Event: Overseas Trip The Second

Guess what? The second time I got out of Singapore was yet another unpleasant experience. Only this time, it was much much much much much much much worse than the previous one. The information I got before I reached there didnt make things any better. But I did get smarter, I brought a jacket this time round. Sadly this aint a cold country.

Happenings

3 things happened. Actually 2, but i had a mini break in between the second. So i guess it helped a bit. Upon touching down, we didnt get much rest before the organisation got us to work. By the second day, I was already climbing mountains. I remember telling myself, this wont work out, there's just no way for me to climb whatever they want me to climb. I reluctantly prepared all my equipment on the third day.

At 5am on the fourth day, I was already carrying my 25kg bag, ready to break my back. Thankfully I was with a group of not-too-bad people. We were pretty lucky too, we found 2 checkpoints by noon on the first day, although i was already dying by then. It also rained like mad by 4pm and that caused the river we had to cross to become chest deep (for short little me). It rained all the way into the night. Thankfully the rain wasnt that heavy so I could still change my clothes. On the fifth day, we scaled 8 gigantic knolls. On the fourth knoll, it was so steep and so empty (thus nothing to grab on) and so slippery that i fell and rolled down. Luckily there was a small tree on the way and i slammed my leg into it. I was stuck there as I couldnt stand up with the 30kg load. I wanted to just tell my superior to just leave me there to die. For the first time, I gave up all hope and seriously wanted to give up. At the same time, I was scared, afraid that I would roll down any minute. Well but here I am, meaning someone rescued me. Thank goodness. But that knoll took out my soul as well. So we had to take a break and my superior had to exchange his bag (about 8kg) with mine (25kg). We had wanted to complete our task by the second day, but due to my slowness, we couldnt reach the end point in time. The second night was peaceful and the rain stopped before night fell. Finally, we reached the end point and became the first group to finish the task. Eventful.

After 1 full day of rest, i set off for my second task as I was in the advance group. My new superior was good, although he's abit fast and when he gets going, he tends to leave me behind catching up with all my might. This time round, my bag was even heavier, probably 27 to 28kg. Before I departed, my company's direct superior and my company's second in command lifted my bag and commented on how heavy it was. On the first day, we scaled a mountain as if there will never be a top. After crossing a river, I saw for the first time a leach, and it was on my shin. We were behind schedule and it rained like crazily mad and my shelter leaked. So imagine me sitting in the rain, shivering, praying to every single god and buddha out there for the rain to stop. I seriously did, because i was so miserable that I couldnt even fall asleep. Thank all-the-gods-and-buddha that the rain stopped after 3 hours of miserable waiting. On the second day, we went down the mountain, cross several streams and rivers, got more leaches and even wetter. Luckily though, it didnt rain that night so it was pretty peaceful. I didnt walk much on the third day but when I did, the rain poured like mad again and this time round, the lightning was rather close to us. I finally got to go back to company to wash up and brought a significantly smaller bag this time, probably only 10kg. The last night was fine as I slept in a vehicle. The last day out there was not too bad as I had a much lighter bag, even though it rained heavily. The rain was so bad that as we climbed knolls, water gush down the tracks as if it was a waterfall. I was so glad when it was all over.

Temperature

The weather there was really bad in the day. I heard there was one day that it became 37 degrees. But i didnt really feel much difference when I was out there. This place also gets regular rain from 4pm onwards. Its a miracle if it doesnt rain once a day. I got quite used to wet socks and wet body after a while.

People

There's only a few people I want to mention. First would be the superior in charge of me while I was there. Mr Freaking-Rude-To-Outsiders-But-Actually-Damn-Nice is a really fit and nice person. While he sometimes give up on waiting for me, he motivates me to continue in his own way. He's also really regimental but he was nice to me while we were out there. So thanks a lot for helping me all the way for the second task.

Next is Mr Another-Company's-Superior who took care of me during the first task and carried my crazily heavy bag for me for almost 6 hours. I never knew he was this garang and that he can be so nice too. Although I still think he needs to tone down a bit, as he thinks that all rivers, including the one that reach my chest level and almost swept me away, are easy and cross-able.

Then we have Mr Fat-And-Useless. Having zero fitness and brains, he continue to do the impossible to shame the department. For one, he asked someone to lighten his bag while climbing the easiest mountain. Then he got mocked by many others for saying the easiest mountain was difficult when even I felt that it was easy. Lastly he borrowed things from other people and lost it, and claimed that the other party was the one at fault. For goodness sake, if you cant grow brains on your head, at least go train a bit and stop being so useless. Brawns without brains is better than no brawns and no brains.

Lastly we have Mr Cicada. Its blindness and stupidty led it to its death. However I would prefer it to die before bothering me. Thanks to it, i get angry whenever people leave the door open and always have to try to bathe before night falls when it becomes active.

Food

The food there is nice. Or maybe we're just deprived. Their canton drinks are cheap too. I tried their fish n' chips twice, fried bean curd rice, kampung fried rice, and burger and chips.

Shopping

The Mall. What more can i say?

Achievements

- got sucked by 2 leaches

- conquered Mt Biang and the 7 Wonders

- almost died a few times but still survived

- drank about 6 litres of stream water

- climbed and walked a lot despite having numerous injuries

- ate Kampung Fried Rice, Fried Beancurd Rice and Burger n' Chips in one go after I came back

- defeated See Kiat a few times in Marvel VS Capcom 2, though eventually losing to him (both our machines are faulty though)

I am glad I survived. Truthfully, I had not imagined myself to survive this ordeal. Even now, as I think back, I cannot understand how I did it. I remember my superior told me, when you get on the return flight to Singapore you will cry. I didnt. But you cant imagine how much the sentence "and to all local Singaporeans on board, welcome home" I heard on the plane almost made me, seriously.

Event: The PC Show 2009

This is what i came back with. Western Digital: My Passport Essential 500GB. Its a real shame I didnt get the 1TB one. But i guess i rather have a plug and play usb-powered hard disk.

Event: Thanks For The Surprise

It was a group of 6. One of them was carrying a plastic bag which contained a box. I didnt think much at first. Then I thought, must be something for his sister, "pampering his sister as always". Then I thought again, it looks like a cake box, "bought a cake for his sister eh". I swear i didnt think more than that.

Then we went to starbucks at Holland Village. There was 2 levels and we settled above. We spoke for a while, and for a long time, it seemed that no one wanted to go get their drinks. They said they wanted to chill first. I was impatient so i went to get my green tea frap. I didnt take my time since i knew what i wanted.

On my way up, as i walked towards my seat, i didnt notice anything unusual, nor the expressions of my friends. As i sat down, i noticed a cake sitting on the table. I was thinking, what's a cake doing on the table. It really didnt strike me until like, 5 seconds later. LOL. Then they were grumbling that Tsun Wang went to the gents at the wrong time. Thanks guys, it was a pleasant surprise. It really brightened the rest of my week.

:)

Wants: I Want Everything!

Its time for an update on what i want. In this day and age, technology, fashion and style are constantly changing. In addition, being a poor folk, i usually dont get much new stuff that i want. So here's a list of some new stuff that i want.

Technology

- Iphone(16GB)/HTC Touch Pro 2

- Ipod Classic (120GB)/Zen X-Fi (32GB)

- Tablet (Intel Core 2 Duo P8800, 4GB DDR2 RAM (800), 128GB SSD, Nvidia 9600M 256MB)

- DSLR Canon Entry Level will do

- Canon Ixus 980IS

- Desktop (Intel Core i7 Extreme 965 (3.2GHz), ASUS Rampage II Extreme, 256GB SSD, Nvidia GTX 295, Creative X-Fi Fatality Extreme, 8GB DDR3 RAM, LG 24" LCD Screen)

- Denon Headphones (>$130)

- Nintendo DS Lite

- 1TB External Harddisk

Electronics (new)

- Ice Blender

- Electric Oven

Youtube: Windows Mobile

I was never a fan of Microsoft (though i hold much lesser grudge against their mobile products), but you've got to admit that this is good.

Random: Collage Making

I suddenly thought of doing collage for certain groups/organisations I was part of or with certain friends. Not bad for first attempts, hoping to make them better.

Article: Read A Good List Lately?

The Straits Times (15/02/09)

Read A Good List Lately?


You must have seen it by now. You must have. Even if you didnt want to.
I'm talking about the 25 things that everyone has been busy telling everyone else about on Facebook about themselves

For the sake of the three people who somehow managed to avoid it, it's what everyone is doing on the social networking site now.
In short, you write a note detailing 25 random things about yourself that no one knows (I collect fingernails, I dont eat broccoli, I still wet my bed) and pass it on to 25 friends, who then write 25 things about themselves, and pass it on to another 25 friends, and so on.
I'm pretty sure the Internet must have slowed by at least 25 per cent since The List started.
It's the modern equivalent of the chain mail, except that people pass it on even when there is noi threat of death or promise of striking tomorrow's 4D.
In the on month that it's been alive (at least that's when i recalled seeing the first such note), it has already drawn considerable flak.
So narcissistic, goes the main grouse.

Last week, an article on Time.com titled "25 things I didnt want to know about you " also estimates that 54 million of these notes - which works out to 125 million "useless facts" - have appeared on the website in one week.
"Assuming it takes someone 10 mins to come up with their list, this recent bout of viral narcissism has sent roughly 800000 hours of worktime productivity down the drain," the writer pointed out.
"I cant believe I'm saying this, but i think i've finally found something more stupid than Twitter."
In fact, I think 800000 hours of productivity is a very conservative estimate, because anyone who has done this list would know how long it takes.
Many of may friends have said that they want to post their own list, but never have the time to start on it, because they could see how much time this would take up.
"A list of 25 interesting yet unknown facts, all written with attitude? Whoa, let me down my laundry first."
Others have admitted that they wrote theirs over days, adding new items when they come up with them.
For however random the lists claim to be, most of them need to be crafted carefully,because it is ultimately You as you want others to see yourself: Your first crush, movies you cry at, your pet peeves.
And since you cant keep writing that you are God's gift to the world, the writers have to rack their brains to include poignant, embarrassing or clumsy episodes of their lives. No just any clumsy story, mind you. for they have to make them seem human or lovable.
So "I once got so drunk that I fell into the Chinese Garden lake" enters the list. "I once got so drunk my car ran over a family of cats" stays out.
Yet, despite the many misgivings people have, I have clicked on every single new list that someone contributes.

For all the brickbats the list gets, Facebook could have done a lot worse.
I personally think that knowing my friends better beats knowing "what Star Wars character I am" any day.
The list has also made me sit up and reassess just how well I know the people around me.
It's funny how we can meet up every so often and say that there's "nothing new" with our lives - and probably go on to moan about work - when there is so much that we havn't learnt about those who're not our closest friends.
Some of it may be superficial. (I still thought it was cute though that three of my colleagues had separately admitted that they were all child actors with Channel 8. Never mind that one of them only played a farm animal.)
Others are insightful, honest and quite touching.
I never knew that so many of my friends have had stormy relationships wit their families, underneath their pleasant, easy-going exteriors.
Or that another friend, always cheerful and ready with a smile, actually suffered miscarriages recently.
That's the curious thing about these lists. you learn things that people may not actually bring up face-to-face, or talk about over dinner.
Much has been made about how the Internet reduces human contact, but in this case, it actually leads to greater human interaction.
So maybe these lists are crafted. Perhaps a few of them are a bit indulgent. But at least they're real.

That's more than you can say about that other Facebook favourite: Throwing sheep at people. - Teo Cheng Wee

I must say that yes, this list-y thing-y has been around for some time. Yet not many of my friends have written it. I wouldnt say mine was witty or written with attitude but I do think that some points are at least giggle-able or smirk-able, just as i read my friend's with amusement. (at how pro-friends they are, how much they honour friendship, and whose friendship they treasure, hah!)

This is the 21st century. This is 2009. This is the age of social networking websites. Shame on you if you had been tagged but had not written. Shame on you even more if you still are not tagged. Shame on you the most if you dont even have a Facebook account.

(that said, i only got tagged last week, lol)

Book Review: The Teenage Textbook and The Teenage Workbook

No, this isnt a book review.

Published in 1988, i was horrified when i discovered how relevant these books are to current JC life after reading them. Sure, lots of things have changed. The settings, the clothings, the material stuff we have now is different. But the mindset, the attitude, the hatred for studying and the relationship between young men and young ladies are still pretty much the same. Reading them bring me all the way back to the first day of JC life.

The main character is somewhat like me. Average (but i got a lot more As than him). Living life as it comes and goes, disliking the same things, feeling the same things, living the same emotions. School starts, wake up, rush for bus, late for school, sleep in lecture, day dreaming in tutorials, noticing the opposite gender, going after them, going for parties and dances. Except for being late for school and going after the opposite gender, i guess i did pretty much the other stuff. (Being from a mixed secondary school, opposite gender isnt as big a deal for me compared to the main character.) Both books were mainly about the Orientation period. While that might not be the most fun time of my JC life, it certainly was filled with surprises and happy memories.

When i read the Teenage series, i think back and tell myself that i really miss my JC days. The books made me remember.

Event: Reunion Lunch

The reunion dinner is a chinese tradition for every family to have on Chinese New Year's Eve. So it represents many values such as prosperity and unity in the family for the year to come. It wouldnt be too off for my other family outside to have a reunion lunch. We went to Paragon in hope for Ding Tai Feng but alas, it was closed. So we went next door to this i-dunnoe-how-to-spell-but-its-something-like-spagetti to get some good food. Mine wasnt too nice but the five cheese pizza that i suggested that we should share as a group was not half bad.

all the shy shy people

five cheese pizza, shiok!

they said we got to go starbucks to get my addiction for green tea frap fixed

Ramblings: Why I Am A Geek

My uncle told me there's no phones from Apple just now during the reunion dinner.

You had NO IDEA how much i needed a respirator at that point. I was breathless i swear. Thank goodness he later reveiled that he actually knows the existance of the iPhone.

Oh my god i cannot talk to people who are technologically declined.

Example: people who still carry first generation digital camera around, people who do not know how to make a playlist using their iTouch, people who dont know what is OS Leopard, people who buys a internal or external harddisk of less than 300gb capacity since august last year, people who mistaken Zen Stone Plus as Ipod Shuffle.

I condemn all of you to the bottom of my technological idiots list!

Event: Last Minute Shopping

I absolutely dislike crowds and cannot stand staying on the same spot in a crowded place. See, that's the big difference between the way guys and girls shop. I'd like to zoom in and buy whatever i want, which i should know before hand. But in this stupid occasion which i'm forced to buy clothes intentionally, and clothes which are not black at that, i'm at a loss for what to buy. And even if i saw something that i'm interested in, i went forward hoping to try, i would most likely give up if something causes me not to be able to try at first instance. For example, another customer is taking his own sweet time to try, or a customer trying to haggle with the shopowner. Here's my frustrating journey to last minute shopping on saturday from 1pm onwards.

1pm - leaves house, head for Bugis Street

1.20pm - alights at Boon Keng station hoping to take 147 or 847 to go straight to Bugis, had to navigate since the bus stop wasnt right outside the station as i expected

1.35pm - reach Bugis Street, horrified at the crowd

2.00pm - combed the entire street, more trying to get away from the crowd than browsing for clothes

current mood - sianified

2.10pm - saw a orange polo with white stripes, decided to walk to the end of the walkway before doing a 180 degrees turn to buy that shirt

2.15pm - waited at the side while a beng-plus-slut-looking couple tried to haggle with the owner from 12 bucks to 10 bucks. couldnt stand it anymore and left.

current mood - roll eyes

2.20pm - saw a silver tie that i want but reckon that one from Topman would be better

2.25pm - left for Bugis Junction Topman and horrified at the crowd. Silver tie out of stock, clothings i like are black in colour

2.30pm - went to Bugis Parco, horrified at the crowd, went to Samuel and Kelvin first, HORRIFIED AT THE NUMBER OF AUNTIES INSIDE (whatever happened to my favourite brand), didnt even take a look, moved on straight away.

current mood - horrified

2.40pm - saw a polo shirt that i wanted, remembered that i did see it at Bugis Street too but this' price tag is a lot higher

2.50pm - walked the whole of parco again

2.55pm - went to Adidas at parco

3.00pm - walked to City Hall MRT to take a train to Orchard, i didnt notice the station and walked past it quite a bit

3.20pm - went to Wisma's Topman, horrified at the crowd, silver tie out of stock, queue went outside of shop, went to Giordano Concept only to realise that its been changed to a normal Giordano

current mood - disappointed

3.30pm - went to CK in Isetan, saw 50% discount, delighted, most clothes are black in colour, disappointed, saw a nice v-neck pullover for 70 bucks in XL size but only managed to find a round neck pullover in M size. saw another nice shirt at 329 bucks, gasped. jun jie slapped me on my back, surprised, he said he's doing last minute shopping too but he's with a group of friends

3.40pm - while leaving wisma, saw hui jeen and jia yong and hui jeen said "oh you doing last minute shopping alone ah?"

current mood - depressed

3.45pm - too lazy to walk to Far East Plaza, took train to Hougang Mall to get some new accessories hoping to change my dressing using them

4.20pm - went to BlackOutz, saw Luke, doubts he even remembers my name, disappointed that the metallic bracelet that i came to get cost a bit too much (like ranging from 30 to 130!!)

current mood - frustrated

4.45pm - went to Old Chang Kee to get curry puff and carrot cake, both ran out

current mood - extremely frustrated

Event: It's Gonna Be 2009

2008 is coming to an end. Its only around 3 hours to 2009. Thus its time to reflect on the year gone and past.

2008 is the year of me being a soldier. I am so proud of myself that i survived. Hah!

Thats really the end of the reflection. Cause nothing much happened. Okay, maybe except the part where i gained 7kg in BMT.

2009 will be a greater year, cause its ORD year. But it will also be a year which i lose touch with even more friends, become even more desensitised, spend even more money in order to pamper myself after each book out, become more indifferent towards everything and everyone, and become angrier by day due to having to face retards everyday. Blood pressure will shoot through the roof, muscles will ache more than ever, bank account will be emptier by day, but i will live through it.

My resolutions for 2009:

1) Try not to be so desensitised that i dont even give a damn about my closer friends

2) Try to spend less and save more for my university

3) Try to catch up on my Chinese and English language as well as some basic computing stuff

4) Maintain my weight around the range of 52kg to 55kg

5) Gain so much muscles that i will look hot in tight-fitting clothes

6) Down pes in August

7) Beat up at least 50% of the guys in my i-want-to-beat-you-up-cause-i-dont-like-your-face list by the time i ORD

8) Train my eye-rolling skills until my powers suppass Storm's

Everyone around me seems more distanced. The girls are pressured by wider social life in university and handling school work. The guys are making more buddies and getting more duties. Hope everyone's doing good and have done your reflections like good boys and girls. May 2009 be better than ever.

Happy New Year~

Ramblings: Grit My Teeth, Clench My Fist

Some people just cant stop being rude to others, or just cant show them some basic respect.

There's actually a list of people whom i hope to beat up on 10/11/2009. The date and timing is to be confirmed, as unforeseen circumtances may force me to do that earlier. You can actually tell when you see me grit my teeth and clench my fist.

Drink: Starbucks (Green Tea Frap)

My friend introduced this to me some months ago and i totally love it. After trying many different configurations, i've finally settled with my favourite.

"Venti Green Tea Frap please, with 7 scoops of green tea and no whipped cream"

Senseless Stuff: I Love My Workplace!

My workplace is a very interesting place, filled with interesting people, doing and implementing interesting things.

1) Daily checks on manpower

Every morning when we report for work, we have to gather at the lobby of our company and sort of report to our department in-charges. Then the in-charges for the departments will go forward and report the manpower of each department to the sorta-assistant-of-CEO and he will write down on piece(s) of paper. Then we will go for breakfast at the canteen in my workplace. The interesting is, an hour later, we have to gather again to do the exact same thing. When the in-charges report again, the assistant had to take down everything again, as if the whole manpower status changed. (psst, actually i know that he used it to wipe his backside...)

Also even though they claim that they are telling the assistant the manpower status, it always take very long. The workers such as myself have come to an understanding that the assistant is actually asking for the latest food haunts that the in-charges of went to. As the in-charges of each department changes everyday, the assistant can actually gather quite a lot of foodie information. Whenever the in-charge is not able to give the full details of the place/price/food range etc, the assistant will be very angry while the in-charge tries to remember. When he finally gives up, he turns to his worker for help, and eventually walks back to his department in shame, trying to remember the rest or ask whether any worker knows anything about it or not.

2) Weekly Fitness Day

My company takes care of our well-being and make us do exercises frequently. So there's this day, actually today, where we went for a run. The superiors sorted us according to running abilities and i went to the average one, supervised by this worm-breeder. As my friends and myself were feeling quite slack, we ran quite slowly. After we ran for 10mins, the breeder turned to us, smiled cheekily, and said "com'on just a bit more only". His face actually meant "i know you guys are tired, i am too, but we only have a bit more too go, i am sian about it too". May i be forgiven for i have sinned, as i immediately laughed out loud and my friends were surpressing it too. The reaction from us was like "So You Think You Can Run? HAH!" I wasnt even trying, my friend. Us being slack doesnt mean we cant run.

On the same run, one of the higher ups came to join us to run and he constantly spoke to a fellow worker. My colleagues and I were running right behind and i made a comment about the weather. The higher-up immediately told me that if i still have the breathe to talk then something is wrong. Hmm, i was just following the slow pace of the breeder, i didnt think it was wrong for me to be far fitter. And werent he talking too? So much for being a superior specimen example.

3) Last Minute

The CEO said that we can go home earlier today. There was so little work that i dozed off at my table for 3 hours. Suddenly (the breeder) came into my room without knocking and told me to get ready for the fitness day at 4.15pm. I was still dreaming about knocking off at 5pm. Then the breeder slammed my door, blind to the new sign i just pasted on my door saying "please be gentle with me, i am just a door". After the run, suddenly my department in-charge had a load of stuff for my department to do. Early became later. How efficient.

4) Bread

This morning at breakfast, the canteen provided some free-for-all bread and i decided to bring one loaf back since i have some bread spread at my table and my department thought it would be nice for us all. On my way back to my department, some worker from another department saw me holding the bread and starting making interesting comments like "wah stealing from the canteen ah?" "wah they all not even rich enough to buy bread" etc etc. When i was at the lobby, one of them came beside me and asked me why i took the bread. I knew i should have ignored him but i still told him the reason. He said something like "steal bread say steal bread lah". My friend commented that i shouldnt have wasted my time on attitude-problem-losers but i told him that if i dont try to educate these attitude-problem-losers then they would be very pitiful. I should at least try and i wont feel as bad even if it failed.

I shant say no more, else it will begin to sound more stupid than interesting.

Items: Key Chain, New Specs and Tea Tree Oil

This keychain was bought in Australia for 20 bucks. There's different types of stones available and this one is Hematite. The package wrote that it means "Unlimited Potential". Sounds cool. Its a bit heavy though.

Finally a new pair of spectacles after around 6 years. It cost me quite a bomb.

This small bottle of tea tree oil from Body Shop cost 15 bucks but it works wonders removing blemish and pimples from your face. Works as a disinfectant too.

Brain Storm: Incompetence

Some people work better under stress, some otherwise. But when one gets stressed up so easily, and become totally useless and not able to think straight at all, don't you think that shows a little too much of a incompetence? And I daresay that you should know this trait of yours long before present. I think that we should not take up certain challenges if we know we are incompetent in certain areas. It helps some to gain experience and grow, but not all. Sometimes the price to "help youself grow" is too high too.

So learn to shut up, listen, keep your incompetence to yourself and listen to the competent ones. Or turn around. If not, don't take up the challenge right from the beginning. It's annoying.

Event: 71/08 Commissioning Parade

After all my complaints, all will know that this is not my commissioning parade (not that i will ever have) but one of my buddy's. The parade was quite outstanding. Its not perfect I daresay, but you can feel the overwhelming spirits in each and every one of the commissioned officers. Their loud singing, their vigilence and their commitment spoke volumes. Although i must say that i did felt a bit offended when some of the ushering cadets greeted the family in front of me but did not do the same to me on my way to the parade square. I almost felt as if my lowly rank was written on my forehead. But then again my doubts were cleared quite nicely when I was making my way out of the camp where the usherers came forward to ask me where I'm headed and tell me where's the way out very politely with big smiles. Kudos to them for making an impression.

The parade was quite fanciful. Marching in, marching pass, turn right on the march, turn right again back to original position, many times they saluted I also dont know what were those for, then they march out of the parade square by forming 3 single files on each side of the parade square by climbing up the steps, coming back in through the same way, putting the ranks on them, pledge and anthem, and finally throwing of their caps/beret into the sky, something I did when i passed out from BMT.

During the putting on of ranks, I went down quickly to Edwin. I came to attention, saluted him, asked for permission to carry on, and thanked him by saluting him again. He seems surprised. Tsk tsk, looks like he will have to get used to being saluted, and having to cut down first.

After taking a few more photos, I left the camp. I wouldnt say that the cadets were very informative cause I didnt get home as soon as i can because of them. By the by, the officers totally looked like kids when they throw their caps/beret and hugged, cheered, dance around. Kids for officers... Or not? Time will tell.

Thats Edwin in the centre of the last row

2LT Edwin. He's da man!

Leonie the band-er and me

The only BMT platoon mate i happen to see. I must say his OCS platoon mate is a good photographer.

Like kids~

I salute you cause I respect you. I call you Sir cause I know you're worth the title. But sometimes I have to salute and call people Sir cause I'm forced to. Dont let it be the latter. The impact you can make on your men is more tremendous than you think so. Let it be a positive impact, for life.

Ramblings: Fit For Fitness

The year is coming to an end, and the window for me to clear my first year tests are closed. 6 months ago i was like that, 6 months after that i am still like that. This calls for drastic measures. Thus on a beautiful friday afternoon which i'm totally supposed to be slacking somewhere, i went to the new (new to me anyways) Sengkang Clubfit Gym. It was not bad, except it was filled with totally new looking machines and i had no clue how to use most of them correctly. The fitness instructor was nice enough to give me an orientation after i asked him. Not bad, i think i'll go there often. 

Photos Galore: Army Half Marathon

Photos Galore: 40th Anniversary Celebration @ Sentosa

The Cute Guy Series

Cute right?

SPA (Short Sexy People Association)