buried alive.: June 2005

Monday, June 20, 2005

gawd, another lesson

...and this time it concerns CDC again. damn it.
booked at 1850, went at 2040. I thought I booked the LAST slot. God damn it, careless, can't be bothered to check. Whatever. I wasted $70, wasted 1 week of booking, wasted my parents time. Sigh. Fk. What the hell is happening to me? Something stupid/bad happens each week. Maybe I haven't been going to church for too long. =
My parents are flying off to China this Thursday (I think) and coming home on Sunday. Kinda sad.. will be alone for the weekend. The weekend which I am involved for the 1st combined rehearsal, plus the very weekend that we are viable for recall manning (flashing green man on tv, NSboys gotta go bacK? yeah..) I hope they enjoy their trip, and may there be some bonding to strengthen their marriage. =\ I wish I could go overseas too. Got 6.5 days of leave to clear for this year. Might just arrange a short holiday in Nov/Dec. :D But that's still far, lotsa impending things to do atm.

Exactly 1 yr ago, I was posted to 30SCE. Man, saddest time in my life. It was a moment which I thought couldn't be real. Always hope I would wake up back at home, on my comfy bed, knowin that Jurong camp and its stupid madness was a mere nightmare. :\ But here I am, 365 (+/- 1) days later, still in the same darn unit. Time flies? Nah, Been thru quite a bit of NS crap since then. oh well. A slow crawl to ORD from here. I wonder if I can post again 365 days from now, describing the ORD life I'll be enjoying. Hopefully I'll write that entry overseas, in England..or somewhere in Europe :)

Got to meet Kt and Yieng again yesterday. Tho it wasn't really an outing, nor a coincidental 'meeting', I'm happy to see em. Probably won't have much of a chance to go out for the next couple of months. Since I've to be at Padang during weekends. Screw NDP. lol, I guess for this yr, I'll really get sick of the parade. Driving lessons are gonna be put on hold again. hai, Guess the earliest I can take my test would be late August/ early sept.

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Sunday, June 12, 2005

A lesson learnt..

..and an expensive one too. All happened during my driving practical lesson.. well the lesson learnt wasn't much of driving, but my stupid habit of being impatient, reckless and over confident. Sigh, yeah, tho I didn't really bang anyone down, but I just wasted $70 and 100 mins of my weekend. Always thought I had no problems with crank and S course, and slope. And I did have no problems until the stupid assessment itself when my instructor decided to grade me (before he can pass me and give me a stamp). I confidently went into the courses on 2nd gear (you're taught to use the 1st), zipped through the S course with ease, but I mounted the curb during the 2nd turn of the crank course. damn! Tho it shouldn't have happened, it did. And he failed me.
And then later, on the public road driving, it was my evaluation for a test route. No problems too until I went into the bus lane. Bah, forgot it was a Saturday morning. And thus, I failed. Didn't give me a stamp too. SIgh. In other words, I've gotta return to do the EXACT same things during my next lesson. Oh well, I'd better bear in mind to be more conscientious the next time round. =
After thursday's half day off, friday's mc (urgh!) and a weekend of pure boredom, it's back to camp. I hope I can get my stay out. The living conditions in camp now is really unbearable. Staff tsai's in Taiwan I think, so there's peace for a while. :) Jit's gonna be out next week, and hopefully we can all play badminton before my weekends begin to burn due to NDP.

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Wednesday, June 08, 2005

probable stay out

Thanks to the toilet renovation giving us all sort of problems.. dust, urine smell, noise pollution, etc, our S2 had agreed to let us stay out, till the toilet is done, or until we start to work at the padang (which is stay out too, I hope). However, permission must be sought from our S4 1st. I hope we get our stay out.
My S2 really has a way with things, he wanted us to know that this is a form of 'reward', the least he could do after all the work we've done for him. Unlike Staff Tsai, who is always so 'niao' when it comes to stay out, or early book out, or late book ins, this is the reason why we respect S2 so much more. It's his way of motivating people I guess. Doesn't go by the book. How much will a little time spent outside affect them? Afterall we're 2nd year soldiers already. Sad to see my S2 go this Sept. I wish I could be with him till we ORD.

Anywoots. 2 suspeted cases of dengue during this week, in my dept alone. Bad. Then again, it may be another reason for us to stay out. :D And maybe our CSM will get into trouble too. Damn fella always kpkbing, and doesn't do his work. Where did our mosquito nets go, and mosquito fogging? Hrmpt. Sick of having to light 1 mosquito coil each night before I sleep. 1 coil = 134 cigrettes. Ouch.

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Sunday, June 05, 2005

Ever feel unappreciated?

Well, I hate it when I slog my arse off at work.. do whatever I can, fast and good. And yet get shown no appreciation. Moreover, I get tasked around...over and over again, one after another. Just what the hell? Models.. Maps... Access pass list.. even to the production line of making the passes. Everything i'm involved in and everything I am being indirectly held responsible.
Whereas some other assholes on the team gets to slackjack, do nothing all day and never hold any responsibility. Is it good for me to actually work? Experience, some may say. I really wish I could put whatever I do down. Sick and tired of this. Being peons working on behalf of idiots and actually getting the promotion for them. Sheesh. Forget about the money, even simple stuffs like booking out early becomes a difficulty. More work next month.. or maybe even end of this month when we man the command post/pass office at Padang. I hope I can learn to siam my way out of things.

Poor Jit confined next week and lost his $600 3g phone while Yx enlists on Thursday. Least it'll be Jit's last week in his course. I wish him well. Also, I do hope Yx gets a welfare coy in BMT.

Gonna be a quiet weekend this coming week. Maybe I can book more driving lessons.. I got a feeling I can get my license soon. Got cleared SIX routes today, double of any other ppl. :D Maybe I'll book my TP test this August, and pass it. *Crosses fingers*

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