The name is Leo Melvin Toh
21 this year
First cried 7 May
Currently working at The Fullerton Hotel as a Trainee
Loves music, playing the guitar and drums, food, wine, travelling
Posted on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Posted at: 9:41 PM
Hellos, i'm here to blog today! Anyway, just as i thought today would just be another day, oh boy, i was so so wrong. In fact, today taught me a lesson from the Bible which i've just experienced for myself.
Please read the following excerpt from the bible and i shall continue after the excerpt.
Luke 15:11-32 (New International Version)
The Parable of the Lost Son
11Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. 12The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.
13"Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
17"When he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.' 20So he got up and went to his father.
"But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
21"The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.[a]'
22"But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let's have a feast and celebrate. 24For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' So they began to celebrate.
25"Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27'Your brother has come,' he replied, 'and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.'
28"The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29But he answered his father, 'Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!'
31" 'My son,' the father said, 'you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' "
Footnotes:
Luke 15:21 Some early manuscripts son. Make me like one of your hired men.
Well, i felt like the prodigal son at times, but now i realised how great and magnificent God's love towards mankind is. No matter how sinful we humans have been, God's love and mercy is always there for us. He never leaves us nor forsake us but is always there rooting His support for us.
Man may not be perfect, but God is perfect. And it is only through our imperfections that we are made perfect. Its time for me to rise up to another level of breakthrough!
Anyway, that aside, i was driving my uncle's BMW today and the feeling was 'ooh la la'. I would say its a pretty high tech and cool car. Oh wells, i am so gonna get my car soon, but not a BMW, i'm not so rich, probably just a normal korean/japanese car.
Yeps yeps. Shall blog till here then.
Junk Food
Posted on: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Posted at: 8:55 PM
Hi peeps, I'm here to blog again.
Well, nowadays I've been really lazy to blog and hence, not much of a post nowadays. Recently, I've been consuming too much junk food such as (potato chips, seaweeds, drinks high in sugar) and etc. So I haven't really been keeping a proper diet.
Not that I'm overweight now, but I need to re-look at my diet and start eating healthily. Maybe eating junk food once in a while is still alright but not every single time.
Anyway, I have changed my email address and all. I also won't be using Friendster anymore. So, the only networking site which I am still using would be Facebook. Close friends who wishes to contact me can still do so via my tagboard here on my blog so that I can reveal more ways for you to contact me.
Looks like weeding and pruning my contacts will take perhaps another 1 to 2 days to finish. Having fiddled around with my computer for hours today, i think my computer skill has gone up a notch higher. Hahas.
I haven't been practising my guitar and drums. Feel so guilty. Lols. But seriously, I have no time this week to do my usual stuffs because of Tourism and History Project. Oh wells. Tomorrow I shall start working on the Tourism Project Report which is to be due next Monday and as for History Project, get things started and finalised by next Monday bahs.
Gees, all my friends are enlisting already. More or less left me, myself and I. How sad. Oh wells, shall make sure that I study hard, get my diploma and further my studies! Guess I shall blog till here then.
Spirit of Unity!
Posted on: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Posted at: 9:01 PM
Unity is a very vital and important thing to have in an organisation, be it in schools or in any other sectors. Only with unity can we then achieve great things. It is true of this old chinese saying, "A stick will break when bended, but with more sticks of the same kind combined, the harder it is for them to break".
I truly sincerely hope that this incident will not cause any divisions/dis-unity in the class and that as a whole, we will be able to go through this period of turbulence together and get back to where we started.
Despite the conflicts, I feel that we need to have mutual understanding with one another so as to allow room for one another to make mistakes. Its only through mistakes that we learn our lesson and use it as a stepping stone towards our success in life.
Words that came out from the tongue may be hurtful/harsh and this makes it even more important for us to guard our hearts, thoughts and deeds. Even a foolish man who keeps silent and says nothing appears to be wise. Therefore, we always need to think twice before speaking because what we say may be a matter of life and death. We can choose to either speak life into our situations or speak death into our situations. Henceforth, speak about life, and life more abundantly!
However tense the situation may have become now, let us give one another the time & chance to heal/to restore and to mend the broken friendships/relationships.
Factor Non Verba (Deeds Not Words), May peace be upon us all! =)
Its Time!
Posted on: Thursday, August 14, 2008 Posted at: 6:50 PM
Haven't been blogging for quite a while but alot of things have happened though. Hahas. Maybe I shall start from 8 August onwards.
8 August 2008
I didn't went to school as I got to head down to Bartley to collect my award. As proof that I didn't pontang (skip) school, here's a photo of my fellow friends and I who gotten the award.
9 August 2008
It's National Day and well, no watching of fireworks for me. It was a day where I totally spent the whole day out with Cindy and we actually went to Pasir Ris Park to chill out. I was there blading while Cindy was there cycling.
As I didn't have any protective gears of my own, I rented a set, put everything on except for my elbow guard. Well, I don't like the smell of sweat you see and the rented protection guards have been used by like so many people, so I just put everything on except for the elbow guards, thinking that I can't be so bad at blading that I would fall on my elbows. Then after blading for a while, we came to this place solely for blading practice and I was trying out my moves.
Being so confident, I increased my speed and wanted to do a 360 Degrees turn and execute a T-Stop and lo and behold, I fall and landed on my elbow. Here's a negative demonstration of how I blade. When I get my positive demonstration video from Cindy, I'll see if I would post it up. Hahas.
Pardon for the video being horizontally shot. Lols. And here's a photo taken just today with regards to the damage being done to my elbow.
Yeps. It still hurts a but now but not as bad as before. Lesson learnt? Yeah, wear full protective gear when blading! Hahas.
So yesterday, my team members and I went to Singapore Discovery Centre to do a site visit for our Tourism Project. Well, for the details and pictures, please visit Beng Seet's Blog by clicking on his name in this entry.
Yeps, guess I shall blog till here then!
History and Math Progress Test
Posted on: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Posted at: 8:42 PM
I had history and math progress test today. I have to say, i wasn't totally thoroughly prepared for it though. I did read through a bit but wells, wasn't exactly prepared. Either way, i was glad that i managed to answer most of the questions. Two progress tests down, left with 2 more (frontoffice and tourism).
And i made a shocking discovery today (Nahs, not today la, but actually ages ago) that I am flat-footed. Now i know why the heels of my shoes are often ruptured/damaged and the sole of my shoes are slanted to a side. I hope this doesn't result in any complications though.
Oh, and i need to blog about what happened at Training Restaurant (TR) today. I was supposed to have lunch with a bunch of my classmates. To cut the long story short, my drink was kinda ruined today and I totally had no mood to eat anymore. Its not that I am petty or can't take jokes with a pinch of salt. Its just that food and drinks to me are sacred.
Yes, I know this may sound a little odd. But why not take a look from my point of view. Food and drink are essential to the human health as it ensures one to survive. By tampering my food and drink, it means that someone is not giving me the opportunity/decency to live my life in peace. I know that this is very exaggerated, but really, there are some essentials of human life that we cannot ignore or take lightly. I don't mind people playing pranks on me or whatsoever, but when it comes to stuffs that keeps me alive and kicking, please don't try.
On a lighter note, National Day is coming and I just can't wait! Hahas. Time to dig out my red shirt and white pants to wear. Oh wells. Till then peeps! =)
Break From A Healthy Lifestyle...
Posted on: Monday, August 4, 2008 Posted at: 6:20 PM
Just when i really want to get into a healthy lifestyle and start exercising, i injured myself. How sad ehs? Wells, two lessons i learnt today- never to attempt urban skating until you're familiar with your skating skills and always to wear protective gears to protect yourself when you fall.
Sounds kinda serious eh? But no worries, i have not landed myself in a hospital or whatsoever. Just that i will be taking a break from skating and also doing my static exercises due to my wrist injury and aching muscles. But then again, because i really want to improve my health so so much, i will be running in place of skating. Hahas. Since my leg's fine, i guess it shouldn't be any problem. Maybe i should start running 1.6KM first and then gradually increase my distance to 2.4KM and beyond. Yeps!
Tertiary education has been taking a toll on my physical fitness. Hahas. Oh wells. Maybe when i do have the time, i shall go to East Coast Park (ECP) and skate. Its safer there with no cars. Lols.
Anyway, i read this article a few days back Soy Reduces Sperm Count but this shall not deter me from having my favourite soya bean drink every morning! =D. Well, i do love drinking soya bean because its healthy and its gives me the necessary proteins to build up my body. I kinda dislike those protein mix obtainable from GNC because of the awful taste. Oh wells.
And and and, Festival of Praise over the last two nights were awesome. God's presence was truly very tangible and Pastor Mark's sermon was timely and very relevant to me. I shall just focus on doing the things that matters and save those which are not urgent for later. =P
Alrights, shall blog till here then. Time to have my dinner, hit the drums and do my revision!
Its Been Ages Eh....
Posted on: Saturday, August 2, 2008 Posted at: 9:39 AM
Hey Everyone,
its been a long time since i last blogged but well, a lot of things have been going on recently to actually type it down. Guess what i shall put up on my blog will be those highlights. Hahas. Come to think of it, i'm quite lazy to blog at times, or perhaps i'm to held up by other things to even bother to blog.
But anyway, i finally gotten my new skates! Yups. I have always wanted to get a new skate for myself because i am so super duper interested in wanting to do inline skating. The last time i actually skated was like years ago and it was at East Coast Park (ECP). And last time, i rented skates as i didn't own one. So that only meant one thing, the skates were very much used and has quite a fair bit of bad odour.
So well, now that i've got my own skate, i'm so looking forward to going to ECP or just do urban skating around my neighbourhood. Khakis are welcome! Hahs. If you're thinking of getting a skates for youself, do let me know and i can accompany you along too. =)
To know more, you can visit Skateline by clicking on the word.
Here's a picture of the skate that i bought at a rather affordable price of $179 nett.
Besides inline skating, i recently rekindle my love for martial arts spurred on by two of my friends, Beng Seet & Alex. Beng Seet wants to do Aikido and Alex wants to Kendo. And for myself, I want to do Krav Maga. Oh wells, we will be visiting Fightworks Asia the following Monday to check out the Academy.
Having practised a few moves in the comfort of my bedroom yesterday, i felt superly tired. Guess i need to do something about my fitness level soon before it deteriorates.
And yay-ness, i won two tickets to Journey to the Middle of the Earth next Tuesday. Hahas. Nothing beats having freebies eh (So Singaporean-ish kind of mindset). Yups.
I had dinner at Ramen Ten (i don't know if that's what its called) recently with Cindy and we
were fooling around with our Phone Camera and the result of it?
This picture of course was taken by Cindy and I looked Kuku in it.
And this picture was taken by Yours Truly and it was like a failed experiment. Lols.
Oh wells, but anyway, the restaurant we went to was situated at Ang Mo Mio's Jubilee where there's an Eng Wah Cinema located on the top level.
The concept of the restaurant was somehow like the same as ThaiExpress, so it makes me wonder whether Ramen Ten is under the same restaurant chain of ThaiExpress.
Well as for the food, I had Spicy Chicken Karrage Ramen, Salmon Sashimi, and for the drink, I had Kiwi Soda. Cindy had Spicy La-La Ramen. According to Cindy, her food was fantastic so i have got nothing to comment about that.
For the Spicy Chicken Karrage Ramen that i had, it was spicy. Yes it was, but very spicy. And, the soup base was not that bad either. However, the chicken karrage was quite huge and hence, was not very chewable. It would be better if they were able to maintain the same portion of the chicken karrage but make it bite-size for the guests to consume. In other words, it should be smaller in size (physical) but similar in portion (weight).
The Salmon Sashimi was quite standard, similar to what other Japanese restaurants are offering. And for the Kiwi Soda, it tasted like medicine. Cindy liked it though. Maybe it was a little too sweet for me i suppose.
As for the level of service they provide, i would say that they are very much doing a very good job. The servers were very attentive and very polite. Maybe they can improve on their F&B product and store promotions knowledge, which would bring the guest experience to a notch higher.
But nonetheless, we had an overall enjoyable experience at Ramen Ten and would definitely return to patronise them again. =)
So much for what's been happening. Hahas. Alrights then. Thats all for now folks!