JACKSON APACHAI

A Day That Never Be Forgotten

2009-10-01T01:17:00.002+08:00

I had probably received the best blessings from most of my friends in a mere two days of my life.
29/09/2009 and 30/09/2009
It was an interesting period in my 21st year of life
where i have a major accidents of life events.
I'm ending my 6months long career as a part time fitness instructor @ Takashimaya Fitness Club (TFC) and of course, my 21st birthday which will be eventually be outrun by the military.

29/09/2009
Karen & KC (I must really award them the "Friendliest Couple" in the gym also, very close friends with all the instructors)
Out of goodwill, i accepted Karen's invitation to a "farewell" lunch. Naively I assumed its gonna be a casual lunch but little did i know she actually bought me a $255 Ellesse watch as a gift of appreciation and showing how mnuch I am as a friend to her and her husband. I was really really moved and literally went speechless. All my life, I have never felt someone to actually appreciate my presence so much and display it to such extent. The feeling was sort of guilty/bad and touched, I don't know it may take a Master Degree to describe the exact emotions in words at that very point of time. It was an incredible feeling.

Much more happened in the later episode

30/09/2009
It was my last day of work @ TFC! I was expecting something to happen to me, say got thrown down the pool or two eggs crashed in between my balls with flour over my head and i am sure its all terrible stuff from the tone of my colleagues and boss. But wow, they bought a KFC feast and held a mini farewell party for me! The colleagues are really great people, great friends and i really thank them for treating me as part of them and at least it shows to prove that i am a "like-able" person :D
The day ended when S came to TFC right when WX hide my bag in the main office! haaha, those girls..
To all TFC staff, although you may not see this, I really thank you for everything and hope I had been a great asset in the gym.

And yet another surprise happened at Gary's place. We were suppose to have dinner since it was.."i also dunno" what special occassion. But Gary's mum cooking has always been sooooo awesome. We were so late that Weijie has to leave his place to meet his friend and to add it up, he did not even eat the heavenly food! I felt so bad and was thinking of ways to redeem myself and this is when I was caught off guard! I was stunned stunned stunned when I walked out eagerly, anticipating Gary's mum dessert, it turn out to be a birthday cake for me! Gary was imba sweet, he was behind all these!

Really, I think I had received 5years worth of blessing in just mere two days. I never knew I had such awesome people around me. Thank you guys. I'm touched touched touched and I really really apprecaited everything. THank you THank you Thank you!

Master Bruce

2009-05-21T00:35:00.003+08:00

Bruce, assistant head coach of FightG. Won countless martial arts competition and is also a qualified trainer in the muay thai industry.

He was sparring with all the seniors on Tuesday night training. And he perfectly demonstrate his superiority and fighting experience. It was awesome, even though it was just a technical sparring, it was mesmerizing to watch him fight. Truly a great fighter. Standing at a height of less than 170cm, he fought 2 guys who stand at 183cm and above. Eugene and another ang moh guy. Despite the fighting range obstacles, he was able to kick their ass hard. All these years of training and made him master his fighting range perfectly. He had little problem fighting them. His reflex was superb, lightning fast. He will counter every kick that comes in, grab them and counter, or sweep them to the ground. Every punches and every kicks the opponent throws, Bruce will evade swiftly and counter with a kick. He didn't use his hand so much because in my opinion, is the reach problem.

Than he fought with two more who are shorter, Jerry and Low. Low is no match for him at all, he can't get in any punches at all against Bruce. The highlight of the day is Bruce vs Jerry. Jerry started off with a huge roundhouse and Bruce managed to block it. This is the trigger to a huge fight. The moment the kick landed on Bruce's guard, his expression changed and I can feel it..the killing intent. Well my experience when fighting with Jerry is that, he never knows how to go easy even though its a "technical" sparring we are talking about here. SO Bruce taught him a huge lesson that night. Jerry stands at around 175cm tall, with range advantage and his years of training, getting a few punches in to Bruce is a piece of cake. However, this is when Bruce truly shows his superiority, as though he is telling everyone of us that we are just a beginner. He uses alot of front kick to keep Jerry at a distance (even though he has a poorer reach) and I can see it, every front kick he did was short, sharp and painful. It was no ordinary front kick, it seems more like a snap kick which the focus point is the ball of the feet and when it lands, that very one part the kick lands will feel like shit. As usual, Bruce uses his super fast reflex roundhouse as a counter, front kick and side kick to keep Jerry at a distance, little to no punches at all, except for feints.

Some time in the middle of the fight, Jerry got another huge roundhouse on Bruce. But Bruce was fearless, he stepped back and keep a distance and little did i expect...he drops his left guard, only keeping his right guard up in a very weird form. Exploiting the left openning, Jerry throws another right roundhouse but this time, Bruce blocked it and grabbed the leg perfectly, yes, it was a trap. Something devastating follows through right after, a right head level roundhouse counter. Bruce strikes perfectly on Jerry's left temple, PAAP !! It was loud, and Jerry back off, in pain and his ear all red. But the fight continues, Jerry learned his lesson and had become less aggressive..but I can only see Bruce setting numerous trap to tempt Jerry but most of the time, it was Bruce's master class front kick who are doing the job. Time and time again, getting hit by a master class front kick at the torso level..

Time out.

Jerry felt unbearable pain, he squat down at the edge of the mat..I look at him...he is in great pain.

This is Bruce, FightG's assistant head coach.
He opened my eyes totally and he ignited my fighting spirit.
I want to join Vanda Boxing, I want to fight in a Boxing Arena!

Left 4 Dead

2009-04-11T00:36:00.002+08:00

It was an awesome rainy day! Joe came to my house today, wanted to try out his cracked version of L4D but it didn't seem to work out quite well. My computer threw tantrum and jammed 4 times, the longest time Joe was able to play L4D was approximately 10minutes! lol ! utter waste of time! He decided to gave up and want to go back home but i stopped him! How can we have such a boring public holiday? no way!

Looking at my L4D mouse pad (donated by my sister's bf), i was like..."Let's jio yan feng and go play L4D instead!!!" hahahah so we meet up with feng'er and went to Safra @ Clarke Quay for some L4D action! It was truly exciting! How would you react when 20over zombies come rushing at you? Well for me, i go...WACK AHHHHHHHHHH !!! Armed with a gay M-16 Carbine with 50bullets in a magazine, I am as good as dead. But thank god, we act as a 4man team! Totally kicked the ugly zombies' ass. hurhur. Its a damn good way to destress, damn nice way to make yourself feel good. But such pleasure also comes with a price, it cost me 6bucks for 2hr ass kicking session, but its worth the money! So gonna go back there again!!! HOHO !

We left the place, pleased. Meet Shirley at Tiong short after and watched Fast & Furious 4! Well not gonna comment much but I think its pretty good. Good action, hot babes but suck ass cars, unlike Fast & Furious 3. And after that, dinner and basketball as usual. Finished and had coffee session.

The End of Good Friday!

Clash of the Gladiators

2009-03-21T20:45:00.003+08:00

I am sure i did not lose in terms of points! How can the referees sentence me to defeat because I'm tired? I was so tired, i can hardly hear and know whats around me but I think i fought well. Need to train harder !

ULTIMATE EMO RESULTS

2009-03-17T12:18:00.003+08:00

17th March 2009, 8AM
Year 3 Sem 2 Results: 2C+, 3Bs and a B+
Overall GPA @ 3.320
Disappointing..Devastated.
End of poly life.
Ultimate emo.
Complimenting recent disturbing life events
J is permanently depressed.

Trying very hard to get a job
Sent 5 resumes, none reply.
Receive a couple of requests but all are related to sales, advertising.
Mere similarity is that they are operating in Wellness Industry (selling heart health products, pui)
J is permanently depressed + emo.

fucked up.

Sawadeekrup Singapore 2

2009-03-16T23:36:00.019+08:00

Although depressed but it is unforgivable to not write about Bintan trip. Okay, we stopped at dinner. When you went out for holiday, you will never end your day on the table, there will definitely be post dinner activities. So...We geared up with torchlights and slippers and left the clubhouse for a stroll in the lone dark beach. Yet to our surprise, the beach was illuminated by an ultra strong spotlight, as clear as broad day light. Out of boredom, Azirah suggested to take photos of our shadows with Power Ranger Formation and self made post. And off we go for a next adventure...
We tried to rob the fellow's buggy ! hahahahaha. This small buggy has been raped by more than 10 of us, it could barely move at its usual speed. And the driver is the hotel's guest !!! LOL ! yes we are SPARTANS ! :D
The next day ! Off we go to visit Ria Bintan Golf Club. Asia's No.1 golf club in 2008.
We had an extremely dry presentation, talking about course maintenance, wild boars and stuff like that. But the fun always come later...
I got to drive a buggy ! It was my 2nd time driving a buggy and first time, into the golf course! All thanks to Rosli from SICC, who gave me some tips on buggy driving. And even though my driving skill sucks, my buggy skills rocks! Miss Azirah who had slight motion sickness was perfectly fine the entire buggy trip and I had lost count of the times she tried to distract me.
Driving a buggy is insignificant when compared to this! Massage at Aroma De Spa ! This is totally excellent, even though it is only a 10minutes demostration. But due to my enthusiaism and nonstop psycho on Mr J.W..He managed to get a 40% off for us at $29.50 instead of $58 for 75minutes full body massage and we went down the next day! Frankly, earth never feel so good before! :D
This is The Kelong Restaurant. Ultra nice, my favourite. Regretted, not going to the toilet. Have always been very eager to shit in the sea :D
Jet Ski, it also marks the end of the awesome bintan trip. It was the last day of our trip, the final couple of hours in Bintan. Mr J.W had spent approximately two days, persuading Pak Rahim to let us try the jet ski at "special" rates. Original price: $45/15mins and now, $10/15mins. HOW IS THAT ! UNBELIEVABLE CHEAP RIDES ! And we should NEVER underestimate anything, be it objects or human. I could barely reach for my hair after pulling off the maximum speed of this jet ski for about 8-10minutes. The pulling force is so great, i had to hold onto the handle so tightly, my arm almost fall off ! BUT ITS ULTRA FUN ! AND LOOK AT THE WATER.....HOLY NICE!

End Of Bintan Chapter.

Sawadeekrup Singapore!

2009-03-14T12:46:00.019+08:00

09 March 2009: Leaving Singapore for Bintan !

Day ONE
First meeting with Human Resource Manager, Pak Anton.
It was boring and COLD as hell, look at Tang En, she went to the extend of rolling herself up into a human meatball to keep herself warm, even our Giant Meatball is helpless against the freezing environment.
Despite all the distraction from the rain and freezing breeze, Bintan SW group learnt the favourite quote of the century !
Quote Pak Anton "Working in a resort is not just a job but a lifestyle"
wow, everyone was stunned by this phase from Pak Anton , especially our towkay, James Wong !

The battle between hot and cold ends quickly with Sun holding its victory post
We left our beach clubhouse and went to take a look at the Land Sports
1. Rifle
Only after i try this crappy shit, then i realize that i actually have zero talent in shooting/sniping despite the fact that my favourite gun in Counterstrike is the AWP !
I spent a whole load of time trying to hit that dam small white target but never succeed in putting them down

But they all say, "failure is the mother of success!"
FINALLY !!!
I did it !!! I kicked one of the target's ass!
oh if you realize i change my clothes, thats because this is the 3rd day in Bintan
2nd attempt in kicking the target's ass :D
yes, i am totally a pathetic sniper

However, there is nothing to be despair about !!
Somehow, i have more talent in ancient arts
2. Archery
I have no idea why but my hand-eye coordination is better when it comes to bow and arrow
and look at my posture, it is convincing enough right? :D
yesyes, Thailand's favourite and also, my favourite
ELEPHANT !!
It is my virgin time, standing so up close with this long nose creature
Yet, what caught more of my attention is his reproduction tool between his legs
it is SO GIGANTIC and SO LONG, it almost touches the damn dirty grass with its poops beside it
Imagine that !!!
Whats more intimidating than the enormous creature is this giant human meat tank in front of your very eyes !
She even attempted to "Wing Chun" me with her big ass arms !!!
Raise white flag!
and the giant meat tank is none other than our Miss Tang En ! *clap clap

The sun falls and that means nothing but DINNER !
The dinner is wholesome stuff ! totally good !
Spring Roasted Chicken Rice !
though the chicken is ultimate dry but it brings sensation to my taste buds !
awww, what a $390 trip and sponsor by the government :D

End of Part 1, to be continued

Bruce Lee

2008-12-28T11:26:00.002+08:00

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life. Do not be concerned with escaping safely — lay your life before him

When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!

The man who is really serious, with the urge to find out what truth is, has no style at all. He lives only in what is.

Emptiness the starting point. — In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all you preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is useful? Because it is empty.

Life is wide, limitless. There is no border, no frontier.

Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.

To spend time is to pass it in a specified manner. To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to spend or waste, and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever.

Time means a lot to me because, you see, i, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Concentration is the ROOT of all the higher abilities in man.

What IS is more important than WHAT SHOULD BE. To many people are looking at "what is" from a position of thinking "what should be."

Like everyone else you want to learn the way to win. But never to accept the way to lose. To accept defeat — to learn to die — is to be liberated from it. Once you accept, you are free to flow and to harmonize. Fluidity is the way to an empty mind. You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying.

Balance your thoughts with action. — If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

Choose the positive. — You have choice — you are master of your attitude — choose the POSITIVE, the CONSTRUCTIVE. Optimism is a faith that leads to success.

Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail

These are some of Bruce Lee's quotes.
He sure is one of the greatest Martial artist in the world up to date
ALL HAIL BRUCE LEE !

Hong Kong

2008-12-27T21:38:00.006+08:00

my good friend, bruce lee

don't be deceive by the look, its scammer wanton noodle (8sgd)

beautiful hong kong night view