New certification obtained

Another Personal Trainer Certificate

This is another qualification of Personal Trainer Certification obtained from FIT.

Certified Shihan Title By ISKU

Shihan Chia has obtained his certified Shihan Title from International Seishinkai Karatedo Union (ISKU) recently.

Seishinkai belongs to Mutobu-ha Shitoryu Karatedo. More information could be obtained from http://www.seishinkai.com/

ACE Certified

Certified Personal Trainer of American Council on Exercise (ACE)

Sometimes, determination really works miracles. Who could think of a 63 year old man would go and take the Personal Trainer Course, and in fact, obtained the qualification through hard work and strong mind?

My U lecture said it right: It is not the chronological age counts, it is the biological age that works! I have proved it again. Hooray!

First Aid Course 2009

Upgrading is a process in individual life at this time of the society context. Continuous learning is a must, as the knowledge we acquired is forever evolving. New research and discoveries have been found or confirmed daily. If we stayed put and claimed to know everything, we must be very ignorant and silly.

Unfortunately, there are people holding to his status and refuse to see the real world in front of him. Sad.

Achievement

The Determination of one self

One of my rewarding achievements is the conferred of Bachelor of Science by Edith Cowan University, Australia. With my age (61 then) and bad memory retaining rate, I tried my very best to coop with the studies as well as the physical requirement. With my shear determination I finally made it. I am very pleased with my own achievement. Not only obtained the said Degree, but I also obtained several subjects with distinctions.

I have proven to myself another time, if I decided to do something in my life, I will do my best and reach the target that I have set for myself. Failure is not an excuse for me.

When I was young

1965 August, I was recruited as a government servant, posted to Sembawang Farm School for two years for Farm Training. It was an exciting experience for me, as I grew up in the city area. There were 17 of us in the training. We lived in a big dormitory room. Only on Saturday, we could be released for home. Three meals were provided there. We were taught the following subjects: Animal Husbandry, Freshwater Fishery, Marine Water Fishery, Poultry Farming, Agriculture Farming, Cooperate Society law, and Machine Engineering. Most of the subjects were taught by the Taiwan lecturers. We had practical work in the field. We planted sweet corns, local vegetable, keep poultry pans, we also had two fish ponds to keep local fish for local market, we had a big aquarium with three large tanks to keep precious Gold fish, carps and others. We learned grafting of fruit trees too.


Cathy was one of my favorite cinemas. I used to watch Saturday or Sunday morning shows there. That time, I was stay at 175B Selegie Road. It accompanied me for most of my teenage years.


This is the electric bus operated in year 50-65. The power supply was from the top of the two wires. When it made the turn at the corner, the conductor of the bus needed to run down the bus, to its rear to pull down the two erected bars, and re-connected them to the road where the bus turn into. He needs good timing to perform this act, otherwise, the bus would run out of power. Quite a cute move there!

PLaces I lived

Places that I have lived

The Places I lived at the age of 18 to 20, I live at this house, the one with red balcony, the unit on the extreme left. Life was tough then. I was struggled to look for work after my study. It was around 1965.
This is where I spent my youth. I live at 175 Selegie Road since I was 6, until I was 17 or so, then moved out. I had my dreams, my future plans, my own struggle in this place. Of course, my first love happened there also.This is the house where I was born. It was 1947. If I am not wrong, it was Chan's Dispensary (陈大药房). I spent my first 5 to 6 years lived at Kreta Ayer Road.