Beijing 2008

Time flies...

On the Sunday after 090808, i met 2 Japanese members. They were here on holiday, and they work as elementary school teachers back home in Japan. At Chijmes, they expressed interest to visit Soka Kindergarten. Being the kaypoh that i am, i of course volunteered my services!

The next day, i ended up taken them to all the kaikan's in Singapore outta my own free will.

Below are just 2 of the pictures that they sent me. Awesome!

Serene mei mei! Send an e-mail to me at niner.mike@gmail.com i wanna send you your pictures!

So let's see, what do i have...

That's me, Mi-chan and Sayuka-san, taken way before 090808 at some dim sum restaurant in JB, and before Mi-chan had a haircut.

Following Beijing 2008 closely now. Hoping that Malaysia wins gold in badminton!

Will be doing a flight to Tioman Island tomorrow. Hopefully the weather stays perfect.

Good night!

080808

Yo.. due to ndp pics not in my lappie yet.. i shall post other pics here. not something that i like to do, but seeing weixian blog about his happenings and having some pics from wads going on in his life.. alter-j must not be outdone.

080808, as u all shd know, is a very very very very auspicious day.
if im not wrong there were about 308 couples getting married that very night!
one of them is my csm from army and his wife at swisshotel...
pls prepare some plastic bags as we begin...

looking hunky and funky, introducing the handsome three..


say cheese! oei they pangseh me!


cool ice carving, with fruits for craving..


2 hot guys who are cool as ice


fantastic wedding, fantastic people, ORD LO!



:)



well, the focus falls back on the handsome three..


told ya u need some plastic bags...

but nvm..no matter wad, we are still adorable right?

alter j pawns alter l and checks out..

NDP Bluessky :-(

Welcome to the "On to a tad bit more serious stuff....." post.

For a a more in-depth "analysis," please refer to my previous post, the one just preceding this one, i.e, the one below. Wakaru?

My cute Japanese friend Take-san (think i also want to adopt him as my "younger brother" leh!) joined our friends and i for the karaoke the night before the actual day as well. Poorthing, he had some stomach illness for the last 3 weeks since he got back from Cambodia. Just when everything seemed fine, the stomach attacks started to hit him hard and strong on karaoke night! But the kid had so much will power, we didn't notice any serious signs of his sickness.

On August 9th itself, he didn't arrive at TBSC at the stipulated 2pm. Mi-chan and I felt something was amiss. 

Mi-chan then phoned him, "Hi Take-san, are you reaching soon?"

"I'm still at home, i kept puking this morning," replied Take-san in a really weak tone of voice.

"Heh! Are you feeling better now?" Asked a concerned Mi-chan.

"Oh no! San shoshima has attacked!" I exclaimed. "I'm having this terrible sore throat from last night's karaoke too!"

Nee-san was also concerned, but nonetheless, Take-san still made it to TBSC, and he managed set off to the holding area together with the rest of his group!

"Take-chan! Gambatte! I'm sure after the NDP your illness will disappear!" I said to him at Suntec City just before i snapped that picture, with much conviction. 

I've personally fought an eye infection during the actual day of my first NDP in 1995. The infection got worse just before my scene, and then miraculously dried itself out right after i exited from the scene. 

"Supplies!"

Sorry if i didn't manage to capture all of you on my camera phone! However, there was one among you peeps, whom i've taken a pic with once before, that i wanted to take a pic with again. Alas, i didn't have the guts to do it. "W* B*h G*n!"

I honestly felt the morale, spirit and execution of the actual day's performance was not as superb and wonderful as that of the preview! Why ah? Hmmm....

Ah well, over liao!

Just before we left Suntec City for the...er...thing that floats, i took a pic with...

Wah seh! It was drizzling sia, and the normally crazy Jerry started to get serious and chanted out loud! I too joined him, albeit for a short while only.

We laughed and cried on the concrete way, all the way to Marina Bay. Then Black Knights appeared with all of their might, everyone's sight focused on that height! It wasn't that high, yet their turns were so tight! Amazing timing, that got us all shouting! By that time, the drizzle has fizzled, yet we weren't all that puzzled.

"Daimoku works!" I shouted till it hurts! That's actual proof, and it's fool proof!

While waiting for our turn to perform, i took a nap. Shiok sia!

Right after the show, i took a pic with...

I don't know her name leh! But as you can see, i'm not gay! Just "gay=happy!" I don't always take pics with guys only lor....

Er....with the that green colour thing, camera angle and sheer size, don't i look abit like the "Incredible Hulk" from the 80s?

Nee-san started to cry after everything was over. At first we pakat pakat to dance together one, then when i saw her crying, i just walked away. She felt sad that it's all over as it's her first NDP. You see, i don't know how to react when i see people cry. I don't know how to offer words of comfort, or for that matter, offer comfort to the "cryer." Don't know whether it's a guy thing or not, but anyway, i also felt like crying at the point in time :-(

Ah well, good thing nee-san got over her tears of nostalgia, and then A3 formed a circle, and we danced our hearts out. All was well until JJ joined in the fun. Grr...but ok lah, at least he danced together.

Eh, what do you guys think of my dancing ah? Can make it or not, or do i look like a fool? Tell me leh...

The view from the 2nd tier was ...

And the DJ was spinning really awesome music...

Took a pic with JJ and friends...

And as they say, all good things must come to an end. We all made our way back to Suntec City.

Sigh...the magic, pomp and pageantry is all over. It's back to reality, no time for "love."

But whatever it is, "We are Singapore!"

Well, not necessarily Singaporeans.

As you can see from Take-san's smiling face, his illness somehow vanished, and i think he went out with his group for makan after that!

 

A3!!! 23rd of August, after the PNDPC at TBSC, please come to my house for BBQ! I booked place liao!

SMS me or any of the trainers for my address! 

All others are welcome too!

Let's close this chapter of our lives with absolute conviction that the next chapter would be even sweeter, brighter and greater!

Banzai! Banzai! Banzai!

Post NDP...

Hey hey hey!!!

Er...different make-up for 090808, but anywayz....

All da peeps in da house! How's it goin y'all! J & L right backatcha! 

This is Alter-El, and i hope y'all love me! Please love me!!! I love you!!!! Especially you!!!

Feeling the post NDP blues while letting my hair loose. 

Well what can i say? That day was so grey, it then turned okay, and all were so gay!!! 

Hooo!!!

The testing of the stage equipment on the Wednesday before the actual day went on smoothly. Even the trainers, who were performing for us, had to stop their performance mid-way just so that the sound and lighting team could do some awesome dry runs!

Jialat man, on the eve of national day, went out karaoke-ing with some Japanese friends. Until now still got no voice sia! My A3 "nee-san" also went along! We sang until like 4am!! Guess what? Mi-chan (the guy in green) finally did some karaoke singing after like milleniums of prodding! Even though he sounded like a crook, he most certainly looked good!

Mi-chan, my "henna" Japanese friend who loves durians and natto, but hates karaoke. Way to go! Gambatte!

At Suntec, he was , and i was , but later on, we were ........

Took a pic with my A3 "nee-san!" 

, and he too wanted to join in...

I now have a "younger sister" from NDP. Here she is posing as the "Statue of Liberty."

And as usual, not wanting to miss a photo opportunity... 

 see lah! Make her sad only...hai....

On to a tad bit more serious stuff.....

congratulations!

congratulations ladies and gentlemen...

it was indeed a wonderful show! (despite not showing our back part and the green flag appearing for no reason :( )
it was evident for all to see that this years ndp was very very boring until our item! lol
gd job gd job. see u pp soon! ah lim please go for the post ndp celeb to represent us.. i dun tink ill be making it. haha! help me ask a2 pp see got a contact list or not leh.. even though i only know 1/3 of the pp there.. haha

some pics will be posted soon i guess. but very stupid one la. i only got pics of myself with other pp. dun think anyone wanna see lol. also, there will be a short video on the fireworks.. stay tuned!

regards and best wishes,
junjie

NDP

wahh... tml is ndp already.. no its later today! happy national day people!
jiayou and lets breakthru in our lives!
i'm struggling now, with sch and all, but thats wad life's about. lets struggle together and achieve our goals and dreams and reach greater heights together! ok ah lim i know u forever stuck at ur 1.7m lol.
a toast for a wonderful performance and victory in our lives!
cheers!

Contrast...

Woah! Just look at the stark contrast! "JJ version 2004," and "JJ version 2008." Nice! Graceful aging i must say!

Damn solid, today's last training....fui seh! Sweat alot sia! On track on losing some weight! But the "Or Luak" that i consumed at the Makan Sutra place, coupled with the tasty "Hokkien Mee," sigh...think i put everything back in already. But neh-mind....with determination, sure can lose weight one.

Can't believe 090808 is coming sia! This one and a half months participating in NDP08 was really quite fruitful for me. Got me back in touch with the youth division.

Ok, time to reveal my other blog, http://go-globality.blogspot.com

More serious stuff posted there about my life, my views and my history.

Thanks to JJ, i think i'm getting more and more addicted to blogging.

Must now contemplate the post NDP direction of this blog together with JJ. Hoping to make this a business enterprise someday....

Maybe i shall start with posting an older pic of myself.

Taken when i was slightly slimmer in 2005. 

To all faithful readers of the blog, all the best for the actual performance! Chant lots of daimoku before 090808, and let's all celebrate after that!

Till next time, Alter El out!