caught Angels and Demons on saturday. ignoring all the catholic issue that surround this movie, despite the mix review from critics actually i find it quite nice. in the mould of national treasure and indiana jones. perhaps is because i did not read the novel from dan brown as well. because after reading a small portion of dan brown's novel i realised that the director did make quite a number of changes. now i am very interested in catching da vinci code since i did not watch before.

on that faithful night sigh kanna pulled over by the police because my passengers did not buckled up. this offence comes with 3 demerit points and a hefty fine of $120. i vaguely remember someone told me that any incident outside will be notify to SAF. the only good thing so far is i have not received anything so hopefully it stay this way till the end of the week.

decided to extend my off this whole week because i had some matters to settle. gonna get it all done by tmrw and there goes one burden. again trying to meet all the goals i have set for myself. also have to thank Shang for helping me alot for getting all the necessary info and answering all my questions. without him i think i would have had a great headache.

yesterday met up with ch and van at town. needed to enquire some stuffs before we headed to fish & co for dinner. jus spend some time with them which is good as well because i don't really forsee myself having much free time in future. gonna head down to Shang's place to catch the FINALS. as usual last year ard this timing i was down there celebrating with shang so hopefully tonight will be the same. tmrw the town is gonna be painted RED!

got news today that i am indeed taken out of guard duty to perform company orderly sergeant (COS) duty. sigh very sian about it. although the good thing is no more mosquitoes bite/late night waking to perform duty/sweating in the middle of the night/no more turn out. but then i rather have all these then to do COS. 1 year of COS cannot believe it!

had a real frustrating morning. woke up at 9 plus was reading the papers when i got "millions" of calls from different people in camp. apparently they were trying to contact me to ask me to get back to camp because firstly the command post needed to be take over by the camp that loan it to us. secondly we did not inform our branch warrant that we are on off.

got ready and stuffs left house whereby my mom decide to drop me off since i had to reach camp by 12 if not is sign extra or confinement. along the way i cannot believe it what is happening! all my friends started calling me since they can't get the IC.

half way through the journey called my direct superior to see what he got to say about it. storms were brewing which kindda left 12 of us stranded in the middle dunno what to do. in the event if we listen to our direct superior we end up making our encik angry by listening to our encik our direct superior will be angry because he approve our off which goes to say his authority will be undermine.

got drag into this mess for no reason because apparently i wasn't told after i came back from my last off that we had to inform our encik when we going to take off. in the end managed to get hold of the IC to go back camp and talk to our encik.

apparently there is nth much for us to do just that he wants us to come back and get a scolding before asking all of us to go back. sigh cannot believe it.

in the end all of us decide to turn back half way into our journey and head home. if there is any music to face we will all face it on next wed. but thank God at least everything is settled just go back get some scolding thats all.

a bad way to start the day.

sort of double joy today. firstly early in the morning, my friend informed me after reading an email that me and him we are eligible for promotion to CPL. that is definately a good thing! but there are pros and cons to being a CPL. at least God is good because i am really heading towards almost all the goals that i have set for myself.

secondly around 2.30pm i was informed along with 2 others to head down to spec mess at 3pm. at first we were thinking hmm why must we be there. then we remembered that there is happy hour for all the ns men and 3SG and above. Thought that maybe we were invited for happy hour. moment we were done with work we stepped out of office S1 spoke to us whom we knew from exercise time. He congratulated us which kindda left us very puzzled.

head down did some work along the way to spec mess. then there were more sai kang. immediately we thought that we are there to be sai kang warrior or waiter boy again. little would we know, all 3 of us were presented a "Letter of Commendation". apparently my direct superior, DYS4 and my branch major after a meeting decide to nominate us for all the hard work that we put in during exercise.

total shock. for this exercise i was in the planning group. a very stressful and painful tiring job. everything that i know is through my seniors who passed us every knowledge that they have. if you ask me i think this letter of commendation should go to them and not me. after talking to my direct superior he told me that they decided to nominate us because firstly we still have one year to go, secondly the seniors will also be commended in their COS, thirdly the officers in my branch recognise our effort and see us as the go to person and appreciate everything that we are doing now, lastly my direct superior want us to maintain the standard and leave no room for criticism from our peers or juniors.

how prestige is this Letter of Commendation. this is a full brigade exercise. hundreds are involved in this exercise just from my brigade. however me and my 3 friends are the only LCP to be awarded with such recognition, the only handful NSF to get this award and also the only few people out of the hundreds that participated in this exercise to get this award which will be written in our COS when we ORD.

some people have been commenting am i really that busy in camp. i am not saying that this letter of commendation justify anything. but in presenting this letter of commendation my performance over the last 6 months was taken into account as well. so i am not "twanging" in camp. but things will just get busier till end of the year.

last week was a very tiring and busy week. had a turn out preps just before the exercise started. to mark our last free day me and a few friends actually stayed up to catch "the international" seriously the movie is not very fantastic and the ending really really cannot make it. go one whole big round to get to this ending when the whole movie can end in like 5 mins.

tuesday we were whiff off to PLC to set up the command post which will be my house for the whole exercise. the only good news that came to me was that my direct superior did not want me to go to PLC next day because he did not want to tax me as i was also involved in the river crossing exercise which will not allowed us to sleep for 36 hours.

so wed was spent in camp doing all the other works and night time was spent catching "get smart" which is definately a better movie then the international. plus my favourite hollywood actress is in it!



thursday was the real thing. put on the game face. this is my first major exercise. and this exercise alone was label a 5 star exercise which means many visitors will be coming. Chief of Defence was here the only 3 star general in singapore, so was the DPM who came down to see us work.

was put on a 12 hours shift which is no joke. after working for 12 hours in the command post churning out what we are task to do all we can think of is rest and slp. we had a make shift rest area with air-con for us to bunk in after our shift. but the worst thing about this is the whole room is so cold and many people walked in and out of the room which disrupted our slp.

woked up at 4am because could not stand the cold as well as to start preparing to take over from shift alpha. having the early shift means there are more work to do and the only positive thing is that we get to have a normal sleep unlike shift alpha which had to struggle to sleep in the morning.

through this exercise i really get to strengthen bonds with my fellow cell members and also with my different captains and nsmen in my branch.

friday night we decided to go find another place to bunk in because the room that was provided to us simply sigh. DYS4 sir actually msg us because earlier i told him we got a better place to crash in which of course i was pulling his leg. but also because of him we were quite daring to do alot of things which we ain't supposed to do.

through him we get to go shower near the swimming pool. previous night we already went recce for a nice place to slp but could not found any. but thank God it was friday and everybody was not in camp so together with him we found ourselves a real bunk with bed and pillow to slp in.

this is the best outfield experience!!!

sat another day spent in the command post to churn out more work before retiring to the same bunk till 2am where i was part of the advance party to set up another command post for the river crossing exercise.

definately well taken care of by my direct superior. he even cooked my combat ration for me or rather make it hot so that it taste nicer and easy to consume. thing is we were told that we will not be able to slp but he actually gave us some rest here and there.

cannot believe it when he actually told us that exercise would extend till wed. i was so looking forward for exercise to cut but because of problem to the raft as well as unfavourable weather. but God is good somehow exercise was cut as per schedule on tuesday.

because i belong to CAHQ for this river crossing i was the last to raft over to the other side. rafting is a very new and delightful experience. you don't get to see tank or command post rafting too often.

upon reaching back to camp received news that one of my captain giving us half day off which means we can book out at 12pm. left camp only at 3 because there were alot of things to settle.

yesterday was talking to my direct superior for an hour till i missed my dinner. through talking to him i realised how good a superior he is. because of him i can book in on that day for guard duty, if we have any request like wanting extra nights out he will give it to us. supposed to get extra 2 days off because of the effort i put in, due to some incident it was cancelled but he assured me that i need not worry one way or another he will give me more off. he gave us some advices. seriously hard to find a good superior. the sad thing is he is leaving this brigade next month.

caught this fantastic movie. it had a limited release in the US and it will not be screen in singapore as well due to financial issue. but the only bad thing about this movie is it also had a lousy ending!

so far this 6 months have been a very good. no complains. almost all the goals that i had set out some of them have already been met, some already progressing. can't think of any goals that i have not even worked on yet. probably need to plan some new goals for myself.

at the start of the year i wanted to be a vehicle OIC or dealing with finance side. was appointed 2nd ic. not that i am complaining nor am i disappointed. because i found out that in order to go study i won't have time on my hand to juggle army work and sch work. beside i managed to relief myself from lance guard which will free up even more time.

officially on off from tmrw. a super long week to rest up before going back on the 27th afternoon. took off on 27 morning to catch the final btw man u and barca. 29 is off in due as well before heading back to camp to do guard duty on the 31st. well that somehow sum up my month.

did morning sentry on monday double up as a part-time medic had to station in front the gate to take temp for all civillians who are entering camp. very tedious task which kindda robbed away rest time. some how i don get it what are the job scope of the mp and rp when 90% of the time i don see them. and you have them complaining that they have a tougher job when all they do is twang in their room.



during the little rest i have i managed to catch this show. a movie packed with laughter no wonder it top the US box office. but is not a show really worth watching in the cinema.

wednesday took morning half day off to watch man u annihilate arsenal in the champions league final. thought that i won't be able to take off because my friends told my capt that my reason was to watch the match. but surprisingly he allowed me to take. 3 weeks later i am going to take off again to catch the final!

had a real busy day in camp on wed because we need to get alot of things done for this coming week major exercise. a little dispute happened which made me and my friend decide that we will all work late on wed. worked all the way till 11.30pm before we packed up and called it a day.

a mistake for me and my friend to suggest catching ong bak 2 before we go to bed. because by the time the whole show ended it was close to 2am. an all action film but seriously this film has the worst ending one can ever think of.

was on off on friday. but because of the many works that are left undone and also my capt asked me to help him do some work ended up leaving camp closed to 11pm when usually can leave at 5.30pm. i have not much complain except that me and my friends we were really tempted to just cancel our off.


after cg on friday went to meet up with weiming to catch wolverine. the movie did not really live up to expectation but well after all is just an introduction kind of movie. hopefully the planned sequel will be better.


spend yesterday cycling with ch and bryan. prior before that spend the whole afternoon and night with my mom and bro at orchard.


won't be booking out this week because of the exercise. long week...

good thing i managed to escape from lance guard. got two new drivers to replace us. counted altogether this lance guard thingy will burn up 21 weekend and the pay back is just like a max of 15 offs which is so not worth it. don see it as a lose lose situation since i already have some plans which would make it difficult for me to participate in this as well.

the last time i checked i am left with 200 over working days before i officially ORD. cannot wait for it to happen. another 1 year and 1 month to go before i can really kiss goodbye to NSF life and what welcome me on the other side of the fence is NS men life.

service today was splendid. a whole new refreshing way to present a sermon. must say rev steve munsey has a unique way to connect with the congregation and get them indulge in the word of God. i am so looking forward to see him back in church again.

after svc went back home. along the way saw shang who was there with his parents for the svc. managed to catch up with him when i found out something that kindda startle me. guess it will be a great discussion and open talking when i find some time out to meet him.

there is something that have been stirring in my heart for some time hopefully it won't be a huge problem given my nature of letting things develop at its own.

after men's conference at jurong west went to NTU with the guys who had lunch there. guilty as charged. very long never meet them up so is quite a refreshing time immersed in their presence.

after lunch shang dropped us at bishan where spent the an hour or so there just wandering ard before all of us head to our different destination. went to orchard to get my manga while waiting for dan to reach.

abt 5 plus decided to jus cramp van's birthday celeb into the whole evening. went to look for a nice cake which fit her criterias. not an easy find thank God dan was there to accompany as well to look for it. in the end decided on the first choice.

head to sushi tei for dinner. i think we spend a great time there. but i had a very unpleasant dinner there. guess there was something wrong with the food. i have been patronising there for very long and nv once after a hearty meal there would i have rash over the choice of seafood there.

on the way home i wasn't feeling very well, upon reaching home man do i feel uncomfortable. we made plans to head down to st regis for a chill out session. but boy, the whole journey there was super bad just that i did not voice out.

well the website totally deceived me. but well it does live up to is 6 star standard though. the place had a very nice ambience. not so bad place to chill out. all of us ordered a round of drinks where we spent the later part of the day just enjoying the day and have enjoyable night.




sigh cannot believe it..thought that this week is gonna be a normal week. once again i am totally wrong! monday went back camp to do guard duty.

tuesday spend the morning doing some refresher course for raiden. got arrow to attend a stupid meeting which i have no clue what they are talking abt. however spent the night with my seniors who are closing in to their ord date. while we were out received news that we got to all buy thermometer because of the current swine flu. thank God i insist of not buying since i had one at home if not i would have waste my money.

cannot believe it at 1.30am we were rudely woken up whom suspect are either the police or MP.
apparently someone from 41 took cab back to camp and handed a super duper fake $50 to the cab driver. and of course it created alot of trouble for us. heard from my sergeant today that person was apprehanded i think he can book into a nice "chalet" for the next 1 month or longer and get a free hair cut as well.

wed was asked to go down war game centre again waste my whole day there as we ended at 7.30pm. thought there was something to learn but in fact there was nth. just sit down there whole day doing nth!!! the process was much more painful than me working under the hot sun in the workshop. the worse thing is when i reached back camp i was informed i am down for guard duty on labour day!

had plans to take off on thursday and finally managed to convince my direct superior to let me take off when i receive news that all off will not be entertain because apparently there are 3 meetings schedule for me to attend.

again these are really very very unnecessary meetings. i really really hate meetings because they are super boring and almost 70% of the things mentions are things that i don really understand. now i mus really act stupid and don get myself involved in alot of things. better to keep low profile.

booked out super late at 7.30pm. because of all these meetings my plans were all scupper. next week is the last week before i head off for exercise don think is gonna be a normal week. kindda resign that the month of may is gonna be a busy month for me.

caught this 2 shows during my guard rest. "Last Chance Harvey" a movie i wanted to catch but miss the show timing. thank God nv watched it in the cinema because is not really worth a weekend tix but neither am i saying this movie is not good. this show quite not so bad average.

but this show the telling i have nth to say. at first i thought is some new show little would i know is a very very lousy show. doubt is even in the movie. kindda wasted my 1 and a half hour guard rest on this show.

Tat Kwek
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