hiZ...

2004 has begun... i'm now more or less getting adjusted to sch... ^_^ things have been rather hectic i guess....

YFC has become more and more interesting... now that i'm in PPL. Mr Adrian Ho has begun to give me more face now... strange huh...

yup this week YFC came down to CJ to do promotion on tuesday. and on wednesday i offered my services to YFC by doing promotion for it. what did i do? well together with leonard and kalai and wen you... we made posters, bill boards, cloth displays etc...

we had 8 poster slogans that we used. basically they were all really catchy and done on the spot... except for Kalai's one that i find shines the most! its really catchy... "You don't need stamina to fly. you need GUTS" isn't that just so cool?

on the day itself i wore my flight suit.... now that really attracted a hell lotta stares. friends say i look shorter with that.... well its just an optical illusion really.... cause the central zipper of the uniform goes all the way to the pelvic region from the neck. haha... attracted a lot of girls for some reason.... have no idea why.... normally Youth Flying club is more popular among the guys... i mean there were almost a 1:1 ratio of guys to girls.

thursday YFC comes down for registration. mr adrian ho thanks me for the hard work put in over the past few days. he even told me that if i keep it up... he'll put me in for a surprise trip. wanna know whats that??? well basically it'll be a flight which will bring me to the South China Sea and that i'll be pulling 6Gs. (basically gravitational forces acting on me that will be 6 times heavier that me) yup... that will be the ride on an F-16!!!!! owww!!!!!! but that is if i do well.... must must must do well...

comes to friday.... hai.... really disappointing man.... for the first time ODAC has disappointed me.... for 2 days already i can't get over what their president did... let me tell ya what happened. no names shall be mentioned since it might become offensive. basically i asked the secretary to inform the president of ODAC to tell their J1 members that once they finish their session, they can meet me at YCK MRT station to go down to YFC to register.

the rational for this is that i've already scheduled 2 time slots for YFC registration at 9am and 12pm. i know that their programme will end later so i will SPECIALLY make another time slot for them. The basic idea is that YFC does not instantly accept students and start flying on the spot. this process takes well over 3 months. this means that before they enter YFC, they may already not be in my JC since they are given a 2nd chance to choose another sch with their O level results. YFC membership is also transferable. so no re-application is required. the faster u sign up, the faster u can get in.... but its still at least 3months. so techincally i'm doing them a big favour.

but noooooo... the president says "We have to let them choose. Either YFC or ODAC" i mean like what the hell manZ... i was so freakin pissed off.... i nearly exploded when the secretary told me that... and it was really a one in a million chances i get this mad. think it was written all over my face that i was pisseed off too... my face and myself can't lie. i mean yes i would agree with the president that if they were to do 2 ccas simultaneously they will die of brain damage, spinal dislocation, wrinkled intestines, dried up lungs, corroding saliva. yes.... but the problem is that it is not going to be done together. THATS THE WHOLE FREAKIN THING!!!! and the thing is that they can choose to quit YFC when that thing happens and nothing will happen to them. DAMMIT MANZ!!! CJ has not played a significant role in YFC.... i'm trying to do that and this speck tries to challenge me. URGH!!!!

basket manz.... i still even requested to talk to the president personally and requested nicely for his number and nothing comes back... no response.... that again ticked me off.... at least those that have expressed interest and chose not to join due to some reasons... i can understand that... i mean if they personally told me... "I don't want to join cause i think ODAC is more appealng to me" yah that way i can understand... anything logicaly to me is acceptable. Do you know that YFC is willing to spend so much money on these potential Air Force Pilots? its really compromising potential talent. look at my case. i registered in January and got in in July.... JULY U KNOW!!!! i barely managed to get into PPL and this kinda shit happens.... i just don't want it to happen to my juniors.... i don't care if they leave CJ after 1st three months..... thats ok.... at least YFC has their members.

i may look nice and relaxed.... but i SIMPLY HATE and DESPISE people who think i'm a push-over.... IT IS GREATLY IRRITATING!!! yes i may not be fantastic in languages or arts. but SHiT MANZ how the hell can you just look down on me like that. Do you know how much i dedicated to YFC to get into PPL? do you know that???? shit manzz...... do you know that only 20% makes it into where i am now? do you know that??? this 20% could be in other CCAs that are holding them back.

i admit i was also totally crazy over ODAC and have always admired their training last year. but since i'm in love with flying. i sacrified ODAC. i made that decision. i didn't join odac in the first 3 months cause i was told that YFC needs dedication. i was given guidance. i know what takes priority. some people were not given this guidance. that is why this year i personally called them and explained all the details of YFC tat are not taught but learnt by word of mouth.

I even praised ODAC to my friends entering CJC this year. i recommended some CCAs to them. ODAC was the 2nd to be mentioned after YFC. i hold that much respect for ODAC. not to some weird ccas.

i have a feeling that i may get alienated by saying all this things. but honestly this is what i feel. though it may seem like a small matter. it really hurt me. all i asked was to inform the J1s of such a trip down for registration. but this is my blog. know this.... if you're not happy reading this blog people from ODAC. then dun come here at all!! fine if you think i'm arrogant or cocky.... i'm fighting for my CCA you know. i'm all alone running this CCA inside CJC. i'm not implying that ODAC members are banned from here. you are free to come and take a look at my life. this is not intended at cursing at all ODAC members. the decision made was weak and no further negotiations were made. honestly other more harsh thoughts were flowing through my mind on friday evening.

*breathes in....* *breathess out* hai.... feel a bit better now. to the secretary out there who may come across this blog by any chance. i am not scolding you or cursing you for that matter. all u played was the role of messenger. nothing more nothing less. that is also one reason why i didn't blow up on that day.

ODAC... all in all... i still think that you are a cool cca. you still are much better than the other CCA's in CJC. many others are filled with slackers whom i personally despise. on a scale of 1-100 with 50 being neutral. ODAC started this year with a 90% rating. just this one move... its not at 65%. lets hope wounds will heal ya?

i believe that proper negotiations can be carried out the next time such things happen. this goes to any other cca out there.

ta