2006... what a funny year..
| 2006 is a really funny year. New life, new developments, new direction in life, new resolutions, basically a whole new me. The year began with Project Leo. What's Project Leo, you might ask if you haven't known me pre-2006. In brief, Project Leo is an attempt to develop a true Tokusatsu/live-action hero program Singapore. Something that would aim to kickstart a general Singaporean interest in similar productions from Japan. However, our aggressive start was slowed by the departure of our Project Head Kee Liang into 2 years of National Service, and two other important personnel to overseas to further their studies. We hope to be able to continue Project Leo again, as aggressively as before once Kee Liang is out from NS.   Then came CIBTC June 2006. Though I didn't like CIBTC very much, I made many good friends in there. Learnt a whole lot of new stuff in CIBTC too. In fact, I probably learnt more useful stuff during ATC than during RC and NRC combined. It's probably because only during ATC you get to apply the skills learnt in RC. Through CIBTC I learnt one very important ideal I go by these days - Flexibility. Some people I know just don't exercise enough flexibility when it comes to organising events and etc, but let's not get into that, that was 2005's problem.  SINGAPORE VS CHINA. The football match of the year. No goals during the match, though we came close with a goal which was deemed offside (Referee kayu). I swear he was kayu. A lot of flak received from the China fans, and a lot of nationalist issues cropping up during the match, due to the fact that the China coach angered Singapore fans with the '4 Golden Eggs' incident and their overwhelming arrogance. For more information you might wanna refer to my June post about the match. Got a lot of angry responses from Chinese nationals in the comments section.  Three months of wearing a drill cloth as a CI Trainee came to an end with the Passing Out Ceremony on 23 June 2006. Finally, the day had come when two of my personal goals in NPCC were achieved: 1) To wear the pip on my shoulder, 2) To wear the No.1 Ceremonial uniform.  Welcome back to unit! The entire week after POC I was pretty busy, going down to unit almost everyday as Speech Day was on the next Saturday right after POC. Due to SYFOC 2006, I was the only CI down at unit on the actual day, which was 1st July. That was my first official active duty as a unit CI. During this period of time TokuAsia had like a billion outings to China Square Central. Every Sunday we'd be there, looking out for good bargains, criticizing expensive prices, wow-ing at cheap prices, but rarely buying anything.  Welcome to Area 10!! My first ATC as a CI, 8 - 10th September 2006. It was really fun, check out my post on ATC sometime in September. Had a great time working with my fellow Area Instructors, CIs and HOs alike.  "Unseen Vacancies + No Crown, No Gown Princess". This was the one of the best days in the year for me. NPCC Officers Day Awards Presentation Ceremony, held at Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre Ballroom 1, on the 29th of September 2006. This was the day we wow-ed NPCC officers with playing our songs. Hopefully we can play again at the same event next year.  Ultra Brothers Henshin! The first five Ultra Brothers henshin at the Singapore River.  Ok, Roti Prata. People who don't understand might ask me why I put a picture of Prata when talking about the Year 2006. Let me tell you why - TokuAsians CRAVE for Prata. I don't know how this obsession started but WE NEED OUR PRATA. And Bundaberg Root Beer to go with it. We don't know how this came about but it just did. The best prata stall in Singapore is.... *drum rolls* Abdus Prataraja at Lau Pa Sat. Go, go help the Uncle make money. He makes good Prata. So good that everytime I type Prata in here it has to start with a capital P.  The most important event this year. Definitely the TokuAsia 1st Anniversary Dinner on 18th November. Organizing this event was no easy feat. We started planning for the dinner in August, and we are so glad, it finally came and gone. The event was a success BUT the unhealthy gender balance really needs to be sorted out.  Ultra Brothers of TokuAsia. The classic brotherhood of Ultra heroes is immortalized by TokuAsia personnel in my biggest fanfiction project this year - The Ultra Brothers.  ATF Trainer Course 2006!! Becoming an ATF Trainer is not easy, but I am glad I did pass the course. Made many new friends and strengthened old friendships. Had fun working with the NCDCC guys too. They were extremely 'On' if you get what I mean.   30th HOBTC ATC ATF. We conquered the Team Challenge Pyramid. This is one of my greatest achievements this year. Aaron, Farith, Weiwei and myself, together with Rayyan as our accompanying instructor. We spent 3 hours in total up on the tower, including resting time, and about 2h15min to successfully climb to the top of the tower. This activity really challenges your wits and ability to work as a team, I'm glad we could do it.  Check me out as I mess with Gareth's TV set at TokuAsia's X'mas Eve gathering. Asked Princess along but she couldn't make it. Never mind, lol. We ATTEMPTED to balance the unhealthy gender balance here, but we failed. Only David's girlfriend turned up. Well it was fun, we played PS2 and watched Dekaranger, Tiga and Gaia. After that we went for a Prata outing to Serangoon Gdns Prata House. Reached home around 4.30am that night. Well, the year's nearly rounded off now. Only left with tomorrow's Lau Pa Sat+Fireworks outing with TA. Hahaha, we know of an extremely good place to watch the fireworks but I'm not telling. Don't want to brave crowds at our own secret location. Here are the toys I bought this year:   Let's see how much I've spent on them: DX GouGou Gattai DaiBouken - $80Total cost: S$394.35 That's like spending $1.10 a day on toys. Quite healthy I suppose. 2007 I'm definitely spending a lot more, with my MegaSilver Keitaizer coming, Dekaranger mecha set and Ultra Father UH Series...O.o |
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