went on a "national education" tour for standby today (maybe another form of instilling patrioism for the country). went around to see some of the historical monuments left after the world war 2. spend most of our time at kranji (wanted to go back from there but pc don't allow). saw the kranji war memorial once again (hmm... just how many times have i been to that place already i can't seem to remember). saw the tombstones once again.

somehow it reminded me of the "on the trail of the vanished song" literature trip in j2. so much in common (especially going to the bukit chandu to see our history). went almost to the same places, though the lit trip provided to be more insightful and more heartfelt inspirations. this again links to this once neglected topic of "the existence of my old blog"... kinda forgot wad it was like?

somehow that old blog captures my most vivid memories of my time in jc. wonder y i deleted it away the other time. haiz... can't realli remember much about the times at the haven study grp. been a long time since we gathered once again back to pj and cheong studies and play soccer at the rooftop. lol... memories are sweet afterall...

gtg le. need some help with the warcraft thingy, somehow cannot play dota one lor. haiz...

countdown: 4 more days to somebody's 21st...
14 more days to "Jewel in the Palace" on channel u....

back from slumberland... dunno y but somehow i have this veri bad feeling that i've been suffering from insonmia nowadays. can't really sleep at night. can't pinpoint the cause of all this. maybe i'm under some stress or wad i can't really confirm... but still kinda sleepy after all the sleep in camp...

watchin tv the past few days in camp cos we can't really find something else to do... after all no one is in the mood for merah sports day due to AA. there's plenty of movies to watch on channel 5 too during this weekend, so we all ended up getting chairs to sit in front of the tv watching "sweet november" and "evolution"...

p.s got my frozen throne le... can finally start playing dota at home le... hurray...

just realised that this is in fact my 50th post since this blog began... 50 may not be much to some, but quite a big achievement for someone who is extremely bad at writing. so this calls for a celebration... anyone for a outing? kinda forgot wad's the feeling of being outside of home and camp le ba...

not much happenings these few days... quite a hectic schedule in camp due to the recent AA event that is up near our camp (AA= Asian Aerospace). more things to do during our duty slots due to the increase in security level because of this event. most probably be staying home to catch some sleep before going back camp tmr. some more the GOH ppl all going out for drill training so extremely tough schedule for the rest of us...

off playing neopets (my only source of entertainment at hm)... going for a swim later, anyone interested? update again soon ( i hope)...

got my recruit haircut from the barber downstairs... kinda miss this kind of botak feeling. so refreshing sia... gonna be a short post for now since my com is kinda lagging cos of a unknown virus inside which i can't seem to get rid of... still trying hard to download some free anti virus software to counter all the spyware, trojans and virus in my com...

today's standby again a waste of time (though not as bad as the last time)... learnt quite a lot from sgt chin about gym training (after all he's a guardsman)... heard him tok about his extraordinary story which is a bit exaggerating ba... but in the end i still believed him ( so is this wad we call being naive?)... going to start my own physical training soon (for the sake of the money for the ippt). so i guess tough times going to up soon...

went played soccer for standby after that then can go home... so today is just another meaningless day ba...

like veri long never type a new post le... got lots of new experience being tried out the last few days. the most significant shd be going to MOS for the first time (first time go cheong with the merah ppl). was supposedly a merah outing though not everyone went cos it was like 10 plus at nite. decided to go with the rest there cos i didn't really wanted to go back home immediately after the stupid squadron nite thing (which was a huge kelong anyway cos teh winner for the singing com can't even sing btw). so went with the rest to club (first time and most probably the last time)...

gt quite a lot of ppl go ba (me, kao, weiyong, edwin, goh, daniel, xiaolongnu, spec, mg and gerald). was quite a bit impressed by the furnishing of the place though, veri classy and yet trendy i guess... the music was great, got lots of different sections where they play different kinds of music... since it was like last wed, it was wat the rest called "mambo nite" there was quite a crowd there. quite enjoyed myself there, but the after effects was quite great. my ears been ringing for from the damage from the loud music. but that's the kind of place it ought to be ba. dunno drink how much alcohol also cos i kept losing in the games... so in the end the told me i was actually quite high (though i dun have the faintest memory of wad i did there)...

wouldn't be going there for the time being ba... but indeed was an eye opener there... oops gtg le... going for some dinner at my uncle house... update again soon...

was on a feasting trip to tiong baru just now... saw the tiong baru temporary market for the first time (the one the tv always show got good food one). eat lots of stuff there with my bro after he delievered his bears to his customers. almost emptied out pockets trying out the different food available to us there. the food was veri much fantastic. so much better than the hawker centre food i usually eat. hope to go there some time again soon. still missing out on a lot more different kind there...

spend yesterdae nite doing some homework for my sis. did something interesting cos the homework is supposedly to change the lyrics of some song. changed the lyrics of jay's hei se mao yi into something a bit dumb. called "bai se yu yi". first attempt at song writing. so quite a good experience.

got my warcraft cd from penghui today too... all i need now is the frozen throne expansion then can start to play dota at home le. tot my com will lag from it, but i was wrong. everything was quite smooth sailing. original cd is guess is much better ba.

signing off soon... going to try to play the game first. booking in tmr le. v-day stuck in camp again...

went back to see how taekwondo training was like yesterdae nite. realised that it has indeed changed a lot since our time. too long never go back le ba, cos some how everything seem much foreign and unfamiliar. maybe excepts for the senior black belts, the rest are probably newcomers whom i have never seen before. saw yizhuang and my bro at tkd training at the cc... veri much wanted to join them but somehow dun have the same passion and enthusiam for it anymore. dunno the reason for it, maybe cos too long never train le (since i stopped in j2). the training no longer as tough as older times too. could be due to the large no. of small kids. (parents complain about everything lor). as yizhuang said, this is maybe the reason why even our chua-sir also seems uninterested to train us with tough training anymore.

saw nsy at cwp too after tkd session. never see her for like ages (since she stopped training when i was still in sec sch i think)... the legend hasn't been back after she gotten green ba... was quite an experience to just sit down there and tok about our old times at k-squad. haiz... really miss it a lot...

cocked up day today... currently spending my time alone at tampines library ( all the rest of the merah ppl fly kite on me cos i'm the only one who is not inside Guard-of-Honor) shit... if i knew it, i shouldn't have chosen to reject joining... haiz, it's retribution i guess, now all pangseh me. left me alone to rot at this library, waiting for time to pass so that i can go back for standby.didn't wan to stay in flight just now, so came out, only to realise here also got nothin to do...

the CO parade just ended, veri stupid parade i guess, all the things CO said was bad news, not a single good new lor... even tell us "there will be a lot of changes to improve on the proficiency of our RPs... the changes will be quite significant, but i do hope you all will be quick to adapt and take it with an open heart"... shit sia, confirm die this time liao. 2 more weeks then the GOH all pull out le... then that time only left me and teck to mount merah (maybe we also post out to some other alien shift)... everything is turning for the worse. haiz... should have joined the GOH lor. seems that i really regret my decision now.

later going back to base for standby. learning some fire-fighting stuff... stupid thing cos we're all wearing our no. 3 for the parade just now. no time to change or wad shit. haiz. the only merah guy going for standby. go there also confirm never listen to the lesson one. maybe pay attention to the fire extingusher stuff only.

p.s just now late for drill, name kenna taken down by OC and kenna scolded by RSM (though i was the earliest of the late-comers, but nevertheless still late) . this time round confirm is sign extra liao... just a matter of how many only...

the pjc open house was ok... not really that bad, but not veri good either... it's just ok... as an ex student, i dun really find it veri (and i mean veri) interesting. wasn't veri hype up (enthusiastic) like previous years... maybe except for the mass dance (of course). other than that, there wasn't much things for us to do... unless u call the sch tour an event. fancy asking an ex student to follow in the tour around the school... lol. (followed the tour for the sake of winning the free mountain bike in the lucky draw, but ended up cannot cos we can't show our ic to them if we win as it's the army one).

but saw lots of familiar faces back in sch, seems like most of my kranji band juniors all go join pjc lor. had a shock when i saw so many ppl there. maybe they all planned one lor. great to see most cos i haven't been in contact since i left the sch. saw most ppl still stuck in band. always tot they would be sick of it after 4 years in sec sch, guess i was wrong. let's see who i met there... gt ying siew, bing qin, shan shan, jason, amos. seems like only baoxin not in band only... basketball frends also quite a lot there also... the twins, john joseph and minshun all there also (student councillors some more)...

saw teachers also. too bad missed out on mr koh. saw him a lot of times but he always disappeared before i could reach him... seems to be that the teachers are still the same... missed out on my geo teachers also. haiz... maybe next time go back see them again ba.

saw peijun for the first time at the open house also... dunno whether she can recognise me or not...

going back to camp tmr le... hope someone faster msg me to go out, if not then rot at home le...

extremely bored today... been lying in bed for the last 3 hours trying to fall asleep but somehow i can't... maybe cos i slept too long le ba (been sleeping since 11pm yesterdae till now, abt 12 hrs of sleep). now waiting for 1pm before i make my way to cck to see the pjc open house. almost a year never go back le, wonder how much change there is, cos heard news that a lot teachers are gone le. maybe see if there is still anything i can still recognize or remember when i get back to sch again...

went out with section 2 ppl yesterdae... mainly me, andy, zzc and sm (since they are basically the only ones free since there are not from shift 3). haven seen sm for realli long, since he kenna posted out the last time... great time playing dota at bugis (though i newbie and kenna deaths like nobody's business like that)... went watch movie after that, the jet lee's "fearless". not a bad movie, the actions were cool, somehow made me wan to resume back my tkd training which i stopped since i was enlisted.... went out with my bro for his market research again at cwp after that cos i took his keys and he can't go home... so ended up walking around cwp looking for valentine's day gifts...

come to think of that, this year valentine day is confirmed spend alone again cos that day is duty day again. so stuck in camp once again. haiz... doesn't really matter much since i'll be at home that day even if i got no duty lor... no life... oops gtg le, off to cck for a game of pool before i go to the open house...

wanted to type this post yesterdae nite but gt too many ppl at my house (the com is rite in the middle of the living room) so a bit paiseh to be typing it in front of so many relatives...

3 more days for me to slack at home before i report back to camp again (currently anxious to find things to do and ppl to hang out with) seems to me that once sch starts, there will be little free time for the rest, so kenna sort of confine at home (voluntary confinement). but realli damned bored for now... looking forward to going out with baoloon later (he's the only one left who is either not in sch, or work, or still not recruited by the army)...

lots of relatives came yesterdae nite... so busy cleaning up the mess now since there is no one else at home... always tot yesterdae nite would be steamboat again, but my mum ended cooking all the food... the best is still wad i call "home-cooked shark fin" sia... gt the standard. lots of fun yesterdae watching some tv shows on channel 8... too bad my house gt no mahjong set. if not will end up like last time at my relative house, going home at midnight again...


just did a test called "What Age do you act?"

You Are 20 Years Old

20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.

What Age Do You Act?

whew... always tot i wasn't really behaving like wad i ought to behave at my age. looks like i'm still normal after all...

happy chinese new year everyone... maybe the year of the dog be filled with lots of happiness and prosperity to all...

went straight for visits at my relatives' house after i book out for camp. quite a fruitful day cos i earned lots of ang paos (i guess it's kinda bad to be so practical) but i guess that's wad we call the benefits of being unmarried ba. still can collect a few more years of extra income before anything happens (like ended up marrying at a tender young age)... lol...

had steamboat these couple of days... the most interesting and unforgettable is of course the merah steamboat (a tradition that has beem there since ages ago?) still remember vividly the last steamboat we had that time. almost ate until our stomachs blew up that time. so this time round we bought less food (after all there is only 8 ppl eating cos daniel att C at the last moment)... dunno wad boon teck they all bought also... they claimed the most expensive food is actually eggs lor (worth $2 the most ba)... tot surely gt not enough food that we almost rationed it (each person entitled to 2 hotdog, 2 crabstick, 500ml of soft drinks, a bit stupid also)... but ended up with more food again... though not as much as the last time, so i guess it's not waste of food ba...

today basically the same. went to meet some relatives that we only visit once a year... first time see my long-lost cousins of the extended family. hmm... didn't know there were actually nieces of my age group sia...always tot the family full of sons one...veri surprised. but too shy to go tok to them also... maybe next year can see them again ba... hopefully that time got more guts le lor...

kk... got to end le... happy chinese new year everyone...

extremely exhausting day today... it is the family tradition to help out at my mum's shop during every cny period (except last year when i was out working at ntuc). this year is no different, hard work and lack of sleep accompany most of us. after staying awake looking after the shop yesterdae nite, i pretty fatigued. but still have to post this before i go catch some sleep and wake up later to help out at the shop again...

super busy time of the year at my mum's shop... a good sign of the celebrative mood at the neighbourhood... but somehow this year is not that "in the mood" like previous years... still remembered when i was young, there used to be lots of celebrations at my neighbourhood. somehow these are missing the last couple of years... dunno y also... but nevertheless it's still the occassion for celebrations...

cny eve and cny will be spent in camp (as predicted)... wonder wad activities will be installed this year? not a single clue... maybe except for the steamboat dinner in camp ba (the usual merah tradition).most likely end up watching more movies or tv ba...

finally finished watching the whole series of "Jewel in the palace" aka "Da Chang Jing"... fabulous show... after chionging the series for so many mounts, it's finally over and done with... this show is seemingly addictive (seems like i dun mind watching it over again)... really gives a good view of korean history... i guess that's all for now... time to get some sleep again... happy chinese new year to all...

seems like the flu virus is quite rampant nowadays... a lot of ppl around me has fallen sick (including me)... been having these flu-like symptoms for a few days le, with no sign of recovering... now typing this post in a semi-conscious state (feeling veri giddy rite now) so i guess i'll keep this veri short... maybe see doc later to get att C ba... then can skip duty for tmr... for now, i'll just pop a few pandadol and go sleep again... see ya for now...

p.s: yuting if u see this post (which i doubt so, but just in case)... happy 17th birthday... may all ur wishes come true... do remember to come online soon...

back frm my grandma house... did something which i found to be extremely interesting to me - cooking... since my grandma was a bit sick , i decided to take this chance to learn and gather some cooking experience (maybe going to read up more cookery books soon enough)... realise that cook is such a fun and practical skill, after the veri bad experience in home econs in sec2, this is perhaps the first time i touched the wok again... a big step forward for me sia... (veri soon can start to ask penghui to sign up for cooking class together)...

received a mail from nus yesterdae... seems that the letter shd be here long time but dunno how cum it was delayed... haiz... reminded me of the impt decision again le... shd i still remain in nus fass or change course leh? still veri much hestitant and undecided... some how been thinking if i stay in fass, i'll still be troubled as to which course to take (after all don't really feel that teaching is athe right career for me) for practical reasons, maybe changing course would be better... but change to wad? maybe go take up comms studies in ntu or take up business in nus...haiz... after the failed attempt for the USP last year... i remain undecisive... still gt 2 more mths to go before applications start... guess i have to start thinking about it over again...

btw... also received a mail from mindef regarding credits to take up new courses... went to check on the net for the choices available, only to realise the credits given can only allow me to sign up for only 1... so maybe i might use it to learn a new conversational language (most likely to be French)... so now waiting for the credits to come so that i can apply for it... i guess i'll be having a tight learning schedule for 2006...

kinda miss home for now (after being stuck in camp for the past one week all because of the stupid confinement given by my oc...) cannot really blame him totally also cos it is partially my fault (so maybe i do deserve that 02 x confinement given to me).... cos i never really check properly wad the contractor wrote on the key press book and countersigned it... haiz... but the fault is a bit retarded also... kenna confined just because i never check that the contractor never write clearly on the book (he just scribbled something in it)...

the security audit is still on... the admin part of it is over and i guess our merah side kenna a lot of trouble because of the books sia... maybe that's why oc and rsm like so irritated and gave our spec a very bad scolding (which in turn affects us also)... but haiz... wad's done is already done, cannot undo anything also... hope that the punishments will be more lenient...

going to sleep soon... veri long never stay at home le... so maybe later go visit my grandma house...bye for now...

today standby is practically a waste of time... haiz... make me travel so far then in the end never do anything... basically the whole day just go there and wait for 2pm for the run then can book out le... waste my money going to and fro from camp.... today almost like rain the whole day again, so stuck at hm slacking...

yesterdae was payday so decided to go buy some clothes for CNY (though i'll most likely be stuck in camp on those days... so suay again) but dun care also, just wanted to do something outside home... wanted to just stay at cwp (trying to save some transport fee) but ended up going to jp (after much persuasion from penghui)... went around looking for clothes (while he go take a peek at some pj girl he met through some connections).... dunno spend like how long at jp cos he wanted to wait for the girl to send her home after work... so in the end me, my bro and weelun went off, only to see him in the mrt train mins later... haiz... waste our time lor...

went to cwp and bought some shirts at U2 ( the one we have seen for veri long but got no money to buy that time)... by then i guess quite late le so ended up going back hm (cos have to book in for the stupid standby) other than that, i guess that's all... now waiting to book in tmr for the security audit (die liao cos not enough ppl, so maybe going to recall some ppl back lor)...

wad is wrong with the weather these few days sia... keep on raining non-stop le lor... can't even see clear skies these days lor (cannot even go out lor)... haiz... managed to take leave yesterdae, hoping to go out but the weather not on my side, keep on raining cats and dogs, so ended up at home playing hitman again... a bit sick of it le cos cannot clear the mission lor... keep on stuck at the same level...

sianz sia... wanted to do something creative again yesterdae, so decided to upgrade on the collage i did a few weeks ago... but not really impressed by my sudden surge of inspiration... am i really losing my artistic self le ma? cannot really answer also...

some how i started thinking about the goals for the year again, wonder how many of it can be achieved? today seems like a thinking session again le lor... cos stuck at home also boring lor... haiz... today payday but got no place to spend... starting to fall sick soon... can sense the flu virus invading inside me le... so time for me to go, it's about time to start planning for another storyline le (but have to finish the 3 books of "Hu bian you ke xu yuan shu" first)...

just came back frm camp again... haiz... supposed to type this post yesterdae but ended up delaying this cos i kenna recalled back to cam this morning... haiz...seems that the camp got some trouble again... this time went back cos got some stupid fellow go and gate-crash our camp... in the end have to report back to camp to do some leftover clean-up... had to search through the entire camp for dunno wad thing also (just making sure that fellow doesn't leave anything behind ba)

it's still the "Da Chang Jing" serial craze again back at merah... decided to chiong through more of the vcds... it's quite good and exciting... maybe that's y i'm like starting to get addicted to it... no wonder always got so many ppl go watch korean serials... other than that not much thing le...
going to chiong through more of the vcds (secretly brought some of them back to watch with family)...be back soon...

just came back frm bbq at terence's house...couldn't really sleep so decided to blog...the bbq was great... had quite a shock cos got more ppl turned up then wad i expected... but then the same old gang were there too (as expected) but there were others like amanda, brenden and kenneth whom i haven see for such a long long time...

hmm... as usual with the 03SD ppl, we played the most fav game, mahjong... some how all of us are like mahjong freaks... craving for more everytime we met for bbq lor... the only drawback today was the heavy rain, which caused us to stop our barbecueing for quite a long period (we played mahjong of course during this period...) but ended up eating not much... esp me cos i was on such a high mood (partially from the alcohol and from the consecutive wins in mahjong)....

but the most surprising is still meeting amanda once again, didn't really believe wad qijun said at first, but i guess she really changed a lot after her stay in the US... wonder if going overseas make u like more foreign with the rest le ma? but still glad i'm able to see her b4 she leaves again this fri (which i'll be in camp most likely)... but after that, i think i had a great time there (with all the entertainment provided by some ppl we met at the bbq)... lol, yong dai kenna "sian" by "chiobu" lor...hehe...