choonpeng--
[noun]:
An alien
xia will probably be laughing her heads off when she sees this. arghhh...
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
i'm so totally hooked on kingdom hearts 2 & sudoku.
it's either due to changes in the duty slots that i have more free time then before, or there seems to be a new craze going around in merah. everyone's seems to be totally engrossed with the kingdom hearts game that they can actually forgo our all-time favourite PS2 game, winning eleven 9.
other than this particular game, there is something else that made my day intellectually-fulfilling,the sudoku puzzle. it is such a good way to workout my semi-conscious brain as well as a good time waster. before you know it, almost half the day is gone trying to solve this sudoku puzzle.
but that's only in-camp activity. i still need to find stuff to do outside. haiz, the da vinc movie is out already and i haven't even watch it yet (so much for planning beforehand, now penghui couldn't watch it with me). anyone wanna watch it together?
it's either due to changes in the duty slots that i have more free time then before, or there seems to be a new craze going around in merah. everyone's seems to be totally engrossed with the kingdom hearts game that they can actually forgo our all-time favourite PS2 game, winning eleven 9.
other than this particular game, there is something else that made my day intellectually-fulfilling,the sudoku puzzle. it is such a good way to workout my semi-conscious brain as well as a good time waster. before you know it, almost half the day is gone trying to solve this sudoku puzzle.
but that's only in-camp activity. i still need to find stuff to do outside. haiz, the da vinc movie is out already and i haven't even watch it yet (so much for planning beforehand, now penghui couldn't watch it with me). anyone wanna watch it together?
Friday, May 19, 2006
"Mr Palomar thinks, imagining himself a bird.'It is only after you have come to know the surface of things,' he concludes, 'that you venture to seek what is underneath. But the surface is inexhaustible."
-From the terrace, Mr Palomar
found this fantastic book during a random search in the library while waiting for penghui last sun. titled Mr Palomar by Italo Calvino, this collection of short stories completely captured my utmost attention for this past week. the beauty of this book lies in its ability to bring across sophisticated themes with ease and clarity.
short stories like The blackbird's whistle, The contemplation of the stars, Serpents and skulls, The world looks at the world (just to name a few), brings across many expandable themes that allows existentially-starved people (like me) to have a very different approach to understanding more about ourselves and the world.
Daily experiences can be a very important factor in trying to formulate (or rather, to come up with) your own notion of your existence. after all, such "life" questions are often subjective. probing into existentialism appears to be quite futile, but there are times when i can be enlightened, bringing my mind closer to my heart.
the relationship between the self and the world is complex, and i'm dying to know more about it, even though what i learnt is just the "inexhaustible surface".
-From the terrace, Mr Palomar
found this fantastic book during a random search in the library while waiting for penghui last sun. titled Mr Palomar by Italo Calvino, this collection of short stories completely captured my utmost attention for this past week. the beauty of this book lies in its ability to bring across sophisticated themes with ease and clarity.
short stories like The blackbird's whistle, The contemplation of the stars, Serpents and skulls, The world looks at the world (just to name a few), brings across many expandable themes that allows existentially-starved people (like me) to have a very different approach to understanding more about ourselves and the world.
Daily experiences can be a very important factor in trying to formulate (or rather, to come up with) your own notion of your existence. after all, such "life" questions are often subjective. probing into existentialism appears to be quite futile, but there are times when i can be enlightened, bringing my mind closer to my heart.
the relationship between the self and the world is complex, and i'm dying to know more about it, even though what i learnt is just the "inexhaustible surface".
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Crazy Peng and his "zai cai fan" crew is out to terrorize the town once again with their ever-contagious laughters and exaggerated actions. This time round, the team headed to Lot 1, where it's closer to home ( loyal fan popularity remains the highest)...
our first destination at our Lot 1 tour started out at the foodcourt on the 4th floor (near to the library). there, we had to fill up our hungry tummies (or is it just me?) to get all the energy we need for the latter performance at k-pool.
played pool to a 'live' audience is indeed much different then at marina because there was a large group of people around, and so gave more publicity to our group. lin's laughter remains the centre of attraction.
i don't know whether it's just pure luck or they were secretly training at home since their last defeat at marina (their first time playing pool), because their skills were exceptional. Maybe it's just me and zhiqin off-form because we can't seem to be able to hit the ball into the hole. Missed out a lot of chances which inevitably led to my final loss in the game to xia.
seems that xia's prophecy came true today. I really lost. arghhh, though i had to admit it. Luck appears not to be on my side (or perhaps xia got some supernatural influence coming from the next table?).lol.
took our favourite neoprints after that. this time round i'm transformed into another imaginary character (again). lin rebuked that only my face suits the 'old man' image (but i feel that i almost fit the bill for all kinds of extraordinary people). pics will be up soon on my friendster account.
(includes the photos taken at the merlion park the last time).
gtg. missed out on my 8-hours sleep schedule again... fatigued but enjoyable. need to meet up again soon (sentosa or zoo?)...
our first destination at our Lot 1 tour started out at the foodcourt on the 4th floor (near to the library). there, we had to fill up our hungry tummies (or is it just me?) to get all the energy we need for the latter performance at k-pool.
played pool to a 'live' audience is indeed much different then at marina because there was a large group of people around, and so gave more publicity to our group. lin's laughter remains the centre of attraction.
i don't know whether it's just pure luck or they were secretly training at home since their last defeat at marina (their first time playing pool), because their skills were exceptional. Maybe it's just me and zhiqin off-form because we can't seem to be able to hit the ball into the hole. Missed out a lot of chances which inevitably led to my final loss in the game to xia.
seems that xia's prophecy came true today. I really lost. arghhh, though i had to admit it. Luck appears not to be on my side (or perhaps xia got some supernatural influence coming from the next table?).lol.
took our favourite neoprints after that. this time round i'm transformed into another imaginary character (again). lin rebuked that only my face suits the 'old man' image (but i feel that i almost fit the bill for all kinds of extraordinary people). pics will be up soon on my friendster account.
(includes the photos taken at the merlion park the last time).
gtg. missed out on my 8-hours sleep schedule again... fatigued but enjoyable. need to meet up again soon (sentosa or zoo?)...
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
"Sea Soldiers" as they called it in the April's issue of Pioneer.
at last, these Regimental Policemen (RPs) in the naval bases can shake off their "poorly portrayed" image with the creation of a new identity, the Base Defence Squadron. Somehow, there are uncanny similarities between them and us (still called RPs) in our Field Defence Squadron, both in terms of our training and our job scope.
adapted from the Pioneer magazine (specially shortened for easy understanding),
The Regimental Policeman is one of those misunderstoond vocations. Sure it's not as physically challenging as other more 'glamorous' vocations, but it is nowhere as 'cushy' as some people feel.
For a start, it is a challenge to be awake, alert and all alone while the rest of the world is asleep, doing either sentry duty or 24-hour foot and mobile patrols...
It doesn't help that some people have an impression that RPs have an easy life (all they do is stand next to the scanners and metal detectors and check bags and passes, then they go home), which is not the real case.
Combat-fit RPs double as base defenders, trained to protect key installations by setting up fortifications like wire obstacles and gun emplacements, and are proficient in handling and firing various weapons and operational skills - just like any other soldier.
After all, the typical RP's 6 weeks session is nowhere comparable to our 3 mth fdc. what we learn during the course followed by the 3 weeks on-job-training (OJT) is constantly tested out in various tests and exercises, some even weekly. So it is saddening to hear from people that RPs are slack. What we do may be different from other units, but that does not neccessarily meant that our standards are comparatively lower. It is just that we adhere to different sets of rules.
Our counterparts in the navy can now correct this deeply-rooted misconception (as well as getting the additional $150 pay), when will it be our turn in the air force?
at last, these Regimental Policemen (RPs) in the naval bases can shake off their "poorly portrayed" image with the creation of a new identity, the Base Defence Squadron. Somehow, there are uncanny similarities between them and us (still called RPs) in our Field Defence Squadron, both in terms of our training and our job scope.
adapted from the Pioneer magazine (specially shortened for easy understanding),
The Regimental Policeman is one of those misunderstoond vocations. Sure it's not as physically challenging as other more 'glamorous' vocations, but it is nowhere as 'cushy' as some people feel.
For a start, it is a challenge to be awake, alert and all alone while the rest of the world is asleep, doing either sentry duty or 24-hour foot and mobile patrols...
It doesn't help that some people have an impression that RPs have an easy life (all they do is stand next to the scanners and metal detectors and check bags and passes, then they go home), which is not the real case.
Combat-fit RPs double as base defenders, trained to protect key installations by setting up fortifications like wire obstacles and gun emplacements, and are proficient in handling and firing various weapons and operational skills - just like any other soldier.
After all, the typical RP's 6 weeks session is nowhere comparable to our 3 mth fdc. what we learn during the course followed by the 3 weeks on-job-training (OJT) is constantly tested out in various tests and exercises, some even weekly. So it is saddening to hear from people that RPs are slack. What we do may be different from other units, but that does not neccessarily meant that our standards are comparatively lower. It is just that we adhere to different sets of rules.
Our counterparts in the navy can now correct this deeply-rooted misconception (as well as getting the additional $150 pay), when will it be our turn in the air force?
Friday, April 28, 2006
the most tumultuous period of all times...
somehow this new mathematical formula managed to prove itself to be logical...
1 day book out= 24 hours
24 hours = 10am to 10am next day.
but...
late book out at 1200hrs= -2 hours.
early book in at 0700 hrs= -3 hours.
no bus before 7am= night before book 0000 hrs= -7 hours.
time travelled to and fro from camp= -3 hours.
total time wasted= -2 + -3+ -7+ -3= -15hours.
therefore...
1 day book out= 24 hrs -15hrs= 9hours.
(so what's the difference between 1 day off and time off?)
that's not all...
too much to be taken into account that i guess this is probably the only time when a illogical idea becomes a logical one.
so much changes to the system till i've lost total confidence in the upper management... no more comments for all this kind of stupid arrangement...
mostly likely to stay in camp almost everyday (as of this moment)... let's see... missing out on so much things because of this... haiz... no mood for any post also...
fav. quote of the month
"This is the final detailing. No changes will be entertained. Pls do not come and look for me"-PC
laughing at how idiotic i look... i'm a maths genius... lol...
somehow this new mathematical formula managed to prove itself to be logical...
1 day book out= 24 hours
24 hours = 10am to 10am next day.
but...
late book out at 1200hrs= -2 hours.
early book in at 0700 hrs= -3 hours.
no bus before 7am= night before book 0000 hrs= -7 hours.
time travelled to and fro from camp= -3 hours.
total time wasted= -2 + -3+ -7+ -3= -15hours.
therefore...
1 day book out= 24 hrs -15hrs= 9hours.
(so what's the difference between 1 day off and time off?)
that's not all...
too much to be taken into account that i guess this is probably the only time when a illogical idea becomes a logical one.
so much changes to the system till i've lost total confidence in the upper management... no more comments for all this kind of stupid arrangement...
mostly likely to stay in camp almost everyday (as of this moment)... let's see... missing out on so much things because of this... haiz... no mood for any post also...
fav. quote of the month
"This is the final detailing. No changes will be entertained. Pls do not come and look for me"-PC
laughing at how idiotic i look... i'm a maths genius... lol...
Monday, April 24, 2006
it's out finally....
the fishbone that is stuck in my throat for the last 72 hrs.
treatment list
10 dosage of fast-flowing drinking water.
10 dosage of hard-to-swallow cooked rice.
3 dosage of SFI fried chicken.
2 dosage of chocolate muffins, sandwich and other night snacks...
verdict: unsuccessful.
01 x dosage of chicken fantastic meal (upsized)
01 x unexpected scary bill + insulted as "money sucker" from delievery man
verdict: successful.
so the chicken fantastic meal does have it's own use...hehe...
the fishbone that is stuck in my throat for the last 72 hrs.
treatment list
10 dosage of fast-flowing drinking water.
10 dosage of hard-to-swallow cooked rice.
3 dosage of SFI fried chicken.
2 dosage of chocolate muffins, sandwich and other night snacks...
verdict: unsuccessful.
01 x dosage of chicken fantastic meal (upsized)
01 x unexpected scary bill + insulted as "money sucker" from delievery man
verdict: successful.
so the chicken fantastic meal does have it's own use...hehe...
Friday, April 21, 2006
my stomach hurts from all that laughing yesterday at the Merlion Park (is it the name of that place?) but that's not that important. what's far more important is that we attracted quite a lot of unneccessary attention from our rather "exaggerated" photo shots.
conducted a small gathering at town with the usual permanent members of the "za cai fan" (promptly set up unofficially as of yesterday night)... xia the lead singer, lin the pianist, zhiqin the drummer, and me the guitarist (though none of us had the slighest idea of the instruments we were playing). lol...
seems like the effects of the television is far-reaching and deeply etched in us. got crazy with shots depicting scenes from da chang jing, famous superstars and the more recent superband. perhaps it's the reason why we attracted so much attention (or it was lin's unstoppable laughter?).
did quite a lot of walking and eating too. indecisive in nature, we couldn't decide on where to go for lunch. apparently stuck due to the overwhelming numbers of restaurants there at MS that we ended up at a place least expected (the food court at sc). arghhh. 2 hours of deep thought and this is all we could come up with. it appears that we need to do more street surveying very soon.
lin claimed to be cheated of her money when she bought something that wasn't really that mouth-drooling (but the sizzling lamb teppanyanki was). that was the start of the makan tour that fetches us all the way to.... ....
(xia: what's the name of the place we eat the hokkien mee, carrot cake and chay kueh tiao?)
but nevertheless the food there was much better and brought up the atmosphere for the latter programmes.
oops... missed out on the hilarious pool session. just had to blog this down cause it is so funny to see newbies playing pool. can't imagine all the things they did. lol... wanted to take photos (photos again? of course) but the staff didn't allowed us to do so. even wanted xia to delete away all the photos taken. what a let-down... but we did enjoyed ourselves there. more options opened to us for our future meet-ups...
by the time we are totally done with all the photo-taking session, most of us were totally drained... that's about all (a book-out day well-spent).
conducted a small gathering at town with the usual permanent members of the "za cai fan" (promptly set up unofficially as of yesterday night)... xia the lead singer, lin the pianist, zhiqin the drummer, and me the guitarist (though none of us had the slighest idea of the instruments we were playing). lol...
seems like the effects of the television is far-reaching and deeply etched in us. got crazy with shots depicting scenes from da chang jing, famous superstars and the more recent superband. perhaps it's the reason why we attracted so much attention (or it was lin's unstoppable laughter?).
did quite a lot of walking and eating too. indecisive in nature, we couldn't decide on where to go for lunch. apparently stuck due to the overwhelming numbers of restaurants there at MS that we ended up at a place least expected (the food court at sc). arghhh. 2 hours of deep thought and this is all we could come up with. it appears that we need to do more street surveying very soon.
lin claimed to be cheated of her money when she bought something that wasn't really that mouth-drooling (but the sizzling lamb teppanyanki was). that was the start of the makan tour that fetches us all the way to.... ....
(xia: what's the name of the place we eat the hokkien mee, carrot cake and chay kueh tiao?)
but nevertheless the food there was much better and brought up the atmosphere for the latter programmes.
oops... missed out on the hilarious pool session. just had to blog this down cause it is so funny to see newbies playing pool. can't imagine all the things they did. lol... wanted to take photos (photos again? of course) but the staff didn't allowed us to do so. even wanted xia to delete away all the photos taken. what a let-down... but we did enjoyed ourselves there. more options opened to us for our future meet-ups...
by the time we are totally done with all the photo-taking session, most of us were totally drained... that's about all (a book-out day well-spent).
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Time really flies.
Today marks the end of the road for the shift 3 merah guys. They will soon be off for their Guard-of-Honor drill training from the next mount onwards, leaving only the (quite pathetic) crew of mr. pang and me. New ppl from east will soon be joining us but i (seriously) doubt we will have the kind of "telepathy" as before. Just hope that the rest of the days will be smooth sailing. I'm sick and tired of working the 2-10 slot again. As of next week, everything gonna change significantly...
Had our final steamboat at our second home on fri. i could still remember vividly the first steamboat we had. that time we were still new to the crew. could still imagine cpl. waikeong forcing us to fall in together with our bowls filled with food and eating it though our stomachs were extremely bloated. those were the fun times then...
Today also marks the day of promotion to corporal too. finally get the highest pay we can get throughout our ns lives ($510). Though it wasn't much compared to sgts and officers, but that's the best we can go. 10 mths more to ord. can't wait....
Was out at cwp with penguin and wl... all of us were bored at hm, but we didn't do anything much cause they had to book in soon. went library as usual but i can't seem to find any more enthusiam in reading (someone complained that i studied too much , but i wish to re-emphaize that reading does not equate to studying, though it is usually misinterpretated)...
Saw jingmin on the way back. probably the first time i see her in real person. though we were both from pjc, i only know her through wholivesnearyou.com. sounds a bit pathetic, but i realise that's one of the ways i get to make friends...see whether can meet up again soon (since she just live a street away, if not then she wouldn't be found in wholivesnearyou )...
Came to realise that i have quite a lot of offs and leaves which i cannot clear until the GOH came back. was planning to make full use of it to do something different (like going overseas), but can't seem to find ppl to go with. maybe i have a strict criteria for making friends, which is probably the reason why i have that few "good" friends. sort of envious of ppl who can keep going overseas with friends... haiz...will anyone take pity on me and ask me out?
Going crazy at the 3-1 army life...arghhh....
Today marks the end of the road for the shift 3 merah guys. They will soon be off for their Guard-of-Honor drill training from the next mount onwards, leaving only the (quite pathetic) crew of mr. pang and me. New ppl from east will soon be joining us but i (seriously) doubt we will have the kind of "telepathy" as before. Just hope that the rest of the days will be smooth sailing. I'm sick and tired of working the 2-10 slot again. As of next week, everything gonna change significantly...
Had our final steamboat at our second home on fri. i could still remember vividly the first steamboat we had. that time we were still new to the crew. could still imagine cpl. waikeong forcing us to fall in together with our bowls filled with food and eating it though our stomachs were extremely bloated. those were the fun times then...
Today also marks the day of promotion to corporal too. finally get the highest pay we can get throughout our ns lives ($510). Though it wasn't much compared to sgts and officers, but that's the best we can go. 10 mths more to ord. can't wait....
Was out at cwp with penguin and wl... all of us were bored at hm, but we didn't do anything much cause they had to book in soon. went library as usual but i can't seem to find any more enthusiam in reading (someone complained that i studied too much , but i wish to re-emphaize that reading does not equate to studying, though it is usually misinterpretated)...
Saw jingmin on the way back. probably the first time i see her in real person. though we were both from pjc, i only know her through wholivesnearyou.com. sounds a bit pathetic, but i realise that's one of the ways i get to make friends...see whether can meet up again soon (since she just live a street away, if not then she wouldn't be found in wholivesnearyou )...
Came to realise that i have quite a lot of offs and leaves which i cannot clear until the GOH came back. was planning to make full use of it to do something different (like going overseas), but can't seem to find ppl to go with. maybe i have a strict criteria for making friends, which is probably the reason why i have that few "good" friends. sort of envious of ppl who can keep going overseas with friends... haiz...will anyone take pity on me and ask me out?
Going crazy at the 3-1 army life...arghhh....
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
busy learning magic tricks...
whew... luckily zhiyang finally won the css com... our whole merah was apparently going crazy by the fact that renfred is leading in terms of calls when we were watching it...
looking forward now to superband... the star search continues...
(troubled over which show to follow-up on... "so u think u can dance" or "superband" ? )
whew... luckily zhiyang finally won the css com... our whole merah was apparently going crazy by the fact that renfred is leading in terms of calls when we were watching it...
looking forward now to superband... the star search continues...
(troubled over which show to follow-up on... "so u think u can dance" or "superband" ? )
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
fdc nightmare is back...
can't believe that i've slacken so much that i can't even tahan the "choo" ippt training like old times... maybe really too long never exercise le (after all it is quite difficult to resist the temptation from "merah shopping centre" and changi v) but somehow still cannot grow fat despite the consistent effort...
*muscles aching all over my body*
so probably skipping the swim later... off with dotA-ing (once again, as usual).
can't believe that i've slacken so much that i can't even tahan the "choo" ippt training like old times... maybe really too long never exercise le (after all it is quite difficult to resist the temptation from "merah shopping centre" and changi v) but somehow still cannot grow fat despite the consistent effort...
*muscles aching all over my body*
so probably skipping the swim later... off with dotA-ing (once again, as usual).
Friday, March 24, 2006
feels kinda weird that i haven't been writing for so long... makes me realli wonder whether my life is indeed that meaningless. but did something different today so just wanna type it here...
our PC going to go off to shift 2 le... a bit sad though cos he is realli one of the best PCs left around (veri easy to get offs from him). his replacement seems to be one of the new PCs that just passed out from ocs, probably from our batch one ba. dunno wat they are like but i can guess there cannot be compared with our current one...
as such, today is also our last standby together as a shift (though most of the GOHs were not present) but nevertheless we quite enjoyed our time at sentosa. playing soccer and seeing at things we all enjoy seeing. but in the end most ppl all smoke out halfway, so can feel that our PC was a bit disappointed. dunno how come these ppl like that also. our PC did so much for us but they can't even like sense it lor... haiz...
went play pool after that cos there wasn't many ppl left and nuthin much to do also. school day ba. left siloso beach in the mid afternoon and went slack around, eating minced meat noodles for a stall in a shopping centre in doby ghaut (can't remember the shop name but the noodles quite good sia)... most of the ppl playing pool all pro. must have been gaining quite a lot of experience point from playing billards. so in the end kenna thrashed like nobody business. too noob le ba...
that's about all for now... going swimming soon... it's back to camp day tmr... hurray (in a veri dispirited mood)...
our PC going to go off to shift 2 le... a bit sad though cos he is realli one of the best PCs left around (veri easy to get offs from him). his replacement seems to be one of the new PCs that just passed out from ocs, probably from our batch one ba. dunno wat they are like but i can guess there cannot be compared with our current one...
as such, today is also our last standby together as a shift (though most of the GOHs were not present) but nevertheless we quite enjoyed our time at sentosa. playing soccer and seeing at things we all enjoy seeing. but in the end most ppl all smoke out halfway, so can feel that our PC was a bit disappointed. dunno how come these ppl like that also. our PC did so much for us but they can't even like sense it lor... haiz...
went play pool after that cos there wasn't many ppl left and nuthin much to do also. school day ba. left siloso beach in the mid afternoon and went slack around, eating minced meat noodles for a stall in a shopping centre in doby ghaut (can't remember the shop name but the noodles quite good sia)... most of the ppl playing pool all pro. must have been gaining quite a lot of experience point from playing billards. so in the end kenna thrashed like nobody business. too noob le ba...
that's about all for now... going swimming soon... it's back to camp day tmr... hurray (in a veri dispirited mood)...
Monday, March 20, 2006
Thursday, March 16, 2006
it is becoming quite a hassle to think of things to write for the blog le. can't pinpoint the apparent reason for this change of attitude too... maybe becos i'm quite sick and tired to repeating the same old monotonous and endless cycle of watching vcds in camp to sleeping during standbys to slacking and rotting at home when i dismount.
need some fun and thrill in my life... after all i finally understood that my youth is being drained away slowly, bit by bit from the army lifestyle... gonna find more things to do before i rot to death from both physical slacking and also mental degrading...
as such, i doubt there will be less recent posts here. probably write when i have an inspiration to write or when i do something that is less "routine". however will still be visiting this blog often to check on the "almost dead" tagboard. which is another reason why i find this blogging more and more of a "cycle" too. arghhh...
somehow i have this bad feeling that my english is de-proving at a accelerating rate... need to read up more books again... classical greek mythology here i come...
need some fun and thrill in my life... after all i finally understood that my youth is being drained away slowly, bit by bit from the army lifestyle... gonna find more things to do before i rot to death from both physical slacking and also mental degrading...
as such, i doubt there will be less recent posts here. probably write when i have an inspiration to write or when i do something that is less "routine". however will still be visiting this blog often to check on the "almost dead" tagboard. which is another reason why i find this blogging more and more of a "cycle" too. arghhh...
somehow i have this bad feeling that my english is de-proving at a accelerating rate... need to read up more books again... classical greek mythology here i come...
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Saturday, March 11, 2006
finally back from camp... sometimes i do really wish that there was enough ppl to share the burden of all the extra duty slots... super shacked by the fact that i spent more than half the time on duty (approximately 30++hrs for the past 2 days...) gonna faint soon i guess... arghhh help needed over here...
went back to camp immediately after meeting with xia, lin, zq and edwin for lin's belated birthday celebration (kinda late though, but still there is an effort made) a big pity that mild is overseas for internship? i dun really noe... but all i noe is that i was almost late to report back to camp cos there was a traffic jam at changi v there...
anyway, we went for some buffet at cineleisure, wasn't really sure wat's the name of that shop (is it yuki yaki or yaki yuki?)... but we had quite a lot of fun there playing with ice cream on wad i called the cold plate (duh)... pardon me but i'm sort of a mountain tortoise so i dun really noe wad that thingy really is... gave her the present (9-1 hair styling set) and a pretty white daisy (fresh from the fridge)... and xia, if u got see this, that is not ur idea totally k? i also got help to choose the flower ok? lol...
went back to camp and did my duty straightaway since there was really not enough ppl and we need to train the new ASLCs... tough time for us... so most of us were pretty fatigued in the end... some more the next day the rest need to go for drill practice... shift 4 wasn't there to help cos they were out doing marshalling that morning... they more worst than us cos, that time after we took over, their vehicle broke down halfway and couldn't return back to camp till 12 plus midnight and then they had to do their job at 7 the next morning...
yesterday the ASLCs finally completed their OJT... so we were quite happy (most of them proved to be promising new specs)... lol... evil plans up my sleeves when they come to merah the next time...
that's all for now... need to rush to boon lay to meet wl to go to the ntu open house... maybe meet some old classmates there also...
went back to camp immediately after meeting with xia, lin, zq and edwin for lin's belated birthday celebration (kinda late though, but still there is an effort made) a big pity that mild is overseas for internship? i dun really noe... but all i noe is that i was almost late to report back to camp cos there was a traffic jam at changi v there...
anyway, we went for some buffet at cineleisure, wasn't really sure wat's the name of that shop (is it yuki yaki or yaki yuki?)... but we had quite a lot of fun there playing with ice cream on wad i called the cold plate (duh)... pardon me but i'm sort of a mountain tortoise so i dun really noe wad that thingy really is... gave her the present (9-1 hair styling set) and a pretty white daisy (fresh from the fridge)... and xia, if u got see this, that is not ur idea totally k? i also got help to choose the flower ok? lol...
went back to camp and did my duty straightaway since there was really not enough ppl and we need to train the new ASLCs... tough time for us... so most of us were pretty fatigued in the end... some more the next day the rest need to go for drill practice... shift 4 wasn't there to help cos they were out doing marshalling that morning... they more worst than us cos, that time after we took over, their vehicle broke down halfway and couldn't return back to camp till 12 plus midnight and then they had to do their job at 7 the next morning...
yesterday the ASLCs finally completed their OJT... so we were quite happy (most of them proved to be promising new specs)... lol... evil plans up my sleeves when they come to merah the next time...
that's all for now... need to rush to boon lay to meet wl to go to the ntu open house... maybe meet some old classmates there also...
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
back from HOOTERS for our FDS anniversary... didn't expect much fun and activity from all these army events (wanted veri to smoke out from this thingy halfway but couldn't)...
located in clarke quay, this shophouse looks like the typical English pubs all along the s'pore river... eat quite a lot since it's all part of the buffet... so ended staying till the whole lucky draw is over and CO allowed us all to leave...
veri tired today sia... not enough sleep for the past few days le... cos busy doing extra duties as well as training the new batch of specs for OJT... tmr need to book in at night cos of shortage of ppl... so gonna sleep soon...
located in clarke quay, this shophouse looks like the typical English pubs all along the s'pore river... eat quite a lot since it's all part of the buffet... so ended staying till the whole lucky draw is over and CO allowed us all to leave...
veri tired today sia... not enough sleep for the past few days le... cos busy doing extra duties as well as training the new batch of specs for OJT... tmr need to book in at night cos of shortage of ppl... so gonna sleep soon...
Saturday, March 04, 2006
(pls note. the post below will be extremely wad i called to be extremely "kimcheng". do spend some time to ponder over it)
"It is easy to forget that it was dreams that led you to where you are now" - Bill Beham
"It is easy to forget that it was dreams that led you to where you are now" - Bill Beham
seems like i'm at this crossroad of my life journey once again. wasn't very sure whether the path that is laid out in front of me is the one i'm destined to follow. or perhaps i dun even wan to follow wad was supposedly laid out (dictated by others). i wan to create my own path, though it may be an ardous travel, it may prove to be much more fruitful and meaningful. but again, i'm quite scared to take that first step cos i noe, this veri first step is perhaps the most difficult of all.
it is easy to wan to forget all my lofty ambitions and dreams and not have the courage to step out into the unkown territories for the world ahead is a dark, dark place (though i wish to cheat myself that it is all part of my childish fairytale world). there are always thoughts of giving up and remain in that comfort zone which i have found familiarity, solace and confidence. but another part always wishes to venture more, to know more about anything and everything.
i'm veri confused now. which is the "correct" path that i should be heading towards?
perhaps i need more time to think it over again (maybe 1 year is indeed not enough...)
many thoughts are running in my head, arghh... philosophical stuff exploding inside my mind... maybe i can go write a thesis for it... lol (have this tingling feeling this pathetic joke of mine is not calming me down at all)
Friday, March 03, 2006
movie marathon at merah yesterdae. was quite bored in camp since there wasn't anything new for us to do then. so went out to rent some vcds to watch and accidentally spent the next 12 hours watching a whole pile of movies. started about 12 in the afternoon and sat in front of the tv, totally focused on the movie marathon.
most of the movies were quite waad i called "cheapo" movies, meaning that it isn't quite worthwhile spending the money and also time (though we had plenty of it then)... mixture of korean and english films... started with a local film about some vietnamese bride issue, then followed by the korean film "marrying the mafia", "flightplan", "volcano high", "S diary", "Curse of lola"and finally "the heirloom"... cheapo shows (we calculated it to be 80c per movie per pax). lol...
lin's birthday is tmr, but somehow there doesn't seem to be any plans for celebration...haiz...
most of the movies were quite waad i called "cheapo" movies, meaning that it isn't quite worthwhile spending the money and also time (though we had plenty of it then)... mixture of korean and english films... started with a local film about some vietnamese bride issue, then followed by the korean film "marrying the mafia", "flightplan", "volcano high", "S diary", "Curse of lola"and finally "the heirloom"... cheapo shows (we calculated it to be 80c per movie per pax). lol...
lin's birthday is tmr, but somehow there doesn't seem to be any plans for celebration...haiz...
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
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....
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....
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