finally i am back after 2 weeks at tekong chalet. well was quite apprehensive when i was there like a lost sheep. thought that life in there will be tough but after 2 weeks i think i have more or less adapted to the place there.

i am enlisted into ZULU company which is located at rocky hill. which also explains why i get to book out quite late as compare to the people at ladang. but sigh..i don really mind also because the bunks there are more fit for human.

heard from my bro that at ladang the toilet all no door so you actually bathe together bare naked with all the guys. but at rocky hill we have cubicles and the bunk is actually so much bigger then ladang. God is good!

not only that i am bless with good section mates/bunk mates. started out with 11 of us in the section. but 1 already OOT (out of training). my buddy also want to OOT which will leave me "buddyless". one of the guy in the section seem to be struck with depression. other that then i was able to click with the rest and i quite enjoy their company.

must admit though that because of my buddy negativity i was slightly negative abt my exp in tekong but good thing i am a Christian every night pray if not i think i won't be able to adapt to tekong life. can't do a day without praying.

above all, i must really thank God for good platoon commanders! in my company only my platoon have the BEST commanders who doesn't come down hard on us and actually treat us like human. eg. lights out at 2230, other platoon commanders can actually ask their whole platoon to fall in at 2215 at the parade square when we are all preparing to slp. so i must really thank God for good understanding commanders. can say that other platoons people actually envy us.

get to make alot of new friends there. know practically all the malays and the only indian guy. he is probably the most hilarious guy cause he really bring alot of laughter everytime he talk. one memorable incident was when we were told to go for breakfast after 5bx and it was dark and he was running to the cook house when he actually feel into the small drain and end up injuring his body parts and having a swollen thigh. he really lift our or rather my mood up everytime i see him.

skip all the details. quite sian a couple of days ago had a headache and wasn't feeling well. next morning was struck with sore throat and now having cough. like wad my indian fren say wad a time to get all these just when you are ready to book out.

just wanna thank all my friend for actually availing all their time to msg me to talk to me on the phone and help accompany me to finish my 2 weeks there. also got my allowance from the army today!

book out today thought of enjoying the 2 days before i book in again on sunday 1945. hard to find ppl to go out. thank God manage to get glenn to go out together. caught the new movie "WANTED" at tiong bahru. quite a tough movie to understand if you don't focus and concentrate. i think tmrw also go chiong one more movie before i go for another chalet. but maybe go out with cgm well unsure of the plans.

can't wait to attend svc on sunday. feel so weird the last 2 weeks nv attend svc at all.

adapt to tekong life already. feel so tired throughout the movie. even now my eyes feel like shutting and tmrw at 11.30 i have zone meeting at rw. hope i can wake up early.

woke up slightly later today because i finished the last 6 episodes of hungry heart wild striker. now i am going to start on this jdrama "last friends".
went to work later then usual. purpose in my heart to finish everything by 45 mins so i can go home have early dinner and rest before i go out again to meet up with char, dan, glenn, van and bryan at cineleisure to catch the chronicles of narnia: prince caspian.
today made me realise one thing which i need to keep bearing in mind. made char angry. think maybe because i treat as super good friend then tend to forget not to over familiarise. failed to inform her i am caught in a jam and will be late. but thank God she cool off after we entered the theatre.

know that she looking forward to catch this show for a long long time and probably postpone it to catch it with us. quite a nice show is a pity is not doing well in north america since it had to compete with indy 4.

in for a surprised after movie. char reveal she is treating all of us. we proceed opp to have supper at kopitiam. we were having a great time with one another since it was quite long since we met up with char. stayed there all the way till 11.30pm before we proceed to go home.

one of the topic we touched on was oversea trip. char was saying she wanted to go new york during christmas season. how i wish i can go to. checked with my dad it will cost probably 4k - 5k. think that new york is a nice place. but shall leave it to another time.

was contemplating walking home from bedok. but decided to call my dad ask him can he pick me up anot. usually i hate to do it because i think they have a long day already and i don want to trouble them. just nice my mom wanted to eat porridge so my dad came and pick me up. able to reach home at 12.30.

got a surprise..wen kai msg me say can he pray for me since i am going army. manage to squeeze in short talking with him. last time we saw each other was last month. my ex pcgl remembers me as well called me to pray for me.

along with members like jia wen ask me am i prepared for it anot. even sean wanna send me off. feel so love haha.

tmrw plans cancel. so got some free time. time to start packing my stuffs. get everything done. probably meet up some of the people or jus slack at home.

wed seriously doubt will be going jb. heard that ch got a virus and almost black out today. shall give him a call tmrw since he did not pick up my call. probably on wed will be working early, spend some time with ch go out, have dinner with my family and hopefully can squeeze in one more movie with char because she asked me go catch sex in the city.

although van got ask me wanna watch anot but i not say very keen watching this show. heard that is a sequel to the hbo series. but char say some of them say even if u don watch the series is ok u will still understand. well see how again see can plan one more movie with char anot!
since i am so free tmrw i shall pop by my dad's shop and go and work again. earn some money and kill off time.

maybe i will try to update everyday since i am going to be offline for 14 days.


a little edit to this post...

finished this jdrama "Haken no Hinkaku". Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F’s new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke’s department, she finds herself doing more work than she’s ever done before. This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.

quite a nice show because i don believe japan is the only country facing this problem but probably most developed countries face this prob as well. trying to find out new source when i can catch current jdrama. finally newer jdrama are up probably finish one more before i go ns.

currently catching this anime in addition to bleach. trying to finish it before i go in army. left with 6 more episodes before i finish anime. same author as captain tsubasa but i think this is much better then capt tsubasa. read probably 3 book and i decide to give up on capt tsubasa cause is very unrealistic.

anyway on thursday went to meet up with glenn, van and hx. glenn and van treat me a meal because i am going in army already and i would be spending lesser time with most of them as well.

after svc with rev robb thompson, waited for shang before me, van and him went to simpang bedok to eat prata. feel so comfortable ard with them. cause we can talk play since we are so good friends with one another. also i was able to also spend the night msging pam and chat with her. was a good night as well =)

today met up with marc to come to church together. been a few months since he last came to church. trying my super best to make him wanna decide to stay and also attend cg and svc regularly. whole day been making alot of effort together with ch and bryan to make him feel welcome.

even when we ended our fellowship at airport. he joined us at vivo after dropping by at his aunt's house. bro send him home and i got to learn that he will be more free up to join us for cg. do not want to add more pressure to him in coming. slowly step by step hoping to enter into his life...glad he nv close up and still very open to me and ch which is a very good thing. now trying to get him to come play soccer on tuesday and convince him to come for the encounter night on thursday at riverwalk with me.

after 3 months plus finally met up with my good old dear friends yh and jason for dinner today at vivo. we have been good friends since all 3 of us ch, yh and myself met jason 6 years ago. he was the one that really sow into our life and make us feel welcome. as we grow older we meet up lesser since we are in diff zones and diff cg. but really must thank God that we are still very chum with one another. was joking next meeting is 4 months later. but hope is not that long.

after svc aiming spoke to a grp of us. i really must thank God that He answer my prayer. although i won't say is a meeting that everyone is looking forward to but i was dying to just get everything settle before i go in NS. slowly inch by inch i just feel that i am inching nearer to clearing the wall that was errected that kept me and my friends apart. although there is bound to be awkwardness but at least everything is cleared which makes it easier to start rebuilding everything again.

tmrw meeting char go catch narnia in the evening probably at cineleisure dunno where she will buy the tix. very long nv see her...also sort of "last" time i can meet her. since she is only free on monday and i am busy on monday.

tuesday play my last soccer with the guys before i announce my retirement from this sport. yh ask me to go jurong west pick him up still undecided abt this whole thing though.

wed hopefully can go to jb with those who can't make it for the youth camp. spend some quality time there with them. and hopefully squeeze in one more movie. now that there might be a slight prob with the arrangement. got to wait for ch confirmation before everything is decided. if not is teppanyaki dinner at home with my family. trying to work out how to squeeze everything on this day.

thursday will be attending the encounter night at riverwalk at 7. and have a last meal with the rest of the ppl after the meeting.

friday prepare myself for a new phase in life at 2pm. and start my 2 years of jail term as coin by my member.

these are my plans for the whole of next week.

actually feeling very neutral to the whole ns thing. but seeing each day kanna slowly eaten up feel kindda dunno how to say. yosh..can't wait to book out on 27 june. can't wait to go and serve on sat and sunday!

forgot to blog this down. sunday after bbq tearle drove me and sasha home. first time i sat in a van. actually quite cool also. a very good exp having the whole compartment (dunno wad u call) to myself.

was supposed to join jackson, van to JB. but could not excuse myself from work. feel so pai seh, ps them. met up with sj for dinner because while he was making his journey for his zone camp he was asked to come on wed instead.

went to taka seoul garden for dinner and to catch up with him. planned long time before i go in army have a meal with him at our usual hang out place.

tuesday, first time i got my hand on the gps. had to wake up early drop my dad to meet the accountant, my bro at sgh and also go tiong bahru have lunch with my mom at the same time buy back food for my family.

seriously i think i got a huge problem trying to use the gps. feel like is talking foreign to me haha.

wed whole family minus my twin bro accompany my mom down to mount e for her checkup. praise God doc gave her a clear bill. no longer need to chauffeur.

went to sembawang to pick up shijie. while sending his members home the gps use a foreign language to communicate with me haha. i think is best to depend on myself instead of the gps. only shi jie know sigh...

anyway feel so loved. hard to find time to actually try to meet up my members to go out. ppl like chai huat, glenn, van, shang, bryan, gordon really make me feel so loved. because i will be going in army in exactly 8 days they are trying to spend more time with me.

trying my best to meet as many ppl up as possible. sorry ch heard that u disappointed i don really wanna go cycling pai seh. before i go ns i sure make it up to u man! tmrw most likely meeting glenn somewhere in town for dinner.

tonight is indeed also a great night! this kind of night is rare very rare but God is good!

hmm..got fine $50. exact place as where shang got his fine. i think marine parade carpark is definately out of bound from now onwards. feel like i am giving away free money like that. will go to parkway carpark instead pay that 2 bucks then lose $50.

had a chat with aiming. close to 2 months i have been quite bothered by something. in the end after the talk with aiming in my own heart i made a decision. felt that i got to know her more. svc was great and i really feel that God speaking to me and show me alot of things. because of the sermon that pastor preached today i decide to open up and pour out everything to aiming.

had ministry outing today. it has been some time since i go for ministry outing. really enjoy myself down there although it took me some time to shed away the awkwardness. but as time goes by i was warming up and started enjoying myself.

see myself joining up with the team more on such outing. a good chance to wind up and relax and also get to know the different ppl in the team more. quite looking forward to the next outing although got a feeling i might not be able to go because by then i would be at tekong. well nv know maybe still got a chance.

today the team in a sense celeb for me because i will be going army. today is the last time i will be serving. will only be back after 3 weeks.

getting very tired nowadays..looks like no chance of going overseas anymore since ch sort of "ps" me. forever have to postpone plans of going overseas. exactly another 12 more days before i go chalet.

can't wait to book out after the 2 weeks confinement!

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