It's teacher's day tomorrow.

How I wished I was back to being a student.

There is so much things I missed when I left...

studying hard for my As,
acting as ah beng in PLENS,
playing soccer at the rooftop,
revisiting many pioneer's open house,
literary contemplations at the cemetery,
sightseeing during Prem's chiang mai trip,
daydreaming during mr osman's geo lectures,
playing ghosts at art's society Haunted House,
the "so gothic" remedial sessions with mr koh,
paying attention to mr yeo's "complicated" jokes,
hearing mr kwek's famous "School, I'm troubled" craze,
making friendship with people of my Haven study group,
listening to mr barry singing during all the school activities,
reliving another life at kampong Buangkok...

so many memories, with new ones created everyday.
when will I ever get back to the life before ?
when will I ever get out of NS ?
when will I ever ord ?
when ?

No choice but to admit that I'm a very fainthearted person. 2 years of gothic class didn't really managed to convince myself that there is nothing to be afraid of. Most films are set to induced shock factors to instil a pre-notion of psychological fear for the supernatural. As a literature student with some experience in gothic sets and practices, I ought to have more courage in watching scary movies.

But that didn't help a lot when I watched a late night movie "ghost game" after supporting the band at the ngee ann city performance.

Anyway, the performance was quite good with quite a wide repertoire of pop songs as well as competition pieces. This is probably their third public performance for the year, and more coming soon. Saw many familiar faces there, ex-students, teachers, and also ex- members of the symphonic band (most from my batch). As an alumni, I will be present there, of course.

After the performance, we (me, yenting, eunice, yuanzhen and zhimin) felt that it was too early to go home, so ended up watching ghost game at cine. Yenting came back for her holidays before her summer school at Monash University (unfamiliar term) starts, so we were quite fortunate to see her around. Eunice is studying in NUS too (same uni). It's always good to have a lot of classmates in the same cca, because we can have a mini class outing at the same time.

Basically, I went numbed for the whole show. Despite eunice claiming to be the most timid one around, she managed to hold out till the end of the show. As for me, I was watching it half-heartedly, eating chips to curb my fright. But I ended up finishing the show with the rest. At least I didn't run out midway. lol.

Today is the band investiture and I was contemplating whether to go. It's been very long since I went back to Kranji. Somehow the school gave me quite a distanced feeling. But the warm welcome by the band juniors made me wanted to go back.

I must build up more courage next time round.

Yet another tiring day.

Nothing much to blog about, since I always talk about the same old stuff that happened in camp, countless of times. So I shall skip all the unnecessary details (shit, I almost forgot how to spell the word "unnecessary") this time round. Other than the fact that Mok had to leave abruptly due to some miscommunication for the driver course, everything else remains the same. It's quite a pity to have Mok leaving us for such a useless course at this time since he is going to ORD soon. Despite him joining us (me and "PC" Pang) after the GOH left, there seem to be some kinship build around this newly formed merah shift. This "unitedness" is much stronger, maybe because we don't see them as people from east, rather we are all under Shift 3. So there is no point not getting close.

Fortunately, we received a call from him that the course is a wrong one. So most likely we'll be having him back soon. After all, it's always sad to see someone you have grown accustomed to go. So it's quite a relief for all of us.

But I know someday, they will eventually leave merah.

This is something that cannot be prevented. So I shall spend the remaining times as a happy and united RP.

That's all for now. Time for some preparation for the performance I'll be going later. It's "back to school" day as I relive the past memories of my time in Kranji Symphonic Band. Anyway, their performance is at 8pm, ngee ann city today...

Some drastic changes has been made with regards to the duties in camp, meaning I will have less time in touch with the "very" civilised world outside. Or rather, less time with my neopets account.

Usually there isn't standby duties on weekends, but with the new implementations, I'll be spending much time rotting (finding things to do) in the very unaccessible east. Books are likely to accompany the times I will be there, probably. Looking for the book "Franny and Zooey" by J.D Salinger. Msg me if you have any whereabouts of the book.

Can't really think of much to write here, because my mind is completely blanked out after so many sessions of "differential discussions" with S about merah duties. Of course, priority is given to the SFI uncle incident. Relations are straining over here. I can't imagine how long I can survive still.

I need some nostalgic moments to remind me that it is still worthwhile to slog it out for the unit. I'm kinda losing it, soon...

A painful lesson learnt.

At long last, recovered from this traumatic experience with this stupid toothache of mine. What a long weekend this had been, nursing my health and battling the pain from fever and TOOTHache. Regular medications and involuntary ban on all kinds of non-soluble food had finally paid off.

These days, this stupid toothache of mine became quite serious. The doctor said it was due to the inflammation of the gums which led to bleeding, swollenness and fever. The first few days was the toughest to pass, when the pain was so excruciating that i couldn't even sleep and had to rely on painkillers to ease the pain. Living the days off with only medicine, congee and plain water may seem bland, but that is the only way. Mainly because I couldn't chew on anything that's harder than bread (which is quite saddening).

But that is all over. (glad to survive this ordeal)

Contemplated on why I had been falling sick so often (since there wasn't much things I could do other than to scream and hope for the pain to go). Must be due to the very "unhealthy" lifestyle, both in camp and at home. Not enough exercise and not balanced diet must have been the main culprit.

Now, I have sorted out my thoughts and to live a "healthier" life. I know there are a lot of people like me around, and I hope my experience can somehow affect them. It's time to lead a "better and more healthy lifestyle, for your family, friends and yourself."

(I'll probably forget about this and revert to my old junkie's life soon enough. But this effort shall remain to convince others. lol.)

Arghh...

Didn't realise it until today. I actually belong to the "low-income family" category. Little wonder the fact that my parents keep urging us to save up more money. Seems that my parents have depleted quite a huge sum of money trying to keep up with our current standard of living. Now we can no longer maintain it at the same level, it's about time to start reducing our expenses.

Hopefully the electricity bills doesn't escalate too much despite the rising oil prices (but i really doubt it). And everything is becoming so expensive, I ought to start to save up, even if it's a single cent. Who knows what might increase soon enough? toilet paper??

THE Spokesman : "With increasing depletion of natural resources like trees, there has been a hike in the price for raw material. As such in order to curb rising costs, we have no choice but to raise our prices to 10c each for of every roll of toilet paper."

lol.

p.s do give birth to more babies, this country needs your support. it also reduces the per capita of the family, so you also can join in the ranks of the "low income" group. and maybe become tax-exempted...

-got time go read this article I was a Singaporean by Molly Meek.

The funny article is back. After much speculation, "Bus fare and MRT to increase in OCT 06" is likely to happen. So why not laugh it off??

I am Ong Ah Bee living in Kampong Chai Chee
Life used to be simple and HAPPY
I worked hard in my STUDIES
I learned A-B-C, and everything from 1-2-3
Primary school was quite easy I passed PSLE.

Then I went to SECONDARY
The subjects include History, Geography,
Physics, Biology and CHEMISTRY
After O level I went to JC
I was quite LUCKY

This is a small humid tropical COUNTRY
Surrounded by unknown potential ENEMIES
Boys turned 18 must go to ARMY
After that we must continue our STUDIES
The girl can just sit back, relax and watch TV
They caome to this world only to "Chia Liao Bee"

No one lives on free meals or depends on CHARITY
I had no money to go to UNIVERSITY or POLY
So I went to work in a FACTORY
Trying to earn a little lousy SALARY
After CPF and INCOME TAX, I have just enough money to buy ROTI
and ride in MRT

Colleague at work used to be FRIENDLY
Always treat me to tea and COFFEE
Somehow they turn FISHY
Passing bad remarks about ME
Telling everybody I am LAZY.

My boss show me no SYMPATHY
Mumbling over my shoulder DAILY
"HURRY, HURRY and HURRY"
Accusing me of always trying to get MC
But my sickness was due to over stretch OT
Going home after midnight by TAXI
And they pay me only bus FEE

I park-tor and become steady
Finally had to MARRY
I lost money holding wedding dinner PARTY
Cheeky friends donating only cheap PANTY
After marriage, nothing was EASY

In one year, I become DADDY
I can't support my family and my BABY
Being tied down for life to repay HDB
And rising monthly utilities to PUB
My bank account has no MONEY
POSB balance is almost EMPTY
DBS wants to charge me EXTRA FEE
Insisting that "Nothing is FREE"

So I moonlight as KARANG GUNI
Many times I want to jump into the sea to MATI
But that is not EASY
My wife cried: "Who is going to support me and our BABY?"

I went to seek assistance from the MP
His reply was simple and easy
"Vote for me, vote for me, vote for me"
He never tell me his convincing POLICY
I was so angry and beat him hope that he MATI.
My dear friends, can you please help ONG Ah Bee.

taken from Sammyboy forum.