well well, so the tekong ppl are here~ i was quite shocked when i know that my platoon has 1 rj. guess he didn't go to command sch cos of his fitness. but he's a good chap i felt.

hai, was pondering over some platoon issues. did i treat u too well such that u've deproved and disappointed me? hai, pondering over this question over a long time and felt that i should do something to bring u back to track. since this's my fault, i shall remedy it.

i can just say that jc ppl and mono intakes are different. sometimes i prefer talking to the jc ppl but when i need a breather, the mono will be a good choice. ok la, lets see how this goes.

anyway, 4 more months to emancipatioN! i can't wait for ORD~! wanna go tokyo with bmt frens and then italy with parents! wee!

hoho~ another week has passed. and it was quite a bad one for me. had high fever on thurs! and still feeling a little groggy now.

whew~ but well, yesterday's ndp rehearsal was really magnificent. yeah, the spectacular fireworks! they only shot 20% of what will be shown on the actual day itself. oh my~ singapore is really rich sia! and i'll get 2 tickets for next sat's rehearsal. even yesterday's rehearsal has drawn huge crowds, awaiting for the brilliant fireworks. haha~ i think this year's ndp will be really good, a fresh experience as compared to the past.

fireworks by the bay (romantic isn't it), we have opera singers for our theme song 'will you'. a much betta rendition compared to that shown on tv! gives me patriotic goosebumps man! hahah, so diff from the past when a homegrown singer will just pop up to end the whole parade. haha! it's so diff this time cos there'll be 10 singers involved in the finale!

well well, and half of my privates have been posted out to other units. shall wish u all the best! =)

Classes.

well, today had a fine dinner with my platoon privates and specs and pc. We had it held at marina south steamboat. well well, I din really enjoy myself, the whole atmosphere was kinda wrong...

I realised that I was from a different league. we may be able to get along well in army, but when we're out; we are like worlds apart. I guess that can be summed up by the word 'class'; or what we usually know it as--- frequency. This word can be measured differently. for eg, in terms of financial, education etc etc.

well, in this context education class will be more apt. I can mix with some of them and definitely there are others whom i can't assimilate into. Their behaviour is diff from what we would expect of. No, this isn't elitism; but just that we belong to diff worlds? the way we're brought up, and the env that we have always been surrounded are totally diff. nature or nurture; i would choose the latter. so it was quite a boring dinner for me actually, sad to say. but well, there are still other privates whom i can really talk to and they come from my section. =) haha!


us! that's ben and my leg in the centre~ hhaha!

anyway, didn't eat much cos i find marina south food sux! i hate such oily and unhealthy stuff but it's the only place that can accommodate so many ppl! Then, justin, ben, samuel and i went to have ice cream along the esplanade be4 going home. i guess it still feels betta to be in ur own league. =)

SHOPPING! wee! haha, this will be a narration of what i've done today!

had a 'nasty' encounter in the morning. wasn't that nasty cos it didn't happen to me. saw this old man spitting into the MRT tracks. gosh, his revolting antics really put me off. was totally dumbfounded when i witnessed such a scene. It's so unbecoming of a developed country citizen's behaviour.

well, met up with wen chee and nelson at town! we had a delectable meal at taka fei cui first. I had my all time fav spicy noodle together with a basket of long bao. I haven been to fei cui for quite some time and really savoured whatever i had~ sluRP!

Then, i gave wen chee his small bday present. ahaha it was kinda impromtu cos i purchased it from angie the choice from century square this morning. that explains why i'm late! well, bought a durian roll and cheese cake but he only ate the durian roll! hmrp! hahaa, happy that he liked it. OOo, then we started shopping.

in total, i bought 2 pairs of berms and 1 pair of slippers. bought 1 pair of berms from 77th street and slippers from beetle bug! like my slippers very much, it has some brazilian flavour in it. and spent a total of $140. along the way, met many ppl! met bing cheng, andy (from bravo), 1 P4 recruit and some other HC ppl. ahha! so coincidental. the whole world (or rather saf units) is having off today! but it feels good to walk on a less crowded street and empty mall. guess i'm a little claustrophobic that's why! maybe cos june hols are coming to an end and students are busy preparing for tests and completing hw.

oh well, to sum up, today was really an enjoyable shopping day~

It was my recruits' passing out parade (POP) yesterday. During the whole parade, I was at all smiles; really felt happy for them as these are the men that we have painstakingly mould them into, from a boy to man (that's what they always say). Our efforts have paid off to make platoon 2 such a fine 1. I'm satisfied.

Was looking at the photos we took these 2 days while listening to a sad song, and i found myself liking the saf. well, I guess it's the people whom i'm working closely with that has made these 2 years so enjoyable. Since BMT, I have been together with great friends who will encourage each other in times of hardships, and fun colleagues who'll nv fail to help each other; which makes my coy so family oriented. I'm really a lucky chap, sometimes i find it amazing that i'm always with good company during these 2 years albeit some exceptions. maybe this is so-called good karma? currently, i have hardworking recruits, understanding superiors and funny colleagues. I'll definitely miss some from the other 2 platoons when our coy split into 2 next week. hai, tian xia wu bu san zhi yan xi...

alright, anyway, after NDP rehearsal today, met up with my dunman frens! yuexin, huimin, huizhi, mj, mollie and minyan! yeah! finally met these long time no see frens! and yeah we had a fun time at bugis V8~ We went to celebrate mingyan's bday and hope she's happy though i forgot her bdate le. hehe! too busy la that's why~ yuexin is still as crappy, and love their company!


zhihong and i, will miss him man when our coy split into 2! cos he'll be the old pc when 2 of our PC leave. taken at marina stadiuM~


that's myself with the buildings as the backdrop~ cooL?!


the 7 of us!

anyway, i bought a yellow hush puppies polo tee! nice cutting~!

This whole thing is SMOTHERING me! and i mean it! makes me so busy till i dun feel like going out. it definitely makes me treasure the free time i have more. but that restricts me to meeting frens whom i long to meet yet cannot meet due to their busy schedules!

I dun like to meet frens for the sake of meeting, oh my, save me! this heavy feeling of emptiness is killing me! haha, let me rant for a while...

talked to hq just now and he told me to persevere on! easier said than done but i will be able to do it still. and i told him that i'm looking to august whereby we'll book our air tix to japan! and he said sure~ ahha dun noe y, but that makes me feel much betta =) maybe cos i relish at the thot of travelling with my frens. Gambarimasu to myself! it'll be travel fairs after NDP. press oN~

Was having the usual ndp rehearsal today and had a super long break after lunch. so i started talking to my recruits, and stroke a casual conversation with 1 of them. from that conversation, i managed to piece out his family background. it was definitely not a really pleasant 1.

I almost teared after understanding his family background. he's brought up in a single-parent family, has 3 siblings and has to work really hard at a young age to tide over his financial problems. and his innocent face makes me take pity on him. sometimes we are just too obsessed with the less important stuff like academic results. And in the midst of rote learning, 1 may forget that there are still the less fortunate ones. I find myself really really lucky after talking to him, and the usual hardships pale in comparison to his...

haiz, couldn't do much, but try to make army serve as another family for him though it'll be kinda hard. well, gave him my piece of chicken to him during dinner... =) i think i really want to sign up some charity organisation after ORD!

I really NEED A BREAK! No, i feel neither stress nor tired. i just feel that i need a break to re energise myself as well as to retrieve the time that i've lost at the rehearsals.

mon will be field camp, and it's kinda smothering me. actually, not smothering la, but when everything comes at 1 shot, u'll feel a little disheartened. doing things repeatitively makes me feel bored. same goes to the numerous rehearsals, it has made my life so monotonous and predictable. I've lost out time that can be used to do more meaningful things. hai, nonetheless this is the job that i have to accomplish. so just too bad!