Friday, January 30, 2009
♥ 8:39 PM
caught the sneak preview of bride wars with van last sun. reckon that i shld not waste my CNY away since i had to be back in camp for guard duty on CNY. man anne hathaway is so pretty in the movie. she is probably the biggest reason why i am i catching most of her show. well bride wars definately trump rach getting married. back in camp i was talking with my friend abt this show and he agreed that it was a great movie as well.
straight after the movie we headed to starbucks at pacific plaza since it was the only outlet in orchard area that is opened for 24hrs. only left the place at 6 plus.
monday was a very sian day for me. the thought of having to go back camp at night really sour my mood. i mus say this year i really don't enjoy CNY.
tuesday was spend doing guard duty with my friends.
wednesday i was disapatch out of camp to help out with the team that is going to india with the loading of bronco. went to jurong port after lunch. practically i was there for 12 straight hours and only reached back camp at 1am!!
i must say that this is a very good exp. first time i get to exp how to load the bronco onto a cargo ship. first time entering a port and i think that is the furthest you can drive in singapore since the road sign reads jurong port (end). get to board a cargo ship for the first time and use their toilet which smell like the latrine on board an airline.
basically is a whole new exp. the only part that i hated was the brief wait from mayb 3 plus to 4 or 5 plus doing nth and also they nv indent my dinner. only managed to have dinner at 1am. but i must say all the sgt and encik really treated me very nice keep on asking me drink water since the weather is very hot and even went to get a bottle of drink for me.
despite that i won't mind going there again when those bronco arrive back in march or may.
thursday..i was half hoping that i get to wake up late since i reached camp super late the previous day. but nope still woke up at the same time. did not feel energetic the whole day because of the lack of rest. but thank God that day had to help BTO go check out some stuffs for officer's CNY celeb. got to book out at 2pm.
head down to akira warehouse and IMM to get our things done. was supposed to go to carl's jr for dinner but because my good friend had a change of heart wanted to head back to camp early so after getting all the things done we had dinner at IMM before heading back to camp at 7pm.
spend a gd 10 - 15 mins in office to check out our guard duties for the month of feb. wah for the first time i only have 2 weekdays and 1 weekend guard! however i heard this coming month is just a rest period for us. which is like huh...means march onwards is guard duties siao again. moment i reached bunk, bathe, waited for one msg and i was fast asleep only for the rest who book in at 11 to disturb my slumber.
skip life run today since i have a secondary appointment and that is to be a time keeper. thank God that my senior help me. wasn't feeling very well since my last guard duty on sat and also my body giving some weird signal on the first day of CNY. with this unofficial appointment i was able to take it easy this week with no life run at all!
book out at 11am for cohesion. had lunch at crystal jade at jurong point with my branch office people followed by a movie session.
actually i did not really want to catch any of the local shows this year because i think not very nice. but as usual CNY period don't offer great shows. i won't say that it was a good movie but as usual like all jack neo's movie it provide a great deal of laughter.
by the time the show was over it was 4pm and we were dismiss. stayed back to hang around with a grp of my branch people shopping ard jurong point. finally managed to take a good look of the new revamp jurong point.
along the way had a discussion with my branch sgt. he is going to ord in june with my seniors and he is a finance spec. apparently right now he has no understudy and the latest name to be his understudy have been rejected by my oc. was talking to him i don mind being his understudy. don mind nt being a finance spec i can always be a finance corporal. although he has no say but than he can recommand.
now still thinking whether to throw my name in the prospect list. although i think even if i am his understudy i will still need to maintain my bronco and still carry out my primary appointment.
quite sian dunno wad is wrong with the ppl in army. apparently i supposed to be promoted right now. my BX friends have been officially promoted to LCP. right now they are trying to find out why our names were not key into the data base which is hindering our rightful promotion. because of this i am losing out alot financially. hope that they get it sorted out soon so...
i think tmrw i need to make my way down to holland v to do some stuffs.
during lunch at crystal jade my friends were suggesting that we go batam at the end of the feb for some water sports. look like most of us will be going when everything is confirm.
Friday, January 23, 2009
♥ 5:52 PM
caught these 2 shows at my senior's bunk this week. don think "how to lose friends and alienate people" came out in singapore. anyway don think both movies are good. however megan fox look super hot in that show. wonder what my senior will air next week when he come back from his off.
this week kindda slack week in camp. monday went for nights out to get some CNY deco for my branch and some food for the pantry. went to jurong point. did not know that jurong point changed alot. was quite reluctant to go because that day i was super tired and wanted to sleep early or go shoot some hoops.
on monday we were told that only 3 vehicles will be attach for outfield exercise. however on tuesday i was inform that i need to go outfield because they needed my vehicle. was quite sian because the previous day i already arrange to go catch "changeling".
went down to the workshop to check on my vehicle only to find out that the engine might catch fire if i drive it for exercise. the other vehicle generator down so i was kindda saved! was supposed to go catch the 7pm show but my new csm sigh drag my nights out time in the end only manage to go for dinner and do some window shopping.
thursday i was dispatch out of camp to go collect stores with my senior. i think my 3rd role is to go out of camp collect stores which i don't mind because i can be out of camp. there is this warrent that we have to help. some times i really detest him and there are times he show his good side.
on thursday we reach ALB and he jus hand my ic a $50 note and asked him to get drinks for all of us. frankly not all regulars will treat men like us very good. reach back camp to change and get ready for brigade CNY celeb. quite a sian affair don really enjoy myself would have rather went for nights out.
spend the night celeb for my 2 seniors who ORD today. next i was in bunk with my other seniors catching movie and anime.
every one, three and five we have to go for life run. but on wed we had games day. played field soccer and ended up with very sore muscle aches everywhere esp on my thighs. had so much fun jus chasing after the soccer ball and putting it in the net 7 times.
like i was saying today was suppose to be interval training (speed training) something which i hate alot. but my senior helped me and i was doing timer for the grp who are training for the armour road relay. seeing them run is so jaw dropping. they had to do a 1.2km warm up run, followed by 2.2km actual run, 3 sets of 800m run around the stadium, sprint up the monster slope at the multi storey carpark which according to my encik will make ur butt look sexy and tight and lastly dunno how many set of static exercises.
i was kindda reluctant to run because i was lazy, muscle aches but than after the ARR grp finished their run me and my senior went to do our own running. after all got to keep fit. kindda inspire to be discipline to run and hit my goal.
after morning pt went to do area cleaning or rather spring cleaning which is quite a sian thing. with the arrival of the new csm, sigh..we are getting alot of things to do. i am starting to lose hope that my camp will no longer be that welfare. can remove the HQ in front of 4 SAB alr. starting to become regimental with those ppl trying to wayang their way sigh...
this year CNY is probably the worst in my 21 years!!! i have guard duty tmrw, i have to book back in on monday night so that we won't play them out for tuesday guard duty. others have long hol what do i have seriously i am quite fed up with the planning. i promise myself this will be last time such lousy planning will exist in my army life.
got some bad news from my friend that maybe next week we will still be attach out with signal coy for their outfield exercise. also if this march there is no new intake 4 of us from our batch will go to brc coy sigh...more bad news.
right now i jus can't wait to finish my guard duties.
i think i am really blessed to have really great seniors and also great bunk mates that will go thru thick and thin together with me. after 2 person move out of our bunk and in came the 2 BX guys i feel the bunk is so lively.
we play with one another alot, joke with one another alot, play prank on one another, tau pok one another basically just do things together. it would be sad to see my seniors ORD this june.
spend alot of quality time with time talking abt personal exp and our own life. somehow i don mind booking in every week to see them and to be with them.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
♥ 4:00 AM
i am someone who will sleep early especially on every monday. usually i will be lying down by 6.30pm. however on monday, my friends actually "force" me to go and play basketball with them. i don regret it because that day i guess is my toughest exercise regime yet.
morning we had to run 4.4km follow by static ex. to me the basketball is like a cohesion exercise which serve to strengthen our friendship. after basketball ran another 7 laps at the stadium. kindda look forward to this coming monday most likely going to play basketball again.
tuesday met up with van to catch rachel getting married. aww man that movie very dry and probably because is an indie movie. but i was captivated by anne hathaway performance. feel like watching milk and changeling. shall plan my time wisely. also nw it cost only 6 when i pay by nets at cine.
wed whole afternoon was spend cleaning up the stupid bunk for the muster parade. nv have the bunk been so clean mostly was done by me and my gd friend since the rest had to do their test. after the inspection we were told to clean up the toilet and my senior sneior bunk. sigh more cleaning. after the night inspection was over, challenged psp against my senior which i came up top.
thursday muster parade probably is the most sian thing in my whole army life because we had to wake up very early to draw arms and for rehearsal. stand under the hot sun for some parade. the worst thing was nights out was cancel because the brigade sgt major was not happy that we did not sing the national anthem loud and what we call "sing w/o pride".
anyway i had guard duty that so it did not really affect me. but i could feel it for the rest of the guys. evening we had this corrective regime and that is to sing with pride. signal and brc coy pass only hq fail. so they were made to fall in at 6am the next day to sing again.
failed again. did not start the year very right in brigade. on every friday we end work at 5pm and get to book out by 5.30. but that day we stayed back to sing the anthem again which we pass. had to go back to office because we had to get our report right for the last vehicle. in the end only book out at 7 plus.
today was out with my family. thank God for my mom. she bought me some stuffs which ensure that i am still on track to fulfill my financial goals for this year. been so smooth so far...my wishlist have shorten quite alot over the last couple of months.
during last week guard duty, instead of wasting time, i actually spend abt 2hrs planning my financial goals for this fiscal year. i am trying to save 4k so i can pay off my debts as well as invest on something else.
in order to achieve it i must be super discipline and keep very tight record on my spendings. kindda inspired by what sihui shared the last time i served so i am focusing. jan is coming to an edn like very soon and right now i have surpass way above what i have plan for this month. so i can safely say i shld be able to hit this month target.
caught red cliff 2 with my family today. quite a nice show although my parents don't think is nicer than part 1. along the way to the theatre, i was talking to my dad..i was asking him whether will he get me a car this year if i decide to go and study if my capt give the go ahead.
at first he was quite reluctant however after i explain my cause, he was quite ok with it and asked me to give him a detail plan of everything before he will get me my own car. of course i don't want him to buy and give it to me for free. i rather take a loan from him than to receive it free and to pay for all the expenses myself.
when i was 21, not that i am over 21 now i was hoping that i would get my 1st key. but maybe my 22th birthday might c me getting my 1st key or rather 2nd key since my hse key is the first keys.
feb i need to head down to holland v. decide that i shld get my dad a birthday cake. our birthday are not far apart just 2 days apart from one another. the other time i was there with van and ch at this ice cream shop i saw that they actually do sell ice cream cake. maybe can go there and try.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
♥ 1:34 AM
new year was spent at camp with my buddy doing guard duty. was joking abt creating my own fire works using my rifle. nonetheless we manage to hear boom boom boom while we were having our guard rest. that was the sign that 2008 had pass and hereby enter 2009.
actually i was hoping that 2008 will cont longer because it would mean a long year for me in army for 2009. but than again it means i am closer to ORD although still very long.
had my ministry thanksgiving at chjimes at this place call hog's breath cafe saloon & grill. actually i am not the kind that like to attend such thing. would rather stay home or hang out with my friends. but each year i have grown closer to my ministry and my ministry feels like my "family".
today had day guard. usually i will wake up like probably 20 mins before fall in timing. but today i especially woke up earlier to go book detail 1 so i can end my guard duty at 5.30pm and rush down for this thanksgiving dinner.
reached at 7.30 i think. must apologise to those who were trying to chat with me. because i had a fantastic seat that face the tv and it happen to be on ESPN my eyes were kindda glued to the telly since is rare for me to watch espn sport centre news. not trying to be rude or anything. so van don say i am rude or anything. make me sad sia.
kudos to the organizers. had this game call don forget praise and worship. was chosen by my team to go and play. my version would be praise and worship forget tat kwek. my song was take it all easy song but i still flopped and let my team down. it would be a miracle if i ever remember the lyrics haha. i think gurmit singh would love me on his show. because i will nv walk away with the $500,000.
overall had a splendid time with the chorus board peeps. looking forward to spending more time with them in 2009. learning and fighting fire.
i am still thinking whether to go abroad to further my studies anot after ns or stay in singapore. i think high chance after i ORD i am going to like ask my dad to loan me some cash to get a car if i decide to stay in singapore. i will get a audi tt coupe as my first car. well is kindda selfish car but than again i am the driver.
gonna wake up early and go run, do 200 crunches and 1000 weight lifting each weekend. decide to be more discipline in order to achieve my goals for 2009. read the comic strip on the paper it said what is your resolution for the year, the reply was to achieve my resolution last year. need to exercise greater discipline to achieve those goals that i set out for 2009.
actually come to think of it...being down for guard duty on the 2nd day of chinese new year is not so bad. although i hate it but than again i thank GOd that i am not doing backup for this person in camp which will always give excuses as to why he can't do guard duty. beside i get to have 1 day off which i have decided to use it on my birthday. so i can need nt be in camp for a few days and make myself free for celebration. thank God for good buddy who is willing to swap with me if i tio guard duty that day.
also this month guard duty i got 7 points!!! how in the world did this guy plan 7 points for us. 2 weekend guard duty and 3 weekday. sigh. the only plus point to this whole guard duty thing is that all my weekday guard duties are on tuesday or thursday which means that i get to skip life run the next day and i don get to go for nights out which means i get to save money.
not that i don like life run and exercise. just that in camp some time you just want to relax and do nth. beside this week everyday i have been booking out and booking in and quite taxing on my transport since i make my way to camp myself. so i am looking forward to saving more this month instead of spending alot.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
♥ 9:00 PM
this year new year is so different...will be at chjimes for ministry outing tmrw nite.
actually i did not really want to catch any of the local shows this year because i think not very nice. but as usual CNY period don't offer great shows. i won't say that it was a good movie but as usual like all jack neo's movie it provide a great deal of laughter.
caught these 2 shows at my senior's bunk this week. don think "how to lose friends and alienate people" came out in singapore. anyway don think both movies are good. however megan fox look super hot in that show. wonder what my senior will air next week when he come back from his off.