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!!!

Christmas week.................................

It is a long weekend install for us in this december. For this long christmas weekend, i almost went out everyday. i book out on christmas eve on last wednesday afternoon. For thursday which is christmas itself, i went out with my ite friends of ah kiong, lijin and calvin. Ah kiong and i met up first at abt 3pm. We met up and had lunch before calvin and lijin joined us at abt 5.30pm. Found out the reason why they were so late cause at first i thought we were meeting up at abt 3-4pm. Lijin went to a saloon in orchard to get her haircut done. Anyway, we went window shopping in vivo for a while before checking out on a advertisement on a steamboat buffet featuring the shop in a rather deserted place in vivo which is a corner behind 'DAISO' departmental store. Went to take a look there and decided to have our dinner over there. Not too bad a place, just that the seafood found there are not very fresh. Example is the prawns are frozen and very soft. Anyway, still quite filling as i had my fair share of food there. On Friday, went out with a group of army friends for a ktv session at K-box from 12-3pm. After that, went to beach road with them as 2 of us wanted to buy some army stuffs. After that, we went to bugis where we play in game arcade and after that settle our dinner in the food court in bugis junction. For saturday, nothing much so stayed home and play computer games plus NDS. But in the night, went out with my family to have our dinner at hougang point. It's been a long while since i went there. Anyway, not a very gd dinner there as there are not a lot of nice food stalls there. Yesterday which is sunday went out with ah kiong to watch the movie transporter 3. Not a big screen as it is on sneak preview only. Anyway, a nice movie to watch for the action and drama in it. I also bought the bao qing tian 2008 part 2 which recently released. Bought it at blue max at $15. Then, in the evening after the movie, we went to SMU and traded pokemon using our NDS there before heading back home. Today going to book in. Normal routinue, just that i am feeling not too good today due to cough, sore throat and a bit of flu. Will update again...............

A long weekend cause of clearing leave for me.........

Came out on thursday night after doing nothing the whole day BUT area cleaning. Anyway, i think our csm is mad that day. Anyway, reach home abt 10pm that day. Friday was a BBQ planned by my sec friends. So i went for it and met them at abt 5pm. Together we bought the bbq food and utensils. Then, we waited for the latest person to meet us there which is jeremy before heading to east coast park, taking taxi as we had the bbq stuffs to bring over. We started the bbq at abt 6pm and spent the time in the park eating. Another of my sec friend then joined us at abt 7.30pm as he went to gym and was riding motorbike. Anyway, the rest of the time besides bbq, we were playing poker cards. Play with a bit of money, abt 10-20 cents before we decided to go home at abt 12.30am. Saleh sent me home since we live close to one another, while the others took a cab home as they live in the same area. Anyway, that night's food was a bit strange and the next morning i sort of had a small stomachache. But i still went out in that saturday afternoon with ah kiong. We met at abt 4pm and ate lunch at far east plaza KFC. After that, we shopped around orchard as i was looking for a christmas present for the companymate i was supposed to give. Found the ideal gift at TAKA, bought it and went to plaza singapura looking for wrapping paper. Didn't found it so i decided to buy it another time. After that, went to chinatown to look for dinner there as there are more choices available. I was left with $2 at that time. So we went to the hawker centre that is reopen and found a $2 roasted duck rice stall. Decided to eat at that stall BUT i ate roasted pork rice instead at the same price. Anyway, after that went home. Also ah kiong bought for me a christmas present, a NDS game. This is the second time he bought for me a NDS game lol. Thanks a lot. A bit awkward for me as i hardly give him any presents. Anyway, nothing much to say as i think people who understands me best know my character has to do with this. Sunday afternoon went to aunt's house a few blocks away to celebrate my cousin's birthday. She had a lunch buffet there and i spent a gd afternoon with my relatives there. Came back before the soccer match between singapore and vietnam which was shown on channel 5 live. Disappointing results as singapore crushed out of the tournment. Anyway, nothing much for today. Booking in only today as i am on leave. Going back to camp lol. Will update again!!! Bye......

Another week......................

Another week passed, this is a 4 day week cause of hari raya. Anyway, it started from tuesday, where we prepared a logistics inspection next week. It is a busy week for most of the platoons as our whole company prepared for this. For HQ platoon, i guess for me, i am quite ok. maybe because i got all the simpler tasks ba. Nothing much happen in camp i guess. Tomo going for second combat shoot in this year. Boring for most of us cause have to shoot, then later still must clean the weapon. For weekend, i guess it is the normal routine for me. Saturday and sunday only ma. Because of the shoot tomo, have to book in earlier so sian lol. Anyway, yesterday went out with ah kiong and i bought a nds game at ps to play on my nds lite. Before that, went to meet the insurance agent to resign the policy which i sign for before meeting ah kiong at national library. Nothing for yesterday i guess. And ya i forgot to bring in soap last week and was borrowing soap from my bunkmate for the week. So awkward as i use his bathing stuffs for the whole of last week until i got to buy it on friday afternoon cause e-mart only open on friday last week. Today, it is the same. I not going to repeat i guess. It is almost the same. Haha! Will update again! Bye!!!!

Long time again.................................

It's been a long while, 2 weeks since i updated my blog i guess. Ok, the last post was before i went to a 4 days 3 nights outfield. For that outfield, was ok with enough rest for us(the troops) each night i would say. Anyway, things was quite ok as i bought bread for the 4 days of hell in the field. We wouldn't have such luxury when doing the actual evaluation i guess, surely the rest time wouldn't be that much because it is a mock war situation and in war, we fight and kill or be killed. Ya, it is great since the outfield is over as our company had a long weekend after the outfield with us clearing 2 days of leave on the following monday and tuesday. Last week, since it is a long weekend for me. Quite glad since it is well spent. On saturday, as usual went to meet ah kiong. Sunday went to meet some of my army friends for steamboat buffet in the evening. Before that, met up with 1 of them and went to expo for the IT fair there. For the buffet, it was good with the price of $15 except it doesn't come with drinks. First time actually went to meet army friends during a weekend. Ok lah cause this bunch of my army friends were closer although not from my platoon but known them as they were my ex-platoon 6 mates. Sometimes, also a good experience to come out with them. Monday went to settle my bank matters with 1 of my army friend who also wanted to open a UOB account. After that, i went with him to suntec city to take a look at the remote contolled cars which i was encouraged to buy by my bunkmates as they were also buying to play along. Bought 2 of those at Carrefour supermarket and found it was not so good. Good price= good quality i think. After that, saw another 3 of my army friends at Suntec when i was paying for the cars. We then went to play games at the arcade and had dinner before going home that day. For tuesday since it is a book in day, the normal routine for me resume as i prepare to go back camp that night except i brought back one of the cheaper cars back camp that night. For events last week, since it is short week, for wednesday i was assigned to help the armskote settle some things for some check. Thursday, nothing much except for the cohesion dinner and BBQ night. Enjoy quite a bit and great night i would say. Friday was short day as from morning we had a NE tour to the same places as the one in last feb. Anyway, we were released at 1pm after the tour. After, 1 of my army friend and i went to suntec to walk abt but before that was stop by a prudential company agent and i bought a plan of 25 years with yearly having to paid $870. Anyway, could save me a lot of the money by then although it is going to be a long wait i guess. This week was another long weekend because of hari raya. For saturday, went out with ah kiong. Later met lijin and calvin after she finished work at 7pm at tiong bahru plaza. Went for dinner at chinatown and after that we walk around before going home at abt 9.30pm. As for yesterday, went to visit my grandma with my cousin and brother as usual. Spent the day and catch up with my grandma and cousin. Great day spent i would say as usual. Today, nothing much. In the afternoon, went to tampines for lunch and to toy-r-us to buy another remote controlled car. I thought quality would be better but i guess it is almost the same. Time running out for me again! See you guys again!!!!

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

It is a normal and peaceful week in camp as we prepared for next week's outfield training of 4 days and 3 nights. Anyway, nothing much really happen. We had OC parade on tuesday and found out that OC like parades like this and told us, he would try to plan every month to have one much to everyone's dismay as we will need to prepare our smartest uniform to wear for every month then. Anyway, as soldiers esp. NSFs, we don't really like parades. Since it is a normal week without much training, there's a stand by bed that week by one of the platoon sergeants. Don't know is reason for that But anyway. Nothing much i guess he just wanted to check and wanted us to pack our cupboards. Ya, this week, my 84mm section of 5 men book out on a saturday early morning at a 7am as we had live firing of the GPMG which is a multi-shot machine gun. Most of us were very sian as we couldn't book out on friday after the live firing as instructed by our company 2IC to clean arms after we came back at abt 1.30am. That day, i slept at a 3am and slept only less than 4 hours. I reach home on saturday morning at 9am after eating mcdonalds' breakfast opposite my house. Reach home, bathe and sleep for abt 2 hours before waking up and went for lunch at abt 2plus. So what's for the rest of yesterday? I went and met up with my secondary friends at vivocity at abt 5pm. We had dinner and chit-chatted till abt 9pm before going home. So it is a short weekend for me this week. Anyway, today going to book in again. Same routine for today i guess. Just that the thought of outfield training next week sucks. It is not a short one lol. Looking forward to a long weekend next week as leave is planned for us. Will be struggling just to pass this week's training i guess. Definitely would be tough i guess. See you guys next update! BYE!!!!

ATEC stage 1 week......................

It is ATEC stage 1 week in camp for me this week. Anyway, i wasn't much involve except helping out in the stores on the first day of ATEC which is tuesday. By the end of the week, on thursday night, we got the results of ATEC stage 1 which is the best record any unit would have had which is Redcon 1. The top band of the so-called exam of my ns life. Anyway, although i was not really involved in stage 1. Now moving on to stage 2 where the whole unit would be involved one way or another. This would be the outfield exam for us, a very different kind of exam where it would test esp. the commanders and troopers in the battalion for fighting a group of trained enemies in the field. Abt these, i would very much be involved in it during start of march which is the first week. The overall exam for a unit like mine. But before that, starting of january, we will start doing our outfield practice for the march final exam. The tough training will get going in gear to it's max again. But before next year starts, i will be having a 4 days 3 nights field camp during the last week of november this month. Anyway, after that i will be enjoying during the month of december. Hopefully, this last week of this month will pass quickly as it will be hell to me. Ok, moving on to this so-called long weekend that i had spent. Thursday night book out, after that, went home as friday night having battalion annual dinner and half leave was taken from us. In the morning of friday went to my specialist appointment at AH. Nothing much as i should have recovered, just a normal appointment i guess. Shouldn't have any appointments i guess if my ankle problem does not come back. After that, went home in the afternoon to rest for the night where i travel back to the west in jurong east where the dinner is held at CHERVONS again. No different from last year i guess, just that the food sucks more this year. Had lucky draw but didn't win anything as usual. After that, went home. Saturday, went to watch high school musical 3 at tiong bahru plaza with ah kiong. Met for lunch at 3 plus before the movie which was screened at abt 4.30pm. After that, walk around before heading to marina to see the food and electronics fair at suntec city. Reach suntec city abt 6.45pm, went for the food and electronics fair, after that went to walk at the book fair as well at level 6. Nothing much after that, because abt 8.30pm lol. Went to TS to look at cds before we spilt for home. Update again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Normal week..............................

This week in camp, it was abt victory challenge and a mock test for ATEC stage 1. From monday, the victory challenge started and ended off with a champions' challenge on thursday. Our company lose by a margin as explain by our OC after the results was announced. Anyway, we still had nights' out on that very night. We still have everything to gain anyway. Seems like i spent a lot this weekend lol. Thursday night spent, friday also spent! Not mentioning yesterday, had buffet dinner at sakura in orchard road which spent 30 dollars that night, just for the dinner alone. Anyway, close to abt 60 dollars for one weekend huh. Isn't this expensive weekend for me? Ya, anyway abt yesterday before meeting calvin and lijin in the night. Ah kiong and i went to jb to watch the latest 007 movie in the afternoon since we had limited time as we had to meet calvin and lijin in the night. The movie was not too bad with action almost in every scene. Abt the yesterday night, we were talking and eating until the very end as usual. I sort of started to get in the atmosphere and talk a lot of 'true' things abt myself i guess. Anyway, all of us had a good laugh because of me. Cause who are i? The Great LYC! Haha! Anyway, in my heart, i always tell myself no other guys are more handsome than me and i really felt so. Ya, although this might sound like a joke but it is really a confidence booster for me to do things ba! I think now maybe some people might think i am really thick-skin .But anyway, let's see how it goes in the future ba. Haha! Sometimes, being a bit thick-skin, isn't too bad after all. i think maybe i learned this by a friend of mine named 'LIJIN'. Haha! thanks a lot. Different people, different character But when they mixed together for some time, they will have some similar characteristics in some form ba! Haha, praising yourself up to the sky sometimes, is a wondeful feeling! So happy yesterday, well spent time with my friends. Got to love it! Today, normal routine resumes! Got to go for lunch now. Further updates next week!!!!!

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

Next week is back to 5-day normal work week after the long deepvali weekend. Anyway, this week a bit stress cause last week to practice for my upcoming test for my heavy weapon that i am using and specialised in. Next week is the mock test and after that week will be the actual thing for my unit already. I am a bit scared cause if the testers ask me to do. And if i stumble, it will affect the whole unit's results. Anyway, that's this week. It is over. Don't feel like thinking so much. This week also got night's out, first in a month i guess. Anyway, to my weekend i guess. This weekend is so packed i think. On saturday, met 2 groups of friends. In the morning, went to jb with friends for a malaysia trip where we bought dvds and ate pizza hut over. We left for singapore abt 2pm and i went straight to marina square from woodlands bus interchange by taking bus 960. It was a long trip and i got to rest and slept on the bus. When i reach there, all my sec friends had reach. Anyway, we then discuss and watch the movie named 'REC'. It is a movie in spanish and to me, the movie just sucks. I thought it didn't look like a movie and is a waste of money lol. Anyway, we came out after the movie and hang out talking and catching up with one another. After we went home and i reach home abt 10.30pm. Slept abt 11.30pm before waking early for sunday which is today where i met up with 2 of my army friends at east coast park. Supposed to meet at 9am, although i was a bit late but i am still the earliest lol. Anyway, we then rent bicycles and skates. 2 of us with bicycles and 1 with the skates. We rented for 2 hours and after that went for lunch before leaving for home at abt 1pm. One of friends followed me in taking shuttle bus to sengkang before we leave fro different places. i reach home at abt 2pm today and rested for 1 hour 30 mins before i was woken up by a friend mgs. Then i play FIFA 07 till 6.30pm before typing this blog. That's all folk. Time is rushing me!!! BYE!!!!!!

A bit different for this weekend.................

Suppose to be a bit packed this weekend but......... Ya, anyway today suppose to meet up with my sec friends but i mgs him in the morning and ask him. He reply with a wait. So i waited and waited cause normally we would go out quite late anyway. So in the end waited till i went for lunch and continued waiting until i got tired and went to took a nap till 7plus. In the end, i realise i was not going out after all. A bit sian but long time since i met up with them. I guess i wasted 1 of my weekend. Should had got to my grandma's today. Anyway, going to grandma's place with my cousin tomo and straight after back to camp after this so-called long deepavali weekend. So typing this blog today instead of the usual booking in day. That's why this post is named this way. Also been 1 month since i went to visit my grandma, it's high time i guess. I guess i am quite looking forward to it ba. As for yesterday, went out with ah kiong and kenny where we watch '20th century boys' movie at GV vivocity. Also a long time since i watch movie there. Therefore, i suggested to watch it there. At first, supposed to be watching painted skin BUT kenny didn't want to watch it so we changed the movie. Before that, we met up at chinatown to eat and walk about. For this week in camp, gone outfield for most of the week. Either to help in the stores or as enemies to support the training as the different platoons went outfield for the various days. So sian lol, actually this thing is also planned for us last minute and actually only my 84mm section was arrow instead of my platoon. I feel it was so unfair for us as things were arranged so last minute like just few days before the outfield. And only 84mm section was asked to help out in the stores but the platoon. Anyway, life's never fair! Not different from outside i guess, life is always the same, hard to be fair. Army even worse, sometimes they don even try to make things fairer. Conclusion for this statement is army really sucks, it sucks among the 3 national service offered for us. See you guys again!!! Haha!!!

A week starting for weapons training till nov............

A month long training had started for me after a long weekend. i went back to camp on monday nite. Tuesday started on my month long training for my specialised weapon till mid nov where i might be tested for the various tests of the weapon. Anyway, i was quite stress for this week ba, although it is the first week, i am also feeling the stress. It is like the stress when taking exams but it is in practical form only. Anyway, now my bunk started having problems after the heli-borne live task till now. Luckily it is only minority not the majority. Anyway, 2 of them are having a cold war sort of thing going on i guess. It's been almost a month since. i guess it should last until someone does something abt it. I hope not i guess. Anyway, i just don want to care so much. Anyway, my platoon always have problems ever since i was posted in. It is just that the problems was not surfaced out only. This week's major happening is our CSM gone mad on thursday morning and check us on our hair and area cleaning and demanded us to do it every morning. He wants to check now every morning and evening until he is sastify. Therefore, we are having an inspection on monday morning and as well for this week. i wonder when he will stop.That's why i say this is a stress week for me. i guess this is the week in camp ba. Glad that SOC training only lasting until 10 nov which is next month. I guess should be able to endure ba although it is tough. As for weekend, it is a normal saturday and sunday only. Nothing much, just got to meet ah kiong yesterday to watch movie butterfly lovers and in the night met lijin after her work. Her boyfriend, calvin was doing guard duty so didn't see him yesterday night. Anyway, on friday, she mgs ah kiong saying she will be bored for the weekend because of that boyfriend reason i guess. Anyway, met up at abt 8pm, took a bus to plaza singapura where we had dinner at pastamania and walk around there after that. A normal weekend i guess. Nothing much happen, back to the normal routine i guess. 2 days of weekend is just so short, is it? Anyway, recently i guess i been having a lot of long weekend ba, until when it is normal weekend of 2 days, i would feel rather bored and feel that 'sian' feeling all around me. Huh, looking forward to the next long weekend. Army also so sian and sucks. 8 more long months to get out of the cycle. Been wanting to get out of this camp from BMT lol. Update again! Bye folks!

Long weekend for me from last thursday till today!

Ok, for the past week i had a long weekend as stated from my title of this blog. Anyway, it is a short week for me in camp. 3 days only, in these 3 days, the only training is on tuesday which is our first SOC test for us in our second year as soldiers. Besides that, monday i went out to a live range to help out the stores, in the end become sentry as there was no one else to do it! Wednesday was a book out day with easy activity with games and nothing in the afternoon. We book out in the nite to enjoy our long weekend ahead this past week which i had spent. So fast, it is monday already. Long weekend had ended for me as it is book in already and back to camp tonite. Abt the long weekend, thursday went JB with my friends to buy dvds and eat pizza hut. After that, went back to singapore at abt 3.30pm. Then went to causeway point to walk around before we decided to go airport to walk for our first time in terminal 3 since it open. Walk about, i felt that T3 has much more shopping places than T1 or T2. Ate our dinner at popeye's fast food before we went back home. 1 of my friends then followed me home as he wanted to watch a drama which i have. After i reach home, lend him the disc. Then later he went home. That was end of thursday. For friday, spent most of the day at home before evening came where there was a bbq for my HQ platoon for the first time so i went for it. Actually on that day, it is also my PC of previous platoon which is 6. His birthday celebration was at Novena where they having steamboat for his celebration. But i sort of rejected it as HQ was having this bbq for the first time. Anyway, that night's BBQ was a normal one i guess, just a gathering for the HQ platoon. Nothing much except i drank beer and vodka that very night for the very first time since my overseas attachment which is last year. It seems like drinking beer, liquor or wines for me is a yearly affair. Anyway, for me, drinking all these is for socialising only. I think my drinking for these is actually not very good as i don't hold out for long. That night, i came home, rested a while before i actually dragged my body to a bed. After a short while, i was knocked out. So drunk i guess. Anyway, before i knocked out, i was so hot and found out my whole body was so red. I guess that's the reason i knocked out that night ba. Anyway, drinking is not good. Huh! The next morning i wake up early as i was hungry, woke up at abt 5am and went for early breakfast that saturday. My mother accompany me and i decided to have macdonald's opposite. My mother had the new wasabi fish burger meal while i had hotcakes meal. Finish breakfast and reach home abt 6.15am. After that, went to bathe and watch dramas on dvd till abt 9am before feeling tired to catch a nap until abt 11am before i wake up and continued watching my drama. At abt 2pm, went for my lunch with my mother. Decided to go to hougang bus interchange to eat at the foodcourt. Had fishball noodles over there before we went to NTUC in hougang mall to walk before heading home and resuming watching my drama. Until abt 7.30pm, went for dinner with my mother again, third time in a day. So basically, the whole of saturday is spent with my mother. Hardly had this time with my mother, especially on a whole saturday. Anyway, not too bad to spent time with her either. After all, she's my favourite parent among both. On to sunday, went out with ah kiong for the second time this week after the jb trip. We went to bugis and met up abt 2.35pm. He was looking for his care bears to collect. After that, went to suntec city to catch the movie house bunny. After that, he receive a mgs from kenny to meet up at causeway point for our dvds. We travelled from marina to woodlands in bus 960, it took abt 1h30mins before we finally reach causeway point. An incident that happen in bus when it is at bukit panjang was the back door was spoilt and some of the commuters was not very happy and some even slam the spoilt door open in order to get out of the bus. The funny thing is that sometimes, the door is ok but sometimes it is spoilt. Anyway, i had my dinner there at the foodcourt before each of us headed home at abt 10pm yesterday. For today, book in day for me. The same routine as before i will stay home and prepare. Nothing much. So long for this long weekend i guess. Back to army lol! Sian!

The outfield week with SOC training before that.........

This week, finally had my first SOC training for quite a while since i skipped a lot of the training recently. Anyway, last tuesday SOC training was relax with the 1.5km run with LBV load and 5 sets of 3 obstacles training. Quite ok performance for me for the first SOC training in a while. Anyway, wednesday started outfield training for the whole battalion, it's been a while since the whole battalion went outfield together. Anyway, this was quite a relax outfield training as it is just river crossing for the armoured vehicles and for us to do the practical part for the lesson we learn in camp as we got to practice. Throughout the whole exercise, we were in the vehicle, first time did not mount the vehicle at all. Also for my old commanders, their last outfield. As they handed over their duties and prepare to clear their offs and leaves before they finally ORD in second week of november. They brought quite a lot of good stuffs to eat. They seem to be enjoying this very moment as their last outfield. My last outfield seem so far as compare to them. Long way to go i guess. We were enjoying more than complaining for this last outfield. Anyway, the next one i know will definitely be a tough one for me. Anyway, came back on friday midnite and start cleaning arms for myself. Anyway, was very tiring as i got sick for the first time for outfield. Slept at abt 3.45am that day. Slept all the way until 9.30am that friday before cleaning my 84mm gun which i finish cleaning before lunch. After lunch, since i was so tired and sick, went up to bunk and sleep till 5pm before heading for dinner and on to book out at abt 9pm. Anyway, weekend was good. Saturday went out in the afternoon to watch eagle eye with ah kiong which started from 4.30pm and ended abt 6.30pm. After that, took a bus to orchard road to meet calvin first before meeting up with yiqi and boyfriend, after kelly and eventually lijin came to look for us while we met to eat seoul garden that night. Had a fun time cooking food and eating food, i think that night, i eat lots of prawns and chicken. Anyway, got time to catch up with one another is always good. Enjoyable time that night filled with jokes and laughter. I think everyone was enjoying, great night! Haha! Gatherings always so enjoying, always like and will always be. Today, nothing much, very much the same for every sunday i guess. Booking in lol! See you guys again next week!!

Updating time after 2 weeks.....................

Another 2 weeks since i updated, cause last week was doing guard duty on sunday so only spent 1 night at home. Short weekend but managed to skip all the SOC training last week. The first one skipped because of the guard duty on sunday, second one on wednesday morning cause of the rain. The thursday training was skipped cause i book out on wednesday nite for my off day on thursday itself. I had a long weekend ending today as i book out on wednesday nite. Today, the break finally end with me going back camp tonite. i book in 1 day later instead of sunday cause of aan advance off given by OC as on Hari raya i will be in the field and burn so i will still be booking out on friday this week. Anyway, the long weekend always ended faster as times really fly when you are outside camp. Anyway, last thursday and friday spent it with my family. Saturday, went out with ah kiong to watch 'connected' the movie. After that, went to walk abt orchard road before going to meet calvin and lijin for dinner at nite. Had dinner at hk cafe and talk while having dinner before leaving at abt 11pm. Sunday was spent at my grandma's house as it is the day to celebrate her birthday. Well spent day as we got to interact with cousins and relatives we seldom seen for quite some time. Of course, the nite ended with the first ever night race in the world in singapore which my family went to watch at home on TV. From 7.30pm to 10.30pm, the start till the end, it is a thrilling and entertaining race throughout the 3 hours. Ya, that's all about my weekend i guess. Today, book in day again, as per normal, spent the day home. Nothing much for now, just worry abt SOC training as i had not been training for close to 2 weeks. SOC training will resume this week i guess. Doubt whether my leg will be able to take the impact from the high jump from the low ramp. Let's see ba will depends on the position i am in that day. Happy ending to my guard duty for a while. I hope i will not get any weekends guard duty for october. Really hope so. Nothing for now! See you guys again!!!