Saturday, 27 November 2010

memories & insights

7 days left in Signal Institute. I learnt a lot of things in my 1 day exercise, however i still do not know quite a number of things in the signal vehicle. It rained during the night of exercise and my underwear was soaking wet when i climb onto the vehicle. It was quite dangerous too. Next week got lots of tests and a 16km route march and we will receive our signaler's insignia.
Just now went to ION to buy something for someone(cannot reveal who at this moment). After that went to Woodlands library to read 'Confucius- from the heart by YU DAN'. I managed to finish reading chapter 1 and intend to borrow it other time. It teaches life lessons which are useful. Chapter 1 is the way of heaven and earth. Talking about nature, faith and forbearance. 'Trust is vital for a nation to survive'- extracted from that book. Lots of people are blinded by material possessions, reputation and fame. One cannot help being arrogant once they have those. Confucius teaches us to have a contented mind, remain courteous and humble when we have those. While those who are poor do not beg for things. 'Happiness' do not belong to those who are rich. 'Do not do things to other people where you yourself dun desire.' That is the key points of chapter 1 of that book.
TML going to Vienna Buffet @ United Square for mum's birthday, but cake cutting will be later, tonight.
My blog started at 2007, which is year 1 of my poly life so it does not include my secondary school days memories. I will post my Secondary 1 to 5 memories in my next post. CYA!

Saturday, 20 November 2010

update

2 weeks left in Signal Institute. Next week there will be setting up drills of the detachments and a 1 day exercise in camp. I foresee horrible months ahead of me...those terrifying days come again. Going thru harsh treatments once again for the next 4 months. That is where i will learn the most..gain most knowledge.
Recently i am reading eat pray love; a woman's search for pleasure, spiritual devotion and love. It is a true story about the author herself here she travel to 3 countries in 1 year to search for balance between what she want. A very personal book which depict the author's every thought. The author (Elizabeth Gilbert) is a divorced woman after 8 years marriage. She refused to reveal the reason of her divorce, mainly to protect the reputation of her husband. I am not saying that the cause of the divorce is mainly her husband's fault; because she gave hints in her book part of the divorce is also because of herself. This story have made it to the big screens(that is how i get to know this book). I have not finish reading the book and will post once i finish it.

Friday, 22 October 2010

Signal Institute

I have been in Signal Institute for 2weeks. Life here is a lot slacker than in tekong. I cannot adapt to such slackness cos Orion coy in tekong is a tough and siong company. Learnt quite a lot of things. need to study a lot. exam and one outfield next week. sianz. stressed. i need to treasure my time in Signal Institute(S.I) because i will be posted to a super siong place after my 8weeks in S.I. My next posting is 3 Signal Battalion(3SIG), a very 'up' and active unit which have best combat support service award and this is the only unit that need to do SOC. sian liao. I need to go thru their 3 months Unit Induction Program which is like living in hell. After that i will go to driving course at Sembawang camp; and my slack life begin once again. after the driving course will go back to 3 Signal Battalion to finish my NS service. I will have chance to Taiwan and Australia for exercises. Not bad haha.
Tml is cousin wedding. looking forward to it. =) cya.

Sunday, 3 October 2010

POP LOH

after 17 weeks at tekong, i finally POP at marina bay floating platform yesterday. it was a proud moment for me and my parents. The 27km route march start from SAF Ferry Terminal. it was exciting to march in mainland. the feeling was different with the civilians looking at you. After 17 weeks of military life i was physically and mentally stronger. The toughest activity in the 17 weeks are: FIELD CAMP, 12KM ROUTE MARCH & SITEST. the 12km was the toughest of all route marches because the weather as very hot and it as our first time marching in long four.

Field Camp Reflection:

My field camp experience was memorable and horrible. After the 8km route march to the camp site I was quite tired but we were told to high kneel. My mind was blank at that time. The introduction to high kneel was the start of my nightmare. The building of basha was a bad experience as we rebuild it 3 times to make it stable. I learnt a lot of things, which include field fire orders, danger area and other field commands. I found it hard to remember all those commands and I nearly screw up during the test.

It was my first time eating combat ration. Surprisingly it tastes better than I expected. The worst ones are Bean Stew and Chili Cheese Rice. I nearly vomited while eating those two. I seriously think that the accessories pack is better than the green combat ration.

The Artillery attack was quite an experience. It was shag. Got one time we left a casualty behind and we was asked to leopard crawl down the rocky and muddy slope back to out basha and prone inside. It was raining at that time. That was the worst part of the field camp. My spectacles were covered with mud and my eyes hurt because mud splashed into it during the leopard crawl. I drank sand water from my water bag because the tube opening was covered with mud.

Got one day we received our parent’s letter. I didn’t cry but my eyes turned a little watery. My heart could feel a bit of ache. Thinking of our family during our hardest time was heart touching. We are going through all this is to protect them, it is worth it. I will not forget my feeling at that point of time in my whole life.

The shellscrape experience was fantastic, except the digging part and the insect bites. It was quite scary to sleep in the shellscrape for my first night. There was no light at all and it was hard to communicate with my buddy.

When field camp was over I cannot describe my happiness. It was a bad but memorable experience.


SITEST Reflection

The 3 days 2 nights SITEST was fun. I didn’t have confidence about my performance. My mission failed every time I was the 2IC. I also didn’t have much idea to give but my members was so enthusiastic that once I finished my briefing they start to pour out their ideas and I just kept quiet. What I have to do is just to comment on their ideas and advise which is better. But I don’t think I can make it to command school. Some stations were dangerous with high risk of injury but it was a precious experience.

The worst part of the SITEST is not the test itself but the 12km route march before it. It was very shag and hot. My toes got very gross blisters that I was excused from swimming. SITEST was not as tough as field camp. We didn’t get much shit to do. One of my assessors was a wise man. He taught us life lessons; asked us what we are going to do after national service. He advises us to plan our life or we will regret. He said that we must stand out to succeed in life. I also learnt about teamwork and leadership skills through my detail mates hence my SITEST was a fruitful one.

now im anxious about my next posting on friday: izzit SCS / guards or infantry unit?

Sunday, 19 September 2010

12 days and 19 hours to POP @ floating platform

long time nvr update my blog...my ippt: sit up: 42, shuttle run: 10.2, SBJ: 216, pull up: 10, 2.4km: 10.57. Only managed to get pass because of my SBJ. I passed my SOC timing: 6.47mins. Monday got 16km route march.. Tuesday got recruit evening, Thursday games day...the only physical activity is AGR left. POP on oct 2.
yesterday watched DEVIL. A nice show with good suspense and thrill. 3.5/5 rating. worth to watch. After that went to lavender to eat supper. ordered dim sum, chicken wings, satay, pancakes, wanton mee and fried wantons.
later going to peach garden with family for dim sum buffet at Thomson plaza. booking in at 9pm today.

Saturday, 14 August 2010

=P

passed my ippt liao. but no silver because of standing board jump. 8 pull up, 10.2 sec shuttle run, 216 SBJ, 43 sit up, 11.04min 2.4km. aiming for silver now. Got marksman for live range but no best shot as i missed 2 shots during night shoot. anxious about field camp next week...had to book in at 2.15pm tml zzzz.
Some ppl are hard to get along because of personality differences FUCK. We cannot understand other ppl. We can only make things better by looking at the good bricks and overlook the bad ones. This only apply to ppl who are not so close to you. For ppl who are very close to you, u must expose their bad bricks and help them to take out the bad bricks and fill in new good bricks.
Life is full of responsibilities....going thru shit and more shit. at work, at home or in army we had responsibilities. we had to go thru shit in army and at work. so life is defined like that. However, this is part of life and we cannot escape. this is our fate. We cannot change our fate but we can make it better by changing our negative thinking. life will be full of joy even during the darkest moment if we have a positive attitude and mindset. SO NOW lets take a smile =P

Sunday, 8 August 2010

happy 45th birthday Singapore!

mum's prawn dumplings was heavenly; with big fresh prawns and chicken chunks covered with egg dumpling skin. yums yums LOL. booked out yesterday morning, reached home at 10.35am. took cab with clarence. was damn tired because of guard duty...took the 11pm to 1am and 5am to 7am shift. only slept 3 hrs on that day. Learnt how to camouflage. it was quite disgusting but cool. Went to Individual Marksmanship Training and got score 32/32. next week got live range shooting. LOST MY FUCKING SWIMMING TRUNKS AND HAVE TO BUY NEW ONE FOR 14 BUCKS. today went to amk hub watch SALT, play LAN and pool. SALT is a good movie which i liked a lot. The story has many surprises. The female lead Angelina Jolie was a fantastic actor. bought 'four seasons' durian pancakes at amk. later going to watch fireworks near innova primary school for ndp countdown.
I read one of Low Kay Hwa story called 'I Believe'. It was a very touching and sad love story. I found a very useful message for dating couples and those who are married in the story: 'You are like the north pole of a magnet bar and she is also like the north pole of a magnet bar. There is no way for both of you to be close together. There is a force that will always push you both apart, that force is called obstacles like interest differences, communication problem etc. However if you put a metal bar in between, both of your magnets will stick to it. And you'll be close to each other. That metal bar dissolve the force that pushes both of you apart. That metal bar is what we called LOVE.

Saturday, 31 July 2010

.updatez.

had a good sleep last night..ahhh. I can do 5 pull ups already. 2.4km 11.04mins. Lack of one pull to pass IPPT. T.T Today went to Cineleisure with my bunk mates to watch Ong Bak 3. The starting and middle part was fine..but the ending suck like shit. Ong Bak 1 and 2 was better. Went to Old Town White Coffee for dinner. Their Assam Laksa was great, spicy with adequate sourness. Bought milk tasty almonds from Nippon-ya. Saw other platoon mates at ION today. BMT start next week liao. 6km on mon. bought wet wipes for camo cream.
Message of the day: Be appreciative for everything.

Sunday, 25 July 2010

Hey YO !!

INCEPTION review: A very original and creative storyline. However it is quite confusing and the ending sucks. So i do not like this movie although the effects are fantastic. I want to watch some movies which i do not have the chance to watch: Jack Neo last movie 'Human' next is 'lao niu eat grass' followed by karate kid and lastly ONG BAK 3. I wanna watching upcoming movies: AVATAR: the last airbender, TEKKEN. The harry potter trailer rocks, deathly hallows split into 2 parts: NOV 2010 and JUL 2011. The black sesame ice cream at SWEET BROTHERS jap. restaurant at Iluma was great. The KOI bubble tea queue was damn long.....
I woke up 5.30am this morning, went back to sleep and woke up again at 7.30am...cannot sleep liao....
When we do not have much to do, not much to say and no freedom, we will be excited and happy even at the most little surprise we got. We do not take everything for granted. You have to let it go before you can be happy. Simple life can be very fulfilling and happy, only if you can let go.
Where is she? Seemed that i still have to wait for quite sometime. Wait until the sunset and the ocean dries up....=X
Next week got IPPT...dunno if i can do 5 pull up and pass my SBJ.....enhance group coming..........ARG suddenly so hungry now..cya

Saturday, 17 July 2010

a story to tell

ups and downs, disappointments, anger, happiness, joy. starry night, spectacular rainbow, beautiful crescent moon. sound of aeroplanes and jet fighters. smell of the salty sea, cooling sea breeze. sight of big and small ships sailing. strong sunlight and heavy rain. humorous and tense atmosphere. pride and ego. motivation and determination. tough. coughing sound, special smell. Loud shouting, sound of shoes and boots stomping..................what a memory. More to come.

Sunday, 11 July 2010

Updates

It has been close to 2 mths i didnt post anything. Life in Tekong was tough but already adapted to that kind of life. Looking forward to BMT phase...and POP...but still long. 3 more weeks for PTP to end. Living in Tekong make me realise that Home and family are the best things in life...Finally can do 3 chin up hahaz, wanna do 6 to pass. Didnt go to the cinema for a long time...~,~ chatted with her yesterday in facebook make me feel great ^^ later going to ah ma house for lunch. mum cook nian gao and ah gong fav fried rice. ok...booking in at night later...cya..

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

...........NAMO AMITUOFO

my spectacles have been giving me a lot of troubles...wonder where i can buy larger spec hooks...the hooks i bought break everytime i put it on.zzzz..IRRITATED BY THE STUPID HOOK...FUCK THE HOOK...FUCK...FUCK..FUCK....SERIOUSLY FUCKED UP WITH THE HOOK.
sorry...i suddenly feel so frustrated..zzz why i feel so irritated sia....GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! PEACE..PEACE..PEACE..CALM DOWN...NAMO AMITUOFO...NAMO AMITUOFO...NAMO AMITUOFO...NAMO AMITUOFO...NAMO AMITUOFO...NAMO AMITUOFO...NAMO AMITUOFO...NAMO AMITUOFO...NAMO AMITUOFO...NAMO AMITUOFO...recite 10 times with sincerity to get rid of any irritations, anger, jealousy and greed....i have tried this and is very effective.....try it! =) countdown to enlistment day: 9 days

Thursday, 20 May 2010

Random note

tml is graduation day...finally. mum is not going because she is sick =( dad is working. yesterday played badminton with frens at woodlands sports hall. NTU sent me letter saying i am not successful in the application. lol as expected. i am going to apply again next year smu business, ntu business, ntu maritime studies with business major...ok enuff of studies..now talk about my insights..
i wonder why sometimes i feel irritated and angry without any reason, sometimes feel full of energy and sometimes so lethargic without any reason...aiyo..sometimes i really feel that karma is there lol...sometime when i am very hungry for 1 to 2hrs i feel really bad and irritated..and later i had my dinner omg the feeling was great..i started to think of those people in poor countries where starvation is a common thing. i can feel their suffering....so i made a promise that i will make regular donations to world hunger relief organizations once i have started my permanent career. One more thing; sometimes when i eat meat i imagine how this animal was killed and the suffering this animal has gone through...sigh..but no choice i have to eat meat...the only thing i can do is REDUCE meat consumption...but so far no progress yet LOL..will try lah. okay thats all....cya..
COUNTDOWN TO ENLISTMENT DAY: 14days (OMG)

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

Happenings

Last friday went to serangoon broadway to rent graduation robe. Bought a red SP tie. Friend drove us there..so good. After that went to Plaza Singapura eat Pastamania. The Marinara Linguine was great. That was last friday. On Sunday which was mother's day, mom bought blackforest cake from HAN's for grandma and had lunch at ASIAN KITCHEN at CityLink Mall. After that we watched watched IP MAN 2 at filmgarde Iluma. The show was good. After that went to father side Ah Ma house bring grandparents for dinner at BOSSES restaurant at VIVOCITY. The BOSSES restaurant serve Chinese and Cantonese dishes. We ordered Seaweed Tofu, Mix Egg Spinach, MaMi Pork ribs, San Bei Chicken, Wasabi/salted egg Prawns and steam fish. The ambiance was great. The restaurant have dark and classy interiors with a touch of traditional and modern chinese design. It has a wonderful seaview and it was facing resort world sentosa hotels. The night lights was beautiful. After that drove grandparents home at Holland Village.
Today went accompany friend go Health Promotion Board collect $300 NTUC voucher prize. He was lucky to win the lucky draw. After that we went to Duxton at Pinnacle HDB flat. It has 50 storeys with sky garden at the 50th floor. But need $5 to enter WTF....However it was quite cool to live at the 49th floor..so windy and it has a nice view.
Next, SMU rejected me...sad =( i think i am going to receive NTU rejection letter soon..LOL..But nvm i will keep on applying for 2 more times..if still cannot i will go SIM study business..but i dun like it because is more expensive and not so good as compared to SMU and NTU.
COUNTDOWN: GRADUATION DAY: 10DAYS ENLISTMENT DAY: 23 DAYS..

Friday, 7 May 2010

update

Last week went to marina bay sands for a walk with family. Some of the shops have not open yet. The casino there has 3 levels, bigger than the one at Resort world sentosa. The lobby of the hotel was unique. The lobby have a chinese restaurant and have several lift lobbies accessing to different levels. The sky garden is located at the 57th floor but have yet to open. After touring around we went to Iluma for dinner at Chef Daniel's restaurant. I like the chocolate fondant with ice cream and coconut Alaskan ice cream..omggggg....
Yesterday went to serangoon broadway to accompany friend to rent graduation robe. I didnt rent because today im going again with poly friends to rent. I made my army spec yesterday. A normal black plastic frame cost $99..sian..after adding the lens and hook is $172. My eyes is getter worse!! now is 700 and 750...last time is only 600 and 650...need to do more eye relaxation exercise.
TODAY IS MAY 7TH..COUNT DOWN TO GRADUATION DAY: 14 DAYS, COUNT DOWN TO ENLISTMENT DAY: 27 DAYS....=o

Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Army

I received my enlistment letter. 4th June 2010 1.45pm. BMTC School 3. Same with one of my friend, hope to be in the same company. So fast sia, need to buy new phone and spec. Next is graduation ceremony on 21st May. Going to rent graduation robe next week. I have stopped doing the merchandising job. Received my pay for suntec carnival yesterday. Tml got work at UWCSEA. ok cya...

Saturday, 10 April 2010

3 days of event crew at active ageing carnival

On 1st April went to work at suntec for the set-up of active ageing carnival at suntec. There are 9 of us, sitting behind a truck (behind was totally enclosed; no air) It was damn hot!!!we went to several places and collect tables,chairs,flyers,water bottles, magnets and bags of rice. The worst case is the truck is full of rice and water bottles we still have to squeeze in the truck. When the truck made a turn a person fell and everything topple. The moment sucks. On 2nd April went suntec to pack goodie bags for the elderly...that suck too..we cannot finish packing it!!! we need 16,000 goodie bags but we packed until 12am it was only about 5000 bags. On the last day 4th april went back to suntec help to carry all the things into the truck again and transport them to their original place. There was a place around MacPherson area, where the tables and chairs are stored; was very creepy. We reach the place at around 1.45am. The storage room is at 7th storey and the corridor is really CREEPYYYYY........There was a moment when my friend and i(only 2 person)went up to lock the door...after locking i ran to the lift.Seeing me run my fren panicked and ran also...fucking funny. ~.~ However the 3 days were a memorable one.
Yesterday worked as a Merchandiser Assistant at Shop N Save Chong Pang and Giant Sembawang. The auntie treat me Mac Donald's Cinnamon Melt for breakfast and treat me Mee Robus for lunch. She is a nice auntie.
Today is my cousin's wedding. Just now went to his house for tea ceremony. An incident happened...The bed of the bride and groom broke!! As a lot of people (the sisters of the bride sat on the bed..). It must be known that no body is allowed to sit on the bed of the newly wed. Later going to Mount Faber SAFRA CLUB for their wedding dinner...ok...cya

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

2 days of Merchandiser's Assistant

Last Friday i went for work as Merchandiser's Assistant. I went to Giant at parkway parade. I took bus 966 from woodlands regional interchange straight to parkway. The Merchandiser is a nice guy, having patience with me and teaching me. I accidentally pushed the trolley too fast and it banged on a Senior Merchandiser's foot and the skin came off. She was experiencing much pain but she was not angry with me. I was scared LOL. The 2nd day is yesterday, also at parkway but i reached there at 7am. I wake up 5am yesterday to catch the first bus at 5.45am. zzzz. i am not going to accept any assignments too far away from woodlands. Another incident happened yesterday...while arranging the salad dressing i accidentally broke a glass can of mayonnaise oops. Lucky no need to pay. TML got back result already!! OMG..

Monday, 15 March 2010

Saturday & Sunday updates

Saturday went to Pariss International Buffet at Marina for father's birthday. The price is $39.90 for dinner weekend before tax and GST. After tax and GST is $47/pax. The ambiance is great. The dishes include raw oysters, calms and mussels/ sushi, sashimi/ crabs, asian and malay food (this restaurant is halal)/ western food, shark fin, crocodile meat soup, Hong Kong cuisine, etcc.....there are many more. The price is just right! After eating went to resort world Sentosa for a walk. We went to the 4 hotels in the resort. Furthermore, a lot of people was streaming into the Casino.
On Sunday went for movie at iluma with secondary school friends. Watched 'COP OUT' a M18 show. It was very funny and wild. We ate at Empire State restaurant. My friend ordered a $29.90 giant beef burger FOR HIMSELF. It was cut into 4 large portions. After eating 2 portions he was damn full. LOL...even the waiter asked if he could finish it alone. But in the my other friends help clear the food but i didnt even eat the beef patty. =.=|| I ate mushroom pizza only but it make me quite full. After the movie went to empire state again to eat waffles. My was FREAKING FULL after that. Okay thats all. CYA....

Thursday, 11 March 2010

to update

Yesterday played badminton with my fren. I was running like crazy to hit the shuttlecock. My fren was quite good at it as he was from a badminton club during his secondary school. Today went for SPOC interview again. Need to work night shifts o.o and sometimes need to start as early as 6.30am. I dun think it is going to be easy. I hope at least one fren would accompany me for the deployment. HAHA. At least this job will keep me occupied until i get enlisted. After interview went to Chinatown find my mom and eat chicken noodle. It was nice. I am excited about the results coming out on 24th March!!!This saturday dad birthday; going to Pariss Internationl Buffet at Marina Square for dinner to celebrate. Saturday morning going for tennis. FINALLY. I haven played tennis for 2 weeks and i feel eager to hit the ball again. I think i am seriously addicted o.o Okay thats all. Cya. Remember to smile everyday. It could make a difference. =)