哀しみの向こう岸に　微笑みがあるというよ

哀しみの向こう岸に　微笑みがあるというよ
たどり着くその先には　何が僕らを待ってる？

逃げるためじゃなく　夢追うために
旅に出たはずさ　遠い夏のあの日

明日さえ見えたなら　ため息もないけど
流れに逆らう舟のように
今は　前へ　進め

苦しみの尽きた場所に　幸せが待つというよ
僕はまだ探している　季節はずれの向日葵

こぶし握りしめ　朝日を待てば
赤い爪あとに　涙　キラリ　落ちる

孤独にも慣れたなら　月明かり頼りに
羽根なき翼で飛び立とう
もっと　前へ　進め

雨雲が切れたなら　濡れた道　かがやく
闇だけが教えてくれる
強い　強い　光
強く　前へ　進め

yeah! i finally found the lyrics to 1 litre of tears theme song ---> Only Human! can listen to the video below and sing along with it!

alright, din update about wat happened the past 2 days.

well, went to msia with jus, sam, wei keong and john on fri to feast! we had bakuteh, sushi, and some exotic food. let the pictures do the talking!


me, john and sam in a teksi! haha~


at ah soon bakut teh shop


we also had dunghkin donuts! yumMY!

anyway, i had a haircut there at reds, cost a warping RM28! oh mY! cheappPP!

and sat... met ming jit and yuexin for dinner at joo chiat. convenient since mj drove us around! we had zu cao and dao huI~


oh my! i ordered teh ping and i got kochya. (lipton tea)


me and xin mei~


me and ming jit! hasn't met him since christmas! we're gonna ORD sooN!

sorejya, kyo orchard road de nihon go jiugyo wo uketa. chiisai kurasi de, watashi wo irete 12 nin desu. hayakuhanasu sensei wo anmari wakaranakutemo, zsutto omoshirokatta desu. kawaikute okashii sensei da karadesu. zsutto nihon go de hanasu shi, yoku renshyu suru shi, ii desu. kono jiugyo to chiu gaku sei no jiu gyo wa tsutto chigaimasu. kono takusan kaiwa ga aru shi, hayaku shinposhimasu.

---> anyway, i had japanese lessons in orchard today. i have 12 classmates and my sensei speaks with a fast pace. it is really an interesting lesson. this lesson kinda differs from that taken in moelc vastly. while moelc follows strictly to the syllabus and has a schedule to follow, this centre focuses more on listening and conversation which is much more practical to us singaporeans. and can improved faster in this way.

since i'm weak in listening and conversation, i hope that i'll improve quicklY!

1 litre of tears

i've finally finished watching 11 episodes of ichi rittoru no namida. (1 litre of tears). kanashii dorama da kara, tsutto naita. This drama depicts a life story of a young japanese girl who had gotten a disease called Spinocerebellar Degeneration. Instead of giving up, she hung on to her life, even when there was a little glimpse of hope.

taihen desukedo, ayo san tsutto gambarimasu. takusan hito ga kandou shite, watashi mo ne.

I actually cried through the drama cos it was really really sad and touching. well, i realise that there's always others who're less fortunate than u. The most touching scene was when her whole family supported her despite her illness. and i guess the scene that touched me most is when she's feeling so apologetic towards everybody; that she has to trouble so many ppl cos of her illness.

Ayo san "gomen ne gomen ne" nan kai to iu kara, watashi kanashku naru no. byoki ni natte, hitotsu hitotsu mono dekakenakutemo, gambatte ikimasu. Such a strong will to live is definitely noteworthy...

finally! weidi, nic, sam and i got to have a satisfying dinner together~! we have been trying to meet each other but always to no avail cos either weidi or nic will be busy~ busy ppl huh! hahaa...

anyway, we wanted to have hanabi for dinner yesterday but it's all taken up even when i tried to reserve seats at 12pm! gosh~ singaporeans are rich, aren't they?! haha so we had the settle for the 2nd grade ---yuki yakI~ ok la, i still like the dory fish but towards the end, the food seems bland. perhaps due to a mixture of marination. but it was the company that matters and really had a fun time yesterday night~ wee! haha, and we had a satisfying asabu sabo ice cream!


prawns cooked by dearest nic! he's good man~! knows how to marinate prawns!




haha~ we're all in heaven!


great ice cream! hokkaido ice cream! hahaha~

yesterday was totally a jap day for me. we watched a lame flick called nightmare detective (in jap) at ps be4 dinner and i bought a japanese dictionary from kino as well as a jap drama serial called 1 litre of tears~ haha dinner was also japanese cuisine. guess i can be a japanese sooN! and i've just finished watching orange days today and i find my japanese improving. i can catch some of their sentences pretty well, though not perfect yet~ and i'm starting to get their informal way of thinking. a discernable improvement after a 4 year hiatus~ alright, gambarimasu! think i may be mad enuf to start studying my dictionary. oOpz! haha~


4 of us! samuel took up half of the pic!


3 of us at citylink's escalator. we kept taking photos when we reach each escalator and it turned out bad! onli this is good! passers-by may think that we're mad!

anyway, i'm booking in later at 8pm to teach my recruits how to pack their field pack~ yeaPz, kinda looking forward to it cos i really enjoy teaching ppl and this bunch of recruits is really fun loving! =)

happy =)

yeah~ i'm kinda happy today! not because i'm having a off tml and thus a long weekend, but finally i'm able to spend more time with my platoon.

besieged with extras for the past few weeks have left me wondering if i'm from coy hq or platoon 2. haha! cos i was left with little time with my platoon~ alright, i was given 3 more actually which will start next month cos of some dumb mistake that i made. that i will admit that it's my mistake but luckily the 3 extras will be planned far from each other so that i will have time to mingle with my recruits. =)

it feels good to do things together with my recruits; teaching them and seeing them grow. haha, sounds like some old hag talking over here. such satisfaction may be derived from my innate love for teaching. and today i've spent lots of time with them, teaching them and it really feels good! haha especially when i'm feeling betta after completing those extras! it's just an intangible feeling la. and i'm glad that i have a pleasant recruit in my section. actually all the new recruits or rather all of them are pleasant. but this particular 1 is hardworking and consistent in producing results. so, i'm really glad to be leading this section together with jun sian. =) and i'm totally upbeat about field camp! cos i'll be in charged of IFC! which are all the field craft stuff.

finally, i wanna commend my platoon specs! cos we're really a bunch of prudent and efficient specs. though some of us do commit mistakes at times, we do remind each other and settle such problems in a matured fashion. we will not keep harping that we have not instilled sufficient discipline in our recruits unlike other platoons cos we know wat is enuf. we always ensure that the amount of punishments meted out commensurate with the severity of mistakes committed. and all of us are always willing to make sacrifices if needed. kudos to us~!

oh anyway, we went to the airport for dinner on tues during our nights out! and i feel superb cos it reminds me of the overseas trip that i'm going with my frens end of this year! wee~! and i'm gonna fly twice this year~ haha!

Direct Enlistment

yeaH, today is the bmt direct enlistment day for my company! so 50 recruits came in and i wasn't at all excited. it's unlike the ptp recruits and i think i find the ptp ones more fun loving. but well, training still continues and my extra continues too.

i'm left with 3 more extras to serve! gambatte to myself~ i was feeling quite upset yesterday while doing duty when everyone else is able to book out~ cos i feel 'maligned' and i dun deserve these 14 extras. quite weird rite, when something doesn't go right, you will just keep harping on how unlucky u're. but well, i really am. that cos duty which i was faulted on shouldn't be mine in the first place since i've lifeguard duty and the day be4 i sent this man to hospital and reached camp at 2am before taking over that unlucky day! since it's the past, i'll let it rest. however, in future, if such unfair punishment is meted out again, i'll stand up for myself even if u're a superior. the sight of u really irks me! what's worse, unfair punishments meted out by this particular incompetent superior.

it feels so much betta without u around... today is an example. i really hope to work under the new superior! feel glad that he's more or less confirmed working with us while the abhorrent one is being KICKED to the other coy. haha! and i use the word kick!

bmt~

hey hey, as promised, today's cougar coy, platoon 2, section 4 rendezvous! we met at clarke quay and had dinner at indonesian riverside restaurant! 6 of us came and they're me, chyork, kiwi, yuan shao, han qun and ding hao~ though ding hao isn't from section 4, we've assimilated him and taken him as 1! haha~

well well, the food is really nice i think~ i especially like the grilled chicken! the sauce is delectable. ok, we had like 6 dishes; kang kong, mee goreng, squid, sambal stingray, charcoal chicken. hmm and a free flow of rice! it was really filling!


the unlimited free flow rice!


look at yuan shao's chou xiang!


the spread of dishes we had!

it's nice dining with familiar faces! haha, we haven seen each other for like 1 month? and today's 060407 and we were enlisted on 060106. so 7 more months to go! wee! haha, we talked about our ord trip and it seems like we hafta settle for korea which is a fun place too! can ski, swim and play with snow~ yeah! maybe i shall go hokkaido with my parents. =) well and i think most of us really miss bmt days. like what kiwi had said that bmt is still the most fun period of our NS life.


me and han qun~


kiwi, chyork and yuan shao~


ding hao, han qun and me!!! my head looks smaller here cos i leaned back! hahah~

i can still remember how our bunk looked like and i miss that place~ that particular bunk. always crowding around the table to have snacks and listen to music when we're bored. or even have our own kbox sessiON! haha~ and we are proud to be the lousiest sectioN! gao xiao rite~ nevertheless, we're the closest sectioN~ yeah and this bunch of frens will always stay! see we're still meeting up after 1 year 4 months!

platoon 2

i'm forever in platoon 2~ haha since BMT till now and i think i have a great affinity for the number 2. anyway, that's beside the point.

was talking to ben and samuel about how our platoon will be split into the 3 different sections. well, after much prudent considerations, justin, sam and xian hui will take section 1. wei keong and ben, section 2 while jun sian and i section 3. I would love to work with my old specs but mam prefers a more integrated kinda segregation. ironic sia... so i decided to work with jun sian who's also a good partner~ i embrace such a suggestion cos i'm someone who like to venture something new as it poses challenges. nopz, i'm not implying that js is a challenge but i just like new env la, gives me a whole new experience and thus making my life more fruitful~

well well, we were talking about our platoon and i'm really proud to be in this platoon. we may not be the best and in fact we aren't but our work ethics greatly surpass that of the other platoons. noPz, not trying to brag here but just stating the truth. at least we aren't inconsiderate and passive. most importantly, cos we're selfless. i'm happy to have changed bunk as we merged with platoon 1 specs cos i need not see some irritating, immature, callous specs. well, i guess i'll feel happier in this bunk~

my current goal: to cherish this last 7 months in army and work happily with my platoon specs! cos i noe we'll be willing to sacrifice for each other when we were to encounter any obstacles. that is what i call brotherhood~

i think i'm totally lucky throughout my NS life. there's definitely depressing times, but i have mostly met great ppl, proactive colleagues and selfless frens which help to spice up my army life~ making it less if not not miserable at all and i sorta enjoy army life now~

(while talking to the recruits) mdm exclaims, " you guys have the best sergeants you know" and i totally agree with that! =)


me and nicholas!