Falling Sick...

Had been suffering from running nose for the past few days... throat feeling funny and nose bled today. Its terrible to go for training with a running nose... Haiz, hope that the coming week will get better...

Was driving the scout jeep inside the camp area to transport stores... saw several different groups of friends from the rifle companies along the way... they waved and smile at me making me feel like a VIP... A mixture of feelings started to dwell inside me. This ICT somehow started to make me ponder about some stuffs in my life... I asked myself what I'm best at and I dun think I excel in any thing. The only thing that I'm good at and enjoy doing is to treat people nice... That's also how I got to know those people... I've always enjoyed helping people but living in this society does not allow me to do full-time volunteer work... But I guessed I can start somewhere by contributing my Sunday.

So lonely back in camp and there's no way I can go online in a primitive camp... although some of my platoon mates were surprisingly nice to me during this in-camp in ways I never expected. Reason I dont know why.... but, there's not really someone whom I can click to... Went to library having intention to borrow another book to read. Lin Ern recommended me a book, 'Angels and Demons' by Dan Brown... however, it was not available, made a reservation for the book and realize I'm listed 71 out of 41 books in national library... Wow, seems like this book is' hot'... ha ha. Another friend recommened me a book titled 'False Memory' but I couldn't find it too... Ended up borrowing 'Odd Thomas' by Koontz Dean... Hopefully it can help me kill time and loneliness... ha ha.

Collected the ash of my cremated hamster placed in an urn...

Was listening to some of the new albums that I bought and songs that I had recently... and came upon a song '暧昧' by 杨丞琳... Quite a nice song with a sad but nice melody... Well, no harm recommending a nice song to you all... =)

Time to book-in...

Gay Camp... Week 1...

17th October 2005, woke up at 5.30am for which I slept only for 4 hours. Slept at 1.30am the previous night to pack my barangs barangs for my reservists [17th October to 28th October 2005]

Day 1: Love My Nation

Day of admin and drawing stores... Tinge of sadness and sianz was in my head as I booked-in for my reservists. There's so much work to be done back in office and yet I've had to be recalled for a 2 weeks high key in-camp training.

Was driving along Pioneer road for my Jeep Orientation drive when it started to drizzle... Picture of my commander while making rounds inside the camp.

Day 2: Here We Go Again...

Route March around the perimeter of the camp... supposedly to be a 3km route march but somehow the distance seems very short and ended very fast... think the CO CMI... Bwahahaha...

Day 3: Leave!

Book out the night before and went to celebrate Seng Boon's Birthday at Jurong Point's Swensen. Each of us ordered an ice-cream before heading to the arcade to kill time...

Finally a civilian day after 2 days of in-camp... ha ha. Went back to office to 'pia' my work... Too sianz to write in details the activities for the past few days...

Day 4: CMI

Practically a day wasted... Had IPPT in the morning and slacked till lunch time. After lunch was followed by some stupid / wayang lectures in one of the LT. The lecture was supposedly some doctrine required to be known by all Army personnel.

Sian, came to realize that I had a PC that is Hum Chee and CMI...! Hmm.. "Facilitate to make allowance to let people book out"...!? Since when is Army schedule planned efficiently? All trainings seem important... so when are the days/time to book out? At night or weekends? Haiz, guess nothing will worked out when its planned by brainless freaks...

Day 5: Rigging

Life is so boring and dull in camp... I feel like I'm practically wasting my life for the past few days... for example wasting hours at Training sheds or company line waiting for trainings. And during break time or rest time, there is nothing to do except to crap with my platoon mates or to find a spot where I can start 'stoning'... so unconstructive =( Really miss my civilian life, buddy, family and other close friends and of course... my computer. Ha ha...

After a lousy breakfast of chicken pao, the company went for LOAC and ROE scenario based discussion which lasted till lunch. After lunch, we had another round of LOAC and ROE drills, this time round in Skeleton Battle Order, blanks and friendly forces as enemy enacting different scenarios. It was fun to observe and participate in the scenarios... especially when performing negotiation with the 'enemy'. It was however tiring and physically draining to walk around the camp area as each team proceed to the different stations in the hot afternoon. Hopefully I will get a nice tan at the end of the two weeks... ha ha.

Today's training schedule can be considered to be one of the toughest. After the afternoon drills, Scout has to get ready for vehicle rigging training for next week heli-underslung. Had a tough time trying to prepare the jeep and bike for rigging securing all the loose parts... By the time the training ended, it was already 8.30pm...

Some of us bought food from the Spec Mess before turning in for the night... Long day, Armageddon out!

Day 6: Book-out Day!

Didn't sleep well the night before... kept waking up for at least 5 times... felt that I was burning and the room was stuffy and hot. Guess it must the afternoon on friday that I had too much sun... luckily didn't tio heat stroke/exhaustion. Secondly it could be due to the training for today. Intravenous Infusion (IV). Argh, damn it! The thought of poking and being poked by a 14-g needle really freak me out... ha ha.

Booked-out... was in the cab trying to catch a wink... However, this particular cab-driver had some loose nuts that I had to keep awake in case he crash while driving. He was continuously fiddling and busy pressing the buttons in a rythmic sequence on his Cab Link machine throughout the whole trip, stopping only at junctions or when changing gears...

Reach home at about 3pm and begin playing dotA... it has been a long time since I played games... ha ha. Time really flies... Its about 7.20pm as I'm concluding this entry... Shall start enjoying again before I book in tomorrow night.

Skeleton Key

In Progress...

Da Vinci Code

In Progress

Debilitated...

Its 11.25pm... Just reached home...

Beat, exhausted, dead-tired... Cant feel my fingers as I typed this post. Just had a tennis session this evening with Guan Aik at Reuters Science Park. Man... is his stamina good...! I was totally exhausted after 45 mins but I continued playing, forcing myself, taking attention to each stroke and swing... It was a good game for the night and I can sense that he enjoyed tonight's game too =)

Back still aching and my limbs are numb, most probably gonna have cramps in my sleep tonight... It has been a long time since I played a 2 hours, singles tennis session. Went for a drink at one of the pubs along Tanjong Pagar. Once again, I drank beer on an empty stomache after sports... feeling that I cant hold liquor that well anymore... guess its time to train myself by drinking more...

Today was generally a good day... smooth sailing and enjoyable... gotta pick up my pace in my work though...

Hadn't had dinner yet... most probably going to skip it and head for my lovely bed... =D

Night Everyone... =)

完美的一天

*...When the fire stops burning...*

Quite alot of things to say but cant... Quite alot of things to blog but dont know where to start... Quite alot of things to do but keep procastinating...

Went to CD Rama and saw 孙燕姿 new album <<完美的一天>> and bought it... Below are the titles of the songs in this album. Support Original albums and local artiste... =)

Yeap, this pic is obtained from the internet, too lazy to scan Singapore's version...

1) 完美的一天

2) 眼泪成诗

3）隐形人

4）流浪地园

5）第一天

6）Honey Honey

7）心愿

8）另一张脸

9）梦不落

10）明天晴天

Happy Birthday Mum =)

Almost couldn't wake up this morning. Woke up at 7.30 am to make preparation to go to church. I agreed to join Kelvin and Yi Han to attend a service at a church, St Vincent De Paul along Yio Chu Kang Road... I went to YCK MRT station where he picked us up and drove us there.

This was my first time there and is the first time I went to a Catholic Church... The service is totally different from charismatic and protestants church. The service was more solemn and I could actually feel the tranquility and serenity within me. There were several proceduresto follow and the alter-boys looks really cute... Ha ha. The hymns/songs they used to sing praises is also very different.

We had breakfast at Toa Payoh's LJS after the service. After which I went to Mount Pleasant in the late morning to cremate my pet hamster. I was kinda sad... life gonna be lonely again back at home especially at night when nobody's around.

Initially had plan to meet Hao Xin for dinner since its been a while since we met up. However, I realize that today was my Mum's Birthday and had plans to go out for dinner tonight. Had to cancel the meeting with Hao Xin... Can sense that you are abit pissed... Really sorry for 'flying kite'. My family went out for dinner today and I thinked I ate too much... hee hee... yummy =)

A tiring and busy week... KTV on late Friday night, Tennis session on Saturday and Busy morning on Sunday. Din really have much time to rest... hopefully this week will not be so taxing.

Lastly, Happy Birthday Mum..! =)

Tribute to Ger Ger

08 October 2005...

A sad night... as I reached home, the living room was unusally silent. I was not greeted by the usual "grr grr" biting sound on the metal cage from my ger ger... the best hamster that I had that is... And I realize the fate of this cute pet that I had...*sob*

I had this hamster since JC year 2 second semester. It had accompany throughout these few years... To say I'm not sad is a lie... I would say its the cutest, cleverest and best hamster among those that I had kept.

Whenever it wanted attention, it would bite on the cage continuously until it caught my attention and I would take it out to let it run... Whenever it is hungry, it would keep biting a wooden pole from the previous hamster treat... Whenever the water runs out, it will keep licking the tube to produce the ball bearing sound. It knows how to create noises to catch my attention...

This is the only hamster that had connected with me... Whenever I'm home, it will run to the door to greet me... Whenever I carry it out, it has never bitten me instead it will lick my palm continuously... When I placed it near my face, it will always lick my nose... and I loved to rub its tummy and yet most of the times it will remain in that position and does not struggle... I'm going to miss it... :'(

Haiz.... so sad =(

Tennis, Dinner, Wine...

Tiring day... slept for less than 3 hours the night before. Had a KTV session and I reached home only at 5am, slept at around 6am and woke up at 8am...

Was slacking at home when Guan Aik called me late morning to ask me out for Tennis session this evening at Reuters Science Park. Although it has been a while since I last played tennis and I was quite stressed, but I was quite looking forward to it. =)

This is the second time I go down to Reuters Science Park and I really liked the place. The security bounded building has a majestic, gothic look along Science Park... yet poshly designed as you stepped inside. I reached at around 5pm and I realize the company that I was playing with... My boss and bigger bosses... Paul and his wife, Christopher and Antonio. We begin with a short warm-up session before playing doubles.

Christopher was really good in Tennis, so was Paul. Generally they were all better than me but I had a fun time playing with them... It was enjoyable and they were coaching me on how to improve my strokes and backhand swings. There was a period of time that I tire myself when I played singles with Antonio... Was taking a break for the night when Guan Aik asked me to play singles with him... I told him no more and he gave a shocking reply, "Huh! That's it...!?" Ha ha, and I agreed to play with him...

The game ended around 7pm... Took a quick shower at the gym's washroom before Guan Aik drove Paul and me in his new car to Christopher's house located at one of the Condominium opposite Tiong Bahru Plaza. The condo is quite large... a nice apartment decorated with several antiques, imported furnitures mostly from Indonesia... and several Antonio's drawings. Personally I think its a great place and the living room has a nice view... the only thing that is missing is a balcony.

Had some wine and light conversation with Chris and Paul while waiting for the dinner... I realize I cant drink on an empty stomache and especially after sports. I tend to gulp the fluid and gets tipsy very fast. After two cups I was already slouching in the sofa trying to maintain my consciousness. Was watching "The Weakest Link" and I was amazed at Paul and Christopher's knowledge, they gave most of the answers before the contestants and I would say they were correct 90% of the time.

Erika and Antonio prepared the dinner... I wouldn't say its Brazilian culinary... but the preparation and style of cooking followed their home town recipes. The food was simply fantastic... Everything was nice, especially the chicken. I'm not sure what spices were added and how it was marinated, but it taste extrememly great and Guan Aik said this is the first time he ate so much chicken.

They opened 5 bottles of wine in all, one white wine before the meal while we were waiting... and 4 bottles of red wine during and after the dinner. Christopher kept urging me to drink and I was already struggling... Several times he poured the wine for me and I told him I had enough, and he jokingly replied, "You better drink it else you'll stay back for detention class and I'll open another 5 bottles.." Ha ha... I think my face and eyes must be damn red as I caught Chris and Paul looking at me on several occasions, so paiseh.

Christopher is a really nice chap and I really enjoyed chatting with him... From their conversation, I've learnt a great deal of things, which also makes me realize that there's so much that I dun noe. Spent a great deal of time chatting with them after dinner... Although I was listening and observing them most of the time, I got to know them better.. their characters, hobbies, lifestyle and past-times. By 10 plus, I was already 'lost'... drifting several times as they were chatting... It was getting late and the alcohol in my blood was making me dopey. I think they noticed it and were talking about me at some point of time.

It was finally around 11 pm when Guan Aik decided to leave that I got the chance to leave with him. Really wished to be in bed right now, so tired and my body is aching from the tennis session... Shall end my post here. =)

Good Old Fren =)

My title of this post reminds of Winnie The Pooh. For those who watched their cartoons will come across these phrases "...Silly Old Bear..."and "... my Good Old Fren..." frequently.

Met up with Marilyn, my really good old friend since JC this evening, was suppose to meet her at 7pm but I was late as I totally lost tracked of my time while doing work in the office. Reached Somerset at 7.30 pm and we had dinner at Marche. We ordered Ham & Cheese Crepe, Salad, Rosti with Sour Cream and Pizza.

It has been a while since we met up and I really treasured the time we had. We spent bulk of the time sharing and updating each other what we had encountered for the past few months. Details of our conversation will not be stated as I'm sure she would prefer me to keep mum about it.

It somehow seemed silly to sit in Marche as the people grew lesser and lesser... thus we decided to leave Marche and take a stroll along Orchard. After strolling till the end of Orchard, we decided to hang out at BK at Far East for a drink. Time doesn't seem to be enough and flew by so fast. Tomorrow still have to work... have to go home early else I'll sure suffer in the office tomorrow. We left BK at around 11.30pm and shared a cab home.

Really glad to have known you as you have always provided me with different perspectives to different problems and most importantly... have always been there to give encouraging words when I'm down. Thank you! =)

Wonder when will be the next time we meet up...