happy new year people.

hopefully 2011 is a year of hope and changes. be it a game changer or just the way i eat my toast everyday, just let it be something nicer.

do you sometimes feel like messaging someone during this time and yet you are hesitating?

sometimes it's just hard to get the work attitude working on a friend.

"we are meant to be unique. but our beliefs must lie along the same lines."

merry christmas.

back from hat yai (google map the name if you are asking where is it.)

bought quite a bit of stuff...but also saw a kind of attitude and lifestyle they have for everyday.

so there was this trip to a monk who does fortune telling and is highly sought after tourists.

(in hokkien)

monk : "got girlfriend?"

"no."

monk : "wah sad arh! must wait arh."

-.-

so sometimes you can't blame me if i were to wander off and think of people.

猫眼啊猫眼.

he who wonders

- when will all the slogging in camp will end (10 years cycle excluded)

- whether he will be able to start lessons next year

- whether he can start doing some work now

- about his career path

- what will happen in 5 year's time

- when will things get the traction he wants

- why does it seem like he's a noob and lagging behind

- how does he say what he wishes to say

- whether he will eventually turn solitary

- when can he put his heart and soul to someone else

- whether he's sitting in a bubble now

yesterday and today seems to be like sleeping days for me. kept sleeping...day and night. gosh and missed a morning run some more. lazy bones shaking up again i guess. hopefully tomorrow's game at the cage@kallang will help compensate. bit excited about this too.

sent an email days back to have a private consultation with my poly lecturer. so far no reply yet. guess he's on vacation. hopefully the session is really fruitful...and strengthen my belief.

being rather occupied with issues...issues regarding solutions. how can i talk so much about the solution that i've been missing out on how to facilitate the process of the solution? oh my.

and the issue on directions. i am kind of concerned with the directions that we are taking. it might turn out to be something we might spend some time discussing or worse still arguing over.

and the upcoming vacation at hat yai. maybe it still feels...an ok loh for me. maybe i just can't imagine myself buying things at there.

i wonder whether i can ever set a date to ask some of the bunk guys out for a one day trip to johor or something. and the steamboat thing.

and the x'mas party. important event. i hope. i need a clash of ideas man...someone who can challenge me and of course help refine the idea.

now to think of it...so many things!

points from the book i've been reading (Conceptual Blockbusting- A Guide to Better Ideas) :

stereotyping is bad for creativity. it brings in your related ideas, experience, and experience indirectly brings in your feelings about something.

problem solving is similar to bringing order to chaos. right you must have a desire for order but the ability to tolerate chaos is a must too.

real problem solvers respect and are more receptive to ideas, even if they are flawed. criticizing ideas is in fact a cheap way of demonstrating your mental superiority.

a new idea is normally a threat to the status quo; thus the fear of risk or failure is natural.

some day...i will let it rest...some where...for good.

is there something wrong going on in me?

i need to talk.

still a ok week. only got a bit busy towards the end of the week.

(goal for fc barcelona!!! showed to the world that the school beats the bank! it will be something i will never forget.)

but still...some drama went tearing down a pair's friendship. and worsened most of our impressions of him. skip the details but the main idea revolves around swooping of guard duties, agreement, trust, money...and more money.

though i am doing little of such stuff as compared to my bunk mates (because of my appointment...but still doesn't sound like it since i am the only appointment holder doing guard duties) but i've decided to just do mine no matter what. these duties are always planned and displayed at the start of the month. so what's so hard appearing for the duty on the day itself?

a female officer will be attached to our company for the next three months (with this month effectively gone with all the blocked leave -.-) heard she's studying in perth for degree in economics. kind of unused to the situation huh.

time for university application again. if i were to ever apply for rmit degree (my more preferred private business degree) it will cost me $35k leh. sighs. if this problem doesn't exist now...hopefully i still can manage to squeeze into smu. but there...of course other problems will surface.

"i heard them ringing and processioning by."

was supposed to be a normal week for me. came down very bad in the end.

spot check from logistics side people. got my oc scolded. i as the bottom of the chain almost got seven extras. sighs.

but at least i had some time to refresh a bit yesterday when i went to sitex @ expo with jun cheng. bought a pair of not so bad in-earphones and usb wall charger. helped weijun buy a piece of ram and thumbdrive (with some long winded process to confirm what he want) before going over to jurong point for dinner with him (and he was late again.)

weekends are so precious.

quite a relaxed week for me...maybe i should thank the public holiday stuck at the middle of the week for its part too.

but it's exactly such a week that real faces of people. i mean...it's already quite a nothing-to-do week and yet i see people taking mc for almost the whole week. it also clarifies about some people and some stuff which i will not bother mentioning it now.

anyway i finally completed my book hunt after so long @ taka kino yesterday. out of the blue too that i met ian and had a long long chat with him. (and how long was that...like a hour?) standing beside the guess shop some more. then came wei jun while i just started browsing for potential books to buy...all were initially at 50 plus 60 plus range. oh god. after some time of random book selecting i decided to go for one at around 20 plus (not value for money; the first edition of the book started at 1974 and it's still around after so long.)

went for a bit of window shopping later. saw some nice shirts along the way but have to restrain myself before the trip to thailand. hopefully it's fruitful while i remain skeptical.

bored week at the armskote course. though it's a stay out thing (when the rest of my camp buddies are slogging it out at outfield) but it always tend to drag and drag...with us the participants doing nothing in an air con room. not that i chose it to be at this week, but i guess i am lucky with it.

wanted to go out for book hunting @ kino later but now it seems like i am gonna stay at home. oh well. not as if i am gonna have lots of time to read in camp for these few weeks.

watched the movie RED (Retired, Extremely Dangerous) with weijun yesterday. kind of last minute with us deciding on the 9.30pm slot only at around 6.30pm. verdict for the movie? nice. it's more like a classy action movie- with jokers as usual, slick planning and a clear contrast between how rambo and frank moses (by bruce willis) kills...you know it's like lots of heavy firing and some lame arrow to shoot down a heli as compared to just using a frying pan at home and heat up some pistol rounds to simulate a gun fight.

looks like my plan for the dress watch and the sansa clip+ will stall for a while. watch wise i can't be sure this is what i exactly want...and there's so many brands and models worldwide right? i can always order one and get it shipped over. clip+ wise is because firstly my old creative player is not dead yet (unfortunately...heh.) so buying another new one just for the sake of listening to music in the camp is kind of...not my style.

can somebody tell what examples are there to achieve quality time online? i googled this term and all i got was rubbish.

random thought of the day:

she said "you changed a lot loh."

and i thought "yeah but it's still a bit for late for you."

nike human race: finally completed without problems! was a bit concerned with the quality of the sunday morning air. it even rained a bit while i was on my way to the start line. but in the end the twelve thousand of us still ran for the children's society (the organisation set to benefit from this event) in two batches. my result surprised me. i guess it's very different when you run with some crowd as compared to a thirty laps session in the morning.

outfield: first outfield experience this week. though it's just 2 days 1 night with lots undone, all i know is this is only the beginning. i need my psp and songs!

watch hunting: caught a glimpse of the fcuk watch i am looking out for. a bit disappointed that it's slightly too big for my wrist. sighs. how...

today: missed soccer match. missed jogging. one of my laziest days in my life. gonna go back for another outfield trip again. heard it's gonna last for four days straight. looks like i got some stock up to do before i go back. already feeling sick that this is what my life will be of till next april.

misc: been spending too much this month! damn i think i have spent almost the whole of this month's salary away. so where did it all go? some yes i can remember but the rest...shit. sighs. i can still talk about year end taiwan trip with darren. i also do wonder on this trip too.

"there's 2 kinds of fear: fear of people and fear of failure."

busy week going to and fro between selarang camp and jurong camp to help on some stuff. but the people there are really fortunate...having a cookhouse with a standard even better than our canteen...we seriously need ntuc foodfare in our camp man. we even have delicious refreshments at afternoons too.

was already told that we will be busy with all the outfield exercises from january all the way till april where our major exercise starts. what can i say? sighs. tougher times ahead.

went to darren's 21st birthday party@loyang aloha at friday night. quite a crowd can caught up with some of the peeps over there...then played mahjong (which i will never forget) till weijun arrived at around 5 plus in the morning (he just touched down from australia).

damn tired when i reached home. and guess what? i went off at 4 plus 5 to get the nike human race pack (nice number on my tee anyway) @ orchard central. then met up with weijun again at the singapore indoor stadium to attend rainie yang's concert. very last minute stuff as his friend who initially bought the ticket was down with chicken pox and there was no one to go with weijun anymore...plus he told me i can just pay $28 for that $178 (front row) ticket. (sorry jun cheng but with all the events from friday till saturday i am really shagged.)

on the overall the concert is sill quite ok. despite only half of the indoor stadium are for seats, not all seats are filled...and considering that only 1 show is done at singapore...oh well. so much so for rainie. but again this first time experience really make me feel it's a must should coldplay or boa comes to singapore again for performances.

i finally completed my first 10km run! no big deal right?

correct. worse thing is i am just 2 weeks away from the nike human race and i just finally completed a something of similar distance. it was drizzling initially at 6 plus in the morning but luckily it got better for me to complete it.

the design of the nike human race tee are out too. this time it's in green...hopefully i can get a nice number.

saw an affordable creative mp3 player...gonna get it soon i guess...and the watch hunt continues with 2 police watches in mind. hehe.

so far the toughest week of training for us. kept repeating the tiring process again and again everyday even if we had met the timings. we even trained till 4am this monday.

and thursday night my vehicle had an incident whereby an antenna dropped from around eight plus metres high. no one was injured. but a dent on the mud, a dent on the metal antenna and more importantly, a dent to our morale and confidence.

luckily we quickly resumed to normal the next day. good feeling.

been too lazy to run these few weekends. must run tomorrow! with the race so near (two more weeks) i really hope i will be in good shape to enjoy.

now i am really testing how much more can i stay believing that. there's simple something so similar that exists and yet i didn't notice! pure ignorance?

not that i can't find the problem with the existing solution but...if theirs can't do it, can mine achieve it?

plus...will i be able to pull it off? will it still be something i envision of? sickening that the times in camp don't give me the luxury to think for all of these.

two weeks of training so far. rough and tough. though till we are able to fulfill the expectations set but there's still times when something major crops up and kill my morale for the rest of the day.

my dear friend weijun is going to aussie next wednesday...bon voyage! but once he touches down on the dawn of 15th october, he will go straight to rainie yang's concert...$178 seat some more. reminds me of the $250 plus ticket my friend bought for the k pop concert...just for snsd. -.-

but that being said...if coldplay were to come again...or let's say the sm town concert next year is featuring boa...HM. haha.

i've decided to look out for a watch- properly. buying those cheap watches will only be a waste of my time and money. but what my parents have been recommending to me are kind of...too matured for me you know. looks like i am too fixated on that police watch.

looks like i'm really have a thing against birthday gifts for a 21 year old.

this week is still fine. just that i've got myself fatter and up till now without any exercise for the week. tomorrow morning. dumb bells and abs. tomorrow morning. haha.

i am going for the armskoteman course next week. but by myself. kind of bored.

saw a watch i really liked! suddenly felt like going on a watch hunt. especially after my mother said that she's willing to buy me one...but that's really quite expensive...plus i wouldn't really be happy with the watch...as compared to me spending to buy it myself. to me a watch represent a guy's social status...so if people thought you are some rich kid when it was actually given...just sounds kind of silly arh? haha.

i've never felt so confident. and if it works out...i might be able to see her again? what a perfect dream huh.

"steady...take a deep breath...and go!"

woke up quite early to find out that i couldn't run because of rain.

went out to chinatown to have lunch with some of my poly classmates. went to e2max to play raving rabbids afterwards. was about to continue hanging around at orchard when my mum wants me to go home and mop the blardy floor. god damn it. totally spoiled my mood for today.

"you can stand in a sea of people...but in your own world you are a lone wolf on a mountain."

damn tough week. got back to jurong camp at monday to start...spiking. for those who don't understand how tiring it is, that means you have to use a big mallet to hammer a metal T-shaped like thing into the ground to hold on the ropes attached that will ultimately secures a mast- a 12 or 15 metre structure that holds the antenna on the top from the strong winds and stuff.

if it's just a few per day maybe still ok. but we were doing it almost everyday. and some more 3 or 4 such spikes for three times a day. under some tough grounds too.

blisters muscle aches all these are still manageable. then suddenly the armskote was handed over to me. with lots of catching up, checks and stuff to do on top of the daily training. i was busy with it even till the last minute before i can book out. either way it's gonna be a very busy period for me till november bah...with all the trainings...even armskote course and test on our operational proficiencies. but of course i will still be fine during weekends...just being more busy.

there was this period where we had to be split into various pairings to work together. this pairing will last for the rest year ahead- till we finish ns. so it's something quite important. out of unforeseen circumstances i had to make a decision of swooping places with another guy. but fact is i can't decide- there's pairs who don't want to be swooped away, people who want to just stick to the vehicle they are good at...

so that was the moment when everybody were looking up to me for my decision and yet selfishly guarding their own interests. the details are not worth elaborating but either way i was damn disappointed with all the two-faces.

am waiting for ops recall now...praying hard that we don't have to be recalled...please...feel like going out to town...but out all alone?

she sms-ed me again. but the conversation seems a bit... awkward. aiya...i am distracting myself away while i am distracted. what a joke.

and now looks like i've made ashley feel worse. to think of it i guess i will face something similar too when she (might) moves away. sighs. in the end i am still a bad talker.

saturday blues anyone?

wanted to go out today but felt kind of lazy to be out alone in town.

bored bored bored.

finally ended my driving course...kind of relieved. but kind of nervous of the changed life back in jurong camp. my instructor asked me to add him in facebook! but sadly i can't find him in the search results...how how how?

had a pretty nice 9km run this morning at west coast park. had to reach the macdonald's at 7am but as usual we had to wait. quite a crowd there as almost the entire battalion was involved. kind of challenging for me as i nowadays would listen to my mp3 player during my sunday runs. not that i didn't bring my player along...but i wouldn't wanna let my arm strap smell just in case i would need it at sunday morning (we had to wear our usual pt singlet to do the run.) alright then i had to listen to my heavy breathing while running...something that i am not used to anymore.

luckily i managed to finish it. but surprisingly i was a bit faster than my normal 7 plus 8km runs. kind of happy for it...with all the comments from my friends saying that i was fast...ya ya.

was talking to ashley about her birthday gift...sighs again i thought of how badly was mine. things are still best when it's earned by your own hands. or maybe this bunch of people are just...

"tell me it's not my imagination."

for those who don't know i finally passed my driving test with the 3 tonner last week...only at the 7th test. so the joy of it is like happy now...next moment i am back to normal.

so i have been driving...experiencing other drivers' driving etc. good and bad. gonna go back to jurong camp soon. good and bad too...with quite a bit of change in management.

can anyone tell what should i choose- between a brain that restricts yourself logically or a heart that runs too wild in the crowds. aiya my mind's in a mess...at times.

another week of mental torture for me. failed for another two times. it's too surprising to be true. especially for the latest one...everything was fine till the point i stopped my vehicle in front of a controlled cross junction which has a area of slope. i was clear of that yes. in the driving centre itself there was no such problem when i moved off from the slope to perform the turn about. and yet. the moment that i rolled back on the public road will be something i will probably never forget.

and there was another moment that's still fresh in my mind till now. had my driving lesson (or rather remedial) from the mandai camp to yishun area for the first time. fine. not much of a problem for me. till that point where my heart stopped. just like that deja vu when i was hanging up before the drop in the G5 cabin back at taiwan.

it was in the yishun neighbourhood. i was driving at the fourth gear along the right lane of a two lane road...gonna make a right turn ahead. i noticed a crowded bus stop on my right. everything seems normal.

the next second a school kid dashed out to the front of my vehicle. yeah my heart stopped. my brain managed to send the last command to my leg to get to the foot brake before it went blank. at the same time my instructor pulled the hand brake. loud screeching noise. clear tyre tracks behind. engine stalled. but was luckily on time to avoid that son of a bitch from tasting my fender.

and yet he continued running across. and there was another car (which i barely noticed in amidst of all these) on my left which my instructor was worried for- should the driver not notice in time, that kid might have flew into the air for the last time. luckily for the kid again.

i took around 3 seconds to bring myself back to start the engine. no response from it for a few times. the crowd at the bus stop were looking. fine. at least they didn't see my legs getting jelly.

went out to orchard to meet darren up (surprisingly i still had the mood.) man saw this black leather jacket from river island with nice gold zips which are not properly aligned. $199. i would still have to pay $150 even with that pathetic $50 capitamall voucher.

too bad then. later saw the red jacket i was very interested in at vivocity zara. $49.90- but with no sizes i can properly fit in. another barren trip.

maybe things spiced up a bit when kim suddenly appeared in zara. ah so weijun wanted to pass her her birthday gift. later on the way back home weijun claimed that he's over with her...maybe i am too sensitive or the typical mando-pop songs are always about fallouts or breakups...but his selection of songs seem to speak otherwise. but the main part is that there was a guy following her after we parted (which i never noticed till darren told me.) oh god. tall. skinny. wears a ralph lauren polo. plays with his iphone quietly at a corner while we chatted for a bit. in zara men some more. darren said he's wooing her. but to me it sounds more like stalking her. but she's going to club afterwards. so...as compared to her rather chic outfit...ralph lauren polo, jeans and sneakers for club? maybe some people likes to have those...you know those sure get deals or something.

immediately i teased weijun about the cost of his outfit. darren said he's from the working class. which i realised...maybe most people would only consider going out with people of the similar social class. we are still poor kids after all. that's why i guess i am right...career is ultimately more important.

went to carnivore@vivocity for the second time- within a month. god it's $45++ per pax and their drinks are mainly priced at $8...and for both of the occasions i was giving treats- once for my mum's birthday and this time as a group giving treat to weijun's 22nd birthday. so hope that you can understand my pain in the pockets.

as for those who know i shouldn't have beef in the presence of my parents, the first trip was kind of wasted for me. maybe i am back to redeem for my "sins"...wahaha.

to all peeps, especially meat lovers, trust me. carnivore is a must go. the way they get the meats done is certainly the best i ever tried. i personally recommend the fish and lamb as a must try. service is great too. the dollars spent were worth the brazilian experience. well my weight shedding plans...at least was forgone for that buffet dinner.

so had lots of fun...lots of meat...and i certainly don't understand why i was more lively and cracked a lot of jokes. then we moved off to the chevrons for karaoke. more people joined- with a simple birthday cake to celebrate with.

ps: jun cheng wanna watch the expendables? haha.

any idiot who witnessed me failing the driving test for the fourth time would have thought that i am worse than themselves (even though there are still some peeps who hasn't drove out of the camp during tests.) i am really exhausted. mentally. not really about the lessons to make up for the next test but...the feeling of my friends who passed and left the camp for orientation in other vehicles...it really felt bad...in the quiet bunk...left with only a few more guys (whom some didn't really mind, surprisingly.)...and i am stuck in there because i am stuck with some mistakes only on the right turns. some more it's the same for all the previous three attempts. three times in row a leh!

went to the cathay to watch the last airbender with my camp mates. it's quite nicely done, with neat animations and stuff. just that the story's pace is kind of fast...even with the sequel to be expected (which i only realised towards the end of the movie.)

decided to go somewhere chill a bit with desserts before going home. but we got ourselves finding our dear friend's car through the floors of parking lots. god damn it i was kind impatient and pissed at some point of time. how can you as a driver forget where you parked? oh gosh.

finally found the car and moved to some dessert shop...before i got dropped off back at dhoby ghaut.

damn. was too tired to jog this morning.

this week is like a week of lows...and bland days.

flunked twice in the final driving test for the 3 tonner. morale down.

the rain killed my plans to jog in the morning. better still.

wanted to go out but...with the failed tests, i don't really have any mood left to do so. or perhaps it's because i am especially tired this weekend.

during the week i witnessed somebody from saying she's been crying for two days because of her boy lying (anyway the situation sounds stupid in my opinion) and wanna die to commenting that she's the happiest woman now. i couldn't just tell her to break up with him (even though it was a good chance to do so and it is still my stand) and yet i couldn't find anything to console her. well that's their domestic affair after all.

what else can i do during weekends besides waiting to book in again?

life is getting more and more lifeless...

driving course for five and half days every week. so it's just driving, tests, psp and newsweek catching up. yes i would love to drive next time...but driving everyday seems to become more and more of a chore. never mind i can still take that.

weekend wise i am getting more and more lazy i guess. perhaps the fact that i've only got around a day more before i book in again makes me feel damn dreaded moments before i depart for camp. and yet i am still assigned with chores at home by my mum. it's dumb to escape out to town just for this but more chores means lesser time...i need more time for myself.

had a gathering with the ns guys at holland village crystal jade for steamboat buffet. well frankly speaking it's just so so (and some even said the experience is good even though the area is cramped up, little selection of food choices etc.) but never mind. gathering mah.

initially they wanted to do it as a bbq. so i paid five dollars for the food and stuff mah...suddenly they had a change of plans...and without me knowing they used the five dollars to buy a birthday gift for a guy in my platoon instead...seriously. wtf should i say. i am someone who doesn't like unplanned stuff. and ironically it seems like everybody were informed beforehand. yeah i was informed eventually. right before i was my way home to come out for the dinner.

and it's like...out the blues we are celebrating birthdays...aiya! maybe it's because my 21st was a screw up. maybe it's because i am a miser.

fine. after that they wanted to watch a movie in town. initially they were saying inception (which i really catch it asap) but changed to "something else" (i should say anything else since they came unplanned, didn't check the timings and seatings while knowing it's saturday.) like what i feel for my poly classmates and since my good buddy left to meet his girl, i decided not to waste my time and left for home.

i realised...there's nothing else i can try about her. you can't beat some guy who can provide financial security. especially when you compare a poor ns guy against a guy in mid 20s who works overseas...you can roughly gauge the pay huh. he's just another tall skinny guy man...but why him?! maybe that's where the numbers (age, savings in bank) come in.

but i think the most important point is that we are already worlds apart from the start. financial status...the environment that we are in now (work compared to just ns.) please don't tell me that all these don't matter...yeah i know. i can climb up the social ladder but by the time i do so my guess is she's already cut the wedding cakes with that guy. drama is a depiction of life but never the other way round.

"you can be a hundred bucks poorer but you might be a hundred worlds away from those richer."

damn now i need to get down soon to help carry stuff for my father. so how can my life be?

i am starting to love driving. though for the start of the week i did get nervous driving the iveco 3 tonner for the first time, but eventually i got the hang of it. i have to especially mention this instructor by the name of gordon goh who took me for yesterday. since he's a old time driver during his ns days (driving the old mercedes tonner- which has its hand brakes at the right side and cranky gearbox...oh god. i am lucky.); he taught me a lot from a driver's point of view. he made me feel very relaxed throughout the whole trip and shared with me his experiences, own techniques and stories. damn nice guy. thank you again sir.

my friend asked to join another network marketing group. the more i look at it the more i feel that the products are just mere what you can see on the shelves. but again this spiked me to restart my thoughts on opening a blogshop. i currently have an idea though. but by looking at how the other shops are...they don't look promising to me. sounds bad. but that might also mean a chance for me. should keep this in view.

as i wish to but sometimes it's hard for me to open my mouth to get back the old debts from people. because they are not really like big amounts that can make me go broke...and they are close to me too. maybe it's just me who mixes personal and monetary issues together. like what the chinese say- "to talk about money means to harm a relationship."

it's still drizzling out there but a song struck me just now:

下雨天

下雨天了 怎么办 我好想你

我不敢打给你 我找不到原因

为什么失眠的声音 变得好熟悉

沉默的场景 做你的代替 陪我等雨停

期待让人越来越沉溺（疲惫）

谁和我一样 等不到他的谁

爱上你我总在学会 寂寞的滋味

一个人撑伞 一个人擦泪 一个人好累

怎样的雨 怎样的夜 怎样的我 能让你更想念

雨要多大 天要多黑 才能够有你的体贴

其实没有我你分不出哪些差别

结局那还能多明显

别说你会难过 别说你想改变

被爱的人不用道歉

i am just afraid that i would be lying dead should you ever come back to me with a chance.

hectic week- been driving and driving. but good thing that i passed both the driving assessment and defensive riding test at one go- with the assessor's rover which has a way softer accelerator, clutch and steering wheel than what i normal drive with. and thanks to the clutch i got the engine stalled on the slope -.- but still, a pass is a pass.

and i am going to the public roads tomorrow! kind of excited yet cautious about the world outside. on the other hand the test on highway situations might kill my next saturday off. hopefully my luck works by then. am also thinking of getting myself registered for the civilian basic theory test once i get the military license- while the safeness in me is still fresh. haha.

went to friend's 21st birthday yesterday. people mentioned about why nothing was done on my birthday. hm. i gave a direct and truthful reply.i guess since it's over it doesn't matter if they know everything or not. the issue on just $50 worth of capital mall vouchers for the birthday girl is really...i am speechless.

alright if you can't think of anything decent- then vouchers are fine. but $50...what can you buy with it for your 21st birthday? but again. a trend shouldn't be a norm. maybe i should have kept quiet.

felt like messaging her. have never done so after i met her.

why doubt myself? unless there's something wrong about me now. which i've already got a hint. something very bad.

first of week of driving@kaki bukit.

the bunk at sembawang is still ok...only the neighbours and the regulars (specifically BOS duty personnels) that make the life either concerned and irritated at times. food is worse now too.

but besides that...it's quite hectic for this week. guess it's just the starters. highway code practiced (and practiced) and memorised, tested and passed within 5 days. and to think that they say it's harder than the basic/advanced theory test out there...thankfully i passed.

had a first try of the driving simulator at wednesday. damn cool! imagine the thing as a bigger sized simulator cabins that you see in arcades that comes with motion (and some more it's made by lockheed martin). wah. it's fun and quite realistic too.

next comes the actual driving. the instructor is kind with me and i guess i am slowly get the gist of manual cars...but of course the clutch is always a pain in the ass job. the rover jerks when i released the clutch too early.

i've got crazy bunk mates who are so nuts for world cup (the betting side.) 1 guy betted $2k (yes $2000.00) on a match- and lost.

guess jun cheng reminded me yesterday..."what's yours will be yours."

the odds are never that clear in my head. stable relationship. conservative mindset. aiya i am maybe trying to be a sore loser- i myself am not even earning from a proper job. and still wanna compete against some older guy nearing his thirties (soon i guess haha.) and having a stable job...who can attend to her anytime he wants (argh...life of a civilian...)

you get the idea? a guy in his late twenties...obviously wants a stable and lasting relationship. and normally they don't just any how pick a girl from the streets...they want to settle down sooner or later...and thing is she doesn't look like a player in this field...man.

but as long as my heart beats arh...the other side of me is telling me to fight...because i think she's worth a fight (at least for now...till i get to know her better...but god knows when will that be and what has happened by then...you know?)

why? she's still single mah. not that i will break them up (i am not that smart either for this kind of stuff) but just that i will be there once there's any chance. any chance.

moreover ever since after jo's case and sheryl (saw her yesterday at jurong point)...i don't wanna miss a chance if i am sure of it. no doubt i might bleed dry but...if i never try nothing will change. all that went through my head will either come true or demolished.

alright i know this is bad for a conclusion but...the worse thing is what if she's just plainly looking at me as a potential client? it's quite plain for me to see le lah...suddenly she contacts you...along the way leaks that now prudential is now pushing on saving plans/insurance and telling you that next time she can intro me to the plans and help her promote before she leaves...a long fish line bait for a big fish?

BUT THAT'S WHAT I HATE TO SEE! i don't wanna meet her as a potential client. and that's something i can change within a short time...especially after a long while of being a lost contact (i don't think she has a facebook account and it's been ages since she last went to msn.)

i let go of jo that easily. i regretted. i was too foolish for sheryl at that point of time. i regretted. how many more times am i gonna do that again?

i always believe destiny is a mixture of fate and human effort. maybe you might think that i am falling into the category of guys who won't feel shiok if the girl they are getting is not with challenges- but no. i just don't wanna miss another her.

my friend said about counting the number of lines on the side of your clenched fist- i got around three. fine with me. i don't have the habit of having flings and play around. or rather it's a standard excuse of someone who doesn't have the criteria of doing so. that's why i'll have to fight.

war is like men's favourite hobby isn't it? haha.

feel really glad that i managed to get out for lunch with jun cheng (really ps that i didn't bring the souvenir from taiwan for you leh...it's been so long le...)

had nice ramen for lunch at clarke quay central. luckily jun cheng felt it's not bad for his first try. i am just getting back to taste something i missed. his treat.

wanted to watch the movie a team at vivocity after that but there weren't much good timings nor seats (selling fast and it's a last minute decision.) man with toy story, a team and ip man coming up and unwatched...arh!!!

went to giant to get something before deciding to get back to jun cheng's house as he wanted to get something for me. wah. he got me a brown braun buffel leather wallet! picked by him- simple design, size comes good for my pocket and it comes with a coin compartment! lol (because my current one comes without a proper coin compartment.)

thanks leh bro. it's the most decent gift i got this year. you know what i mean.

went to play lan games for a while before going back home. damn it jun cheng's naruto is imba...lol.

just finished packing for tomorrow. still have dishes to wash later. feel quite dreaded to go driving though i am quite looking forward to learn driving someday...but the idea of you being scolded (and i actually mean vulgarities) by the instructor from the moment you board the vehicle till you alight might haunt me for a while later in the night.

thank you jun cheng again for the part from the msn chat. i should follow my instincts...and my feelings too. since it was what i felt that led me on when she said "yay i finally bought something!"

there's no second you. there's no second chance.

yesterday was...

went jogging at morning. was kind of late after chatting a bit of soccer with my father at 6am plus. but never mind.

went out with my mum and sis to the ica building to collect mum's passport. frankly speaking the whole thing ended very quickly. i didn't expect like twenty plus thirty people to be cleared that fast.

went to bugis to walk a bit before i leave them for ion orchard to meet her. shit i was late by a few minutes (first impression mah...) but she said a few minutes was fine. man supplementary idea one.

didn't really planned out where to eat the day before so we spent quite a while thinking of where to eat. in the end she suggested of a cozy japanese restaurant (forgot the name) that sells mainly on katsu don.

almost embarrassed myself when i was told that they don't accept nets. luckily my debit card saved me from the blushes. phew.

so we casually chatted over the meal for like...30 minutes? along the way more supplementray ideas.

she said that i am different.

then we went on a short shopping trip (which i didn't expect for...but also something i will never forget...at least for now.)

we went to far east. she claims to be a lazy person when it comes to dressing so she wants to focus on one piece dresses. truthfully i have to thank her for bringing me into those lady shops...for my sis nor my mum will ever want to enter (price sensitive consumers.) to it's quite an eye opener to be inside- i didn't know that the shops for females in far east are that good.

we went to quite a few shops and really saw quite a few nice dresses. i encouraged her to go try those she liked (her style is more of low profile and sweetie kind) and wah.

she said i am a good shopping buddy. maybe because i gave suggestions on how to dress up and accessorize (again she's lazy to accessorize.) she felt that i know a lot on these and she even asked me whether i am straight or not -.- oh gosh. lol.

but a thought struck me- i am just dressing her up for her boy. i knew it. i knew it at least a year ago. on that faithful IT show. and yet. she left me with the biggest impact yesterday. i know her intention wasn't just purely catching up. still...

mature. cheerful. thoughts on the same lines. bitter sweet.

she had an appointment to catch at 3 plus. and she left...and left me rooted for a while.

suddenly i felt like i am on a shopping spree. to distress? maybe. bought another pair of shoes and almost bought a 2 in 1 piece and a tee. rotted around before i went to chun leng's 21st chalet.

i am sorry chun leng...for i really had no mood to stay over night. and on kwan yong's 'secret' that he shared with me yesterday night...just like what tong jin said..."all of this is a joke."

hey isn't that the same as mine? all of this is just a like a joke. just like life.

initially i was alone in orchard yesterday morning. actually saw quite a bit of stuff that tempted me to buy- new look jacket, zara dress shoes, the idea book and some tops. but perhaps i was feeling damn sian, quite high prices and unwell so i didn't make the purchases.

in the afternoon darren and weijun came. we shopped a bit more (i bought a new look top- the only thing bought.) before we went over to the marina sands for a walk. they treated me to hokkaido@turf city for a dinner buffet before we went home. well i guess their intention wasn't to buy stuff but just treat me to a meal. so ok loh.

reached home to only find out that my father was displeased with me buying so many things (in a sense i have already bought quite a bit at taiwan.) but i realised i still got the appetite for local stuff. bad idea....

but on the overall this weekend doesn't feel like a birthday weekend. it only feels like a weekend of hectic, frustrating and sick weekend.

to my father, today is about getting up early and wanting me to pray according to his method before he goes to work. and look out for any 'abnormal signs' (it's just a bee.) and to get the water in the fish tank replaced asap.

well but thanks to facebook's birthday reminders i got a few post ups on my wall. thanks mark zuckerberg.

happy...birthday.

seems like it's gonna be the worst of all till now. intended to hold a small drink out session tomorrow but...

kwan yong held this event to celebrate everything- xiao hui and jasmine's birthday, first year graduation anniversary and for chun boon and me back from taiwan. not mine. it's at sunday because xiao hui can't make it at saturday. and both kwan yong and myself felt it's weird to meet up on both days...so i just cancelled mine. sounds stupid...maybe. then kwan yong tried to put it at saturday instead with his plans together. come on lah if you wanna celebrate do a proper one leh...use loads of excuses and combine here and there to let your vip xiao hui come (even when she has boyfriend le). i've enough of you le.

weijun suggested treating me to hokkaido tomorrow. and i bet he hasn't even done anything. asked where he intending to ask and his reply was to let me do the planning.

and they have been asking me what i want. it's all here lah. and all these only reflects on who's been here reading. but ironically that's what i wanted initially. so too bad. or rather...you cherish most the things you got by yourself.

ah forget it lah! screw it.

i'll just go on my own tomorrow bah. first to the movie lobby, then maybe a walk down to orchard then to IT show bah. case closed.

going for driving course the week after next. no more slacking. more shit to expect.

container's back. hell's back.

alright i got back here like...at 31st may 4.30am? was quite tired the past few days (resting, went out, catching up) and thus got lazy to blog...lots of stuff to say.

the trip to taiwan...well the first part (i can't say much though) i should say i am lucky to not go out and just help out with the container, wooden crates (many and heavy) and the equipment. i salute to those who were stuck in the area for four whole days doing nothing under the bloody hot sun before pushing out.

blink blink and the first event was over. i guess we were quite efficient with the packing up (yeah leave the hell of unpacking back at singapore) and thus we were left with around two days plus. on the first night there was the happy hour thing where we got to eat and drink (taiwanese beer!) to kind of celebrate.

the second night was nights out for us. i felt it was not worthy and didn't go (hundred plus near two for transportation and you only have at most 3 hours of movement within a small town that we have no info of where to go.)

the third day was a trip one of the amusement parks. initially i didn't want to go (i was determined to save up for the R&R @ kaoshiung and the entrance fee itself is already NT450...SGD20 plus) but my friend upon seeing that i seem to missing out all the fun decided to help me pay the transportation fee without my permission while i was away. at first i felt that i was in a dilemma- i have no intention to go yet i have to pay for it as it was already fixed before i knew it. so too bad loh.

so the next day we reached the park- and guess what? the first ride was their main attraction of the park- the G5.

my friends all started to get all excited and want to have that ride first. oh my god...i shouldn't be here and now i am still pulled along by them to take this ride; just like what i mentioned after the ride, "i haven't taken a roller coaster for ten plus years and now i took this!"

maybe when you are with your ns friends your ego will fan your guts to bet bigger. so alright i took it.

seated on the second row of the two row open cabin, i was still not feeling anything- until it starting moving.

a short straight before the climb over (p.s. the ride is built on a hill slope so we were already on some height) and soon enough it halts right in front of the drop point.

i remember i was shouting while my grip on the bar got tightened. oh wait...it started dropping!

that moment was still in my head- my body was in a near L shape, eyes looking down the height we were gonna dive through within two seconds or so. yeah i was still shouting; only till the drop. so there it goes: down a vertical track on very high speeds for about two seconds before it climbs up and back to the starting point. a short ride to hell and out.

my legs...i admit they were a bit jelly after the ride. but from then i was already sure that the trip was worth it. other rides were still ok- except one that goes swinging 360 degrees. again i went up unknowingly- to almost get a good whoop from it. the starting was fine till the g force started to get stronger and stronger. man i was about to puke. luckily the ride finished shortly after that and i got to recover- too bad for the lady beside my friend though; she started puking shortly before the ride ended. lucky that we didn't get a share of her processed breakfast too.

next day was finally our R&R. was already a bit sian because of the fact that we moved out to kaoshiung on the morning itself, not the night before or whatsoever. never mind. we reached the hotel at around 12 plus to find out that the hotel rooms are not done yet. damn it in the end we can only walk around the streets, have lunch and gather back at 3.30pm to check in.

on the overall the trip was still ok...the mrt station was surprisingly near to us...and the whole of it is in underground. we even got to notice a pretty girl for almost every mrt trip. haha. kaoshiung is not really a place for a feast of eyes but it's still better than nothing.

shopped some shopping districts and the night market. man the stuff they sell are of quality (in terms of fabric and design). price wise is still competitive or even lower than that of singapore's. no wonder i felt like puking when i walked around orchard yesterday. food wise- no need to say. their famous chicken cutlets, papaya milk shake and so many more...man i was informed that i still missed out their buffets and steaks.

so in the end besides the souvenirs i got, i bought for myself 3 tees, 1 formal shorts and 1 vest. the vest is really a buy- it's only about SGD20-30. but the disappointing part was that their tops didn't fascinate me (and that was what i wanted to go for). another thing was that i couldn't find nice dress shoes. lastly i feel kind of wasted not to buy that braun buffel leather wallet which costs just SGD98 when you can only get it at here for like...at least SGD120 perhaps?

oh ya a note about the hotel we stayed in. it's just like a blardy hotel for whores! i remember the auntie who asked us whether we need massage or not just after we went in to the room. we both looked at her and she still replied "of course it's not me who do the massage lah!" oh man. haha. the counter at our floor even has durex condoms too.

and my friend even purposely found the channel 15 which even broadcasts *clears my throat* from the hotel's own hard disk drive all day long.

so the short trip ended with us touching down on changi airport (my ears hurt all the way from KL to singapore). back to the boring life we used to have.

now the taiwan craze is spreading. everybody wants to get to taiwan. i also do feel that i didn't have enough fun and purchases back then. haha. but as to who i will go...must see the crowd first.

yesterday i suddenly received a call from xue wei. she sounds like she's having a good time in prudential and she wants to meet me up for a meal and catchup. hm...

what should i tell kwan yong & co to buy for my birthday? should i just let them buy anything and let it dust in my house? or just get anything i want? but what? shades? wallet? dress shoes? sighs. getting something proper for yourself can be hard at times too.

ironman 2- nice effects but...that's it.

kick ass- didn't regret watching it before i fly.worth it.and just like watchmen.in a more relaxed and shallow manner.

ip man 2- action packed.fast punches.storyline is average. humorous.best!haha.

packing is still undone.no mood to do so.can't get into the mood that i am flying to taiwan.

"let's buy a chance.maybe with that you wouldn't feel that the previous one is wasted away."

ah!!!it's the month of deficit!man i have used all the pay i got for this month...how?!looks like i gotta cut down when i am back...but...how about the 12th?am i gonna follow what the rest of them had done- a treat for them?chun leng suggested to have a night out on that day.but...aiya.

recalled of a crazy idea i had quite long on what should i do on that day- go old folk's home! or actually any home will do. (... ... ...you will think "HUH?!WTF?!", right?)

know what?i remembered at that point of time i thought that since i doubt i can do much to make myself happier (since it's 21st), why not make others happier?though it's only for a short while...

saw an article saying that the actual person the urban peeps don't cherish is actually themselves.point taken.agreed.

i also thought spending the day alone.then celebrate with the rest at another day.but weijun said it's selfish.

i have 0% of feeling ready to go to taiwan. luggage wise and deep inside.

did my heart want to take revenge just like husei hai in hi my sweetheart?but no worries.i got lost halfway.i guess i've never really got the lesson.

i think i am like an onion.nobody bothers to take a look at me.and should a silly girl ever gets curious (again) and starts wanting to know what's in the bud- every layer of me will get her into tears.some might give up halfway.and for those who ever got into the bud...all they saw was just a bud.nothing else.

"guess what?one of my regrets is not to step onto that ddr machine and just dance like a clown."

WARNING- hokkaido@turf city really serves good food!jun cheng and i went there to have the ala-carte dinner buffet.

watching hi my sweetheart recently.the main guy is always rich.good looking (show luo mah.) and romantic- perfect isn't it?

fairy tales also end with "and they live happily ever after." but how do they achieve it?what's after the story?it's always the prince who can earn this ending.maybe the word 'happily' is something very general or shallow to describe it.

i guess no matter how much i dress up or even impress the whole downtown...

it's only skin.

maybe a good lover starts from a good family.

"aiya sk take a look at yourself before other things..."

i say what you see is what you get.

i don't blame anyone for this comment. i can see it for myself. the couples on the street...makes you think that the guys up the skies are fair? a face for a face perhaps? haha.

they say i am too serious. i say my face is born dead and my brain is made of wood. hm? tin woodman? haha.

so i got a peek of my past...wait. where did they go?! then i realised that they were all in their own future...sometimes it feels like eventually i will be alone. but so fast? where's the problem? which part of me?

got a nice pair of dress shoes from JB recently. was very lucky to have my officer approve my overseas leave. still feels that it's stupid to disallow people under uip to go overseas (by right).

been playing quite a bit of soccer in camp...but i ponder whether i should continue playing or not...especially when your team mates just play for fun.

maybe i should increase the laps i do for jogs at saturdays. last bit of belly fats need to go! and more muscle toning! but size wise...maybe bigger upper arms? but on the other hand i might risk becoming too tight for some of my shirts. (which 1 already is on the verge of becoming so)

going to taiwan for exercise real soon. any orders for anything at taiwan?

still a little impatient to start some small little business. what a good time for me to do so peeps, isn't it?

feels wasted on a shirt seen at bugis just now. if not for the quality of the fabric...

been lazy to post something for the past weeks...partly being lazy and moreover there's nothing much interesting for me to write on.

the weekdays in the camp got us very busy- helping the rest with all the moving of crates to pack up for shipment. more to come next week.

good news- i am going to taiwan! and the R&R (Relax & Recreational) is free and easy!

bad news- the R&R is only 2 days 1 night. and it's only at kaohsiung...man. a bit demoralised by this.

up till now some of my platoon guys have been assigned to various detachments for the exercise...not me though. *crosses fingers*

went out with darren just now to various places. weijun was supposed to come along but thanks to his over night mahjong session yesterday night he overslept and never got out.

went to smu first to hand up my application documents. then to kinokuniya to get a book of star wars for some kid. my mother sounds kind of reluctant when i finally found a suitable book that the kid will like but with the price of 40 plus dollars. and i felt very tempted to buy another book on innovation...since i have finished my googled. then window shopped (bought a pair of bermudas) around before settling down for dinner at serizaya@ liang court (as usual the nice food...only at 17 dollars!).

so many stuff to buy! endure...must endure till the taiwan trip...or maybe i can get more next friday when i go to malaysia to shop?

just to share with this upcoming adobe photoshop cs5...damn it's really good with its content aware feature. watch it to find out:

well this week...i guess i experienced quite a change of culture when the guys from the trunk comm company finally take us over.

some old birds say this batch of officers and sergeants tend to be more lax on 'dogs' like us...which we didn't believe them at first. and suddenly i felt more like i have already gone through uip...almost anything is possible now...like getting stuff from vending machines, locker layout (in terms of item quantity) for stand by bed not as strict as before, able to bring in mp3 players etc (we even got macdonald delivery at thursday night).

now i am starting to like uip. while the transferred guys over at command comm company might feel even better with their routines, we do not have much to complain about too. now how i wish that this could drag (quite possibly true as people are all busy with exercises) as long as possible...

oh ya. 1 thing is that it seems certain that i will go taiwan at may (unless unforeseen circumstances occur). second is that after the trip we might be posted to driving camp for training...sounds good to me.

anyway there's this guy whom we teased him throughout the week as his admirer (for 3 years leh) flew to australia for studies. as he couldn't send her off personally (he was in camp), he also couldn't gather his courage to confess to her throughout these 3 years. i was also in the 'fun'...poking at him whenever possible. but i felt a little bad as what he is experiencing is just like mine (yes, nicole?).

but on the other hand i was thinking- wouldn't one get more confident to confess should he spend more time to know her and make sure that she's really his cup of tea? or maybe i am too much of a noob ass to make a statement like this.

as there's more time to sit around and rest, i walked into my thoughts again. then i felt that maybe many things could have changed should sheryl be in a different pair of arms...we knew it could be positive for us at some point of time...and it's not like a day or two kind of feeling ( i spent quite a bit of time at poly year 1 to know her better...until she chose another guy -.-). jo might not walked into my eyes...and we could have lasted till now.

i guess i have to pour this out here...as this is one of my regrets till now (3 in total and counting).

i remember we (ashley, lucinda and me) talked about when will we plan to marry in the future at ashley's house. without thinking much i replied 30 plus. while they felt it's kind of late (i naively thought of it as 27-28 previously), i thought with my social circle (guys and more guys) now and my age when i start working (at least 24- true young enough but i will focus on paying back my loan and my career/entrepreneurship first. so money and time all tied up.)...and of course with the fact that i am another noob in the field...well.

i said, "bread first then love mah." at that night. sounds like a hardcore right winger? nah. humans are impressions-based creatures. i don't have something that allows me to do the reverse.

speaking of which i felt disgusted of the stomp series on what attracts guys/girls on the opposite gender. the guys interviewed mainly agreed that the figures of a woman will attract them first. how true. how ugly.

i simply reviewed on myself...i guess partly due to my family background (in which we don't really share with each other how we feel as openly), i feel i need more like a soul mate whom i can confide in...somebody who is more intellectual, independent and has the charm to knock me down and of course caring and understanding. superficial factors wise...perhaps a killer smile too? have a build and height similar to mine? ya that's about all. bonuses wise...then maybe killer legs. oh ya similar fashion sense (or something close to metropolitan).

yeah i said "aiya it's my self esteem that's killing me." i am just being arrogant and be more rational to blind my heart.

some pictures i found over the net. beware apple fans.

oh ya...should i apply for public universities again? because my mind was set on taking private degrees...and now upon closer look, the degrees provided by kaplan...well the partner universities are relatively unknown as compared to those from sim...how how how?

oh ya before i start busying back to the dog camp...

farewell my dear friend ashley!

it feels too soon for you to go back. but oh well...

either way, have a smooth trip back and i hope while you start leading a more care-free life without the burden of your society commitments, you must also work on hard on your studies leh...

all the best.

i would say it's quite a weird timing for me to post something here now. supposed to be at outside but was called off at the last minute. so i guess it's gonna be a stagnant weekend at home before i go back to hell. or maybe i should just find something else to do besides rotting outside.

went to jurong camp at wednesday morning for report. had no idea at all of what was gonna happen to me. everything gets worse. out of proportion standardisation, regimentation and so many crap are gonna to be thrown at my face during our unit induction programme (uip). basically due to the culture of the camp, imagine the months ahead of me to be a tekan session.

first day of uip- setting up of our bunk. we had to do everything ourselves- moving cupboards, bed frames and cleaning the room within a short time. well since it's meant to be a tekan session we got ourselves awarded with 50 push ups and 100 crunches just for stand by area. needless for me to say the stuff for the rest of the day i guess.

standardisation...yes. everything must be consistent for us- from the quantity of of our hangers hanging in our cupboards to the brand of our toothpastes in our field pack. logical? for those who are thinking at this point of time, i guess you need more cow sense.

three days were enough for us. i wonder how am i gonna take it just for the week ahead. the feeling to down my pes status is so strong in my mind. but on the other hand it will also mean i will part with my friends who came along with me from stagmont camp. what complexity.

so after getting out from the camp yesterday i got to home dry despite the heavy rain (a big thanks to wei keong's parents who offered me the trip back home). got back, unpacked my stuff and went over to ashley's house for dinner. lucinda (my secondary classmate) came shortly and we had a fair bit of chat over at the dining table.

then we moved up to her room to continue till around...1.30am? well time really flies and she's gonna go back at monday night. at the best to you ashley...tahan a bit more and you will be graduating with a degree cert leh...while i am still wasting my time off in our 'decisive' force.

slept at 2am. and was able to wake up at 7am...surprisingly. kind of pushed myself to go jogging as planned. and now here i am staying at home doing nothing much...sighs. everything's stuck.

didn't really feel like posting...because soon i will rest, wake up and report to jurong camp. maybe it should spell like hell too.

supposedly to go malaysia with my parents to visit my relatives yesterday...in the end we decided to play safe due to the fact that nobody from the camps are informed. so i was home alone for a day or so.

should say it's dumb for me not to inform the rest that my house is empty for last night. so after paying a visit to ashley's house i rushed off to town for a last minute arrangement with darren and weijun for movie. well thanks to my last minute we can't really get tickets with suitable time slots for 14 blades nor little big soldier (there was a slot for little big soldier but the only available seats left were 2 rows away from the screen -.-)

so in the end we went to ashton @ cathay for late dinner. darren and i talked mainly on the business and stuff (sadly what darren said about the local IT industry is true) while weijun mainly shared his experience when he was at taiwan.

when we finished our dinner i suddenly had the urge to go to the sofa seats at the cathay movie lobby. the building beside cathay (think it's an art school) is so tall now...and i kept staring at smu- one of the dreams i thought i can achieve 3 years back while seated at the same spot.

well at that point of time nobody told me i can lose 2 dreams at once. but the aftertaste has long gone away from my throat.

maybe all these that i've brought upon myself is gonna spur me to just focus on my career.

maybe i should say thanks to hello kitty and ah meng.

p.s.- get well soon for ashley's dad.

2 months flew just like that...time in the signal institute is especially fast. so now i will have to move on to my new unit (even though i know i will miss some of my bunk mates- especially edmund foo aka werewolf/slut. haha.)

good news- i didn't report to the camp at friday (we got posted out at thursday)...so we will go there at wednesday morning. oh ya and some how i received the best detachment award. -.-

bad news- i got posted to 3rd battalion! man...god knows what will happen to me at there...

so today i went to watch true legend with weijun and yonghui...was almost late for the show thanks to me...haha. anyway the movie...if i am lenient i should say it's still ok bah...but i would prefer to re-watch ip man again.

got back home a while before i set off to clementi to meet jun cheng up for dinner. usual stuff to chat about...getting more and more confident bah i would say...as ideas are starting to solidify.

damn the distributor company for my newsweek subscription. nothing has been done till now on my additional subscription to forbes asia. don't force me to complain to case.

well quite a number of things happened last sunday. you got a poly classmate whose birthday is around now and yet she 'purposely' places her party celebration at 13th feb and wishes us to go...as usual the problems between chun boon and qin yi and us can't taking it further...kwan yong and derrick's birthday gift/braun buffel wallets (which quite turns me off on what i can expect from them for my birthday, judging from what was bought.)

then this week is kind of unlucky for my entire platoon. got punishments here and there- nights out turned into stand by bed...defaulters parade yesterday after quite a long while of detachment exercise (but somehow we managed to escape and got it scheduled at next friday instead...better than nothing la huh).

next week wise it's gonna be quite tough. monday till end of tuesday is our summary exercise...kind of nervous after seeing how badly we did on the overall to get our link up. straight after that are radio tests for theory and practical and then the 16km route march at wednesday. so thursday we will finally attend the pass out ceremony to get our vocation badge...

which makes me feel confused...for the last week we shall spend in signal institute (the week after next)- the lesson schedule are all computer lab lessons. if that's so why make the exercises, tests and route march so packed up?

oh well. no matter what we can only suck it up and follow.

gonna go for kwan yong's 21st birthday @kallng leisure park kbox later (of course after going to other places to shop first haha). just got message from that the ice skating will be cancelled and stuff...sighs. on one hand perhaps the number of people going is really low...but maybe he still hasn't got over xiao hui too. i understand.

was talking to ashley at last sunday in camp. suddenly she talked about going to taiwan together with her cliq towards the end of the year...sounds good...but i also realised something...well. it's either by then i can break the barrier or the trip turns bad for me or i will choose not to go. sorry ashley if i were to do the later...

i only told others that it's ironic that you can see clearer the person you admire when he/she is with somebody else. but this time...somehow i felt that i shouldn't have done that. or i guess i was too late.

boring week (but lap top is finally back!). tests...SI evening (which turned out to be very disappointing- be it our cheer performance or the stuff from musical and drama company) and of course lessons and more lessons. and next week will be even tougher- setting up drills and exercise at friday...oh no. just thinking of it makes me feel down.

thanks to my sergeant i managed to escape from the camp at 7pm as he likes to make us pissed off during area inspection. i certainly hope jun cheng didn't wait too long for me at clementi.

reached there and had a kfc meal (where my sense of rubbish was suddenly revived...perhaps it's too long since i last met him...but it doesn't make sense, right? haha.) while we chatted quite a bit. but it was mainly on our 'big plan'...haha. while i don't really have much confidence whether this plan will work or not...but i am quite sure the concept is new...and should i research more and develop it on i am quite confident it can be quite a big hit.

went across the causeway yesterday. reached there at around 11 plus and my mother and i started to shop around in city square. chanced upon a nice pair of 'fred perry' shoes @109rm. tempted but i wanted to look around for more options (which in the end that's the only shop that sells it). we dragged the timing for lunch; since i don't really feel hunger when i shop. and guess what? when we finally wanna settle down at kenny roger's, the waiter said they will be closed at 1pm. my mother went around asking...damn it. the whole damn mall is closing down at 1pm due to the passing away of their dear sultan. so both of us hurriedly down to the new year cookies/pastries stalls @ 1st floor and got some stuff.

so in the end it totally spoil my mood for the whole day. god damn it.

(thanks jun cheng for offering to buy that pair of shoes for me but i have not even tried on it yet...and i feel better if i were to really confirm on buying on the spot.)

going out later to get kwan yong's 21st birthday gift @ marina square. while i have already missed out some movies (i do not have to be sad though...haha.), i certainly don't wanna miss another- daybreakers. hopefully i can watch it next weekend. but first thing first. i first pray that it doesn't drag later. for those who know the pattern of my poly classmates...you all get what i mean.

if you guys feel that the time i posted is weird...yes it is. haha. but if my lap top were not to spoil (70% of my lap top screen is blanked out), i wouldn't have to do this...more or less. but somehow i have free time now...thanks to my favourite sergeant in SI. haha.

almost had fever at friday. i was already unwell the day after i finalised the drinking session at clarke quay. luckily the panadol helped me next day (though i was still a little not well when i stepped out of my house)

saturday was kind of a failure...to me bah. plan was to drink overnight...but i guess the fact that we (or i) kept changing spots to hang out did spoil some of the guys' moods. sorry about that! this was done hastily- was thinking of getting guys out before weijun goes to taiwan for ops (didn't know it is gonna be at this saturday initially) but was "brought forward" as kwan yong will be busy for the next few weekends (including the week for his birthday).

darren and i went to orchard first in search for my new leather bag....to no avail. weijun finally gave me some positive response to join us later as he just got back from his operation grandstand 2.

went to liang court to have dinner at serizaya (recommended by darren). man to anybody who sees this post...serizaya is a must try! the food is cheap and seriously good...these are what i ordered:

mushroom soup
escargot (yes it's escargot) with garlic butter sauce
meat sauce baked rice (or something like doria meat sauce)
drink bar (in other words free flow of drinks)

all of the food are served sizzling hot and fresh...it was especially obvious as we ordered mostly dishes that comes with cheese (eg. baked rice). the prices are god damn low too...my main dish (baked rice) costed me only 4 plus dollars!

even though both of us paid for around 19 dollars each (the guys were smart with the setup of menu as each item are too cheap that you wouldn't know that you are paying around the same as any typical restaurant) but i must really say that the food is really worth it. must try!

went to timbre to recce. the queue was short but i personally felt a problem where we can only just eat, drink and chat till a certain point of time where we will have nothing to do. darren then suggested safra gamehaven. sounds good to me at that point of time. then we went over to have a look around (never been inside before). basically there's lan gaming, private rooms (which is kind of popular yet with crap counter service and very limited console games) in which there's 1 console, 1 pc and tv with sofa. besides that there's a bar, a restaurant and a pub.

in the end we gathered with the rest of the guys (weijun, kwan yong, chun leng, bowen, quan yi) at gamehaven and have a try at the private rooms. damn...in the end due to quite a number of circumstances (with the fact we came without reservations) we could only book the room with wii console at 1am.

next we went up to the pub at the 6th floor. the ambiance is still ok...just a pity that the crowd seems little (or maybe we were too early when we arrived- around 9 plus near 10?). had a bottle of heineken and a round of pool before some of them suggested to go have a bite or something.

in the end we went over to hooters (and it seems along the way the plan to get the reserved room was called off) and had more drinking (which i didn't; i had the feeling to puke just after a small bottle of heine- very weak.) and side dishes. fried chicken wings were nice and the atmosphere (not thinking that the waitresses are all foreign talents) was great.

people started leaving after some of them felt tired...so some took cab...some buses. hopefully like what quan yi said, "let's have it next time" and "next time plan properly".

another week in stagmont. didn't sleep well for the past week. no idea why but i kept turning in late and waking up once or twice at the middle of the night.

now to think properly as a trunk comms guy there's quite a high risk involved whenever we were to get the detachment deployed. moments like setting up the antenna (12-15m high), strong currents running in the antennas during transmissions...well. things might change in one fine moment.

plus the radiation from the antennas...well my sergeant told me about this fable that signallers generally get daughters...but i was more of curious on cancer. some cold joke for me.

basically my course mates...made me think whether the fact that i couldn't make it into sispec a regret for me or not...i was right you see. the human factor can affect a person a lot. no that i look down on anyone over there but...they somehow are not very near to those kind of people i wanna look forward to meet. pardon me for being a realist but...ns is really a good time to build up your network. so i certainly hope i have not lost this chance.

this was this indian sergeant who spent the free time in his lesson we had talking about lots of stuff...from his investments to the major events in the future that can affect us...and he reminded me about the possibility of doing some small business through blogspots...hm.

and now...i am on the verge of falling sick...especially when i have organised an overnight drinking session with my poly people...damn. plus for next week i am gonna to have tests and exercise. oh man.

oh ya.

going back to camp soon...went out with weijun yesterday to rot...but realised i need to buy something today. things like meal bags...a new bag (preferably brown leather bag)...and perhaps a new pair of hook-on ear phones.

buying stuff for myself seems to be a growing habit. so are my bad spending habits. oh man. i am starting to feel that me going in this direction- it's gonna be bad. maybe.

looks good...but i doubt i will ever go.

imaginations fly away from me...ideas...ideas they are just ideas.

second week in stagmont. had kind of an unique experience doing guard duty for the last day of 2009. volunteered to do it with my bunk mate; feeling that we can be more or less excluded from the future guard duties. i personally thought that there's nothing much for me to do during the countdown period too...so why not?

but in the end my bunk mate had to be swooped to another guy at the last minute. luckily he happens to be from quebec company in tekong and we hit it off quickly. everything was faster than i thought (the guard duty slot we did was a shift shorter- which means six hours shorter than usual)...except the part on the turnout/stand to which i quite dreaded (a slack one at 4.45am though; guess it's might be because it's the last day of the year...).

but just like what kwan yong said...for my poly side of people most of them are busy with their own stuff (more in a sense their other half lah huh) and there we are doing crap. year after year...same old year.