trying to identify all the members of super junior..kinda difficult because they have like 13 members!

Yi jie is doing the reverse, she's trying to identify all the members of SNSD..which is so much easier!! they only have 9 members!

Yi jie has been playing this song like crazy..its kinda catchy.
Its from Super junior.

~ryuta~

Sentosa!!

2009-03-15T00:31:00.009+08:00

Today was Sentosa outing with some of my buddies from TAS!

(Bruno, Bing Hua, Clarissa, Darren, Matthew, Mervyn and Yi Jie)

Had to withdraw from my bank account ( discovered that there was surplus cash inside! happiness + yayness ) sad that I had to withdraw it=(

Haven't went to replace my Ez-link card...I'll do it on monday.

Supposed to meet at 10am..ended up late because I missed the train.

Went to siloso beach settled our stuff there..after that went to look for frisbee at island life shop.

It cost us $5.00!!!! Its a lousy frisbee too..decided to head to 7-11 @ Palawan beach to look for another one.

Found one..way better quality..cheaper too $2.90 =(

So if you wanna get a frisbee in sentosa...get it from 7-11 at palawan beach..

Grr...island life, felt soo cheated.

Went back to join the rest and played for awhile..

Sentosa here we come!

In the water!

In the Sun!

Bruno being draged into the water!

At one point of time Darren buried my slippers....Matthew found one of them but couldn't find the other...we dug and check quite a huge area too.

The life guard found us so interesting that every second he would glance in our direction( we really looked like we were looking for treasure )

We resorted to many methods..using gut instinct, using our legs to feel for it, digging for it even using Yi Jie's method which is my fav..sand angel!

Not surprising none of it worked. When all seem lost Yi Jie screamed! and she held up my lost slipper in triumph!( woots )

Thank you Yi Jie! I owe you one.

Thanks guys for helping me to find that darn slipper.

After which we went back to vivocity for late lunch at Carl's junior...

Yay! Carl's Junior! Its been awhile!

If only my burger was that big...

Yi Jie looks happy with her purchase!

My meal!

Happy Faces in Happy Places!

After Carl's Junior we window shopped in vivocity killing time then went to Ben and Jerry's

for Ice-cream before going home.

P.S...please don't keep calling bruno..you-know-what...its ok if its just a lil teasing but after awhile it gets offensive.SENSITIVITY people.

I'm kinda dissapointed now because I think my trek to Tahan is probably cancelled, due to time constraints and lack of training...

really sad...was looking forward to it

anyway..Adidas Sundown maraton is coming up!

I have been training for it..84km..think I'm going to run to death..been running from my house to macritchie reservoir to Ngee Ann Poly and back...took me roughly 3++hrs...still got a long way to go...

I'm thinking of forming a team with X-ventures for NTU ATC haha! 4 men team woots!

Going to apply for a part-time job at Ad 21! timing is quite flexible the boss and pay is good + its a chance for me to get to know more adventure driven ppl!! also equipment knowledge.

well another day has past..tomorrow is another day.

~ryuta~

Locked memories

2009-03-14T01:20:00.001+08:00

I'm sure some of us have one point of their life lost a bus card, EZ-link card, phone etc..

losing mine made me realise how dependent I am on these devices.

I had to spend $3.oo just to commute to school and back today...didn't really feel the pinch when I had concession pass ouch!

Anyway I'm replacing my card on monday and getting my passport size photo tmr after the outing.

Walking the path to the bus stop opposite King Albert Park made me remember some of my memories this past 2 years

from when I was just a freshmen

to meeting my new class G03

to when I was lead by others as a member in TAS

to when I was the one who led others

I really had fun during those times...and I'll miss them.

However! the present isn't that bad either...as I move on I create new memories that I'll come to cherish!

Headed home and watched I shouldn't be alive and Survivor on TV.

Surfed the net for some SNSD vid and came across some interesting and funny ones.

heres one of SNSD's MV titled "kissing you"

enjoy

~ryuta~

Decisions decisions decisions...

2009-03-13T02:01:00.000+08:00

Well today was quite an uneventful day...grounded myself at home because I don't wanna travel without my ez-link card...took the time to sort out my room when I woke up.

Found out that one of the IRs in Singapore plans to buy whale sharks to be place in their aquarium.....

Just take a look at how huge this fish can grow...I mean I don't think it's wise to keep a whale shark in captivity..it's chances of surviving is quite low no matter how much care or how big and well equipped your state of the art aquarium is, there is nothing compared to the riches of the ocean.

It is just plain greed for money that fuels their delusions of grandeur...I feel sad for the sharks that are bought if the decision is allowed to stand.

Such majestic creatures aren't meant to be caged!

Surfed the net and found the registration page for NTU Adventure Trail Challenge

it looks fun!

I enjoyed my last Adventure race...so I was thinking of signing up for this.

I wanted to tell her about it..but I don't know if I should...I mean I don't wanna confuse her as it is but...I can't help but feel helpless. I want to join this race with her I really do..but I think if I ask her she might feel pressured..its the same when I want to talk to her...I just don't know what to do...

Hopefully it all turns out well

Going to replace my ez-link card tomorow -_-) hope it doesn't cost too much....

~ryuta~

Highs & Lows

2009-03-12T20:29:00.000+08:00

Went clubbing last night with Charmaine, Rebecca and Calvin. We went to zouk(yayness) only had a few drinks though..we mostly just hung around, chat and took a few pictures (shall upload them when I get them from Rebecca, went to hit the dance floor after that( I must admit I'm not much of a dancer but who cares? its just for fun!)=)

Saw a few...guys who...had more female hormones than male.(funny)=)
Charmaine and Rebecca kept using them to disturb me, those two had so much fun doing that while I was afriad of what to do if one of them heard us =(
To make things worse I wore a white colour shirt which glowed blue in the lighting..like some beacon or something=(
spoke with Charmaine about the usual stuff haha ( fun! )
Seeing how high some people were was really interesting.(Laughed at some people ) We left around 1+ after seeing Rebecca off..and decided to walk from Zouk to Dhoby Ghaut in search of pool.

Had a rest at Great World City for some maggi on the way.
We later found out the shop was closed at Dhoby Ghaut..so we decided to walk a lil' more to SMU for our rest. Can't believe we walked all the way.( I was dead tired and hungry )

Chat with Charmaine and Calvin for awhile before walking to the mrt station to take the 1st train

As I neared the gate(the place where u tap you ez-link in the mrt station)..I reach for my ez-link card...and realised...it was gone!!

my face was -_-) to O_O)
noooo!!!!!

I walked back to SMU but couldn't find it....guess I must have dopped it somewhere else...sadz..gonna spend money again! ohh ez-link why? why did you drop out of my pocket...( sob =( )
Was supposed to go kayaking with John today too!!!! If it wasn't for my lost Ez-link card!!!!!( so sorry John) I was soo looking forward to kayaking too!!!! Argh!!!!

Now without any ez-link is so troublesome -_-) ..haiz

Anyway...Here's a SNSD video to make this entry a lil more cheerful..its one of my favs
its title 'GEE' some of you may have watched it already mwhahahahaha!

~ryuta~

Future

2009-03-10T23:41:00.000+08:00

Yesterday..woke up with a heavy heart..because of last night.
Went back to school yesterday to assist in painting clubhouse.

Mervyn, Matthew, Bruno, Marcus and Clarissa. Yi Jie helped a lil too but had to settle some stuff so she left early with Jason.

Jason if you're reading this, stop constantly disturbing poor Yi Jie or you'll bound to be slapped one day.

Anyway today's plan was to paint the clubhouse cool blue...took us some time to clean and clear up the clubhouse. Here are some before pics

Woohoo cleaning up!

Painting

Happy painter

Dirty Fan? no problem!

Our guys will take care of it

And its sparkling clean!!

Introducing the newly arranged clubhouse!

Doesn't it look cozy?

Heh Heh! Club house Com!

The Clubhouse cabinet is over here!

Check out our clean fan

Clubhouse Clean up Crew (Mervyn, Matthew, Clarissa, Marcus and Bruno)

These guys are damn cool, stayed until 9...woah talk about determination.

I left half way like about 530pm to go for Floorball practice..it's been awhile

but I still love it! =D

Sent her a long sms with my reply coz I couldn't get through to her, could feel my heart beat and hand shaking when I was calling her.

After practice went to shower...haha its been awhile since I showered at the sports complex.

When I was about done...I picked up my phone and the next thing I knew, her name appeared on my caller ID..I was like OMG!

I ran out half naked and I was smiling while took the call.(People around must have thought I was crazy)

I'm really happy we talked.

I'll walk on slowly ahead first...while I wait for you to catch up

Went out to eat dinner with the clubhouse clean-up crew after that was home sweet home.

Too tired to blog last night...fell asleep after talking to Charmaine( that girl...always loves to tease me...)

tomorrow's another day=)

~ryuta~

Smiles and Tears

2009-03-09T23:45:00.000+08:00

Smiles and Tears

Went bag shopping with mervyn, matthew and michelle today. Went to Campus Corner, Adventure 21, Outdoor life and National Geographic.

Went to campus 1st, had to J-walk under the rain >.<...Matthew was considering to get the compressible baja bag( the one with the quick release air valve ). I've just discovered today that Michelle likes red...nono..maybe like is an understatement..Michelle LOVES red to death.

Seriously..that girl has issues with the colour red....but what really stunned me was what she said..

Me:"Whats your budget?"

Michelle:"No budget"

Me:".......!"

That stunned me..like for 2 whole seconds....I wish I had the cash to allow me to say that=(.

went to Adventure 21 after that...got back my 65L mammut Traverse back!(woots).

Loaned it to Richard for the annapuna trek in nepal.

Chat with Gordon for awhile and saw the trek photos..one word..BEAUTIFUL...I really missed the Trek in Nepal.

Then I saw at the corner of my eye..Michelle and Matthew carrying Mammut bags...was like O.O

And they were gong to buy it on the spot...so different from me when I bought mine...needed to come back to Adventure 21 a few times before deciding to purchase my Mammut.

Initially Michelle wanted to get a maroon coloured one which looks damn good! but the system isn't that suited for her. She then picked up another Mammut bag..this time its a blue one.

After much contemplation Michelle FINALLY decided to get a blue Mammut silvestre 60L(after she said she didn't like blue last night on msn) and Matthew a black Mammut Arete 65L.

Both bought their bag then..Rich Kids.

Mervyn bought a Tatonka raincover....

Before leaving I asked Gordon whether there were vacancies for part-timmers...he said he'll check it out..hope i can get to work there XD...asked him about Island Peak too...I so wanna go there.

Now 5 people have a Mammut bag...hahaha..can make a Mammut stempede.

heres the pic of 3 Mammut supporters + the camera man(Mervyn) thats 4.

(Me. Matthew, Michelle and our Mammuts)

Nat Geo ish cool!

guess what I bought?

Went to Nat Geo to buy an outer shell..love it!
its damn cool! Shall post it here another day...

After that I went to Ikea to meet Bruno, Yi jie and Marcus along with Matthew at alexandra road. Went to scout for some clubhouse stuff then dinner.

Yi Jie asked if she replied me yet..I said nope and asked if I should call her...she said yes...that girl.( Charmaine told me about the same thing )

well when I got home on this cold starless night..I received my answer...she msned me a link to her answer.

I sort of got the idea of what she's trying to say and I totally understand her..but I guess I consider that as a rejection for now...till further notice.

I haven't reply her yet coz i wanna say it to her rather than msn her..I'm just that sort of person..I guess I'll leave it for tomorrow.

(feelings are locked up inside me, it's causing me pain in my chest as slient cries are made accompanied by a stream of tears)>>details tmr.

What Hurts The Most - Rascal Flatts

~ryuta~

Memories of Today and Yesterday

2009-03-09T00:25:00.000+08:00

Went sentosa today with my buddies from NPFloorball, it was fun...played volleyball soccer, basketball. Think I got a tan...I almost lost my New Balance shirt though...was taking a photo when I turned back I saw my supposely drying shirt missing! I was like O_O; no way...

Cursed my luck but luckily I found the IDIOTS who took the shirt in the toilets...ask them if they mistakingly took the shirt( they were camping next to us ). Turn out they did...didn't even bother going back to our spot to return me my shirt..Had to walk quite a distance half-naked...( jeez.. )

Been playing with this lil' thing called the rubik's cube..trying to solve all of its faces( Can only do one now though)

(Thanks andrew for teaching me how to solve this thing the rite way)

Ever had that feeling...where even though you have so much friends and family that care for you but you still feel you're all alone?

I have decided long ago that no matter what the outcome..I'll continue walking

Even if I have to walk alone.

(Its been awhile since I heard from you..All I want you to know is that the things I said to you then are from the botom of my heart)

2009-03-07T22:06:00.000+08:00

Haha today was AGM....went back to school and wanted to sleep in club house before the meeting. On the way up I met the rest of the TMs( Jason, Yi jie and Vanessa) told me they were going to library to print out stuff.

Saw Philbert at the SU camp..saw them tekan people..good luck su camp gls( Don't know you guys though )

Afterwhich ate hotdog for breakfast...yuck.

Went for meeting with the 34th councils...saw their stunted faces when we announce event organisers..hahaha

went for karate training after that...

anyway playing Halo Wars now...game is quite all rite.

I love the storyline
Heres a trailer..Check it out..

Adventure Races are coming up..SMU's adrace (april 25)
NTU X-physique(may 31st)
NTU Adventure Trail Challenge(7 june)

I so wanna join..

(still waiting for her answer anyway..should I call?)

I've decided to push back Gunung Tahan Trip to 1 April...9 day trek..

~ryuta~

Footprints and Memories

2009-03-06T18:20:00.000+08:00

Was suppose to meet Mervyn in school for breakfast today at 8am before going for the risk management class, woke up today at 7am...( WTH rite? ) After a quick wash-up, I rush down to the bus stop and while waiting to cross the traffic light I saw my bus just zoom pass me..(Fox-trot) but it wasn't so bad...I still could make it(7:26am)

Happily sat at the bus stop with a smug look on my face and listening to my MP3 thinking that I had more time to rest...the bus came shortly after..was so happy because it came quite fast until....I realize that I forgot my EZ-Link card( PHUCK!)
walk back home...( Time was 7:35 ) DOTS.

Then when I came down....I saw.....my bus pass me...again! For the 3RD TIME!(Charlie-Bravo) went to buy MACs for breakfast..found out $2 meal promotion is over..(PHUCK X2) spent another $5.50.....sucks

Anyway here are the pictures from the airport when we sent Hashanah off

(Just look at her...act cute hahaha)

I'm leavin' on a jet plane..( I wanna say that )

(Sunrise from T3)

Today's RAMs course was quite enriching..learnt some stuff like a lightning warning system which you can call and make an enquiry about the weather condition in different areas in Singapore. Go try it...its 62826821.

You'll need the help of this map too.( abit blur )

waited like crazy for the bus...just check out the time I had to wait if I miss my bus

I wouldn't wanna wait 33mins for a bus...think I'll die.

When I got home I opened the letter box..the instant I turned the key I heard *KIK*

I was like -_-)...then O_O)
ChiBonk..wasted 1 hr of my life to get the broken piece out....

anyway..I've been addicted to this girl group from Korea( never thought I would be a fan of one )
They're called So Nyuh Shi Dae(girls generation) or SNSD for short.

Here is one of their MV called Into the world!
enjoy!

1st Blog Post

2009-03-05T21:59:00.000+08:00

Yay! Finally created a blog..urgh..such a pain...

People who visit this blog should know me well enough but in case you don't..heres a lil' intro about me=D

I'm Ryuta, and no...I'm not a Japanese nor do I have Japanese blood in my family(will touch on this later)

I'm Chinese.

I'm a foodie( love good food lots)

Nature lovin'

I like the outdoors and stuff so sports and adventures are my cup of tea but I can be right at home with computer-games at the same time too.

Avid Aventurer( still a lil new at it )

Tea/coffee lover

A bit of a last minute 'chiongster'

Loves the scenery nature provides e.g starlit sky, above the clouds on a mountain top.

Wish is to climb and summit Mount Everest someday.

I've no idea what to write about in my first post....hmm alrite lets start with what hapen these few days.

Lets see...Just finished Council Training Camp..last weekend on the 1st of march(bro's b'day)
went to the airport and camp there over night with marcus,bing hua, matthew, mervyn, clarissa, Jason and yi jie after heading home to send Hashanah off to CHINA(Land of the PORK)
hope she's enjoying herself there.

Hashanahme

after that went to clubhouse and slept for awhile before heading home to wash-up and it was off to the airport again..to send Ernest and Jit siong off to China as well.

After a good night's rest and a day in sch..here I am..blogging for the very 1st time.

Today I finally did something that was in the back of my mind for two years..happy that I did it..because I had resolved to do it long ago..just that fate had a funny way of doing things.
Still a lil embrassed though haha..

Anyway great to see my blog up and running, still have lots of things to fix and tweak though.=)
Hope tomorrow is another great day..

~ryuta~