Monday, April 25, 2005 


And this.. was ultimate no skill. For my CS clan. =D Posted by Hello

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From my previous HDD. Some crap I created from Adobe when I was still a newbie Posted by Hello

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Sunday, April 24, 2005 

The longest week yet..

..and so it's finally over. Crazy week it has been. It seemed so long, starting with a Sunday COS in which 1 day felt like 2 to 3 days due to the excesss bordem I felt. Slept a few winks and got awaken by the telephone by those who reported sick. Apart from that, I was just as good as being confined to the office doing nothing. Pfft.

By midweek, I felt that it shoudl've already been a Friday. But no, I had range the following 2 days.. in which most time was spent waiting and doing nothing. Just kept counting the hours to book out. Had a horrible range, feel so ashamed of my marksman badge. I let my detail down shooting only a 7 or 8 out of 15 during the day shoot.. to think I chalkled 13/16 last time. Least I made up by hardly missing during the night. Oh well, no marksman this year, I hope I won't have to remove my badge. :(

Reported sick on Saturday as I really wanted a break. To my suprise, the alternate diarrhoea/constipation that I had for almost a month now seems quite serious. The doc suspected that there may be parasite in my stomach or something like that, and wants a sample of my stool. Urk, I don't wanna go digging my own shit. =\ Anyway, hopefully it's the water at Jurong camp, maybe I will get to stay out due to the fucked up living conditions in the camp. ;p

Attended 2 more driving lessons. So far so good, not much of a problem. Thank you Tan Kok Sai for teaching me to drive a jeep. heh, I hope I can clear this cv license in 3 months time or so. =
Also, played a half a day..or rather night of pool with Jit and a couple of others. This friend of Jit, some cassanova has a new girlfriend. How cool, the way he changes gf so easily.. with the excuse being afraid of loneliness =\ I wonder how these guys do it, it seems so easy to get attached.. blah. Must be the looks.

1 extra day rest tomorrow. I'm supposed to be happy eh. Somehow I am not tho, feel damn sian. Of course, camp is boring too. I'd love to be on a holiday now.. bagpacking around Europe, staying in cheap hotels, living life the way an adventurous teenager would.
Sigh, I don't even know what I want to.. or rather can do now. My life seems so empty, no aim, no mood to do anything. The road to freedom is still long and filled with obsurities. I can't see the path that I am taking, thanks to this crazy organisation love doing things last minute. It's almost impossible to tell whether the upcoming month would be a decent one. Please... April as been bad, I hope May changes for the better.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2005 


Unlucky me fell during a run..  Posted by Hello

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Saturday, April 16, 2005 

it's gonna be a looong week

so.. some silly 3sg of mine found my blog add and decides to poke fun at me by using a picture of me and kt on his blog. Little did he know how much that few hundred bytes of data meant to me.. the memories it brought back.. both happy and painful. So I'm left with no choice but to change my add..(previous one still in effect for some reason, until the 14th april post)

COS duty starts in 8hrs time.. blah. And there's a start to a new week ahead. Gonna be real long. COS ought to be slack, watch VCD since it's a Sunday and there's no one in camp. But 2 more sessions of ICCT, and range on Thursday and Friday (till late night). Guess I'll book out late... hope I can get my marksman tho.

My parents will be going to Batam during this coming weekend, and I hope they have fun. Maybe I can turn my house into a bachelor pad and invite girls over! Woohoo! yeah..right. Anyway, I'll have my 2 driving sessons too (just got my PDL) on public roads.. and hopefully get to play badminton with Jit if he gets to book out. Expecting to spend a lot of $$ on taxi. urgh.

SIM called me today too. How silly of me. Apparently I'd applied to enter for the 2005 cohort.. but I did manage to get in anyway. I could either pay $105 to defer my studies or $60 to reapply for next yr. According to her, since I got in this yr, I would be able to enter next yr too. Not taking the chance tho, as SIM lost my damn application documents THRICE! So now I've 1 local university option and 1 foreign one. 14 days to decide. Hmm. Hope to come out with a decision that I won't live to regret..

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Thursday, April 14, 2005 

only half way thru April and..

..I'm dying. :( Alright, lotsa bad news this week.. beginning with the change of my S2 from a nice, understanding man to the new crazy bugger who is coming in. Sigh, my previous OC from RTW in Nee Soon camp is coming over as early as july to take over.. Knowing him, he isn't any like the present S2. Hard to work with, takes out his frustrations on his men, typical hokkien peng. Yay. SAF presents this to me for my bday.
Speaking about working with him.. I 've to go to Thailand in sept, once NDP is over. For operation Claymore. whee. 2 weeks of hell in Thailand.. with a nutcase leading us. Then before I ORD, another 3 more excercises to go in Singapore too. argh.

1 COS duty is over, another one to go. This weekend will be short, and next week will be long thanks to the last minute range I have next Thurs/Fri. I hope I can still get my marksman, tho it's significantly harder as it's a combat shoot.. meaning they'll take the average score of those in my detail. ($200 is no longer within my control)

Went home last night to find an envelope from IDP. Apparently I've been accepted into Monash college to take my diploma in business and commerce, then I can continue with the 2nd year to get a degree from Monash university. Pity the deadline to reply is on the 30th of April. Not enough time for me to decide..since NUS , NTU and SIM won't give their reply that early. And I don't wanna 'play it safe to pay a deposite of $9k' only to find out that eventually I won't wanna go to Australia. Hai, headache ah. So many things to consider. Don't really know if I wanna head into the Big Unknown too. Weighing my friends, family (and my parent's current relationship), the fact that I've been away in NS for 2yrs, my lifestyle here, possibility of getting a gf.. against the new and useful experience I will get by studying abroad. I really need to sit down and think one of these weekends. $90k - $110k isn't really worth it too.. hai, but there isn't a price you can compromise on education, is there?

Stressful month so far. Lotsa things to worry about.. e.g. whether my range will clash with my driving ($60 per lesson isn't something I can afford to cancel).. plus my weekends w/out Jit as he signed extra, meaning less badmintons.. next month's schedule for duties.. I hope I don't get more than 2.. hai.. finiancial crisis too. Maybe I shd just pick up smoking, seems to be a good way to relief stress. Afterall I've a nice zippo lighter which makes it more convenient. heh. Tried a stick earlier this week, wasn't really a nice sensation, but it's something I can get used to if it helps relief stress. ha.

Really looking forward in May, where I will get 2 long weekends thanks for public holidays. (Or so it seems, since the SAF can take away anything as they own my life as of now) I really need a break from this crazy army life.

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Sunday, April 10, 2005 

2 COS this coming week :(

Sigh. COS duty tomorrow. A fantastic chance to sign more extras since the CSM is sharing the office. =( Stand by bed and all those regimental stuffs too. I really hope things go fine this week. Guard duty last thurs, COS tomorrow and Sunday... can't wait for all this to be over. Bearing in mind what my buddy always says "And this too, shall pass". Meaning anything, be it bad or good, will be over one day. Sorta nice for a reminder. :D

Also dedicated a song on 933 last monday.. and tuesday (after not hearing it on monday night.. staying all the way up to 2 am). I stayed up every night.. but didn't get to hear the dedication! Damn. I think that Pei Fen has something against me. oh well. boycott!

Finally managed to play badminton with Jit, Yh and Quek. Not bad..tho we're all amateurs. Can't wait to play again... lol, pity next weekend is rather packed. Looking forward to 2 weeks in advance. -.-

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Sunday, April 03, 2005 


My zippo lighter! Posted by Hello

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Presenting my new camera! Posted by Hello

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Not bad eh.. decent exposure (w/out flash) for such a dark shot on a digicam. Posted by Hello

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And so the 2nd year begins..

Greeted by 2 COS duties this month.. 11th and 17th. :( And a guard duty this coming thursday too. What a price to pay for 2 stupid stripes on my sleeves. Really tempted to take 1 day MC in April.

Had a horrible day yesterday and got nothing done. Woke up early only to delay my meeting with jit @ Ubi driving center.. and whee, reached there after 12.. and the place was closed. Couldn't get my PDL. After that, badminton courts at Changi Beach Club, SAFRA Tampines and Tampines Sports Hall have fully been booked. No badminton this week. :( So we wanted to go to Orchard to catch a movie instead but as I was supposed to have dinner to celebrate my mother's bday, Jit said he rather go home as it was pointless to make the trip all the way down. Whee. 2 mins after he board the bus, my mom called to ask to postone the meal to today. Oh well. Ended up watching "Be Cool" alone. Least the movie was decent.

Ended up spending most of the weekend at home and not accomplishing anything I wanted. Sheesh. Got a new digital camera tho. after so long. heh. A pretty good one as well. Should help me quite a bit the next time I go out to take photos on my manual camera. Better yet, it works well as a video recorder too.. 128mb can record for 30 mins! hehe..tempted to bring it out to take pictures of unsuspeting chio bus on the streets. ^^

NUS, NTU and SIM received my application and documents.. now's the wait. I hope I manage to enter some university. :

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