End of 2009 is coming...................

Another year is coming to an end. It's been a long year of 2009, isn't it? 2009 is coming to an end in less than 48 hours. It is the time of the year where we can reflect upon the whole year's events and happenings as we conclude what had we done. As 2009 ends, we start to think of what we should do for the brand new year. Anyway, before doing so, i should so how summarise and conclude my 2009.
For 2009, first half of the year, i was still serving the remainder of my NSF life. It was almost the end of my army life and for the first few months of the year, i was busy preparing for the evaulation of what aims to conclude what have i learn in army for the past 2 years. First few months was busy with outfields, breaks in between, victory challenges in preparation for the final evaluation of the unit i been in the past 2 years. By the end of march, when the evaluation ended, it marks the end of my army life. Though not really the end cause i ORD in june but it is significant as we showed the evaluators what we had learned as a unit, company, platoon and section with our buddies in the past 2 years and things were concluded. From april, i was clearing offs and leaves as i was going to ORD. In april, i was also granted admission in poly for the diploma of food science and technology and started studying in Singapore polytechnic. While managing the remainder of my army life with school, before i eventually ORD in mid june and got back my pink ic. The feeling is great as i converted back to being a full time civillian and student.

After june, i started a new lease of my life after NS. Took my first major exam after two and a half years since i graduated from ITE in 2007 and it was in singapore polytechnic in mid august and i pass the 4 modules exams i taken from april this year. Not too bad a start for me in poly, though i was a bit shell-shocked in the start of my first semester but after a while, i thought i had the momentum and after the exams in august, i decided to enjoy the 2 months plus of holidays as i had not trully enjoyed the holidays during my 2 years in NS. Enjoy the life of being a student to the fullest during the period of time.That holidays also signalled the end of my first semester in singapore poly.

So from mid oct, i started my 2nd semester in singapore poly, and still in the 2nd semester till now. I thought most of the second semester lecturers suck, so i thought i was struggling quite a bit in this semester i guess. Anyway, i ended term 1 of this semester feeling pretty scared as i took the mid semester test before the holidays started and felt that i failed 2 papers out of the 4 papers. Anyway, now it is up to the second term of this semester which starts next year, I guess i have to work harder till the exams for this semester in end of feb next year.

Overall i thought i will end 2009, feeling happy as i would pass my first semester with accepting results as a student again after my NS life and the hard work i still put in this semester and still have a chance to produce results for next feb's semesteral exams.

One mad starting week to the holidays..............

It's been a mad, crazy and wild week for the start of the holidays for me. I been out almost everyday from monday last week. Only last tuesday i did not go out. Anyway, last week, i got to go sentosa with my poly friends, do projects, meet cousin, meet sec friends and ite friends. The breakout from the rest of the normal events was a trip to the club for one of my sec friend's birthday celebration. It was the first time for me. Anyway, nothing much that i would like in the club though but with friends, it is still great time spent together.
Been coughing and having sore throat these few days though, the conditions seem to go off and on. I guess i am lucky enough to survive the week with only cough and sore throat and nothing more serious. Hope that i will recover as soon as possible.
Today i finally had the time to rest at home as i do not have anything for the day. Guess i will be starting out the formal report later after lunch and hope i will have it done before the holidays end. This week should not be as taxing as last week though. But my group hope to complete another project by this week.
Anyway, let's hope that most of my school work can be completed before the holidays end next year. Will try to update more, getting lazy already!! Haha!!

Holidays with a lot of sch work in it...........

Finally, the holidays are here and i am back to being relaxed and free. Anyway, we should enjoy the holidays as it is the time for students like us to enjoy. SP holidays are almost the same except after the sem exam i guess. A lot of things for me to do during this holidays i guess. Hope can finish the sch things asap. It's December already, and the main events passed so far for me, is the ite reunion which was last friday where i went. Photos taken, but nothing much as we got the time to catch up and see each other after a long time. I would say a great time spent altogether. Nothing much as that as it was my MST week. After the test, 2 days ago, some of my classmates and i went to the kbox in jurong safra to enjoy, relax and celebrate the start of the holidays. It is good that my poly friends and i are spending more time with each other as after we graduate, most of us i would say, will be heading off in different directions lol. Anyway, it is good time spent as i always say when i get to hang out with all my different groups of friends. Next week, we will be having another gathering at sentosa with my poly friends. So looking forward to it! As for today, i will be going out dinner with my army friends later in the evening.Tomo i also having another gathering with another group of army friends before the night where i will be heading back school for the bursary presentation. Holidays started with a blast for me i guess, think i will be able to enjoy this holidays by balancing school work and playing. Really loving it!!!Hoooooo!!!!!

Coming to end of the sch term, tests coming up.............

Few weeks since i last updated my blog! Anyway, sch is shifting to the next gear as we prepare for all the upcoming tests before the 3-week holidays. And the upcoming series of test is in abt 2-3 weeks. The sad thing is i have not even started studying lol, been more lazy than last sem i guess. Anyway, this sem, the tests come first before the holidays so i have lesser time to be prepare and study i guess. In this sem, most of the subjects is abt memory lol. Poly life is like that i guess, not much difference from the first sem where i got a bit shell-shock from the workload. I guess it makes no differences to me now as i have adapted to it.

This few weeks of highlights in my life were, last week i ran for abt 4km at bishan stadium with my secondary friends last, last wednesday for the first time since i got out from full time national service in june. The run was tiring for me but good for training as i prepare for the annual IPPT which i need to take.

Another highlight would be the last tuesday where i went out with some of my poly classmates and friends for the first time to buy birthday presents for jia lin and wei guang who shared the same birthday on last wednesday. We travelled from sch to bugis in search of the presents. Bought a converse shoe for wei guang and a jacket for jia lin. Finally went to the basement and bought the birthday cake before the whole day was concluded. Good time spent with them for the first time.

The next highlight was on wednesday where i met up with lijin and ah kiong, was a highlight as we spent money on the candy pushing machine where in total abt $40 to get a jackpot which the prize was a medium elmo soft toy which lijin wanted, in the process of that, she also got a small dog soft toy and a lot of sweets. It is one of the rare occasions where lijin ask us out so i did not reject. Actually wanted to do my chemistry report that day. Anyway, it was a great day spent and friends that know me, should know i love going out and spending the time with them. And the fact is i don't like to be alone.

The last highlight i would like to talk about will be the Marche Visit yesterday at vivocity with some of my poly friends, planned and organised by the class rep, although not a lot of ppl went but at least 1/3 of the class there. Anyway, i also love all these outings, hard for me to reject anyone i guess. And to my poly friends which don't know me, i am a type of guy where ppl will need to ask me take photos cause i am a shy person which make my photos limited and actually i don't mind taking photos lol!!! Haha!! Hope more of this trips come from my poly friends, cause we really seldom spent time together!

That's all for now!!!! Will try to update as often!!!!!!

Another post in a long while.................

So sch reopens and now i got all the new modules which i have to cope with. The weird thing is all teachers teaching this sem is like a bit funny, got the lame one, slow one, blur one, strict one, slack one, deep voice one and etc. Anyway, this sem with all these types of lecturers seem to be an interesting one i guess. 2 weeks since sch reopens, this is the 3rd week liao, the pace is really starting to pick up liao. The work load is starting to stack up all over again. This week only today got practical as it is a odd week. Anyway, on even weeks, i also only have 2 practicals in a week. Practicals for this sem even lesser than last sem, practicals like really nothing in poly lol, theory like more important lol.
Guess activities are back to weekends again.During last weekend, went to lyon's birthday chalet with seb, ah kiong but before that spent the afternoon still deciding and waiting for serene to meet us. While waiting, we actually played over 1 hour of arcade at marina square and also walk all over suntec and marina as well. Serene came over at abt 8pm and met us before we went shopping for lyon's birthday present. Finally, bought a drinking game of snakes and ladders which is made of glass and serene drove us there in her mother's car. First time, sitting in serene's car, she's not a bad driver i guess. Anyway, ended the day with supper in a hk cafe in east coast park with lyon and jane after the birthday party ended. Serene send us home in her car as i reach home the earliest abt 2am. I wonder what about seb and ah kiong. Anyway, a girl sending 3 guys home. It is a whole new concept!! Haha!! The world is changing huh!!!!

Almost nearing end of my holidays......................

This week is the last week of my long school holidays. It had been a long holiday i guess. I guess most of my holidays i really enjoyed myself. I used this holidays to make up for the holidays i didn't have while serving my national service as a armour trooper. Anyway, sep holidays for me was a bit boring for me ba but close to the end of sep. The activities for me seems endless as i went out almost everyday. Haha, since oct started i been really enjoying the holidays. As you can see from the previous 2 posts, a lot of activities i was doing and really a lot of wonderful memories for this holidays. I guess i had a great holidays after all.

To the activities after the jb trip on last monday, i got all the dvds i bought on wednesday.For yesterday, went out with ah kiong and watch the movie 'the message' after that went to suntec and guess what we saw while we were leaving the place. We saw Dr derek yeo, our course manager in my ite days. He was with his family. Chatted for a while and found out that the gathering in dec is going to be organise by the student services in ITE. I guess I should be going as after i am a ITE graduate and i am doing great also in my path of the science sector. I am sure that i can carry the ITE brand proud in singapore poly which i am currently studying or at least i hope.Haha, a great statement from me!! Really hope i do well to carry the good name for the science in ITE.

I finally finished watching a hk drama today, which i been chasing during the week i guess. The drama is something like the chinese version of CSI. The drama is a good drama i thought with the different highs and lows in it.

Today is the day where my brother came back from his confinement after his first 2 weeks in the police national service. Nothing much had change for him except for his hair. Expected as this is what all the singaporean male have to go through as a citizen. He came back complaining about the physical training. I guess he just started out, i think everyone started out the same too. Anyway, i still think army is worse than police training. It is because police don't go outfield and besides i think to them, the most difficult part is physical training only. From my experience in army, army is tougher as we had stress during outfield exercises and we also have physical training. Therefore, army is toughest among the 3 national service for males. Although i went through army as a armour trooper, it was difficult at the start but i still persevere through the 2 years and made quite a new of good friends or better known as brothers. I guess everything have their good and bad sides. Anyway, happy that my brother came back home after a long time.Anyway, as a police NSF, he will have more time at home after this 3 months after he pass out successfully. Because being a police is actually a stay out type of national service job, not like in the army where you are confined to a camp permanently and the worse thing is you need to stay in camp during weekdays. That's why being a police serving national service, the toughest is only the first 3 months in home team academy. Looking to my brother passing out in january next year as a police officer and he will have more time with his family and friends after that. That's great!! So looking forward to that day!

Anyway, before that day actually comes, it is time for me to continue in my quest for a diploma when school reopens next monday! Will update soon!!!

Continuing.................

From the last blog i mention abt the cycling trip, besides that i also went LAN gaming with my secondary school friends, a ITE gathering involving the chinese and the JB trip. LAN gaming was a new found hobby with my secondary school friends so we also had a new hangout place which is AMK. We normally played LAN games at a shop in K box plaza near AMK central.
For the ite gathering was planned by me with the help of ah kiong, i guess i asked jane before i actually only decide to gather the chinese in ITE, she say since the malays already had their outing quite some time ago, we should have our own. I actually also thought something similar and organising a chinese gathering is easier as most of us were still in contact over MSN or phone. I am also not that close to the malays in ITE. Anyway, for the gathering, i decided it would be a steamboat buffet in the night. Seldom go to steamboat buffet restaurants so ah kiong and i went for marketing which restaurant should go in bugis 2 days before the actual day. Anyway, on the actual day, we went into this steamboat restaurant where the service was slow and awful lousy. Not a good restaurant and i guess the next time, i will not eat there again ba.
Good time spent there though as everyone of the 12 there got to catch up with one another after 2 long years since graduation in ite. Most of the guys there finished our national service except alvin which is still serving his. I guess this time can see a lot of people came out as we didn't had a outing for a long time. For the ones that miss it, i can only say it is theirs to regret. I shall try to organise another in the future i guess. This kind of gathering always brings great memories and happiness.
For the JB trip, it's been a long while since i went there. This is the first time, Lijin joined me and ah kiong for this jb trip. It's been a long while we went jb because of swine flu, studies and etc. Anyway, had a great time over lijin there. We also broke our record for buying dvds as both of us bought a total of 59 including 18 dvds of heros for lyon which i bought for him. Anyway, bought dvds until there was not enough for dinner and lijin is the only one that had money left. So she treated us for dinner at pizza hut over at jb holiday plaza after we finished buying our dvds. Anyway, i treated her for lunch as it is the first time she joins us for the jb trip. At dinner, she treated me back, so we are sort of even. Haha! Anyway, i always enjoyed the way we teased and talked about things. I guess not only me, the 3 of us should have enjoyed it on that day. We are so good friends i guess and enjoyed each others' company. I guess we will enjoy more of these jb trips in the future. The jb trip also marks the last week of my sch holidays lol. Will update more on the next blog post of this week!!!

Another long list of events that passed.................

Don know when did my blog because full of my events i gone through in great details. Anyway, i know a lot of ppl is suggesting that i cut down on the details and summarise! Actually used to summarise and list only important events that passed, but maybe because while serving NS over the 2 years, i forgotten how to blog and started writing every single detail that had been happening around me. Anyway, i shall try to cut down on every detail and summarise by only writing what is more important. Haha!! Continuing from the last blog post, i had cycling, played LAN games, went out with friends and a jb trip for the long week that passed till now. Cycling was among the activity i most look forward to as it has always been a passion for me. And ever since buying my new bicycle i never ride on it. This is the first time after so long i cycling as finally i found a cycling partner which is azli to accompany me for the cycling trip we sort of planned. To start the cycling trip off, we decided to meet at potong pasir at 1pm. While i was cycling there, my tyre busted when i was at serangoon. At that point of time, azli was already at potong pasir, i called him and ask him to come serangoon as i could not continue the cycling trip with a busted tyre. Then i met him and call a friend(saleh) living in serangoon to ask if there is a bicycle shop nearby so that i could change my tyre. He told me, the nearest bicycle shop is in serangoon north where he live. Anyway, we could not continue until my tyre was changed. So azli and i walk from serangoon to serangoon north. Finally, we reach the bicycle shop and met saleh where we had lunch together and say goodbye to saleh before resuming our bicycle trip to east coast park. It was a long but straight road to east coast park through hougang, ubi, eunos, parkway. We were but surprised as the ride was merely over 1 hour as we reach east coast park. Anyway, ride in east coast park while waiting for saleh and jeremy for dinner. So met them for dinner at east coast mcdonalds, actually that of going home after that but azli didn't want so we chatted till abt 2.30am before jeremy wanted to make a move to prepare for his mobilisation stuffs, so saleh send him home on the motorbike while azli and i continue talking while resting in east coast park. We then decided to leave at 4am. So i reach home at 5.15am, was so shagged lol! Talk with azli about it at east coast park lol, thought the whole experience was damn shagged lol cause we also quite a long time never exercise liao!! Haha!! I thought my bicycle a bit sucky too cause all the bicycle trips i had in the past, my bicycle also had no problems lol!!! Will continue on, going to sleep soon................

Long week that i spent since the last blog post.........

A lot had happened in this long week, i had a gathering on the first day of F1 which is a saturday at vivocity where i caught up with some of my army friends and had dinner. For sunday the race day of F1 was asked by my group of secondary friends to AMK to play LAN game for a good 3 hours before i headed home to watch F1 race live on TV.
For this long week following the F1 weekend, it started with me attending my poly chalet from monday to wednesday. This is the second poly chalet for our class, this time round came lesser people as most of my poly classmates are busy working or have something on. Total persons that came for the chalet i think about 9-10 only. Anyway, i still had fun although lesser people this time. On the second night, we had our bbq where i set up the fire since nobody really know how to. I thought also this is the first time i set up the bbq fire alone. I felt good also. I never knew i could do it lol. Really proud of my work. Haha!!! Anyway, i miss half of chris and fann wong wedding on tv as i had to help my classmates maintain the bbq pit fire. That night, fanned the charcoal to maintain the fire until, my arms also ached lol. In the end, we managed to cook finish 90% of the bbq food with the fire. Lucky, our class tutor did not come for the bbq because i took quite a long time to start the fire. From the chalet this time, i learn more about playing majong. I can say i learn a lot from chalets ba. Haha!! From the chalet, also found out my grades are average comparing it to my classmates. Guess that i would have to work hard for next semester to get better grades. I don think i too happy with my results ba!! Anyway, spent quite a lot of time playing wiii. Besides that, watched a movie that i bought along which is 'hell boy 2' and watch live soccer. That's for the chalet part i guess.
After the chalet, i went home in a cab with my poly friend, ben. I reach home on wednesday abt 1.30pm. After that, slept off as i was feeling very tired from the chalet. That time, woke up abt 3pm for lunch as i was feeling hungry. After that ah kiong asked me out and i went out after lunch to meet him and kenny at HMV in orchard. After that, made our way to marina square where kenny spent a lot of money on toys catching for the rest of the day there. In the end, kenny borrowed money from the 2 of us before he finally finished catching his last toy. I think he spent abt $200 that day. Also we had to help him carry to woodlands as he did not have enough hands. After reaching woodlands, we sent him to the bus where he headed home first before we head for mos burger to have our dinner abt 9.30pm. After dinner, met kenny again at the bus interchange at abt 10.30pm as he went home to take money to return us. After that, it was home for all of us.
For thursday, my father had a dental appointment at SGH where he wanted to make his fake teeth. He took half day leave as his appointment was at 4.30pm and came back home abt 2pm. After that, the whole family accompanied him there and he was told he needed to wait a year for his fake teeth. Anyway, after that, my whole family went for a late lunch followed by shopping around Chinatown. We reach home at abt 8.30pm that day.
For friday, i went out after our new sofa set and coffee table came at abt 3pm. This time, went out with my secondary friends. First, met up with azli and yaqin at bishan at abt 6pm. Azli wanted to eat first so went to mcdonald's. After that, we took MRT to AMK and walk around amk hub before jeremy and saleh reach. After we met up with them, we headed for dinner at a nearby food court. Then waited for the last person which is azri as he book out of police camp only abt 7pm. After everyone reach, we started playing LFD(LAN game) at abt 8.30pm. We played until most of us actually forgot the time lol. Anyway, we finish playing only abt 11.30pm. After that, the rest went to supper at mcdonald's. I went home early as i know i need to rest early for my cousin's wedding the next day. So i took the bus home from amk abt 12 midnight and reach home abt 12.30am. I did not sleep early as i was hungry and had cup noodles before i actually slept at 2.15am.
For saturday, it is my cousin's wedding day so i set my hp alarm for me to wake up at abt 6.30am that morning. So i woke up at that time, after that my whole family were preparing as we needed to be at my cousin's place at abt 7am. Anyway, we reach abt 7.30am that morning and surprised to find out we were still early. Ya, forgot to mention my cousin is a female. So we reach early and that morning we actually got to see how the groom and brothers got tortured by the sisters before going to pick up the bride which is my cousin in her room. After that, the bride and groom went to the groom's house while the rest of us remained and waited for her to return.
After the tea serving cermony, we went home to rest and relax for the wedding dinner at night.
The wedding dinner was held at holiday Inn parkview at orchard road. My family reach there abt 7pm and the dinner room was not open so we were outside waiting as more and more people arrive, we were serve drinks outside. First time for me, need to wait outside for a wedding dinner to begin. Anyway, i think this sucks already. There's more later on lol. We waited until abt 7.30pm before we got to go in and waited for the dinner to start. Were told that the dinner will start in 30 mins so everyone was chatting and catching up. After that, the most sickening thing is the service there really sucks as the service was so slow that some guests left before the last dish was served. Anyway, we finish the dinner and left with my uncle's family and my grandma as my uncle offered to send my family home. Before that, my uncle sent my grandma home before sending my family home. We reach home abt 12 midnight yesterday. After that, went for supper with my mother and brother as we were still hungry. We had mcdonald's and watched the first half of the man united vs sunderland match there before buying food for my father and went home after that. After we went home, i bathe and sleep at abt 2.30am.
For today, nothing much, decided to stay home and rest as i was quite tired after a long week of events. Ya, also planning a ite gathering for the chinese this sat. I will be going for a jb trip on 12 oct too. For next week, so far tuesday is my brother's enlistment date into the police force, my family will be going, wednesday i will be on a cycling trip with azli and sat is the ite gathering. That's life for me next week!! Will update again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Continue from last post................

I left off the last blog saying i will be cooking dinner the next day which is last wednesday. So i cooked dinner that night, i guess cooking fried rice was not as easy as i thought. I thought the final product which is the fried rice i cook was not really very good as some of the ingredients got charred. Anyway,talking abt cooking, i shall be cooking tonite again for dinner. It is like a weekly thing to me already as i cooked once almost for every week in my poly holidays.For last thursday i went to grandma's to visit her and catch up with my cousin over there. For last friday, was asked by wee kiong to accompany him to recruit express. So i went to orchard to meet him at abt 1pm that day. After that, we went to recruit express where he applied a form which helped him find a job. Anyway, till now, i guess he was not inform for any offers of jobs ba. After that is done, went to walk and window shop around orchard area. Decided to watch a movie since it was raining after we had lunch that time. We watch a korean movie that day. The movie is abt vampires and how they killed humans for blood. It is named 'thirst'. The movie was ok only as the story is somehow typical and a bit boring and quite a gore i would say. For last saturday, i guess i was called by ah kiong and we decided to go look for lijin to show her some concern for recent matters. Anyway,before that i thought of asking azli out as he would be gone for hari raya in malaysia the next few days. I guess i found out i made the wrong choice the later part of the day. So in the end, i met up with ah kiong in the evening about 5pm. We met up at the amk library as ah kiong wanted to return some library books before going to amk hub to look for lijin that night. I guess the visit of some sort to show our concern was unsuccessful. That night, i guess i should not have appeared in front of her ba. After showing my face for less than a few seconds, she don even talk to me at all and just walk away from me. Before that, she still got talk to ah kiong. At that moment, i was a bit stunned.I thought i did not do anything to her before. Further more, i did not say anything to her that night other than the few SMSes i sent. Actually, wanted to surprise her but in the end, i was left with no words for her actions. I guess if i had not appeared that night, maybe she can have a good chat with ah kiong ba. I guess besides being stunned, i was a bit sad because we actually came all the way to amk hub to show some care and concern and wanted to ask abt the upcoming malaysia trip and to catch up as we did not meet up for a long time liao. Anyway after that, i thought cannot blame her for her actions since she was rather in a bad mood ba. After the incident, we proceeded to see the game shops in amk hub before heading for dinner at amk hawker centre. While on the way to the hawker centre i saw some of my secondary friends which i did not contact since secondary days. Just walk passed them as not really close to them. The day sort of ended after dinner at the hawker centre. I had duck rice while ah kiong had hokkien prawn noodles. So i reach home abt 10.30pm that night. Actually, when i went home that night, i thought of messaging lijin to show concern and tell her i am her friend, not her problem and i won't force her to talk abt problems she did not feel like talking abt. Anyway, did not do that. I guess that is my only weakness towards girls, some of the things i might not express as well as to guys ba. I think that is much, much harder. I mean if you know me well enough..... This is for those friends who know me should understand ba. Ok, back to the events. I shall continue the things for last sunday. Last sunday, my father was not working due to hari raya. So in the afternoon, my father suggested we went to a temple to pray. My brother did not follow us on sunday as he had to do his revision driving lessons for his upcoming 4th traffic police test today. So i went out in the afternoon with my parents to a temple in chinatown, after that went to maxwell hawker centre to have lunch. After lunch, we went to suntec as suggested by me for the food fair in suntec. Not too many people there as expected by me, but the things sold i think are not very cheap, only reasonable ba. We had thai shark's fins over the food fair only. After that, went to look at the things father would love to look at which is electronics and electrical appliances at harvey norman, then carrefour.In the end, besides buying bags for myself and brother. The three of us would then end up buying a brand new sofa set. What i would not agree is that, father actually bought a glass coffee table for 69 dollars. I feel it is a waste of money. Anyway, it will be delivered next friday.That day, father spent a lot of money. Anyway, i thought that when father is at home, we tend to spend a lot of money. This is true for most cases lol. He is better off working ba. After buying the furniture from carrefour, we headed for MRT and ate dinner at hougang mall area before going home that day. For yesterday, spent the day at auntie's place a few blocks away from ours. My cousin is getting married next saturday, so the whole family was invited to her house to collect cakes. It was a great day as the whole family including my uncles, aunties, cousins, grandma was there. Been a long time since the whole family was there, all the catching up was done yesterday i guess. Found out we will be celebrating my grandma's 79th birthday next month on 17 oct. For this week, a new event coming up when be on sat, a gathering with my army friends. For next week, will be a rather busy week for me. Next monday to wednesday will be my second poly chalet, will be keeping my fingers crossed as no details had been released yet. Thursday or friday will be meeting another group of army friends i guess, also not confirmed. For saturday, will be my cousin's wedding day from morning till the wedding dinner in the night. The wedding dinner is at orchard's holiday inn hotel and restaurant. So far, these are the updates in my life!!! Will update again!!!!!!!!Look out for more!!!!

Abt the past few days.........................

Abt sunday, thought was going to COMEX again but surprised to find out actually they are not going to COMEX. Met up with my secondary school friends at abt 4pm before heading to penisular plaza where azli look out for new clothes that he wants together with me, jeremy and yaqin. After he bought t-shirts, jeremy also found jeans that he wants and also bought them. After that, we headed for the MRT as we decided to go AMK for LAN gaming, suggestion from jeremy. On the way there, saleh called while the MRT was reaching dhoby ghuat and he say he was at PS. So due to the turn of events, we ended up meeting him at PS. Shopped around PS for a while as azli was leaving to help his mother move some new furniture bought. He left us at abt 6.40pm. Then we window shop around the mall as it is almost breaking fast time for saleh. Then, we decided to eat pastamania for dinner, so the break fast time for saleh and we ate dinner before heading to The Cathay to play LAN games. This time it is better for me as the 4 of us played as a team in the game 'Left for dead'. I felt quite ok playing as a team and enjoyed the game more than the other time where i played alone. Anyway, played for 2 hours before the shop closes and we finished playing at abt 10pm. After that, slack a while and talk abt the game before going home. Saleh send me home on his bike again as we parted with jeremy and yaqin. This is the third or fourth time i guess, a bike ride can be enjoyable i guess. Anyway, quite grateful for him sending me home time and again. For yesterday, i went back to school in the afternoon for the notebook clinic at 4pm where the company technicians came down and help us check our laptop and i sign up for the slot from 4pm-6pm. I told them abt my problem with the laptop and it took a while for them to check. Anyway, i stay there the longest among the people there. Anyway, it took 1 hour for my case. That afternoon, a bit rush for me and didn't even have the time to eat lunch. Anyway, i ate lunch after the notebook clinic at abt 5.30pm. I had SUBWAY as there was not much i could choose from. After eating, i scrolled over to the Singapore poly graduates' guild house to hand my application for the bursary. I reach home at about 7pm yesterday.Today nothing much for me to do, so i stayed home. Actually decided to cook fried rice for dinner but had stomache in the afternoon so decided to abandon the plan and cook tomorrow. Will update again.......................

This week.........................

After finish watching the drama, this week i go out mainly because of COMEX ba. Today will be going again. Later going with my secondary school friends. Anyway, the first time on thursday went COMEX to just look around and walk. Second time which is yesterday, went and bought the norton anti virus 09 for $39. From last blog, the movie i watch was G-force in 3D on thursday as it is much more cheaper watching it during a weekday. Considering going to COMEX for 3 times, but i think quite ok because sort of going out with different groups of friends i guess. For this week, i also made a decision not to work this holidays so that i can enjoy myself to the fullest. Reasons that come with it is i had not really any holidays since the ITE days after i graduate from ITE. After graduating from ITE in 2007, i enjoy abt 2 months of holidays i guess before working at IKEA tampines for 1 month and then entering the army. In army, there's no such thing as long holidays. Longest only 1 week lol. So this 2 years in army really sucks. Therefore, i want to enjoy to the fullest this holidays that i have. Anyway for today, i thinking whether to buy a handphone today at COMEX. What a decision lol! Sian! For next week, should have time to start exercising i guess. So far, my plans are on monday(tomo) to bring my laptop for the notebook clinic in school and thursday is a trip to my grandma's place with my cousin. Also next week, should have time to cycle finally. Relive the memories, cycling bought upon me. Got to love it! Update again guys!!!!

Drama days at home this few days.................

From the last post, i with my brother cook dinner for the second time this holidays. This time, got soup, fried chicken wings and fish nuggets and steam egg too. Not too bad, just that the soup a bit bland cause did not have enough salt. Long time never cook, so trying to refesh my memories of cooking dinner in the past secondary school days for the family. Ok, from monday till yesterday, i finally finished watching the chinese drama ' Xian Jian Qi Xia 3' and it is within 5 days only. Good achievement i guess! Anyway, next up for me in the holidays will be exercising and cycling. First, the new bicycle i bought together with my brother needs a bell and a lock before i can start riding it out i guess. So need to buy those 2 stuffs first. After that, cycling can be done and i will need to run also to get back the stamina. Long time since i run i guess. Cycling is always one of the passions i have in life. Remember when i was young, my father will always bring the whole family out cycling from place to place. Like from our home in hougang, we go to toa payoh, bishan, serangoon and etc. We even explore the secluded area of sengkang before it is now. Memories on the bicycle for me, forms a big part in my childhood i guess. Anyway, after watching the drama, it is day to go out lol! Going to watch a movie and the IT show in suntec today. Update you guys again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a weekend to kick start my holidays..............

Recently the blogger a bit crazy but lucky still can update. So those interested still can see what i have been doing recently. As you guys would know, i finish my exams on a wednesday nite, thursday i officially start my holiday period on a thursday. For thursday, what i did was nothing much actually. For thursday, decided to cook after my army years of not cooking. So morning after breakfast with my mother, went to the NTUC in my neighbourhood to buy potatoes, fish nuggets, eggs and chicken wings.Also bought oil, light soya sauce and chilli sauce as been a long time since anybody actually cook in my home.In the afternoon, went out with my mother and decided to try the new MRT circle line and taught my mother how to go to my grandma's place at braddell taking MRT from hougang. Anyway, went bishan that afternoon and window shop with my mother for a couple of hours before going home to cook our dinner. Bad start as we found out that the deep fryer was not working, had to cook the wedges we cut from the fresh potatoes in a wok and that took a long 3 hours to finish cooking. The bad thing is not only that but we cook a bit too much as my father ate outside and the rest of the family end up eating only the wedges we cook, then we were full already. So the chicken wings and the rest, didn't even cook as our stomachs had no place. Eating potatoe wedges for dinner. So sian!!! Anyway, the good thing is my father fix the deep fryer late in the night when he came home. That's thursday! Friday was a busy day for me! Morning, went to meet ah kiong to help him carry things home from chalet, after that went to his home and chat before having lunch with him at bukit panjang plaza, then i went home for abt 1 hour before heading out to meet for secondary school friends for dinner at abt 8pm where i reach home very late about 12 midnight that night. Saturday, went out with ah kiong to the fair to look for dvds and later meeting kenny at abt evening time where he wasted money on catching soft toys at ps and marina square. Had dinner at kfc marina square before heading home. For sunday, spent the time in the morning watching a new chinese drama 'Xian jian 3', then in the afternoon, went out with my brother and mother. First, went to downtown east for a clothes fair and together the 3 of us bought some clothes. After that, headed to the Giant hypermart in tampines to look at bicycles, my brother and i would like. After that bought 1 bicycle and my brother decided to ride back home, so in the end, my mother and i went to take the shuttle bus to sengkang and had dinner at compass point before heading home and reaching home at abt 10.30pm. As for today, not much except for watching the chinese drama i mention, watch almost half the drama lol. Thinking of cooking dinner tonite, nothing to do also. Catch you guys later!!!!!!!!!!!

Exams all over, sch's taking a break for me............

Finally, a few long weeks of studying and exams, i am done with the first semester of my first year of exams in SP. After 2 years of not studying,back to exams for me, was a big struggle and i am so happy after the final exam paper today. Anyway, worry later about the results. Now it is the time to enjoy and play big time. Woohoo!!!!! So happy and all the stress are over for these 6 weeks holidays. Hoo!!! Things i planned so far are getting a bicycle, getting a decent handphone,maybe shopping for clothes and i say maybe. Continuing will be cooking cause i actually i miss cooking. In my life, i think my passions are with cycling, cooking and hiking i guess.Still for the holidays will be visiting my grandmother and catching up with my cousins, secondary friends, army friends and ite friends.Looks like that's a lot to do huh!!!! Anyway,it is the time to do all the things as i will have all the time for these holidays. Gonna love it!!! Wonderful feeling and so, so happy!!!! For poly friends, we are still quite far apart i guess, till now no official meeting out yet. I guess hope there will be something in the holidays ba! Another part of my life which is missing is 'love'. Long time since i dwell on this topic i guess.22 years of my life and not 1 relationship. So sad huh, anyway, it is a fact in the long time coming!! Huh, nothing much i can do!!!

Looks like i got a lot of time this weekend..............

Second blog post of the week, major achievement for my blog in the coming months i guess. Cause being a SP student, i have busy with a lot of school work. Anyway, some feelings in me for the past few months after i officially ended 2 years of my national service. Being a SP student for a few months now, i thought this first semester for me was quite a rush with actually only 13 weeks of learning for the modules after the 3 weeks break in between the terms, the first week, MST week and the revision week which is next week. Anyway, i spent the first term of this semester having to serve the remaining weeks in army and coping with studies after abt 2 years from stopping them. Therefore, i thought the first semester was a rush with the only 13 weeks of study and exams are now only abt 1 week away. I find the stress of studying as compared in the ITE days where i have more personal time than now. Having serve NS for 2 years, makes me stop passions i have like cycling and cooking. It is a long time since i actually cycle and cook. These are passions and things that i like to do in a long time to come and i have the chance to do all these during the holidays after the exams. Really looking forward to it as finally i will have more personal time for myself, family and friends. For now, the things at hand which is the most important is the 4 exam papers i will be facing for the 2 weeks of exam. I seriously hope i will not failed and have to repeat any one of them. This is the fear i have now. Though hard to predict the future and outcome, i can only thrive and work hard to achieve what i want which is results that i passed the 4 exam papers. I seriously hope for the best for my studies. Therefore. before i study hard for the upcoming week, i shall play and enjoy this weekend to the fullest as i will not have the time in the upcoming week. So this weekend, time is all on my side. Already a good start after typing this blog post, still a lot of time left to play and enjoy. Wonderful and great feeling after a long time. Haha!! I guess i will have time to update you guys again this weekend! Till then.......................................................................

Exams approaching in 2 weeks.....................

I guess the past weeks was quite a bit of a struggle with reports and presentation to be completed. Anyway, this is life being a SP student i guess. Ok, finally finished the last presentation which is CRS at abt 7pm with my group member of boon siang, jian hui and wei guang. I guess this is the hardest presentation ever to come by. So for this weekend's theme for me will be enjoying to the max cause from monday next week i will start my studying regime i would say and using the whole of next week to revise on my work and prepare for the upcoming exams which starts the week after next. Anyway, seems like everyone is in revision mode after all the lessons officially ended this week. Exams in poly is definitely not easy as compared to the tests or quizes we taken so far. I hope practising the past years paper will help me along with my revision. I guess going to wish myself luck on this exams which actually going to happen after 2 years of rest from study, serving NS which make me a bit stupid. Anyway, for past national day long weekend, i was reciting the pledge at 8.22pm when i was having dinner at KFC in marina square during national day itself along with the whole restaurant. What a moment it was!!! Anyway, was quite proud as a singaporean and for myself i guess. First time, watch 2 movies in a day also as we watch 'UP' in 3D and GI JOE in marina GV cinemas. That sort of concluded what i did for national day. Not much for now, will update again this weekend!!!!!!!!!

A brand new month, lazy old me getting lesser and lesser posts, haha!!!

Today is the first day of a brand new month.From the last post, this few weeks i had been busy with individual formal reports, group reports, last few practical lab sessions, a factory visit for 2 modules,a STD talk and etc.During few of the weekends, got different events like my brother's bursury presentation,niece's one month celebration buffet,going to visit my grandma,going out with friends and of course rushing the individual formal reports. Ok, to conclude the last post, i just got my MST test result for food science and i got 70% for it. Overall, i never failed the MST for any modules until now. Though i thought i will, but nevertheless, exams are scheduled for the last week of this month of August. I am scared of the exams as the standard of MST and exams are totally different.When you compare, MST is about only 10% of what the exams have to offer. I have the fear of failing any module and needing to repeat them again i guess. Things happen during this few weeks in class i guess, the popular one being the jia lin topic, followed by the sparks i witness between boon siang and charmine i guess. Anyway, jia lin's issue is the more cruical one i guess and attracting the most attention in class. Anyway, i guess this show that love can be a good thing or bad thing.Maybe this so-called crush he has is wrong, or to him maybe it is his feelings. But anyway actually in the world of love, there's no right or wrong i guess. He's just doing it too extreme and this might end up ruining his life. As my advice goes, thinking too much especially when it comes to love maybe not a very good choice,being happy is the way of solving problems and happiness is found by yourself and not others.The others can only help you but it is up to yourself to help yourself. Good luck and brace up jia lin!!! Ok, for this weekend, i started going out on friday evening after doing a group lab report which is yesterday. I went out with ah kiong and kenny to ps as kenny wanted to catch some soft toys from the arcade machines. Spent quite a lot of time with them there. I am a kind of person not interested in these machines, so i was just accompanying them yesterday. After that, we went to kfc and had a chit chat over there. Last,we went to marina square and to the arcade machines and continue catching soft toys.Of course, i just went to take a look. After that, went for dinner at singapore flyer's popeye chicken and biscuits fast food before heading home. Today, went out with my secondary friends, met and went to play LAN games.I guess this is the first time playing LAN game for me. Actually, wanted to play together but the game 'Left for Dead' only allows 4 players at a time so i was left alone playing the stupid game. Through this, i found out playing LAN games like this can help build teamwork and good bonding for friends BUT only if you play together as a group. This is not the case for me, as i was left alone playing the stupid game and i felt bored during the play as they played together for 3 hours but not me who play for 2 hours and stop as i was so so bored.Being left out is not a good feeling i guess, anyway cannot blame anyone as they don't know the game is suited for 4 persons. As i say before, happiness is the way out of problems. So i was also happy to see them play i guess as i did not think i know how to play the game. To say in accurate terms, i am not a type of person for these games i guess. Nothing much after that as we went to long john sliver for dinner before heading home. Ya, today took a ride home from saleh on his bike so i reach home before 11pm today. Always feel good taking a bike ride home as i love the wind when i am in the ride. Although i hate the dangers surrounding the motorcycle when on the road, but i think my friend here is a safe enough motorist as i took the ride for a several times before. That's about all! Ya, hope to update soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First ever food and nutrition day in SP...............

Today waited 3 hours for this thing. Anyway, nothing much. Just gathering of all the food science or related course students from year 1-3. Presentation by some of the 3rd year students that had gone for overseas trips to present their experience. In these groups include 2 of my ite friends that had gone overseas attachment with me in ite. 1 of them is kelly, she went to ireland for attachment recently and another 1 who is feng xian that went to Dalian in china. Memories flow in my mind as feng xian's group presented as photos of the places of interest in beijing like great wall of china. I once with her, kelly and 2 of ite friends travelled and had our attachment there in beijing in ite. I guess i sort of miss those days. A lot of things changed i guess. They are already in their graduating year while i just started my studies all over again as a year 1 student. My studies was forced to a stop as i finished my ite studies as i serve the country as a armour trooper in the army for 2 years. Ok, back to being a student was not very easy for me as i stopped my studies for 2 years already. I think i am trying very hard ba. My MST results left 3 more papers which 2 of them that i will know the results tomo le. Can only hope for the best ba. Hopefully, i will pass all of the tests ba. Will update when i am free. That's why this week cause i quite free. Haha!!!!!

Long 1 month plus since i type my last blog entry.......

Starting again from the last blog entry, from what i can remember, I spent the first week of june still as a NSF and as a full time SP student.The weekend on a saturday i spent doing my last guard duty for the camp and my unit. Quite memorable as i reflect during guard rest that day. I remembered doing the first guard duty abt 18 months ago. It was a 2 hour duty followed by a 4 hour rest. Long memories of the guard duty i have done. Moving on, it was holidays for me as a student in the second week of june. Started the second week of june, with a chalet organised by my poly class, quite a way to start with the holidays i thought. Good and quality time spent through the monday till wednesday with my poly class. Got to know some of them better ba. Ok, after that went back home on wednesday noon before going back camp as it was my ORD week. I finally going to ORD after 2 years of national service in the army as a armour trooper. Thinking back of the moments, a lot of memories were build and share among all my army friends. Ok, so i went to camp early on wednesday for the last medical checkup before ORD. Found out cannot do must wait till thursday morning. Anyway, went back early for nothing. In the end, that wednesday was a last nite's out for us as well. Decided to go home as i got a lot of things to bring home before friday. So went home to put some of the things i accumulated over the 2 years in army. That night, go back and reach camp at abt 11pm. Thursday, spent the morning doing SOC test and after that doing nothing and enjoying the aircon in the mess room for the rest of the day. Then came friday, morning was the last SOC test for me and the rest that didn't pass. Last SOC test, everyone was like playing a fool, doing things like walking past the obstacles, walking instead of running. It was like playing lol but very fun and we enjoyed that. Haha! After that, it was almost ORD lol as we packed our last few things in the almost empty cupboard of ours. We also do a bit of area cleaning, making the area neat and tidy.(last time as well) We were release that day and finally ORD at abt 4.30pm. 1 Of my army friends and i put some of the heavier lugguage on another army's friend van to help us as the van was too cramped for 2 of us. So my army friend and i met up to collect our lugguage from my other army friend at outram park MRT. After that, then decided to take a cab home together with him as his things are far more than he could take. I finally reach home. Ending my day with my beloved pink IC and becoming a NSman, ORD, ORD, ORD lol!!!!!!!!!!
For third week of june, second week of my holidays was spent doing assignments with my poly friends and at the same time also enjoying. As for the fourth week of june, last week of holidays, i spent the week finishing up the assignments with my poly friends and studying for the 5 upcoming tests when the school reopens with a break on sunday(28/6) as i went out with some of my army friends for a gathering and celebration of an army friend's birthday by watching the movie Transformers for the first time and later catching up with them by chatting in the food court in marina square. After that, we split and i follow 2 of my army friends to chinatown to look for handphones. After that, as i did not have an idea of what handphone to get, we went to vivocity which is the nearest to look for handphones that i like. Kind of narrowed down what handphone i going to buy and still thinking what to buy till today. Continuing, i started sch with the first test which i hated which is maths. By the end of the week, i finished all of my 5 tests. I thought i will fail some and pass some borderline having finish all the tests. Ok, starting the celebration off and back to my relaxing life. I started with the friday evening, a last minute meeting with my sec sch friends watching the transformers for a second time after dinner where we met up at abt 8pm. The movie was at 9.30pm and ended in the midnight. We ended the night after the movie and took a cab home as 4 of us shared a cab. They sent me home first as i was living the furthest of the four of us. I reach home that night at abt 1am. For saturday, I went out with my ite friends. Met up with 2 of them in the afternoon and walk around at plaza singapura before heading to AMK hub in the evening to look for the other 2 of my ite friends. Met up, received my belated birthday present and watch transformers for my record breaking 3rd time, my most times watching a movie so far. After the movie, went home and reach abt 11pm that saturday night. For sunday, it was a zoo trip with my sec sch friends. Met up at 11.30am but some people came late and we ended up reaching the zoo at abt 1pm. Bought tickets at $18 per person and started exploring the zoo for my first time since 10-12 years ago. Was enjoying the day till abt 4.30pm when the heavy rains hit and we were force to leave the zoo early as one of my secondary school friend was already sick in the first place and he needed to leave for home and rest. Some of us then decided to go for dinner at J8 in bishan. We had dinner at KFC. After that, going for shopping before going home. Reach home abt 9pm that sunday. Bathe and finished up my formal report at abt 12midnight before going to sleep. What a weekend! Enjoying, fun but a tired weekend which i am suffering the effects of cough and sore throat. Classes finally resume yesterday with me getting my first test paper back which is MIP. I didn't think i did well with the score of 62 marks. Today, just got back my second paper which is chemistry. I am surprised that i somehow able to pass it with a score of 31. Happy so far that i pass the 2 papers. Will update soon!!!!!!!!!!!!

End of may lol..................................

Ever since entering poly, it seems like i had become a busy person i guess. In and out of camp, i go and also studying in singapore poly. Poly stuffs are like never ending i guess. A lot of things like reports, reflections, a bit of presentation and research to do. Week in, week out, it is like that lol. Like to join a CCA, but i guess not now. Not the right time anyway. Training with studies very tiring lol. Now got free time at home, usually is sleeping during weekdays. Luckily weekends got time that i make for myself to go out with friends. Talking abt this weekend, actually suppose to be studying for a quiz on tuesday but yesterday went out. Today also going out for a friend's brother wedding banquet held in tampines in the afternoon. Meeting my friends abt 2pm later. I guess i will study in the night. Nothing much in camp, just waiting to ORD i guess. 2 more weeks left, getting nearer lol. Going to be free soon, so looking forward to it. As for poly, looking forward to the holidays. But after holidays i would die lol cause all the tests are coming. Another thing i hope to see is going out with my poly friends cause up till now, i still have not went out with them yet. One thing good though, we are getting a chalet on my ORD week lol. I have to plan how to go for that lol. Nothing much at the moment, will update again i guess.

Almost 1 month now i guess.....................

Long time since i blog i guess. Anyway, this few weeks, a lot had been happening like changes in my life, my birthday, back to being a student and army stuffs. All these events just makes me a busy person i guess. Having little or no time to blog though. This is a long weekend as labour day falls on a friday. I shall talk abt the major things that happen over this few weeks i guess. From the 13 april week, i was already preparing to start my poly life in SP. That week, went to poly for their orientation which was schedule for 3 days that week. I thought it was a waste of time though but i got to know the way and how to go look around for the classrooms i would be studying in SP. That week was going in and out of camp as it would be for the future weeks before i actually ORD as a soldier serving in the army. After the orientation week, i started and went back to the life of being a student. But before that actually started, i celebrate my 22nd birthday with my some of my ITE friends on the day of my birthday on a saturday. We went to eat and then watch a movie 'TAKEN' at cathay cineleisure. As it is the first week for school, most lessons had not started except the maths lessons. Anyway, first week is always the easier week in school i guess. First week passed very quickly as i still got to go in camp for my SOC training in the morning before going for my lessons in school. Second week of school which just passed, i was kind of more open to the classes and my new friends made from my class. Starting to feel the stress as next week will mark my first lab report as a group from this practical. Never really done one before so a bit nervous. Should get better once i settle into the poly culture i guess. Though one thing i found out is in SP, they are a lot of donations we need to get. Like eg. from the start, the orientation includes a flag day for all the new students in SP to attend and just before this week's long weekend, i rec'd yet another event's donation card requesting us to ask for donations again. Sucks man, so many things to do for the school. Huh, why so miserable in SP, i am not a very rich student already lol! Sian!

Another long weekend, feeling great and don't feel like going back tonite......................

Anyway, it is another long weekend for us. 2 long weekends in a month, feeling too good to go back camp tonite. Huh, anyway tonite is 1 of the less 10 book ins on sunday for me till i ORD lol! Good to think of it that way i guess. At least, it is faster thinking of it this way. Starting school soon, another then the actual school term starts, a bit sian i guess. Long time never study lol. Ok, this week is back to 5-day working week in camp. While i have not started to clear any offs or leaves, i will be clearing them once school starts i guess. Maybe to be exact after i rec'd my timetable for school. Anyway, i will be getting my timetable by tomo afternoon. Then i can start planning for my offs and leaves already. Ok, back to this week's long weekend. I started with booking out on wednesday afternoon abt 4pm. Proceeded to wait for ah q at CCK lot 1 shopping mall, while me, junming, james and chen long decided to eat kfc there. While i waited for ah q, i asked the rest of them to go eat in the kfc first. Anyway, we reach abt 5pm, then i started waiting for ah q till abt 5.20pm before he reach. Then, we head to kfc and rejoin the rest of them at kfc. When we reach, the rest had almost finished their food. Ah q and i then went to eat at kfc while we all had sort of a get togther session and talk while eat. After that, we went home. For thursday, a group of our army friends had a appointment for buffet. We met up with one another at abt 2pm for the buffet at 'LAO Beijing' restaurant. After a while, everyone reach and we started roaming around at plaza singapura as the buffet only started at 3pm. 3pm reach and while i was abt to enter the restaurant with my army friends, i saw kelly with one of her poly friends and i caught up with her a while before rejoining my army friends for buffet at the restaurant. The buffet started as more groups of people came into the restaurant. We had quite a feast in the restaurant in the buffet. We came out abt 4.15pm after everyone felt full. After that, the group of 8 of us decided to walk to bugis to the new cinema and watch the movie 'The sniper'. When we reach, we bought tickets for the movie and proceeded to the games arcade to look and some of us were playing. Junming then left us to meet his group of friends. Then, wai ban join us and the group of 8 were back in place. After that, we thought of going to buy drinks before the movie and we left the new shopping mall. As it was still early, we went to walk around bugis street before buying drinks nearby. After that, went to watch the movie at 6.35pm. I found out changes of the new cinema as i went for the third week in a row. The aircon was less cold with the movie starting later then the time shown. Anyway, the movie ended abt 8pm and we then went to the bugis games arcade as some of us play the games. We stayed till abt 9.45pm before we decided to go home. But then, i was quite hungry already so. We then went to eat at the coffeeshop behind bugis junction before we end the night there. For friday, actually i thought there was nothing. But my father was off that day and decided to go to pray ancestors for qing ming that morning. We went and reach abt 12noon and started praying till abt 1pm before the whole family decided to go walk abt in bishan for the afternoon. We also had our lunch at the food court at junction 8 in bishan. After that, we went home and reach home abt 4.30pm before i headed out for a BBQ in the evening. The BBQ was held at sembawang under some new HDB flats. First i met some of my army friends before heading together with me to the place for BBQ. We reach there abt 6.30pm. The BBQ is already on the way, just nice, Haha! That night finished with photos taken. But there's people have not because of their sickness last min like tick hin and samuel. Anyway, the BBQ was still a success. We spilt and went home abt 10.30pm. I reach home abt 12midnite. For saturday, went out in the afternoon with ah kiong and kenny to bugis again as ah kiong wanted to upgrade his laptop at sim lim square. After that, we went to eat kfc at bugis village before heading to suntec and marina to walk around till abt 7.30pm before heading for dinner at singapore flyer's popeye fast food restaurant. We went home after going to marina square to watch people catch soft toys. I reach home abt 11.45pm. Today going back camp lol. Update again........................................

Long weekend that started from wednesday nite book out....................

Talking abt last week, it was a short week for us in camp following the departure of the visitors in our camp on tuesday morning. In the afternoon, we had a briefing regarding the change of command parade for our Officer commanding. The actual day which was 1 day after the briefing on wednesday evening as we were told. Anyway, our CSM planned it seriously and was in sort of a foul mood that wednesday morning on we started on our rehearsal for the parade. On wednesday morning itself was a bad start as he broke his CSM's stick while shouting and scolding us for wasting time organising ourselves. Anyway, after that, we started our rehearsals from 10am. In the start was ok, but the second rehearsal was quite a disaster while we were marching stationary to a halt. After that, we practise for a few times before getting it right. Then, it was lunch and everyone was tired. After lunch, my platoon started bringing down the table and chairs from our bunk. After that done, we were all resting in the bunk waiting for the parade to start at abt 4.45pm where we would fall in. When the time arrives, the weather was not giving any face to the change of command parade for our outgoing officer in command. So we were put to a poll by our CSM whether to continue the parade or stick with the wet weather program. In the end, most people feel we should wait for the rain to stop to continue the parade though i didn't voted for the parade. Anyway, at abt 6.15pm, the rain answered most of the people's prayers and we were called for the parade. The parade started almost as soon as possible as it still look like it will still rain. Anyway, in the middle of the parade, it really rain with thunder and lightning but we still continue with the parade. In the rain, although it is 1 of the few times this happened. But it make the parade felt more memorable and meanful as it continued. This marks the last parade for my officer in command. Anyway, after that, we had a 'special' dinner in the courtyard and a lot of photographs were taken here and there as it marks his last day in our unit. After that, we packed up a bit and book out to enjoy this long weekend. This long weekend, i did quite a lot of things. First on thursday morning, went to settle my poly fees, online pre enrolment and the medical checkup which the poly requires for my admission. After that in the afternoon, went to meet my army friends for a movie in the bugis new cinema. Met chen long abt 3.30pm before heading to buy tickets for the new jackie chan movie. We bought the movie tickets for 5.25pm as one of them reached abt 4pm. After that, went to eat lunch. Ok then, we walk and explored around the new mall. Went to comics connection and chen long bought a 5x5 rubik's cube to play. When it was almost time, we went 7-11 to buy drinks before heading to watch the movie. After the movie, went to walk around bugis looking for food eventually heading to the temp food market to have our dinner. After that, the last thing before going home was to go to the bugis arcade to see people play. For friday, i started also in the early morning and meet kok tong at abt 8am for enrolment in singapore poly. We reach at abt 9am and started doing the enrolment. We finished everything at abt 9.45am. After that, decided to go vivocity. While in the MRT, i thought of going to a place near vivo which i hadn't been too which is Mount Faber. We then decided it was still early for lunch and went for a long walk in the park at Mount Faber. At the hill, we went and we explore most of the things in the park until we were very tired. We exited the park vie canopy walk in alexander and took a bus back to vivocity to look for lunch. We then decided to eat pizza hut at harbourfront centre. Reach there very tired and hungry, service sucks in the restaurant. Maybe because it didn't have enough staff. Anyway, still had our lunch there and order for student value meal with our newly made student card. The meal was a dollar cheaper with free flow of pepsi. The meal was quite filling. After that, we went our separate ways as i went home first as the morning was over. For the evening, i met up with 2 of my sec friends at abt 6pm for movie again at the new bugis cinema. This was the second time in the week i went to the same cinema. This time though the movie i most don't want to watch but was force to was a horror movie titled 'The Unborn'. We watch the 6.25pm movie and it ended almost abt 8pm. After that, went for dinner at an indian restaurant in beach road. It was not the last of the things for that night anyway. We then went to the esplande where we spent time catching up and talking abt things. We stayed there till abt 1am before we went home. Ok, to yesterday's events then! Abt yesterday, went out also but later. Met up with my ite friends ,2 of them, we watch movie also in bugis but this time in bugis junction. The movie is 'Knowing' started at 5pm and ended at 7pm. After that, we went around in bugis junction to look for letter covers for the letter as ah kiong needed to post a letter. Found it and went on to the post office in brash besar complex for him to post it. After that, went for dinner at a coffeeshop nearby. After dinner, we went to suntec to walk abt before heading marina square to look for people playing with the soft toys machines. In the end, we went home at abt 11pm. For today, same routine as it is book in day lol! Long weekend for next week too, so happy. Update again...........................

Normal weekend again......................

For this week in camp for me was all abt SOC as i pass my close combat training for the advance course which i attended the previous 2 weeks on monday. Anyway, for the rest of the week, i was concentrating on passing my SOC test on friday. In the end, friday came and i still fail the SOC test. Anyway, it is like a rock which fell after i had taken the test. I was stressed the whole week by it lol. Ya, glad that it was over anyway though i failed. Also this week, the foreigners came to our camp. Though i wasn't quite involved with them except went to butt setting for their live firing last saturday. The good thing is i was not involved in saturday's event and did not burn my weekend this week. So as usual, i book out on a friday nite. For weekend this week, saturday actually wanted to go out with my sec friends first but did not happen. Second, wanted to go visit my grandma with my cousin also did not happen. So i called ah kiong in the afternoon, asking whether want to go out. Then he suggested for us to go to the new cineplex in bugis which just opened on friday. So we first decided to meet at 5pm and he ask me to get kenny too. Abt 4pm, he mgs me telling me he cannot make it and ask me to go ahead with kenny. So in the end, met up with kenny at the new shopping mall for the $6 per movie in the new cineplex. Met up with kenny at abt 5.30pm in the end, afterwards went to buy the movie tickets at the top level. We then found the offer for the $6 movie is till 10 april. After buying the tickets, went to walk around the new shopping mall. Nothing much as most shops had not open yet. One of the few shops we walk into is 'comics connection'. Look for new NDS games which i like but only found pokemon platinum at $55. The cheapest price i saw was at jurong point $54 for that game. Anyway, after that went to 7-11 to buy drinks for the movie. After buying the drinks, luckily we went in earlier for the movie, cause the movie started 2 mins after the timing. Forgot to mention the movie we watched is Dragonball. Quite a short movie with great graphics and action packed. Went to look for dinner in bugis junction first, no luck for KFC there. So we decided to go to the bigger KFC opposite bugis junction. We then had our dinner there. After dinner, went to look for games shop in bugis junction to no avail. Lastly, decided to go sim lim square to look for the games. At that time is already abt 9pm lol. By the time, we reach sim lim square, 90% of the shops was already closed. After that, decided to go home as we had nothing to do lol. Today going back camp, same routine applies. Ya, the good news is i rec'd the sp enrolment package telling to go enrol for the course. A lot of things to be done but the problem is i am struck with the online enrolment. Looks like i will be entering poly this year. Happy i guess, wish is finally coming true! Looking forward to the long weekend next week, booking out on wednesday night. Thursday will be a busy day as i look to settle my poly enrolment before actual enrolment day on friday in sp.

Back to normal weekend again........................

It is back to the normal 5 day working week in army for the few of my remaining months in national service. Anyway, the brunei army is coming to our camp this week for an exchange. Something like a bilateral relations thing between countries. Anyway, i am involved in it somehow. They will be staying in our camp in our company's care for the 8-10 days i guess. After this, i can say most of my army days are almost over, just that i am still not able to pass my SOC which is something to do with my combat fitness i guess. It bothers me somehow as i will be stress by the fact that i will not be able to attend poly lessons as regularly as my army friends that had pass SOC and enrolled for this year's intake as well. This is due to SOC which i am not able to clear this till now. There will be training here and there for me to pass so i am still scared and so how stressed. Anyway, i hope to pass it before the school term starts or else i will be very tired for the months to come till i finally ORD i guess. Ok, enough abt army. Anyway, it will be over very soon once april reaches. For the 2 days weekend for me, friday went to my friend's place in bukit panjang to settle for poly's application stuffs in the morning and got free tickets for wild wild wet for 3 from my friend, then went back camp to take so mock grading thing which i need to clear in the afternoon. After that, book out and then go home. On the way home, i was thinking who to invite to enjoy the free tickets for saturday which is yesterday. In the end, i decided i would ask 2 of my army friends( chen long and junming). So met them yesterday for wild wild wet. We supposed to meet at 1pm. In the end, i met up with chen long first at abt 1.45pm. Then, we went for lunch first as junming was coming late and he asked us to eat first. After that, we met up with junming at abt 2.30pm and bought drinks in NTUC before heading to wild wild wet. We reach at at 3.15pm. By the time, we went in and change to our swimming attire. It was abt 4pm lol! Yesterday, it is the first time for the 3 of us in wild wild wet as we did not go before. The 3 of us think the place is a total waste of money if the tickets were not free as the place was not very exciting as i thought it would be with limited things to do. Somemore, we met with bad weather at the timing we were playing. Anyway, in the end we played abt 1 hour in the place only lol! We came out abt 5.30pm after changing as the weather was already very bad. After that, chen long needed to go home for dinner and junming meeting his friends for movie so we separated at abt 6.15pm. Then i went to meet kenny, ah kiong and his cousin at pastamania to collect my dvds from him. After that, we separate after they finished eating. I reach home and bathe. That's almost the end of the day after i ate dinner at abt 9pm. Today going back camp lol, same routine for the normal book in day. Update again, bye!!!!

2 weeks since my last entry..........................

Abt the last 2 weeks, the first week for me is a long break after my last outfield which ends 1 day earlier which is a saturday(8/3) when we return to our unit to clean our rifles in the morning. First thing i did when i return, we went back to our bunk to clean up ourselves leaving some of us behind to look after the weapons we left on the ground floor. I bathe and eat cup noodles before heading back down to clean my rifle and the rest of the heavy weapons. Abt the cleaning part, it is as usual for my platoon as the same few stayed behind to clean the heavy weapons. Anyway, all of our weapons were clean and return by abt 4pm that day. The good news is we were allowed to book out on the next day which is a sunday morning. Anyway, on saturday, it is no lunch and dinner for us so i went on for mac delivery for lunch and dinner it was KFC. I thought i spent quite a lot that day. Anyway, it was all worthwhile as it can be treated as a celebration for our last outfield we were having. Sunday morning,we successfully book out and i went straight home. After that, i got a mgs from ah kiong and we met in the afternoon at chinatown and went to the flea market there. Actually supposed to meet yiqi but heard she sprain her ankle so she did not meet us. After that, we went to plaza singapura where we watch the movie 'push' and after that went for dinner before going home. For monday, it was a day off for us in army. So i went out with my army friends, 7 of them, we met up at novena square at different times as the original timing change from 1pm to before 2.30pm as the organiser check and found out the buffet starts only from 2.45pm. I reach quite early abt 1pm as i rec'd the mgs late, that time i already on the way liao. Anyway, we starting eating abt 3pm when the things we order came. The buffet consists of things listed in the buffet menu, some of them are paos, dumplings, soups, ngoh hiang, fried rice, mee goreng and etc. i would recommend this buffet as it is very filling for those people who are very hungry and the price is around the same or cheaper by a bit i would say. After we felt we had enough, we left te restaurant and just to walk around the shopping mall as most of us were very bloated at the point of time and we walk abt to digest faster ba. After a while, we feel quite ok and decided to head to AMK to watch a movie. We decided to watch 'Kung fu chef' which features only in Cathay cinemas so we went AMK. While waiting for the movie to start in abt 1 hour, we went to the games arcade next to the cinema. Before the movie, we still went to NTUC to buy drinks and snacks for some of us. Anyway, after watching the movie we went home as most of us were still feeling full from the buffet in the afternoon. On tuesday, went out with ah kiong and yiqi. First, we met up with each other at ngee ann city and saw lijin for a while as kiong got things to pass her. After that, went for lunch. We then headed to marina square where the 3 of us spent over $100 on soft toys. That day, we were all mad lol! Anyway, i seriously think it is a waste of money. Anyway, we spent most of our time there that day. After that, we went home. On wednesday nite, i went back camp for the Close combat training which i miss the other time. I book out again on friday. Yesterday went out to jb with ah kiong and kenny. First time since 2 months ago, we bought dvds and ate kfc for dinner. First time i went to the new jb customs office, i thought the new office was posh and nice but the roads leading to it is not convient at all. It is also messy lol! I change $50 and spent most of it on the dvds i guess. Ya, that day also eat marybrown which is a chicken fast food restaurant for the first time. A lot of first times again huh, long time never had lol! Haha!!! Today is the same routine as it is time to book in again.

Busy..............................................

Been busy since january i guess. Anyway, last week did not blog cause lots of thing happen in camp. Exercises here and there. Burning weekends one after the other, finally the last major outfield which is ATEC stage 2 is here. Happening next week, though going to burn weekend again. Army sucks right? Going to ORD, yet it seems there's still a lot of things to do. This weekend is so-called long as i returned home on thursday night cause friday is a off day for my company. Abt this weekend, friday as planned by one of my army friends, we met up at abt 11.30am as we decided to eat macdonalds' at northpoint. In the end, some people were late so we started eating lunch from 12 noon and when everyone were finally there and finish our meals. We left northpoint and then we headed to our place for bowling which is SAFRA yishun. We reach the place at 1.30pm. The sad thing is we found out the bowling facility is booked until 3.30pm for an event. So we walked around SAFRA to look for other things to do. In the end , we went from the games arcade to the pool room and played pool for 1 hour over at SAFRA while hoping there will be places for bowling after 3.30pm. Gods knows,we found out other people booked all the slots after 4pm lol. In the end, we again went looking around SAFRA for things to do. After a long while, we decided to walk out of SAFRA since there is nothing much to do and we also wanted to save time. When we reach the outside, we decided that most of us wanted bowling so we looked for another place and while we walked, we saw a street directory board and showed us another bowling place which is orchid country club. We saw and thought it was nearby so decided to navigate there. Though it is a long walk, we eventually reach the place at abt 4pm. Another scare for us as we thought there's an event BUT it turn out the different schools are training for the upcoming bowling competition next week. Anyway, we managed to book a place for us to bowl. We bowl for 2 games and each lasted abt 1 hour. First game i got the lowest score of 62 points only. It was a bad, bad first game for me. i improve a lot for my second game as i got 98 points, thanks to a strike and a few spares. First time got a strike, i was so happy. After that, decided it was enough and we went back to yishun MRT station after taking a free shuttle bus. We separated from there as chen long went home first, followed by james. The rest of us went on to meet another group of my army friends at bugis and had dinner there. After dinner, went home with one of my army friends as we live in the same area. That's friday! Saturday went out with 2 of my ite friends. We met at abt 3pm and actually wanted to watch movie but there was too many people so we drop the idea and we went to eat lunch first as i had not eaten. Actually, also waited for another friend to come. She came at 4plus and we shopped around as we didn't know what to do. In the end, started playing machines picking up soft toys and i wasted a total of $30. It was a total waste of money i thought. Anyway, i only managed to get a green mickey mouse soft toy. It seemed so stupid and i doubt i will ever played the machine again. Yesterday really was a crazy day for us, after dinner, the two of them continued playing and we stayed at the place until 10.30pm before heading home. Sunday is today. Normal thing, just that went hougang mall with my family to have lunch there. Next week sucks as i am not able to return until 10 march when i come back after SOC training and the night going back camp. Sucks right? See you guys in 2 weeks!!!!

Short month BUT Feb burns the most weekend as i found out this week.............

This week sucks as i found out i will be burning a lot of weekends since the sunday 1 feb where i serve guard duty to start off the month. I will be burning another one tomorrow doing another guard duty. Next weekend of 2 days will also be burned because of some duties. This kind of army lfe really sucks huh! Anyway, 3 weeks out of the 4 weeks of weekends in feb is or will be burned. It is all because of the duties to the country or the camp or the army which makes army life more painful than that of the police or civil defence force. Anyway, to conclude in whole, the army sucks as i repeatedly comment and complain abt. Another thing which i found out this week after returning from nights' out on wednesday nite is i was selected to participate in a change of command parade( COC) which the rehearsals started from thursday straight after a IPPT test which i volunteered to take before knowing i had to take part in the COC. So i went to the rehearsal after IPPT test which ends 45 mins before only. I only had that time to prepare for the rehearsal then. It was very rush as i had to cool down before bathing and change immediately after that. Anyway, that thursday sucks. Next week, i still have 2 more rehearsals before the actual day on wednesday late afternoon i guess. Suddenly, my relaxed feb turned the other way to become busy and packed for me. That's why army sucks because of a lot of things, one of it being involved in the parade like this one. Nothing much for this week, IPPT test aimed for silver BUT again got a pass. Huh, sian! Wasted my time again, just that the good thing is improve my timing for running again. For yesterday, it was victory challenge as games were played between the whole battalion to compete for who's really the best company in the 40 SAR. My company won and we won a day off for the whole company which my OC giving as a day off next thursday. The good thing is we get to go home next week for a day instead of being confined the whole of next week. Ok, weekend nothing again as i going back camp tonite for guard duty tomorrow. But before that will be meeting my cousin at my grandma's place as we will be doing guard duty tomo, just that in different camp. Updating will continue next week.......................

Weekend after the major outfield....................

Tiring weekend i would say for me, yesterday went out with ah kiong, serene, seb and yiqi. Met up at abt 1pm before going to eat sushi buffet at cineleisure. We left the place after eating at abt 3.45pm and shopped around somerset area to wait for lijin to finish her work. She finished work at 8pm and the rest of us met up with her except for serene as she went to had dinner with her parents and left us. Yiqi also left us before the 5 of us went for dinner at kfc in cineleisure. After having dinner, it is already 9.30pm and we decided to walk in cineleisure for a while before heading down orchard road to plaza singapura where we shopped another while before we dismissed everyone and went home. I reach home abt 11.50pm yesterday night. Today, going back camp as usual so same as every sunday. I having guard duty next sunday so it will be a short weekend for me next week. Huh, army life is just so sian. Luckily for me, it is ending in months. To be exact, it is 4 months more. The bothering thing now for me is the JPAE application which begins tomo, i am still thinking abt it. Time is running out, but i have until tomo morning to choose. After this, i should be in holiday mood with no stress already ba. At least until the results are released. Haha, see you guys next week!!

CNY and short week with 3 guard duties in it.............

It is the annual chinese new year and a new year of the ox. But it is a sad opening to a new year with me doing guard duties 3 times this short week. Anyway, i already knew i was doing wednesday's complex guard duty which was on the third day of CNY. Anyway, there's still another which i volunteer in doing which was on the first day of CNY night which was a 12 hour shift as it was CNY. I thought i was not going to do another one but to my surprise, i found out last week on friday that i will be doing another guard duty on sunday( the seventh day of CNY). Seventh day of CNY is so-called another important day in the 15 days of CNY cause the chinese will celebrate the birthday of every born chinese. It is therefore known as human festival. So this year cannot celebrate with my family as i will be doing guard duty tomorrow for the third time in a week. As the guard duty thing settling down after a talk with our sgt that is planning it for us. Now the guard duty planned is more fair and we are all clear abt it. Anyway, i don really blame the sgt that much as on my part i also long time did not do a weekend duty lol. So this will be a short weekend for me as i will be booking in tonite. Anyway, hopefully there will not be any weekend duties for me in march. Or i will complain and see that something is done. Back to CNY, the ang baos collected was almost equal to last year's. This CNY, i planned carefully as i knew i had to do my duty in camp. So first day of CNY, my family and i went first with my 3rd uncle's family in his van to my 2nd aunt's house for a visit. After that, went to my grandma's place in toa payoh. Ya, all the morning, my family has been visiting relatives from my mother's side. After that, we went to my father's side relatives starting from my 2nd uncle's place to my grandma's place which houses her and my 6th uncle's family. After that, it is abt 5pm and we went back to my grandma's place(mother's) to collect my bag containing my stuffs of army which i left there earlier. My family also had dinner there. My family and i stayed there till it is time for me to go back camp for my guard duty. On the second day of CNY, i finished my guard duty and one of my sgts sent me home in his car. I reach home at abt 9.30am and after waking up the whole family. We started visiting again with visiting my first aunt's house(mother's) a few blocks away, the time was then abt 11am when we reach her house. After that, we went to my first aunt's house(father's) in redhill taking bus 132 from hougang bus interchange. Then after, we went to bedok for a visit to my second aunt's place(father's). After that, we decided it was time to go grandma's place for another visit. Anyway, it was almost a practice for my family to visit grandma's place 2 times in CNY. Anyway, in the end, we separated. My mother and i went to my mother's side grandma's place while my father and brother went the other side to the other grandma's place. In the night, my father and brother went to look for us and we were reunited before i went back camp for wednesday complex guard duty. So there's this year CNY for me. As for thursday and friday were normal days in camp. Book out yesterday night for this short weekend. Actually i planned to stay home as it was book in day for me today, but my torchlight was not working and i needed one for the upcoming outfield next monday, so in the early afternoon went to beach road to buy one before heading home. Anyway, my cousin came over to use my computer at abt 2pm. I saw him and talk before heading to beach road. I reach home abt 5pm after buying the torch and heard my cousin left my house at abt 4.30pm. Ya, this is my short weekend ba! Update again next weekend..........................

A short outfield with surprises installed after that..........

This week in camp, we had coastal hook outfield in a day(wednesday) where it is a special ops involving assault boats in the sea. After that, we went back in the night. But on thursday and friday, we train in the new urban training area in Murai which is in Lim chu kang. Quite tiring though but when we came back to camp, we found out that there were surprises installed for our platoon. The surprise was not for me actually but also involving me in some way. Anyway, this revolved around the guard duty still. This is the second week i complained abt guard duty i guess. Anyway, this time the sgt is really irresponsible and was on off somemore. At first, the guard duty on friday should involve a storeman, me and my section 2IC but due to urban ops training, my company 2IC ask my sgt to cancel my section 2IC and my name for the duty. Since then, he did not put any names for the 2 slots for the guard duty, until when we return from outfield, the bikees found that they were on duty and this shocked them as they thought they could go home that friday. A lot had been then debated, in conclusion, one of the bikees and a signaller decided to do it. The sgt was so irresponsible not only because of this but because a driver tried to call them to ask and could not get him, so he ask another sgt to call and finally that irresponsible sgt decide to put up the phone, and when ask he just reply with a answer of 'oh'. Anyway, the whole platoon of mine decide to talk to him on next week after CNY. Ok, done with army stuffs. Now, today is already First day of the ox year. I wish everyone a happy and joyous ox year. Hope everyone earn a lot in the new year. Great health to all in the new ox year! Lastly, Happy lunar new year to all! Update in a while.......................................

Another week in camp........................

Normal week in camp as duty calls upon our company for this month till after chinese new year. Actually this just means doing more guard duties for this month. Just did one on last friday, and what's worse is doing guard duty after a 8km route march. I was so tired after that though had to perform the guard duty. Suppose to book out in friday. Anyway, because of guard duty can't book out. But saturday had an open house cum chinese new year celebration in our unit was force to bring family members as to book out early on saturday afternoon. Anyway, brought my mother and brother to my camp for the open house. Had an appointment with my insurance agent to collect my insurance policy after the open house held in camp. But anyway, i sort of was release early at abt 1pm with my mother and brother. After that, i rushed home with them. Reach home at abt 3pm, pack things and 10 mins after, went out as i was late for the appointment. Went to meet her at bugis and reach at abt 3.45pm. The good thing is i got the policy finally, talk to her for a while before heading to vivo city where i supposed to watch a movie with my friends(seb and ah kiong). Watch the movie at 5.20pm. The movie is Red cliff 2. The movie was exciting with the fighting scenes, though the movie ending is not very great but overall the movie is ok. After the movie, it is already 8pm and we went to had our dinner at chinatown hawker centre where i spotted a empty table by luck very quickly. I had sliced fish soup and rice that day as i was still coughing and decided to take something light that night. After that, we went home at abt 10pm. Sunday as usual! Update again next week!!!

New year of 2009 and camplife resumes to 5 days work-week lol!

A bit not comfortable as previously in december had a lot of long weekend. So when new year hits and i resume my normal soldier life, i feel not adjusted back yet. Anyway, the past week in camp was outfield for 3 days and 2 nights of mission based exercise from tuesday to thursday night before we came back to our camp premises. The exercise was not as tough as i expected, quite relax through. Ok, normal routine resumes and we book out on a friday night for this weekend. This weekend actually nothing much as i think was a bit tired after the outfield ended. Saturday went out for a while with a company mate of mine in the evening and play arcade games in suntec before going home at abt 10pm yesterday. Yesterday also last day for the open houses of the various polys. Actually planned to go but in the end because of time, decided not to go after all. Anyway, the application of JPAE also have not started for this year. Need to ask MINDEF soon before the application opens for the poly i guess. Hopefully can start my studies in april this year. Today, same going back camp lol! This upcoming week so sian lol cause saturday got open house in my camp so have to stay till saturday afternoon before coming out from camp. Sian lol! That's all folks! Haha! See you guys next week!

First post of the year 2009.................

It is the first post of 2009. Before looking ahead of what should be installed for me, first we should update the following which is the last week of 2008. Abt this last week of year 2008, before that, i had a long christmas weekend, for this last week of 2008 is the same, i also had a long weekend even longer than the christmas one. Anyway, i returned to camp only on monday nite which is the 29 dec. That whole day started with my body not feeling very good as i suffered from flu, sore throat and cough. Anyway, i still return back to camp without fail as i feel it is only a day in camp and will not do anything serious to my illness. That night, i went back to camp feeling restless and tired from the illness. I went back to camp to rest for the next day. The next day supposed to take a SOC test but did not take as i was really not feeling well. Anyway, there was nothing much after that. I successfully book out in the night, though i was not feeling very good but better at that point of time. Went to eat at jurong point with a group of army friends before going back home to rest for this long new year weekend starting from last wed till today. All the while this time, my illness though it is better but my flu is on and off. Anyway, went out for new year's eve with 2 of my ite friends. Met up abt 3pm before we went looking for lunch and had pasta at the pastamania in cathay cineleisure before walking around orchard and watching a movie at cineleisure itself. We watch IP man at abt 5.10pm till 7pm before heading down to plaza singapura to shop around. After that, went to SMU to play wireless game of mario party before heading home for that day. For new year's day itself supposed to be going out with my secondary sch friends, but there were no news and in the evening i was bored so went out with 1 of my army friends to suntec to walk around before heading to bugis to have our dinner there. After that, i headed home. For friday, i went out with my parents as my father return with the news that he would not be working on sunday starting this year. He returned in the afternoon and since i had no program and my father proposed going to the airport which he hadn't been to the new terminal 3 since it opened. So i follow my parents to the airport that afternoon, we started walking from the newest terminal 3 where we dropped from the bus 27. We walked through all the terminals and viewed all the viewing malls to see planes. But my parents and i were disappointed to see the viewing mall as it is grown smaller and smaller over time. Remember when i was young, my parents would sometimes bring me to the airport for a walk. I remember the viewing mall was bigger and there would be a lot of planes for us to watch and see. Anyway, we went to the budget terminal even as i wanted to ease my curiosity for the terminal itself. Disappointing results in the end, there was nothing much to see or watch. But anyway, remember i wanted to i-weekly which i forgotten to buy it earlier in the week so bought the i-weekly there. After that, we took a bus and went back to hougang central where we had our dinner over there before heading home for the day. For yesterday, i also supposed to meet my sec friends but to no avail. So same thing since my father was around, i suggested going to tampines to walk around. It was in the afternoon that we decided to go. But decided to go in the evening abt 5pm, my brother didn't go as he met his friends for an overnight cycling trip. So my parents and i headed to walk tampines. First, we decided to go GIANT hypermart in tampines before heading to tampines central to shop the malls over there. So we reach home late yesterday abt 11pm, i descibe late cause my parents seldom go out till so late. Haha, with me around, very hard to say. Anyway, that's the whole long weekend for the new year. Today finally, it is booking in day and for me to return to camp for the outfield week ahead of me. Sian, long holidays had ended. Time for outfield training to carry on, although i hate it but nothing much that i can do i guess. Hopefully, i will suffer through this last few outfields ba. Let's pray for the best!!! Will update again!!!