Well.. today parade drill is not as bad as yesterday's! Yesterday was really an ultimate torture!
This morning I woke up with a sore throat (due to the continuous coughing yesterday) and a back ache.. The back ache is untolerable, in a sense tat whenever I sit down or bend down too long, when I try to straighten my back, my back wld juz hurt! I told my sgt abt the matter this morning, saying tat if its becoming unbearable, then I wld fall out!
But then, I had the fighting spirit, in a sense tat I carried on.. becos' whilst doing the drill, my back did not ache or anything like tat! Even if it does, I wld try to control it!
Certainly glad abt today, becos I bk out at 5pm and will only bk in on Sun 2359!.. so ya.. my long wkend.. but then again, I sympathise my shift ppl who is doing duty right now in camp! I think they super shack already! My heart goes out to them!
Its 3 more rehearsals to the CoC parade on 11/10.. and speaking of which, my base anniversary is in a few days time, and I think tat we get to go for the base dinner.. dun koe how good is tat, but at least got free food! ha.. I very gian4 peng3 (hokkien for being greedy) right?? ha.. =P
ok lah.. I'm very tired liaoz! Had a long day!! Gonna attend church tml! Yeh!! =).. Can sleep in late liaoz! Yippie!
Starting of long wkend,
<<< abriel >>>
Friday, September 30, 2005
Thursday, September 29, 2005
On Parade again..
Well.. after 1 mth of mounting, its back to drills again! And I can tell u tat I'm totally shacked out!
Exhausted. Shack. Tired. Fatigue. Worn-out. Drained. Dead beat.
Oh.. btw, I'm training for the Chain-of-Command (CoC) Parade which wld be held on 11/10/05, so we are preparing hard for it.. almost everyday have drills loh!
Well.. comparing the drill standards and the training for the event, SAF Day 2005 seems to be the worst of all (comparing SAF Day 2005, NDP 2005, RSAF Day 2005).. but then after today, all of us agreed tat CoC 2005 is the WORST!! The training is darn siong lah!
This is becos its like we rest for 15 mins, followed by a 1 hr NO rest drill practice! And then my base RSM (who wld be the parade RSM for CoC 2005) is garang! He always say our drills no good whenever he come.. but wat he dun understand is tat we have done it over and over and over again.. till the pt of us being fatigue and all, so no energy.. and moreover, its under the hot sun! And worse still.. my base RSM "knocked us down" for 5 push-ups! Well.. this is the first time I got knocked down for drilling for a parade... arghh..
Then we are like saying to each other, we wld rather mount duty then do these drills! At first, one guy whom I koe actually resisted his choice of mounting, actually changed his mind after like 1 round of the drill!
He actually resisted inititally is becos he wants his wkends (ie, sat and sun).. but then the drills prove too much for him!.. so ya..
Speaking of mounting, wat I koe frm my friends in my shift is tat tml's manning strength doing duty in the main guardrm wld be so little tat each one has to do at least 16 hrs of duty, instead of the normal 9-10 hrs.. so ya.. think they wld be more fatigue than us loh! but then still, mounting is better than drill.. one of them actually said he wld rather do drills then mounting.. I told him abt our training, but then he still insisted then drills is better than mounting! Well.. I called him to go and try instead, but too bad, he can't lah..
Then in the evening, I ask one newbie who is in the supporting contingent! Last time they during course, said we in GOH slack.. now he is doing the drills.. so I asked him whether slack or not.. now, he koes our pain and he said its not slack after all.. becos its doing the same thing over and over and over again!
Well.. tats how it is with drills.. they believe on the rationale that practice makes perfect! ya ritez! At the expense of us staying in the hot sun and baked like a roasted pig for eating! The sun is darn hot I tell u.. Hot till the pt tat if I did not bathe after the drill, I wld still feel it!
Actually decided not to come back after the drills, but then everyone seems to like go back, so I juz follow loh.. fortunately I came home, becos' my mum has used a traditional healing method on me, and now I feel a lot better! But my nose is still running and though the sore throat is ok, I now got a slight cough! Its the common flu bug lah! haiz.. =(
But dun need to worry.. its long wkend for me.. tat is I bk out tml frm 5pm and will only be back on sun 2359! juz hope tat nothing will happen during the wkend (like mounting and stuff on wkend).. choy! *touch wood*..
ok.. gtg and prepare myself for bk in later.. and another day of tormentous drills tml.. haiz..
2359. Sembawang Air Base.
Totally shacked out,
<<< abriel >>>
Exhausted. Shack. Tired. Fatigue. Worn-out. Drained. Dead beat.
Oh.. btw, I'm training for the Chain-of-Command (CoC) Parade which wld be held on 11/10/05, so we are preparing hard for it.. almost everyday have drills loh!
Well.. comparing the drill standards and the training for the event, SAF Day 2005 seems to be the worst of all (comparing SAF Day 2005, NDP 2005, RSAF Day 2005).. but then after today, all of us agreed tat CoC 2005 is the WORST!! The training is darn siong lah!
This is becos its like we rest for 15 mins, followed by a 1 hr NO rest drill practice! And then my base RSM (who wld be the parade RSM for CoC 2005) is garang! He always say our drills no good whenever he come.. but wat he dun understand is tat we have done it over and over and over again.. till the pt of us being fatigue and all, so no energy.. and moreover, its under the hot sun! And worse still.. my base RSM "knocked us down" for 5 push-ups! Well.. this is the first time I got knocked down for drilling for a parade... arghh..
Then we are like saying to each other, we wld rather mount duty then do these drills! At first, one guy whom I koe actually resisted his choice of mounting, actually changed his mind after like 1 round of the drill!
He actually resisted inititally is becos he wants his wkends (ie, sat and sun).. but then the drills prove too much for him!.. so ya..
Speaking of mounting, wat I koe frm my friends in my shift is tat tml's manning strength doing duty in the main guardrm wld be so little tat each one has to do at least 16 hrs of duty, instead of the normal 9-10 hrs.. so ya.. think they wld be more fatigue than us loh! but then still, mounting is better than drill.. one of them actually said he wld rather do drills then mounting.. I told him abt our training, but then he still insisted then drills is better than mounting! Well.. I called him to go and try instead, but too bad, he can't lah..
Then in the evening, I ask one newbie who is in the supporting contingent! Last time they during course, said we in GOH slack.. now he is doing the drills.. so I asked him whether slack or not.. now, he koes our pain and he said its not slack after all.. becos its doing the same thing over and over and over again!
Well.. tats how it is with drills.. they believe on the rationale that practice makes perfect! ya ritez! At the expense of us staying in the hot sun and baked like a roasted pig for eating! The sun is darn hot I tell u.. Hot till the pt tat if I did not bathe after the drill, I wld still feel it!
Actually decided not to come back after the drills, but then everyone seems to like go back, so I juz follow loh.. fortunately I came home, becos' my mum has used a traditional healing method on me, and now I feel a lot better! But my nose is still running and though the sore throat is ok, I now got a slight cough! Its the common flu bug lah! haiz.. =(
But dun need to worry.. its long wkend for me.. tat is I bk out tml frm 5pm and will only be back on sun 2359! juz hope tat nothing will happen during the wkend (like mounting and stuff on wkend).. choy! *touch wood*..
ok.. gtg and prepare myself for bk in later.. and another day of tormentous drills tml.. haiz..
2359. Sembawang Air Base.
Totally shacked out,
<<< abriel >>>
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
I'm falling sick!
*sniff* *sniff*.. I'm falling sick! My back is aching and I've got a soar throat.. now my nose is "running" like a tap! Argh! Signs of flu?? I wld think so! Shld I report sick or shld I not?? *confused*
Anyway, did duty yesterday for 24 hrs, and by right, I shld get 24 hrs of off.. but then, becos' tml is our rehearsal for the upcoming Chain of Command (CoC) Parade 2005 which is going to be on 11/10/2005, therefore, rehearsals is a must! Therefore, my off kenna "jia" (hokkien for being taken advantage of!).. so its like 2359 muz bk in! Whoa! This is so last minute!! Today then I koe abt it!! Really tired liaoz and now, my off still kenna "jia"?? tian1 li3 zai4 na2 li3??
Got quite fed up liaoz.. till the pt of like since now I'm sick, I thought of reporting sick tml so I can skip the rehearsal.. well?? Shld I do tat?? I dun koe lah.. I shall see my condition tml morning and decide how loh! If its getting worse, I will go and report sick! What happens if I do the drills halfway then I faint?? Tat wld be worst rite??
But of course, this CoC thing comes with an advantage! Its 8am-5pm frm Mon-Fri and Sat-Sun wld be off for us (tat means we get our wkends!), and we DUN need to mount! However, the flip side of it is tat we can only enjoy these privileges for 2 wks! After tat, its back to normal.. and we also have to like "return" back the wkend P1s personnel their favour, by helping them to 'tah' the wkend P1.. well.. tat still depends on my sgt lah.. if those punishment personnel has 'extras' and the sgts decide they help us 'tah', then no prob liaoz.. may not need to return the "favour".. =)
I'm now like feeling so sick tat I dun feel like doing anything! Oh.. I'm now addicted to my phone.. becos... I've got "The Sims: Bustin Out" Game in my phone, and I've been playing it non-stop! Its so addictive! I think I'm going to play my phone soon again!!
ok lah.. I can't take it liaoz.. need to play it again! ha...
2359. Sembawang Air Base.
Guard-Of-Honour (GOH) once more,
<<< abriel >>>
Anyway, did duty yesterday for 24 hrs, and by right, I shld get 24 hrs of off.. but then, becos' tml is our rehearsal for the upcoming Chain of Command (CoC) Parade 2005 which is going to be on 11/10/2005, therefore, rehearsals is a must! Therefore, my off kenna "jia" (hokkien for being taken advantage of!).. so its like 2359 muz bk in! Whoa! This is so last minute!! Today then I koe abt it!! Really tired liaoz and now, my off still kenna "jia"?? tian1 li3 zai4 na2 li3??
Got quite fed up liaoz.. till the pt of like since now I'm sick, I thought of reporting sick tml so I can skip the rehearsal.. well?? Shld I do tat?? I dun koe lah.. I shall see my condition tml morning and decide how loh! If its getting worse, I will go and report sick! What happens if I do the drills halfway then I faint?? Tat wld be worst rite??
But of course, this CoC thing comes with an advantage! Its 8am-5pm frm Mon-Fri and Sat-Sun wld be off for us (tat means we get our wkends!), and we DUN need to mount! However, the flip side of it is tat we can only enjoy these privileges for 2 wks! After tat, its back to normal.. and we also have to like "return" back the wkend P1s personnel their favour, by helping them to 'tah' the wkend P1.. well.. tat still depends on my sgt lah.. if those punishment personnel has 'extras' and the sgts decide they help us 'tah', then no prob liaoz.. may not need to return the "favour".. =)
I'm now like feeling so sick tat I dun feel like doing anything! Oh.. I'm now addicted to my phone.. becos... I've got "The Sims: Bustin Out" Game in my phone, and I've been playing it non-stop! Its so addictive! I think I'm going to play my phone soon again!!
ok lah.. I can't take it liaoz.. need to play it again! ha...
2359. Sembawang Air Base.
Guard-Of-Honour (GOH) once more,
<<< abriel >>>
Sunday, September 25, 2005
All CHANGE!
cool me, plain alvin!
Originally uploaded by jazzkool.
Well.. call me a blog slut or sumthing.. becos I've juz changed my blogskin! Quite a lot of ppl (esp. 3notes) is hinting to me to change skin becos' its either its not
me (as wat 3notes says) or not very nice!! So there you go.. another blogskin changed for you faithful readers out there!! Hope you like this refreshing change!! As for the music, I dun really koe wat music.. temporarily, still this music lah.. =)
Oh!! This is a miracle!! I manage to complete this blog within 2 hrs! Its really an achievement! Usually a blog like this takes abt 6 hrs!! yes!! 6 long, tiring hrs! So wat do u think of my new blog?? Better?? Worse?? Pls. kindly commend on my shoutbox! =)
Well.. a couple of things happen over this weekend, which makes me think its really all change!! here it goes:
(1) OCC 17th Anniversary Bash
Had a sort of photo makeover! Usually u dun see me in sunglass rite?? Well.. the photo (in this blogpost) is me with sunglass (sunglass provision lending courtesy of Alvin!).. thnx bro!! I look cool in it huh.. *how thick skin can I be?? ha..*
More photos can be seen in my photo gallery, specific title: "OCC 17th Anniversary Celebration Photos!"
Was glad tat I attended yesterday's anniversary at church (except tat an unhappy issue happened b4 service and I'm really bui-song abt it.. dun wish to talk or think abt it, or else, I will flare up and all!! dun wanna spoil the happy mood of this blogpost juz becos of this matter!).. anyway, got to koe a lot more youths than I usually talk to! I wld think its like 4-5 more!! and tat's a lot.. judging frm my irregular attendance at church! Wat I can say abt my church youths, is tat they are indeed a fun bunch to be with!!
Wat a pity tat I can't attend Youth Camp 2005.. haiz.. its juz like 6 days before my leave will start!! haiz.. =(.. guess I will have to attend Youth Camp 2006 loh! =(
(2) My pretty face!
Well.. Today went window shopping with my parents, before I came about this product, named, Nugeno.. Its quite a popular product, since its like everywhere in the media (esp. in newspapers and magazines).. its the product tat Pierre Png of MediaCorp actually endoses!! Had seen it for quite a while, but then only today then I decide to like buy it and try!!
The saleslady was like trying to push me to buy the whole range (which wld easily cost me $100+).. but then, I only decide to buy the cleansing foam, to see whether it can help to remove the 2 red patches on my face!!
Then my dad came, and she introduced this exfoliating gel, and after much explanation, my mum decided tat my dad shld get the exfoliating gel and cleansing cream too, so my dad and I wld use it!!
So ain't I vain?? Ha.. guess the market trend is for guys to look good too! heard frm the saleslady tat she has even got a customer (who is a guy mind u!) actually buys facial masks!! *gulpz* See.. told u guys these days are real vain.. and I'm NO exception!!
Hey.. ain't it already a couple of things tat I've mentioned above?? Guess I have more or less done my job.. so the next step is for me to exfoliate my face, cleanse my face, bathe, brush teeth, sleep.. haiz.. my leave is ending tonite! In fact, I'm like going back camp in like 5 hrs! haiz..
0745. Sembawang Air Base.
With much reluctance,
<<< abriel >>>
Thursday, September 22, 2005
UPS & downs!
Well.. lots of events really happen this wk!
Am currently quite sleepy now.. so I'll try to make it short!
Let's start with the happy things:
Happy Event (1): Extras cleared!
I've cleared my extras liaoz! Tat means I do not have any outstanding extras to serve! Yeh!! So my holidays/weekends are more or less free loh! =).. So tat explains why I didn't blog for so long!
Happy Event (2): Pass IPPT!
I've passed my IPPT second window for the first time!! This means tat I do NOT take my IPPT again until a yr or two later!! This means tat the IPPT tat I took is so called my ORD IPPT lah! Yeh!! So happy loh! This is the FIRST time tat the first IPPT I take (like after 3-5mths) can clear! Usually I will take like more than a dozen times before I pass! Really thank God loh!! =)
*Of course, there is a price to pay; my abs muscles and legs are cramping.. feeling worst with my abs muscles, becos' of sit-ups mah!!
*If you are curious to koe my results, here it is.. (u promise not to laugh huh!).. Mind you.. a pass for my IPPT is even better than striking 4D ot gold! ha.. I'm serious!! Anyway, enuf of crap.. here are my results:
- Sit Ups (in 1 min): 47
- Chin Ups: 6
- Standing Broad Jump (SBJ): 212 cm
- Shuttle Run (100m): 10.6 sec
- 2.4km Run: 11 mins 55 secs
*I de-proved my results frm last time for a few of my stations.. but wat matters most is I passed! Yeh!!
Happy Event (3): My N-Gage QD ROX!!
My N-gage QD is up and ready! I've got games and mp3s! My mp3 shiok ah! My games even more shiok (but have not played it though! Its other ppl play for me! ha.. will play it someday!!) All thanx to my friend, Dexian, who did the things for me! =)
Happy Event (4): On the speed of recovery...
Went to hospital and visit my friend, Mark, who had a major operation! Thank God he's discharging frm NUH tml or else, I wld have no chance to see him! Glad he's been doing fine and still remain his happy self despite the operaration!! Also glad tat he's got a very good nurse (who is on an intern-ship attachment frm NYP) to look after him! Guess God's got everything planned out for him??
So here is wishing Mark a speedy recovery!! =)
Happy Event (5): Quality time spent!
Finally after like close to a mth or two, I get to go jalan with my parents! (usually I'll be at camp either mounting duty or my parents too tired to go out and stuff!!) The time is so so precious! You can never understand the feeling tat I've had! You really want to treasure those times together! Well.. thank God for those times lah!
Happy Event (6): On leave! Long wkend!!
Last but not least, I'm currently on leave frm Fri (23/9) to Sun (25/9).. I'm clearing leave.. so Monday (26/9) then I go back!!
Saturday (26/9) is my church anniversary.. so I get to see my friends frm GenJosh again!! Yeh!! =)
Sad Event: Unnecessary quarrel
Now, haiz.. for the sad things!.. actually there is only one lah.. but I will try to cut short my explaination ah.. then u koe how sad and furious I am till the point tat I wanna beat tat fellow up!!.. so here goes..
There is this guy, let's juz call him 'B'.. who kenna "eaten" into his rest time close to 45 mins, becos' an overlook of the sgt's part.. so given the nature as he is, he keeps yakking non-stop.. and when I called him to shut up, he scolds me back.. fwah! I really felt like beating him up!!
Then nevermind.. I koe a hungry man is an angry man and moreover I koe his nature.. Then night came and becos' one of them had to take urgent leave, so one of our guys frm the main guardroom went over to Eastern Gate to replace the missing manpower.. So its like this guy who went over was suppose to be my partner for guarding the gate at 1am to 3am, followed by a foot prowl at 3am.. but since he has gone over to eastern, then his duty is splitted with 3 other personnels.. and one of them was 'B'.. aiyoh! I got a shock of my life when I heard tat!!
So anyway, 1am came and I took over the main gate duty! 'B' was there already since 10.45pm.. His duty ends at 2am.. Then guess wat!! He again harps on the issue of like he's already been eaten 45 mins into his rest time, and now, have to do an extra hr of duty and also in the morning, he has to push off his duty 1 hr earlier becos' of some last min flight thing which all big shots will gather.. and again, he yaks away.. I juz treat it as some helicopter flying noise or sumthing.. and I juz leave him to yak on his own! Then 1.45am came and I kindly told him tat its 1.45am and you can wake the person up.. I gave him a suggestion, but he stubbornly resisted to follow his own idea.. He practically juz pye over the pyset for the person to come out! I was telling him this:
"hallo! its in the wee hrs of the nite.. u pye like tat who will listen?? Tat guy whom he's calling is a heavy sleeper! b4 I came out for duty, I slept for 2 hrs, and in tat 2 hrs, I did not hear anything over the pyset! It was tat quiet! So wat makes u think tat he will wake up?? Why dun u juz take my suggestion and thus, u can be assured of ur much needed rest, since u complain abt it in the afternoon?"
He refused to listen and he kept on pying.. until a point till someone frm another guarding station pye back to ask him to stop it! Very noisy!! He then gave him the same suggestion tat I had told 'B' earlier!! 'B' then no choice but to put back the pyset! I was so angry with 'B' tat I pye back to the guarding station:
"Tats wat I told 'B' earlier, but he didn't want to listen!"
'B' then answered me,
"Why do you have to rub it in when I dun listen to ur suggestion?? YOu cld have juz leave me alone to decide"
I got so fed up and I answered 'B' (in a very ignored tone!),
"Eh.. you dun push ur luck ah! I'm darn angry already! Here am I lacking of sleep and I have to do duty, and when I'm here, I have to hear ur kao-pei-ing! Its not tat I didn't give u a suggestion and leave you to die or sumthing.. It's YOU who didn't want to take my suggestion! Here am I trying to control my anger, so you better not let it explode!"
Then as if 'B' is a mad man, he kept murmuring stuff to himself.. dun koe wat is he talking!! Sometimes I really wonder whether does he have a slight problem or sumthing! Does he have this slight mental problem of all these?
Then 'B' no choice, but to suck thumb and heeded my suggestion.. but then juz as he was abt to do it, the person woke up already..
Then he came back and started yakking again.. so to stop his nagging, I replied in a sarcastic manner:
"ok.. i'm sorry ok.. pls. stop!"
Then when tat person took over his duty, I re-told this whole story to him.. and he said he is even more stubborn than a cow! He certainly live up to his 'ben4 niu2' nickname tat we gave him, becos' 'B' real name sounds like his nickname! serious!! I'm not kidding! Shall not divulge 'B' name lah.. help him save some face!!
Was super pissed off by this incident lah!!
*Yawnz*.. really tired.. need to sleep liaoz! Yesterday out of the 24hrs, I only had 4hrs of sleep.. 20hrs was either doing duty or can't sleep! haiz..
Oh.. did I mention tat I will be on leave frm tml (23/9) to sun (25/9).. so tat means mon (26/9) morning then I go back! shiok ah!! guess this is another event!
ok lah.. really gtg!
Me in dreamland Zzzzz,
<<< abriel >>>
Am currently quite sleepy now.. so I'll try to make it short!
Let's start with the happy things:
Happy Event (1): Extras cleared!
I've cleared my extras liaoz! Tat means I do not have any outstanding extras to serve! Yeh!! So my holidays/weekends are more or less free loh! =).. So tat explains why I didn't blog for so long!
Happy Event (2): Pass IPPT!
I've passed my IPPT second window for the first time!! This means tat I do NOT take my IPPT again until a yr or two later!! This means tat the IPPT tat I took is so called my ORD IPPT lah! Yeh!! So happy loh! This is the FIRST time tat the first IPPT I take (like after 3-5mths) can clear! Usually I will take like more than a dozen times before I pass! Really thank God loh!! =)
*Of course, there is a price to pay; my abs muscles and legs are cramping.. feeling worst with my abs muscles, becos' of sit-ups mah!!
*If you are curious to koe my results, here it is.. (u promise not to laugh huh!).. Mind you.. a pass for my IPPT is even better than striking 4D ot gold! ha.. I'm serious!! Anyway, enuf of crap.. here are my results:
- Sit Ups (in 1 min): 47
- Chin Ups: 6
- Standing Broad Jump (SBJ): 212 cm
- Shuttle Run (100m): 10.6 sec
- 2.4km Run: 11 mins 55 secs
*I de-proved my results frm last time for a few of my stations.. but wat matters most is I passed! Yeh!!
Happy Event (3): My N-Gage QD ROX!!
My N-gage QD is up and ready! I've got games and mp3s! My mp3 shiok ah! My games even more shiok (but have not played it though! Its other ppl play for me! ha.. will play it someday!!) All thanx to my friend, Dexian, who did the things for me! =)
Happy Event (4): On the speed of recovery...
Went to hospital and visit my friend, Mark, who had a major operation! Thank God he's discharging frm NUH tml or else, I wld have no chance to see him! Glad he's been doing fine and still remain his happy self despite the operaration!! Also glad tat he's got a very good nurse (who is on an intern-ship attachment frm NYP) to look after him! Guess God's got everything planned out for him??
So here is wishing Mark a speedy recovery!! =)
Happy Event (5): Quality time spent!
Finally after like close to a mth or two, I get to go jalan with my parents! (usually I'll be at camp either mounting duty or my parents too tired to go out and stuff!!) The time is so so precious! You can never understand the feeling tat I've had! You really want to treasure those times together! Well.. thank God for those times lah!
Happy Event (6): On leave! Long wkend!!
Last but not least, I'm currently on leave frm Fri (23/9) to Sun (25/9).. I'm clearing leave.. so Monday (26/9) then I go back!!
Saturday (26/9) is my church anniversary.. so I get to see my friends frm GenJosh again!! Yeh!! =)
Sad Event: Unnecessary quarrel
Now, haiz.. for the sad things!.. actually there is only one lah.. but I will try to cut short my explaination ah.. then u koe how sad and furious I am till the point tat I wanna beat tat fellow up!!.. so here goes..
There is this guy, let's juz call him 'B'.. who kenna "eaten" into his rest time close to 45 mins, becos' an overlook of the sgt's part.. so given the nature as he is, he keeps yakking non-stop.. and when I called him to shut up, he scolds me back.. fwah! I really felt like beating him up!!
Then nevermind.. I koe a hungry man is an angry man and moreover I koe his nature.. Then night came and becos' one of them had to take urgent leave, so one of our guys frm the main guardroom went over to Eastern Gate to replace the missing manpower.. So its like this guy who went over was suppose to be my partner for guarding the gate at 1am to 3am, followed by a foot prowl at 3am.. but since he has gone over to eastern, then his duty is splitted with 3 other personnels.. and one of them was 'B'.. aiyoh! I got a shock of my life when I heard tat!!
So anyway, 1am came and I took over the main gate duty! 'B' was there already since 10.45pm.. His duty ends at 2am.. Then guess wat!! He again harps on the issue of like he's already been eaten 45 mins into his rest time, and now, have to do an extra hr of duty and also in the morning, he has to push off his duty 1 hr earlier becos' of some last min flight thing which all big shots will gather.. and again, he yaks away.. I juz treat it as some helicopter flying noise or sumthing.. and I juz leave him to yak on his own! Then 1.45am came and I kindly told him tat its 1.45am and you can wake the person up.. I gave him a suggestion, but he stubbornly resisted to follow his own idea.. He practically juz pye over the pyset for the person to come out! I was telling him this:
"hallo! its in the wee hrs of the nite.. u pye like tat who will listen?? Tat guy whom he's calling is a heavy sleeper! b4 I came out for duty, I slept for 2 hrs, and in tat 2 hrs, I did not hear anything over the pyset! It was tat quiet! So wat makes u think tat he will wake up?? Why dun u juz take my suggestion and thus, u can be assured of ur much needed rest, since u complain abt it in the afternoon?"
He refused to listen and he kept on pying.. until a point till someone frm another guarding station pye back to ask him to stop it! Very noisy!! He then gave him the same suggestion tat I had told 'B' earlier!! 'B' then no choice but to put back the pyset! I was so angry with 'B' tat I pye back to the guarding station:
"Tats wat I told 'B' earlier, but he didn't want to listen!"
'B' then answered me,
"Why do you have to rub it in when I dun listen to ur suggestion?? YOu cld have juz leave me alone to decide"
I got so fed up and I answered 'B' (in a very ignored tone!),
"Eh.. you dun push ur luck ah! I'm darn angry already! Here am I lacking of sleep and I have to do duty, and when I'm here, I have to hear ur kao-pei-ing! Its not tat I didn't give u a suggestion and leave you to die or sumthing.. It's YOU who didn't want to take my suggestion! Here am I trying to control my anger, so you better not let it explode!"
Then as if 'B' is a mad man, he kept murmuring stuff to himself.. dun koe wat is he talking!! Sometimes I really wonder whether does he have a slight problem or sumthing! Does he have this slight mental problem of all these?
Then 'B' no choice, but to suck thumb and heeded my suggestion.. but then juz as he was abt to do it, the person woke up already..
Then he came back and started yakking again.. so to stop his nagging, I replied in a sarcastic manner:
"ok.. i'm sorry ok.. pls. stop!"
Then when tat person took over his duty, I re-told this whole story to him.. and he said he is even more stubborn than a cow! He certainly live up to his 'ben4 niu2' nickname tat we gave him, becos' 'B' real name sounds like his nickname! serious!! I'm not kidding! Shall not divulge 'B' name lah.. help him save some face!!
Was super pissed off by this incident lah!!
*Yawnz*.. really tired.. need to sleep liaoz! Yesterday out of the 24hrs, I only had 4hrs of sleep.. 20hrs was either doing duty or can't sleep! haiz..
Oh.. did I mention tat I will be on leave frm tml (23/9) to sun (25/9).. so tat means mon (26/9) morning then I go back! shiok ah!! guess this is another event!
ok lah.. really gtg!
Me in dreamland Zzzzz,
<<< abriel >>>
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Happy!
Well!! Certainly I'm most happy with myself.. becos' I finally bought my N-gage QD! and at a cheap price too! A cheaper $20 than wat the same shop told me, becos' yesterday the shop juz reduced its price of $20!! power rite? =)
But one thing bad is tat I have to wait till Mon or sumthing then my mp3 and all tat is working! Becos' need to install a prog.. but then, dun koe whether my memory card spoil or wat.. can't open a certain application and all tat, but able to check my memory status.. weird rite?? ai yah.. leave it to my friend to do it tml! =).. hope he can help!! =)
Oh.. u remember the pic with my 2 officers which I've told u abt in my past blog?? here it is.. my friend juz sent me this pic yesterday.. so here it is..
(L-R): 2LT Samuel (My GOH PC), Me, 2LT Ivan (Current PC)
But one thing bad is tat I have to wait till Mon or sumthing then my mp3 and all tat is working! Becos' need to install a prog.. but then, dun koe whether my memory card spoil or wat.. can't open a certain application and all tat, but able to check my memory status.. weird rite?? ai yah.. leave it to my friend to do it tml! =).. hope he can help!! =)
Oh.. u remember the pic with my 2 officers which I've told u abt in my past blog?? here it is.. my friend juz sent me this pic yesterday.. so here it is..
(L-R): 2LT Samuel (My GOH PC), Me, 2LT Ivan (Current PC)
**Psst: If the photo doesn't appear, then go to my photo gallery and click, "FDS 22nd Anniversary Birthday Bash" and then u wld be able liaoz! =)
ok lah.. got to bathe and make my way down to church later.. tonite need to bk in.. sianz ah.. =(.. 2359. Sembawang Air Base.
So happy ah, so happy,
<<< abriel >>>
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Mixed feelings!
Well.. today is a day of mixed feelings..
(1) Tired
Slept quite late yesterday and had only like 5 hrs of sleep.. so naturally wld feel tired lah! Then at camp, still have to do physical exercises like push-ups and running.. man.. then in the afternoon, I have to do some area cleaning.. my bunk is so dusty sia, tat everytime I sweep the floor, I wld sneeze.. After which, I was super shack liaoz.. Then I slept frm like 2pm-4pm really soundly! Then when its 4pm, we get ready for our stand-by area! Thank goodness its all right! =).. Then at 5pm sharp, we book out.. but the sad news is tat 2359 tonite need to bk in camp becos' tml do duty!
(2) Happy
Man! Ain't I'm happy! Becos' my friends at camp is like very into the phone, Nokia N-Gage QD.. didn't like the phone in the past, but then now, I start to appreciate it, becos I get to like hear mp3 and bluetooth! Quite a nice change frm my Nokia 3120! So I was like frantically calling mobile companies to check out the prices and stuff.. then the first I called was M1 shop.. they said they did not carry it anymore and my trade in value of my Nokia 3120 costs $50.. quite shocked initially, becos' I juz wonder how much the value drops.. it was like $100 a few mths back!
Then, when I came back, after I finished cutting my hair at AMK (which I'm quite happy with the hairstyle I currently have now), I went to search for Nokia N-gage QD without contract.. the standard price there is $288.. so after trade in, then it wld costs me $188! I actually like wanted to buy tml already, but then I thought of my money issue, then I was held back and decide to get it only next mth when I've saved enuf money! so this mth I muz be very prudent in my spending!
I came home and discuss with my mum and stuff! Then she said better not buy frm AMK, as it may not be reliable! So I called up quite a reputable mobile company and the price is $318 ($30 more than wat was offered in AMK).. but then I've got another phone which I can trade in and its a camera phone (its Sony Ericcson 508i) and the trade in value is $150.. so not bad lah.. I still can trade in and get a better price.. frm a reputable company somemore! =).. so I've made up my mind to get a Nokia N-gage QD nxt mth! Yeh!
Nokia N-Gage QD
(1) Tired
Slept quite late yesterday and had only like 5 hrs of sleep.. so naturally wld feel tired lah! Then at camp, still have to do physical exercises like push-ups and running.. man.. then in the afternoon, I have to do some area cleaning.. my bunk is so dusty sia, tat everytime I sweep the floor, I wld sneeze.. After which, I was super shack liaoz.. Then I slept frm like 2pm-4pm really soundly! Then when its 4pm, we get ready for our stand-by area! Thank goodness its all right! =).. Then at 5pm sharp, we book out.. but the sad news is tat 2359 tonite need to bk in camp becos' tml do duty!
(2) Happy
Man! Ain't I'm happy! Becos' my friends at camp is like very into the phone, Nokia N-Gage QD.. didn't like the phone in the past, but then now, I start to appreciate it, becos I get to like hear mp3 and bluetooth! Quite a nice change frm my Nokia 3120! So I was like frantically calling mobile companies to check out the prices and stuff.. then the first I called was M1 shop.. they said they did not carry it anymore and my trade in value of my Nokia 3120 costs $50.. quite shocked initially, becos' I juz wonder how much the value drops.. it was like $100 a few mths back!
Then, when I came back, after I finished cutting my hair at AMK (which I'm quite happy with the hairstyle I currently have now), I went to search for Nokia N-gage QD without contract.. the standard price there is $288.. so after trade in, then it wld costs me $188! I actually like wanted to buy tml already, but then I thought of my money issue, then I was held back and decide to get it only next mth when I've saved enuf money! so this mth I muz be very prudent in my spending!
I came home and discuss with my mum and stuff! Then she said better not buy frm AMK, as it may not be reliable! So I called up quite a reputable mobile company and the price is $318 ($30 more than wat was offered in AMK).. but then I've got another phone which I can trade in and its a camera phone (its Sony Ericcson 508i) and the trade in value is $150.. so not bad lah.. I still can trade in and get a better price.. frm a reputable company somemore! =).. so I've made up my mind to get a Nokia N-gage QD nxt mth! Yeh!
Nokia N-Gage QD
(3) Angry
Today at camp, my dad msg me tat I can't play the piano in church for my church anniversary, due to the decision made by my church pastor's wife (who is also the overall in charge for the music ministry in my church).. When I read the msg, I was boiling mad!
Imagine sumone tell u tat u go ahead with ur playing, but then after a while, she said no, becos' since I never go to the music practice, therefore I'm not suitable to play, becos' its not fair for others!
Pls loh! Last time in my old church (ie, HCC) but under the same pastor, the music ministry I was in also never like tat! We did NOT have any prior practices for church anniversaries and stuff! We juz play on the spot (we juz like practice 1 hr before the main event) and we still did juz fine! So wat makes it so special tat OCC (the church I'm in now after the intergration) needs to have so much practice?
I was fuming mad whenever I read the msg! I was sometimes forget thwe issue, but when I read it, I wld like fuming mad and at the same time, erase the msg off my phone!.. I was at the verge of like changing church if I really can't take it! In fact, I'm actually quite determined NOT to play anymore for the main congregation (dun care whether its combined or separate services).. I will juz play for GenJosh (which is OCC Youth lah).. I dun think they will be tat stringnet with the practices part I hope?
In fact, I have a thought.. maybe the pastor wife is jealous of my talent! she scared I'm better than her and ppl praise me more than her! Tat's wat I thought lah! Maybe there is certain truth to it!
You koe me! Men have egos! So once the ego is broken, he will be upset! So its juz like me!! My ego is very strong! So this issue is like a thorn pierced thru my ego lah! argghh.. I hate this!
I told my mum tat the only reason I stay in OCC is becos' I've got some really great buddies in OCC Youth.. so tat's y!
I dun even koe now how I will face the music leader when Sat comes where I will have to attend church ! I'm not to sure how I wld face her, becos' I'm worried whilst speaking the truth to her, I wld mouth some bad things abt the pastor's wife and this is not very good! You koe me lah! Once I get hot, anything can happen!
Ai yah!! I dun koe lah.. this morning I do my QT was juz really applied to this issue.. (its like when I read this morning, I got a feeling tat this thing has happen b4.. but never did I expect tat it wld happen later in the day!) but then somehow I dun feel like accepting wat was spoken during my QT this morning!
Haiz! This is sooooo irritating! I'm trying to forget the issue altogether, but then, its like everytime I thought of it, I will like be fuming mad! Argghhh!!
Well.. so u see.. today is really me having mixed feelings! haiz..
Got to go n bathe and then bk in later in cab!! 2359, Sembawang Air Base (SBAB)
Irritated,
<<< abriel >>>
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
The END!!
Yes!! After 3 torturing days, its the end of threat con charlie exercise in camp! The exercise was filled with many torturous hours, not to mention the lack of sleep (either we are running drills or solve my OC's injects or worried tat our sleep wld be disturbed becos of the sudden turnouts- at least tats for me!)
So as a result, eyebags for the first time in army life started appearing on my *ahem* handsome face! ha.. quite ugly lah!.. ha.. but I juz realised tat the 2 red patches on my face is getting better.. probably is becos of the cool weather these few days! hope it remains like tat! =)
I shall not elaborate the various injects or how we detected it and stuff or once we found the bomb wat we muz do, becos' very lazy lah.. moreover, may be a military secret! so ya.. but wat I can tell u is tat, even though I am sure of which points to run, wat I'm afraid whenever I'm out there doing duty, is tat once I'm nervous, I start to worry and my mind wld suddenly go blank and afraid tat I wld forget wat to do and stuff and in the end, kenna scolded or punished by my PC! this is so scary lah! I was almost at the verge of breaking out whenever I do duty.. not to mention the tremendous amt of stress I have when my OC was juz behind me in a car seeing me perform the checks! You wld be like super stress, becos you are worried tat wat's on ur OC's mind (maybe he will suddenly throw u a situation and u are expected to react accordingly, and this is wat I'm afraid of!).. haiz..
Today one of my shift mates kenna scolded by dun koe who lah.. I think its either a military personnel or a civilian (can't remember who lah)!! The person scold my friend an inflexible 3G soldier.. and the 3G stands for gong, goon-do, ga-bra.. so bad rite?? now, after he told his friends abt it, ppl start calling him a 3G soldier.. ha.. but a bit poor thing la!
Anyway, when the news of tat exercise charlie is over, we were so happy! we were all shacked out, becos of the continous drills and stuff.. haiz! so glad its over!
Oh.. during one of my duty (which is in a very ulu place), I got so bored tat I thought of a very 'cold'/lame joke and I actually asked everyone in my shift becos' today I nothing to do mah.. ha.. anyway, the question is as follows:
"What bag does Darth Vader carry?".... answer is........ "Duffel Bag"!! ha.. very 'cold'/lame rite?? ha.. well.. guys who went to NS, u shld koe wats a Duffel Bag?!?! =)
ok.. enuf abt camp stuff! I was like not at home for like 4 days (so tat means I'm deprived of my computer/blogging).. so today in total, over the period of 4 days, I've received 49 emails! *gulpz*
So today I cld not take it liaoz (becos' being cooped up in camp too long.. and also I want to reward myself for a job well done during charlie!).. I went out on a wkday for the first time in my NSF life!!
So below is my description!
First and foremost, I had wanted to be in this place, but didn't have the chance to, and finally today, I get to go, and tat place is Carl's Jr (located at Marina Square Shopping Centre Level 1 & one more place but I forgot where).. To find out more abt Carl's Junior, check out this webbie (http://www.carlsjr.com/home/).. it was enjoyable.. the burger is like super big lah (2 times the size of a MaChicken burger!).. the menus are like Burger King but the good thing is tat the soft drinks there are FREE FLOW!! you drink until you peng! ha.. I had 4 16 oz cups of different soft drinks! I'm determine to make my money's worth! Hey.. its NOT cheap! The meal I ate today costs $8.60 (the burger ALONE costs $5.50).. expensive rite?? but its quite worth it lah.. so no point complaining.. below are some of the photos (All taken with my Nokia 6230) to prove wat I've said:
(a)
My order no. frm Carl's Jr! Nice no. huh!
So as a result, eyebags for the first time in army life started appearing on my *ahem* handsome face! ha.. quite ugly lah!.. ha.. but I juz realised tat the 2 red patches on my face is getting better.. probably is becos of the cool weather these few days! hope it remains like tat! =)
I shall not elaborate the various injects or how we detected it and stuff or once we found the bomb wat we muz do, becos' very lazy lah.. moreover, may be a military secret! so ya.. but wat I can tell u is tat, even though I am sure of which points to run, wat I'm afraid whenever I'm out there doing duty, is tat once I'm nervous, I start to worry and my mind wld suddenly go blank and afraid tat I wld forget wat to do and stuff and in the end, kenna scolded or punished by my PC! this is so scary lah! I was almost at the verge of breaking out whenever I do duty.. not to mention the tremendous amt of stress I have when my OC was juz behind me in a car seeing me perform the checks! You wld be like super stress, becos you are worried tat wat's on ur OC's mind (maybe he will suddenly throw u a situation and u are expected to react accordingly, and this is wat I'm afraid of!).. haiz..
Today one of my shift mates kenna scolded by dun koe who lah.. I think its either a military personnel or a civilian (can't remember who lah)!! The person scold my friend an inflexible 3G soldier.. and the 3G stands for gong, goon-do, ga-bra.. so bad rite?? now, after he told his friends abt it, ppl start calling him a 3G soldier.. ha.. but a bit poor thing la!
Anyway, when the news of tat exercise charlie is over, we were so happy! we were all shacked out, becos of the continous drills and stuff.. haiz! so glad its over!
Oh.. during one of my duty (which is in a very ulu place), I got so bored tat I thought of a very 'cold'/lame joke and I actually asked everyone in my shift becos' today I nothing to do mah.. ha.. anyway, the question is as follows:
"What bag does Darth Vader carry?".... answer is........ "Duffel Bag"!! ha.. very 'cold'/lame rite?? ha.. well.. guys who went to NS, u shld koe wats a Duffel Bag?!?! =)
ok.. enuf abt camp stuff! I was like not at home for like 4 days (so tat means I'm deprived of my computer/blogging).. so today in total, over the period of 4 days, I've received 49 emails! *gulpz*
So today I cld not take it liaoz (becos' being cooped up in camp too long.. and also I want to reward myself for a job well done during charlie!).. I went out on a wkday for the first time in my NSF life!!
So below is my description!
First and foremost, I had wanted to be in this place, but didn't have the chance to, and finally today, I get to go, and tat place is Carl's Jr (located at Marina Square Shopping Centre Level 1 & one more place but I forgot where).. To find out more abt Carl's Junior, check out this webbie (http://www.carlsjr.com/home/).. it was enjoyable.. the burger is like super big lah (2 times the size of a MaChicken burger!).. the menus are like Burger King but the good thing is tat the soft drinks there are FREE FLOW!! you drink until you peng! ha.. I had 4 16 oz cups of different soft drinks! I'm determine to make my money's worth! Hey.. its NOT cheap! The meal I ate today costs $8.60 (the burger ALONE costs $5.50).. expensive rite?? but its quite worth it lah.. so no point complaining.. below are some of the photos (All taken with my Nokia 6230) to prove wat I've said:
(a)
My order no. frm Carl's Jr! Nice no. huh!
(b)
Quote frm Carl's Jr.
(c)
Western Bacon Cheeseburger; consist of 1 charboiled all-beef patty, 2 strips of bacon, 1 slice of melted american cheese,crispy onion rings and tangy BBQ sauce on a sesame seed bun.
(d)
Fries with chilli beef and cheese.
Yupz! Interesting right?? Getting on with the blog before you are tempted by the photos! ha..
After the lunch @ Carl's Jr, I went to watch "One More Chance" the movie by Jack Neo!
I must say tat this is a good movie, though the magazine only give 1.5 stars out of 5 stars for its review! I dun really see wat's bad in this movie! Its good lah, becos' it really speaks of real life!
The movie really lived up to its motto, "Guarantee to make you laugh & cry" becos it really does loh!! I laugh at certain parts and I cried at certain parts! This is one movie which make me cry so much sia! Its so touching!! Well.. I shall not be a spoiler as to tell you wat happen and stuff.. So if you are interested, go to the cinema and catch the movie urself ya!!
So I'm proud to say tat after I've seen this movie, I'm now a fan of Jack Neo movies, despite my friends telling me how bad his movies is or how not worth the money tat you pay for!
So go and catch the movie if you can lah hor! Definately NOT a waste of money!
ok lah! Guess my blog is not as boring as u thought, becos' I got photos mah! (man.. I think I'm getting hooked to this photo blogging thing!) ha..
so its me back to camp tml, 0745, Sembawang Air Base.. (sianz!)
Shacked all the way,
<<< abriel >>>
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
1.. 2.. 3.. Change!
Well.. change is the world to describe this blogpost indeed.. a few events tat happened as to why I said so..
(1) The most obvious one is tat I've change my skin of this blogpost.. well.. you wld realise tat it has become much simpler and not so complicated! Tiresome of seeing the same skin as well lah.. so I change loh!
Some of you wld definately prefer my previous skin, but then, its my blog.. so I dun care! haha.. =P
(2) Yesterday at camp, manage to get to know 2 new guys much better becos' was doing duty with them, so got a chance to koe them more! One of course is Samuel and the other is Ming Jun (who is my other friend, John, who is currently in shift 3, good friend in the shift!.. ya get wat I mean rite?? In other words, he is also a good friend of mine when he is in shift lah!).. got to koe both of them more and more each day.. hope I mount with the rest of the newbies soon, so I can get to know them better!!
*Actually, I have known these few ppl quite well liaoz: Anli, Randy (btw, he now treats me as his good friend/da ge), michael, samuel, ming jun..
But of course, I chatted with Ming Jun for 2 solid hours yesterday lah becos' I was doing main gate with him mah! so got to koe him more!! a nice guy juz as wat John had told me! Ming Jun is actually those quiet guy lah!! but surprisingly I'm able to talk to him loh.. =).. see how friendly I am!! ha... *thick skinned*..
(3) Changing of duty attire frm a smart 4 to a long 4 was done yesterday.. it is super hot sia especially in the afternoon! But the rationale of having long 4 is tat to prevent dengue fever cases!
(4)
Go figure!
ok lah.. I shall stop here and sleep liaoz.. 0745, Sembawang Air Base.
I hate standby days (which is tml!!),
<<< abriel >>>
(1) The most obvious one is tat I've change my skin of this blogpost.. well.. you wld realise tat it has become much simpler and not so complicated! Tiresome of seeing the same skin as well lah.. so I change loh!
Some of you wld definately prefer my previous skin, but then, its my blog.. so I dun care! haha.. =P
(2) Yesterday at camp, manage to get to know 2 new guys much better becos' was doing duty with them, so got a chance to koe them more! One of course is Samuel and the other is Ming Jun (who is my other friend, John, who is currently in shift 3, good friend in the shift!.. ya get wat I mean rite?? In other words, he is also a good friend of mine when he is in shift lah!).. got to koe both of them more and more each day.. hope I mount with the rest of the newbies soon, so I can get to know them better!!
*Actually, I have known these few ppl quite well liaoz: Anli, Randy (btw, he now treats me as his good friend/da ge), michael, samuel, ming jun..
But of course, I chatted with Ming Jun for 2 solid hours yesterday lah becos' I was doing main gate with him mah! so got to koe him more!! a nice guy juz as wat John had told me! Ming Jun is actually those quiet guy lah!! but surprisingly I'm able to talk to him loh.. =).. see how friendly I am!! ha... *thick skinned*..
(3) Changing of duty attire frm a smart 4 to a long 4 was done yesterday.. it is super hot sia especially in the afternoon! But the rationale of having long 4 is tat to prevent dengue fever cases!
(4)
(L-R: Yizhou, Carlos, Ben, Yeow Siang, Andric & me!)
Today the mounting duty mounted at 7am.. becos' today is my squadron 22nd anniversary.. so got free movie and makan at Suntec Eng Wah Cinema! The movie we watched was "Herbie: Fully Loaded"... its a good show! Go catch it if you are into racing!! Its quite good.. at some parts of the show, it was so touching tat I almost cried! At least I dun see a lot of ppl sleeping (at least for my shift!), so guess the show muz be of some entertainment value!
Well.. Ming jun so poor thing.. in the movie cinema, no one sat with him.. so john, andric and I went over and sat with him! we 4 had a great time lah!!
Then once the show ended, the whole squadron went to the toilet and it so filled up tat ppl have the queue! All the cubicles and urinals were occupied! its like 30 ppl is in the toilet at once! ok... enuf of the toilet issue!
Well.. then after which, we all proceeded back to the VIP room for makan and lucky draw.. the lucky draw was like a fluke lah.. most of the prizes went to the mounting shift (who was at camp doing duty!) and the standby shift (which went there straight frm their hse, and they bk out since yesterday morning.. so machiam is like their leave loh!.. those tat P1 then need to go back immediately after show.. or else, its like the standby shift 2359 then bk in tonite!.. so they somehow "earn" it lah!)
Well.. the photo u see on ur left, was taken outside the cinema! We had some candid moments lah.. like my friend actually accidentally approached my RSM's daughter to take a photo of us, so in the end, my RSM came into the picture and took a photo with us.. but then, its like after the photo turn out, its not clear anymore.. its in fact shaky!! maybe she dun koe how to use the camera?? haiz.. wasted!.. so the pic I posted here is the best lah! I've got other photos taken today, but not with me.. its with another person.. he had not given me the photos yet.. will upload when I get the photos! =)
*Oh.. before I cont, I wanna thank Andrew for teaching me this feature of uploading photos thru' blogger! Thanx bro! U're the best! =)
(5) My new PC is super garang lah! He gives drills like 6.30pm and 11.30pm! 11.30pm being the worse, becos' you have to run the furthest! Heard tat last time, this PC gives drills like 5am! a bit the garang rite? haiz.. have his pic.. will show u when its ready!
Before I leave, I shall leave some words of wisdom (which I heard on the radio the other day on Class 95 FM, which a mother had spoken these words to her child.):
"These days, there is no right or wrong. Its just subjective."
Go figure!
ok lah.. I shall stop here and sleep liaoz.. 0745, Sembawang Air Base.
I hate standby days (which is tml!!),
<<< abriel >>>
Monday, September 05, 2005
Hate my standby days!
Well.. today I reached super early in camp, becos' the buses (both 135 and 169) came early.. its like 6.58am, I reached camp.. it was never so early I've reach!
Then when I was in camp, I went to fall in for PT (Physical Training) for it was instructed yesterday by my sgt during dismounting! haiz.. so today my new PC (2LT Ivan) plus my previous PC (2LT Samuel), with both of them combine, our PT was a jialat jialat one! quite siong I muz say, considering I've not exercised like in ages!
Then it was back to our bunks and sleep for me! but somehow cld not sleep.. juz close my eyes for a while.. Then juz when I thought no one accompany me to eat lunch, suddenly one of my friend frm HQ is looking for lunch kakkis.. so we went together.. but before tat, I have to pass up a suggestion form (which I'm always doing it but most of the time, it got rejected.. hope it works this time!) to my sgt.. Just then, I saw one of my former sgt who has been transferred to shift 2 and due to his MC yesterday, he came back to bunk and slack frm 8am-5pm.. so the 2 sgts also followed us loh.. so now, its like having 3 lunch kakkis! So happy!
Then after lunch, we got a brief recap lesson of our duties frm my new PC.. then after which, its a get-to-know-you session where we give a brief introduction abt ourselves! And there is this particular guy called Samuel, I wld think tat he is the "kai1-xing1-guo3" of my shift for he talks a lot of cock.. and he also is a motivator lah.. becos' even though he is IPPT Gold, but then I actually saw him pushing and motivating one of his friends (whom was in GOH shift last time but due to his medical problem, he was out of GOH) to run loh.. quite a good guy.. he looks those kind of having xiao3 cong1 ming2 type.. u koe wat I mean?? Anyway, with such a shift and such a superb PC, its definitely been a blessing for me to be in this shift sia! Looking forward the mounting session tml, becos' I want to see how the shift works together!.. but tml nite, sure got drill, becos threat con charlie coming this fri-next mon.. haiz.. =(
Oh.. this wed (which is our dismounting day) we going to have a squadron day becos' its my squadron anniversary.. so we are going to Suntec City for a movie (Herbie: Fully Loaded) and we will have makan there and then a lucky draw and stuff.. well.. quite happening ah.. ha.. though its nothing much, but at least I get to watch a FREE movie! ha.. tell u more details when I blog again on wed lah!
In the meantimes, its 2359 at Sembawang Air Base for roll call.. so have to go back later, becos' tml mounting duty!
Herbie, here I come,
<<< abriel >>>
Then when I was in camp, I went to fall in for PT (Physical Training) for it was instructed yesterday by my sgt during dismounting! haiz.. so today my new PC (2LT Ivan) plus my previous PC (2LT Samuel), with both of them combine, our PT was a jialat jialat one! quite siong I muz say, considering I've not exercised like in ages!
Then it was back to our bunks and sleep for me! but somehow cld not sleep.. juz close my eyes for a while.. Then juz when I thought no one accompany me to eat lunch, suddenly one of my friend frm HQ is looking for lunch kakkis.. so we went together.. but before tat, I have to pass up a suggestion form (which I'm always doing it but most of the time, it got rejected.. hope it works this time!) to my sgt.. Just then, I saw one of my former sgt who has been transferred to shift 2 and due to his MC yesterday, he came back to bunk and slack frm 8am-5pm.. so the 2 sgts also followed us loh.. so now, its like having 3 lunch kakkis! So happy!
Then after lunch, we got a brief recap lesson of our duties frm my new PC.. then after which, its a get-to-know-you session where we give a brief introduction abt ourselves! And there is this particular guy called Samuel, I wld think tat he is the "kai1-xing1-guo3" of my shift for he talks a lot of cock.. and he also is a motivator lah.. becos' even though he is IPPT Gold, but then I actually saw him pushing and motivating one of his friends (whom was in GOH shift last time but due to his medical problem, he was out of GOH) to run loh.. quite a good guy.. he looks those kind of having xiao3 cong1 ming2 type.. u koe wat I mean?? Anyway, with such a shift and such a superb PC, its definitely been a blessing for me to be in this shift sia! Looking forward the mounting session tml, becos' I want to see how the shift works together!.. but tml nite, sure got drill, becos threat con charlie coming this fri-next mon.. haiz.. =(
Oh.. this wed (which is our dismounting day) we going to have a squadron day becos' its my squadron anniversary.. so we are going to Suntec City for a movie (Herbie: Fully Loaded) and we will have makan there and then a lucky draw and stuff.. well.. quite happening ah.. ha.. though its nothing much, but at least I get to watch a FREE movie! ha.. tell u more details when I blog again on wed lah!
In the meantimes, its 2359 at Sembawang Air Base for roll call.. so have to go back later, becos' tml mounting duty!
Herbie, here I come,
<<< abriel >>>
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Walking down the aile!
The duty yesterday doesn't seem as bad as I thought (becos' of new ppl and stuff), becos' its like in a few mins (becos' of my *ahem* friendly nature), I get to koe them.. and after juz 1 mounting, we are like friends loh which we have known for a long time.. in fact, I koe quite a no. of their names liaoz after like 24 hrs! =).. but yesterday manning strength was only 14, so quite bad.. so everyone actually increased their hrs of duty.. haiz.. was appointed a CISCO duty yesterday, so my duty standard is 12 hr!
Well.. today is the day for Matthew & Claudia's Tjow wedding.. It was held at Saint Andrew's Village (the old Saint Andrew's Primary School, which is my school lah! so being there today certainly brings back lots of memories!)
Yesterday while I was on duty, Carlise SMS me and ask me whether izzit possible for me to play a hymn for Tjow's wedding today! I said ok lah.. so its like after I dismounted today, I rushed home in a cab and then bathe and Carlise gave me a lift.. Thanx Carlise =)
So I met with all my church friends again.. and whilst I was practicing, guess who I saw! I actually saw Silver Ang (who was a contestant in the recent Project Superstar which ended like 2 days ago! Silver was the top 6 finalists!.. so ya..).. was quite shocked to see her lah, and after much probing and gossips, Silver is actually Tjow's good friend! Man.. Singapore is such a small world lah!
It was like close to a 600 strong crowd and thank God, I felt very peaceful and not nervous abt the chords n stuff.. but at one time, I stopped playing becos' I got too carried away with my playing, tat I forgot the chords.. ha.. but I recovered in time lah! Was also sang one song, "Power Of Your Love" so last minute by the request of the lady host of the event, Carlise.. so thank God the item went well and my voice was sustained! =)
Well.. took only 12 pics of the wedding.. becos' I not a very pro photographer.. so no nice pose and stuff.. moreover got official photographer so I dun need to be 'extra'!
After the wedding, it was time for a photo shoot.. and last of all came the OCC members (my church lah!!).. but it was too big.. so we split with youths and all..
After the photo-taking session, I manage to chat with Tjow;s best man abt his stuff and all. apparently, Tjow today wear the rank of sgt in his police No. 1 uniform, whilst his best man was an inspector who is in No. 1 uniform.. so I chatted with him and stuff lah.. abt his police training and all.. he's a nice chap to talk with lah.. but its a pity I am hungry, so I proceeded to eat my dunch (ie, dinner + lunch).. quite a big spread.. I ate till I 'surrendered'.. haha..
oh.. you want to see the photos?? pls. go to the photo gallery column and look at 'matt and claudia's tjow wedding photos'..
ok lah.. gtg liaoz.. bathe and probably sleep.. so tired.. bking in tml.. haiz =(
Shack cannot think,
<<< abriel >>>
Well.. today is the day for Matthew & Claudia's Tjow wedding.. It was held at Saint Andrew's Village (the old Saint Andrew's Primary School, which is my school lah! so being there today certainly brings back lots of memories!)
Yesterday while I was on duty, Carlise SMS me and ask me whether izzit possible for me to play a hymn for Tjow's wedding today! I said ok lah.. so its like after I dismounted today, I rushed home in a cab and then bathe and Carlise gave me a lift.. Thanx Carlise =)
So I met with all my church friends again.. and whilst I was practicing, guess who I saw! I actually saw Silver Ang (who was a contestant in the recent Project Superstar which ended like 2 days ago! Silver was the top 6 finalists!.. so ya..).. was quite shocked to see her lah, and after much probing and gossips, Silver is actually Tjow's good friend! Man.. Singapore is such a small world lah!
It was like close to a 600 strong crowd and thank God, I felt very peaceful and not nervous abt the chords n stuff.. but at one time, I stopped playing becos' I got too carried away with my playing, tat I forgot the chords.. ha.. but I recovered in time lah! Was also sang one song, "Power Of Your Love" so last minute by the request of the lady host of the event, Carlise.. so thank God the item went well and my voice was sustained! =)
Well.. took only 12 pics of the wedding.. becos' I not a very pro photographer.. so no nice pose and stuff.. moreover got official photographer so I dun need to be 'extra'!
After the wedding, it was time for a photo shoot.. and last of all came the OCC members (my church lah!!).. but it was too big.. so we split with youths and all..
After the photo-taking session, I manage to chat with Tjow;s best man abt his stuff and all. apparently, Tjow today wear the rank of sgt in his police No. 1 uniform, whilst his best man was an inspector who is in No. 1 uniform.. so I chatted with him and stuff lah.. abt his police training and all.. he's a nice chap to talk with lah.. but its a pity I am hungry, so I proceeded to eat my dunch (ie, dinner + lunch).. quite a big spread.. I ate till I 'surrendered'.. haha..
oh.. you want to see the photos?? pls. go to the photo gallery column and look at 'matt and claudia's tjow wedding photos'..
ok lah.. gtg liaoz.. bathe and probably sleep.. so tired.. bking in tml.. haiz =(
Shack cannot think,
<<< abriel >>>
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Separation is hard!
Separation is indeed hard!!.. Pls. dun be mistaken abt me separating with my girlfriend or sumthing (FYI: I'm still SINGLE & AVAILABLE!).. its juz tat my GOH shift ppl has juz been reshuffled into the 2 shifts to form a 3 shift system.. This means tat the GOH ppl has been separated more or less.. Those tat are good friends or form a very good clique has been separated!
For me, its not an exception! My P1 clique has been separated.. the occasional jokes we make fun of each other (even though they are irritating and sometimes make me fuming mad), but its these stuff tat creates a bond between us.. and now, we are all separated, this is so so hard! As u koe me, I'm quite a sendimental guy and I treasure friendships a lot, so this breaking up thing is making me real sad.. I actually shed tears yesterday nite b4 I slept whenever I thought of the issue of breaking up! haiz.. *tears*
Psst! Tell u a secret.. the newbies (which is in other shift) is actually worst than me.. heard frm my friends and officers tat today is the last day they together in their shift.. so its like after they dismount, they felt so shitty tat most of them actually cried their eyes out, as if there is no tml! ha.. serious.. I'm not exaggerating!! So you see.. guys do cry too!! This really shows how much we guys treasure friendships!
So becos' its like my new shift is mounting on sat (this means I can go to Tjow's wedding but not Church anniversary becos' I mounting on tat day!.. if I mount on mon - as in the original plan - then I wld be able to attend it loh! haiz..).. anyway, becos' of my duty on sat, therefore, I wld get off tml (fri) and go back either tml nite or sat morning will depend tml loh.. my sgt will call tml! haiz.. =(..
One thing good abt my new shift, is tat I'll get a new PC and this PC is super good and welfare! Had mounted duty with him quite a no. of times! He is an all round nice guy sia! So thank God for tat! =)
Oh.. today is the RSAF Day Parade and wat I can say is tat its quite waste of time lah! The parade actually is very simple only, but they make it like very grand and difficult, and we actually did 8 rehearsals (4-5 hrs each) for it.. wat a waste of time! Thank goodness in a jiffy (think its abt 45 mins) it was over and the GOH contingnet ppl did NOT faint.. only 2-3 ppl frm the supporting contingent actually fainted!! its quite obvious when at the back of you, suddenly u heard rifles juz producing a loud 'thud' on the cement ground, and u immediately koe tat person has fainted or simply put it in parade terms, 'drop'! well.. guess those supporting contingents did not conditioned themselves well enuf.. only *ahem* GOH personnel has conditioned ourselves so well tat we did not 'drop'.. we have indeed lift up a good name for GOH! =)
ok lah.. Well.. at least I get to rest tml.. ok lah.. I'm tired ppl! Hope to blog tml!!
Separation is hard =(,
<<< abriel >>>
For me, its not an exception! My P1 clique has been separated.. the occasional jokes we make fun of each other (even though they are irritating and sometimes make me fuming mad), but its these stuff tat creates a bond between us.. and now, we are all separated, this is so so hard! As u koe me, I'm quite a sendimental guy and I treasure friendships a lot, so this breaking up thing is making me real sad.. I actually shed tears yesterday nite b4 I slept whenever I thought of the issue of breaking up! haiz.. *tears*
Psst! Tell u a secret.. the newbies (which is in other shift) is actually worst than me.. heard frm my friends and officers tat today is the last day they together in their shift.. so its like after they dismount, they felt so shitty tat most of them actually cried their eyes out, as if there is no tml! ha.. serious.. I'm not exaggerating!! So you see.. guys do cry too!! This really shows how much we guys treasure friendships!
So becos' its like my new shift is mounting on sat (this means I can go to Tjow's wedding but not Church anniversary becos' I mounting on tat day!.. if I mount on mon - as in the original plan - then I wld be able to attend it loh! haiz..).. anyway, becos' of my duty on sat, therefore, I wld get off tml (fri) and go back either tml nite or sat morning will depend tml loh.. my sgt will call tml! haiz.. =(..
One thing good abt my new shift, is tat I'll get a new PC and this PC is super good and welfare! Had mounted duty with him quite a no. of times! He is an all round nice guy sia! So thank God for tat! =)
Oh.. today is the RSAF Day Parade and wat I can say is tat its quite waste of time lah! The parade actually is very simple only, but they make it like very grand and difficult, and we actually did 8 rehearsals (4-5 hrs each) for it.. wat a waste of time! Thank goodness in a jiffy (think its abt 45 mins) it was over and the GOH contingnet ppl did NOT faint.. only 2-3 ppl frm the supporting contingent actually fainted!! its quite obvious when at the back of you, suddenly u heard rifles juz producing a loud 'thud' on the cement ground, and u immediately koe tat person has fainted or simply put it in parade terms, 'drop'! well.. guess those supporting contingents did not conditioned themselves well enuf.. only *ahem* GOH personnel has conditioned ourselves so well tat we did not 'drop'.. we have indeed lift up a good name for GOH! =)
ok lah.. Well.. at least I get to rest tml.. ok lah.. I'm tired ppl! Hope to blog tml!!
Separation is hard =(,
<<< abriel >>>
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