A tiring weekend!

Hey! It has been a somewhat tiring weekend for me.. here's what happen..

Saturday (05/08/06)

Booked in on Friday (4/8) nite itself becos instruction has been given by my RSM to stay-in lah.. so ya.. so I shared cab with Boon Sen to camp and we bk in earlier, as we want to catch the last episode of the 9pm show on Channel 8, Love @ 0 Degrees C.. the ending for me was quite disappointing though.. I would have hope tat Yiqin (played by Rui-en) would choose Guobin (played by Julian Hee) rather than Weixiang (played by Elvin Ng).. but haix.. dun talk abt it.. Guess MediaCorp dramas are giving a different ending, rather than the expected! After which, I slept at abt 2230..

Woke up at 0645 but I'm too lazy to wake up, so I woke up at 0830 instead, becos its anyway, 1015 then fall in to draw arms mahz.. So anyway, at breakfast (which was the usual instant noodles) and bathe and stuff.. Fall in at 1015, drew arms and off I went to National Stadium for the last NDP rehearsal before the actual event happening on 09 August..

When we went there, we had our lunch, which was SFI (read this: DISAPPOINTING but somewhat expected lah!).. then we went for a few runs, before we had our DINNER (this time its better.. its Pizza Hut!) at 1500 *gulpz*.. this is the earliest so far becos our normal usual run wld be at 1833.. so ya.. oh well..

* Photo on right: The grandstand view of the whole RSAF GOH Contingent during our actual rehearsal run. Dun we look good? =)
I've got one friend who is in Girls' Bridage contingent who asked me on MSN as to how come our lines are so straight? Ha.. quite a silly question actually.. for those of you all who dun koe, its actually we are considered "cheating" becos at every 5 columns, there would be markings.. but these markings are not very prominent! It all lies within the control of the first 6 men!.. so ya.. so if 1st 6 men really take a crooked dressing, then the whole contingent would be crooked.. so ya.. so now its like not only the 6 men have to do their part, we ourselves (each and every one in the contingent) have to put in our 100% effort in making the contingent as straight as possible! so ya..
(Photo courtesy of Boon Kian of Changi Airbase)

Then when we started to fall in for the initial runs, Ann Tat saw me and kept a smiling face and said to me that "Yes! I'm reserve!".. I was like thinking to myself, "is he really happy or he is only putting up a front?".. haix.. I first thought he have a space in the actual contingent liaox, but haix..

After our dinner, my grp of friends (Boon Sen, Kok Wei, Yizhou & myself) wanted to take a photo at the National Stadium becos this is the last chance to take liaox, but however, due to my forgetfulness, I forgot to bring my camera.. sianx.. =(.. so didnt take photos lah.. haix..

* Photo on left: The last look at the National Stadium before it wld be demonlished and make way for the new sports hub. It feels weird actually.. it wells up a lot of feelings within me whenever I see the National Stadium! It looks like a common venue for NDP year after year, but now this being the last NDP at National Stadium, it would be quite sad! I'm sure Singaporeans wld feel the same when they attend the Parade on 09 August.. a sense of nostalgence (if there is such a word?!?) ..
(Photo courtesy of Boon Kian of Changi Airbase)

By 1930, we reach camp.. hear my officer talk until like 2010.. then went up to bunk to pack my things for Wed (9/8) becos Mon (7/8) I on dismounting off and Tues (8/8) I on mass off.. so ya.. then was so hungry that I ate 2 cups of instant noodles, a pkt of sweet potato chips and 5-6 strands of MacDonald's french fries (my friends ordered.. so tats why!).. and mind you.. tats my supper!.. I'm a pig rite.. ha.. =P

Then watched the finals of Superband on Channel U.. Wasn't really happy with the results though becos I was expecting J3 to like win, but instead Mi-Lu-Bing (aka Milo Peng) won the title of Superband..

* Photo on right: Mi-Lu-Bing the ULTIMATE winner of Superband!
(Photo courtesy of MediaCorp, Channel U)

But its ok lah.. as long as tat stupid rock band, Lucify, dun win can liaox and yes lah.. they didn't win =).. so ya.. my whole bunk mates were like condemning Lucify lah.. dun koe wat they singing at all loh!

Was super tired.. slept like at 1030.. I really slept all the way thry lah.. I dun koe why I'm so tired loh.. haix..

Sunday (06/08/06)

Woke up at 0700 this morning in bunk for duty today (didn't bk out yesterday becos no pt lah..).. Felt super sianx liaox becos today wkend duty.. yes.. not much duty to do, but then again, all other airbases have their offs (including Monday), but here we are doing duty.. I told yesterday to all my friends frm various bases tat we are mounting duty today, and their common reaction was like "so fierce ah?".. so ya.. haix.. super sianx.. I shld be out there enjoying my wkend loh.. and now look wat happen? =(

Duty was 8 hrs.. quite normal for a wkend! Usually, my working hrs wld be 12 hrs loh, but today better lah, becos its the wkend.. so ya..

Nothing really much happened today.. but I heard rumours (or maybe confirmations) liaox abt my placement in the new shift right after RSAF Day.. Well.. I have no choice as to whether which shift I shld go, becos I can't choose.. This shift thingy is planned by my upper management.. so ya.. even if I dun want to the shift, I still have to lah.. but I dun think it wld be long, becos its definately less than 10 duties left after RSAF Day lah.. so ya.. it all depends lah.. we shall see how when the time gets closer loh!

Monday (07/08/06)

Dismounted duty today.. Quite happy becos its like mount duty 1 day and off 2 days (1 day dismounting off and 1 day mass off!).. But it was not a smooth one though, becos b4 we dismounted, instruction has been given by my RSM to clean our SAR21 rifles for NDP on Wed, 09 August.. so we had no choice but to clean it lah, becos we on mass off tml mahz.. So ya..

While we cleaning, my officer confirm the news tat we wld be broken up into the shifts once we finish RSAF Day Parade on 01 Sept 2006! And for tat, I also koe my new shift liaox! I juz hope my new officer as well as shift mates would be ok lah.. hope its not as bad as I tot loh, though there are some of my former shift mates in the shift (the new shift tat I would be going to tat is) too.. so ya.. juz hope I can adapt well lah.. but anyway, tat is like in a mth's time thing.. so ya.. at least now, I koe which shift I go to liaox, so it somewhere cleared the air and suspense which I always have before this news was been told to us! =)

By the time I finish cleaning my rifle and book out, it was close to 1100 liaox.. then I bk out with 2 bags lah: my civi bag as well as my NDP goodie bag (which was full of things lah!)..

* Photo on left: NDP goodie bag! Isn't it fully packed with stuff? I think the whole bag weights close to 1kg-1.5kg lah!
(Photo courtesy of NDP 2006 website!)

Came home.. watched TV and ate my lunch.. then bathe and then had my nap (slept frm 1410-1700)! Was too shacked lah..

On the computer and checked my emails and stuff.. ate dinner and then back to computer and blog this blogpost loh!!

Plans for my off tml, going with Yizhou to Golden Mile Complex to take brochures for our Malaysia ORD trip.. Glad tat finally, plans for our scheduled Malaysia trip are on the way! =).. Lets see how things goes ba! =).. Just hope tml we wld be able to find the right package lah! =)

Ok lah.. gtg and surf ard the Internet liaox.. Cya ppl..

Oh.. I'm so getting into the NDP fever lah! Can u feel it? =)

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 73 DAYS to ORD!!

2 Days to NDP 2006,
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