I'm back!

Well.. a quick update before I log off for cell later at my hse..

Today did not do P1, becos the guy whom I did P1 for last tues, do for me today.. so ya..

Today did the usual stuff at camp loh.. At first I thought I can skip fatigue work, but never did I expect tat I actually have to do it somehow.. haix.. so ya..

Most of the time today in my bunk, I was alone.. becos its either they are mounting/dismounting/P1 which went down for duty.. so had a lot of alone time in bunk.. And as usual, besides the usual undisturbed rest I have, I've been feeling a sense of loneliness.. I dun koe why.. But I think its becos of my usual clique (which happens to be my P1 grp too!) is not here.. Usually in bunk, I wld take them for 'granted' but when they are not here, I feel this sense of loneliness..

Not only today do I feel this way!! The past P1 grp which I was in was also like tat.. I seemed to be ok with them, but actually, I can't really click well and was juz like going with the flow.. Unlike with my grp, I can speak and express myself more with my P1 grp.. If u notice me carefully, if you put me with another P1 grp, u wld see me like a bit quiet and like draw myself a line between the ppl in the grp and myself.. but when its my P1 grp, you wld see a different ME!

And of course, as days goes by in GOH Shift, I can start to see those who really have a attitude which I didnt like and also, I start to see the true colours of some ppl which I did not see in the past! Man.. this is scary! As much as possible, I wld try to stay away frm these ppl becos if I associate with them any further, I tell you, I wld like 'blow up' one day and start scolding ppl! I dun want to do tat!! Tat wld be an ugly sight!

In fact, in my mind now, I can immediately think of a person's name who really has an attitude problem (will not disclose his name as usual!), but his actions/attitude towards the shift and to some ppl is really bad! Of course, I wld try as much as not to think or care abt it, but then again, who doesn't remembers bad things? Its very hard to forgive ya koe, becos he is starting to hurt me emotionally (I dun koe whether did he koe abt this or did he meant it as a joke? If its suppose to be a joke, I'm quite sure its without him knowing! and with a sharp tongue like his, I'm sure he did it on purpose! I remember when I did gate duty with him last wk, the whole 4 hrs of duty was quite quiet!! I think if u add up to our conversations, it wld only amt to 5 mins!)

When I first saw the detailing tat my duty was with him, I was like thinking to myself, 'die die.. sure nothing to talk!'.. but I decide to banish tat thought and give it a try.. now ah (after doing duty with him last wk), I really think tat there is nothing between us to talk.. becos' even if I try to initate the talking, he wld sometimes juz brush me off or juz keep quiet.. like tat I koe he not interested! And also, sometimes I wld not want to talk to him, becos if he does not feel like talking and I talk to him, watever I talk, he wld like "shoot" back at me, and then as a result, say some hurting words.. so I'm really worried one day if I really cannot take it, wat will happen between him and me? Will we quarrel? Will we fight? Arghh.. dun want to think of the future! Juz hope my sgt doesn't put us together again during duty.. *keeping my fingers cross*..

Anyway, enuf abt him liaox!!

Its weird lah! I suddenly feel so good after blogging abt this!! I think I vented my anger lahx on this blog! So ya.. Guess this helps! =).. now dun feel so bad and angry liaox! Before I blog abt this, I was like super angry and was finding someone to tell it with! So ya.. Now, I tell it to you readers (who koes how many ppl rite now is reading my blog! haha..), I feel so much better! =)

Actually didnt want to come home today but then my aunty is coming to my hse for dinner tonite, so at least have to show face a bit lah, becos she seldom visits my hse mah..

So ya.. then now I blog loh!! so ya.. Listening to some really nice mp3s..

ok lah.. need to go offline soon liaox.. if u are fortunate enuf, u wld see me login after cell loh.. but dun koe I'll be able to have the strength to go online or not lah.. so ya.. =)

Again, I'm Campus Superstar crazy.. haha.. I'm a fanatic!! =)

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 194 DAYS to ORD!!

Mandopop rox,
<<< abriel >>>

Updates..

Well ppl.. I'm back! Well, as usual, quite a fair bit to blog.. so juz relax to the music whilst u read ya..

04/04/06 (Tuesday)

Was supposed to like not bk out, but then this shift mate of mine called me up like 2200 on mon (03/04) and asked me whether I cld like take over his P1 for the next day (04/04- Tuesday), becos he is sick and needs to report sick the next day. When I first heard tat, I was like quite stun in the beginning.. I was thinking to myself, "why inform me now? Cant he like did it earlier in the day or sumthing?".. I actually did not mind doing P1 on that day, becos I dun bk out mah.. but then, wat really blew me off was the last minute thingy lah! Of course, I wld have a much higher say as to whether I want to take up the offer.. However, thank God I was kind enough to do so.. But then again, I ask him to confirm with the sgt as to whether do I really need to take over the P1, or else, suddenly they tell me say dun need and then I do, then they tell me tat I did for nothing and the person cannot replace me.. like tat, I like do for free loh.. like this cannot lah!! Not say I very fussy or anything.. its juz ethics issue.. so ya..

Anyway, I ask the person to get back to me as soon as he called the sgt.. However, I wait and wait and wait.. and still did not get any reply.. so I juz take it as I do not need to do P1..

Then juz tat morning (tues 4/4), I received an SMS frm him tat he wanted me to do P1.. I was like WTH! I immediately called him back to clarify.. After much asking, he told me said tat the sgt never said anything but he volunteered to exchange P1.. I was like again WTH! Gosh! How stupid can these ppl be? Pardon me for my language in this blog becos am quite "hot" abt blogging this P1! Anyway, so ya.. My sgt never say anything abt replacing and he and his big mouth offer.. haix.. so do I have a choice? Apparently no.. then I ask him to call sgt immediately to ask him whether I still need to do P1 after he sent the SMS.. To cut the long story short, I actually helped him to call sgt becos he said he will call later and other stuff after he got his status frm the polyclinic tat very morning.... Gosh! He made me wait.. I was so impatient tat I offered to help call my sgt for him.. My sgt after confirm the person's status, then told me tat I was P1.. So I have no choice but to help do the P1.

Then its like the mounting strength for tat day is not enuf.. so guess wat! My WHOLE shift has to go down and help in staggered timings.. haix.. then becos I kenna P1 for tt day, have to go down and help mount frm 1700-1900.. and becos its my ex-PC, given his character and being so long in his shift, I roughly wld guess tat he wld practice contingency drills with us.. true enuf, at 1830, he started his normal contingency drill routine.. haix.. no choice but to carry out the drill.. SIANX!!

Initially, I tot tat the P1 I did was good becos dun need to attend CO Parade the nxt day (wed - 05/04), but then my ex PC said he dun need us.. he wld let the sgt do the duty.. I was like shocked for a moment.. how come suddenly so good? But even though its good, its not a good idea for the P1 ppl, becos its like have to go back bunk at abt 1930 and then kiwi boots and take out the smartest 4 (and iron if necessary!).. so its like after mount duty and run drill, we still need to do all these stuff.. haix.. super SIANX!!

05/04/06 (Wednesday)

So this very day, we attend CO Parade first and then we mounted duty.. CO Parade was kinda long.. My CO had a lot to say so ya.. had to stand for quite long loh.. but then we ppl of GOH used to it liaox.. so ya..

But wat shocked me was tat my CO said he understands the low manning power down at guardroom, but he and his management are trying to do something abt it (we can dream on abt having new ppl becos they are all posted out to other airbases already.. so no more for us!).. so in the meantime, he request the understanding and cooperation frm us.. So like this, wat can we do? We cant complain or anything like tat.. complain also no use.. my CO is the biggest boss ard in my squadron.. what can we do? N.O.T.H.I.N.G!! Nothing!! So we juz have to bare with it until the new batch of ppl come to help mount duty in Sept.. but by the time they come, I shld be almost trying to clear leave liaox and get ready to ORD.. haix.. Thank goodness I'm in GOH Shift, or else, I wld juz die lah in shift work! =D

Duty was all rite.. Had more than enuf rest.. all thanx to the sgt who planned my detailing.. but I'm worried for my nxt detailing though.. dun koe how it wld be like! Well.. I juz have to wait and see loh!!

My worst time of my duty was actually the dinner part! I got nearly knocked down by the day driver becos of some miscommunication (I think!). Tats not the worst! I
actually toppled 15 pkts of dinner when unloading off the rover at guardroom! What happen was it was raining heavily.. so naturally I wld try to make myself less wet as possible! But then, the first box I took off the rover was ok becos it has lesser bxes of rations.. the nxt box I took has a full box of rations.. so ya.. Then the lighter box I took out liaox.. only left the heavier box.. but sumhow I like lose balance.. manage to stable myself but the dinner box cannot make it.. I actually toppled it.. so dinner actually started to fall out.. I was like cursing and swearing at tat moment lah.. I felt like a complete idiot at tat moment! Went to restroom and took out the necessary stuff and clear.. Of course, one of my fellow RPs, Thinesh, help me to pick up the toppled dinner.. thanx ah Thinni! =).. my sgt also helped me, in a sense tat both of us were like clearing up the mess under the heavy rain.. so in the end, I was soaking wet frm head to toe.. After I cleared up the mess, I went to do duty at Main Gate (which I was 40 mins late, becos I need to sent dinner mahz.. Duty starts at 1700, but at cookhouse, 1700 then they start packing.. so after I clear up and everything and took over, it is abt 1740 liaox.. so ya.. Of course, with my wet clothing, I was expecting to like catch a cold but until now (ie, the time when I write my blog), I'm still as fit as a bull! =)

06/04/06 (Thursday)

Just before dismounting, my sgt told me tat we need as a big grp to be involved in my squadron roadshow nxt mth.. so we have to do some presentation work.. and I heard frm my officer tat my CO wants it to be impressive! Such high expectations huh? I dun even koe whether can we lift up to his expectations? After cannot meet, sure kenna scolding.. haix.. so I sometimes wonder are we juz needed to do our duty (which is to ensure the security of the base) or do we need to do other fatigue stuff like presentation? haix.. wat is the world coming to? Why muz we guys multitask like nobody's business? haix.. Guess its our national duty to perform 2 yrs of national service.. so whether this 2 yrs wld be lucky or really horrible, it all depends on ur unit but more importantly, ourselves! If we are not happy, no matter how good or welfare the unit is, we wld still not be happy! *profound huh!*

Came home today with Nasi Padang for lunch.. It was fantastic I tell you! Its been a long while since I ate Malay food! Halal food rox man! ha =)

Watched the taped program (Campus Superstar Appreciation and Thanksgiving show!.. If you did not koe, I'm actually a Campus Superstar fan! So u betcha ur every dollar tat I caught all episodes of Campus Superstar! If I cld not watch it, I wld tape it! So ya.. And becos of Campus Superstar, my love for Mandopop has returned! In fact, I'm planning to buy one of the Mandopop CDs soon! See how my budget lah!..) slept for abt 2 hrs for afternoon nap before proceeding to Toa Payoh to run some errands and also when I go there, how cld I forget the rojak? So ya.. bought and ate it for dinner! Super shiok!

Passed by Giordano.. tempted to buy a Polo Tshirt.. but then decided not to loh.. quite ex.. $26 before 15% discount (I member mah, so got 15% discount!).. anyway, shall think abt it loh.. now, I'm also like want to buy a 512mb MiniSD card for my Nokia 6280.. but see how lah.. I want to weigh my priorities.. Maybe when my payday comes, I wld buy a Pony sneakers first (always wanted to have one! It only costs $50, compare to Converse which can easily costs up to $80-$90).. so ya.. see how lah..

Came home, ate dinner and watch a bit of TV, b4 again to computer and blog, back-up stuff on CDs and then configure and play ard with my Nokia 6280 for quite a while.. now, its more or less ok liaox!

As to tml whether I'm coming home, I dun koe.. so ya.. so if u see me online, then I'm at home loh.. and whether I blog is another matter! Ha.. see if I lazy or not loh!

Ok lah.. its late liaox.. oopss.. now is like 1230 liaox.. need to sleep.. waking up in 5 hrs time to go back to camp.. haix..

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 195 DAYS to ORD!!

Campus Superstar rox,
<<< abriel >>>

Dream fulfilled!

Well.. this is a blog of a few days, so naturally it wld be quite long.. so bare with me ya? =)

Saturday (01/04/06)

Went to church loh after I blogged my last update.. Had lunch before going of course. Reached church and had music practioce (Carlise led worship). Youth service was not bad. Worship was definately Spirit led. The congregation was amazing. Suddenly those ppl which you see tat dun come so often to church, suddenly appeared in Service. Hmm.. wonder whether s it becos of Tjow's birthday so tats why they appear? Hmm..

After service, sang Birthday Song for the April babies (Ryan, Yap & Tjow). As usual, ate the Oreo ice cream birthday cake bought by Joyce. It was sinful but yummy! Thank you Joyce.

Went to Marche, Heeren to celebrate Tjow's bday. Waited for abt 20 mins before we were seated becos of the large group of us (20 to be exact!) and the Saturday dinner crowd. So whilst waiting, I talk to Rachel (Nat's sis) and realised tat she is also participating in this yr's NDP Parade in the Girls' Bridage Contingent. So ya.. Guess I wld see some familar faces this yr! Last yr was Xinyi & Josh Gouw.. This yr is Rachel. How exciting. Ha..

Once we are seated, I went to order food and ate the usual; Rosti with Garlic Pork Sausage & Ginger Beer. Coincidentally, Alvin also ate the same thing and we both agreed tat this is our standard menu when come to Marche..

Carlise ordered half pork knuckle and I muz say tat thought it is super fatty and sinful, but its superbly delicious. The skin of the pork knuckle is crispy on the outside whilst the meat underneath the skin remains moist and flavourful. Man! I'm drooling already! It is complimented with a serving of Pickled Salad (commonly known as Archa) to give tat not-so-jalat feel. YOu shld try it someday!

Wanted to eat dessert but then when I saw the price, it is super expensive. 1 scoop of ice cream can cost u $3.00! Expensive rite?

After almost everyone is done with the meal, the ppl in Marche brought out another cake to celebrate Tjow's birthday (but of course this cake was bought by us lah!). Of course, it is a norm to sing the birthday song, and nevertheless, we did. Under someone's suggestion, we sang the birthday song real loud and I really mean loud.. Can see Tjow super embarassed loh! After the whole thing, Ryan did a funny thing with Tjow's hands. Ryan practically raised Tjow's hands like a monkey lah! Well.. see below for the video to see wat I mean..



Its super funny lah! An oh.. the best thing? After we finished singing the song, some ppl in Marche actually cheered with wolf whistles lah!! So sporting hor.. but Tjow muz be feeling super embarassed on the other hand. Ha.. After which, he told me tat he knows how I felt last wk when they celebrated my birthday at Starbucks. But thank goodness tat Starbucks is in a small scale whereas Marche is big. Ha.. =)

Went home quite early becos thinking tat I got duty the next day, have to go home and rest early lah! Took the train with Nat & his sis, Rachel to Somerset before changing to NEL @ Douby Ghaut; all under the request of Nat lah! So ya.. we chatted along the way, but the goodbye was a bit hard. Becos of my GOH shift doing duty on Saturday, therefore for the rest of Saturdays in April, I wont be attending church. So naturally, I wld miss all my friends (esp my brothers: Nat, Ash & Andrew). At Marche, everyone (esp. Ash) was like "ok.. cya nxt wk".. Then I had to tell him tat I wld not be in church for the rest of April. I told him tat I felt quite sad actually, and he was so sweet. He said not necessary in church we can meet up. We cld meet like outside on weekdays. Thanx bro! Your tots are much appreciated! =)

Anyway, by the time I reached home, its abt 2300 liaox.. So actually not much of a difference rite? Bathe and then sleep!

Sunday (02/04/06)

Woke up this morning at 0530 as usual. Had breakfast and then left home.. As usual, I reached my camp gate at abt 0700 and had to walk up abt 2 km to my bunk.. So I took a slow walk and my phone was playing the International Channel 96.3FM, so the songs are like those New Age & jazz, but it was very soothing.. And as I heard the music, tots of missing my brothers in church and not seeing them for 3 wks, juz aches my heart lah! I dun koe whether are we really tat close bonding already or am I juz really sensitive and exuberate a type of meotion? I really dun koe.. But I guess I'm bvery sensitive in my feelings and emotions.. So ya..

Duty was all right on this day in camp (wat cld be happening with 2LT Sean mounted with us rite?).. Initially had a very shiong duty (which states tat at 2100, I dun need to sleep liaox) becos 7 ppl were either leave/off, so naturally with so many ppl taking leave/off, we will suffer becos of the shortage of manpower. But then thankfully enuf, my sgt actually forgot to include 1 more person in the detailing, so therefore, tat reduces some hrs frm us lah! Thank God! So in the end, my duty was cut down by 2 hrs and I had a reasonable time of sleeping, though the timing of sleep is horrible but compare with the previous, the changed one is much much better!

Had drill at abt 1930.. It was a surprise lah! Did 2 times somemore! The first time we did we were like not really sure, so actually we were laughing at some parts.. But the second time we did, we were garang! So ya..

Monday (03/04/06)

After dismounting, went to Ang Mo Kio and cut hair for Wednesday's CO Parade.. haix.. if there was no Parade on Wednesday, then I wld only cut when I got my pay. But anyway, after cut hair, I went home and then bathe and had lunch. After tat proceed over to M1 Shop (at bus).. After which, went to Bugis Junction to get my new dream phone, Nokia 6280! Man! Wasn't tat exciting? I've been thiking of it all wkend (during and off duty)! I even called M1 Shop daily to check the stockes, so as to ensure tat I get my dream phone on Monday.

When I reached there, the freebies that initially they told me the souvenirs of an NS-men were presnt! So to cut the long story short, the freebies are a bluetooth headset and a Sansobnite duffel bag/$60 Samsonite voucher!

Everywhere I went, I was happily looking and admire my Nokia 6280.. so ya.. and also configure a few stuff before charging it.. so ya..

Ok lah.. I'm super sleepy liaox.. Im now like typing uttering nonsense.. so ya..

I better end my blog now.. super tired and eyes closing..

Oh.. not bkin out tml becos Wednesday mounting.. so ya.. so guess I'll cya guys abt in 2 days time -:)

Oh.. for photos of celebration, pls go to Photo Gallery > Church (OCC/HCC/GJ) Events > Tjow's 28th Birthday Celebration Photos

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 198 DAYS to ORD!!

Ciaoz,
<<< abriel >>>

April's Fool!

Hey ppl.. Do you believe it? I juz had my FIRST April's Food joke being played on me.. ONLINE somemore.. All thanx to my bro, Andrew, and the oh so lovely, Xinyi! Gosh! They made this whole episode sound so real! This was really unexpected! I was thinking last nite before 12 midnight tat I muz be very weary of pranks being played at Youth today.. becos confirm ppl wld trick me since its April's Fools! And I was like really didnt think of it until this morning.. Bro bro, juz u wait!! *evil grinz*

Anyway, juz a brief account of how both of them trick me..

Andrew & Xinyi added me into their grp MSN conversation chat.. and the story goes tat Andrew told me tat Xinyi was in hospital and in a critical condition somemore.. so the conversation went on, and at times, I was a bit "zhei ah" (which means very sarcastic, which I didnt think so btw!), in saying tat Xinyi wld be feeling like a queen since she wld be served everything on the hospital bed! But its true.. tats wat a lot of ppl tell me when they are in hospitals! So I was right actually loh! =)

Xinyi made it even more real tat she called me to hold while she's having her medicine and she said the medicine was horrible and stuff.. She also said she's called her mum and she was worried sick! And you can see how real was tat?

As Xinyi was about to log off, Andrew & Xinyi wished me "Happy April's Fool"!! I was stunned at first becos thought they wished me out of courtesy.. then I blur blur still say "like tat, I muz be weary of Andrew when I'm at church today, becos I dun koe wat tricks he has up to his sleeves!".. so ya.. later then I realised tat it was a April Fool's joke! Gosh! See how innocent am I to get tricked? =)

After tat, I asked Andrew how long did they plan for this.. and Andrew told me tat its 3 minutes before they started the conversation.

Well.. nevertheless, thanx 4 putting a smile on my face this morning! Though it was a bit cruel, but then again, I still appreciate it!

So for you readers out there, HAPPY APRIL'S FOOLS! Be weary! Be very weary.. hahax..

Just for laughs, see this.. confirm guarantee very funny.. =).. I laugh until I stomachpain! So ya.. view this..



** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 200 DAYS to ORD!!

An innocent kid,
<<< abriel >>>



*Gosh.. in today's Straits Times, I saw one incredible deal of my dream phone, Nokia 6280! It has dropped its price tremendously (after trade in my Nokia 6230, I only pay $338 instead of the hefty price of $598 when I asked last week!) and the trade in category for another shop is even more attractive! Man.. I think I wld get tempted to change my phone very soon, becos' I'm afraid tat the promotion wld be gone after nxt wk lah! So now I'm at the crossroads! Do you all think its a good offer to take up or shld I juz wait somemore for the price to drop? Becos for a fact, I think M1's trend is always dropping price each wk.. so how?.. anyway, you readers out there, above is the pic for my dream phone, Nokia 6280.. drool ppl.. drool.. haha.. Click here for features..

The Unexpected!

Well.. first and foremost, I wld like to say tat the signing up for the Progress Package is open for ONLINE users already. Below is a step by step of how to sign up if you dun koe how..

(a) Kindly click here to go to the website.

(b) Click the choice, "Sign up for my progress package".

(c) There you wld be given the choice as to whether do you want to use "SingPass" or "One time PIN"..
(i) For one time PIN, refer back to the notification letter and look right at the BOTTOM whereby it states a sentence like this..
"*To sign up for your Progress Pacakage at website (www.progress.gov.sg), you can either use your SingPass or this one-time PIN xxxxxxxx. This PIN is valid until 30 June 2006."
(Kindly note tat each PIN number is unique to each person's notification letter. So you CANNOT use the same PIN for another transaction. So ya.)

(d) Then login with ur NRIC number and one time PIN/SingPass..

(e) Once you are login, type in ur bank account no. (to allow CPF to transfer the money frm their fund to yours) and select ur bank.

(f) Click "submit"

(g) You wld be given a confirmation screen. Read what it is written and if you see tat everything is correct, click "Confirm".
*Note tat once u click "confirm", you CANNOT change the details anymore.. so muz check b4 clicking =)

Ok.. so much so for Progress Package.. so right now, I wld start my blogpost proper..

Well.. for once, I'm starting to feel tat wat u write in blogs, you muz be very careful! Becos' you never know who is reading your blog. The most unexpected people wld actually be reading your blog. If they give u good commends, its ok.. but if they are not or for a matter of fact, they gossip becos of wat I write in my blog (which I certainly believe is my freedom of speech and I can either blog abt my ups and downs in any way I want!), then I wld think that they are not very ethical abt it.

You readers muz be confused abt why I suddenly mentioned abt this. It all started with my previous blogpost of Guy A and B lah! Apparently some ppl whom I knew actually read my blogpost for tat day (and mind you tat these ppl are unexpected!) and they kept pestering me to reveal who is Guy A.. they are curious to koe lah.. A lot of times things juz happen and I want to tell them the truth, but I held back my decision, fearing tat it cld start to sour lasting friendships.. so I guess I juz have to take this lying down. When I cldnt take it anymore and I suddenly "exploded", then maybe I will reveal it out of anger.. but right now, it seems to be still in control (I hope!).. enuf abt this liaox, or else ppl wld start the whole issue again.. I juz hate it when ppl start to bring up this issue.. I wish this has never happened.. haix..

Anyway, mounted duty with my ex-PC, 2LT Ivan Goh.. He was all right lah, except he was more garang.. he practically treated us as his current shift and expects us to follow all procedures tat he has placed for his current shift.. Not to mention the contingency drills too.. he practically imparted his drills for his shift to us, and he practiced it at the Main Guardroom..

However, I was quite fortunate in a sense tat I went to Eastern.. which is supposed to have drills but then it didnt happened, becos my assumption was tat he think its not necessary becos more crucial drills applied to Main Guardroom.. so ya.. anyway, I went to Eastern with the new sgt, 3SG Zhiwen.. he was quite good in a sense tat our average duty was 10-12 hrs and most of the table duty, he helped to do.. He didnt want to tax us too much! Unlike some other sgt who juz threw the whole mounting table to be splitted among the 5-6 men, 3SG Zhiwen (who was my sgt at Eastern yesterday) actually did table duty frm 0900-2100 and 0500-0900. Good right? Though I was unarm most of the time, I did a do-4-rest-4 duty.. which was quite shiong lah.. So I guess I was justified lah in terms of duty.. Had a good mounting with 3SG Zhiwen though =).. Dun mind going to Eastern with him again =D

Surprisingly, 2LT Ivan Goh (the PC tat mounted duty with us yesterday) did not like give a long debrief.. he juz say a sentence which was 2 mins long.. so ya.. ha.. best right? Last time when I was in shift 1, his debrief is always like 30 mins long! So ya..

Changed and go home.. on the way, I suddenly tot of it and I asked him who is mounting duty with us on Sunday (2/4).. and he actually said 2LT Sean.. When I heard it, I was happy lah =).. Hope Sunday mounting wld be good loh.. =)

Then afternoon came back and watched a bit of taped programme (wanted to watch the taped 9pm show yesterday nite, but then, it was last minute and I have not tried taping it on the spot.. moreover, it was my mum who helped to record.. so ya.. haix.. so in the end, never watch loh.. haix..).. Then its me surfing the net a while before sleeping loh..

Woke up actually wanted to go to Toa Payoh and buy the rojak (craving lah!).. but then didnt go, becos raining mahx!.. so ate dinner and watched a bit of TV, before ppl start appearing in my hse for cell.. Facilitated the bible study today and ya.. not bad I muz say.. hahax.. *thick skin*.. Then after cell, now on computer blogging loh..

Sleeping soon liaox.. waking up early tml to watch my taped prog! so ya.. =)..

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 201 DAYS to ORD!!

Expect the unexpected,
<<< abriel >>>

Shacked after 1 duty!!

Well.. for once, I did not mind being a 22 yr old guy! You koe why? I juz receive a good news.. I'm gonna get quite a sum frm the Singapore Government due to the Progress Package thingy! Man.. If ever I wld need to go for voting, I wld vote for PAP! PAP rulez!! =).. Well.. wld not want to disclose how much I'm getting, juz in case those of you who are under 21 who are reading this, wld probably bash me up when I disclose the amount.. I can identify with those who have juz turn 21 or are still 20.. you all are so close yet so far... *grinz*.. ok.. I shall stop being a saddist and shall carry on with my blog! =)

Oh.. juz to tell you all sumthing.. yesterday officer (2LT Sean) who mounted duty with us, is one of the BEST PC (Platoon Commander) that I have done duty with! He is receptive as well as flexible, but at the same time, maintain order in the shift! How cool is tat rite? Well.. too bad he is not going to do duty with us during our next mounting.. haix.. its my ex PC (Shift 1 PC tat is, 2LT Ivan) tat is mounting with us lah.. anyway, how I wish 2LT Sean cld permenently be my PC for my GOH shift.. haix.. but its great working with him lah =)

Anyway, yesterday was my first duty after such a long while (abt 2 wks!).. apparently was quite shacked.. though my duty was actually one of the slackest (due to the complain of someone and then my sgt actually in the end, instead of him benefitting only, I did benefit frm it too!).. so becos of this, my 1700-1900 duty was cancelled lah! wohoho.. but then, becos no one told me tat my duty has been cancelled, therefore I woke up and only to koe tat my duty has been changed.. haix.. so I can't sleep liaox and then proceeded to the pass changing office to do some admin stuff VOLUNTEERILY for the shift for close to an hour!

However, as time pass, I'm not sure whether I was really angry at tat time or was I juz really pissed off and got enuf of this tat I muz really blog abt it to vent my anger.. Well, I wld not want to mention names in this blog.. let's juz call him Guy A. So here's wat happened..

Guy A was with another guy which both of them went to another gate to do duty yesterday morning for 4 hrs becos he was P1 the day before.. So as a matter of fact, the sgt who planned duty for both guys, shld actually take the 4 hrs into consideration and consider the 4 hrs as part of their total 12-14 hrs duty (total duty for each person is variant, which is depending on the total strength for tat day)..

The other guy with guy A (whom I will juz call him Guy B) actually did not make so much 'noise' at first.. he wanted to juz like 'ok loh.. juz do it loh'.. but then he kenna psycho by Guy A and then he also wanted to make 'noise'.. Its not Guy A psycho Guy B to talk to sgt abt it, which I was angry abt! Its juz tat I juz cldn't take Guy A's nonsense anymore! He has always been doing this when he sees his duty is quite shiong compared to the rest! Actually, frankly speaking, most of us wld juz like "sgt plan wat, we do wat loh!"..

If you have seen the detailing carefully, you wld have realised tat almost all of us were equal in our night duties.. the only difference is the time of our duties and our type of duty.. but in actual fact, all of us sleep abt the same no. of hours at nite.. it cld probably differ in the time of sleeping and waking up.. so I dun really see why he must make such a big fuss over it.. I tried explaining to him abt this, but then, he wld juz tell me tat I'm having the slackest duty.. so I shld not complain.. when in actual fact, its no difference frm him loh! Then sumtimes I wld like get so worked up when I talk to him abt this issue, tat I wld like brushed him off and refused to hear his explanation.. argghhh..

But things wld be different if he has the slackest duty.. he wld not like make any noise and he wld not even boost tat he has the slackest duty.. he wld juz keep quiet.. ya lah.. who wld be in the right mind to sound out tat they have a slack duty rite? so ya.. I juz cant stand his attitude lah!

Well.. on the outside, I may be good to him.. I may even chatted with him on MSN.. but actually at the back, I somewhat dislike him.. its only I did not say only.. so is this considered as backstabbing? I dun koe.. I dun wish to raise this issue to him, fearing for a fact tat he wld get mad with me and stuff.. haix.. totally confused!

Ok.. enough abt him! Anyway, after came back home frm duty, I was at the pt of shackness, and I actually slept frm 1300-1800.. if my parents dun call me to wake up frm my afternoon nap, I think until now I wld still be sleeping! Tats how tired I am lah..

Juz received a msg frm my sgt tat tml my squadron have a flight run lead by my OC.. and yes.. its again the GOH shift.. becos the mounting and dismounting shift cant be running lah.. dun koe why GOH shift so sway.. yes.. it may keep fit, but then, I find tat its totally waste of strength lah.. but wat to do? I juz have to do it.. muz submit to authority (at least tats wat the SAF taught us to do or else we wld get 'charged').. haix..

ok.. enuf of the sad stuff.. besides my Progress Packagae deal, I'm also happy for various stuff.. here they are..

Firstly, juz checked my SAF E-mart credit and I was notified tat my credits came liaox! So ya.. now its time for me to get some credit back frm ppl and for me to repay back their credits.. so ya.. so I'm going E-mart shopping tml =)

Last but not least, my long awaited lift has arrived in my block! After abt 6 mths of noisy sounds (becos of piling works and stuff) n countless efforts to keep my room dust free, the lift in my corridor is finally READY! Yeh! The best of all.. though this lift is gonna be shared by my whole block, but for my storey, it only has 4 units (including mine!).. so ya.. so still can maintain a bit of privacy though my room is like 5 metres away frm the lift.. But the best thing is tat frm storey 1, I can like dun need to walk so far juz to take the lift.. Its like a 2 min walk frm the bus stop (which I alight when coming back frm camp), I can reach the lift and then walk for 10 sec and you reach my doorstep.. instead of the traditional way of walking close to 5 mins frm the same bus stop and need to walk another 2 mins frm the lift in order to reach my doorstep..

But then the bad thing is tat if I wanna open the letterbox, I wld need to walk a distance (tat is the old lift walking method!).. so ya.. haix.. see how lah.. may leave the opening of the letterbox to my parents loh.. ha.. lazy rite?

Anyway, so you koe wat this means? Frm tml morning onwards, I can take the lift in front of my corridor.. dun need to walk.. ha.. see how lazy I am? =) So happy ah, so happy! Ha.. =)

ok.. enuf of blogging.. and now back to chatting and surfing and stuff.. =)

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 204 DAYS to ORD!!

Shld I be happy or sad,
<<< abriel >>>

A Change Is Good!

Yes ppl! I've changed my blogskin again! But then, this time it juz took me abt a mere hour or so, compared to 6 hrs last time! Finding this skin was also easy.. =)
So how do you all like it? Better than the last? I'm sure!! And oh.. music has changed too! Comment it on my shoutbox ya =)

Anyway, this morning woke up and then was on the computer the whole morning.. or shld I say the whole day.. was on and off the computer (was eating lunch and stuff mah!)

Then in the afternoon, as usual, my bro, Sidney, called me and rant to me abt his driving and then he told me he wanted to buy a new hp, which was Nokia 6280. He said he's getting fed up with his Motorola L7 and he said tat no matter how attractive Motorola is gonna come out with its new models, he is gonna boycott it lah.. so I was like impressive.. and I remembered once he told me abt how he hated Nokia hps.. but now, guess he had no choice but to go back to Nokia! See.. Nokia still the best! =).. And then he told me he wanted to get Nokia 6280, so I searched on the web for it, and man.. wasn't I tempted to buy it today? But after thinking it much and enquiring abt it, found it was not a good idea after all.. though its now my dream phone, but then the price to pay for it is simply too steep lah! After trading in my 6230 (which has a value of $150), I still have to pay $598 for the phone under contract.. man.. this is expensive lah! Maybe will get this phone when I ORD? So I guess Sidney wld start to influence me with the gadgets and stuff.. and soon, I wld think I wld become a gadget freak too! Ahhh...

Then after I was bored with my computer stuff, I lie on my bed and started reading my book.. and as usual, I fell asleep..

Woke up at abt 1700.. bathe and get ready to proceed to Sizzler, Toa Payoh for Wendy's farewell dinner who wld be relocated to Beijing for 3 yrs! Man!

When I went there, most of them are already there liaox.. Then one of the ppl there ask me the same question, as to whether do I feel tat once I pass the age of 21, the yrs of me being older wld juz pass very fast? I cldnt agree more lah!

Had a hot & cold combo salad bar dinner.. apparently, everyone ate it loh.. the spread of food was rather nice.. got seafood to meat.. not bad and worth the price of $23.80++.. so ya..

During the breaks between eating, Aunty Siew Fung (jeremy's mum) showed us her new bought camera and then ppl started to take photos and stuff.. so ya..

Then all of us were on the topics of gadgets lah =)..

Then I whipped out my camera after tat, and then, I decide to show them the picture u see on the left.. and weird answers started to come out of it.. here are some..
(a) A wrapper for a present (by Carlise)
(b) A snowman (by Carlise)
(c) I went to the toilet and 'lau sai' on the paper (by Huimin)
Other weird answers I can't remember liaox.. so ya.. but they are all weird.. Jeremy and I was like whilst they say the answers, we were there laughing our hearts out lah.. If you all cant guess, its actually my pimple blood on a piece of Clean & Clear blotting paper, job courtesy of Tjow! Tjow, if you are reading this, you shld be amused! In fact, very amused! People can actually guess it as something nice.. wahaha..

Then, its time for dessert.. and Huimin was like asking Derek to make for her ice-cream and Derek ask her how many rounds, and she said 5.. and true enuf, he came with a 5 round ice cream.. then I was like ok.. since he can make 5, I shall tell him to make for me 8! N he gamingly said 'ok'.. true enuf, he came with an 8 round ice cream cone and we were all surprised.. so I took photo lah (as usual).. then Huimin was like telling me, since it was my bday, why dun she give me a bday present of the ice-cream? And I thought she was joking.. after the shot was taken, she immediately push me to the ice cream and the 8 rounds of ice cream was somewhat smashed.. and then, she used her ice cream and 'bua' my face.. how disgusting was tat lah! but it was all of great fun! "thanx" hor Huimin! =D

Its really great fun to see the ppl again and chat with them! As usual, Huimin was in her funny self and the joker of the group! Oh.. Joshua Gouw was also suppose to come, but then, he actually forgot abt the whole event and at tat time when I msg him, he was still at home.. so ya.. quite disappointed he didnt come loh.. haix..

Anyway, not a lot of photos being taken today.. in fact only 4.. so anyway, pls. visit, Photo Gallery > Church (OCC/HCC/GJ) Events > Wendy Farewell Dinner @ Sizzler Photos!

Ok lah.. gtg liaox.. oh.. now, I'm obsessed with podcasts (all thanx to my kor, Derek, who told me tat I shld dl and listen.. very funny! so ya).. now dl it and listening loh! And indeed its funny! so ya.. =) Thanx kor! =)

its me mounting duty tml again.. haix.. after all the rehearsals.. sianx ah.. someone help me!!!

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 206 DAYS to ORD!!

Sianz ah,
<<< abriel >>>

A 22nd Birthday Celebration!

Well.. first of all, I wld like to thank the ppl (Mok, Ryan & Cat, Yap, Nat, Ash, Andrew, Tjow & Claudia, PK, Aaron, Natasha, Alvin, Uncle Enoch & family, Hannah & Jeremy) in my church Youth who have celebrated my bday today in one way or another! Thank you so much for the celebration as well as the bday present! It was so sweet of you all! For those who have written in the bk tat u all have given me, I juz want to say THANK YOU.. your words in the book was so sweet and I want you to know tat you are greatly appreciated! =).. Thank you all once again!!
(Photo courtesy of Yap! Thanx 4 this particular shot! You are a born photographer lah! I love this shot so much.. I think I will spam my Friendster, desktop etc with this particular shot! Ha.. love this shot so so much! Ha.. Thank you once again!)

Anyway, today I actually had high hopes or at least I was hoping tat I wld be going to a pub or sumthing with my church Youth friends to celebrate my bday.. but then I guess tat some ppl had difficulties.. so ya.. naturally I was quite disappointed initially.. but oh well.. guess it had to be at my 23rd birthday then?

Anyway, today's celebration was at Starbucks, Plaza Singapura.. we went there for some coffee.. then Catherine & Claudia was juz missing out of the blue.. dun koe where they went lah.. thought they have gone shopping or sumthing.. after a while, they came back with a Carrefour plastic bag and I can see frm the shape of it tat it was a bday cake.. so ya.. I was actually anxiously waiting.. ha.. then after a while, I saw a candle being stuck somewhere and then I knew the time was here.. Then Andrew suddenly was like leaning towards me and like block my view or sumthing.. then I knew the time has come.. see.. I'm clever ya koe.. ha.. =P.. So I was more or less prepared tat they are going to sing me a bday song.. so ya..

Then juz as I was least expecting it, they juz push the bday cake towards me and then they started singing the bday song IN FRONT of everyone in Starbucks, and they were singing it loud loh.. so I think almost the whole Starbucks (the people inside the cafe tat is) actually koe tat I'm celebrating my bday lah.. and guess wat! Though I was prepared, at tat time when they sang the bday song to me, I was like super embarassed and I can feel on my face tat there is this surge of blood gushing up my face and I can feel tat I actually blushed at tat moment! Man.. tat was so embarassing lah! Thank goodness I didnt cry or sumthing, or else, I cld have been a drama mama or sumthing.. LOL!!

But thanx anyway guys! Guess tats wat makes this nite so memorable despite the disappointment of me not going to a pub to celebrate my bday instead.. =)

Ok.. enuf abt my bday celebration liaox.. shall blog wat happened b4 the bday celebration..

Ok.. anyway, today's service was ok.. Carlise was leading and I think I was the lead backup.. so it feels like HCC all over again.. wohoho.. Todays worship was superb I muz say, becos for the simple fact tat it all linked together (the songs tat is!).. ha.. but something was missing though.. Drums! If got drums, it wld be better lah! But my bro, Andrew, was not available for practice, so he didnt play.. he attended church but not practice.. so ya.. haix.. wasted sia! But was happy to see him at church lah, so wat more can I ask? ha.. =).. initially, I thought he cldnt attend church at all, and wanted to ask him whether he is attending my bday celebration with Tjow & the rest.. so ya.. =)

Oh.. b4 the service started, attended the music practice (which I was late as usual; cldnt get the bus and the bus took so long to arrive and then moreover, need to take the train to church.. arghh.. so my travelling time was almost 45 mins! and tats long loh!) and also Metamorphosis cell.. and I muz say Meta cell was quite interesting in a sense tat instead of the normal biblical stuff tat we do at cell, this time its in a discussion mode.. in a sense tat we discuss abt current affairs and guess wat current affair we did this time.. and yes.. u may have guess it.. its actually the "Tammy frm NYP Saga".. shall not go on and explain further, becos you all muz have koe it in one way or another! Man.. this cell beats the old fashion way of like bible study and stuff.. so ya.. Discussion of current affairs rox lah! =)

Then service starts.. uncle chong beng gave sermon, though half the time I didnt koe wat he's talking abt! Ha.. guess I was not paying attention! The only thing I actually remembered was actually the story he told us.. ha.. it doesnt help too tat I got serious STM (Short Term Memory) too! ha..

After service, went to Meridian for dinner.. and then proceeded to Starbucks for the celebration thingy loh..

Actually, Andrew has the choice to go DOTA-ing with the rest of the boys after dinner.. but then, he actually made a firm decision tat he wld be staying with tjow & the rest to celebrate my bday with me! When I heard tat, I was so touched.. and coming to think of it as I blogged, I actually wanted to tear.. ha.. Thanx bro! U are really my true bro lah =)

And if u all have seen the timing, I have made an effort to start the blogpost before the clock strikes 12 midnight.. the reason being I want ppl to see this blogpost the first thing in the morning when they read my blog =)

ok lah.. gtg and sleep liaox.. quite tired.. woke up quite early in the morning after a long sleep yesterday nite.. so ya..

Oh.. tml is another outing day for me.. gotta go to Sizzler, Toa Payoh, for a farewell dinner for Wendy who is embarking on a work journey and she will be stationed in Beijing for 3 solid yrs.. gosh.. by then, I wld like 25 yrs old! Man..

Oh.. during service today, Carlise was like asking me tat once I pass the age of 21, the subsequent yrs wld come very fast and before I koe it, I wld be 30! Man.. I was like agreeing with her all the way! It is so so fast! For those of you readers who are under 21, u may not feel tat the statement is true.. but for those who are above 21, I'm sure u wld start to agree with me loh! Do I see tat nodding? ha.. food for thought huh! =)

Gosh! As I'm posting this post, its like 0130 liaox.. need to sleep liaox or else tml can't wake up! ha..

Oh.. todays event (my bday celebration tat is) photos has already been posted up on the net.. pls. go to Photo Gallery > Church (OCC/HCC/GJ) Events > My 22nd Birthday Celebration with GJ Photos. Thanx =)

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 207 DAYS to ORD!!

Getting older by the day,
<<< abriel >>>

Updates..

Sorry ppl if you have been waiting for the update yesterday.. cldn't take it liaox.. too tired tats why..

The other day I went back to camp and slept overnight for the parade yesterday, went back to bunk and reached bunk.. and 20 mins later, I slept loh!

Then the morning I woke up at 0700.. did wat I wanted to do and then put on my contact lens! So by 0900, we left camp and proceeded to Tengah Air Base for the last min rehearsals prior to the parade loh!

After the parade ended, we went back camp and by the time it ended and I've reached home, its about 2000 liaox.. bathe and attended cell at my hse..

Then before they finish, my eyes was half close liaox.. then went to sleep like at 2230 and woke up at 0730 this morning.. a solid 9 hr sleep! I think I cld sleep so long is becos I did drills in the morning! Drills are tiring loh!

Then morning woke up and then watched my taped programmes, and then now on my blog typing and at the same time, chatting with an old friend of mine, Zijing.. its a long story of how I met him.. I actually met him when I was on the bus and he marching back frm doing flag lowering at Tengnah Air Base.. so ya.. after much effort to find out who he was, finally found out and remembered! Now, we are catching up with each other on MSN, and I muz say its a good chat lah.. machiam like we are best friends! And best still.. he said he's attached to GOH.. so tat means tat we have a chance to meet and catch up! Cya then bro! =)

ok lah.. oh.. Tjow has caught my hint of going to pub today.. so see whether we'll going loh! Felt so bad to like hint so much.. so guilty! Yes! I do feel guilty ok..

Ok lah.. gtg and do more chatting.. b4 I leave for church.. so ya =)

Till then,
<<< abriel >>>

Happy 22nd birthday to me!

First of all, I wld like to thank those who have sent their birthday greetings to me via SMS and online as well! Thanx for making this special day of mine a little more sweeter!

However, the person I muz really thank is none other than Xinyi. She has sent me an overseas SMS wishing me "Happy Birthday".. tat was so sweet of her lah! What happen was, my friends all bk out and only left my friend and me in bunk.. so naturally was sian loh.. then went down for lunch before proceeding to do fatigue work lohz.. then suddenly I felt my handphone moving, which says I had a msg..
Then when I unveil tat msg, it was obviously an overseas sms, becos the no. starts with +61 which is a aust country code btw.. and as I read, I realise the person sign off as Xinyi! Of course I was overjoyed lah! Xinyi, if you are reading this, you have actually made my day much sweeter than it already has! Thanx =)

This morning I saw my bro, Sidney, and he wished me "Happy Birthday".. thanx bro.. and he added tat, "go see ur friendster! your wish is my command".. for a moment, I tot he actually sent me an email or sumthing saying tat he wants me to meet him out and then we proceed to Apple shop, and then buy for me my desirable present, which is of course the iPOD Nano.. Then I realise tat Friendster how can this be? Then I finally tot is he giving me a testimonial!! So I was like chey! tat muz be it.. the testimonial loh! hahax.. how stupid can I get rite?


After did fatigue work (to be exact, we actually did plucking weeds/grass at our prowls ard the base.. so ya.. super hot and super stupid fatigue work.. haix..).. but thank goodness, after tat, we go bunk and rest and at 5pm, we bk out loh! =)

But the worse thing is tat we need to bk in tonite at 2200, becos obviously during our last rehearsal (which was the last one b4 we have our actual parade tml), 3 GOH guys fainted (the supporting no one fainted!) and of which, 2 was frm my base! haix.. super embarassed lah! So my RSM got so mad tat he made us come back 2200 tonite to have at least 8 hrs sleep.. haix.. so no choice but to leave hse at 2045 tonite.. haix.. but I guess I will sleep early tonite loh, judging frm the shagness of me doing drills on alternate days!

Well.. guess I will spend my bday celebrating probably with church friends over this wkend! Its been long since I went to a pub tat is.. *Tjow, do you copy?*.. *hint hint!*.. hahax.. =P

ok lah.. need to log off to eat dinner and watch TV liaox..

Clubster,
<<< abriel >>>

Total Defence Tour..

Yes ppl.. the highlight of my day was the Total Defence Tour (TDT)..

Went to camp this morning for abt an hour, before we left for the TDT.. The tour was ok.. we went to a few places.. here it is..

(a) Little India Arcade
(b) Abdul Ghafoor Mosque (located in Little India)
(c) Church Of True Light (located in Little India)
(d) Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple (located in Little India)
(e) Chinatown Heritage Centre (located in Chinatown of course)

The tour was interesting, as in not the places.. but the history and the culture of the place.. Found teh explanation for the "Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple" interesting, but then, I juz dun koe why.. When I visited the temple, I felt a sense of uneasiness.. yupz.. And also, I was shocked to see a chinese person actually pray to an Indian God.. hmm.. this is so so shocking lah! So yupz..

We of course walked a LOT.. so ya.. and along the way, I chatted with a few ppl whom I've never imagine I'll chat with! Its actually those HQ ppl like 2SG Kenny Law & 2 LT Sean Yeo.. It was really fun chatting with them lah =)

Our last stop was Chinatown Heritage Centre.. it was quite amazing to enter tat place.. machiam its like going back to the 50's-60's times of Singapore.. Its quite interesting to see the exhibits lah.. They all look so real.. And moreover, I'm most interested in early Chinese heritage in Singapore! However, its some parts of the exibits which I was quite afraid to enter alone! Becos its super quiet.. Quiet nvm.. its like "recorded voices of ppl" being played and other type of olden kind of music, which if you watch many ghost shows, its quite errie.. moreover, it has only dim lighting, and everywhere look so dark.. so u dun koe whether any "surprises" awaits lah.. so its quite scary.. but with some accompany, its quite harmless loh.. but I muz say, they really make up the whole place really well! Its like once you enter the stairway, you are as if being transported back in a time spaceship to the 50's. If you ever get the chance to go to Chinatown, try to make a trip to the Heritage Centre.. Its juz a 5 mins walk frm the Chinatown NEL station =).. however, its NOT admission free.. apparently, they charge per adult $8 and children, $5.

Then after there, we fall out frm there and then, I came home by taking NEL train frm Chinatown. Took train with Mark and on the train, we chatted lah.. apparently, he didnt koe I stay so close to him or best still.. he didnt koe I stayed at Serangoon! ha..

Then, came home.. bought lunch and then watch the taped programme of "Star Idol Finals".. slept for 3 hrs.. woke up and had dinner.. and then watch more TV and then now blog loh!

Actually want to watch movie after TDT but no kakki.. so ya.. in the end, came home loh! Come home also good.. can rest! =)

Ok lah.. gtg liaox... staying in camp for P1 tml and have drills tml.. haix.. sianz.. so ya..

** 2 DAYS to my 22nd birthday!!

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 211 DAYS to ORD!!

The DAY is approaching,
<<< abriel >>>

Updates..

Hey ppl.. this is gonna be a short one becos I'm sleepy liaox.. almost forgotten to blog.. so ya.. so here goes..

This morning, slept for 3 hrs in bunk, before proceeding for drill at Tengnah Air Base.. today was another vetting session, but even before it started, it actually rained for close to 1-2 hrs.. so we actually had a break of 1-2 hrs.. but thinking tat the vetting session wld be cancelled, never did we expect tat they still want to carry on.. so in the end, besides us marching and parading in the drizzling rain, one more thing is tat my shoes (n some other ppl shoes as well), were also wet.. so ya.. tats why lah..

Took cab home, becos once we finish the drill, its abt 1820 liaox.. and the bus also didnt come till close to 1900 and we were the LAST base to leave the parade place lah.. stupid bus.. anyway, so ya.. by the time we finish sending arms and go up to bunk to change and bk out, its already abt 1730 liaox..

As mentioned earlier, I share cab with my friend and then got home super hungry.. ate dinner and loads of other junk stuff (eg: potato chips and chocolate biscuits!).. gosh.. I think I wld be fat sooner or later! so ya..

Watched a bit of TV and now blog.. after bloggin, will go back to sleep I guess becos too tired lahx..

** 3 DAYS to my 22nd birthday!!

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 212 DAYS to ORD!!

The days are drawing closer,
<<< abriel >>>

Highlights (Part 2)..

Updates abt my blog..

NEW pictures being uploaded.. see the following..

(a) Photo Gallery > My Family Events > The Siblings Birthday 2006 Celebration
(b) Photo Gallery > My Experience As A Soldier Boy > The Outing Of 3 SBAB Guys

Thursday (16/3/06)

Am I That Stupid?

On tis day, did P1 at camp. Morning went for shift run and then we played ball games till abt 1000. However, was very sianz lah.. becos they play either basketball or soccer, which both I'm not interested in lah..

Went to canteen for breakfast after tat.. Then drew arms and then dun koe my P1 grp sway or wat (apparently today's P1 is NOT suppose to be mine! It is actually serving my extra. I'm clearing my 1 outstanding extra, tats why.. Anyway, the P1 sgt told me tat 4 of us have to go gate duties, and the other 1 do duty.. So I volunteered gate duty frm 1200-1530, and the other grp is frm 1530-1900.

However once I reach there, I juz realised tat I didn't bring any water bottle.. and my friend and I who were at gate duty are dying of thirst right there lah.. then at 1515, we called the other grp to find out their whereabouts! And guess wat! My friend bluffed me tat they got more fatigue work to do so tats why they wld be late (which they only told me at bunk at night when I asked them!)..

Anyway, at tat the time of the day (which of course I didnt koe its a bluff one! I trusted my friend too much!), I was super hot and thirsty.. so naturally, I wld feel a bit fustrated. So as I was very sianz, I received a call frm my bro, Sidney, telling me tat he has pass his Advance Driving Theory.. Congrats bro! But on the other hand, I suddenly felt very useless, becos its only his 2nd try and he pass, whilst I try for 2 times and also cannot pass! AND WORST STILL.. I did not take my 3rd time.. lost all hopes in my driving liaox! Felt totally demoralised and stupid lah! "Am I that stupid?" I asked myself.. Now its more or less confirmed I'm going to take my driving after I ORD; maybe after I learn a few lessons of driving, then I take my Advance Theory. Haix.. enuf said abt driving..

After gate duty, went up to bunk for a while before proceeding to the officer mess to move the remaining stuff to the original place.. but thank goodness tat the function is off and we can start to move things and stuff.. Finish it within an hour!

As if its of any consolation, tml (which is fri) is again my P1 (this time is a regimental one).. so by the time we're back frm drill tml (which is fri), its close to 2pm liaox.. will book out on sat but thank godness, its long wkend.. so this is something which I can look forward to! =)

Friday (17/3/06)

On this day, nothing much to say.. except tat its rehearsals, rehearsals and more rehearsals! Practically, we did drills frm 1100-1700! And I tell you.. its tiring lah..

With close to a thousand ppl rushing to a small changing room to change, its really a challenge to juz manoeurve urself thru the queue and get in and out of the changing room.. so unfortunately, my No. 1 jacket kenna stained a bit, but thank goodness, the warrants which checked my uniform close 1 eye a bit, becos its not the actual parade anyway.. its juz a vetting.. so ya..

reached bunk at abt 1930, after pkt dinner at cookhouse (apparently, we went too late.. they were clearing liaox!), went up to bunk and kilat my other pair of boots for mon..

But when it was almost dried, I saw tat it was not so good.. so I got worried.. but without a care, I juz went to sleep at 2200!

Then at 0100, I woke up.. kept tossing and turning.. and finally I got so fed up at 0140, I woke up and went to the toilet, and at the same time, took the clothes frm the dryer and distribute them to the ppl who wash the clothes and dry them in the dryer. After doing so, it was 0200. Still cant sleep becos I actually had a wild thought of kilating my boots at 0200.. but was too lazy.. so decide to see if I can wake up early the nxt morning, then no problem liaox..

Saturday (18/3/06)

I auto wake up at 0600, and kilat my boots till 0645.. brush teeth.. send arms at 0800 and then booked out..

Came home, use a bit of computer, b4 proceeding down to Beach Road to sew my No. 1 rank! I tell you.. I reached there at abt close to 1300, and no one actually there wanted to sew the no. 1 rank for me.. because No. 1 rank muz be hand-sewn.. unlike the no. 4 rank which is machine sewn! so ya..

All the tailors there tell me tat wkends they dun sew No. 1 rank becos of obvious reasons.. u all think like this..
let's say 1 No. 1 uniform needs 15 mins to hand sew the rank, whereas 1 No. 4 uniform needs only 5 mins.. so 1 No. 4 shirt rank sewing is $3 whereas it ranges frm $4 onwards for a No. 1 rank sewing (depending on the shop.. its up to them whether they want to charge ex or cheap!).. Anyway, so if u do ur maths, its more profitable to sew No. 4 ranks rather than No. 1 ranks on a wkend.. becos No. 4 rank-sewing are like free money coming to ur pockets on wkends!

So when went there, saw boon sen and the rest (they also go sew rank but another shop!).. talk to them for a while.. then went to sew my rank.. This aunty said come back 1 hr later.. so I went to Ikea to buy cloth covers ($1.40 for 3 pcs! tats cheap lah!).. and by the time I came back frm Ikea and at beach road, its 1.5 hrs already gone by.. and the shocking thing is tat the aunty told me tat she has NOT sewn yet!

Then I was like wat to do.. have to wait.. then I juz peep to see whether the shop which I always frequent was opened! and I saw it was opened lah (but actually, when I first went to look for ppl to sew my rank, the shop was not opened! its only after I went back to collect, then the shop has opened!).. then, guess wat! I saw Yizhou at the shop I frequent and he also sew no. 1 rank.. I actually wanted to sew with him at the same shop, but the aunty said 4pm take and I was rushing for time to go to church for music prac at 3pm.. so ya.. so I actually wanted to like skip the music prac and let my no. 1 take more priority.. so ya.. then I went back to the shop and told the aunty tat I found another tailor who was willing to sew for me.. then she was like "ok lah.. I sew for you now..".. repeat to her wat I told her 1.5 hrs ago, and then she was like telling me not to stand there, or else, she wld be stressed..

Told my friend abt it, and then he juz let the aunty sew.. so ya.. then he brought me downstairs to eat tang yuan.. not bad actually.. then he saw a fellow GOH personnel (frm Changi Air Base and its a 3SG), and yizhou was juz behind this guy.. so ya.. he didnt recognise yizhou first, but yizhou took the initiative to call him and let him sit with us loh..
So me as a sociable person, I also started to chat with him lah (although I didnt koe him!.. and frm the conversation, I finally found someone who was frm Temasek Poly! ha..).. we also chatted other stuff..

Then at 1530, decide to go up and check the status of the sewing.. thank goodness its ready loh! took it and fled to church in MRT.. by the time I reach church, it was like 1600 liaox..

Practice with Mok in the canteen instead, and then played for worship..

Church was fine.. accompany with close friends whom I've not met up for a mth was even better.. then after which, ash jio me to go party.. but then I decline lah, becos was too tired.. remember I woke up at 0600 this morning? so ya.. sorry bro! =)..

Followed hannah to Forum's Toys R Us to buy water balloons for her sis bday tml.. its a last min thing lah.. actually wanted to go home liaox, but hannah said she doesnt koe the way, so I as a gentleman, volunteered to follow her loh.. so along the way, we were laughing, chatting and joking with each other loh..

Then we took bus 105 home together.. alighted a few stops before her.. SMS her like an hr later to see whether is she safely back and stuff (becos apparently, I felt tat it was my responsiblity to ask her abt her whereabouts.. since I didnt like really walked her home, as her hse to mine is like 30 mins drive away!.. so ya..).. see how much I've matured as a gentlemen! ha..

Sunday (19/3/06)

Woke up bright and early this morning..

First stop, went to see my grandma in an old folks home.. went to Tampines Mall to eat lunch with family.. (as usual, saw 2 familiar faces.. 1 is my poly classmate and the other is my Paya Lebar FDC Platoon mate!)

After which, proceeded to Orchard for some windown shopping.. then went to Borders @ Wheelock.. had a surge to buy a bk.. and so I bought a book (which is a newly released paperback book) and the price is reasonable.. $16.80.. oh.. the title of the book is "Darkhouse" by Alex Barclay.. which is a Mysteries genre type of book.. the synopsis of the book is interesting, so tats wat attract me to buy the bk lah!.. juz hope I wld be so interested in the bk tat I wld want to read it everyday! =)..

Then after which, went to Coffee Bean to drink Cinnamon Ice Blended.. not bad actually.. quite vanilla-ish.. =)..

After tat, went with family to go to Tanglin Mall to walk walk as time is still early for the bday dinner tat my parents is gonna treat my sis & I.. so ya.. I gave the suggestion of "Black Angus" @ Orchard Parade Hotel.. and surprisingly, my parents said ok loh! =)..

Anyway, the service there is superb.. we waited for my sis for abt 30 mins before we ordered the food and started eating.. so its like almost every staff of the restaurant came and ask us whether we are ready to order.. it gets irritating as time goes by, becos I have to keep repeating myself.. so ya.. but I guess this is all part & parcel of their job scope loh!.. so cant blame them..

Oh.. dun koe why how come this time, I can't post pics on blogger.. think something wrong with the server or sumthing.. so here's is only in words.. if you want to see how the dish looks like, pls. see part (a) of the starting of this blog, whereby I state tat there are new photos uploaded to Yahoo! Photos.. so ya

So here is juz the description of wat we ate..

Teriyaki Top Sirloin: (My sis & my Main Course)
A fresh-cut 9oz. top sirloin, marinated in soy sauce, sesame, fresh garlic, and ginger. Char-grilled to order then glazed with our homemade Sesame Teriyaki sauce.
Side dish for me (included in meal price): Garlic Mashed Potatoes & Stuart's Steak Soup
Side dish for my sis (included in meal price): Garlic Mashed Potatoes & Garden Salad.
*PS: Stuart's Steak Soup is a combination of a beefy soup base, complete with beef chunks, barley grains, sliced white onions and celery. A heavenly soup! You muz try it! If you like beef stew, this is for you!!

Hawaiian Ahi Fish: (My dad's Main Course)
Marinated with spice and tossed with pineapple salsa. Served with a choice of potatoes and steamed vegetables.
Side dish: Garlic Mashed Potatoes & Stuart's Steak Soup

Grilled Chicken Teriyaki: (My mum's Main Course)
A half pound chicken breast, basted with our famous sesame teriyaki sauce.
Side dish: Baked potato (with toppings: sour cream, saffron and chives) & Coleslaw.

Chicken Caesar Salad: (A shared dish)
Our signature caesar salad, piled high and topped with a slice of char-grilled chicken breast.
Side dish: Carrot soup (which is the soup of the day)

Sky-High Mud Pie: (A shared dessert)
Rich ice cream swirled with almonds and topped with a thick layer of fudge and whipped cream.

So here's a reminder.. if you want to see the pics, pls. visit the photos gallery and click the appropriate link ya =)

Ok lah.. gtg liaox.. need to wake up at 0530 for going back to camp tml! Haix.. sianx.. its 0100 on a mon (20/3) as I publish this blog.. Gosh! Its so late liaox.. Nitex ppl! =)

** 4 DAYS to my 22nd birthday!!

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 213 DAYS to ORD!!

The days are drawing closer,
<<< abriel >>>

Disappointments..

Hey ppl.. u all may be waiting the good news tat I'm gonna spread to you all, but I'm afraid tat u all wld be disappointed..

I'm also disappointed lah.. becos the whole day was juz a screw up!

Was supposed to have the tailor come this morning with our No. 1 uniform and then proceed to Beach Road to sew rank when we bk out!

We waited for the tailor by sleeping in bunk, until when my sgt call, then we fall in.. so its like we are hungry for lunch at 1300 (at tat time, I was quite sure tat I wld give the test a miss liaox!).. so went to canteen and eat.. SMS my bro, Sidney, and told him abt my misfortunte (ie, can't go to test!).. and in return, he ranted to me abt his woes for the day too.. haix..

However, the tailor did not come until 1540! And guess wat! I actually MISSED my Advance Driving Theory at a timeslot of 1515! I'm actually not very happy abt this, becos I cld actually have a glimpse of hope to pass today's test.. Even if I did not pass, at least I tried and have made my $6 worth it.. but the problem is tat I didnt even attend the test! So actually I wasted it loh! haix.. Well.. guess I'll have to postpone my driving to after my ORD since my schedule in GOH is really unpredicable, especially since last min stuff is the trend of my squadron.. haix..

Anyway, after we collected our No. 1, my RSM want to check our uniform.. he actually said iron our No. 1 before seeing him.. but then, none of us did, becos its like we do not have any iron and this is so last minute.. so ya.. all didnt iron loh.. anyway, after we were supposed to wait for my RSM at 1630, but in the end, he only turn up at 1700! We were of course furious lah! My RSM made a few commends abt me not being able to tighten the shoe lace (becos I thought he juz see and tats it mahz!.. didnt expect he check so thorough.. so ya.. of course, kenna scolded lah.. haix..)

After tat, bk out and took a bus home.. as usual, boon sen psycho me to take cab, but I didnt "give in", becos I am really broke this mth! If this goes on, I wld be broke in no time lah! But sumhow I took an hr to reach home, and I actually regretted it.. I shld have taken cab instead of waiting so long for bus 169. haix.. but oh well.. I'm looking on the bright side of things.. I can save money..

Came home and prepare my No.1 to be brought back tml.. so ya.. =)

Watched a bit of TV and had a nice dinner prepared by my mum.. then on the computer and now I'm blogging loh..

Gonna stay in camp for the nxt 2 days, becos I P1 for 2 days consecutive.. haix.. so the nxt time I'm gonna blog is probably on Saturday after coming back frm church.. so ya..

** 8 DAYS to my 22nd birthday!!

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 217 DAYS to ORD!!

Till nxt time,
<<< abriel >>>

Highlights...

Hey ppl.. its been 4 days since I've blogged! Man!! This seemed so long!! Anyway, I've got quite a long blog to update you all (as usual.. wats new?).. so ya.. but I'm sure you wld find it interesting ya =).. but wait a minute.. ain't my blogs always interesting? hahaz =D

Anyway, here goes my blog..

Saturday (11/03/06)

On duty this day! Tired as usual.. becos drill rehearsals ended on Thurs (09/03), and have not had a fully recovered rest yet.. so ya.. so did my duty loh.. Duty more shiong at nite, becos of the lack of manpower tats why! So ya.. I actually had a Main Gate duty frm 2300-0100, and, 0300-0500.. but then if you think logically, this is like very tiring.. so ya.. So I changed my duty with sumone (the 0300-0500 duty tat is!).. so I practically did Main Gate duty frm 2300-0300 lah.. 1 shot for 4 hrs! =).. so its like after at 0300, I slept till dismount.. but then, at abt 0805, I woke up automatically! then realise tat no one did clearing up the floor.. so me being a *ahem* resposible chap, and one who cldn't stand ppl juz staying there and hope someone clean up the place, I decide to take initiative to clear up the floor..

Sunday (12/03/06)

Well.. quite excited on this day.. becos FINALLY after so long, I get to go out with my bro in camp, Sidney, after so long of persuading and stuff! Its juz so hard to get him out lah! He machiam like some VIP! Well.. being able to jio him out is considered an achievement for me liaox! =).. so ya..

Well.. it was partly my mistake in being late.. in fact, I was late for abt an hour! Gosh! How punctual I can be ya.. but it cld not be blamed on me totally lah, becos I took an alternative route, and in the end, was 1 hr late.. As usual, I got calls every 5 mins or so frm Sidney.. I think he wait until "bu nai fan" liaox! Sorry ah bro!

Actually, met him and Yizhou at Suntec City for the IT Show.. man.. the human traffic jam was as bad lah.. Juz getting across the bridge frm City Hall MRT to Suntec entrance takes abt 10 mins! Its like everyone walking in 1 small step!

Anyway, 3 of us (yizhou, sidney & me) walked the whole of the IT show loh.. along the way, Sidney kept like making me feel so guilty of being late.. but ya.. I juz "in one ear and out the other" lah!

Spend quite a while at the IT show.. of course, I was mentally prepared to not like being tempted to buy the stuff liaox.. so ya.. did NOT get anything at the IT show loh! =).. I resisted temptation! hahax..

Yizhou was looking for a router, so we shopped ard the place for one.. and then we were contemplating a special offer (but of some China brand I think!).. and then guess wat! I saw the brand of my router.. advise him to buy the brand tat I have instead.. at least its more reliable, since I used it for so long liaox.. so ya.. in the end, he bought it lah..

Then as we are almost done, saw boon sen & his girlfriend lah.. Then after which, we went to Marina Square and walk ard.. and went into Creative shop.. saw the speakers.. they are darn cool loh! Any moment there, I wld start buying! But thank goodness we were fast enuf to get out of the place and therefore, I did not buy anything loh!! =)

After which, we proceeded to Orchard for my all time fave activity, shopping!! Yeh!!

First we went to Paragon to go to the Crumpler shop and buy Yizhou's bag! Yizhou thought of buying a bag loh, and its either Crumpler or projectbloodbros bag he's looking for.. so ya.. Sidney got an Apple card and therefore he can get 10% off Crumpler bags lah! so ya.. I somehow manage to "contribute" to psycho/tempt Yizhou to buy Crumpler bags.. telling him all the perks of Crumpler bags and compare to the bag he wanted at projectbloodbros, Crumpler is much much better! And guess wat! My persuasion worked! He bought a Crumpler bag loh! =)

Then after tat, we went down to M1 and buy handphone.. actually I was the one buying lah!! And becos' my Nokia Ngage QD was giving me problems (ie, it kept on "hanging"), therefore decide to change my phone to Nokia 6030. I was also "gian" for the radio function lah.. so ya..
A lot of ppl have told me tat this is a sucky phone, but I certainly dun think so.. it is definately much better than my Ngage.. but oh well.. opinion differs lah!! so ya.. it all depends on how u look at it.. btw, I took the black colour.. so ya.. among all 3 colours (silver, black & champagne), this is the best lah!! I traded in my Nokia Ngage QD for $150, and I bought the Nokia 6030 WITHOUT contract (but with the $18 M Card- which is a prepaid card!).. Buying with the $ 18 M Card simply costs me $216 instead of the normal $268.. Moreover, besides purchasing the $18 M Card, I got a complimentary $8 M Card as well, so tat makes me a total of $26! So yupz.. So after trade in, I only pay $66 for my Nokia 6030. Quite worth it I muz say.. Dun you think so? =)
Anyway, this is only for the time being! After I ORD, I'm gonna trade in this phone or sumthing for other camera one.. so this phone I guess will only stay with me for abt 7 mths! =) *hint hint! 7 mths to ORD!*.. hahax.. =P

Then at M1, I was so tempted with the sleek design of Motorola (all thanx to the psychic powers of Sidney! Man.. this guy is influential lah!), tat I actually think tat nxt time if I change phone, I wld want to get Motorola instead (eg: Motorola V3x).. haix.. its me dreaming lah..

Anyway, getting my Nokia 6030 was no easy feat! After we bought Yizhou's bag, we went down to M1 to get my phone, and becos the queue @ M1 Paragon was long, I have to wait 1.5 hrs later *gulpz!* to get my phone! So after I got my no., we went shopping at Taka (to shop for Sidney's sunglasses) whilst waiting for the 1.5 hrs waiting time to pass!

And we walk practically frm Taka to Wisma (met Mark @ Taka.. 2nd person frm FDS we met for the day!), then to Wheelock, then to Pacific Plaza, and finally he got his sunglass.. And its no easy feat loh! He settled for Pacific Plaza and there he got his sunglass at Ripcurl shop.. and ppl.. hold your breathe! He actually bought a $240 Oakley sunglass! *gulpz!*.. And again, I had a part in tempting him to buy the sunglass.. Yizhou also had a part too, but I was the main party! =P Man.. I sounded like the devil for tat day loh.. tempting everyone to buy it.. then Sidney cldn't take it anymore, becos he tried on various brands, but all dun look as good as the Oakley's.. so ya.. Dun say.. I tried it on and it look good on me too! Of course lah.. $240 dun look good? you muz be kidding man! Anyway, when we ask the salesperson whether is there any new pcs, she said no.. its the last pc.. so ya.. so no choice lah.. since Sidney want it, he got it lah.. After he bought it, I suddenly felt this heavy sense of guilt of actually tempting him to buy and burn his pocket! Sorry bro.. didnt mean too.. but actually, the tempting process was very fun =P.. In fact, along the way, Sidney was again jokingly cursing and swearing tat I actually tempted him to buy the sunglass! But all in the name of good fun lah.. =D

Then as we walked to Taka to go to Paragon, we pass by one optical shop and saw the exact pair of Oakley's tat Sidney bought, and tat made him felt worse.. becos tat shop had a very high chance tat it has a new pair lah (but we didnt go in and ask!).. but oh well.. things are like tat lah!

Then after we got my phone, all 3 of us were undecided as to where to eat our dinner! So at first, we actually want to see Yuki Suki @ Cineleisure (which is a Jap. buffet!), but then, we cldn't take it liaox.. we were hungry! I was hungry to the state tat I got a headache lah! So in the end, I suggested Sushi Tei, Paragon, and asked them whether they ate b4.. they said no.. so we went to Sushi Tei for dinner loh.. there again, Sidney made fun of me again.. saying I muz pay for the dinner and all loh!!

Anyway, when we went there, we ordered a few dishes.. each of us ordered a main course, and we shared some side dishes! so ya.. here are some pics of the food we ate!.. hope it makes u hungry.. ha..

Our first side dish! A 18 pcs sushi platter.. They call this "Ohsumi Mori".. Quite economical.. this plate of sushi only costs us $12.

This is our second side dish! Deep fried tofu. Its different frm your normal fried tofu at Sakae Sushi.. this has a much savoury taste.. but a bit on the salty side though! They call this dish, "Age Dashi Tofu". Price of this dish: $4

Oh!! This is my fave. main course in Sushi Tei and I ALWAYS eat this when at Sushi Tei!.. Its a cold soba noodle dish, complete with cucumbers, carrot, ham slices, egg omelette, etc.. complete with the savoury cold soup thingy tat makes the whole dish so oishi-nei!! Anyway, this dish is called the "Hiyashi Chuka Soba". This costs a merely $8!

This dish is Sidney's main course, the "Yakitori Don". He wanted to eat Teriyaki Chicken, but they dun serve this in Sushi Tei.. So I advise him to eat Yakitori Don instead, as it is definately much better than Teriyaki Don @ Sakae Sushi.. and after eating, he agreed tat it is much much better than Teriyaki! Yeh!! The food guru's choice is never wrong! Ha.. Oh.. this photo was taken by HIMSELF on his Casio 5 megapixel camera! So ya.. See bro.. told you I'd acknowledge the credits for the photo! =).. so ya happy now? =D

As usual, we were photo crazy and quite trigger happy.. so we juz take shots lah!

After which, we proceeded to TCC @ Centrepoint! Initially it was my treat (for being late lah!), but then in the end, they insisted tat they were joking with me, and therefore, they paid for their stuff too lah!.. Anyway, we were fortunate in a sense tat the place was quite empty, so we got a sofa seat lah! so ya.. since the atmosphere and environment was conducive for taking photos, therefore, we took the pic u see on the left loh! Well.. juz a brief introduction of the photo.. Its me on the left, Sidney on the centre and Yizhou on the right of the photo! =)

After tat, came home, feeling shacked.. becos did not sleep in the afternoon mahz.. after dismounting, went out liaox.. so ya.. tats why never blog also!

Monday (13/03/06)

When I woke up the morning on this day, it was like hell lah! Feeling super tired and shacked! Absolutely no energy to do anything! Then whilst I was having my breakfast, I suddenly had a thought.. I sumhow regretted tat I shld hv got either 1GB iPOD Nano (@ $268) or the Canon IXUS 65 (@ a special price of $599.. usually its abt $650-$700) at the IT Fair or sumthing.. but then again, felt tat both are not impt.. so ya.. however, I'm waiting for ppl to give either one to me on my 22nd birthday (see countdown below!).. man.. Do I have a sense of shame? Apparently no! Hahax.. =).. I'm hinting very often in my blog nowadays as to wat you can give me for my 22nd birthday present.. so you readers koe wat to do huh.. =D.. die die.. now I lost my reputation and my shamelessness! Hahax.. But I dun care! Ha.. =P.. Anyway, below are the pics of the iPOD Nano & the Canon IXUS 65!.. savour and drool on them! ha..



Anyway, mounted duty at camp on this day lah! For the first time in history of GOH 2006, mounting duty has so many ppl till the pt tat some ppl had to make do with the wooden sofa chairs as their bed, becos apparently, there are not enuf beds to sleep on! Even if there are beds, no bedsheet being laid on it! Store I/C doin duty as well, so can't take bedsheets frm store.. haix..

But then, 3 of the new GOH specs mounted with us lah.. I was fortunate enuf to mount duty with 2 of the GOH specs (one of which was the platoon best!)..
I shall mention abt the platoon best (by the name of Zhiwen) in this blogpost of mine.. apparently, he looked garang and unapproachable at first, becos he has tat "dao" look on his face.. but then, when I mounted duty with him, we both got along fine.. in fact, we were juz like old time friends.. he did not pull rank and stuff. he even help his "men" (which is us lah) in some of the things.. for example, when he goes with me to take ration, he offered to help (unlike some sgts who juz stay there and see and expect me to do everything loh!).. and also in the morning, he helped cleared breakfast ration boxes which we were inconvenient to clear until the Floor I/C clears the place!.. man.. I think this is one of the best sgts tat I've had.. well.. juz hope tat he stays this way and dun change for the worse.. becos this is only his first duty with us.. so ya.. dun koe wat will happen in future.. so ya.. keeping my fingers cross loh! He actually agreed to bring me with him to Eastern to do duty nxt time.. dun koe whether he can remember by then lah.. so ya.. actually, he has abt the same thinking as me lah, probably becos we are of the same age.. so not much of a difference.. =)

Also got to koe 1 more sgt (by the name of Kenneth Ling) better (but he is frm S3 branch and NOT GOH! or else, it wld be fun lah!).. in fact, he looked so much alike like another senior sgt (by the name of Kenny Law) in S3 branch.. when u first see Kenneth, u need to stare at him for a second look, or else, you wld mistake him for Kenny! Ha.. What a coincidence! Two K's and lookalikes, and both in S3 branch; I wonder whether they were twins in their previous lives! Hahax..

Anyway, the tailor for our No.1 was supposed to come this day, but then, I think last minute he got something on.. so he changed it to Wednesday.. haix..

Tuesday (14/03/06)

Well.. as mentioned earlier, if my No. 1 comes yesterday, I wld have gone to Beach Road today and sew my rank and iron my No.1 liaox.. haix.. but then, its coming tml.. Tml is a bit rush lah.. judging tat I got my Advance Driving Theory tml (my 3rd attempt actually!), dun koe wat time then I can be at Beach Road to sew my rank and bring back to camp on Thurs, becos Friday I need to use it liaox.. haix..

You all koe sumthing? I did NOT study for my Advance Theory this time round.. I want to try my so called luck lah.. becos its like for the past 2 times I study so hard, also no use.. also fail.. so I'm going to juz take the test tml.. and *touch wood* if I fail again tml, then I wld take it again when I ORD.. no pt keep on retaking becos waste money.. and if I choose the date of test and sway sway tio my rehearsal dates, I have to spend money again.. so wats the pt right.. so ya.. Its all up to the Man Upstairs lah.. but appreciate if you cld pray as well? If its His Will, then pray tat He'll let me pass tml.. if not, then too bad lah.. not time yet! so ya.. believe he koes wat's best for me lah! =)

Then at nite after dinner, watch a bit of TV, and then blog.. didnt see Sidney online.. so I msg him.. and he msg me to call him back.. and there, he ranted to me abt his driving lesson.. hahax.. funny chap!

Then whilst surfin the net, I juz had this subconscious thought of me not actually attended church for already a solid mth! Man! No wonder I felt so far frm my church friends, even more importantly, God! But I dun koe actually.. when I go back to church this week and the next, I dun koe whether wld I feel the same at "home" or wld I start to feel a gap frm my bros in church (ie, Andrew, Nat & Ash), in a sense tat I dun feel like part of the grp, where I juz play like some "extra" or wld I feel even more closer to them since I've not seen them for a mth? Or wld I feel tat its much better to juz attend church and not hang out with them anymore, as after a mth of standing "alone", I got used to it? I simply dun koe.. these thoughts are raging my mind now! I'm thinking a lot!! haix.. what I write in this paragraph, is actually not the full thing of wat I want to say.. its juz the gist of it.. there is actually more to it, but I dun koe how to put it in words.. so ya.. haix.. blame it on my poor English.. =(.. I'm now like totally confused.. I dun koe whether is this feeling being put in by the Evil one or its juz my subconscious or izzit natural to feel this way? hmmm..

Ok lah.. gtg and sleep liaox.. its late.. even though I dun feel sleepy, becos I had a 2 hr nap in the afternoon.. so ya.. btw, at the time of publishing, this blogpost is published at 2359! So you say late or not.. hahax.. Think I spend abt 2 hrs on this blog! Gosh!!

** 9 DAYS to my 22nd birthday!!

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 218 DAYS to ORD!!

Many questions to be answered,
<<< abriel >>>

Tired..

Well.. u may think its not tiring being in GOH, but you are all wrong ppl! Its actually very tiring!

In fact, this morning I woke up with an aching hand.. probably muscle too tense up yesterday whilst I execute the arms drill! Oh.. or maybe I'm getting larger muscles? =)

Anyway, slept at abt 12am yesterday, becos felt totally awake lah! Then when I slept on the bed, I really slept! Somehow regretted for sleeping so late.. haix..

Then, this morning went back to camp half dead! Then wats worse is tat my GOH shift have to do fatigue work (frm dismantling the tentage [which we did not setup btw]), to emptying sandbags to things like clearing up my squadron storeroom and tearing paper (*gulpz*!) and also other stuff! I tell you.. my fatigue work started frm 8+am in the morning and stretch all the way till 2+pm in the afternoon! My only rest time was frm 0900-0945 (breakfast time) and 1230-0115 (lunch time).. the rest of the time was doing fatigue work! We do until we all peng-san! All very shagged loh! I think we are worse than Bangla worker!!

But one thing worth mentioning is that Samuel Tan (the new OCPA - who was previously frm my shift), is tat he did help us in all tat we do.. So tat means he is no different frm us.. so ya.. hardworking chap!! He actually can have a choice of juz sitting down in the office and do nothing.. but instead, he helped us! So you say is this worth mentioning? =)

Then after tat, bathe and bk out loh! Came home, watched a bit of taped videos and then had my dinner (which was Turkish Kurbabs wrapped with tortilla.. not bad I muz say..

Then came to blog liaox loh.. going to sleep soon! Tml need to mount duty.. haix.. super sianx.. Got to go..

** 13 DAYS to my 22nd birthday!!

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 222 DAYS to ORD!!


Shagged personnel,
<<< abriel >>>

Updates...

Well ppl.. today nothing much to update.. juz tot of making my presence known.. ha..

Drill rehearsal was ok today.. not much of cockups.. Dreams ended promptly but not early.. still the usual 1730! haix..

This morning I receive a good news and tat is this wed is supposedly my mounting duty day, but my RSM say we shld NOT mount on wednesday, becos we need to get our No. 1 stuff frm my base e-mart. So ya..

And Wednesday (15/03) is my 3rd attempt at my Advance Driving Theory.. dun even koe whether I'll pass, becos this time I totally DIDNT study! Becos I think I study so hard last time, and I didnt pass.. so this time I'll take the risk of not studying and see whether I can pass this time round!.. if still cannot, I'm determined to only take it after I ORD.. no pt wasting $6 on the test over and over again! So ya.. moreover, my time in GOH now is unpredictable.. so ya..
Anyway, it all depends on the man upstairs lah.. pls. pray for me.. won't u? If this is His Will to let me pass, so be it ya =).. Thanx!

Then after today's drill, share cab home with boon sen and then watch a bit of TV.. kilat-ed my drill boots (need it for next wk's full dress rehearsal.. actually wanted to kilat my drill boots on Sunday, but then, worried too lazy.. so I did it today loh!).. then on computer and now blogging loh.. Dun koe wats wrong with blogger as I blog.. think there's some connection problem!

Anyway, chatted with a few ppl online before I blog this blogpost.. And apparently, juz rite out of the oven, Sidney (my bro in camp) has told me tat Samuel (my ex-shift mate) is actually promoted to be my OC's PA! Man.. another men frm my shift down, and being posted to HQ! Darn! Why are all the good ppl being posted up to HQ? haix.. But Samuel told me over MSN tat everything not confirmed yet.. so ya.. but I think its more or less confirm liaox lah! So Samuel, jiayou!! =)

Oh.. Yizhou & I gonna spend the whole Sunday to ourselves juz shopping and eating! Dun koe whether its window or real shopping.. but for me, its REAL shopping! I wanna buy some t-shirts frm New Urban Male (NUM).. a popular male fashion wear! =).. The tshirts there are quite cool loh =).. Pay credited in liaox.. so wat am I waiting for?? haha.. jk lah.. but I'm serious abt buying the tshirt, unless after trying, I find tat its not nice or not suitable for me to wear.. then maybe I'll consider not to buy it and buy a Zara shocking pink polo tshirt instead.. It looks cool loh =)

Ok lah.. I think I have chatted enuf! Man.. the clock is ticking.. its getting late.. need to sleep liaox.. bkin in camp tml for standby.. wonder whether got fatigue work.. haix..

** 14 DAYS to my 22nd birthday!!

** I'm still counting down the days LEFT to serve.. its 223 DAYS to ORD!!

Ciaoz ppl,
<<< abriel >>>