Back to blogging!

Welcome back Dinie, after almost 6 months missing in action..

I have to say, time really pass by very fast. The last post I made in my blog was regarding the N levels and now, I am already in Secondary 5 facing my O Levels very soon. Let's recap from the Month of October 2009 to the Month of March 2010 on some of the things I did:

October 2009:

• N Levels roughly ended at the beginning of this month.
• I had my very first cabride in the Class 29 Dalian from Bukit Timah to Stagmont Ring.
• Short trainspotting trip to Kempas Baru, Johor.
• The last time I attended school as a 4NA student.

November 2009:

• Celebrated Man Wen's birthday at Sakura Restaurant.
• The sighting of a Merc Citaro Bus in Singapore.
• I started working at ISS-CDCS Catering as a Part-time Catering Assistant.
• I had my first cabride onboard a Class 26 Blue Tiger Locomotive from Kempas Bahru to Pasir Gudang then to Kluang, Johor.

December 2009:

• My father finally bought me a new camera.
  
• I had my KL & Penang Trip 2009 on 8th December.
• I attended the KTM's event of receiving the ETS at Kuala Lumpur on Dec 15th. (The photo header above was the one I took during the event.)
  
• Celebrated Afiq's birthday at his house with train and bus fans.
• I received my N Level results which made me able to go to Sec 5 in 2010.
• I finally resigned from my job after 1 month hidious work.

January 2010:

• Happy New Year!
• School have started. I am in 5c!
• Nothing much though.

February 2010:

• Celebrated Chinese New Year.
• Can't remember much though.
  

March 2010:

• Common Test 1 finally started and ended in 1 weeks time. Results was satisfactory.
• Term 1 ends with a short 1 week break. I had 2 days of lessons.
• I travelled to Gemas, Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia for a short trainspotting trip there. It turned out to be the best outing as I finally got to see the Class 22 for the first and last time. I also met some locomotive drivers and definitely had loads of fun that day.
• 5C organised a Makan-Makan Gathering during the March holidays at Sakura Restaurant just for a get together session.
• Parent-Teacher Meeting during this month.
  

That's all folks. Now is already April 2010 and I will be sitting for Prelims 1A very soon. Oh yes! Did I mention that O Level Mother Tongue will be on 31st May? Again, time passes by very fast and it will not be long before Semester 1 ends. Hehe! Tomorrow shall be heading to Marina Barrage with Joel to take some photos for his Art. See you guys..

A busy week ahead!

Ok finally back to blogging after being MIA for quite sometime.

Well, the Prelims for the N Level finished about one month ago. Soon, N Level came along during the September Holidays. Ok let's see, we are done with English, Malay and SS Papers. So i'm left with Science Physics and Biology, Mathematics, Geography and Design & Technology. For the first time however, I managed to finish my Social Studies Paper which was good. Luckily, I revised the correct topic and that was Diplomacy and Detterance. Although I did studied Conflict in Countries, that did not came out. Almost 90% of the NA students revised for D&D. Quite suprisingly, Globalisation did came out for SEQ. SBQ was saitsfactory altough I did not quite understood the toic given out. I had to read the background information a few times before managed to get the ball rolling. Malay and English Paper were fairly ok. I'm expecting an A1 for Malay and a B3 for English. I think now my focus has to be on Science and Geography.

Week 1 of Term4 for School has ended. Basically, we were the only Sec 4NA class to occupy the 4th Level. The 4 Express and 5 NA are out for their prelims. Hmm, so it's not suprising that we are the only one using the 4th level which is good actually. We are able to move freely, go to another class freely and use which toilets are available on the 4th Level. English, Malay and SS are already free periods which we make use for self-study periods. Sometimes, we make use to these periods to chit chat and not to do work. Hahaha!

Ok so, Ramadhan is leaving soon and Hari Raya is coming. Preparations are well under way at my home. Rooms are kept clean, curtains are washed, new Hari Raya outfit is being purchased and etc, etc.. It's kinda fast that one month of fasting is about to end soon. You don't feel the time moving at all. I still remember the 1st day of fasting. Azmee and myself went to Yishun to catch the SMRT Yutong ZK6126HGC Bus registered as SMB135E. Oh yes, there were many temptations all around us but we managed to survive. Hahaha! I had a break-fast gathering with my family, my friends and railwayfans from SGRailway. Of course, Ramadhan is a month never to forget. Oh yes, I'm going out later to iftar and have our last Terawih prayers at Ba'alwie Mosque.

Finally, let me wish all readers a Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Minal Aidil Wal Faizin. May the month of Syawal bring blessings to all of us.

Pictures time!














The Yutong Bus bought by SMRT. Registered as SMB135E. This bus was on Service 854.














My favourite bus with my favourite advertisement. This is a Mercedes Benz OC500LE Bus registered as SMB67T with a Berri Juice ad. It was on Service 172.

KTM Komuter

Seem this blogger is not working that well lah.. I have been trying to upload pictures here but seems to fail. But this time, it seems fine to me.

The picture above is taken during my recent to trip to Kuala Lumpur on the 21st June. That's a KTM Komuter Class 83 3-car EMU trainset at Rawang Station. It is similar to our MRTs here but only it is a 3-car and the trains come at a 20 mins frequency. These trains were recently refurbished by Malaysian-Korean Rail Consortium (MKRC). The seats are changed to a horizontal direction and are provided by Vogelsitze of Germany. Overall, the ride on these trains was satisfactory and it's advisable to buy the "Tour Ticket" when you are taking KTM Komuter the whole day. I bought it for RM12 because I moved around KL by the Komuter so it's much more easier and convenient then queing up to buy single journey tickets.

Saturday's Bus Outing

What a tiring day it was, but every second was worth it..

I met up with Azmee around 3pm today at his void deck. Passed him the KTM Komuter Marketing Video and KL Monorail cd and made our way to the bus stop near his house. We waited for 307 and there came SMB43L. We were hoping for a Batch II OC500LE to come but it was Batch I. It was until when we reached at CCK Interchange when we saw SMB69M on 188. We hurried and immediately took the bus. Our intention was to take a Batch II OC either on 172 or 307 around the CCK Area but we landed ourselves at Bukit Batok after a joyride on SMB69M on 188.

We alighted near Bukit Batok before making our way to Bukit Batok Interchange to get onboard the Hino Demonstrater, TIB905Y on 941. It was my 2nd time taking it and Azmee's 1st time. We joyride for one round before alighting at Bt Batok Central to take 985 back to CCK Interchange. TIB1018B came rolling down slowly on 985. The bus driver drove quite slow all the way to CCK Interchange. From there, we transfered to 172 and made our way to Boon Lay Interchange for dinner and to take pictures of buses.

After the bus-spotting outside Boon Lay Interchange, we then proceeded back to the interchange and thought of taking a Scania K230UB Euro V for a joyride. But we changed plans to take SMB1H when we saw it coming in Boon Lay Interchange. We waited around 15mins before SMB1H came for its return journey back to Choa Chu Kang. The bus was quite packed until Jalan Bahar where those foreign workers alighted. We drop off at CCK Ave 1 to wait for SMB71E on 307. While waiting, we took pictures of SMB1H after making one round and finally, SMB71E came but it was 307E. We boarded and alighted at CCK Interchange. While walking at the interchange, I saw SMB72C on 307 coming to its berth. Azmee and myself immediately ran to catch that bus. We managed and drop off at Yew Tee MRT to take pictures of SMB72C and SMB71E which was coming in quite soon. We ended our day finally around 8:30pm. Although tiring, but it was fun!

SMB71E on 307 - Batch II of SMRT's Mercedes Bez OC500LE. Although looking similar to the 1st Batch, it has different colour interior, CCTV installed and more bus stopping pressing buttons.

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Garuda Indonesia New Livery

Here's a tribute to one of my favourite Airline, Garuda Indonesia. After 22 years wearing the old livery, GA decided to change their image by introducing brand new aircrafts and showing off a brand new livery. The change in colour at the tail and the new font makes GA a brand new airline itself. This livery is currently painted on their brand new Airbus A330-243 and this aircraft will start commercial service on the 3rd July from Jakarta to Seoul, South Korea. They have also introduced their new Executive Class offering a 180 degrees flat bed and new entertainment system. Their Economy Class are not spared either. Both classes are given refurbishments with new Enterainment system as well as spacious seats. These products are available on the Airbus A330s, the Boeing 747 and the upcoming Boeing 777-300ER.

They are hoping with new aircrafts being rolled out, the EU will lift its ban from granting rights to Indonesian Carriers from flying into the European States. Photos are taken from the internet and Jetphotos.net. Copyrights infringement to its owners.