31st December 2-0-0-9

Last day, of this year..

And we're all set, to move on to 2010..

Turning 19 soon, in about a month or so..

Turning into an adult,

even quicker than I've even imagined..

This coming year, will put me on a whole new level..

Because if my studies proceed without problem, I'll be third year..

Because if my cca proceed without problem, We'll be the people in charge..

Because if my religion proceed without problem, I'll be taking more responsibilities..

Because if my life proceed without problems, I'll have to start planning..

A whole new level of considerations, I've to make..

And its just part and parcel of life, of growing up..

Well, lets just hope I managed, like I always did..

Anyway, going out soon for countdown,

With my Sec School friends..

Cheers people, cya in a while..

30th December

BBq outing with Pri School friends..

Been a long long while, since I last saw many of them..

It sure brings back memories, though its just bit and pieces, from everyone..

Well, its this bits and pieces, that makes us remember, what a class we were..

Cheers to everyone who went, you make my day.. ok.. night..

Second last day of the year, spent memorably..

Lets the pictures dictates the happenings..

30th December..

The last five days of my holidays.. Finally decided to post something..

I've so much I wanted to say, although there's so little I want to share..

-contradictions dictates my life-

Firstly, lets talk about boring today:

Wake up, no before I woke up, my Dad was nagging all the way......

Alot of stuff to be done today..

Firstly, the LPG guy is coming to replace our old one..

Secondly, a TZ is coming to collect our mattress and pillows and blankets..

Reasons? Well, a bunch of Indo QX is coming to stay over in Sg.

So many of us are lending out mattress to them..

Anyway, here's a snapshot of the aftermath:

You may be thinking, LOL? WTH? Was there a battle?

Actually, I dismantle it.. Personally.. Single handedly.. Or wad ever you call it..

Because my mom told me we (all siblings) will be getting new beds..

Wow, since we'll be getting new ones, lets start by taking down the old one..

Kinda have a mixed feelings while I was doing the job..

Its always good to get new stuff, who doesn't want it?

But old as it is, the fact is that the bed frame have been with me, for almost as long as I can remember.. I sorta develop feelings for stuffs..

Even my house which I've been staying in since birth..

It might be time for the old bed to go, But I know it will always be in my memory..

Oh well, gotta move on..

Anyway, after that, I went on with vacuuming.. and had the whole flat sucked..

At least its clean for now..

Today is the fifteenth, and before you go looking at the damm calender, READ ON..

I'm referring to the lunar calender.. =.=

Well, I suppose today is a prayer night, but I don't think I can make it..

Damm, just when I told myself I will be more into my religion..

But alas, I've an outing later on, and its been planed months ago..

Well, fuck that.. The calender is out since forever ago..

I guess I just have to skip today prayer.. again..

It might be late, but its never too late for me to start checking the lunar calender oftenly for god sake.. God aid me..

Okay, enough about today bullshit, when its not even over..

Lets retrack a little and go back to the 24th-25th December..

NIKE.. The Northern Island Kayaking Expedition..

From PM to Sembawang, Sembawang to Changi, to round ubin, and from Changi to ECP.. It was a long and tiring 4 days..

Many things was done, many things happened, many things revealed, many thoughts processed.. And I think its time, I start thinking about the kind of future I want..

The kinda future I should be walking down..

Oh, btw, check out the post below for my NIKE Journal... *.^

And I'll start logging down my thoughts,

once I get them arranged..

Well, thats a short summary for that period..

Between then and now, was two days of rest..

Monday the 27th

Spent the first day doing practically nothing..

Rotting at home, then rotting at school..

Tuesday the 28th

Took 4 MRT rides..

to Clementi, back home, to school, back home..

Packed and returned stuff borrowed for NIKE,

and arranged stuff for GC..

Hola, project afterwards, long draggy and boring..

Well, one could say its almost essential..

Anyway, ended the day just like that..

Moving on..

Here's where I'll end this post..

And just a short update for who ever is reading,

I'll be changing the blog layout..

To the new widget thing..

See how it goes and how it fares..

Cheers everybody..

NIKE JOURNAL

24th December:

Time now is 12.45 am, and I'm writing down this Journal during an expedition.

I guess you could say I wanted to keep my memory fresh as it is,

so there is no better time to log down everything that happened,

than on the night of the day itself..

Just before one closes his eyes, and prepares his mind for the very next day,

he gotta look at what happened today, and reflect on everything that happened..

So lets start all the way to the very morning of today:

I woke up, around eight and started packing my stuff for the expedition..

Booties, SealineBag, Whistle, Hammock, Clothes, Hat & everything else I could think of..

I went through the list over and over again, making sure I'm not forgetting anything.

And once everything was nicely packed, I grab a slice of cake and left my house..

Looking at the time then, I was quite shocked..

For its one of the rare occasions, I'm actually early instead of being late like I usually do..

But alas, when I'm finally early, all my friends turned out late.. Well, not all, but most..

Sometimes it sets me thinking, if this is a trial from god..

Maybe its time I start getting use to being early, so that one day it will all pay off.. =D

Okay, after waiting for quite some time, we eventually decided to cab down to PM..

Since its less troublesome, saves time, plus it was raining heavily by that time..

Once we reached poly marina, the rain just keep getting worse and worse..

But for us, a little rain is not going to stop us.. The preparation has to be done..

Things might be a little messy then, but with a little initiative from everyone,

everything went according to schedule and we managed to set off as planned.. =D

From PM, we separated into 3 groups and set off for Sembawang via different route..

Grp1: Went to Sembawang with the lorry, which carried all kayaks and equipments.

Grp2: Went to Sembawang via the powerboats.

Grp3: Went to Sembawang, while making a huge detour to get food and some other stuffs..

Well, needless to say, I went with the third group, along with 3 other friends..

We first walked to West Coast Sheng Siong to buy the motivational foods..

Then, we took a bus to Clem. MRT and transferred to train, all the way to Sem. MRT

Once there, we walked around the area and purchased food at different coffee shops..

And when all the orders are checked, we went to the interchange and waited for the bus.

The bus brought us all the way to the entrance of Sem. Park,

but we still have to walk quite a distance in to our campsite..

At Sembawang Park, Grp 1 was the first to reach. By the time we arrive,

all the equipments have been unloaded and most of them were already resting..

I thought we could rest a while as well before Grp 2 arrives,

but it was not more than 5 min before we received a call from them..

I knew then, its was time for the next Job..

We spent the next hour or so, pushing and pulling before bringing all the boats ashore..

Thereafter, I spent much time alone, looking after the boats, enjoying the winds..

Started cooking my dinner around seven and finished eating at eight..

Plain old maggie mee, with mushroom seasoning, plus a can of prickled lettuce..

After dinner, I set up my hammock across two trees and started slacking..

Bath time was a little after that, and it was more slacking that follows..

Managed to get a few calls across, and I knew this was gonna fuel me for the next few days to come.. Signing off now, at 3 am..

-Ok, here come the dumb part.. After the first night, I was too damm tired to write down the Journal on the Second and Third night, so what ever there is gonna be logged down might not be as freshed.. But regardless, I'm still gonna do it, lest my memory fails me-

25th December

Woke up from my short sleep, and start to pack my stuff..

Keep the hammock, brush my teeth, pack my SealineBag..

Thereafter, I started packing the equipments for the boats..

In the mean time, a few people took turns and brought breakfast down to me..

Really thankful for their efforts, and appreciative..

Breakfast was French Toast, something we don't usually have for expedition..

Just tell me how much efforts they really put into planning the food..

After breakfast, time to get serious..

In the next hour or so, we did a couple of things, fast and efficiently..

Pushed the boats back into the sea, and load it..

Prepared our kayaks, and launched it..

Get into formation, and we were all set and ready to go..

Non stop paddling, and chatting all the way to Changi..

Okay, maybe a little break in between now and then.. =D

Well, my partner for the day was Guo Shu,

A chinese girl, my senior by 3 yrs, lesser relative experience, but full of spirit..

Well, at least I wasnt bored kayaking with her..

Anyway, we finished that day worth of paddling pretty soon,

and then it was time to set up camp at Changi..

We unloaded all the things from the boat,

set up a few hanging lines and the three tents we brought along..

Those who have hammock went on with their stuff and tied them up..

Thereafter, it was time for bathing and sleeping..

Nothing much that night and sentry was carried out as per normal..

26th December

Woke up and did practically nothing..

Had pancakes for breakfast which was also awesomely prepared by the food com..

Then, we were separated into 3 groups again..

Grp1: Set off for round ubin, with all the kayaks, and only 1 power boats..

Grp2: Sef off for the nearest super market and bought bbq food..

Grp3: Land support, assigned to look after stufss.. Practically sleeping..

Well, as of day 1, I fell into grp 3.. and really did nothing..

I continue eating breakfast until I finish the pancake mix..

And then I tied a hammock in the hut and started sleeping.. zZzzZzzzZ

Well, everything was fine at the start..

Communication was on with the Sea Side, and the weather was fine..

Then, we start to lose communication, and phone was also on and off connection..

And after bout a hour or so, the weather start to turn bad.. really bad..

Before it rained, I managed to keep all the laundry that was hanged up the previous day..

I shifted a little equipments, and brought one blue tarp over from the boat side..

And just before we starting building a make shift shelter,

It started raining.. The cold wind accompanied by the needle-like rain drops..

Though we managed to build a temporary shelter, it wasnt blocking any of that..

Basically, I screw up when it got cold, and wasnt thinking straight..

And it took me a while before I decided to change the shelter to another type..

Tsk, man.. What happened to all that preparedness and urgency..

I think I'm rusty le bah.. Really really need to set my mind back on track..

Just a short while after the shelter was rebuilt, me and cs left to collect more food..

We took bus, drenched from head to toe, with strong air con, to tampines..

Walked to cs's mom and dad store, collected all the necessary stuff and left..

This time, we took a taxi back to Changi..

On the way back, we were so cold and hungry that we ended up eating the food we collected..

Bee hon, mock duck, mock pork, mock everything..

We just kept on eating and eating..

By the time we reached back at Changi, 10% of the food was gone.. LOL..

But it was still okay, Since most of it was just vege food..

And there was alot more for meat eaters.. tsk..

After we reached back, the drizzle continues for a while more till the Sea Side returned..

We helped them unloaded, and sent them all to bath..

I stayed behind to look after the boats for them..

And went on to bath when the juniors return..

Dinner later on was the bbq, and alot of dumb stuff happens..

Main point: Regardless of any unhappiness, everything was worth it when everyone was having fun in the end, food was sufficient.. Hola!!

Night time: Juniors sentry, seniors all sleep.. After all, tml they all boat..

Oh yea, this time I slept on the floor because I was too lazy to tie a hammock. =D

27th December

Woke up, brushed, washed my face, and shitted, all at different toilets..

Went back after all that was done and then I start helping out with breakfast..

Sandwich with egg, cucumber, tomato and cheese.. A little mayo as well..

All the sandwich was packed nicely into small packets.. With a little sticker..

Well, this is really the first time I've eaten something like this for a expedition..

Really the becoming the best food com ever in the history of SPA.. LOL..

After breakfast, we started packing everything..

Boats were pushed in and loaded with equipments..

Kayaks were allocated and people started disembarking..

And then, comes the next few hours of hell..

The distance generally wasn't the problem... It lies with the tide and waves..

The side current caused us a lot of problems by constantly pushing us to the wrong directions..

I started to get pissed, but I slowly clam my self down..

In the end, I still used alot of brute strength..

And my partner of that day was VERONICA!!

Haha, not say she is a bad partner, she was paddling just as much as I did..

Well, at least i got another person who would talk with me.. And keep me entertained.. =D

The bad news was that the fark-tup current stayed with us all the way till ECP..

And when we saw the beach, we were really happy,

like when u finally saw the end of the light in a tunnel, you've been crawling in for 10 yrs..

At ECP, we start unloading the kayaks and boats of everything that wasnt needed..

Then we started carrying all the stuff to the lorry, which was some distance away..

Loaded them all up the lorry the same we did when it was transported to Sem. Park.

This time, we were split into 2 groups only..

Grp1: Went with the boat travel to pm via sea..

Grp2: Went with the lorry travel to pm via land..

Well, I went with grp2, sat on the lorry with a bunch of alums, and talk cock all the way..

We shared experience, no.. They shared their experience with us mostly..

And I was just listening most of the time.. Opens me up to another point of view in life..

Anyway, we reached pm pretty fast and started unloading the stuffs..

Once down, we started washing what ever we could immediately..

Firstly was kayaks, then paddles, then PFDS and then Skirts..

Just when those were about done, Grp 1 arrives..

The second wave of washing thus begun..

We washed the boats, messtins, groudsheets, tents, blue tarp and everything else..

Took us a long long long long time, and by the time everyone was washed as well,

it was about 7 to 8.. And we slowly make our way to the bus-stop..

I guess NIKE was officially over after the debrief somewhere before we bath,

and thereafter people started to leave one by one..

Well, we didnt have the usual gathering after an expedition,

but I assume it was just because everyone was tired..

Hmmm, just glad that everyone was willingly to spend this few days of the holidays,

to make this NIKE a success, for our SAW YAO SHENG, who did so much..

Hey buddy, good job.. Cheers..

Signing off after so much typing, for those who read, please tag me..
I'll be really glad..

-cont-

24th December

10 whole days since I last posted..

Been an awfully long ten days..

Lets start with what what happened just yesterday..

23th December..

Well, today is a long awaited day..

Finally going to meet someone I waited so long for..

And I eventually did..

Well, I might have sacrificed my level 2 abseiling test today,

But I know that I will get it back sooner or later..

And I know that everything was worth it in the end..

Because I gained something of greater value..

Today, I conquered myself.. I suppressed the beast.. I controlled my emotions..

It was a long fight,

one with a big disadvantage against me..

But I did it in the end..

I was so close to committing the crime I did then..

But I'm so glad now that I've proven myself..

Once again, I've found the new courage to stand up..

And fight for things in my life I really want..

I might have fallen off the right track some where in my life,

but now once I'm back on,

there's no stopping me..

I will not fail again!!

Thanks to you..

For what ever you've done,

what ever you've sacrificed..

I will keep them close to my heart,

as a constant reminder,

and as a testimony to my actions..

I cant begin to tell u how grateful I'm now..

Both to god and to you..

You're the one I need..

Tml is the eve of NIKE..

Eve of Christmas..

This three days of pure kayaking,

is exactly what I need to unwind and have fun..

well, I hope I can clear my minds off what ever loads I've as well..

Cheers..

22rd December

-

15 December

Update again..

14th December

Start of a brand new day..

Was thinking of sleeping till quite late..

But I still woke up around 8..

So, since I have nothing to do then..

I went to kitchen and helped my mom to hang the clothes..

And then, I started folding clothes..

What a boring morning for me..

=.='''

And then, I switched on my laptop,

read some manga,

and went back to sleep..LOL..

Just woke up again around 9.30,

so I went to the toilet and brush my teeth..

-Insignificant happenings-

Well, the day has just started so there wouldnt be much to post about..

Will be going school to rock climb later on..

And most preferably, go to Airport later on..

A certain someone is leaving for Taiwan,

so I was thinking of seeing her off.. =D

13th December

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Not to me.. to Miss Tien =P

Well, I didnt really prepare a present,

If I could I would have bought a ribbon and wrap myself up..

LOL.. as if anybody would want to receive me as a present..

But anyway, I really hope she had a great day, cheers =D

As for me, I spent the whole day at water venture..

Attending the last day of my four day 3 star kayaking course..

I think it ended fruitful for everyone..

At least we all learned and took back something..

It has been fun, the four days..

So was our coaches..

I can't say we were the best class to manage,

but we're certainly not the worst..

Yet the coach was able to take in both the good and bad side of us..

And continued to passionately inspire our interest in kayaking..

Teaching and Coaching, really is a display of how much interest in a hobby..

The 3 star training course might be over,

But I certainly hope my kayaking interest will continue..

12th December

-3 star kayaking course-

-Regular soccer, without shoes-

Had a tiring day, but it was enjoyable..

I spent the early morning reflecting on my past..

Then, I had a whole day to think about nothing else,

but to work the body..

Then I came hold and enjoy the rest..

Well, thats some kinda satisfaction I'm looking for in life..

Cheers =D

11th December

Last paper over le.. Tell for holiday mode..

Super slacker activated.. Woots..

Will be definitely playing hard this holiday..

Like I always did..

Gotta enjoy life to the fullest before everything.. =D

10th December

Second last paper..

Major screw up..

Not with me..

With the teacher..

And the paper..

So many error..

so little time..

all unhappy faces..

Laugh out Loud..

=.='''

9th December

Stayed in school and studied the whole day..

Boring..

8th December

Finished the second paper of the day..

Slacking now.. Because next paper is thursday..

Feeling kinda down now..

Contradictions and more contradictions..

I know, I have always been the kinda guy,

who talks to people about their problems..

Who tries his best to open up people hearts,

Just so that they can smile another day..

I don't know how much secrets are shared with me,

I don't how much burden I've carried since I started to care..

But strangely enough, no matter how much people comes to me,

Its not tiring at all..

No matter how much problems, or how serious those problems are,

Its not tiring at all..

Because I know, at the end of the road,

those problems are not mine..
I'm just extending a hand..

But I'm tired.. Tired because I don't share my problems..

Tired because no matter how much I want to open myself up,

I just wont..

Trust me, I really really wanna talk to someone about what I've done..

But I cant just tell anyone.. Not now.. Not like this..

Its just gonna make things worse..

I waited so long.. And in the end.. I'm just afraid of losing things that I really cherish..

I admit, I'm weak.. But its the only way..

8th December

Started the day with revision..

Pure maths calculation..

Just keep practicing and checking out for errors that I may commit..

Well, normally people who make careless mistake, leave it as that..

I beg to differ.. If you have taken extra effort to spot careless mistake,

then you would have been able to correct those mistake..

LoL.. Thats why you do practice, to help identify possible error.

Cheers, started the whole post with some bull shit..

Okay, time now is eleven thirty,
I still have two more chpts to go..

Not a big problem..

Test start at three thirty..

Piece of cake..

7th December

Finished the first test of this week..

Not sure I did well or poorly..

Just hope I would be able to past..

As always.. If you don't expect much, you don't disappoint.

Simple as that..

6th December

Stayed home all day, and studied maths.. The wrong paper..

Damm..

...

Worse possible news of the week..

My third grand aunt, which is my dad aunt, which makes her my grand-dad sister,

is in hospital, critical condition.. Had a stone or something in her digestive system..

In coma, just like my grand-dad few years ago..

I know this kinda things happen, we've to 'kan de kai'

but I'm sure she's important to someone, so I'll be wishing that she recover soon..

Second, my cousin.. Smallest son of my 5th Aunt, dad side..

Is in hospital as well.. Even more critical condition..

His white blood cells have rose to dangerously high level,

and base on what I know, it will start attacking its organs..

Just primary 4.. And he's undergoing chemo..

I am worried..

Though my family aint close with the relatives..

We're still related by blood.. A unbreakable bond..

And he's someone I've seen growing up..

Really really hope he can recover..

Really really hope there is a bright tomorrow for him..

Sad news may have been knocking,

but lets not add my bad results to it..

Back to study..

5th December..

Early morning, and I'm here to post..

And I'm actually posting this for yesterday event..

Before I forget what had happened..

Just a quick update for today first,

Forced to woke up by a stupid phone call..

Which nobody in the house want to answer..

Well, thats our tradition..

The last person who cant stands it pick up the phone..

tsk.. What a family hurr..

Regardless of that,

I would still have to wake up..

Having work later.. tsk.. and exams is next week..

Well, I know the chef need my help..

Cant leave him there to die..

4th December, Friday

Gonna be one of the dates that I will always remember from now on.. Or at least try to..

On that day, about 20 kids from a nearby home visited SP..

And for their second half of the day, We're in charge of making them happy.

And when I say we, I mean SPA.

The initial planning started a month back,

and we were in talks of holding abseiling and rock climbing for those kids..

We had worries, concerns, ideas, solutions, and did what we could,

Just so that those kids, could enjoy that day's activity safely..

For me initially, I was just hoping that there wont be a major screw up..

And I was praying that there wont be any hard kids to handle..

But once I saw them.. my mind went another direction..

I know I just have to do my best, to put a smile on every kid face..

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, or I'm just over sensitive..

But its like I could almost feel, how much that day meant to them..

The way they try to get attention, just tell me how little of that they had at home..

The way they get attached to me like a big brother,

tells me how much they needed some one bigger there to care for them..

I've gotta be truthful to myself.. Because I never thought I would be so close to an Indian kid..

But he was just this little kid.. And race didnt mattered to me anymore.. (I'm hardcore racist)

Seeing how that small little guy, trying to struggle with his fear of heights alone at the cage..

Just melts my heart and I know immediately, he's a kid in need..

Every one of them is a strong kid and I can see that they have been through much..

they were all brave enough to try and hide their fear,

and you could see they wanted so much to be standing on their own.

Because you know, standing at the abseiling cage, is no easy feat even for teenagers my age..

But those kids, were ready to conquer everything they fear,

so that victory of enjoyment they felt when going down the line..

Its heartwarming.. I didn't know I could be this good with kids..

Or actually I did.. When helping out my mom with looking after kids at FT..

I will always ended up being stick around by a few small guys..

Guess that always happens to me..

This day, I learned an important lesson in life..

To put a smile across my own face, its easy. I just have to think about smiling..

But put to put a smile across a kid face, its never easy..

You have to put in alot of consideration and thoughts and efforts..

To make sure that the smile is worth it, and that it will stays forever, in their heart..

Because you know, at the end of the road, you will gain back a smile that stays as well..

A true smile..

Cheers everybody, time to bath and get ready for work..

3rd December..

Long time since I last post..

Or since I last tried to post..

I have a half written journal that I tried to post on the 29th..

Ended up I fell asleep halfway through,

and I never had time, until now..

So lets just continue what I was doing, a back track and a recording of what has happen, until now..

Today,

Finally handed in my last due report..

The formal report of heat transfer..

Now, with the second last lock off my heart,

I can focus on tml activity, the last lock..

We'll be doing rock climb and abseiling for kids..

First time in my life..

And I certainly hope it wont be the last..

After this final lock is opened, it will be time to recollect my heart..

For MST..

Oh ya, forget to mention.. Went to poly marina this morning..

Help Mr Ko to put our platoon back in place..

Placed four anchor back, and secured the platoon..

Shouldn't be causing us any more problems any time soon..

Wednesday, 2nd of December..

Handed in yet another heat transfer report..

For experiment 3. Phew, damm happy but no time to enjoy that happiness.

Spent the rest of my afternoon, at the library finishing the rest of the formal report..

Almost finished everything, just a little touch up here and there left..

Leaving it all for the following day, and then its print and submission..

Slacked quite a bit after I reach home.. Watched tv mainly..

Well, a man needs it rest, cant blame me..

Tuesday, 1st of December..

Handed in Process instrumentation report..

Went to work, and stayed till ten thirty for a meeting with the manager..

I don't know, if she will be reading this..

But I've still decided to type it all out..

My inner thoughts that is..

Firstly, I cant fail to be amazed at how she can forget that we are students, that have to study on the following day when she make us stayed back for the pointless meeting. I'm also amazed how she could so effortlessly direct so much of her own responsibility to a bunch of part timers, drawing 5/hr, and saying how she should be taking our pay, if she have to remind us to do her job. Funny hur? I'm also amazed to hear that she would say we lack team spirit and moral, and that its our fault, when all along, it should be the leader fault, and that the leader is her.. A leader who cant lead well, should never blame her followers when they dont perform well for her.. There are a whole lot ton more of stuff, but mainly, I really hope that she will go back and reflect on her own actions.. You cant hold a meeting asking your followers to come clean with you, because none of them will voice out the mistake of their superior.

Monday, 30th November

Sunday and Sat 29-28 November

2 out of 4 lesson of my kayaking three star course..

Had been a tiring three days, but no doubt, what we learn are really a bonus..

Stuffs taught may be a little different, but I'm sure we'll be able to pass with a little practice..

Lets hope we'll be able to complete three star soon..

Friday, 27th November

Public holiday.. Rest day..

Or not..

Slacked in the morning, read alot of manga..

Went school in the afternoon to collect equipments,

before heading down to dairy farm for natural rock climbing..

Enjoyed myself.. At least its a form of escape, into nature arms..

If not, I think I will be home gaming all day long.. lol..

Thursday, 26th November

Trial run for 4th December event..

Wednesday, 25th November

Tuesday, 24th November

Worked?

Monday, 23rd November

Sunday 22nd November

My efforts paid off on this date.. And a new promise starts today..

A new beginning, that have given me new found hope..

A new purpose in life, will push me forward..

I thank god for what ever happened on this date..

Stayed a whole day at Tina Guo, for Jing Lao Ri..

Sat, Fri, Thurs 21-19 Nov

Well, although there are alot of , I'm happy to have found time to fill in as much as I can rmb..

Signing off here.. Cheers everyone!!