this is it... the computer back home is finally up and ready for all the future posts on my blog... so happy that it's finally here... almost forget wat is it like to use my own com back home... no more rushing to the library every dismount to use the com, no more trying to bribe my bro with mac meals to pyscho him to let me use his laptop... hurray for me... lol (guess i'm just too happy to say anything else ba)

tmr is COC parade le... so tonite have to sleep early... so guess not much activity for the day ba.. maybe go for a swim, then watch a movie, then go play pool, then maybe play some computer games and watch tv...blah blah blah (just kidding btw)... meeting penguin they all later to play pool... but still have to get back home early to get enough sleep...

resuming back to the normal working hours le... so i guess maybe can get to slack again... lol... gtg le... going cwp now to play pool... be back soon (in a couple of days)...

super tired le... after 4 tough days, exercise easthawk finally over le... now suffering from fatigue cos these few days very busy got a lot of contingency drills to do... the east side got super lots of drills but i missed out on all the fun sia (cos merah nothing much happened also)... today still got rehearsal for COC as usual... very exhausting especially when the weather is so so so hot today... can see mirage lor... haiz... why didn't it rain or have a more cloudy weather... my neck sunburnt like siao lor (i guess the rest of us also the same ba)... going to book in to camp tmr morning cos tmr is a full dress rehearsal (full day one also) so i guess i'll most probably faint soon... arghhh... guess i have to make it short so that i got ample time to sleep (not enough sleep the last few days due to all the turnouts lor)... so i guess i'll end here... the interesting stuff about the exercise easthawk some other day then post it lor... bye for now... z Z z

rushing for time here... now only got a few hrs to spare before i make my way back to camp and get confined for the next 2 weeks... the reason? cos got a lot of activities to do these 2 weeks including 2 major ones... like the base exercise as well as the COC parade... had rehearsals like almost everyday lor... now suffering from fatigue too... good thing got 1 day to rest but still have to continue to do duty and drills also when i get back...

finally got a new com le... so this means i can go use the interent soon (after i find a way to use it without a modem...lol) cos somehow this com i bought doesn't seem to include a modem... so i guess have to sign up for my existing broadband plan to get a new one to use... so till then, i'll still be missing in action until the day i popped up on msn and give everyone a surprise...

though got a new com without internet, i managed to find something interesting to do... i went through all mysec sch yearbooks and i realise that a lot have changed since then (ppl u all got chance muz try also) seeing all these old pictures brings back old memories that i often hope to remember... thus got this new blog skin specially for it... also about time to insert 1 song into it (if i managed to find out how to use it first)... till then bye... time to rush back home le...

now writing this post straight from zhiqin's house (which i tried so hard trying to convince him to let me come over)... so i guess i'll have to make this a short one... now listening to jay's new song, guess about time for me to buy his cd soon (after i finish listening to all of the songs inside). nuthin much happened recently... maybe perhaps for the sudden outbursts of sore eyes sydrome in my camp (most probably caused by me cos somehow i got it first)... as such no one to do duty in camp lor (have to do extra)

looks like this sore eye thingy is causing a lot of trouble for my family (but i wasn't the first one to get it) it started from my brother ba... then somehow i kenna also. now even my sis also got le... then in camp i accidentally pass it to kenneth kao (who got 3 days attend C) then have shortage of manpower. heard recently that the other kenneth also kenna sore eye also (maybe caused by me, maybe not ba) i dunno for sure... maybe i also need to get attend C too so that i dun pass it to anyone else lor...

back from camp again... dunno why suddenly veri confused again... cos i heard news that i'll be posted out again very soon. but the destination is different this time. somehow the new camp is in fact further (which is weird) cos the place veri inaccessible lor (paya lebar air base). with that, comes a lot of sadness and disappointment lor, cos it quite hard for ppl like to adapt to a new environment when i have just began to grow accustomed with the guys in camp. haiz... there goes all the hard work for the last 3 mths lor... though it is not confirmed yet till the PC tells me, i also cannot find anymore motivation to do duty liao lor. the mere thought is driving me crazy liao lor...

haiz... today dismount also no mood to do anything. cos really sad mood sia. have to find something to lift my spirits for now (maybe go buy a new com later?) dunno also lor. the last mount couldn't find anything to do again. maybe except for the storybook that made me completely mesmerized. the book is called "the vampire lestat". one of the chronicles of the vampires stories i bought while i was studying gothic in jc. didn't have the chance to read it then cos it has a lot of words but when i started reading it, i couldn't stop. dunno what is so attractive but somehow i was totally engrossed in it. maybe cos that time really too bored or the book is just very good lor.

tmr have to go back camp to draw my No. 3 lor for the COC parade that is coming soon. dunno why kenna the drills thingy again lor. a bit too late liao cos i no more enthusiam le. starting to clear leave also le lor... so i guess i'll have a lot of free time again during november to rest and relax lor. so time for me start aking ppl out again le( since no one wan to ask me). that's all.

new post again... somehow like getting sick of typing in my blog le (but still have too cos it's allows me to improve and maintain on my rusty english)... this off day as usual got no activity (outdoor activity i mean) cos i manage to find some indoor stuff to do. today i realise i still have a lot of books i haven read since i bought them (cos most books are used from book vouchers one). so i decided to spend this mount doing something i haven been doing...reading.

spend some time the last dismount learning magic tricks from a unprofessional magician (my younger brother). he pro at these kind of things liao lor... forget he since when starting to learn liao lor (dunno his purpose of learning also). maybe learn to chio some girl he like? i dunno...me? i learn for curiosity sake ba... learn more is better than nothing lor...

dunno whether u all believe in fate this kind of superstitious stuff or not cos i do. cannot explain why but somehow i feel attracted to horoscope, tarots these kind of stuff... somehow something miraculous happened... the fortunes i have to doing always seem to point to the same result. unexplainable lor... haiz... somethings are just beyond comprehension. dunno to really believe it or not lor.somehow i feel it is really impt to trust it. haiz... got time then see how lor... if not can ask kenneth kao lor cos i keep on telling him about this girl i like for a long time...

haiz... life is so full of mysteries lor. maybe someday i'll understand it... if not i guess i have to continue searching for some meaning in my life. till next time... gtg le. time to learn some more new magic tricks...

hmm... no inspiration to write for today, cos army life really very boring lor
(monotonous lifestyle i mean)... dunno wad to say about it also , cos if i write anything wrong, i might just be one of those ppl that were kenna caught for writing about sensitive issues... esp regarding national security or wad lor... cos u'll never know whether there will be a MP who happens to be a blogger too...

hmm... though i get to book out quite often now, just can't seem to find anything to do also lor... cos when u have too much free time, the first thing u'll do will be to catch up with old friends (which i had already did)... then find things to slack about (which i can't think of any yet) cos i almost watch finish all the nice movies available for now (the most common activity around)...

hmm... the last dismount met up with my old pals again.. first time all of us could gather together. also the first time we went to watch a movie together (after so long). also the first M18 movie i watched also... got so many first times lor... maybe i'll get to try new stuff the next few dismounts ba...

haiz... dunno how long never visit this place le...been pretty busy even since my OJT ended, busy finding stuff to do that i haven't been doing since my course started, many many wishes to be fulfiled during this period. now finally managed to find time to type a new post into my blog.

hmm... changed to a new camp again, but still under the control of changi air base. hmm... same duties as before but now more autonomy there at the new camp. no longer as regimental as the times i had during OJT or FDC. here basically everyday do the same thing over and over again. got spare time then go doing running or practice drills lor.

lots of things happened during this last week, cos i decided to insert some life into my monotonous lifestyle. thus decided to go out during my off-days. and of course still exercise regularly cos it's been really hard training to be fit, dun wan to grow fat and flabby during my army life. thus go swimming and running lor. watch movies, go shopping, and eat a lot these few to enjoy myself after all the tough times are over.

hmm... the last mount, kenna selected for Guard of Honour for NDP next year but in the end kicked out ( so much for being too happy intially) cos the RSM claimed that i was too short. (??)
too bad liao lor. but something strange happened lor. i was selected for the RP driver course lor. it's good to be able to learn new skills but i'm just quite unimpressed cos i kenna the course because the guy going for the course happens to be tall enough to go into GOH. haiz... but dun care about it liao lor...

now slowlyl resuming to an almost civilian life le cos i only need to go for 2 days stay-in followed by a 8-5 then have a off-day. for now got more time to go learn new stuff and also catch up with old friends...

whew... finally can get a chance to visit my blog again... OJT is indeed very very (muz emphaise that it is very different) from all the things we learnt from our FDC course...here the training is super shiong, cos we need to be trained at a higher level so that we can remain vigilant and always operationally ready at all times... had lots of training throughtout these few days, where we were confined to learn all we need to learn, thus cannot book out the last week... turnout rates were at a record high during this periods, and of course lots of tekan sessions too... nevertheless it's all over for now...

hmm... now we are stuck to our usual duties as RPs at the different bases, some of our good friends stayed, others posted out... quite sad in a way to see so many ppl leave changi... haiz but it all can't be prevented too... now heading for a new start at my new changi base (east) instead of (west). here the facilities much better than before and also quite slack in our duties...

today book out le but still dunno wat to do, so i better be off soon to find activites to do (if not they complain say i no life again) that's all for now...

POP lo... finally a full-fledged RP (after my 2 weeks On-Job Training is over). had a great parade on fri, all of us were high in spirits because all our efforts throughout the course had finally come to an end... this week is pretty busy... for we had to do lots of preparations for the parade. other than that we also had to attend our lessons on biochemical defence...

the wearing of theMopp 4 is tough, for it is completely sealed once we put on the mask... the most unique encounter would be the trip to the smoke chamber. the presence of the tear gas in our faces is a true test of our confidence. we had to do many exercises in the chamber like the canister changing drill. the best part would be to take off our masks in the chamber and shout our rank, name, ic number... most of us ended up crying outside...

we had our first (and most probably the last) platoon outing at sentosa yesterday... went to sunset bay to play beach volleyball... went kayaking too since we paid big bucks to get the tickets... had lots of fun playing catching in our kayaks, playing beach volleys with the noobs... the only drawback was the bad weather...CAT 1 weather most of the time... nevertheless, we still kenna sunburnt in the end...

after that, i went to jessie's 21st birthday... saw most of the ppl of the (long gone) haven study group... talked a lot about our army lives with the rest, and listened to exciting stories by vincent during his daily rountine patrol as a policeman in his neighbourhood... all the gruesome stories about death etc etc...

now still spending my last few days as a part time civilian during my block leave before i go back to camp for my new phase of training on wed... that's all for now.

this week super slack... not much happenings... spend most of my time slacking in the bunk listening to yes.93.3 fm, if not then sleep cos CAT 1 (due to heavy rain)... the only thing impt would be the armed drills conducted by RSM for our passing out parade... if not nuthin else le...

sat is the most busy day of the week ba... cos have to meet zhiqin cos it's his 20th birthday... us (me, qin, xia, lin) went out to celebrate with him at toa payoh yesterday, but somehow we couldn't find anything meaningful to do... in the end we only went to eat there before we decided to go to cck to watch the maid... but no longer showing there le... thus we just slack and took tons of neoprints and perhaps photos from xia's digi cam... other than that, nothing else le...

tmr is the magic tournanment in our bunk le, organised by the usual organiser, me. just formed a new deck to play, but i guess confirm lose one cos super lousy... the rest of the platoon mates all pro one lor... but have a chance to see all the rare cards of the old editions... hmm... i guess that's all for now...

whether i'll stay or be posted out will soon be revealed next week when i pass out lor... hope they send me to sembawang camp...

finally... ex. Earthworm is over... let me see, left 2 more weeks to my pop le... can start packing my stuff from my overly crowded locker. this ex. earthworm is really the whole essence of the FDC, no wonder ppl say this course is super shiong, now i know why. most of us had rarely more than 7 hours of sleep for the whole exercise, which lasted about 4 days 3 night. we did lots of training during these few days, with most of the time used in our trench digging... all i could remember is that we dug and dug, without any faintest idea of when the command post will be completed. but most of us hang on through shere willpower.

i have been wondering why there is so little turnout since last month, as it is a policy to have turnout to keep ourselves alert and vigilant at all times. during ex. earthworm, i finally realised why. they had been storing all these plans for the ex. lor, super sian... almost every 2 hours got 1 turnout, and we were left extremely exhausted (both physically and mentally) cos there will always be some form of punishments everytime, and with the inclusion of 5Bx every morning and trench digging through the night, it is little wonder we were totally wore out...

but never the lest, it is over. now left with a couple of more activities before we can finally pass out as part of the field defence squadron in maintaining the security of our country (so cliche). hope that all's well that ends well ba... i look forward to the day we pass out... POP lol...

this week been pretty busy, with a long chain of unexpected occurences that resulted in a delay in most of our activities for the week. supposedly to be able to complete our platoon live by 3pm as a result of the large number of long status and report sick personnels. thus only left with enough fighting fit to form 3 platoons for the run. but guess not everything is according to plan. the weather decided not to follow the rules and it rained all day yesterday, as such delaying our schedule (almost tot i couldn't be able to book out yesterday night).

these few weeks is the monsoon period ba, and thus heavy showers and occassional thunderstorms can be expected. but i seriously hope that it will be sunshine for the next week cos it's the Exercise le... arghh... after so much fear and anticipation, it's finally here, EXERCISE Earthworm.... time for us to say goodbye and dig our graves for the next 5 days...

penghui going to pop next week le... then he'll become a corporal (then can pump me liao)... so envious and yet happy for him... i wonder when will it be my turn to pass out (3 more weeks)... seems like a long journey considering that i already completed 9 gruelling weeks under our PS and sergeants... press on ba... by then i'll be able to pass out with pride... till then it's time for us to overcome our major obstacle... the exercise...hehe

week 8 of the FDC is over, 4 more weeks to POP lo... not much happenings this week, cos the scedule for us seemed a little mixed up and unreliable, at least for now... all i could remember in my faintest memory is that we had to build another prowl (the roof only) and that we had our IPPT again, this time round with the monetary reward... i guess money can really make the world go round ba, cos even i myself is shocked that i could finally get silver... first time jump so far for SBJ...hehe

there was a water shortage too at our bunk area, first it was only our block, then our entire company had to share 1 pathetic toilet, then something worst happened, the water ran out there too, as well as the water tap from the boots washing point... so in a way, the whole place experienced wat Sgt Zai Wei said " water discipline"... the lucky thing was perhaps we were due to book out early the next day...

we had a outing this sat, which turned out to be a complete failure cos no one went, shawn and daniel and many more decided to "fly F16" on us, and in the end SM, me were the only ones left, good thing was that andy decided to come too, at least late was better than not present... saw so many section 2 ppl in town too... that's all i have for now le ba... next week is late book out, so i guess there will be little time for another outing le...

long weekend this time round, so got more time to rest and play around lor (go back to modern civilisation)... hmm this week been a very busy week, mentally and more physically exhausting due to the POI exercise and all the punishments due to our slow movements. but all was paid off with a long weekend (from sat to wed) more time to rest and enjoy myself in the mood of the national day.

this week is the POI week, thus have a lot of things we have complete by a certain time limit... the training is tough, but the building of the prowls is the worse. so tired until my hands tremble at the sight of the sandbags lor... keep on doing the sandbags so 3 days, so scared of it le... can u imagine the sight of the sand pit and all the sand u have to fill up into the bags...scared out of my wits lor... even until sat also haven finish all, tot cannot go home...

hmm... MB (Muscle Brain) become more sadistic this week, dunnno why also. very stress. came up with a lot of new exercises for us to do (like rotational push-ups, chicken backside, running on the spot, rotational krunches etc etc) almost killed me lor... who knows wat will happen next week during Exercise Earthworm...haiz...

5 more weeks to the end of course le, then after that will be pure heaven lor...hope that day comes soon... till then i shall rest and take a break i continue my journey through the field defence course...

haiz.. corrinne may concert this wed, wanted to go see it a lot, but too bad have to book in by then. haiz... wasted sia. she is a singer i admire, cos she is super pro lor (reminded me of the female version of jay, so talented) haiz...

tmr is the nation's 40th birthday, i wish that Singapore will continue to prosper and grow for all to stay in...

half way through the FDC course le... 6 more weeks to go... this week is the fibua week, quite a good experience in learning something that can be learned only from ASLC and above. very exciting to know how to comb a building and all that stuff... other than that, this week slack lor, more slack than the RP phase... nuthin much to say about lor... just eat and slack that's all...

hmm... this week book out also dunno wat to do, the only activity i have for now is the movie tmr morning with my gang, penghui, weelun and molly lor... dunno where molly found the lobang one to watch "the island" at such a cheap price. but have to wake up super early for it lor... but used to waking up early le la (everyday sleep in fear of a turnout lor)

saw irene on the bus the last week, tot could meet her again this sat but something cropped up in the last min... been a long time since i saw her le, dunno why but she seems to be the only net friend that i'm still in contact with... the rest leh? dunno also, disappeared into mars i supposed...

not much happenings these few days so i will cut it short and end here, in preparation for the tough training coming soon ahead (Ex. Earthworm) buaiz for now...

btw, the only weekdays i'm free would be the national eve and national day that's all, so wan to go out can msg me earlier?

here comes the begining of a new phase of training le, much more physically demanding then before, but i will remain Invictus*. had lots of section movement training this week, where we learn how to work more cohesively as a team. tried out a lot of different types of weapons, though i never got a chance to use it (only carried it for the weight only).

the most shiong thing i had this week would be most probably all the circuit training under "My Chu Chu". A bit too shiong for most, sometimes even i feel shacked out too... arghhh, cannot take it le... on tue i almost tot i couldn't even get pass this week lor, but in the end, i still managed to survive...

next week is Fibua week le, outfield training that cuts everyone from the outside world. guess it'll be as tough as this week ,if not even worst, but i think i have to take like a man lor... My train up even more, if not "My Chu Chu" will complain "why gentlemen, training very slack is it?" so "ur biceps bigger then mine har" lol... keep the jokes within these four walls ba...

that's all i have for now, even though more things happened than that, but i think it's better to share it when we have a chance to meet... buaiz, be back again next week (unless i kenna confine la)

*Invictus- Unconquerable

been raining heavily these few days, and thus less outdoor training this week. been quite slack (the one and only week) with occassional outbursts of turnouts and punishments from the sergeants... spent the whole week mostly in the lecture room learning about the skills to become a RP. Had a test last thursday, and to my surprise i actually passed it (of course la).

We actually had a Happy Hour last thursday too (the one and only one), had a chance to rest from such a hectic week since our course started. but good things wouldn't last, this could be the last one we will have cos someone actually went to complain about the Happy Hour. Hmm... speechless too, Happy Hour is a not a neccessity, so we shouldn't be complaining about it lor...

Next week is section live firing le, a bit scared and yet excited too... mixed feelings ba... there is a high danger risk but i expect all to turn out well if everyone listen to instructions... hope eveything will be ok ba... that's all for now, be back again next week...

lol... back again le... lol my birthdae just went by 2 days ago... had such a "fun" time in camp lor. my platoon ppl help planned a very very special "event" for me... so special until i almost died in the toilet... arghhh... they are indeed heartless sia. never pity me one lor... even try to pour the whole bottle of prickly heat on me... make me shiver for the whole night (cannot sleep)... so cold like shit lor.

this week been quite ok. maybe except for the push ups and pull ups we had to do everydae for lunch and dinner. the worst was the turnout, which happened just a few hours ago... suffer like hell... the sirs and sergeants scold us like hell, do pumping until my hands tremble lor... make me on high alert for the whole night... arghh...

hmm... that's about all that happened for this week ba, since it's all lectures these 2 weeks... see ya next week then...

back again to my very own haven... somehow miss it a lot... these few weeks had been fine for me (at least for now)... i've been posted to become RP for now... tot it was a slacker job, but man i was super wrong. the course i'm attending now is super shiong (FDC- field defence course) everydae like can die one. to think that other RP course is 2 weeks, mine is like 3 months lor. very different from training in BMTC.

forgot to update my blog the last week cos got too much things to do, need to buy a lot of stuff for stand-by-universe (can die one)... my PS reminded me of the Orion PS David... got an air of aura one lor...lol

haiz... lots of stuff happened these few weeks, with the most impt being the range lor... i'm super sad lor cos i miss my marksmanship lor (along with the $200 prize money)... NS pay is very little le, now got a lesser source of income damn sad lor.. but i'll train my physical fitness cos still got IPPT, muz get gold this time round (another source of $200) for me... hehe...

Exercise Earthworm cuming soon le... dunno whether can survive or not lor... but no matter wat, still have to try my best to complete the course (no more recourse for me)... see ya for now... time to pack my field pack stuff for stand-by- universe le...

ps. my com still spoilt, beyond repair le.. so have to use the library com for now, my tagboard also cannot use cos here got filter lor... so if got any msg for me, can send to my email, friendster or sms me lor... buaiz for now...