BERNARD

2011-05-17T23:54:00.001+08:00

This feeling is all too familiar again. People have aversion to certain things when they grow to be over cautious.
I have no idea why I'm feeling this way but I'm finding it hard to stay true to who I really am.
Sometimes I am my own biggest doubter.
people say nobody knows a person better than himself. I say I don't even know myself at all.
Worse thing is that I'm easily swayed by opinions of others.
Whatever choice I'm making in the coming days, I've got to start true to it

I'm back

2011-04-22T23:45:00.001+08:00

I'm probably a real procrastinator. I thought I'll be back blogging, but the inertia to resume is really great since the back log created from these few months will only get longer and longer.
but I'll make yet another attempt to return!
Why return?
it dawned upon me that I'm a person who needs an outlet for expression. And though I'm not good with words/english, it's sufficient to note things down.
Recent ' europe in a shoestring' posts by beiru served as my motivation to make an effort to jot things down.
So here I go again....

-this draft was from february-
it's been a real long time since I last blog about something.
I don't think procrastination has hit me stop hard in recent days
Ord was just 3 months ago but it sure feels like eternity, I don't know why
but definitely, I'm moving on to thee next phase of my life already
The older you get the more it sucks zzz
I wanna talk about 3 main events that happened for the past 3 months.
1.ord
2.cambodia cip trip + korea trip

1.ord
Just like what many people say things don't taste as sweet as you thought it out to be once you have it in your grasp
ord still do taste sweet nonetheless
army life wasn't exactly short when you're in the process off going through it
But on hindsight, it sure looks like it all passed really fast though this time round (unlike secondary school), I have no desire to repeat the entire process again.
It's too draining on me to reenact the torturous 2 years again
having said that, I did learn quite a bit from my two years stint in ns
before I enlisted, I hear people say they you will meet people from all walks of life
I didn't really comprehend how people can really differ by that much
But entering ns really opens up my perspective
this two years shall just go down as part of memory. There are still ten more cycle to go.
Let's move on.
-procrastinate for 2 months-

2.cambodia+ korea
korea, cambodia certainly did feel like a leg of Amazing race albeit less nerve racking.
the interval between my return flight from korea and departure for cambodia was a mere 6 hours only
I swore that was easily the busiest moment in the whole of 2010
Korea was lovely, less the getting motion sickness wherever I went feeling
But I honestly don't remember much of it, but that's where photographs serve it purpose.
Shan't recap much of the trip then.

Cambodia
I admit I was pretty reluctant to head to cambodia in the initial phase.
Having seen enough rural and wild during ns outfield, I thought I had my share of wilderness.
But then anyhow we were embarking as a group of friends, so no matter what, I had guaranteed fun in a way.
But I certainly did not regret my decision to head to cambodia.
Being trap in our fast pace daily lives has reduced our abilities to appreciate, and caused us to incline towards taking things for granted.
education is a privilege
Sg children take it as a given
But to poorer countries , it's a gift.
While I admit disparity is ultimately inevitable, I think it's that where and when you are born into, pretty much determines your fate for a good half of your life.
it's like poker, you can't control the hand you are dealt with, but only how you play the hand.
Okay I'm off topic again.

overseas cip- sometimes I really wonder whether doing OCIP is even beneficial to them at all.
okay on a short term basis I believe it is still beneficial to them because of the aids they will receive from foreigners.
ultimately, this culminates into a behavior of reliance to get by, without much incentives to improve their own lives substantially
So I really don't know what can be done to improve their lives on the long run, other than education. But then again, there's only that much foreigners can do, if the system in place isn't right to begin with.
Argh.
Maybe in their case, ignorance is bliss.
Not knowing that something better actually exist may just be the solution to contention.
But no matter what, I love siem reap despite all the tourist traps and stuffs.
The people there are just so lovely.
I will wanna head there again in the coming years

Okay. Here marks the end of my return.
I hope I'll do it consistently in days to come

I'm back

2011-01-20T17:17:00.001+08:00

Okay I'll be back on the blogging scene because now I can blog on the go again just like the old days in army!

Test

2011-01-14T23:30:00.001+08:00

Hello

2010-11-13T01:02:00.000+08:00

walking down that road
I really miss those times

2010-09-28T14:31:00.000+08:00

It's been quite some time since I last blogged
Blogging seems to have died down as a faze/craze
but I still think it's still an excellent option to keep blogging to keep my memories
though laziness gets the better of me for most of the time
I procrastinate not procrastinating
._.

I'm facing a crisis.
Okay maybe not exactly a crisis but I reached a crossroad in life once again, like the many previous time in the process of growing up.
I think of myself as someone with far sight.
Meaning that I look ahead of time into the future, instead of focusing on the present only.
The pros being I am able to map out my future path as much as it's within my control
The cons being that I'm never ever able to focus on the present wholeheartedly because I keep thinking about the future
Well bzz nevermind
Let's recount previous major decisions I've made in my short life of 20years thus far

The very first big decision I had to make with regards to shaping of my life and career happened post-psle.
my aggregate was 263 (I'm not boasting btw)
I practically had to choice to enter ANY school in singapore of my choice
My parents, though not explicitly, implied that I should go to either HCI or RI
Obviously the reason being that they were the premier secondary school to go to
but being in the top school didn't really sway me towards choosing them
Instead I thought about how I wanted my secondary school life to be
The thought of being in an all-boys school environment turned me off quite a bit
Not that I'm testosterone-phobic
Just that I don't think it will be good for development of my social behaviour
(Okay I did not think that way in the same few words, but the gist is something along that line)
It may be hard to believe but I was a very shy person in primary school and I hoped that it would change (it did!)
So I chose RVHS due to the proximity of school as compared to nanhua, or other SAP
On hindsight, that decision was a largely successful one cos I made many awesome friends and had an unforgettable experience in RV :D

Moving on, it's post olevel.
My L1R5 was 8
My initial choice was hci followed by njc and then acjc
I was in acjc for pae and went results came out I had to make a decision for jae.
I was pretty certain I didn't want to stay in ac primarily because the basketball team there wasn't as awesome as I hoped for it to be
Let's just ASSUME I could get into HCI if I did appeal
I thought about whether I should appeal into hci
I decided against it
It's a dumb reason but I stayed in0 nj mainly for the basketball
Academically it probably isn't as wise to do so
But I haven't been known to make choice with academic consideration
Though I didn't really like my environment in nj but I adopted a low profile life
And I quite liked that kind of feeling
on hindsight, it might not be the most sensible reason but at least I enjoyed my jc life
It didn't reap the results I hoped it would but it is unfair to blame the school for my inability

JC passed
NS wasn't a choice so I shall just skip that

Now, I'm facing yet another crossroad
1.5 months to the end of ns
I have a decision to make which I'll have to live with for the coming 3/4 years and indirectly affects my future and the years to come.
okay I've chosen the first junction 'LOCAL/OVERSEAS'
overseas uni isn't that viable an option for me primarily because of the financial liability it will bring to my family
Moreover, I'm too emotionally attached to my friends and family in singapore to be able to endure long periods away from them
Such a wimp right?
Whatever.
Okay so my remaining choice would be SMU NUS NTU..
Let's assume I have the required results to choose business for all 3
Honestly speaking I don't have a tendency towards either of the unis
But I have a secret aversion for SMU
I can't identify the cause of it but I just feel this way
Weird
So you may think I have narrowed my choices down to two BUT NO!
Prior to going into ns
I pictured myself having a super low-profile life in uni
Working parttime for extra pocket money and going out less
In short I'm trying to be someone I'm not
but it's really hard to just change all this within such a short time
But I would be able to benefit financially and consequentially my results will be better cos I won't have as much social activities
And it's like a stepping stone to life as working adult
Of course the temptation to go nus ntu stays
(I assume)There's more campus life in comparison to smu with less pretence as I can better be myself
and of course people always emphasize that uni campus life is EVERYTHING about uni
Zzz now I'm stuck at this crossroad I really can't weigh the pros and cons
But I have to make a decision and live with it real soon

Anybody wanna offer their worth of thoughts? :D

On a lighter note, life's been pretty much like a rollercoaster
There's always up and down
Just like a roller coaster, you never know where's the plunge when you are soaring up
But every plunge will sure be followed by a turn up
There's too many things that happened in this 2months plus to note it all down
But I'm glad things will be able to sort itself out soon (:
and I'm probably heading to cambodia, taiwan and korea at the end of this year! Awesome possum or what?

2010-07-23T01:59:00.002+08:00

it's been quite a while since i last posted
honestly speaking
i feel like shutting this place down
but i know i wont and shouldn't
just like how my previous blog served to record all the small little things in my sec school life
this too has the same purpose
i shall just try to make some effort to update once in a while
especially important events

recently i've been on the 'stay-at-home' mood on my extreme scale of social life
i dont initiate conversation with people
i dont feel like going out
i just feel like leading a 'no life' life
and i must say though it's pretty antisocial
i kinda like it (so far)
i just dont feel like interacting at all

for the records i cooked twice within 1 week
first being a simple pasta meal with ready-made alfredo
and the second time being brewing mushroom soup from ingredients and not from canned soup! (:
and it went RATHER well for my maiden experience although it might have ended up as supper instead of dinner cos i was way too slow
but still it's an achievment as i have procrastinated about learning to cook since last year

another thing is im starting to pick up drums
first lesson will be this saturday
looking forward to it
i dont know how long this flame for beats will last
it might last but probably it's gonna end up like any other short-lived 'passion' i had
but well it'll be quite an experience anyways

what shall i try to cook next?

2010-06-28T01:15:00.002+08:00

okay it's around a month since i've last posted
the super irregularity is due to the failure of the browser on my phone
irritating.
but anyways i think im gonna declare myself as one major oddball
why?
cos i think i am very extreme in things that i do
sometimes i drink alot
sometimes i play sports non-stop
sometimes i packed my schedule so full that i cab from place to place for meetups
sometimes i just spend an entire doing nothing
sometimes i spend my day sitting at starbucks/coffeebean reading a book
i managed to draw only 20 dollars from atm since my birthday till 4days ago
i managed to spend $440 from 4days ago till today
crazy? only a fool would say no

there's alot of things i've done recently
some of which i wish i didn't, if i could rewind time
yes people do make alot of wrong decisions in life
but some mistakes create resounding negative impact that you could well do without
i think i probably hit a few of these recently.

freak.
im too shag to properly string words together to form a post
shall do so another time in the coming days

sorry i betrayed your trust

2010-05-31T09:15:00.003+08:00

returning from taiwan is such a bittersweet thing
when in taiwan i couldnt wait to be back to this sunny island again
but when im back im thinking it's kinda too sunny already
and along comes all the work and responsibilties
21 days in kaohsiung was simple and straightforward
coming back to singapore...
the reality of my hectic other half of the year sinks in
but whatever im gonna take this one week break to really chill
before everything continues again
just 5 more months and im through

anyway taiwan was pretty awesome for we have 1.5 days of rnr so considerably well spent
pictures are on facebook
almost all are pictures of food
the reason being that i did nothing else other than to keep eating throughout the 1.5days there
thanks to an awesome guide eddee
he brought me around to try lots of local food and i could have sworn i've eating quite a few days worth of lunch and dinner all in a day
lazy to explain so can just go and see the pictures (:

okay im officially no longer a teenager already
20 is a transitional age
you are too old to do what those kids in uniform do
but still too young to do what adults do
so in essence you are neither and they call you young adult
and you are given a year to get used to being an adult before you officially become one at the age of 21
WOW

anyway i got the birthday i wanted
i wanted a birthday like an ordinary day
no cake no feast
just like any other day
when people ask i said i dont feel like going out
or that i cant make it today
all for that one day of different 'ordinary' birthday just like any other
i mean it's the start of phase 3 of life
starting with as a child
went through the adolescence phase
now preparing to go to step into young adult phase
well everybody has to go through it
but everybody has the right to whine about it too HAHAH
yup when i was young i wanted to be old
when im older
i wanna be young again
this is the irony of life
life's such a bitch
contention is rarely sufficient
grass is always greener somewhere else other than where you are standing

but well it was a birthday for me still (:

2010-05-07T22:07:00.001+08:00

Friday 070510
I will be gone to the land of bing lang mei, fried chicken cutlet and taipei101-tall bubble tea
Yes I'm going taiwan and will be back on 30th
(One day before my BIRTHDAY that is obvious enough isn't it HAHAH)
Okay I'm not particularly looking forward to the trip cos I'll be missing out a chunk of singapore life with friends
I haven't even left yet but I'm feeling the blues flooding all over me
Maybe it's because most of my uni friends end their exams today
Maybe it's because of the recent small heartening talks I had
Maybe it's because of my lousy day today, which I must say..
(Today: my internet broke down, of all days it had to happen today. I spent my day watching how I met your mother and big bang theory.
I didn't watch the bball girls match cos I felt it was too rushed and far but I really should have went.
And my meetup with mel didn't happen. Cos she overslept -.-
I'm not blaming you,really, cos I assume your high fatigue level is due to ur intensive studying I HOPE HAHA
so I spent my embarkation off entirely at home blasting aircon and watching videos (w/o internet)
I guess that justifies my departure grumpiness, doesn't it?)
Maybe it's that I was home all by myself throughout most of today

Okay truth is I think I'm gonna miss my singapore life despite the irritatingly humid weather
And I sound like as if I'm going away for years even though I'm just going 3weeks
I guess I like being whimpy about everything
But at the end of everything I'll still say I enjoy it cos I do

Okay I loaded a lot of videos into my ipod whjch should last me the long rides in taiwan (spongebob,yes)
I hope I won't get major motion sickness on the air plane later though I'm already feeling fatigue setting in now
But I'm still braving a potentially disrupting motionsickness to go meet my favourite people for a brief moment at loof before I set off for the airport

Please do not have too much fun when I'm not in singapore cos there would be unfair
Leave some for me when I come back (reiterates that I'm back one day before my birthday)

To all those who finished their exams chill and have fun
To all those who will miss me (I expect it to be all of you) don't miss me as much as I would miss you all
Okay but on a serious note I really do love you all (:

BYE.
WELCOME 2 TAIWAN

2010-03-28T21:59:00.000+08:00

Okay finally something interesting happening this few days
Let's start from friday..
Me zhihong and yongqiang met up to go one rochester to have a drink and man's talk LOL
Hahah it's quite a secluded and chill place
Nice for an after-work drink
Good place to sum up the weekdays (:
I ordered frozen margarita, hennessey and long island tea (:
too bad we went a tad too late so wasn't able to try out the food
the setting was alfresco old english setting with candlelight and artifical wind
Yes hahah it's those big squarish standing fan
But ya it was pretty cooling on a humid warm night
'I'll definitely visit this place again cos the waitress is pretty'
HAHAHA

Anyway sat morning I went to meet vernon for lunch and movie
Damn
Just another pandora box has got to be the lamest movie I ever watched
Zzz
Hahaha
Lame humour which revolves around kungfu panda, red cliff, kungfu
Worth a laugh and a bit of reminiscence of the original movie
Kinda like a parody for other movies
it's like the chinese version of the scary movie series

Went to modesto at night to catch the arsenal match and immerse in the whole arsenal fanclub atmosphere
Result was disappointing but oh wells

Okay here's Drama1:
On my way back from modesto to the the bus stop opposite far east plaza
There was this bmw 335i hard top convertible parked near the bus bay with the hazard light switched on
there was a pair of caucasian couple around it
They were surrounding it and the female kept on giving 2-second touches(those that u'll give to a baby milkbottle to test whether it is too hot)
So after awhile, the kaypoh me decided to remove my earpiece(I was listening to music) to eavesdrop their conversation to find out what the incident was about

Lady: honey, I think the car is on fire (gives 3 or 4 consecutive 2-sec touches)
Man: yea, something's not right!(Fiddles around with the control on the car panel, yes with engine still on)
Lady: nevermind, our fire engine is coming soon (this is when I thought I heard wrongly)

-3 or 4 minutes later-

Background: *fire engine siren*

My mind:wah it can't be so coincidental can it?

The despatch rider and the two engine stopped behind the car, and yes, with the siren still blasting at 120am in the morning
The first fireman alights and immediately gave the wtf-face! I nearly wanted to laugh but didn't lol
The caucasian couple went forward and told them about the entire story
my bus came by this time so I didn't manage to finish the entire incident lol but what I saw was already sufficient
First thing they were abusing emergency number
Secondly, if u think your car is on fire, WOULD YOU KEEP TOUCHING AND TOUCHING AND TOUCHING IT!?! WOULD YOUR MAGICAL TOUCHES PUT OUT THE FIRE?! WTH RIGHT! ._.
Their ignorance and lack of rationale thinking amazes me much!
okay end of drama 1!

So I reached home around 2 am and slept till 8
Sunday morning was basketball with rv guys after a long hiatus of the usual sunday morning uncle bball gathering
Nice but I had to leave early zzz

Okay here's drama 2
I was on my way back from lunch
When I walked past the fruit stall and there was this person acting kinda odd
He was behaving like he was being pursued by somebody or possessed..
He had that paranoid look
I thought he was probably one of those mentally unsound people around so I just carried on walking
After walking around 5 steps forward there was suddenly a very loud thud behind
I turned around to see the same person collapsed on the floor convulsing and foaming on
:X

So I was shocked for a few seconds not knowing what to do
then it just came to me that I should push him on his side so that he would not choke
And stuff something in his mouth should he start biting his own tongue
And that I should clear whatever dangerous objects around him
So I went forward and discovered he was foaming and convulsing badly
Did whatever I thought I should do
Dialled 995 for the first time in my life
Meanwhile the man began to regain consciousness after a few minutes
But he had an approximately 15 cm gash across the back of his head which I presumed he suffered when he fell against the pillar and it was bleeding quite badly!
The ambulance took 11 minutes to arrive
And I left after they took him away
All this while it's quite interesting to see how all those coffeeshop uncle and aunties try to put in their own opinions
Some said I should give him a key to hold
Some said put a spoon in his mouth
Some ask me to let him sit up when he was still shaking
Lol
But hope the man is fine now :X
Apparently it's not his first time falling in that area

I've always picture myself to be nervous and helpless should such a situation happen
But idk why I was rather composed today
Human behaviour surprises me
Hahah I praise myself for my composure
But boos for my ignorance of not knowing what to do :X

Good or bad
What an eventful weekend.

2010-03-21T16:15:00.001+08:00

present state of life is pretty enjoyable
And I guess the phrase 'money is never enough' is true
especially so for somebody with low self discipline like me
Given a dollar a day, I'll lead the a-dollar-a-day life
But given 1 grand a day, I'll lead the a-grand-a-day life
So practically savings has no place in my mind unless there's a practical purpose
I.E. Saving to buy something more expensive(which is still spending) -.-
But thus far, I've yet to see something worth(or requires) saving and the need lead a temporary frugal life
Anyhow there won't be so many,if any, periods in my life which I enjoy regular income and the carefree spending of cold hard cash
Next time we will all be plagued by other issue while spending
In uni, there will be all those work lingering in your head while you are out during the weekend
While working, there will be more to consider as you are supposedly a mature working adult who's supposed to have a sound financial mind not to spend everything u've got
So
My final point is still trying to justify my gianormous expenditure in hope of easing guilty conscience
Ha.
Whatever.

But then again while money don't buy happiness like how it works for other commodities
Money is able to buy ingredients to create forms of happiness
Food.
Anyway went to try out kim's gary restaurant at vivo level 2
it's a hk-cha chan teng based restaurant
Decent pricing
I thought it's pretty decent at around 13 for the set meal
I tried the cheese baked rice with chicken
It reminds me of an open concept of lor mai kai hahaha
They serve it wrapped in aluminium foil and placed in side those basket used for steaming xlb (idk what you call those)
And they keep their cutlery in tupperware
Cute or what?
The whole setting is very simple and warm
Why warm? I went there around 930 pm and typically restaurants would start to diminish in numbers around that time
the stark contrast between the empty and quiet walkway and the atmosphere in the restaurant probably made it all warm hustling with activity
nice overall experience at a decent price (:

Tried chardonnay and merlot this week
chilean wine
Honestly I still can't tell the differences between grapes in different country
Neither can I differentiate between different type of grapes
Just a side note
4 oz of wine (115ml?) has around 100 cal?
I drank around 1.5 bottle .__.
Time to burn excess fuel away!

I love long hearty talks
It's endearing enjoyable and make people closer to each other (:
There are people whom you are only able to have a conversation which consists of nothing more than exchange of superficial dialogue
But there are those whom you can talk till daybreak and still find that time is wayyy too short!

Okk
Weekdays, here we go again!
:X

2010-03-17T09:48:00.000+08:00

hi
weather's kinda irritating this few weeks
Every time I stepped out from airconditioned room I felt like I'm a frozen bun being taken out for thawing
All the water droplets will start forming
And my temperature rises quickly
I don't understand why sg has to be this humid zzz

But other than weather I'm perhaps more or less okay with life nowadays
Except for minor crop ups here and there

Have so many things to buy so little money to spend :X
I've still been trying out new food just that on a less frequent basis due to budget restrain
But I've taken up a new category of indulgence
Wine! (:

For people who likes sweet wine
Moscato rosa is a must (: highly recommended!
It's so nice I can finish two bottles on my own!
Moscato d'asti also not bad but the flavour is more sharp! I'm still not well inform about how the year and place of production will affect the wine!
And merlot and cab sauv are two type of red that I have tried this month (:
Not to my total liking but still not too bad

Had a mini picnic with wine fruits chocolate dips cheese bites and sandwich
Hahah ultimate way to chillax after a looong week
Perks of life-indulgence

Food wise I have cut down but recent new things I've tried are
1.Figs and olive-chicken pesto carbonara
portion is just right for me (as a 2nd dinner)
2. Macarons
Yes I'm damn noob it's the first time I've tried macarons ._. I don't know whether it is that bakerzin ones are horrible or macarons don't really suit me cos it's waaayyy to sweet
3. Charco-some food outlet along amk hdb estate
They sell portugese chicken charco chicken and lamb ribs (:
Ate a samplers set with abit of everything coupled with egg salad and potato salad
The portions were quite big
Charco chicken was flavour-less just grilled
Portugese chicken was tasty albeit abit too tough
Lamb ribs tasted good even though I'm not a fan of mutton
Egg and potato salad was sinfully sweet and filling

Okay that's all I can remember what I ate for the past week!

Food's the way to go!

Shall go for more this weekend and report back!

2010-03-12T05:38:00.000+08:00

Guard duty is a bitch
It's 520am I barely slept for 30mins
I'm going to have fun tml after my dental
I'm gng to be sleep deprived on fri.sat.sun
see how I survive with 5 hrs sleep during weekends!
On a side note this weekend will be a fully packed week for me
friday evening I might go back to rv just to watch them train followed by supper
Saturday shall be it fair and wine fair followed by powerhouse!
Sunday will be recovery day and social dinner? :X

Oh did I mention I got to drive last weekend? (:
Woots I drove zh's car and it was awesome
Okay I know I sound like some noob shit but yea it was fun driving jiamin home from nus and then driving back from chinatown to yewtee
Nicee
I wish I get more chance to drive hahah
I'll volunteer to be driver next time anybody go out with me :D (just provide the car) hahaha good deal?

Who needs a driver cum outing buddy?

2010-03-04T13:49:00.001+08:00

The past month had been really really hectic
February's all outfield in the midst of festive season
But it's finally over
One course down a few more to go before I hit the big O (yes, ORD not what you are thinking)
Honestly I can't wait for what lies ahead but yet this feeling of uncertainty is something I'm not ready to embrace as of present moment

Whatever.

Since getting my driving license I have yet to put my hands on any driving wheel
I think the skills will soon begin to corrode
By the time I hit the roads I think I'll mount kerb or smthing

fine.

I wanna go chill
Have some alcohol
Some music

Anybody? (:
Please jio me I'm tired of jio-ing ppl all the time

2010-02-19T14:33:00.000+08:00

Cny came and went by
It wasn't draggy but certainly felt like a routine
Eve was spent going to gdma's house for reunion lunch
The same dishes that we eat throughout the year just feels kinda different on this day
Perhaps it's the fact that everybody is eating together at the same time that's all warm and fuzzy
This can never be told through the expression on my face but I felt this way lol
Night was reunion dinner back at my home
Now this is even more note worthy
Both my paternal grandparents stay under one roof with us
But sadly for the entire year our conversations barely passed the acquaintance-like 'hi-bye,where are you going....'
PROXIMITY DOESN'T EQUATE TO CLOSENESS
So reunion dinner is one of the rare chances that we do get to eat together
I know this distant relationship is going to be one of my regrets in my life
But things aren't just as simple as taking the initiative to be closer to my grandparents
Ohwell..

Anyway so first day of cny coincides with vday but I didn't feel love is in the air hahah
the red of angpows and bakkwa overpowered the red of hearts and roses
anyway I love my cousins though we span from age 2 to 21, we are pretty close in the sense that we can talk without feeling awkward
So untypical of cny conversations
Watched little big soldier with my family at shaw cck
Light hearted and comical
Quite an interesting movie to watch
Following that I watched valentines day with jm eve rach zh (I apologise for excluding mk and sg lol cos I don't immediately associate them with the class but rather bball guys)
Yeps vday is brainless chickflick which I found it to be quite hilarious and bimbotic
I particularly like the ice cream van guy and the phone sex girl who led a double life (both whom I can't remember their real name)
Both are awesome actor and actress
OH NOT TO FORGET WE SAW DAWN YEOH!
The cutesy pie actress yes!
She's quite cute in person but don't think she's that pretty!

After movies headed to al ameen with rach and eve for an impromptu supper
Initially I just wanted a ride to try out eve's driving but ended up going for supper
I must say she's quite a steady driver lol
Tried the much-hyped butter chicken which rach was addicted to
Hahah it's quite yummy but then it's bad to get addicted to it
like the name suggest BUTTER chicken don't exactly sound like the best candidate for healthy food does it?
I had cheese prata bom which was cheese prata with honey
Awesome I say! (:

2nd day of cny was stay home day with all the meet-once-a-year relatives gathering at our house
It was largely a formality (okay cny is generally a formality...)
But I answered routine questions for so many times I prepared a standard set of FAQ in my mind hahaha
Yeps but it's still quite nice to see all the LIPs gathering together

Oh did I say I have yet to open any of the angpow.

(:

2010-02-11T14:41:00.000+08:00

I'm officially a driver (:
This has got to be one of the better moments this year! Or at least this is what I foresee so far
Nothing good's coming up next :X

Anyway tp was quite good
For those who have yet to pass you may wanna book a weekday 11am slot
The traffic was so good that there weren't any cars when I had to change lane =P
apart from the fact that I stalled during the circuit
Most of the things went pretty well
I got 8 points deduction for not checking the rear when reversing during changing of direction and parallel parking
Otherwise everything was perfect (:

I can't wait to get onto the road and contrary to beliefs that I'll be a reckless driver I think I'll be a pretty safe driver!

If anybody wanna share a rental car just to go around singapore please do tell me (:

But I'm very sad/irritated/feeling fked up
I have been looking forward to and planning for my sydney canby trip
And now due to army commitments I'd probably have to scrape ANYTHING and EVERYTHING from today all the way till I ORD
That's how packed my projected schedule is =(
Nobody can understand how I feel right now I guess?
Fuck.

2010-02-01T00:06:00.000+08:00

Okay so I've been on a one month hiatus from blogging
Must say it's due to accumulative effect of laziness coupled with fluctuating extreme lifestyle that 'forced' me to take a long break
Now I can gladly do a quick one month summary/recap
Okay weekdays are boring and it feels like chores
But weekends are exciting if not extremely exciting
Why extreme?
Extreme not in terms of using a superlative to describe 'exciting' but the nature of excitement is extreme

1st jan
Countdown party at alvin's sis house was a nightmare due to the fighting fiasco
I was gladly/conveniently in my own state of alcohol-induced senseless-ness to comprehend what really happened
But what's over is over and that just marks a bad start to a new year but things can only get better (:

2nd jan
Pretty event-ful day
First thing in the morning was RV big walk which came after a night stayover at mk's
Though we pretty much do not know more than 80% of the population over the boonlay rv campus
But it was the past rv members that made the entire trip really worthwhile
To me it actually feels like a graduation day except that everybody's not in uniform and had grown up
Hope there would be similar large scale events like this which can serve like a gathering for all

Not to forget 2jan is xiaoxi's birthday
I must harp on the fact that she's the first to rise into the twenties, ahead of me gs cy and wl
Hahaha =P yes evil but true (:

I cameo-ed at S01's bbq at steph's house
Hahah cameo cos I only went for 1 hour to see everybody and I didn't eat any food :X
Okay so night was phuture with zh qh jm eve and phy
Quite an entertaining but (yet again) tiring night
Hahaha I was pretty much sober so it was quite funny to witness people (read: jiamin) do funny stuffs
When a person HOPS into a club u know something's not gonna go right somewhere haha and it really did
Not gonna write down details so as to give each of us some saving grace
It was a fun night though

3jan was probably spent recuperating though I can't remember anything -.-

8 - 10 jan (good boy weekend)
I don't rmb anything except that I went to modesto @elizabeth hotel to watch arsenal's match on sat
Probably a stay-home weekend
O=)

15 -17 jan (badboy weekend)
15jan
Went double o and had a great night with decent music! Even though I had just completed 20 km route march
16jan
Slept only 5 hrs and went out again at night met the favourite people and we ventured into the little been to corner called serangoon garden
Hahah okay maybe I'm not that suagu cos I've been there once most other didn't until that day =P
And from that all of us would probably realise how convenient a car can bring lol
If only........
Lol
So reached home around 2 plus I think and headed on to play ball early in the morning the next day!
Probably clocked about ten hours of sleep the entire weekend?
Self torture? Maybe.

22-24 jan (sporty boy weekend)
22 jan
night went to play bball with eileen's church friends at nus hahah quite enjoyable with all the wind and laughter
23 jan
Headed down to kallang 9 in the morning to play bball with my 2sir dudes
Played through the midday sun and boy was it hot!
Went to delta swimming complex to swim from 2 to 530
And rounded off the day with bball session number two at home u from 6 to 9
I ate only a piece of mr bean bread that lasted me the whole day
12 hours of sports ftw (: hahaha
But the result was a really bad sunburn
I'm still shedding skin today :X

29-31jan
29th
Headed to west coast park on for a little chillout session
Must say the atmosphere's really nice over there unlike what it was like years ago when we went there for litter picking hahaha
30th
Watched imaginarium of dr parnassus but didn't really catch the gist of the show
Hahah but I'm proud to have booked the show through internet on my phone cos it was painstakingly difficult to do so!

Following that was shawn hu's 21st which was quite interesting how much effort he had put in to organise the event
I finally got to meet most of my friends girlfriends hahaha it was a gf galore actually and I sat together with the singles discussing about other's gf! =P lol
Today was spent mostly trying to research on my hopefully-successful australia trip!
I intend to go sydney/canberra/melbourne
Probably 2 of the above cities at the start of april
Having friends over there certainly help hahaha probably beiru/kwanling/sarah can be my tour guide cum good host hahahh =P
Plan plan plan! Hope my leave will be approved though :X

2009-12-30T21:56:00.001+08:00

Last day of 2009
2009 has been both unknowingly fast but agonisingly slow at the same time
The reason for it being agonisingly slow is pretty obvious
I think some people are sick of me saying it
But still I must say I don't feel a sense of purpose serving ns
I'll just take it as a NECESSARY process which will pass by soon, real soon
But that doesn't help my mentality at all zzz
And time passed real quick in terms of passing days
Maybe it's a problem unique to me but don't you feel that time passes faster and faster the older u grow? :X
Yea but I'm pretty glad that my bookouts were mostly spent fruitfully
By fruitful I don't exactly meant doing smthing meaningful
But rather fruitful = not wasting time away doing nothing playing or using comp the entire day
And this would not be possible if not for my friends and family

It would be pointless to talk about all the main events that happened this year cos there are quite a lot to speak about
it's all in the past year's entry (:
but a typical usually goes like this..
Fri bookout - meetups for dinner with individuals or late night man talks with yappy
Sat- meetups (with my favourite people, social, army pals, rv bball, nj bball, or random people :D) or bball trg with nj! Followed by stayover or hanging out until next morning
Sun- driving or morning bball session with rvbballers, afternoon and evening usually spent at home with family or a trip to the library (yes u read it right)
I must say I have had great weekends and am looking forward to the next 45 weekends coming up till I ORD
I am grateful for all everybody I have with me! It would be crazy to say my thanks to every single person but u know who you all are I'm (secretly) grateful and happy that I have u all (:
But I'm regretful for friends who were once close but gradually marginalised because 1. I neglected them, 2. Time simply do not allow frequent meetings, 3. Change is the only constant
I find option 3 very cynical yet that's the cold hard truth
All these people come and go
people who went into my life so deep
Yet they left so quick
So quick it left a mark
Like a bottomless pit

Okay so practically 2009 had been a year different from the past 12 years
For the first time during the period from september to novemeber do I not feel the end-of-year exams rush while many of my friends are immersed in all those panicky moments
Yea it's probably kinda interesting to experience/ view exam periods from a different pov
There would be people who don't really give a damn about exams
There would be people who seemingly isolate themselves and cut off contact from others in a bid to do well
Then you get all those bored nsf having practically nothing much to do during this period

Next, ns life is sort of love-hate relationship
Yes chances are there's more hate than love
But still you can't negate the love
The hate reasons are pretty obvious
Like the lack of purpose and lack of freedom
Ask most of the nsf and they will just quote a few out of our '101 reasons why we dislike NS' encyclopedia
So what do I love about it
The consistent monthly allowance has greatly increased my spending power
Something which I embrace with my arms wide open, really open
Hahah who would say no to money?
I have never eaten so much nice food within a year as compared to previous 18 year of my life
Which explains my -erhem- minute -erhem- increment in my body mass!
Is a 4 kg increase from 71 to 75kg a lot?
Hope not! :X

Ns also made me think that it would be really nice to have a girlfriend
Like having something to look forward to every week (:
But having said that
I won't rush into getting one since my social contacts is probably limited to whatever I have right now hahah

And obviously being exposed to a new group of people made me realised I'm not deserving of this 'good guy' image some people might have of me
I realised I'm selfish irresponsible uncaring ignorant inconsistent unfaithful at times
But of course not to a large extent if not I won't be able to stand myself too
still, it made me realised this ugly side of me exist
But.... I'm only human
My only consolation

Hope I will change for the better and not worse like this year
Every year is a time of self reflection and imrpovement!
Yeps that's about as much as I can think of for now.. It's getting late and probably shouldn't think so much for now hahah leave it for 2010 (:

2009-12-29T02:18:00.002+08:00

29th december 2009
okay yea i take back my previous entry
xmas eve was spent at zirca
it was a last minute decision to go to zirca with stanley yeo
that noobshit puked damn early into the night
yea stayed around for awhile before going home
i was awake throughout the entire bus ride home
say how energetic i was!
must be the jagerbomb

yea so it's xmas
entire morning was spent sleeping
afternoon headed over to gdma's house for a gathering of some sort
i think it was probably the first time we gathered for xmas
lol had steamboat and i thought that was probably the end of xmas day already
then zh asked if we wanna go chap nh and sg's hotel at pan pacific
yea so we went there
played the drinking game
chivas again but this time it was great
which was freaking hilarious i must say
kudos to evelyn who came up with the rule to replace 'i' with watashi and 'you' with anata
and the quote of the day for me was "watashi's cup very big"
i couldnt stop laughing
anyway the craze went on
went mad
sg nh came back and it was time to send ourselves packing

yea i did the maddest thing u can think of
i went to play bball the following morning at 8am!
woots basically i was like on a suicide mission to see if i'll die from it
haha luckily i didnt but i sure was darn tired
awake for 30 hours and slept for 2 hrs before resuming activites
night was a supposed meet up at vivocity with jm qh zh yq and cat
but ended up only me and cat
it was alright for me cos im okay with going to places alone
hahaha but still it was a nice talk with cat
havent talked to her for ages

bought a new computer today with my family at simlim
must admit that my dad's money aint that easy to earn lol
bargaining ttm
at night watched sherlock holmes with jayne
spilled coke
funny shit happened as usual
was a pretty good movie
kinda like it except for the fact that they speak so fast that it was easier for me to read the chinese subtitles >.<

ahh 2009 is endingg...... goood

2009-12-24T18:38:00.000+08:00

xmas have never felt so bland before

2009-12-21T00:21:00.000+08:00

This week has been a pretty awesome week not inclusive of the two days which I had to return to camp
Can either look at it as a two-day week or 3-day break I prefer to think of it as two day week!
This week is what I call life man!
I watched two movies, went out with family, had driving lessons, met up with many different friends!
Awesome like nobody's business

Saturday was POP of our recruits
Finally another phase is over, but with one phase gone comes another one :X one which I'm not exactly looking forward to
Sians

Sunday- stayed at home the entire day for recovery

Monday-met jm and qh to find out about what really happened and then went to town with bro and the impromptu yet FUN crashing of marcus/phyllis/qiaohan meetup
Haha why impromptu? Cos I wasn't supposed to meet them but went anyway
Why fun? Cos we tricked both marcus and phyllis
WE equals to me and qh
I can't believe she came up with the suggestion but she suggested we trick them that we are couples and I obliged (:
hahah and being the awesomely fantastic actors we are
We managed to trick marcus into stutters and awkwardness but at least he had some reservation about the our feat
But still quite poor thing
HAAAHA
Made phyllis 'happy' and 'proud' for nothing
But it was fun fun fun :D LOL
Ate dinner at waraku de pasta with a big mix up of our orders zzzz
Following that was an hour's game of L4D2 at e2max
My first time playing that it was quite fun though we just wandered around killing zombies
And I must say phyllis is really......
LOUD -.-

Tue and wed was spent back in camp doing commanders training =(
But nights out on tue was not bad
Went to play L4D2 again but this time not so fun leh.. Cos always kena owned hahah
And after L4D2 headed down to cuscaden pub
Also known as chip(?) I think
I insisted on not buying any alcohol after saturday's incident
But still drank abit to make sure others are sober
Lol
Kandhi kissed paultwohill
Shawn pulled some stunts
But it was pretty happening
U won't imagine a place like that to exist in the middle of orchard road

Wed met up with qh for a short dinner
And went home to rot before heading down to at holland v to meet mel
I haven't seen her for quite sometime and while I filled her with stories
She provided even more exciting stories =O ooo
Hahah
On the way home I lost some stupid bet and had to shout 'CUCKOO BIRD' in the middle of the road
But I insist i purposely lost for safety reasons HAHA (:
sat down and nua-ed by the poolside and talked for sometime while dumb things happened
It was a starry starry night
damn awesome I could stay there for the entire night if I didn't need to go home :X

Thurs met veron for breakfast at super early timing cos she had to fly off to hongkong :X
Watched bodyguards and assasin with dad and bro in the afternoon! It was pretty good except for the choice of cast and I don't understand why it took ten years :X
Oh I fell asleep for a while during the movie zzz
Haha following that was shopping at bugis
Spent around 150 in bugis

Fri went to bugis with family again to buy stuffs again and spent around 100?
woots
happy shopping for the two days (:
Phuture at night with BMTC training specs! Lol
Alvin alex conan and their friends
Saw a few other friends there too
This time I know how to control but alex puked! Hahahaha oops :X
And first time trying graveyard it was killer zzz
Went home at 6am

slept and woke up at 9
Went to play bball at home u
wah nearly died in the process
Was bloody breathless and feeling sore all over my body
Saw stars literally LOL
Unfit unfit!
Fingers felt stiff
But after two hours finally loosen up abit!

Watched avatar at 1230am at cck with my brother
It was a long movie but the effect is pretty good
(even better appreciated after watching the making of the show)
But I fell asleep for awhile during the movie cos I was too darn tired already =X

Sunday was mostly spent sleeping and catching up with whatever sleep I didn't get :X
And finally...... Returning back to camp

Kinda reluctant to return back to camp(like the usual whiny me)
But once I reach back it's kinda okay
Not that bad after all thinking of how I spent my past week (:

Okayy long long entry.. Short short week
5more working days to go for 2009 and it's a new year! Time to think back and summarise this year already

2009-12-14T01:07:00.000+08:00

Okay I haven't been blogging for quite awhile though there has been quite a few happenings
Just kinda lazy and in an anti blogging mood
But ytd incident is something that I should and will remember for quite awhile
Okay maybe remember isn't the right word cos I don't remember anything at all

You know how people on tv serials always talk about how they don't remember anything when u get drunk?
I didn't believe in that people can have no idea of what they are doing...... until yesterday
I was badly drunk
Another thing off my to-do list lol
I told myself I wanna get drunk 'under controlled environment'
though ytd wasn't controlled environment but it was still mad drunk

Ytd was nbs bash at butter fact
First time gng to new butter
Quite a nice place with a view of the ongoing construction of IR
Ordered bottle of chivas and started drinking on the rocks
So zh yq and sg was busy talking haha and mk was with his gf
That leaves me to me and my chivas
I must say my drink tolerance is pretty lousy
my last count was 12 cups!
The last thing I remember myself doing was emptying the chivas straight from the bottle
I guess that was the breaking point?

After that everything was a blur
Bits and pieces here
I rmb puking
I rmb jiamin nagging 'qi lai le'
I rmb nh laughing at me
I rmb eating lemon
That was when I start to sober up a bit though not very sober

Ended up sitting at bottom of hdb for 2 hrs until 5am before heading for home -.-
When I woke up mim said the room reeks of alcohol even though I bathed zzz

I wanna say sorry and thanks to nh zh and jm
Thanks to nh and zh for sending me back
And sorry to them for all the troubles
And missing out the fun cos it was barely 1am -.-

2009-12-06T17:30:00.000+08:00

Okay so field camp's over
Nothing very interesting except that the night sky was exceptionally beautiful for one of the nights
and honestly...
I ate mosquitoes to the max
I can stand being smelly and dirty
But I cant stand feeling itchy on my entire back ._. Zzz
Thank goodness I have less than 1 year left to go
Halfway there!

Today was supposed to be standard chartered marathon
And yes I signed up for it though I seem to be the most unlikely candidate to do such a thing (long distance running)
But my initial intention as social running with gs and cal
In the end gs's having exams while calvin's got sore eyes
That leaves me the only leisure runner
As compared to zh yq zy brandon and many more
Okay I think I'm trying to find an excuse for giving stcm a miss
But the actual fact is that I was really lazy and unprepared
Lol nvm if I decide to sign up for next year's
I'll train and complete it :X

I need better weekend management ._.

Today was practically spent doing nothing though I woke up pretty late at 12 ate brunch
Youtubed
And spent the half an hour frantically thinking of what to do before I waste an entire weekend away
so I decided to play a little bball
but heaven wasn't on my side
It rained almost instantaneously after I stepped out ._.
fk man
I returned home to change out and decided to go jp for a walk
I have quite a number of things on my shopping list but I just can't bear to spend money
Zzz

A new wallet
New clothes and pants
A new ear piece
New shoes
I decided to eat less nice food for december
Shall spend the money on my to-buy list instead

Anybody's gng for nbs bash next week?
If not I'm gonna find other activities already
Zzz

2009-11-27T09:32:00.001+08:00

So this week's a short week but it felt long enough for me to feel tired
Have been doing stores and stores and more stores
Actually those are pretty simple task to complete
But procrastination kills!
Everything was pretty much left to last minute work
Now somethings are left undone and I'm going back to camp later to get it done! :X
Going to camp on a holiday?! Only mad people will do it
Hahah I'm quite mad today zzz

Ytd's dinner was nice (:
Isn't it an awesome feeling when u know u've gotten some deals at a lower price?
Anyway being the uncle-ish me
I was reading sunday times and there was this cut out portion with numerous deal
Haha I cut out the 1-for-1 deal
Ate the flaming platter at manhattan fish market with jayne!
I had to pay around 12 for the platter?
Niceeee
3 flame-grilled prawns with some sweet white sauce which tasted fantastic
1 catch of the day
Chips and not to forget the garlic butter rice!
Yumyum (:
Too bad no pictures for you to salivate!

First to camp
Then to sitex
And beer cum buffet at chevrons at night!

I'm loving my weekends (:

2009-11-22T16:36:00.003+08:00

yesterday was a packed to the brim day for me
woke up at 645am in the morning to go nj
mind you!
645 is damn early for a saturday morning (:
wanted to take a look at the new bball kids
ended up teaching one of them though i dont remember the name

met eve for a brunch at hatched!
it's at evans lodge, besides CCAB
quite a hidden place and probably wont command more than a glance if u just happen to walk past?
anyway it's an egg-centric place which their menus are mainly egg-based
eggs prepared in many different ways

we ordered a total of 4 dishes
i had Sir Benedict on two ($16) and Pancake Party ($10)
while she ordered Papillote ($12) and The Sleepover ($8)

Sir Benedict

this is my first time im trying poached eggs
i like the runny yolk (as u can see from the egg on the left!)
but i still do prefer my egg in other forms like omelettes

Papillote

scrambled eggs wrapped in smoked salmon
though im not a fan of salmon but i like the taste of this smoked salmon
not too salty

Waffles party

too thick dont like
but very filling

the Sleepover

simple and nice (:

haha and of course eve
took time off to eat brunch! (:

2009-11-18T01:00:00.000+08:00

Okay after a series of late night and early morning sandwiched between successive duties, I finally have a decent replenishment of sleep
It took a little balance off my sleep debt accumulate over two weeks
But still I'm still in sleep debt =X

Anyway today's night out was my first time watching movie alone
Cos I didn't wanna join others for the paranormal activites
Haha but seriously I think the big hooha about watching movies alone is overrated
Initially I felt quite excited about how I'd feel watching movies alone
but when show started
It felt like any other shows ._.
Cos watching movies is an non-social activity to begin with

anyway I watched My girlfriend is an agent
Okay I know I'm slow but whatever...
Haha it's quite a corny but nice show
Not much thoughts processing needed
Just follow the flow and laugh
Recommended for a light hearted evening (:

2009-11-15T12:00:00.001+08:00

Sunday morning 0900
I'm in green
Not my favourite shade of green
:X
Waking up at 4 plus am on a sunday morning isn't a really nice feeling too
I'm feeling cranky
I'm feeling hungry

Loooong week to go! I want fooooood! :S

Anyway ytd was a short but very well spent bookout
Met my favourite people after god-knows-how-long
And though we met to engage in some anti-social activity (i.e. watching movie)
it was enjoyable too (:
Watched 2012 at illuma
Got nh cat rae me zh yq mk
Hahah
The movie was predictable chaotic and unrealistic but it wasn't too bad lah
Basically it is just a modern Noah's Ark in process
CGI wasn't top quality
Plot was nothing but with destruction and conspiracy in mind
And it is unrealistic because a limosine looks like a monster truck in disguise instead
LOL
It goes through falling buildings on the ground level -.-
but it's not entirely corny

Through out the show
It emphasized quite a lot on what parents could do for their kids
But probably it also gives a false impression that ALL parents are willing to do so ._.
Ironic!
But it is pretty touching at some parts too
All the scene in the problematic shaft was quite nice!

Kinda sad that I couldn't join them for dinner but they will always be a next time lol
Zzz just that I hope it won't be very long
Erm definitely hope it won't be like what I told rachel today
'When was the last time I saw you?'
'Erm I think it was my birthday?'
'So that's 17sep!'
'Okay I haven't seen u in nearly two months ._.'

2009-11-14T00:01:00.001+08:00

Hai this week has been a bad and long week
Firstly there's a mountain-high stack of work to be done and this is making me feel severely underpaid!
800plus per month don't seem to suffice and justify
What's making it worse is..
IM FALLING SICK
=(
Big time zzz
On tue I was just feeling kinda heaty with not much of a problem
Wed my nose started to work like a tap
Thurs it felt like there were sand in my throat
And today feels like I used a voice transposer
I lowered my voice to an even deeper tone

Zzz I need some vitamin C
I need some sleep
I need food therapy
I need bball
but I'm getting neither of these during this weekend :X zzz

2009-11-11T06:34:00.001+08:00

So much for asking the recruits to fall in on time when we can't even be punctual
Welcome to the world
Hate this man
So fked up
Or maybe I'm just being my anal self at work no?

2009-11-07T23:32:00.003+08:00

this week has been pretty much a rainy week
the weather is pretty much like a pms-y lady
it rains whenever it likes
and however much it wants
zzz
im not liking the uncertainty
but im certainly loving the rainy cold days
i can just sleep and nua (: hahaha

anyway im thinking of writing whatever nice thing i've eaten
since im always (or nearly always) trying out nice food every other week
i might as just start one of the records less i forget the nice food i've tried
it's like marco polo's expedition or something lol (:
it's not a food blog so dont expect too much of a review
just make do with my limited vocabulary and salivate in front of your screen! (:

let's just recap what i've eaten this month
most are those highly commercialised shops
haha i have yet to dig for unearthed gems
but fear not
im on my mission to do so soon (:
whenever i try something less known
whether it's good or bad i'll still share it hahaha (:

okay let's see
since october until today i've tried....
1.breeks' grilled chicken
2.gelare's waffles and ice cream (green tea jamaican chocolate and something i dont rmb)
3.ben and jerry (a pint of some chocolate banana thing which i can remember too ._.)
4.haagen dazs chocolate fondue
5.canele cheesecake
6.awfully chocolate's banana cake

lol this is like desserts every bookout?
sinful ttm :X but.....
IM LOVING IT HAHAHA
got some other food lah but probably not worth the mention lol
next im going to explore on some jap food!
so wait up for the pictures (:
(to sidetrack: uploading pictures is such a chore nowadays zz)

anyway today made a few interesting observations
they are of little relevance to each other

1.i really admire the nj bball girls
why?
today they only had 4 person training and i thought it was a depleted strength
but they do not actually have that many people
if i were them probably 4 person training isnt what i really want
i wouldnt be bothered to come for training
can u imagine how tiring it is for 4 person to do rotation? like OMG can
zzz
haha but still they continue with their training and i really admire their spirits for that (:
kudos!

2.novena has quiznos! (: hahaha yum yum
for those who dont know what's quiznos
it's an american franchise of sandwich
similar to those of subway
but taste much better than them :D
yayness

3.today i understand why old people cant keep their back straight whenever they complain of backache
it's the upright posture which makes the whole back ache like as if i had a needle in my back
okay in short, it hurts pretty badly unless i slouch at an angle of 30degrees
>.<
which is an odd position to be in
some kind soul please do some massage on my old-man back
._.

2009-11-01T23:44:00.001+08:00

Arghh after so long of not being able to play bball
I still didn't get my fix of bball! :(
5minutes of bball was all I got!
And there was thunderstorm already ahhhh
Damn sad damn sad damn sad!
I better get my fix of bball if not I will just go bonker next week :X

Anyway this bookout was awesome at the start and droning towards the end
Chocolate fondue at haagen dazs (((:
hahaha my first time ever indulging in chocolate fondue
Dipping the freezing ice cream into the viscous chocolate is WOOOOT ttm hahah
Okay but I got really high on sugar rush that day
And I felt damn lethargic at around 3am lol

Went to watch This Is It with yq and zh
Haha was pretty nice though there wasn't much of dancemoves
just the preparation for the concert
Can't really expect to much of dance from mj too cos he was quite old too!

Aii I wanna whine!!!
For the month of november
I'll have 2cos duty
5ds duty and 2 guard duty
Of which 3 falls on weekends

=(

Somebody save me! ._.

2009-10-28T23:18:00.001+08:00

Ytd was nights out and I met kaylene for dinner at causeway
It's been sometime since I last talked to her so it was quite pleasant meeting up
What amused me was how she didn't really change much over the years
still as gossipy as ever(she immediately shared her gossip when I met her haha)

Dinner was good at breek's cafe but gelare's tuesday waffle's even better despite having to queue for quite awhile!
Waffle's at $3.70! (:
I know what I can do for tuesdays if I have nothing better to do :D

But that was not the only takeaway from this meetup..

I told her something
'I can't believe you are going to be 18 in 5 months time....'
To me she still looks and behave like the 14-year old 4years ago
Then on my way back to camp, I thought of how all of us used to be 4years ago
People really do change AL0T
Some change for the better
Some change for the worse
Some drifted off
Some grew closer
People have to leave for overseas for studies
It's like crossroads after crossroads where everybody starts to take different paths of their lives
Most people can just take different directions at the crossroads and embrace what's ahead
I am one who looks back every few steps I take, every crossroad I choose
Zzz it's making me too nostalgic at times as I tend to always make comparison of present vs past
Taking more than what I should to let go of the past!
And totally ignoring the fact that...
CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT!

Cliched but true

Nvm hahaha I'm going to play bball this saturday (:
Like finally after a looong long time!

2009-10-25T22:25:00.001+08:00

Aii another weekend just passed by
But it was a relatively well spent weekend (:
Booked out at saturday afternoon (as usual) headed home for my fix of videos
Went down to wisma atria cos I chin pei toldme there will be another flash mob
It was the same song and performance as the one held at raffles place in the middle of CBD but the raffles one was way better
Perhaps its also because of the setting and venue?
But anyway I saw the dance haha its quite a cool idea that random people just gather together to do something they like
And disperse as quickly (if not more) as they gathered
awesome (:

After that loitered around ION and decided to buy some ROYCE chocolate to eat
The milk chocolate has a perfect composition though I'm not a fan of milk chocolate
Should go and try other favour some day
Though the one I bought wasn't the premium chocolate but it was still a hefty $7.50 for the cadbury-sized bar of chocolate!

After that headed to ecp for cycling!
My second consecutive week there cycling (:
But this time round it was overnight
Or supposed to be overnight cycling
But ended up loitering at changi beach for 5 plus hour
Of which 2 hours are spent in dreamland ._.
But I must say it is quite nice to sleep by the coast less the chilly weather!
In all I think we clocked less than 20km on bike? Hahaha that kinda suck

Went to driving this morning and by then I was DARN tired already

Gonna head back to camp and plonk on my bed (((:

2009-10-22T19:03:00.000+08:00

Past few days has been rather smooth flowing days for me and my bowels
Too smooth in fact
My bowels has been operating like a tap
And had turned on at least 5 times a day for the past 3 days!
There's no serious tummy ache or whatsoever
Just intermittent and agonisingly irritating flow of shit
._.

Bahhh hope it will get over really really soon!
don't wanna bring it over to the weekends!

Anyway it was a really funny situation in the office just now
I was quite bored so I decided to try out on the PSLE question about the jim and ken sharing some chocolates and sweet things!
The trick is u have to do it with model!
ahhh it stumped me real bad!
And other specs who were getting ready to go for nights off also joined in and started to do the maths qn
There were at least 5 person doing it in total! Haha quite funny how a PSLE maths question can stop peopl from going nights out! =P

I bet I wouldn't have been able to even think of the solution if it was me in P6 haha lol

2009-10-19T23:30:00.000+08:00

Back to camp again after booking out in the morning! Had a double session driving lessons! 3hrs in total with a lunch break in the middle!
It feels shiok to be able to just drive to wherever u wanna go eat (minus the parking part)
I wanna get my hands on a car so can go wherever I want! Hahaha but this will have to waaitttttt =(
Anyway today I nearly took down another car needforspeed burnout style! :X lucky I came to sense on time! Hahaha
Zzz I'm having gastric pain now!
It sucks to be sensitive to coffee while loving it at the same time!
Love-hate relationship

Anyways came upon this song
It's called bruise by Chairlift
Its rather cute and the lyrics is cheesy!
Like 'I tried to do headstands for you
Everytime I fell on you, yeah, everytime I fell
I tried to do handstands for you
But everytime I fell for you
I'm permanently black and blue, permanently blue for you.'
LOL can

I tried to do handstands for you
I tried to do headstands for you
Everytime I fell on you, yeah, everytime I fell
I tried to do handstands for you
But everytime I fell for you
I'm permanently black and blue, permanently blue for you.
I tried to do handstands for you
I tried to do handstands for you
Everytime I fell on you, yeah, everytime I fell
I tried to do handstands for you but everytime I fell for you
I'm permanently black and blue, permanently blue for you-ooh-ooh-ooh
For you-ooh-ooh-ooh
So black and blue-ooh-ooh-ooh
For you-ooh-ooh-ooh.
I grabbed some frozen strawberries so I could ice your bruising knees
But frozen things they all unfreeze and now I taste like....
All those frozen strawberries I used to chill your bruising knees,
Hot July ain't good to me
I'm pink and black and blue for you.
I got bruises on my knees for you
And grass stains on my knees for you
Got holes in my new jeans for you
Got pink and black and blue
Got bruises on my knees for you
And grass stains on my knees for you
Got holes in my new jeans for you
Got pink and black and blue for you-ooh-ooh-ooh
For you-ooh-ooh-ooh
So black and blue-ooh-ooh-ooh
For you-ooh-ooh-oo

2009-10-18T11:27:00.001+08:00

Feeling blue to wear green on a sunday :X

In camp for COS duty! Boring ttm!
But these are the times when u can get to think and reflect!
So its gonna be one of the senseless incoherent self-reflection cum recount post again (:

Life's been pretty decent nowadays
I'm still having regular meet ups with different ppl
I like meet ups! (:

Speaking of meetups ytd had breakfast with wanling
And she was saying why I asked her for breakfast out of the blues when I have never done that for the past 6 years of which I've known her haha
Then it dawned upon me that it was very true
I didn't really bother to do so cos I assumed that meetup with then will definitely occur its only a matter of how often
Haha so actually felt a teeny weeny bit bad lah :X

Anyway went to cycle with the s01 ppl in the afternoon
It was so freaking hot that we had sunburnt even though we cycled for only two hours!
Headed for steamboat buffet at novena after that!
I think I ate at least 4000 calories in all yesterday! ._.
And now I'm wasting those calories to rot in the office

2009-10-14T02:21:00.001+08:00

Why is singapore's climate so humid?
A 20-minute walk + jeans is a formula to a drenched smelly ns man on board the MRT

Humidity is so bad
That I can visualise all the congested water vapour in the air hovering above my skin
It's waiting for me to release a little water
And they will just cluster up on my skin..

Zzzz humid humid humid!

Anyways anybody for frisbee? (:

2009-10-14T02:20:00.000+08:00

2009-10-13T19:01:00.000+08:00

zzz I hate this shit fondue
The entire system is a shit fondue
Why do I say so?
Cos shit gets poured from top down and it gets more and more and more
And once it reaches the bottom
They throw in more shit right up to the top and it all starts flowing downstream again

Aii its not difficult to understand this analogy!
The context?
Perhaps.

2009-10-10T06:09:00.000+08:00

Okay I got locked out of house zzz
It a stupid reason to get locked out of house!
I wanted to be a good boy n went home earlier instead of staying outside for the whole night
But then fate tells me that I'm not destined to be a good boy
Because.....
The inner bolt of the wooden door was LOCKED
-.-
I wasn't able to enter the house!!! Damn it
I also didn't wanna wake my parents up at 3am
So I began to loiter around in yewtee thinking of how to spend my time away!

In the end I went to pioneer mall to makan macs n stone sleep watch tv surf net!
lol
Now I'm waiting for around 8am before I go back and by then they should be awake already!

Ahhh I'm damn full now from mcwings and pancakes! Gonna snooze big time later when I reach home ! :D

2009-10-07T22:56:00.000+08:00

Okay! This is probably the few times I manage to blog during the weekdays (:
I finally got the bb data plan which is at a pricey additional 25bucks a month
Zzz but still gonna try it out to see if it's worth it
If it isn't, at most I'll just cancel it!
I know some ppl will def think its a waste of money
But I beg to differ!

On a side note
It's gng to be yet another weekend burnt in camp and that kinda really sucks! :X
but nvm it'll help me save some money on pay day! (: I should be able to finally get a positive balance I hope =P

2009-10-04T17:18:00.002+08:00

i've gotten my blackberry 8830 from ebay (:
nice little phone
i thought i could happily sign up for the data plan which so happens to be on promotion now
but to my horror
blackberry uses a diffferent data plan for normal phones!
so it will cost 24.90 for 3gb
should i or should i not? haiizzzz
alamak
but if i dont then i would have gotten that phone for nothing lol
zzz
ponders ponders ponders

midautumn yesterday
i didnt see alot of lanterns candles sparklers or whatsoever
i think maf is slowly dying out already
perhaps the only thing changing is the number of weird flavours they have for snowskin mooncake -.-

anyway ytd was nh's belated birthday celebration
like a lol
we went there gathered sang a song and left?
was still hoping that there might be a stayover or smthing but it didnt happen
so went home to sleep n fiddle around with my phone!

ytd was the first time practising parking n i thought it was quite fun though i was quite lousy
didnt really manage to get the car straight ZZZ
wanna quickly learn so i can go drive around singapore to kill my boredom! (:

this place is getting boring and this only means that i dont have a life out of army
perhaps it's time to start carrying out my job dutifully and not constantly dwell on book out life
responsibilty lies heavily on my shoulder and decision making time will come soon..
to have an nsf attitude and just serve and f off
or to make the best of whatever i have to do time for
certainly for now im tending towards the former...
booo

i love this part of army song
'ORD.. back to studies'
come quick come!

LAZINESS is a powerful force

2009-09-26T20:53:00.004+08:00

SATURDAY
im having another nothing-to-do saturday again
this time im really passive and lazy
im waiting for ppl to jio me out (okay i know this is some lousy crap attitude)
but im really plain lazy
and tired of endlessly asking people out
so what i get in return for passiveness is ZERO activities for this weekend
ZERO.

probably will just stick around the 40" electronic screen watching F1 cars zooming around or over-paid footballers playing football
wanted to go play around with my camera but i have no idea where to take pictures at or whatsoever
nvm i guess i'll have more rotting days to come
lol perhaps i should just volunteer for COS duty in camp =X that way i can clear my duties faster and there isnt a need to waste so much time

but on a lighter note
tml's my cousin wedding
no dinner but i think it's some ceremony or lunch thingy
will be good to take some pictures along the way! (:

oh and
i bought a blackberry from the states (with the help of jayne, thanks (: )
it's some super old version of blackberry
blackberry 8830 world edition
but it's brand new and looks quite nice
got it at USD118 in all which i think is quite a bargain?
around s$165?
it's probably sitting on a plane now waiting to come back to singapore
hope to get it soon then i can kill time again! (:

2009-09-20T16:26:00.003+08:00

marina barrage (: it's a long time since i last had a post with picture so i guess it's time for one!
this week had been a rather hectic week with all the recruits coming in and things going bonkers all over the place
but im just glad that weekends has come

was all ready to cycle ytd night but we went a bit too late and all the shops were closed zzzz
big time zzz
but nvm it was still quite nice just talking
human behaviour and thinking it's so difficult to comprehend!
hope to cycle really soon!
havent slept since ytd morning 6am
im damn tired now but still going out to meet my favourite group at timbre!
hahaha after quite sometime of not meeting up
we r finally meeting together again
but i guess i must try to get used to not being able to meet so often
and engage myself with more activities with other ppl if not i'd feel extremely bored and uncomfortable doing nothing on a weekend!

and probably i should start running a little bit
i dont wanna go to standard chartered not being able to even complete half the race :X
shall come back with more pictures tml!
my com's kinda running at snail's pace
so uploading pictures is a chore :X

2009-09-10T01:19:00.003+08:00

quiznos
ben and jerry's
bishi bashi
pure enjoyment (:
not to forget stupidity

doesnt really make any sense i just dont wanna forget what i did before i go back to camp for a prolonged time!

10days in camp here i come!

2009-09-07T10:43:00.000+08:00

okay so i've decided to change my blogskin
hahaha dont know whether the virus thing is true or not
but it doesnt hurt to change it anyway

anyway this may well be the last time i post in say 3 weeks?
the new intake's coming in
time to get real busy already
zzz i dont wanna be that busy!
but looking at it in another way
since everybody is so busy
might as well engage in smthing so that i wont feel so bored
lol

anyway went to the acid bar ytd
i must say the drinks totally suck
vodka apeach tasted like plain water with a tinge of peach flavour
im not going to buy from there again i think
music was not bad except for the fact that it's a bit too loud that u cant even converse properly without yelling ur throat off!

i hope my weekends will gradually get more exciting and fruitful instead of stoning!
so long!

2009-08-31T23:35:00.000+08:00

Im a student for one day.
NUS FASS student (:
hahahaha

okay so i was supposed to be back in camp by noon
but oc said we could leave
and we were like O.o?
but still we packed and left
it was so abrupt but still i managed to find something to do =P
CRASHHHHHHHH school!

lol msg-ed chew and she asked me whether i wanted to crash so i went to crash! reached at 430
many ppl gave me the surprised look when they saw me hahaha
saw beixi pecky serene shu hui and many other rv nj girls
but i didnt even see a single rv nj guy
but perhaps it's because they are two years older i wont even recognise them
lol
anyways talked till 530 before heading for psyc lecture
i wasnt entirely paying attention but i must say melanie totally wasnt paying attention except for the videos ._.
at least rachel was awake though barely surviving!
and thanks to the two of them...
MY HANDS are full of doodles
anyway after the lecture i went to mel's bunk
hahah it sorta look like an slightly more organised crime scene
then went home after rachel said she was lazy to eat
lazy lazy lazy

today has been quite a nice day (:
i must say it's rather fun since i havent done this kind of thing for an entire 9 months already
hahaha nice to immerse in the school-y feeling though i think everybody else in uni would probably think other wise
and hall life's seems quite nice
have a room of my own lol
it makes me all excited to wanna go back to school LOL

okay book in tml!

2009-08-29T00:41:00.000+08:00

okayy
so today was the first day at new camp
it isnt that bad i guesss
or at least from first impression i think life isnt gonna be too bad
but im definitely not looking forward to the number of weekends im going to miss for the coming few weeks

anyway booked out rather early today
went for appt at nuh
glad there's nothing wrong with my knees just that i have less muscle tissue to support my knees thats why it tends to get injured
zzz
i dont know why but everytime i enter a hospital
i would always get this feeling that im actually a very fortunate person
when i see people who are really suffering
i wonder whether my complaints are really justifiable
their problems will easily dwarf mine
but then again i think it is rather sad for me that it takes somebody else's less better off plight to be able to cherish my much loved and smooth life
apparently character building didnt really went into me that much
appreciation is something i need to brush up on zzz

anyway just to share one random moment of warmth i saw at the orthopaedic section today
(u can call it eavesdropping bah LOL)
i was waiting for my turn to be called
beside me sat a 50-odd year old man
he had a son around my age
but he isnt like anyone of us
can tell that he isnt normal perhaps intellectually disabled?
his dad was the one who's injured and needed an xray so they sat beside me waiting for their turn
the son turned to his dad and said
'pa your leg okay not....(something in between which i forgot)...... must recover fast cos i sad'
i presume he meant that he was upset to see that his father was injured
and his dad just smiled and sayang his head
(:
i dont know why but i felt a 'weird' feeling running through me when i saw this
it's kinda like goosebumps
but it's the heartwarming kind of goosebumps
maybe that's LOVE

anyways
went people-watching for the first time in a long long while
ate macs sat there and watched people move by
it's really nice when u stop and look around
and everything starts to slow down
went around marina barrage to take some photos
but nothing spectacular or nice
just simple landscape
im still trying to improve on my light graffiti but it's really hard to make it nice =(
headed home (:
okay gonna sleep soon
tml still have to wake up at 6 to do cip at macpherson fsc
bringing the kids to sungei buloh!
and CESC bbq at night wooots
what a day to look forward to

2009-08-27T22:42:00.000+08:00

okay passed out as 3SG today from PLC
kinda weird and mixed feeling
i dont wanna leave this bunch of ppl i've been with for the past 13 weeks
though im still as anal and cranked up but i like to work with this group of people cos i know work can be done
and of course friendship can be fostered
actually it was kind of ironic that i was secretly hoping that i would be posted to 30 SCE despite that many people 'feared' going there cos rumours goes that life wont be easy over there
but then again
majority of us would be going there and as the phrase goes
we're all in this together
i wont mind as much though (i think)

now im being posted to 2sir
only 5 of us are going to be
none of which i m particularly close too
everything's gonna start brand new
i dont even know whether it would be a good start
but i hope it will be
new environment
new people
new job
i seriously detest having start the whole making friends and getting used to an environment process all over again
something has got to work out

i know i know
probably few months down the road i'll be lamenting that i dont wanna leave that place
but then it's this intense uncertainty im going to face which is paralysing
so much so that i dont really know what to do but to just take whatever comes

crap.

nvm this 'orientation blues' will be over soon
i hope.

2009-08-23T22:33:00.000+08:00

UPLOADED SOME INTERESTING PHOTOS ON FB HAHAHA GO SEEEE :D

HERE.

2009-08-23T00:09:00.003+08:00

Okay finally blogger's back to normal
or at least half normal
i can post picture from html already

finished the entire course at neesoon
hmmm it's kinda like bittersweet parting
i dont wanna move on to whatever unit im going
but at the same time im glad that trainee life's about to come to an end
and i dont wanna leave my section
they are good colleagues to work with (:
aiyah zzz it's so weird for me i dont even know what i want
(the only thing that's crystal clear is that i want ORD)
but out of the 3 phases of ns i've went thus far
i think cesc was the most enjoyable and beneficial (:
02/09 CESC FIELD ENGINEERS

nvm let it sort itself out
when there's a path for me i think i wont think about it that much hahaha

anyway watched the proposal with vernon ytd (okay it's gay but interesting)
i recommend you ppl to watch! it's a romance comedy
plot is so-so (but then again which romance comedy has an amazing plot?)
but ryan reynold and sandra bullocks are awesome
they are cute
so everbody should go watch!

today's my second driving lessons!
okay it's kinda fun but I stalled twice again zzz
after that went to je library to search on book for photoshop!
it's the new thing I'm going to learn (:
but I think my reltive lack of sleep caused me to fall asleep halfway thru reading the magazine LOL
now that uni has started I think we will be meeting up less often already so I have to find more things to engage myself with

was supposed to go on a happy snapping trip with Dallas but the rain stopped us from taking some nice pictures but anywAy I'll upload them when I have the chance and when blogger is less cranky hahahaha

LIGHT GRAFITTI HERE I COME

2009-08-18T22:36:00.001+08:00

HELLLLLLOOOO....
today's a tuesday night and im posting smthing here
so im rather elated despite my past 5 hours of boredom!
freedom just tastes so sweet when u have been staying in for so long
a nights off is heavenly (:

anyway didnt do anything much today except for placing myself in front of my comp
im refusing to sleep too early though im fighting the zzz monster (i only slept 3h ytd :X)
it just doesnt feel right to sleep too early when im out of camp

ytd night me rae and eve was on Mission Birthday Girl (okay i codenamed this myself -.-)
okayy actually im just very thickface to tag along cos it was THEIR surprise for her i just followed!

dont ask why but im feeling very high now so here goes.......

Mission BirthdayGirl
Target Codename: EMO (cos she was really emo =P)
Objective: Surprise EMO :D (and make her cry)
Location: Nanyang avenue Hall 10 Rm ****
Execution time: 2130
Main Force: ANGSTY (rae, cos she was feeling moody that day) + STRESS(eve, i think she has alot of readings to do?)
Additional forces: QH

1.Preparation
QH will divert EMO to the ladies
while ANGSTY and STRESS will make a hasty Advance into the ROOM
ANGSTY STRESS proceed with preparation

PHOTOMOSAIC CHECKED
CAKE CHECKED
HAVIANAS CHECKED
candles lit
ANGSTY STRESS hides under table awaiting EMO to appear

2.Execution
EMO and QH returns from toilet
EMO and QH approaches ROOM
EMO opens the door
paused
screamed
and started crying (okay actually she started wailing)
ANGSTY STRESS pops out to sing birthday song
EMO wailed louder than ever

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED objectives captured! (:

3.Post execution
QH decided to abandon EMO cos it was her 4th time crying already
QH returned to post and continued with her tutorial
ANGSTY STRESS EMO gathered together and talked and talked while EMO continued wailing for quite sometime
EMO finally stopped
Normal chat resumed and there were many people in the room too

MISSION ENDED @ 2348

DAMN IT
we missed the last train
and had to cab home instead
zzzzz
and had only 3 hours of sleep! ._.

but still it was a night well spent (: my first time surprising people and it was a success!

zzzz
im spending money like as if im bill gates
crap
need to cut down on my spending
contingency plan needed!
i shall do some planning tml!
it's late... i still have to wake up at 430 ARGH
good night people

2009-08-16T20:21:00.000+08:00

HELLOO
once a week post is getting more exciting
hahahaha i just finished my first ever driving lessons
sad to say
i didnt manage to achieve zero stalls for my first lessons
in fact i thought i stalled quite a few times
and i think i have volatile psychomotor(however u spell it) skills
smtimes i cant feel how much pressure i applied
i mean if i start going at around 40 km/h on my first try in the heavy vehicle carpark
there must be smthing wrong right? :X
but anyway it was quite fun
im looking to my next lesson which will be on next sunday (:
but let's just say i have to cut down on alot of other spendings should i wanna keep my driving lessons' funding going strong
zzz it's freaking 42 dollar per lessons
so if i take a lesson a week it will be 200 less per month
zzzz
but still it is smthing for me to look forward to every single week!

anyway ytd was birthday lunch for jieying
hahaha though i dont really meet up with them so very often hahaha but still have quite alot of funny things that we can do (:
many photos to load
but blogger's kinda screwed up
so is facebook
cant upload my photos
zzzz

anyway today went to celebrate ngui's birthday
hahaha funny and stupid
but i had to leave damn early to learn driving!
i still owe her one treat
zzz stupid shouldnt even have brought up the topic hahaha

yay im towards the end of my course already and soon i'll pass out
dunno whether to look forward to or not
zzzz
14 months to go!

2009-08-10T21:05:00.000+08:00

okay past few days were a mixture of extreme boredom and pure fun
after 7 guard duties in 2.5months
I think I can safely say that there won't be any more guard duty for me already!
okay at least until I pass out :x
YES! (:

anyway ytd was national day
I spent it...
1.trying to take pictures of the fireworks
2.watchin UP! with the usual group
3.talking through the night and taking funny photos :D

okay let's start from fireworks
I took around 1.5 hours of walking around at a moderately fast pace trying to find a place good enough to take photo
in the end I managed to find a nice spot
but my timing of is lousy so the pictures didn't really turn out well!
but anyway I uploaded the pictures on fb so u all can look at there! (:

watch UP! after ndp at gv marina!
met with zh nh marcus rae and mel
it's a simple but nice show and it definitely help that it is touching and funny at the same time
while thenplot remains simple there's bits and pieces of lessons to take away throughout the entire show!
if you haven't watch it u probably should! :D
pixar delivered!

after the show we slacked awhile at macs until around 2am! then the bukit panjang ppl decided to head home
hmm actuall rae and me were already on the verge of going home already
but I didn't feel like going home so early
in the end rae and mel were nice enough not to go home
I didn't tell u all face to face but I'm thankful u all stayed (:
so we ended up loitering around and moved from place to place around clarke quay to talk
we finally ended up sitting at the benches of one of the restaurant
oh! I learnt a new term today! it's HTHT-heart to heart talk
LOL
it started raining and had winds that felt like typhoon
in the end we just sat on the floor behind this low wall to keep ourselves warm and away from rain and wind!
okay so we chatted from around 3am to 8 am until melanie was really hungry and threatened to kiss rachel
took some crazy photos(trust meu will die laughing!) before eating breakfast and home sweet home
photos are also on facebook!
there something wrong with my blogger
so don't think can put pictures here for the time being!

zzz okay back to the dreadful weekdays
I'm super sleep deprived now but I don't wanna sleep! (I only slept 2h after I came back)
I haven't pack my bag too zzz adiós!

2009-08-02T16:36:00.000+08:00

this weekend was a teeny weeny bit more exciting then other weekends (:
friday was early bookout so i went to watch movie with hp
we have further extended our record of "lousy/weird movies watched"
lol and it's my fault so :X
but other than that food was enjoyable despite me running on the low side of my financial accounts

saturday was TRIP TO ZOO!
hahaha took an astonishing 469 photos over at mandai zoo
i uploaded them on the comp already but im too lazy to upload online
may upload them next week bah (:
(after my guard duty =( )
what's pissing me off is the many many out of focus shots on the cam which appeared to be fine on the swivelled screen
zzzzzz
big time pissed off
okay i have only my own lousy skills to blame the camera's good
gotta practise more off-the-viewfinder shots to get the correct focus!
nvm i'll upload next time and u will understand why!
but of course for all those lousy shots
the good ones compensated for it!

at night it was social steamboat!
felt really great to meet them after soo soo long
especially the younger ones
the people who went are (in descending batches)
junhong,me,guansen,choonyen,wanling,yujia,fongyee,xiaoxi,szekiat,xiaojun,janice,kaylene,shinzu,qinhui,chikan,cynthia
all of us grown older already
but the juniors didnt really seem to have changed much though they already like j1? HAHAHa
still cute and funny as ever
took photos, chatted, ate
but at the end of it when i wanted to take group photos
THE CAMERA WENT FLAT ._.
zzzzzzz
must be xiaoxi
take too much of picture of herself that the camera refused to work anymore
but still we took using choonyen's camera (:
what a fulfilling saturady (:

today was a meet up with zh and yq at jp to help yq get stuffs for his social night
following was a trip to library before heading home and emo while awaiting book in in this ever repeating cycle of book in and book out
zzz
this week was well spent( spent as in time and money)
im broke but on a brighter note
pay day's next week!
but im destined to have guard duty
the only unknown is whether it's a saturday or sunday! :X
booo
so long for now

AND PEOPLE LIKE EVE RACH JM NH MEL AND WM
better start to blog again!
IM GETTING BORED ONLINE WITHOUT MANY BLOGS TO READ!

2009-07-26T01:11:00.002+08:00

the night festival outing!

canele! the awesome cheesecake!

okay i feel like im a tourist hahaha zzz nvm
i feel so bored and my weekends are like so boring nowadays
esp after reading rae's one month summary of what she has done
TOTALLY PAWNED ME ._.
haiii lol

2009-07-19T19:38:00.002+08:00

this weekend had been relatively long yet it didnt exactly feel that long
fri was mini food trip with fy followed by sending off beiru at changi airport
food trip was nice because of the cheesecake! i was disappointed by the lasangne(however u spell it)
at changi airport i somehow became a photographer for the 'event' like lol
but nevertheless it's important to keep all those photos for memory sake!
but somehow im very lazy to upload them so i shall do it next week!
....
or maybe next next?
HAHAHA
seee when im free then

sat was practically a basketball day
i woke up at 7 plus played bball at vernon's
then went to some 3-on-3 which lasted till evening
and then headed down to home u for bball again
lol
it was satisfyingly tiring
but with the enjoyable sore comes the not-so-enjoyable pain in my knees
cos i couldnt really walk for around half an hour this morning! zzzz

okayy i promise pictures next week!! (if i dont get guard duty)

2009-07-11T08:07:00.000+08:00

yesss man
my lazy mind succeeded
i woke up to run and came back now
although it just a very short run but i was more interested in my mental abilities than the run itself LOL HAHAHA

something to look forward to today: GOING TO THE MUSEUM AT NIGHT! (:

2009-07-11T01:21:00.000+08:00

okay im gonna wake up at 6am later to run!
let's just hope im not too lazy (:

2009-07-05T17:50:00.004+08:00

i just awoke from a nap
all nua and shag from the stayover the night before
im feeling absolutely extremely reluctant to return back to camp
zzz
must be the rainy weather
it's making me feel so sad n blue!
i still dont understand why i dread going back to camp that much but when im inside im actually okay with it
i tried to adopt the 'we all in this together' mentality but i guess it just doesnt work for me cos i have so many things i want to do and two free days per week is just too short already -.-
okay it's a mental challenge to pull through
081109! the date to look forward to!

anyway ytd was kwanling's farewell cos she's leaving for anu to further her studies
took quite a few pictures
but lazy to upload here
it's all on facebook!
(:

oh i signed one extra for bringing phone around -.- zzzz
which i feel that it was highly unjustified but well.. life's like that
so SUCK THUMB
let's just hope that my duty would not be the coming two weekends! :X
i wanna visit the zooo and go to the national museum thingy!

let's just hope that at the end of the 6 weeks my posting would be admin specs!
i think my legs cannot tahan already lol

2009-07-04T15:58:00.002+08:00

my favourite few shots!

and my best shot of the day!

2009-06-28T11:59:00.002+08:00

okay the past week was pretty enjoyable in the sense that we had sufficient admin time everyday
and what's more is i got to play basketball in camp
training up for the intercluster games
so yeps (:

ytd was spent playing bball and watch a dvd with vernon with some wine and peanuts
hahaha sounds like an ahpek gathering
it's some war movie lol
went home at 4am slept till now (:

okay i've decided i have to do something about my rather purposeless life now
i shall start of my plan with learning driving!

anybody to go shopping? im kinda lacking in clothes now haha
zzz money money money!

im gradually losing the things to blog about
my weekends are usually picture-less and nothing very eventful
just meetups after meetups
better find some place to go to take nice pictures
ohhh i think we are gng to the zoo on 18 july
still in the process of organising! (:

2009-06-21T20:12:00.002+08:00

okay so i've completed basic phase of my course now moving on to specialisation
zzz
8 more weeks to go
1.5 years of crap to go! hold on there
zzz

anyway my hypothesis of 'the longer ur break is, the worse u'll feel when u book in'
is true
past few days was really pretty enjoyable
nothing special in particular
it's the same old meet ups and chit chat hang out nua-ing sessions
but it's the company that really makes everything so nice each time
i think i can meet people up every weekend for the rest of my life and wont feel tired of it (:

okay im really lazy to update now
i think laziness is contagious

so long till friday!

2009-06-14T03:31:00.003+08:00

okay here comes the weekend again!
this week had passed relatively fast and we are at our last week for basic phase
shall not talk about mundane army life
probably should talk about the future!
i've been thinking about it whenever i had nothing to do in camp
i envisioned many things which i hope will happen and work towards the possibility of it happening
okay but some of them were rather unrealistic but nevertheless i'll still share my ideal future
at least up till the end of uni life
oh let me sidetrack awhile
(im surprised at the number of friends who signed on
calvin ziyang wensi weiming james
and now even munkit is considering signing on too
lol probably it's the attractive income and its stability which influenced them to sign on but whatever it is
IT WOULD NEVER BE AN OPTION FOR ME UNLESS IM JOBLESS FOR MANY MANY YEARS)

anyways before all my plans are laid out
surely there will be a 'to-do' list to settle!

To-Do List (in no order of importance)
1.learn driving
2.get myself qualified as insurance agent so that i can work part time while studying
3.find scholarship if possible
4.gym (not bodybuilding but just to keep toned and in shape)
5.get braces
6.improve facial complexion
7.buy clothing (yes it sounds weird to put that under a long-term to-do list but nvm i shall explain later)
8.learn photography(if time permits)
9.go overseas for immersion programmes
10.be a relief PE teacher at nj after ord
11. new phone and laptop
12.learn a thing or two about investments and shares

i think that's as far as i can remember
so i shall explain why i wrote down 'buy clothing'
actually point 4-7 has certain relation to myself working as an agent
when ur job is interaction-based
appearance do matters so that explains why i wrote down 'buy clothings' as one of the to-dos
it is those working class wear!
pedro shoes and bags are nice! hahaha (:
(zzz let me sidetrack abit AGAIN! recently i've been looking at some online shops which sells us male labels so i may just try online purchase someday)
oh and if u r wondering why insurance agent
it's partially because my dad works part time too
but the major factor is that it's is flexible
and it requires social interactions
oh and not to forget the need to satisfy needs and wants

okay now i'll share targets which i set for myself
some of them will be hilariously ridiculous
okay actually it's most of them are rather impossible to achieve
but please promise not to laugh
a giggle is fine :D

1.get myself a car by the end of 3rd year uni
2.earn around 2-3k per month WHILE studying
3.get cum laude (equivalent of distinction)

on second thoughts
probably only point 1 is distinctively unachievable!
(anyway at one point in time i was going crazy about having to own a car while studying in uni..
it was so bad that i even daydreamed of winning the subara challenge =P like LOL!)
earning 2k per month while studying will be quite an uphill task
nvm can still try for it 1k plus is still better than nothing
but i guess point 3 is the most important target to achieve zzz

now it's about the money factor!
which is the biggest problem of everything else ._.
zzzz
financial planning!
COST OF...
University : $9130 plus $253 for misc per year + books = around 10k per year
Learning driving: probably around 2k?
Braces: approx 3-4k?
Laptop: 3k
Phone: unknown

zzzzz
anyway im very tired already
shall continue tml if time allows me to do so!

2009-06-07T16:59:00.002+08:00

zzzz
i dont particularly enjoy this weekend's bookout
it was less than 12hrs
zzz had guard duty
but on a brighter side
pay day's coming soooon
$$$$$$$
next week is money spending time! (:

go out go out go out!
and there's it fair next week too!
maybe may dslr dream can come true next week =P
adios
really no time this book out
zzzz

would any kind soul please entertain me next time when im bored
i'll gladly reciprocate it!
this entry feels so superficial
well heck
im off to dinner and book in!
730 book in LIKE HELLO?!

2009-05-31T19:34:00.002+08:00

my day is coming to an end
it's such a short short day
but it's has been a really really nice birthday (:
meeting my favourite people just tops it off!
thanks for the little gifts and everything all my friends have given me
oh i dont think i ever said this before but i think every birthday wish to me is significant (though most probably it's because of fb that they rmb :x)
but still yes i appreciate alot
i couldnt possibly list everyone down but yes thanks a zillion to everybody who wished me happy birthday (:
and i just realised i didnt take any photos with my camera
ZZZZZZZ big time

anyway on my 19th birthday
im glad to have set myself a vision of some sort
like how i want my next few years to be like
a very brief idea is to work as a part time insurance agent while studying
get my driving license and go for braces
enjoy my uni life and do well in it!
zzz dont have much time today to elaborate
will do so next week if im not lazy =.=

now back to reality
have to return back to camp sooon
zzzz
smmore this coming weekend got guard duty BOOOOO
but everybody has to do it
so it's only a matter of when
might as well do it earlier right?
okay

byebye
im loved!

2009-05-31T05:00:00.003+08:00

HELLO it's 310509 5am right now
yes
5 am what a nice number (:
hmm
ever since bookout on friday
it was happy moment all the way right up till now
okay went to meet fangyu and boon for dinner after booking out and had a super duper nice long talk which might not have ended so early if bus and train service didnt end that early too =(
but still it was pretty enjoyable hahaha
oh and thanks to fy for the treat (:

saturday!
woke up to the realisation that i forgot to do the laundry the previous night
but my parents had done it already
so headed down to cine
had lunch with rae at billy bombers!
the lunch was so-so in fact i thought breko was much nicer for a similar price!
but the conversation was way more interesting than the food :D
anyways we were supposed to watch star trek but haha rae was blur
instead of 2am she read it as 2pm so we didnt watch that in the end
(rae u should like really stop interacting with mel and jm! they r negative influences!)
so zh came and we watched monsters vs alien instead!
lol it was pretty much a brainless show but i had a gigantic share of laughter watching it LOL (:
BOB IS SO FUNNY AND CUTE LOL
must go and watch!
(:

after that met my family for dinner at traders hotel for buffet!
yumyum it was quite nice! but dont think it's the best around
not much to say about this but will just show in photos!

after dinner met ps for a birthday celebration!
dont u think it's quite cool to have somebody who has the same birthday as u do?
okay at least i think it is!
at least every year u will know that somebody can celebrate together! (:
anyway happy birthday to u!

shall let the pictures talk for now!
if i have the time i'll update again later!
meeting the people again later at illuma :D
yeps so how can i not be happy? (:
HAHAHAHA
(probably except for the fact that i have to book in later =( )

pictures time!

her burger looked so much better than mine zzzz

OH we met this cool old lady who has blue hair and little fishes(yes fishes!) on her head

a super cool lamborghini i saw when going to traders

a super cool ferrari i saw at the same spot when returning to mrt ._.

the yummy garlic bread that i made (and ate)!

the 2nd round of yummy garlic bread i made LOL

2009-05-24T23:47:00.001+08:00

(:

=(

(:

=(

zzz im feeling all that book in blues again
zzz but at the same time im happy because i thought my block leave was quite fulfilling (or rather more fulfilling than i thought it would be)

but if u ask me what i have done for this week
i cant remember exactly when and what i did
okay i shall list down what i've done for this week (non chronological order)
1.bought a pair of basketball shoes @109dollars
2.watched night at the museum/angels and demon
3.watched adiv finals
4.met up with social for dinner at thai express(thanks for treating me but it's weird to be treated nicely by them HAHAHA)
5.went for a random walkabout with mel in the city area
6.went for dinner at breko and had a little drink at tapas with zh qh rae mel(reminds me of how stupid my friend[read: melanie] can get but it's a long story and im lazy to say)
7.played bball in school until very late (i still love staying in school till late playing bball! it's not emo or anything i just like being there :X )
8.had an interesting talk with lazybones
9.watch eve at hc dance night
10.played bball with rv bballer

okay that's pretty much what i've done for this week
probably missed one or two things too but nvm
the list is all haphazard cos i wrote whatever came to my mind
perhaps i should start smthing like rachel go and write down whatever i've done
now that i've listed out everything
i feel like i have alot to blog about
but it's coming to 12am
which means i only have less than 5 hours of sleep before i need to wake up
zzz
so i shall cut the crap
probably do it next week if i have the time

i wont see the world for another five days!
(it doesnt help knowing that qh n jm are going for 10days tw trip -.-)
gonna meet a new group of guys again
but this time the camp's at nee soon
hope they will be fun and nice but seriously i hate this whole process of having to meet new ppl all the times
zzz

okay im gng to go sleep already
booooooooooo

2009-05-22T09:24:00.002+08:00

firstly what prompted me to blog early in the morning is the weird dreams that i just had
i dreamt that on a typical 2a outing
everybody suddenly became retro-inspired
the girls appeared with bob hairstyle and floral dress
the guys came with floral long sleeves and elvis-styled hair with those 'trumpet' pants
it was damn hilarious
okay that was totally random ._.
i guess bored ppl do think a lil too much

okay today's the last day of my block leave!
i am glad that i didnt just spend rotting at home though most of the time it is
first i bought my bball shoes!
it cost 109 zzzz
and that put me off from buying clothes already
clothes shall wait then :X

anyway i still cant believe that kris actually won AI
okay i dont deny kris is good but adam's the kind of singer u wont find anyhow and anywhere
but actually i think it might be a blessing in disguise cos he wont have to sign the stupid ai contract
he's free to sign with any company
okay shall wait for his album!

im out of words again
im kinda anti blogging this week
dunno why
zzz
bye

2009-05-18T18:18:00.002+08:00

HELLO today's the first day of my block leave
and i slept more than half the day away
lol
i slept at 1am ytd
i woke up at 3pm today
-.-
and it was a peaceful sleep
no waking up intermittenly during my sleep
feeling kinda shiok
but kinda wasteful too
cos i practically slept one day of my leave away just like that -.-

anyway ytd went to watch home u vs safsa for the open cat finals
whoa anybody who watched the match would have agreed that match was so so so dramatic
okay let's just say this
during the entire four quarter of ten minutes
home u were leading all the way
but by the finals score reads a victory to safsa
so home u was beaten by a buzzer beater!
it has got to be the most dramatic match i will ever watch
zzz

okay im feeling all lazy and wanna nua at home
but have to wash my stuffs and everything first!

2009-05-17T16:30:00.001+08:00

just came back from a stayover at munkit's house
only me mk jm n rach
mel n yq left early
played guitar heros for awhile
but we spent most of the time talking at macs
and the range of topic is practically ANYTHING
hahaha so it was quite comfortable though it aint any secret sharing session
and to my astonishment there were shocking discoveries
okay it isnt any big thing that i found out
it's just that i wasnt informed about it
haha and that kept me wide awake for about 30 mins thinking of 'why now'
okay i know it all doesnt make sense but i think rach jm mk will know what i am talking about
ohh and that jm is a LAZY ASS
we were supposed to leave at around 9 plus so that we might still catch angels and demons at 1130
haha in the end she lai chuang-ed and fell asleep
tsktsk
unlike me and rach were nice enough to be there waiting for her to wake up
not to mention munkit was in a comatose-state of sleep
OKAY that's not the truth
the truth is all of us lai chuang-ed for 3 or 4 times since 9 oclock and ended up only waking up at around 12 plus ._.
but it's a nice feeling to laze around and do nothing
hahaha great stayover (:
heading down to sbc to watch bball match later on!

anyway
BSLC is finally over
moving on to the next phase of army life
one more step nearer to ORD
anyway my posting is combat engineer
have no idea what we are going to do
so i dunno whether to be happy or be sad as for now
anyway i have not much of memories about what happened for the 28 km route march
it pretty much just went past cos my ankle was in pain and i just focused on getting to the end point and nothing else!

anyway im gonna have a one week break when nobody else is having one
so have to find activities to entertain myself
by the end of the week i hope to have bought some clothes and bball shoes
(that is if i m not too lazy to go out and buy)

if anybody's free and have nothing much to do either
do tell me too LOL
can go out together (:

2009-05-10T19:21:00.002+08:00

im into the last week of my bslc course
gonna be quite happy to get out of this place but then again
i dont feel like moving to a brand new place all over again
i've made some good friends over here
kinda reluctant to go with a new group again
but have to
now all i hope is i wont tio aslc or armour
it will more or less decide how my life's gonna be like for the next 1.5 years and the subsequent reservices
zzzz

i've received acceptance from smu for business course and mechanical engineering from ntu
most of my friends seem to be going to ntu
but my interest lies in business
so it's gonna be a tough choice zzz
but i think in the end i'll still go for smu business
or maybe try for ntu business again the next year

anyway the nj girls had just finished their adiv this season
though im not related to them in any direct ways
but im quite glad about their achievement in adiv
winning matches when things seems to go against them
when i hear about others saying how well they perform it's really quite heartening
cos it really changed alot since about 1.5 months ago when i thought everything was so so bad!
hahaha u all did well girls (:

ytd was my lil cousin's first month!
she's called jingwen
quite adorable but i think all newborn looks almost the same
lol
their features only develop after a while
but still she's cute! ahaha
anyway what amazes me is that kids around the age or p4 or p5 have facebook accounts!
like wth
so young can
i think i only started using computer for msn/friendster at around p6?
following that went to meet up with the peeps like usual
ate at subway and went for ikea madness hahaha it's always so fun to observe them
okay actually not them
it's just particularly two of them lol

anyway here r the pictures

the kids on facebook playing pets society o.o

my favourite picture! (:

marcus's pop-a-flash hilarious reaction

welcome to the dumb and dumber puppet show (:

and to think they had one audience! lol

i swear she was trying to overturn the seesaw

oh please no aslc or armour please :X

2009-05-03T17:25:00.002+08:00

okay i think ppl are getting sick of me getting book in blues
but nvm that's the only feeling i have whenever it reaches this point in time on sundays
n i realised something
the more enjoyable ur bookout is the more blue u will feel
but this long weekend's quite an exception
okay friday i went out to watch x men and went to some 10 dollar ktv at chinatown
after we stayed to talk at macdonalds before catching the first train home (:
it was entirely enjoyable except for the part where we met gays at macdonalds
there was this group of gays
u might ask how we identify them as gays right
haha when a man caresses another and their actions tend to be more feminine
chances are they are gays
and they were eyeing on MUNKIT
lol
it's like what ppl would do when they spot chio bus or hot guys
so it felt quite creepy

anyways after that went home, changed out and went to play bball with rv guys
had lunch with vernon
used computer
and headed for zhou's kitchen to makan the gourmet buffet as an advanced celebration for my dad's birthday
it was quite nice but wasnt entirely in the mood of eating alot cos i havent really slept since friday 7am?
that's like 40 hours already and im feeling sleepy
but still i tried to organise and impromptu outing with 2a peeps to have a drink and chitchat session
initially the numbers seemed not bad
then it dwindled to zero
._.
so in the end it was home for me

sunday was spent playing bball at home u with the junior guys
seriously i think there isnt much hope for next year unless attitude for learning improves
like if everybody have wenlyn's attitude in it would be perfect

anyway tammy's injured and dont think she will be able to play the second round matches
bad things happening at wrong time
hope she will recover in time for at least 2 matches?
are they suay or what
but no choice they will have to make do with it and try hard

okay this week is gonna pass by and im almost thru with bslc already!
hope army life improves after that! :X

2009-04-26T19:59:00.002+08:00

hello i'm at jp right now
highly reluctant to book in when I just book out less than 24 h ago!
zzz
sol had been highly boring but I'mvery lucky to be able to book out when it could have been the case that I can't even book out!
okay this week is field camp again praying that it won't rain

I missed out on eve's bday celebration today! so happy birthday in advance to u!
(:
I missed out a chance to meet with them again but nvm this week is short so we shall be able to meet again soon!

anyway girls r playing against tp tml
last match of round 1
really really hope they can make it to the next round!
and hope all the nagging I give will work! haha
and make veron cut bangs! LOL

okay I think I'm leaving le hope I don't make any mistake and get confined again:x
see u ppl in may!

2009-04-23T19:21:00.002+08:00

HELLO today's thursday and u must be wondering why i am blogging right now
okay i got charged for the misfire and was AWARDED 5 days sol
but the lucky thing is that my sol is only until saturday
so that means i can still bookout on sunday morning right after breakfast and see some civilian light!
though it would probably be less than 12 hours of freedom before returning to camp
it's still better than nothing at all (:
zzz

this week had been an eat-and-grow-fat week!
i brought a hell lot of snacks and kept on eating
hello panda ruffles pringles oreo and many more!
HAHAHA
anyway im inside camp right now using the comp
the rest of the company are enjoying their nights out now! zzz
but nvm sunday morning will come real soon!
i wanna bookout! :(

congrats to the girls for winning their first match in adiv!
41-30 against sa!
work hard for tml alright and win aj and make the first ever breakthrough!

adios seee the outside world on sunday!

2009-04-19T12:50:00.003+08:00

argh
it's sunday again
i cant stand the drastic difference in my mood between saturday and sunday
ytd i was damn high
and today felt like all time low
zzz i dreamt of how unbearable SOL would be
how sispec would be so empty and there would be few souls left behind
apparently a topic between those who are left behind would be to talk about the reasons they are confined for! zzzzzzz
total sianness

anyway ytd was a nice nice day spent outside
met the usual 2a gang
it is never boring to meet them even though we dont usually do anything but to sit down and talk
anyway it was munkit's birthday ytd so happy birthday (:
after that left for home u
was supposed to be referee for the girls match
but apparently i was cheated lol so i basically wasted time away there
it was my first time seeing the girls playing a match so it was quite entertaining
their adiv's starting this week
and neither can i watch their match or train them during weekends (no thanks to my own stupidity)
arghhh
okay after training was dinner at hans
the things we did were damn hilarious
most of us were engaged in our own small group high-ness
like learning dining etiquette and trying to be high class LOL haha photo's will be on kian hwee's blog
im just too lazy to upload them
or rather im busy uploading stuffs into my ipod
cos im gonna depend on my ipod to survive the coming two weeks! zzzz

see what i mean by the contrast between saturday's and sunday!
alamak holy crap
whenever i listen to kian hwee, marcus or munkit talk about their weekdays stuffs i will feel damn du lan cos they get to go home everyday?
so i'll talk to people in ocs(not those in air wing) then i'll feel a teeny weeny bit better cos they only book out on saturday afternoon!
okay i know it's damn evil to think this way but nvm i cant care less when im not going to come out until may
LIKE WHAT THE HELL -.-
MAY IS LIKE DAMN FAR AWAY CAN! ZZZZZ

if i dont get to blog again later
this is my good bye! my next entry will be in MAY already zzzzz
but nvm next time i see my ord counter
it will be less

if there are any kind souls out there hahaha next weekend kindly entertain me if i approach u all :D

2009-04-18T01:53:00.002+08:00

SUAY WEEK!
i think that pretty much summarises how i felt for this week!
zzzz first and most important thing first
i misfired so SOL is waiting for me
and that means at least one weekend is gone for me already
spending my sat and sun in camp isnt exactly the nicest thing i would want! ._.
alamak lah
like wth
anybody who knows me knows how much i cherish weekends
and bloody hell i had to misfire
zzzz
okay before i elaborate i shall list down all the suay stuffs
zz
got heat rashes for the first time in my life
nearly slipped and fell in the bathroom
sprained my right wrist while carrying stupid rifle
dropped my camp pass (but luckily managed to find it back)

okay here's the story on how i misfired
im always very careful with the trigger though i tend to be trigger-happy
and my finger always skirt around the trigger
but this time i forgot to put it to 'safe'
and freaking hell when i rest my elbow on the rifle
it went 'bang,bang'
i was stunned momentarily
u can say that many things went through my mind in that 5 seconds after i realised i misfired
it went like this 'oh shit #%&#$%*(&#$% --> punishment?-> 7days SOL -> my weekends gone #(#($*$%(& '
that was my primary thought
u have no idea how so many things went through in that 5 seconds
after that i was in no mood to do anything else n emo-ed for 2 hrs

so the lesson learnt for all army boys is
please for goodness sake put to safe and dont be trigger happy zzzz lol
im gonna spend my bookout time well
cos i'll be missing civilisation for two weeks!
it's like another confinement week? zzzzzzzz

2009-04-12T16:13:00.001+08:00

it's sunday again
long weekend didnt feels that long after all
in fact it's just zoomed past quickly
like as if i didnt do anything much
zzz i dunno how many more cycles of booking in blues i have to go through lahh
and field camp week is here already!
i just hope it wont rain too much
or if possible, not rain at all!
holy
thinking of all the shirt to wash after field camp is such a turn off!

nvm this week will pass quickly! and im halfway through bslc le!

on the other hand there's something to be happy about
i have a new cousin! (:
her name is jing wen and im going to visit her later! if i have the time i'll post some pictures! (:

2009-04-10T01:25:00.002+08:00

GOOD FRIDAY (:
though i dont celebrate good friday it's nice way to end a slack week!
but the bad thing is the upcoming is field camp zz!
and again it doesnt help that zh is in air force while yq is in navy
wah kao eehhhh
haha the ocs ppl finally booked out (or are booking out) soon after their 3 weeks of confinement!
can gather for a meet up or something already (:
just meet yappy for a drink and small chat
it's quite interesting to see how all the people we know can gather together in ocs
it just makes the entire process of staying in ocs more bearable
unlike in sispec
nvm i have a non conventional views about specialist and officers but shall not elaborate
it's just a personal opinion
well up till now im still unsure whether my decision to stay low profile so that i can go sispec is a right choice
but probably i wont regret it!

for the past 18 years of my life
long weekends didnt really have much significance to me cos everyday is like any other day to me
but now long weekend is feels really different from typical weekends
it's just fking awesome! (notice the tendency to use more vulgarities, lol it's part of influence by the culture)
erhem

okay probably not in the right mind to write anything more now
kinda drowsy from less than two cans of beer? lol that sucks!
oh btw adam lambert really rock if u havent already know who he is
go and find out!

2009-04-05T14:09:00.004+08:00

okay im feeling all zzz and stuff now
i slept around 9 hours ytd
it's still not enough but at least it's more
okay kinda like cooped up at home now
not that it's not nice to be at home
but today i'd rather be doing something more social than to stay at home
but sadly i dunno who i can find to go out with or rather i should say im lazy to do so too
so im feeling zzz

what's making more zzz is that i just got to know that zhi hong and yonq qiang are posted to air force and navy respectively
so much for fairness! lol
they are over and done with jungle shit
all the camou and stuffs!
zzzzzzzzzzzz x 10000000
holy!

okay this week is a short week
i just hope that i wont fail any test that's all
but next week is gonna be so zzz
it's field camp for the whole week!

2009-04-05T02:30:00.000+08:00

okayy 'every bookout is precious' is a quote that will last me for this two years i guess
im like one of the most pessimistic person u can find to get into ns
lol so in order to look on the bright side
i've decided to paste a countdown timer to the ORD
(fyi it's still quite sometime but nvm seeing the clock ticks down makes me feel slightly better)
hahahahaha :D

okay it's 2 plus am now i dont really feel like blogging
i'll do it tml! yes
this week will be a short week with good friday (:
hope i dont fail any test and have to stay back for retests!

2009-03-29T00:02:00.002+08:00

went for smu interview today
it was quite scary at first
apparently smart casual wear is a general term for appropriate wear
i was the only guy in polo and jeans?
all the others were in long sleeves and pants and one even has a tie o.o
hahaha i looked overwhelmingly underdressed then but heck
so interview was just a short compre and short essay which i agonisingly survived cos it was so boring
haha i dunno whether i can disclose but heck lah
one of the essay question was 'What is the single most important question that an educated man should grapple with?'
like wth?
i totally dont know how to get the topic started
but being myself
i decided to do it
in the end i got stucked at around 50 words hahahaha den i took a nap LOL (:
luckily the interview topic was more engaging
it's about some moral issues thingy
after the interview went to queensway
bought a polo tee
the first clothing apparel i've bought in one year plus
zai right?

oh sidetrack a little, i thought i saw christopher lee today but not very sure

anyway went down early to novena
stayed at times to read a book
it's called 'lucky bastard'
quite a catchy title
it's about this guy called adam-something, which i forgot, who took mentorship from adam khoo(fyi, he's the guy who's a selfmade millionaire by age of 26)
it's quite a nice self-help book about internet marketing
sounds like an interesting business to me! just that i dont have the skills to do so only :X
anyway im thinking of becoming part time insurance agent after ord and just after i turned 21
it would be a good source of income to fund my pocket money!

went to the girls training
was thinking of trainnig them but in the end only trained this girl called wenlyn
quite funny lah
but i like how's she's willing to learn! (:
talked to the girls after their training too.
okay if u wondered what made me stepped in (kaypoh-ishly)
i think it's the lack of urgency in the team despite competition being two weeks away?
even im not part of a div girls i was part of njbball
and i dont wanna see it fall apart like this.
guys training was like usual just that im getting slower by the week zzz
it's time to be part of old men basketball le!
ya nj vs rj against monday
do or die match!
all the best for them!

2009-03-27T23:40:00.002+08:00

HOME SWEET HOME

first book out from SISPEC
51st BSLC
okayy life there is pretty much different from bmt
and when i hear stories from ocs
im actually quite glad to be in sispec
life isnt that bad
in any way it cant be worse than a recruit's life
okay im gloating over the fact that they are still in confinemnet
it's evil i know but that's the only thing i can be happy about =P

anyway just now something funny happened
i called yappy boy to talk for awhile
and the starting of the conversation went like this
yap:'eh so u having admin time now uh?'
me(with a o.o face): 'erm no? im at home?'
yap:oh ya wahlao makes me feel stupid
okay im secretly gloating over it haha but seriously i can understand how bad confinement feels so zzz nvm they will be out in two weeks time!

okay i have a smu interview like tml morning
at first i thought it will be like a chit chat session with the interviewers or something then i wouldnt mind that much
but kian hwee told me it's like u have to do an essay or something?
hahaha my grammar suck big time so i probably have an idea of what the outcome's gonna be like? LOL
well well
just let it be bah zzz

anyway nj played two games for adiv thus far
though i didnt watch either of them and neither would be able to watch any of their following matches
i really wanna do something to help them zzz
but i cant
at most can go train with them and talk to them only
if only can book out everyday to train them then it would be good zzz
i think i'll also be chap-ing into the girls trg tml
start to learning to coach or smthing

anyway i find myself having two kinds of appetite in and out of camp
in camp
im like 'allergic' to fats
okay in some sense when i see fatty food like say chicken skins and maybe pork fats i'll take it away
but when i book out
HOHOHO
fats is the main source of energy for me =P
just take tonight for example
i ate macs and siewmai and fried chicken
all are very sinful food but HECK =P must learn to enjoy
even though will die young hahahaha

2009-03-22T21:14:00.002+08:00

okayy 12 hours from now i'll be in pasir labar camp
commencement of sispec life
really really hope to have people i know in my platoon or section
and i hope to get into a good coy
preferably not bravo or delta
anything else is fine i guess
and hope for many many nights out =P
hope it will be fun and more enjoyable as compared to bmt life zz
but i'll sure be detesting it pretty much
like i said
green is my adopted most hated colour now (:

anyway the past few days was spent sticking with the nj bball team
okay i know im an expired member of team nj bball
but dont know why i still feel this magnetic attraction to the team
i went to watch the guys match when i could
and everytime i watch
i'll be itching to play bball
but still i think my standards have dropped a hell lot
it's like playing old man's bball right now no sprints no stamina
just playing by that teeny weeny bit of advantage in experience i have

i think things are more or less going to be a routine now as long as i dont tio confinement
hahaha
oh oh i wanna venture into coaching bball!
though i think it will pretty much suck
i wanna help coach the junior bball team even though they are mainly scholars but it's always good to start on something raw and untouched!
teaching the girls would be okay too but i think latiff's teaching
zzz dunno lahh
i wanna spend my saturdays doing something productive! cant always just lag around and do nothing!

okay there's a period of time when i begin to be uninterested in watching soccer
but i think the interest's coming back
i suspect that it has strict correlation to Arsenal's performance =P lol
hahahaha

photos from cat's birthday! (:

2009-03-20T13:35:00.001+08:00

SISPEC
okayy not exactly very happy! cos it means going back to camp
but at least i wont be confined for 3 weeks straight! (i hope)
off to bball camp already! (:

2009-03-19T21:14:00.003+08:00

im like going to receive my posting in a 10 hours time?
it's gonna decide where i'll be spending my next 6 or 9 months
or probably even the next 1year plus
honestly speaking
whatever the posting
i'll be sian
probably not sian by my posting
unless i get into ocs
which mean i'll be facing a 3 weeks confinement straight -.-
but i'd be sian-ed by the fact that my temporary civilian-like life is coming to an end

ahhh but on a brighter side there will be quite a few things to do to keep me busy (:
nj having bball camp!
even though im a graduate i still like to stick around school lol
nvm goodnight already! (:

2009-03-17T17:24:00.004+08:00

just came back from collecting my ipod and lunch with eve!
yayness cos my ipod is back
so it means i can resume watching videos and listening to music already!
to me it's a must for army survival lol
and speaking of it brings me to many many points i wanna talk about
first thing first
pop break is short
and coming to an end soon
like REAL SOON zzz
whatever my posting im pretty sure i wont be very happy cos it will be army and not air force or navy
now im thinking whether i should have sign on for airforce or navy
someway or so it will be less chiong than army
cos it's more technical
but then again
the number of years for the sign on is quite a turn off
a BIG turn off actually
so here lies the choice of momentarily torture in exchange for shorter service and long term relaxation but having ur career sealed to being with mindef
i wont say being with mindef is undesirable
it just doesnt suit me at all, i guess?
sighh
so i'll just wait for my posting and whine again after that

anyway was msging calvin just now
only then did i realised he signed on as airforce officer and sg signed on as pilot
(oh this is also why i dawned upon this topic)
then it hit upon me that im actually very near life's junction
where the next decision i make is probably gonna shape the way i live the next 50 or 60 years, provided i do live for that long
but why do i say 'very near' instead of im actually AT life's junction?
cos the only thing between me and the crossroad is, ironically, the much hated ns
it's giving me time to think
but not much time though
zzz i didnt really felt this reality until like TODAY? o.o
and it doesnt really make it feel better when calvin has his plans more or less mapped out
sign on as c3.. secured SAS.. and a pretty attractive income during and after the course of studies
steady education steady job steady income zzz
im jealous!
im not jealous of the salary and the job(haha particularly not jealous of the job)
but rather jealous of the fact that there's planning! (oh and partly because his ns life will be much slacker physically LOL)

so that got me started on thinking about my future
before i even consider what i wanna be
i have to classify my own characteristics and what job i think would fit me

characteristics:
1.unpredictable mood
a)feels the intense need to socialise 90% of the time
b)feels the intense need to isolate myself from others the other 10% of the time
2.cant do without talking erm when im in 1(a)
3.love technological stuffs (like knowing the latest phones cameras music players even though i may not necessarily own them)
4.lazy and unmotivated unless there is a purpose (this can be reinforced by the effort i placed in studies and bball)
5.money-fuelled (while i always say and acknowledge that contention is bliss, i think i cant get enough of money. i mean who does? =P)
6.have pride in sense of achievement but equally discouraged by failures
7.ponders alot, in fact, too much over decisions regardless of importance (such as what food to eat o.o)

okay i cant think of any more possible job related characteristics of mine
so to fit point 1 and 2, the job i should have is probably smthing that involves talking to others, communicating information and convincing potential customers
that brings me to one job that anna told me the other day
financial consultant!
possible career option but i dont know what lies ahead but will keep it under my option cos it fits quite a few of the above things i need
other things i wanna be and i think would fit would be entrepreneur and jobs under financial sector!
but then again financial sector is super unsteady right now
haizz
so that's a problem
hope everything will be back by the time i graduate from uni :X
if u havent already think of what job u want to take on next time
it's probably the time to do so so that u can shape ur own path

to those who are still studying in sec school or jc
u maybe wondering why u r studying so hard to get good results
ya certainly it has no direct impact on ur future
with good results, what u r actually gained is not immediate benefits
but rather, u r gaining choices to ur future
important choices that u have to make next time
zzz i sound like a cranky old man again damn it

2009-03-16T19:14:00.002+08:00

one more week of freedom!
it's ticking past so quickly zzz
i have yet to apply for uni
cos im still pondering over it
there's gonna be nj bball camp from thurs to sun so i must get things done before that!
n before i know it
i will be back donning the green uniform again! ROAR

anyway today was quite an interesting day
i woke up early in the morning to borrow a bicycle from my uncle
i dont have a bike personally
or rather i cant fit into my primary school bike anymore
zzz
okayy the riding trip was quite eventful

some background info first
haha this bike havent been ridden on for quite some time so nobody knows its status
the tires were fully flat
so had to pump it
i thought that would be the end of the story
so i cycled happily from yewtee to cck to gombak and back to bukit panjang before going down to nj
actually the whole journey could have been quite short if not for
1. i lost my way (yes i bloody hell lost my way in melanie style lol)
2. the pedal fell off!
no joke
left pedal fell of when i was riding!
._.
i was momentarily stunned
before i picked it up and thought of what to do
thank goodness i brought along my spanner!
it saved me from being stranded in the middle of bukit panjang not knowing what to do
oh ya i brought the spanner along cos i wanted to adjust my seat!
yea
so i adjusted it and moved on towards nj
taking stops at subway and cheers to grab some food!
i realised the whole journey is actually quite short

so i reached nj looking out of place with bike
but heck!
i started playing bball and not long after it started raining!
how unlucky can i get!
but still i continued playing cos i havent played bball in the rain for a long long time already!
it was a freaking shiok feeling to play in the rain
but the girls thought i was emo-ing which is understandable LOL
so after the rain subsided
i cycled back on the way stopping at subway (yes, again) for a meal

now im feeling the effect of playing in the rain
think im falling sick soon
but i shall hold on cos i dont wanna waste my pop break falling sick! ZZZ

oh ya happybirthday veron! (:

2009-03-15T00:19:00.002+08:00

okayy im feeling very zzz
just came back from playing bball at home u
as expected i played fking lousy
u dont even need to be a bballer to tell that i played damn lousily today
zzz
but this time i dont particularly feel very emo or what
in fact i was quite happy
it's just nice to be with the bball team again ya training and stuffs
though we are lao jiao already
no court stamina and shit but still it's fun!
therefore i dont understand why im feeling so sian diao right now

anyway went to ntu and nus open houses before i went home u
i must say they are quite boring
i still havent really figured out what i wanna apply
but more or less i've scaled down to business or acc(if possible) and probably one field of engineering (which i havent really considered due to my lack of interest in it)
will probably apply on mon when i have nothing better to do

anyway ytd i went back to nj
i went back by myself
sounds weird but true
and why did i go back?
cos i just wanna enjoy the feel of school life
ok it's quite weird lah
but since i also had nothing better to do
i decided to head for school and just play a lil bit of bball and hanged around in school
it's nice though i probably looked like some introverted retard who has nothing better to do
i miss school
i miss the ppl in school. alot.

zzz had alot of things that i wanted to say
but im moody today
so forget it
i shall finish reading my digital fortress
yes it's an old and outdated book but it's also my first book im reading since angels and demons which i read a 4 years ago? i dont know
goodnight

POP LO!

2009-03-11T23:58:00.002+08:00

though i hate to admit
but this 9 weeks since enlistment hasnt really been agonizingly slow
and it fact i thought it went by rather fast
and i pop-ed just today!

okay time for good old reflection for the entire bmt
like i've said in jan
the first two weeks were the most horrible week that i've been through thus far
owing to my lack of adaptability and my tendency to judge people
so it was mentally gruelling for me
after all those high key events like field camp and stuffs
things started to settle in and im getting used to the life
mind you
i said getting used to but i DIDNT say that i LIKE it
HAHA :X
and pooooof before i knew it
it's POP le

the weird thing is
as much as i want everything to end asap
i had this sense of reluctance just now after pop
probably it's due to my section mates!
even though i cant say i meet eye to eye with all of them but as a section i think we worked pretty well
we are always the first section to fall in and everybody takes individual responsibility to get their own stuffs ready
if there's a best section award
i dare say we would be a top contender
besides that i must say i have the best buddy u can ever have in bmt
1. elias is responsible for his own stuffs
that's one less person to worry about
2.he's very helpful, and i mean genuinely helpful and nice
sometimes even nice to the extent that i feel bad
like that is how nice he is
3.he's always punctual, if not, early.

what i've learnt about myself during bmt:
(mentioned above) i have a tendency to judge/assess ppl before making friends with them
and as a result of that
i appear aloof and unfriendly to others(which is true at times)
i have a short temper for weird people, i.e. i get angry very easily at this people (okay maybe im the weird one but zzz whatever screw it)
i dont really have a good character
u may ask why i say so
the shell scrap digging experience exposes all the ugly side of each and everyone of us
and sadly but truly im one of those
but then on the other hand it has shown me the people who are really nice ahaha shant name them but ya they know who they are

YANKEE PLATOON 3 SECTION 4
KHAIRUL
PANG XUE HAO
TAN HWEE SHENG
DAFRIL PHUA
JIAN LONG
THOMAS
BEALE
ARNOLD
ZHANG
LUCAS
BERNARD
ELIAS
ZHIJIE

photos time! (:

march in

contingent march past

mum

mum again

dad

getting ready to throw our caps!

ziyang zhili n me

PS khairul

most of section4

zhijie me lucas beale

section 4

dafril

again!

bestest buddy award!

nicholas!

zhili

zhang

armskote!

okay i think this photos is overly dramatic ._.

bye bye tekong!

2009-03-08T00:02:00.002+08:00

result day was ytd
didnt really had much time to worry about
was damn tired after all the activities
in fact i dont think i was very much worried about it until the moment i was right in front of the table!
zzz then my heart started thumping like mad for that ten seconds
HAHA everytime when it comes to taking results
it's always quite an interesting experience to take results

anyway my results are
GP D
Econs A
Maths A
Phys B
Chem C

and seriously i didnt feel relieved or sad right after i got my results
was just glad to see 2As on my results slip
cos that was my best case scenario!
i had hoped for A in maths and phys
but anyway i feel that it's yet another time i've been lucky
i dunno how many times can this kind of thing can happen in life
but certainly i have been twice lucky for olvl and Alvl le :X
the results have exceeded my effort so i can only say im rather lucky

now the big question is
what to take for uni!
im thinking of business cos that's more general
an alternative is accountancy (if i can get in)
zzz nvm dont wanna think today!
think after i pop!
bmt is gonna end soon! (: it's a weird feeling lahh
nvm will talk more about it after i pop

anyway i have a favourite
i chanced upon this american idol participant
adam lambert! he's has a pretty impressive vocal range and powerful high notes
and a plus point is that he's a good performer and looks handsome!
hahaha go youtube for those ppl who are bored! (:

2009-03-01T10:23:00.002+08:00

okay i think at this rate of one entry per week
i'll not be able to keep this going
but at the same time
i dont wanna use my bookout time to just face the computer! it's so zzzz
anyway this weekend's bookout have got to be the shortest in bmt
it's only 29 hours worth in total
not counting in the travel time of approx 2 plus hour in total and 8 hours of sleep
so that makes it 19 pathetic hours only

but nvm it was quite a good few hours spent
went to meet jm qh zh yq n mk for dinner
which we only at gelare
ate a brownie! hahaha
it's something i will never get to eat in camp!
was supposed to play at home u with the juniors
but it was cocked up so didnt get to go there felt quite sian
cos that was the only thing i was looking forward to for saturday night! :X
but then what happened ytd night made up for it
jm n qh were shopping around bugis street so i joined them
lol i must say it's quite hilarious to see them shop
or rather
seee the way jm is so easily convinced to buying something
anyway after all that shopping we had supper at clementi
ate zi char!
bbq stingray's shiok sia (:
n i've come to realise i have really very lazy friends! =P hahaha

it's been a long time since there's a post with pictures already!
but im lazy to upload past pictures on the com so welll forget it
i'll do it after pop if i feel like
one and a half week to pop!
actually im not exactly looking forward to it
cos it means another new start(which i totally abhor)
i dont like a brand new environment just as im starting to get used to bmt ppl

anyway there's this notes thingy on facebook which everybody is starting to use
nh has done like i think 7 of it? lol probably i'll try doing one later (:

ADIOS!

2009-02-22T01:48:00.002+08:00

HAHAH i am back!
okay after much hype about going overseas to tw during pop break
i guess the plans have to be called off
like a zzzz can
i was damn sad
and booking in in 17 hours is a double whammy
zzzz

since it's gonna be called off i guess i may want to work at IT fair
i hope i can sell cameras
it will be so fun! (:
im thinking buying and ipod dock to so can play music anywhere!
but so far it's just thoughts only cos i dont have money sia

zzz today i took a walk down to yewtee
(okay, down to yewtee sounds like damn far but it's actually only lik 3mins?)
lol
the new ntuc opened
and apparently it's like a mini shopping mall?
subway's gonna set up a franchise over there too i think
it's only one week since i last book out
and so many things changed
i didnt know that the reserves were activated
i didnt know that the two new stations after boon lay are opened/going to be opened
zzz
i hate this feeling of disconnection in ns!

but on lighter note
i played bball today after like a month of hiatus from bball?
damn shiok can!
though everyone pretty much sucked
i think we held on to rifles for too long already
haha but it was still nice to play bball!
but it sucks to sprain my ankle
the only thing i like about boots is that u dont sprain ur ankle that easily

i think things are going to be more or less done in bmt! just waiting for it to be over
so i can enjoy my break! (:
whatever happens after that...
heck lahh
wait and seeee!

2009-02-15T14:52:00.002+08:00

okay so ytd was valentines day
dunno why but i thought it was rather weird to see all the couples on the street then we r in one big group sounds rather loser to spend vday like that
hahahaha
but there's something in common
it's called...
LOVE
(:

okay ytd i met up with 11 of the girls
nh cat eve jm jas eileen anna phyllis qh rach mel plus mk n marcus
in typical fashion
we ended up standing and talking at different places lol
lol our gatherings are always like that
we r just hanging out together

okayy off i go
booking in time! it sucks to travel one hour plus to book in! zzz

2009-02-14T15:42:00.002+08:00

booking out is simply enjoyable hahaha im enjoying every second of it down to the moment i reach pasir ris
anyway this week has been quite fast
all the main events are more or less over already
and it's 4 more weeks to pop so it will be quite fast
i always have this tendency to post about those army stuffs
but im not allowed to so well.. zzz

actually this 5 weeks in army make me realise things about myself
i realised that subconsciously i like to observe people
and only after observing them then i will decide whether to befriend them
as some people would know me
im very talkative mingle around alot in groups
but in army u can say that im a totally different person
if u ask anyone from my platoon to give a description about me
they would probably say
'i think he is a quiet person who doesnt really interact much and looks pretty aloof.
and he always appear to be disinterested.'
hahahaha i think it's quite weird to have this kind of extreme split personality at different places but sadly im having it!
lol
but now since my 'observation period' is more or less over
i think i'll interact more with those pleasant ones
being in bmt made me feel that there are so many superficial people around me
zzz
i can simply rant of a few names straight
but what i cant comprehend is
why do they wanna be like this
so wayang and doing everything so that u can achieve something
where's the satisfaction of achieving something u didnt earn through the right means
but of course they are the minority
majoroity of them are still friendly and nice people to interact and make friends with!
okay i guess im beginning to be able to settle into army life
though i still maintain a clear distinction between adapting and liking!
im adapting but still not liking it and doubt that i ever will do so
:X

another thing i've been thinking about for this week is.....
A LEVEL RESULTS
zzzz
it's another thing thats disturbing me
it's kinda contradictory
i wanna get back the results cos it means another book out day
plus that it means that i'll be able to get one thing off my mind
but then again
i dont wanna get it back
cos im 80% sure that my results is so cocked up that even though i say i dont really care about my results
chances are if i see a 'C' or 'D' for my results i'll be devestated
oh btw the other 20% which im counting on is lady luck, whom i think isnt always reliable -.- lol
ahhh damn it!

anyway happy vday to everybody
for all those attached out there
good for u people
show love to ur other half!
and for those fellow singles
dont worry
love comes naturally LOL just take this day to be envious/jealous and enjoy the love in the air hahaha

2009-02-06T23:14:00.003+08:00

okay cant believe im booking in tml when everybody else just booked out hours ago
damn sian
supposed to book in tml night
but due to some reasons
have to book in tml morning!

anyway just camp back from field camp
it was a emotional roller coaster ride
i think other people from the same company will know why i say that
damn imba
i dont think i have had so many morale lows in my life before
but at the end of the day
i think i came out with a stronger mentality

i love my family
i love my friends
a big thank to the few who wrote that letter
perhaps it may just be a small gesture
but when u know that kind of situation when we were reading the letter
i would say the letter is like water in a desert
shiok lahh
im not somebody who can put all those feeling into words
but ya
it was really nice to know that i have friends who care (:

okay on second thoughts
i didnt totally waste my 2nd book out away
first night was cleaning night
i think i brought back 0.5 kg of tekong sand back! ._.
haha den all the washing and kiwi-ing damn sian
today went to watch the movie curious case of benjamin buttons
it's quite a novel idea though the movie is damn long
n i must say brad pitt is really quite charming though im not gay or what
anyway dinner was at manhattan fish market
my first time there (okay i know im a noob)
but it was quite nice to taste food other than field rations and cookhouse food
ya so it was a book out quite well spent

but.....
book in blues sets in AGAIN
and i havent recover from my cough! zzz

see u all sooooon on next friday!

2009-01-27T15:37:00.002+08:00

okay 4 more hours to book in
and it's 11 more days
okayy but i think this 11 days will be more bearable?
even though i cant bathe for 6 days but at least i'll have more things to do
yea
i hope i've prepared everything i need to already

let's just hope there wont be any dumbass to pull us down again

adios!

countdown to 6 feb! it will be fast i guess! (:

2009-01-26T03:00:00.002+08:00

okay today is first day of lunar new year!
which also means that tml is book in day
._.
alamak lahh
though time really flies out here in mainland
i had a 100000x more enjoyable experience lol
ytd morning was spent at ms wan's house with 2a people
i think we sort of neglected the girls cos we were just chattering off army experiences
lol ya it's quite cool when everyone talks about their interesting incidents
at night went for a stayover at munkit's house with bballers where we mahjonged and talked about ns!
so saturday was the most enjoyable day ever since i've enlisted

okayy actually so far i think ns isnt THAT bad just that it's not my kind of life
but i think im putting it too heavily on myself
zzz
u know ytd night i slept at around 2am
but i woke up intermittenly throughout the night and finally woke up at 7 because i couldnt really sleep anymore
that's not all
when i woke up
i find myself with clenched fist (like sedia position)
i think it's ns stress
im not even like this for alevels lah -.-
and my first night after book out was full of army dreams
i had like 1001 standby areas and many other stupid things
zzz

nvm
shall look forward to later
i shall indulge in all heavenly sins
like pineapple tarts kueh lapis bakkwa and many more
despite myself being sick
i've lost my voice
got this moderate wheezing and sore throat!
what a time to be sick ._.

2009-01-24T00:17:00.002+08:00

FIRST EVER BOOK OUT
CONFINEMENT WEEK'S OVER

just came back from meeting a few rv bballers for a dinner and chat!
i love the whole lot of them (:

okayy i know im not supposed to blog anything about trainings and stuffs
but i guess reflections are fine?
enlistment was a sian sian thing for me
however this two weeks it made me realised things that i dont really know about myself!

to start off i shall just list a few
last time i always thought that i would be able to study overseas on my own
because i thought that i wouldnt mind staying alone in a brand new environment
but through the confinement week
i realised that i cant really move out of my own comfort zone easily
the first few days in confinement
i sorta felt like a reclusive old man refusing to talk to other elderly at the home
so im beginning to doubt whether i can survive overseas if i ever intend to study overseas
n by my comfort zone it refers to my friends and family

i missed everyone of them
i scrolled through my contact list and pictured their image in my mind
and it doesn really help that i didnt bring any pictures in or what
i missed everything i had as a civilian
my freedom ( u can also call it lack of organisation) to do what i wanted
and my ill discipline certainly didnt help at all

the next will be my phone!
i cant live without my phone for nuts (so i haf no idea how im gng to survive field camp zzz)
everytime im able to use my phone i'll use it
and once again it certainly didnt help that my phone is atrociously lousy
n the i had to go around with my thick skin to borrow phones so that i can use them!
thanks to the many people whom i troubled
im going to get another better but cheap phone! damn it

okay while i complained to people that i dont see ladies around in tekong
actually it doesnt really affect me much in that sense
im not exactly interested in people i dont know
but i really miss all my friends alot
and i wrote in my book that im going to hug them when i see them!

another thing is that im anything but optimistic in a dire situation
okay i wont classify my confinement week under 'dire situation'
but i swear that my first few days were one of the worst days in my life thus far
like i always tell people to look on the better side of issues
i have nv been able to do that myself
so i think im quite a failure in that sense
in fact im a 'worst case scenario person'
i started counting down the first day i went in
n i realised how slowly time crawled
and all the cussings and vulgarities just flew here and there in my mind

damn it i've so much to say but nothing's coming out right now
but i have to thank a few people and my notebook for keeping my sanity during the first few days of confinement
yeps if u read my notebook
u would probably think it's some robinson crusoe's writing
it's like talking to myself to keep sanity!
the first few days was living hell for me even though we didnt do anything much!
and im not kidding when i say im on the verge of losing sanity then
okayy i dont wanna say this but i shall be truthful
i teared every now and then when i thought of my friends and this question 'wtf am i doing at this place'
so apparently u can see how pessimistic i am
my mental strength is so damn damn lousy!
i have no idea how i m going to survive my two year of conscription

somehow i've got to learnt how to change this lousy mentality of mine!
somebody teach me how (dont say i nv warn u.. it's nv easy to change an idea in me)

if i have more i'll write again next time
for now im gng to sleep

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