went on a little spending spree last week during my nights out. met up with van and got myself 2 ben sherman tee. wanted to get 2 pair of jeans but i am quite fussy person. did not manage to get any yet. but gonna get it soon. realised that i want to get alot of new stuffs. i'm hunting for a new watch as well that cost less than a thousand, a new belt and a pair of shoes. thought of getting either a hamilton, patek philippe or tag heuer watch. still hunting for the perfect time piece.

gt to do the cg machine last week. quite a challenge because there are certain things to remember. and i don think is my best performance. feel that i need to expand my capacity. my ministry is changing alot! like the mission statement "Able to provide world-class support with any equipment at any place." we have change to using mac and over the last 1 month plus or so added a new cg machine. really moving towards being world class.

enjoy being in this ministry because there are always new things to learn. impt thing i learn is how to handle pressure during "chaotic" times. after all this ministry is really a ministry where you need to pray up everyday. the stress level is high but without a little stress one will nt be able to unleash the full potential.

after sun svc, went out with a few of the guys from cg to town area to catch up. rush over to taka sushi tei to meet my mom and bro for dinner. saw this very cute young little jap boy. that aside, i really enjoy having family meal. more like a family. because my family don't really dine together often. but ever since i enter army i realised that most of my sunday are allocated for family meal.

now i am attending operator maintenance course. because this course is quite dry. the sgt and technicians really know how to lift up the mood. they will set out competition and compete with us. take for instance yest, 3 of my friends took up the challenge to change a 280kg, $15k track in 15 min. the bounty canadian pizzas! my friends lost the "bet" by 1 min.

beside that the tech there will sometime buy ice milo for us to share. come out with some wacky idea to compete like using one hand to put in the circuit breaker something like a stopper and the reward is burger. at least this course quite fun because alot of tea break. 10 - 10.30 is morning tea break, 11.30 - 1 is lunch break and 3 - 3.30 is another tea break.

although i must say this course can be quite fun but it really is tough. there are so many parts to maintain. the killer blow is when we got to do 100hrs maintenance! so far my hands alr suffer a little minor minor injury. nth big. even though i hear one wrong move you can get cut deeply. next fri will be my practical test.

counting down i'm left with only 10 days. minus weekends and public hol i'm left with only 5 days and i'll be back at kranji camp. i seriously have a good capt! a very nice guy. somehow or rather i am in charge of my brigade nights out. because i'm the only one who dare to call my capt and talk to him regarding nights out.

tuesday forgo our nights out. on thursday i wanted to forgo my nights out..but most of my friends were hoping that i go because they say if i don go they won't go as well because i was the one who made nights out happen for them. change my mind went for my nights out. meet up with van again to catch max payne. oh man, one movie down and a few more to go.

don really think that max payne is a very fantastic movie. but because of this movie made me very interested in the game. want to go and search for this game.

wed night my bunk was raided by the rats. even though we set up rat trap and stuffs still cannot catch the rats. they somehow remind me of the rat in "ratatouille". so yest my friends went to get some rat poison. they place it jus beside my cupboard!!!! whole night i had difficulty getting to slp because ard 1 plus i thought i hear something smashing into the cupboard. but decide not to get out off bed to check.

when i woke up this morning again we failed. nt even a single rat was caught. too crafty. outwit the 10 of us in bunk.

i kindda like my current bunk mates. it usually take me a very long time to warm up before i can be my ownself. but this grp of guys make it so comfortable that i start playing pranks on them, joke, act and of course the favourite is talk cock with them. best thing is i'm not only gonna spend the rest of my ns days with them even during reservist i get to c them again.

jus realise that high sch musical is out today. was in bunk during lunch break and pondering shld i catch tropic thunder since is out today as well. now make me rethink.

tmrw will be spending my whole day at expo. thank God that the reporting time change back to 12.30. it was changed to 1030. i was thinking have to wake up early and stuffs. but thank God i have a long weekend this week.

gonna talk to my dad ask him whether will he sup me a credit card if i want one. nt that i want to go on a spending spree or anything. there is a goal that i set for myself. so gonna spend the next 15 mins talking to him abt this.

i'm seriously thinking of going to aust at the end of the year. but i need to go back camp and check how many leaves am i left with. if nt next year during my b'dae i'm gonna go there. thank God my bunk mate whom we nickname "tycoon" owns his own travel agency can look for him when i flying there.

can't remember wad i did last week also. only remember after cg rushed down to orchard to get dan a birthday present. immediately the first shop that came to my mind was to go ben sherman there to get dan a t-shirt since it is tailor made to fit dan's dressing.

moment me and van enter the shop we saw this green t-shirt and we both thought so dan. upon browsing more saw another design. in the end got the green t for him after consulting his 2 sisters.

was super worried that the t will not fit him. i am so surprise that when van pass it to him today it actually fitted him well. thank God for it. wanted to surprised him last sunday but because of time constraint and other things could nt do it. but well it doesn't matter since he like the t alot.

before booking in on sunday...i made use of the last hour before leaving hse to plan my goals. after thinking through actually is very possible for nsf like me who can only be promoted to first class corporal to actually save up 10k.

a little inspiration from my dad and shang made me decide to do the double. i hope to have 20k by the time i ord (june 2010). i am amazed with myself that i actually i can save alot when the year come to an end.

just last week pst preached abt getting ourself out of debt. during fellowship time i was jokking with the guys asking them do they have any ticks and was commenting those without ticks actually are rich ppl.

just spoke to my dad and now i am in debt. actually i think right now i am owing my dad at least 3.5k aft he opened a 10k acc for me for my investments.

but i gonna pay him back full by next year before june hopefully. both my parents are very straight forward people. when i was talking to my mom abt my goal to buy my own hse and car by the age of 25 or 26 she was telling me quite impossible. but i am still strictly following my goals. so by than i will be in bigger debt trying to service the loans. but well i still at an early age start owning assets good. i do believe that i can achieve that although need to reassess my goals each year.

last week manage to find out that 1 of my dad big goal can be done. but however the thing that is preventing from fulfilling his goal is the high asking price. so is now wait and c.

also last week than i got to know actually my hse got quite a high market value. with this money i can actually hmmm live a good life.

this week had all my tests. driving test, directing test and knowledge test. glad to say i pass all my tests only my knowledge test i not sure got pass anot but shld be pass. got my 2nd licence. not to hao lian or anything i even purposely made a mistake only to find out that mistake i made cost me 15 points. in the end got a B for my driving. but not that it bothers me too much.

thought that my stay will be coming to an end but only to find out that i will be staying at sungei gedong for ANOTHER MONTH! i am starting to hate going to sungei gedong. i really can't wait to finish this whole course. one thing that irk me is the communication in sungei gedong. one moment tell us to pack up to leave their bunk one moment unpack tell us we are staying there for another month. really dunno what are they doing sigh.

got my first night out on tuesday. spend the night at lot 1 with my brigade friends. actually this 2 weeks plus got to really know them and i kindda enjoy their company. just that when we go back to brigade i think 3 of us will go to another branch.

today quite a frustrating day. dunno how to elaborate as well. the only gd thing out of the whole thing is today is book out day. thank God that my brigade friend drive me to bukit gombak station which allow me to reach home early. he is another crazy driver that will drive 140km/hr cutting into other lanes. remind me of my old self.

don look forward to booking in on sunday sigh..

wad a day to be sick. yesterday night had flu and fever. i guess my bed buddy pass it to me. trying my best to get heal so that i can participate in tmrw important driving. will be going outfield driving whole day which will include a night driving and night servicing. hope it will end early as next day will be book out day.

yesterday before book out we had our first outfield driving lesson. i was sitting in the bronco so had a chance to actually take a look at the driver who was driving the bronco. the only uncertainty for me was how to maneuvre the rear cabin. when my turn came actually it was very easy to drive. beside i have a class 3 licence make it even easier for me as there is no difference to driving a car. got a "very good driver" remarks from the instructor who was guiding me.

that exp excite alot of my brigade friends because it was the first time for many who have had the chance to drive. however the bad thing is can't convert ur armor licence to driving licence not that it bothers me alot.

i'm into my 2nd week thru the course..next tuesday will be my driving test in order to get my bronco licence. can't wait for that day to come because it would mean i will be out of sungei gedong camp as it very inaccessible place.

last sunday after serving went to meet char for lunch. had the honor to be the first one to exp her driving. had lunch at t2 fish & co. had a good chat and made me think abt alot of things. gonna take this week to rectify the problems slowly and give it one serious best shot at it.

my close to 4 months in army made me realise one thing. i felt that i actually isolated my ownself ever since i'm in army. neglected a friendship that was so impt to me. remind me how much i'm like yh. trying to get my life back.

if is not for char i think i would have drown even further. she is probably the person i really respect alot and will open up myself to pour out everything.

aft meeting with char went hm to take a nap as i was up the previous day hook to this strategy game. after which had dinner with my family minus my twin bro.

i guess i really love having dinner with my family alot. i think my dad is a very knowledgable person. during the dinner he was sharing his struggles with money and decisions 10 over years ago. and also his 2 projects that he wants to fulfill before he leaves earth.

i too also want to undertake this 2 projects that he have. so i am adding alot of goals to the previous goals that i set for myself. the tasks that i want to do when i am out of army. there is no greater joy in fulfilling others dream and one own dream.

i was reading a quote where this author said warren buffet who is worth US$60 billion gave himself a goal to become a millionaire by 35. who say one cannot achieve their dreams.

after dinner it was back to camp. my mom drove me after we caught an hour of the f1 at home. i am hoping that after i ord i will go and exp it live. along the highway at marina bay area can actually hear the cars zooming past the loud noise of the engine the nosie produce when the tyres met with the track.

anyway my mom reveal the "turmoil" in the family. sigh...i can only pray every night. hope things goes well soon.

i am so super tempted not to book in tonight. but i will. gonna bring more medicine there and hopefully wake up the next day feeling better. time to go take a nap.

Tat Kwek
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