When I first arrived here, it was HOT! As in, really so hot that when you walk under the shades, you actually feel your skin being heated up. Almost like when you put your hands under the dryer in the toilets. But now, it's a whole different story! It is so cold that when I walk over to the toilet, I'm practically shivering with my teeth chattering. For my 9AM flight yesterday, I'm still amazed that I managed to drain the fuel tanks. My hands shook so much and I think I spilled half of the fuel I drained on to the tarmac. And no wonder that the ATIS said that the temperature was 8. Yes, it's single digits now. It's even cold during the days. Argh... how will I survive...

The remainder of my course, minus one guy, just arrived yesterday. Finally, fresh meat to help do our slave work. No, I say we should give ALL the work to them. Yes, since we had to do all these crap for the past 5 weeks, while they had a ball of a time going back to Malaysia, and a certain somebody went for a holiday. The cheek to actually do that... Anyway, for the last guy, things aren't looking too good for him. Really wasted because he should be good at flying with his licence. Can only hope that he will not be the latest guy to bite the dust.

And a big surprise for the junior course who thought they could skip OBS. Not only are they going for it, the timing of their OBS course really sucks. They should be at Ubin now as I type, having a ball of a time.... yeah right! Haha! Happy jogging guys. Worst part is that they will have about 1 week or 2 to study for whatever papers they have to resit when they get back. I guess solo camp will not be a time of reflection (gag), but rather, study time. Tough luck. Luckily I am not in that course.

Did I mention that I finished watching season 1 of the OC? Yes, what a great soap opera. I can't believe I am watching this when I practically skipped the entire Beverly Hills 90210 craze ten years ago. And now I am obsessed with a bunch of kids having a time of their lives with wads of cash to spend. I should have watched BH90210 or Party of Five ages ago instead! And thank God my friend brought season 2 over. Just 2 days without watching and I am starting to suffer from OC withdrawal symptoms.

So I haven't flown for a week. One whole week. I will be really rusty when I go up next, which I sincerely hope will be tomorrow. In the meantime, what have I done... Let me see, I have watched 20 episodes of the OC season 1. I took a trip over to Fremantle, checked out the oh-so-famous-but-expensive fish and chips, the great beaches and surfs. Been eating too much fries from McDonalds too. Now I understand why the locals can have BTLs (Billiard Table Legs). There just isn't anything else to do other than to eat, and eat more.

I'm a bummer. Nothing to do other than to bum around the room.

More OC now...

What a beautiful day for flying today! CAVOK (Meaning no clouds, good visibility, no rain, no nothing), a bit of turbulence... great day for stalls and steep turns! Steep turns sure make you feel like you are going to fall out of your seat and land right on top of your instructor. Stalling is quite simple once you learn the steps and procedure. Landing was once again a touch-and-go. Gotta settle that problem fast.

Instructor going to be on leave agian. For a week. Doesn't mean I am going to sit on my ass. Still have to fly, but still no sign of the SPL. Dammit.

The steep turns have given me a headache. Need rest... now...

Today's sortie was changed to a repeat because I did not get to do one of the stuff that I was supposed to do. The activity was stalling, which was a whole lot more fun than the one I did in Singapore. This plane is so stable, it hardly felt like it was stalling. Back in Singapore, the plane felt like it was going to nose dive into the ground. With this plane now, it is so gentle, not like a roller coaster at all. But next sortie, my instructor is going to show me the limits of the aircraft. Maybe he'll do some inverted flight, spiral dives and the sort. Weee... I hope I don't puke.

Oh yeah, no compensation for my broken LCD monitor. They said I signed saying that the consignment was in good condition. Okay, maybe it is my fault. But having said that, they could have made an exception in my case. So, I won't be making use of their service again. Which is kind of ironic, if you know the actual situation. Will not be stating it here of course!

01. Trainspotting
02. Shrek
03. M
04. Dogma
05. Strictly Ballroom
06. The Princess Bride
07. Love Actually
08. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
09. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
11. Reservoir Dogs
12. Desperado
13. Swordfish
14. Kill Bill Vol. 1
15. Donnie Darko
16. Spirited Away
17. Better Than Sex
18. Sleepy Hollow
19. Pirates of the Caribbean
20. The Eye
21. Requiem for a Dream
22. Dawn of the Dead (the original one)
23. The Pillow Book
24. The Italian Job
25. Goonies
26. Baseketball
27. The Spice Girls Movie (Spiceworld)
28. Army of Darkness
29. The Color Purple
30. The Safety of Objects
31. Can't Hardly Wait
32. Mystic Pizza
33. Finding Nemo
34. Monsters Inc.
35. Circle of Friends
36. Mary Poppins
37. The Bourne Identity
38. Forrest Gump
39. A Clockwork Orange
40. Kindergarten Cop
41. On The Line
42. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
43. Final Destination
44. Sorority Boys
45. Urban Legends
46. Cheaper by the Dozen (original only)
47. The Crow
48. The Princess and the Warrior
49. Seabiscuit
50. Hard Core Logo
51. Phantom of the Paradise
52. Zardoz
53. Lost in Translation
54. American Beauty
55. Big Fish
56. Starship Troopers
57. Starship Troopers 2
58. The Lost Boys
59. All About Eve
60. Showgirls
61. Swept Away
62. Star Wars: A New Hope
63. Black Hawk Down
64. Elizabeth
65. The Shawshank Redemption
66. Four Weddings and a Funeral
67. The Sound of Music
68. Notting Hill
69. Scotland, pa
70. Oxygen
71. The Ring
72. Shrunken Heads
73. Legend
74. About a Boy
75. Lilo and Stitch
76. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
77. Pitch Black
78. Maid in Manhattan
79. Willow
80. The Usual Suspects
81. Naked Tango
82. Labyrinth
83. Fight Club
84. The Dark Crystal
85. The Nightmare Before Christmas
86. Idle Hands
87. From Hell
88. Meet Joe Black
89. The Breakfast Club
90. FAME
91. Moon Child
92. Zatoichi
93. Ichi the Killer
94. Gohatto
95. Velvet Goldmine
96. Bend It Like Beckham
97. Far and Away
98: Raiders of the Lost Ark
99: X-Men
100: Lethal Weapon
101. Pi
102: The Chosen
103: Amadeus
104. Gummo
105. Sliding Doors
106. Gone With The Wind
107. Wizard of Oz
108. Back to the Future
109. Haggard
110. Empire Records
111. Zoolander
112. The Bird Cage
113. Girl, Interrupted
114. Better Off Dead
115. Euro Trip
116. Good Will Hunting
117. Never Been Kissed
118. Drive Me Crazy
119. Sixteen Candles
120. Pretty in Pink
121. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
122. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
123. 10 Things I Hate About You
124. Bridget Jones' Diary
125. Top Gun
126. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
127. Vanilla Sky
128. Ocean's Eleven
129. The Boondock Saints
130. Ed Wood
131. Batman
132. Newsies
133. Moulin Rouge
134. "O"
135. Troop Beverly Hills
136. The Matrix
137. West Side Story
139. The Land Before Time (original
140. American History X
141. Amelie
142. Vulgar the clown
143. You've Got Mail
144. Almost Famous
145. The Notebook
146. Terminator 2
147. Sister Act 2
148. Princess Mononoke
149. My Neighbor Totoro
150. Monty Python's Meaning of Life
151. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
152. Mulholland drive
153. Donnie Brasco
154. True Romance
155. Once Upon a Time in America
156. Stand By Me
157. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
158. Beauty and the Beast
159. Ever After
160. Father of the Bride
161. Memento
162. Adaptation
163. Run Lola Run
164. Rainman
165. Steel Magnolias
166. Casper
167. Josie and the Pussycats
168. Say Anything
169. Mad Love
170. LA Confidential
171. Citizen Kane
172. Psycho (1960
173. Bring It On Again
174. Honey
175. Blow
176. A Walk To Remember
177. CAMP
178. How To Deal
179. Radioflyer
180. Nothing But Trouble
181. Igby Goes Down
182. Garden State
183. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
184. Heathers
185. A Beautiful Mind
186. Thelma and Louise
187. Clueless
188. The Royal Tenenbaums
189. Less Than Zero
190. The Rules of Attraction
191. Blue Collar Comedy Tour
192. Wimbledon
193. Children Of Dune
194. Apocalypse Now
195. Kramer vs. Kramer
196. Runaway Jury
197. Point Break
198. Heat (DeNiro/Pacino version)
199. Raise the Red Lantern
200. Roman Holiday
201. Before Sunset
202. Motorcycle Diaries
203. Sense & Sensibility
204. Office Space
205. Legally Blonde
206. 25th Hour
207. Mean Girls
208. Return of the Jedi
209. Charlotte's Web
210. Dead Poets Society
211. The Virgin Suicides
212. My Best Friend's Wedding
213. Powder
214. The Flight of Dragons
215. The Last Unicorn
216. Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
217. Wings of Honneamise
218. The Secret of NIMH
219. The Ten Commandments
220. Elmer Gantry
221. Black Narcissus

I don't know what's the big hype about the pub down in Perth City. After paying it a visit yesterday, I can say that it pales in comparison to the other big pubs back in Singapore. But I guess that's the best that this place can offer. So, after spending some time over there, the guys and I decided to visit a cafe just out of the city. Took quite a while getting lost on the way there, but we eventually found it, thanks to our fantastic navigation skills. Hail Tudu. This place reminded me of NYDC or Dome. The ambience is good, the prices are just as expensive, and the location is good too. In the end, we left about 1:30AM with everyone almost half dead. Found our way back after making a huge detour because we went north instead of south. Better brush up our navigation...

My primary instructor is back. Going to be flying with him tomorrow. Quite nervous after hearing all the stories about him from the other guys. Hope I will get through with him.

Again, more problems with the SPL. Think it will arrive in 9 weeks or so. This sucks!

So like I said much earlier on, we were going to have another round of initiation here in JDK. And so we had, on Friday night. As usual, many drinks to go around, and yeah thats about it. Drink, drink and drink. And answer some questions by the seniors.

Saturday morning was fun, my friends and I took a trip over to Scarborough Beach over to the north. The beach was very clean and nice, and the water was really blue. Not only was it blue, it was freezing. So was the air. There were lots of people there, but who cares about the guys. The babes were there to sunbathe, and we were there to check them out. Yummy.

Other than that, not much flying recently. My primary instructor is on leave, and my secondary instructor is getting married. So that makes it 2 hours of flying in 3 weeks. What a pathetic statistic. To fill my time, I've been watching movies, and playing Quake3 with the other guys. I have almost forgotten how fun LAN games were.

It's proven... I'm a himbo.

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Finally, the new bunch of guys have arrived from Singapore. Three of them checked in today, and thank God one of them is the course leader. At last, someone to take over my job! Planning, delegating jobs, being the middle man and trying to please everyone sure is a tiring job. And some people are just not understanding. For every small matter, they come running to me to fix it when they can easily just use a little effort to solve the problem themselves. Sigh. Time to put my foot down and show them who's boss. But not necessary anymore now that the legendary ma-tiao has landed.

And my instructor is going to be away for a very, VERY long time. Going to look for my secondary one tomorrow or else I will not be flying for a few more weeks. But looking at the weather these few days, I don't think I will also be flying under the new instructor. After studying frontal activities in met during ground studies, I got to see what happens first hand here. Quite fascinating really. And drizzle over here is really a drizzle. It feels like somebody spraying water from the spray to iron clothes container over you. The drizzles in Singapore should be +DZ or SH.

Oh yeah, and since the new guys came in today, we decided to go out as a course to Perth City. And even on a Friday night, the place is still very quiet. Not like Singapore. First, we had kebab dinner at a fast food outlet, where the person serving us was a Chinese student from PRC. And as usual, our casanovas came out with all guns blazing, just missing out on a phone number. It's okay, from now on, we'll all get discounts when we eat there. Haha.

After that, we decided to go to a strip bar. Yes, pick up your jaws from your toes, I said it right. Just like the movie Closer, there were poles, bar tops, and stark naked girls prancing around the place. Their pole dancing will put our RH pole dancers to shame. They should get a few pointers by coming over here. Maybe OAC can arrange an outing over here. There was a cover charge of 5 dollars, and if you want "stuff" to happen, you buy 1 dollar coupons from the counter to tip the dancers who will do "stuff" for you. And my good friend decided to tell one of them that it was my birthday, which by the way, isn't, and I got a faceful of boobs. Thanks a bunch. Actually, not bad boobs too. Haha.

Drove back with the empty tank sign on the whole way. I better top it up tomorrow morning. Oh yeah, and one of the cars got stopped by the cops because we were gathering around the car park for too long. A bunch of migrants grouping up? They must be up to something...