Wednesday, October 21, 2009
♥ 4:52 PM
my camp buddies. travelled to bali together. they are probably the best buddies i can find in camp. go through everything no matter the situation is huge or insignificant. through every individual i get to learn alot out of them.
a novice surfer. spent some quality time in the sea just surfing. is because of them my dream of travelling oversea materialise.
white water rafting was also on our agenda. is because of them i get to do all kindda of crazy water sports and be free to be who i am with no pretense and enjoy my life.
after rafting hit the beach for a game of beach soccer. even though they don't enjoy soccer as much as i do. but for me they joined in to ensure i get a taste of beach soccer.
is because of them, i am slowly trying to break my shell and step out of my shyness to know other people and be less introvert.
we have treated bali as our 2nd home strolling down the bustling street topless.
these are the guys that i would entrust my life to. these are the guys why my weekend confinement is easy to endure because we are all in it together.
thats the reason why we are going to a malaysia roadtrip this coming december and also to phuket next may. thats the reason why camp is no longer a hardship because they are the reasons and I thank God for giving me a chance to know this wonderful fantastic people.
2 weeks ago get to spend a great time with my good friends. although it was a short time together out celebrating daniel's birthday. to me it was a fruitful time as i don really spend alot of time with my this grp of wonderful friends that have seen me through everything the last 6-7 years.
on off for the rest of the week until the weekend since i still have 2 more confinement to serve for being caught resting in bunk during office hours. got to prepare for my exam this sat before going to my camp buddy birthday at timbre and waste ourself ok not me since i am driving before all of us head back for confinement.
the bad thing is i will miss the BIGGEST MATCH on sunday. still contemplating of getting MC so i can catch the match but my decision will rest on my camp buddy shoulder.
Marksmen baby! the good thing is obtain marksmen, free off to get and also $200 which goes to my petrol/phuket trip etc.
Oh yes the biggest news to come out together me and 4 of my bali mates are nominated for BEST SOLDIER. oh wait i just remember i and 3 of my bali mates are no longer in the running for the award since we are being awarded confinement haha.
not that it matter much. but the favour shown by the higher management is tremendous. we are quite low profile. but through this confinement i realised actually we quite popular and most of the captain and major and colonel know all of us. and most of them teased us upon learning our confinement. although brigade life is very different as compared to the past but is also because of these very nice regulars it makes life fun as well. will miss them when they all start posting out/resign at the end of the year.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
♥ 8:45 PM
haven't been blogging that often.
just came back from a well deserve trip to bali. actually is quite hard to believe that i am back in singapore and when monday come i will be giving instructions, taking care of the guys in camp, doing servicing and back to the regimental life.
how i wish i can wake up at 9 take my time go for breakfast with the amazing view of bali welcoming me. go for a short swim before taking the shuttle bus to kuta. heckling with the locals before getting our stuffs, going for all kinds of water sports, etc. they say good things never last. seem like i just woke up from a good dream.
i can stand by this when i say i have no prob staying there for a good 6 months before coming back to singapore. which led me to ponder to the future maybe when i make it big and everything is settled here in singapore i am gonna get a house. ok not a house at bali but at australia and shuttle between singapore and australia spending half a year in each country without renouncing my singapore passport.
excluding JB i think the last time i took a plane and travel oversea was 6 years ago after my N level i went to japan. although i really feel sad and find it hard to come back to reality, the good thing is me and my friends we are probably gonna plan a Bali 2 or maybe to some other country. at the mean time i am definately saving up to go either japan, usa or europe next year for my ORD trip although initially i thought of heading to spain. but all could change.
i think Bali is amazing. i think if you asked around no one will tell you they spent 6 days there but thats how long me and my camp mates spent at there. not a day was filled with boredom. for me the highlight is definately the river rafting followed by me finally getting a tattoo.
spent abt 800 to 900 down there. but is all worth it! time spent with my close friends in army and also getting to experience alot of new things.
i have been trying to shed off some of the old image and probably infuse some new image. i can say that this trip really lead me to know myself even more and also slowly changing me. also i need to thank my wonderful friends for helping me. although i always am the butt of johnny's jokes.
i must say that our trip is sort of supposed to be model after this movie "THE HANGOVER". The main plot follows four friends who travel to
Las Vegas for a
bachelor party, only to wake up the next morning not remembering a thing and missing the groom, whose wedding is scheduled to occur the next day. minus the dazzling las vegas and bachelor party and groom.
ok there was no hangover at all. but we wanted to model it like this movie and kindda sabo our friend nickname white hair. but in the end i think i ended up being the one whose spot rightfully should belong to him.
i don't really remember buying anything for my mom. going there i see tim and johnny getting stuffs for their gf and family. plus my 3 other friends who are still single getting stuffs for their parents i was like the only one there spending the least as in buying very little stuffs. decided to spend US$50 dollar on a top for my mom. ponder for a few days which one to get for her. in the end decided to get the top from this shop call ULUWATU. that shop sell handmade top, dress etc.
wanted to get that dress for my mom if i was attach i would have gotten that beautiful dress for my gf. but it cost a bomb US$100. so in the end settle for something that is half that amount as i could see a huge hole on my pockets. my friends were telling me to get XS for my mom as most of them saw my mom before. however i bulk at that idea even though my mom is petite but definately not XS. got a S and i am glad it fit her real nice. even my dad commented that the top look pretty.
scored another point in the family history book.
even good dreams will come to an end. adjusting back to singapore life. toning down the havoc side. and can't wait to ORD which is like in 7 months - 8 months.
after rafting hit the beach for a game of beach soccer. even though they don't enjoy soccer as much as i do. but for me they joined in to ensure i get a taste of beach soccer.
these are the guys that i would entrust my life to. these are the guys why my weekend confinement is easy to endure because we are all in it together. 