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4th of dec marks e day where specialist cadets will get their 3SG ranks after 22wks of training... For all e spectacular trip flare n thunder flash effects in the parade were done by 4 of us who yet to pass our course...

14wks of ASLC, gone through EX Grandslam 2 which seems lyk a never ending field camp, 3wks of training in taiwan where I carry 500 GPMG rounds with a manpack which weights more den 15kg and climb up and down 4 hills higher den Bukit Timah, nearly died from coldness on top of a knoll during EX Warrior...

I've gone through everything, but all I missed was the parade where we graduate from our course...

All becoz of soc, something I hv develop a phobia in it after doing for countless times, I've to go through 2wks of hell where I will do soc until I pass it...

Now I've 2 choices to make to determine my life for the nxt 1yr plus...

One, pass soc and I'll go bmt as instructor, one of the best posting for infantry... But I've to still go through all the infantry shit such as digging shellscrape and the worst thing is I nid to pass soc again nxt year in a shorter timing...

Or, I fail my soc and I'll get out of infantry FOR LIFE!!!

All my aslc mates ask me to ask it coz is quite stupid that after going through so many shit in e end can't pass e course all becoz of dose obstacles...

But if I think another way since I've gone through ao many infantry shit for ard 6mths now I'm presented a chance to get out of it for e next 1yr plus and even another 10yrs of reservist...

At least I've a choice to make...

Hi peeps I'm back n let's begin wif blogging abt a very interesting supper gathering wif odac peeps last fridae at serangoon gardens... Although it was initiated by yiqian it ended up only the army guys came...

Of coz we ended up sharing our experiences in our various vocations, as we hv commando, guards, infantry, armour infantry, signals, MP, supply & transport and even NDU n air force radar spec...

24th & 25th October

Kakis gathering wif colman at kovan xin wang cafe... It has been a long tym since we last met up...

Klunch at hougang on the next dae wif ck, kel n colman... Since ck nid to study for Alvls the rest of us went to watch My Sister's Keeper at Plaza Sing without him...

A good storyline but the pace of the movie can be abit slow at times... Feel weird hving a bunch of guys watching it tgt but I hv to admit dat the movie is quite touching...

Especially some scenes showing the mother refusing to lose the battle and wanted to save her daughter at all costs, but her daughter wanted to end her fight against leukemia as she dun wan to be a burden to her family...

But we hv to learn to accept the fact dat giving up may be a better option at times...

Finally I hv found some time to update my stagnant blog... Well it has being 4 weeks since i'm in aslc and all I could tell u all is dat life in aslc realli sux...

But before I earn my CSB badge and complete my course in 13 weeks I hv recently achieve something... From a bobo shooter in bmt I hv become... ...

For nearly 2 mths my blog iz lyk totally dead.. No posts, no replies on tagboard, even my blogskin pic was gone... Coz for my first 6 wks in sispec I was lyk wondering did I enter the right training school...

For 6 wks I was wondering why ppl called sispec as sis-slack, and glamslam (field camp) as glam-slack... SOC after field camp, IPPT in between day and night live firing, digging shell scrape overnight...

But on the 7th week all our sufferings have ended and for the entire week the oly physical activity I did was 5bx (morning exercise)... After which the training program will be area cleaning or IBM (Individual Body Maintenance), in other words sleeping in bunk...

Well tml we will be celebrating our nation's 44th bdae... Although it is a holiday we will be serving national service on dat dae... Not because we nid to be on stand-by since the elites will be at the parade but we will be having our 28km route march...

Although my weekend cum holiday was being burnt by NS I still managed to meet up wif my frenx on fridae night to celebrate mich and jason bdae (erm plus my belated bdae)...

Maybe I was in good mood for ytd night I found myself nearly kena drunk since we opened 3 bottles of red and white wine... Well I was not drunk at all lor, plz la wine will so easy make mi drunk de meh...!!! lolx...

Btw I suspect ah yong was drunk before he reached mich's hse... hahax...

Will post the pics on my nxt post...!!! Wish mi luck in surviving the route march tml...!!!

It has been one week aft POP and almost a mth since I last blog... Well some reflections aft my 8 weeks plus stay in tekong...

I rmb last sat during a gathering at colman's hse ah yong asked us whether we will sign on aft army... Most of us gave a big no abt it, and ah yong's reason is dat he hates regimentation, which most of us agree...

Regimentation, you can hate it but you have to accept it... No matter how our 2IC explains the rationale behind for regimentation I still feels dat it's stupid... We march from one point to the other because we're soldiers... Civilians gather, soldiers fall-in... Okie I agree wif dese...

Aniway I've experience smthing new in army, which is SOC and route march... I prefer the later and the former, although SOC oly last not more den 10mins while route march is in hrs...

I dun enjoy SOC becoz I hate failures... With my 4kg riffle plus 1kg helmet and 1litre full of water bottle I basically can't clear the majority of the obstacles dat require upper body strength...

On the other hand route march can be physically and maybe mentally tiring but upon completion the sense of satisfaction is dere...

For mi I completed 4, 6, 8, 12, 16km route march with ease but I struggle alot for my 24km... With less den 3hrs of slp before the route march which held overnight, the feeling of having not enough energy in your body realli sux...

Perhaps this shows dat I'm mentally not strong enough... It's the same as my last 10km of my marathon where I'll be mentally drained off...

Well aniway I've finished my first phrase of my army life... Lyk my OC said this is just the beginning of our NS life...!!!

Seriously army life sux at times...

Book out on 16th May 1905 (reach pasir ris interchange oly at 2000), book in on 17th May 1845...

Less den 24hrs of civilian life, including sleeping time at home...

Well done SAF...!!!

In less den 5hrs I've to go back to tekong once again... seriously my weekends realli past very fast...

Feel dat I've underestimated BMT... My body yet to be conditioned to cope with the training in NS... I'm running slower in my 2.4km, my pull ups drop (a lot)...

Furthermore I feel tired almost every dae... Although lights off is at 10.30pm I can slp as early as in 9pm and still feel very tired on the nxt dae...

All I would sae is 'Welcome to the army'...

Can't help but to make another blog post...

Today went to the new shopping mall Tampines One... Mus mention dis 'Japan's number one casual wear brand' Uniqlo in Tampines One...

Guess wad...??? kel, colman n I queue up for 15mins to get into dat shop...!!!

Yup it's seriously crazy la...!!! One has to queue up to get into dat shop... And staffs from e management of the shopping mall nid to be involved to control e crowd...!!!

And galz are gg crazy over it... I gt friends from odac to sec sch to jc klasmates discussing abt Uniqlo wif mi on msn...!!!

Lolx Claudia even comment dat Uniqlo is as prestigious as LV in Japan...!!! Den she suan mi for queuing up but not buying anithing...

Seriously I think if I work at Uniqlo I'll hv great satisfaction... I'll fold clothes until I wanna quit e job no matter how high is the pay, something I can't experience even at IP bugis during weekends... lolx...

Hi to all long tym didnt update my blog liao so now here are my updates for the mth of April and I guess dis will be my last post before gg to tekong...!!!

Aniway we have a great time at settlers and we found out dat we realli prefer playing brainless games, since I guess most of us hv stop using our brains aft our alvls...

Btw I cant help bt to comment dat zhiling realli slim down alot and has become freaking skinny...!!! hahax...

6th of April - paying respect to my grandparents

Every year oly my mum n uncle will go and pay respect to my grandparents during the Qing Ming period since dey prefer to go during the weekdaes... Bt dis year since dun hv attend sch so my mum ask mi to come along...

Since my both my mum and uncle are buddhist, which encourage its followers not to burn paper offerings... So for many years dey didnt burn ani paper offerings during Qing Ming...

Bt for the past few years my mum decided to have some paper offerings burned as she starts to think wad if my grandparents have no money to spend in the other world...

Aniway we didnt burn alot of paper offerings as compared to others, jus mainly paper money...

And I told my mum nt to buy dose paper money printed wif many 'zeros' behind coz from wad I hv learned from econs if a govt print alot of money their currency will depreciate and become as worthless as dose 'banana money' during the Japanese occupation... hahax...

Some reflection

Specking abt religion recently I hv a friend who choose her uni courses according to the advices from her religion... And because of dese 'advices' she gave up good opportunities which made most of us bewilded by her decision...

Well I in no position to comment abt her decision bt dis incident make me rmb something dat my maths tutor Mrs Wong used to tell our class...

I rmb when we gt back our results for some major exams she told us if you keep failing ur exams but you still decided to take your alvls and in the end your results can't get you into ani courses dis shows dat you're a poor decision maker...

I guess at first most of us, including myself, will feel dat wad she have said was rather harsh but there are great meanings behind her words which will perhaps make one a better person...

In our life there are times we need to make minor and major decision... Most of us will consider alot of factors and listen to advices from family and friends... But in the end the one who make the decision is you yourself...!!!

At times I feel dat dere are no good or bad decision, is the belief dat the decision you make is the right one...

Next few daes before 11th April

Swimming and gyming session wif kel and colman followed by kakis farewell gathering dis fridae... I guess I'll hv no tym to blog abt them so dats all and my nxt post will be after I get out of tekong...!!!

My furture!!!

Well I've probably made my biggest decision in my life for the last few daes...

I hv decided studying real estate at nus as my future...!!! Dats my first choice and I think most likely I'll be studying dat aft my NS...

Seriously I've no idea whether studying real estate is a right decision or not... But for mi once I made a decision I'll not hv second thoughts and just give in my best in it...

Gatherings

Spending my last few daes meeting up wif frenx and attending gatherings b4 heading to tekong on 11th april...

In actual fact attending gatherings is impt to anyone development of their social circle... If u missed a few gatherings, ppl will hv dis mindset dat u may not attend the nxt gathering and they will have on intention of inviting u in future...

Well dats e reality, dats how e society works... People will start to forget u when ur presence is not dere during meeting ups...

Aft some time u will become a casual fren of them and u all will meet up at one place... dats on facebook or msn...!!!

Jus accept it dats a fact... Aniway I have learnt it the hard way...

Jus came back from senior terence 21st bdae... werid feeling coz i dun realli noe the majority of them at the party... even the sociable yiqian oly mingle wif our batch and 4th odac ppl... hahax...

of coz beer is provided at the party... haha realli missed drinking sessions.... including drinking beer lyk plain water in cambodia... i think i left the party too early liao shld extend my drinking session... lolx...

looks lyk i've lost my socialising skills aft idling ard at home... seriously i hving a rather mundane life now aft being jobless... I'm now lyk waiting for my dae gg to tekong...

well I'm not contended wif staying at home so attending gatherings becomes part of my daily lifestyle now...

I can't stand ppl wif no life...!!! hahax...

OMG I'm so happy right now...!!!












Watch horror movie, play mahjong, murderer, heart attack, indian poker, zhong ji mi ma, and had a delicious dinner...!!! I loved gatherings...!!!