Tuesday, July 31, 2007

And so it ended.

Thanks for all the well wishes.

Much appreciated.

And so on the 31st.

So here I was, walking from the train station on my way home when this random thought just kinda flew past in my mind.

As THEY (the infamous THEY, whom I think everyone ought to know) say, children are debt chasers from your previous life. So having children is actually paying back the debt that you owed them from previously.

So my point here is, if the couple is unable to have any kids, is that a good sign that they led such blessed life from previously and they owe no one nothing? Or the couple ought to be sad that they are unable to have little kids of their own whom they can share their love with? Of course, the trouble about bringing up kids is another issue which we shall not look at at the moment.

Personally I feel that there is a plan laid out for everyone. Things that are bound to happen in your life, it will. It is just a matter of time. Rather than trying too hard, why not just relax and let nature take its course.

Oh wells. Another senseless and pointless entry I suppose. :)

And today will be just like any other day. Nothing special. (:



Before I leave, let me leave you with something that I came across recently:

" You are not being punished, you just haven't been rewarded yet."

Sunday, July 29, 2007

80 *edited with pix*

Hi peeps.

First of all, thank you 2047 for the little pleasent surprise on Thursday. I am surprised that anyone actually remember or even know about it. But nvm la, since I am not very particular about such things. :)

Friday is book shopping day. Had to expend my vouchers you see. Dinner with Mel at Food Republic before heading to cycling.

I met KH at Bishan before making our way down to ECP to meet the rest of the gang. Luckily the weather was on our side for the entire night. Met the rest, rented their bikes and we headed down to the other side of the park to find some of our friends who were being group leaders for the sports camp. And also, we had to kill time while waiting for Clemz. So he finally came and we started the night heading into town!

We went to Zouk! Haha. Passing by the clubbing area along the Singapore river, we encountered many people who were just done having fun for the night. And boy!! It was damn a bloody awful sight to see girls wasted la! Puking like nobody's business, and not the mention the potential 'danger' that they have played themselves into the arms of unknown strangers who are all too glad to lend a helping hand. I am sure you know what I mean.

Honestly, the sight of any wasted girl is enough for guys to relook at them in a different light. To quote my friend," seeing them wasted ah, is an immediate drop from heaven to hell. Don't care how zai they are, the image is forever gone la. Chui." And I can't help but agree. I mean you can go have fun and enjoy for all you like, but PLEASE learn how to take care of yourself? It is that little something that you can at least do for yourself.

And boy it was a night of cam whoring for us! Haha. Not to mention, the endless food stops that we made. Fast food and Beancurd at Geylang! How sinful. We toured Geylang a bit also. Exploring the infamous night life of it, and checking out the girls along the way. I really must say, the 2 extremes are represented there. Ok I will stop before I let go of something more crude.

So the entire night was spent exploring the lesser travelled places that we would otherwise not go to. Night cycling like this is damn fun la! Esp with the correct crowd. Can't wait for the next one at the end of the year. We will probably head west this time.

At the end of it, it is not the aching asses or sleepy heads that was the highlight, it was all the ridiculous thingys that we would never imagine we would do! All in all, I clock 80+ km in distance. Not too bad a ride, but it will be even better next time! Hahha

Looking retarded on the bike.

We are no winners.

See what?

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I made them do the SMU jump!

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That is a lot of Newater!

Emo

I like this fellowing series.


Waking from my slumber, I went to Kino again. Cos there are still vouchers to use before the expiry! So all in all, 8 new books in a span of 3 days! Yay! But having or not the time to enjoy them is another thing.

Alright folks. Captain's Ball game later. Boy we really want the 1st and 2nd prize! Haha Time to hit the sack. Nites peeps.



Photos will be up once I get them from the photographer. Hahha.
Oh and did I mention I think I should open a photography studio? Haha, nvm if you dont get it. Inside joke. Haha.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Shagu

This is going to be a rather shag week for me.

Meeting the LTB peeps for dinner on Thursday.

Followed by meeting the Cdo gang for night cycling on Friday. We are planning to cycle from ECP to the town area. Perhaps also to pay a visit to Vivo City and Mount Faber. But it will be a little shag I guess. Cos not all of them ride a lot and it might get a bit too shag for them. Nonetheless, cdo always have the ‘never say die’ attitude, so I have absolute fate in them. Haha. The backup plan is actually to cycle to Geylang for supper and some ‘sight seeing’ late in the night. Hahah.

Following that, there is the cross team chalet at NSRCC, that which I have not decided if I want to go or not. Cycling will end early Sat morning, plus returning the bikes and stuff, I’ll probably get home at around 10am. The chalet’s checking in timing is 1400 I think. So yeah, the timing is a bit tight. I don’t want to go there and be a zombie la! Though not going I’ll feel bad. Since I have already missed out so much of the activities.

BUT there is also the captain’s ball competition on Sunday with James and the cdo gang again. OMFG. Totally draining la.

HOW HOW HOW????? Sigh. … ..

Well I guess I will survive all the activities if I decide to go for the chalet. The deadline for confirming the attendance is tmr night. But I will do so as soon as I complete this post.

Oh ya, and did I mention Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is not too bad a read? Go borrow the book or something if you can. Based on true happenings, but written in a form of a story.

I hope I can finish all my unfinished books that I have bought before the school term starts. Cos once that is here, it is the start of another vicious cycle on school. No time for anything else other then work work work and more work.

As I am typing this post here, I am in the Starbucks of Vivo City. And the Wireless@SG network simply refuses to cooperate with me. Despite having a 4 bar reception, it doesn’t allow let me connect to the network. Oh well, never mind then, I will upload this when I get home later tonight.

Although my aim today is to come out and read, but the environment is not very conducive today, so I guess I won’t do any reading today lo. Sigh

Sunday, July 22, 2007

:)

Whenever you make somebody else happy, you will be happy also. Erh, of course there are exceptions la. But most of the time. Yups.

And those little toddlers never fail to make my day. That is of course before they turn into those monsters. They are now the closest to being in the perfect state of living. No stress from work, school and whatever nonsense yet. The day revolves around waking, eating, napping, more eating, making some noise, sleeping.

Treasure it while you can before you lose this privilege. Some things lost can never be recovered.

Potentially it.

That late night scroll in the park. The serenity and cool breeze. That heart to heart revalations. That little private moment to all but ourselves. Wish you were there...

10km won't seem that long when you are there. How we are encouraging and pushing each other to complete this short little run. All the filth and mud won't seem to matter anymore. That sweet little smile, or that "I am taking this seriously" look that you sport whenever I turn and look at you, never fails to lift my spirit and make me realise how lucky I am. Wish you were there...

ANYWAY...

The wave run was full of waves indeed. Waves of mud and dirt. Yucks. Another round of shoe washing. $#%@ Was ok overall I guess, but much can be improved. Logistic wise I see a pretty big screw up. Imagine you queueing up for your goodie bag, which took longer than the run itself for some people. WTF.




Forgive the rants above, they really meant nothing.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

2nd Week.

So here I am back from my 1st ICT cycle. It is damn fun la! Except perhaps some $#@% people lo. What's new man?

So I booked in early Monday morning and started the day with a run. A very relaxing run along the broad walk of Changi. And the rest of the day was spent refreshing and tying down our detachment sop drills. Amazingly, there isn't any stores to do for the next few days of outfield. Woots! CQ is damn power la!

Come Tuesday, it is the start of a 3d2n free and easy tour of Pulau Tekong. And we are staying in the 6* Hotel Patrol Base along Rocky Hill! Woots!! Taking the fast craft there, it seems really fast. Perhaps last time we were always too tired and doze off in it. That's why we never thought it is fast. Guess what? It rained!! Wahahhah, prophecy came true again. 3 Coy is the rain bringer. Remember the time when we were still chao recruits, we arrived on Tekong for our BMT field camp. Prior to that, Tekong has not rained for like 2 weeks. And upon setting foot there, it rained like nobody's business. And all the rained resulted in all the mud, and all the mud resulted in the turn out... Ok nvm, that is story for another time.

Yup so it rained. But ok la, was just a shower. So we did our drills and settled down rather early in the evening. Dinner time was picnic time. With the jelly beans, green tea, nutella, biscuit, breakfast bar... It hardly seems it is outfield at all. So the night was spent chatting under the stars on the lush green pasture and falling asleep. Tekong is really a good place for star gazing. But then again. Hahha. Wed was the highlight of the tour as there was a chance of going back camp that night! But before anything else, the rain came again. This time, it was rather wet. Sigh. Did out ambush and withdrew to the jetty. Then the news hit us that we cannot go back that night.

Surprisingly, we are not all disappointed and we never started bitching and moaning. We actually started cleaning our rifle, and cleaning it very seriously. I swear to you that the chances of you seeing what happened that night if we were NSF is absolutely ZERO. So come Thursday we returned to camp and settled the stores. And again, the speed at which these things are done are at light speed. So really NS Men are different from NSFs. I guess it is perhaps when we were NSF the timing wasn't really followed. Book out timing was usually 4 hrs after the stipulated, so we grew to couldn't care less as no matter how fast we did things, things never happen on time. But it is a totally different story for NS Men. 1730 meant 1730. So yup, the incentive is there.

Ok so we booked out to Settlers cafe at Katong. And then to this HK cafe opposite for dim sum supper before going back camp to play Monopoly. And boy it is Monopoly with a twist. One with the MnA of all parties till it is impossible to bankrupt someone as everyone has a share in somebody else's properties. So there u have it. We decided just to sleep at 0210 haha. Friday is Out Processing! Admin matters are never our favourite as they are always damn drag ass. So eventually Out Pro at 1551.

And there you have it, a very slack 1st in camp for me. 5 more to go. Sigh. Hah

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Sat, 140707, SMUX Mock Camp!

Arrgh! 0900 at Changi Beach! Wtf, I was just there yesterday la! So darn far. OK nvm. Back to the topic.

Mock camp got off to a start with the finale game. Wasn't too bad. Except for some improvements which we felt would make it much more fun! Then it is lunch at Changi V.

Made our way to KAP for the trekking segment of the camp. Same route as last year. But walking this year it seems so much shorter. But then again, it is damn MUDDY! No way to avoid!

Omg the mud!

At the tunnel entrance.

On the railway near Clementi.

But the stroll was alright la albeit humid. And we ended up at Pandan Reservoir again.

The CC, whose toilet we did not destroy. Not yet at least.

Block with some old school painting on it.

Biking route was a little different from last year. There isn't Jurong Hill! Sigh. The route is much easier this year. I guess the ice skating segment shld compensate for the view of Jurong Hill. Ending at JEC, we took the train back to school for debrief.

Bathed at the gym and supper at the prata place down Bencoolen st there. I knocked out soon after while the others played some games. Went home in the morning and continue to knock out from 0900-1713. Hahha

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Monday

Went to register for the Half Marathon with KH. Sign up for Zonkie and YH also. 10k Wave Run is this Sunday. Better start running again.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

1st Week

Arriving at the gates on Hendon on Monday, my feelings were mixed. Actually I was happy. Happy to see all the brothers that went through all those shit of army with me for the 2+ years. The start of the in camp is the start of the endless catching up with each other. Of course, how can it be complete without its own humour? Haha.

So Monday was darn hot a day to begin with. It does not help when our bunk is the highest level. The Penthouse of the block. And we had the most famous block of Hendon to contend with. It absolutely traps all the entire fucking heat there is for the day, and unleash its fury upon us when we are back in bunk in the evening and during our sleep time. So Monday past by with all the briefings and introduction. And that Welcome Run in the evening is downright suffering. Damn hot! Oh did I mention our failed attempt at watching Transformers? Haha, damn stupid, don't ask.

Come Tuesday we had a little physical training in the morning. Given that most of us have not exercise or did any pt since the day we ORD, the end result is aching joints and muscles. Tuesday went by almost similar to Mon, but that basketball session in the evening was satisfying. Haha, a trip to the mess with some cheap beer completed the night.

Wednesday morning was power run, aka long stride running. Again, running is the bane for a lot of us. So, aching legs. Hahha More lessons during the day, feels more shag than school lesson. Must be the uniform man. Sucks. We finally managed to catch Transformers in the night. Haha

IMT for Thursday, prep for live firing on Friday. And also a visit to Kahtib camp, home of the King of the Battlefield. Had a little 'tour' and get to see our 'partners' in war. Dinner was Fish Head Curry and Zi Char at Changi Village! Yum!

Friday we had the slackest live firing ever. It all ended before lunch. Can you believe it? When during service, our usual get-back-camp timing is usually 2 or 3 am. How time have changed man. Wahahhaa, so back to camp and prepare to book out for the weekend lo.


So there you have it, the week of a very slack NS man. Hahhaa I told you my unit is slack when they are slack. :)

Will be going to Tekong for a few days next week, sucks. I'm sure it will fly pass pretty soon. So yeah, see ya next week.

Monday, July 02, 2007

2 weeks

I'll embark on my 1st ever reservist later the day.

Will be away for 13 days till next Friday. But I'll be booking out this Friday for the weekend. So yups.

Kinda looking forward to it also. Mixed feelings ba. One hand sian, one hand seeing all the guys and doing all the nonsense things again.

Oh well. At least it is 1 ICT down. Perhaps 5/6 more to go. :)

Oh and also, "... Please be reminded that no image capturing devices such as camera phones can be brought into SAF training area..." so no photos update lo. Hahaa

Till then.

Ciao.