fu*k the system

2007-05-31T14:45:00.000+08:00

End of Month Reviews Part 2

Event - Mr SmartyBen & Andrew's Birthday
Venue - Zouk @ Jiak Kim Street
Guestlists - Hougang United
Date - 12 May
Time - 10pm

FUP was at Hougang coffeeshop, then e whole lot headed down to Zouk to get our early stamps. Once objective was met, we headed across e street to e coffeeshop we always go. To warm-up our stomachs, 10 bottles of Heineken for 8 person. By 11plus, we finished everything and decided to move into Zouk to invade e midnight madness b4 it strikes 0000hrs....

Heineken Lovers.. Waiting for e time to strike 0000hrs!!!

Attack! Cheers!!!!

What u can't see from e front view.... 12 buckets, 2 Chivas!

House rules... Once we cheers, at least half a bottle of Heineken or e whole glass of Chivas with min. green tea. Seriously speaking, I wasn't feeling very well that night due to e late dinners I had, so was trying very hard to finish e drinks too. After toasting e Birthday Brothers, we headed down to get our B-Cake for them before returning to e area to carry on with e killing....

I'm not very sure whether e time freezed or what, but e drinks just keep coming.... Madness I could say, with 12 buckets of Heineken, 4 bottles of Chivas and some other loose drinks. And this is what you get from it....

"Total Shaggness"

Don't tell me what time we left or stop drinking because I can't remember a thing after this... But what I know is, I got to know even more friends that night!

2007-05-30T13:07:00.000+08:00

End of Month Reviews Part 1

Highlight - Zouk KL (2D1N)
Date - 07 May
Move Out Timing - 0630hrs

Here's e pics to tell e story.....

After work@0545hrs, waiting in e coach

Finally, reached KL@1100hrs

E Crews!!! Obviously, not alot of ppl slept in e bus...

Inside my room, #1005

KLCC, Here I come!!!

e Long Lost A&W!!!

Shopping Time!

Party Time@1900hrs

Group Pic b4 we start drinking!

After Lots of drinking... And I mean ALOT!

Short clip of one of e games, Dancing! (Dj Aldrin)

Picture tells a thousand words... But why only so few photos??! Due to e camera-man also need to go enjoy some drinks and e camera gave way, low-batt!!! So pls forgive him... haha!!!

For e following day's shopping trip, no pics too. Cos e camera was on and not off for e whole night till noon. Basically we headed to this shopping mall which is so huge that it had its own amusement park in it. After walking half of it, we decided to head to e Chinatown nearby for some cheap stuffs. Headed back to e Hotel by 6pm and left KL at 7pm.

Home Sweet Home....

2007-04-05T20:11:00.000+08:00

Held my birthday celebration at Phuture last night.... Managed to gather some friends to celebrate even though e response was not very good. However, even with just a small group of friends, we still had lots of fun and drinks.... haha!!!

e Guest Lists
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Deqing
Fuwei
Jeffery
Alex
Pin Han
Zwee
Jing Yang
Sherwyn
Bryan
Sandra
Jusmin
Jessica
Amy
Charmaine
Eunice
Li Bing
Melissa
Ivy
Nicole
Denise
Janet

Drink List
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Bottles of Heineken
A bottle Martell VSOP
2 Flaming Lamborghini
Many Submarines

End of e night
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Lots of $$$ spent!!!

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birthday wishes from friends
fun & joy
a muffin
kisses from everyone!!!!
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PRICELESS!!!!

2007-04-05T19:55:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday to Me!!!!

2007-04-04T03:50:00.000+08:00

A belated birthday treat to tIngz.... Brought her to "Ding Tai Feng" to have a dumplings meal cos both of us were not very hungry and after that, to e movies....

This movie had been in my mind for some time and finally I got to see it. Not just to my own likings but to e approval of tIngz too! Haha... Well, it was definitely a nice movie. Although they had only a shield, a spear and a sword but they fought with pride, honour and glory with just 300 of them against a massive army. Being in e army myself, it was something different in e modern world... e strength that they have to kill e enemies, e courage that they have to stand tall infront of e massive and of course e sacrifice of their lives for their people. But in return, we saw what was in e ending, e unite of e whole country against another... It's e kinda of movie that is worth watching in cinemas...

2007-04-02T03:34:00.000+08:00

ziTing's 21st Birthday!!!

Was meeting Fuwei out earlier in e night to get some stuffs at beach road... Then we decided to drop by Ziting's birthday gathering at Chomp Chomp... But before that, we headed to Hougang Point to get a cake for her and we didn't told her about us going...

Our special appearance really worked cos she was quite surprised (I think so...) when she saw me. They were just going to finish eating, so our timing was just nice. Then they decided to hop to e Happy Dayz bar to chill.... Fuwei left us for an appointment with his friends. So it was only e monkey and friends, e dog, e cat, e lil hamster and big hamster there...

Birthday girl n e cake!!!

Happy Birthday tIngz....

2007-03-27T03:06:00.000+08:00

e Parting of a Friend~~~

e waiting....

e ppl there with her....

After a whole month of fun, laughter, joy, happiness, crazy morning breakfast, late night card games and gatherings... Tiff aka Meijuan finally flew to Korean to pursue her studies or should I say, Her dream... Although it didn't seen to be e best choice but at least you took e first step in changing your life! You always wanted a fresh start in life so I guess this might be just e "start" you are looking for....

Be strong and work towards what you wanted all along, put in 101% of your effort and not a single % less. If not, we will kill you instead of welcoming you back with "signboards" when you come back. Always remember that your friends are here in SG, so if you need any help, pls email or call us!!! We will get back to your by email, post, blogspot, calls and maybe DHL if we have enough money to send a person over....

2007-03-21T02:29:00.000+08:00

KTV @ Kbox Hougang Plaza for Wanni's Birthday....

Quick!!! Choose e songs before e birthday girl comes....

Here we sing.... While Wendy poses her famous move!!! e "V" pose

e Panda Princess herself with her famous "V" pose!!!

e Ladies

e birthday girl n me

e slices of cake among us....

Here she goes again....

e modern "Bu Jing Yun aka Cloud"

Here she goes goes again.... With Deqing doing e inverted "V"

e hottest card game around... Heart Attack!!! (Watch out for ur hand)

e KTV crew

2007-03-19T02:28:00.000+08:00

Pasta night!!! or should I call it e Spaghetti Night.......

e "chef" preparing while Wendy strikes e famous single "V" pose!!!

Deqing with chopsticks instead of a fork.... Making e spaghetti look liked e famous hokkien mee!!

After e eating, gathered in e room for cards games.... "Da Lao Er" and e introduction of Chee Keong's version of "HEART ATTACK!!!"

e popular Kom Kom dressing up!! e rest had their turn too, but he's e cutest!!!

Single half-boiled egg!!!

e famous half-boiled eggs waiting to be swallow....

e early morning breakfast gang which usually eat at 6am!!!

2007-03-18T17:39:00.000+08:00

On Mon, met up with Sandra, Tiff, Fuwei and Janet & Bf at 644 because it was Janet's birthday so we had sort of a small celebration. Then sit and chill, chit chat till Reece arrived but by e time he came, e couple went home already. So we carry on talking about Hana Kimi and Shin Hwa, soon we were comparing e boys band around... lolz~ Sat till 2plus before Tiff started to ask us to go home and Fuwei keep on disturbing her by, "You steady lo, like that go back liao..." Then we stayed awhile more before finally letting Tiff dream come true! Home sweet home....

On Tue, headed down to Zouk for some training.... Oops, forgot to let you peeps know. I'll be working at Zouk from now on, Night Life continues!!! Ppl keep asking me why I would wanna work there cos I go there so often, but I told them I just wanna see e difference between going there to enjoy and work. Back to e training, it looked very professional as they had presentation and stuffs but e air-con was too cold, somemore before e training, it rained so heavily that my jeans and shoes got so wet~

After e training, went back home and met up with Deqing, Fuwei and Tiff at my neighbourhood park... Soon we had our dinners, we started to talk about bikes and slowly to ghost stories that nearly freak Tiff out....

On Wed, my first day of work at Zouk.... Was really surprised when I was shown around e inner structure, cos it was something that I would never seen if I never worked there. Then slowly, e full timers began to explain to me how e job works, what to look out for and how to work my way around in e club. Thou it sounds pretty strict but they are actually fun ppl to work with.... Soon e night started and as expected, it was very packed. Mambo Jambo~~~~ I did very basic things liked clearing up of stuffs but soon, I began to take orders even though I was not very sure but due to e crowd, I have to.... Ended e night pretty much pleased with my performance but I know I got alot to learn.

On Thur, rested home all e way... Too tired~

On Fri, Fuwei rode me to work as he was e one who brought me into e club. At first we thought e club would be very packed as for e night we had a guest DJ playing. But surprisely it wasn't that packed but there were still orders around. E DJ kept on spinning until it was 5am (fyi, Zouk closed at 4am) so we were bit tired by then, and for today some of my friends saw me at work and was super surprised when they noticed me in e working attire. Haha!! We had to set up stage for e event on e next day before we could go. After work, Fuwei and I hit 644 for breakfest, 2 half-boiled eggs and ice Milo but I had noodles. Yummy...

On Sat, same routine again... Reached Zouk and we expected to have a heavy crowd as there was an event going on that night. However it was quite empty again, but there were still ppl around dancing away. Saw Lokman with some pretty girls in e club and some other Phuture friends.... As usual e DJ spinned until 5plus and due to e crowd's request, e DJ played 1 last song even though e lights was on already. OMG~ But it was fun to see e crowd enjoying themselves. Back to 644 after work, this time it is 2 half-boiled eggs and ice Milo~ Yeah!!!

2007-03-12T17:29:00.000+08:00

Feeling very shagged and tired... I drag my feet down to SPAAS to join Jing Yang with his seniors to play Volleyball at 3plus. It was good to sweat but at e same time having fun... E game ended at 7plus and we went to Toa Payoh for dinner.

Meet up with Fuwei to go JB together along with some of his rounding gangs. It was relaxing just going JB for a while as he needed to pump some oil.... At e same time when meeting him, asked him some things whether I did something wrong during e morning breakfest, to re-confirm things... Haha~ But I guess I was bit too noisy and loud....

SORRY!!!! Sandra

Reached back SG ard 2plus in e morning, thus we gave Tiff a call whether she is asleep and she was AWAKE!!! Rode down to her place and chatted around 5plus before we headed home...

2007-03-11T16:53:00.000+08:00

On this special day, it is Tiff's birthday. E celebration was held at her house a day before e actual...

Was among e earliest to reach her place together with Wan Jun and Fuwei, sitting infront of e tv together with 1 of Tiff's fren in Poly, Jane. Started helping out by bring out e foods to prepare for e arrival of more friends.... So after, Wendy arrived and instructed e Pri Sch ppl to write something on e photo album where I was e first to write but e last to finish, as I had lots of idea in writing and also drawing on e pic. e Birthday girl started to get suspicious as some of us "disappear" into her room. Haha~

Slowly after more and more ppl came and Wendy had e job to be e photographer for e night with a target of 500 pics. After grabbing a quick bite, I started helping out Wendy in taking e photos and it is a very tiring job cos not many ppl are sporting enough to pose infront of e camera....

Soon, it was e cutting cake session ard 9plus... There were too many ppl and had to take some time to get everyone to pose with e birthday girl. Then after e cake eating and stuff, ppl started to leave... Leaving back only some of e Pri Sch ppl, e Lips ppl and some other guests. Thus we decided to gather inside e house for some games of "Sha Sha", "007 Bang" and even "1 Frog, Jump into e Water, Boiiii~" Haha... E punishment was drinking of beer!!! But slowly it became solely a drinking session but with Martell, Choya and Soju...

E clock hit 0000hrs and we sang another round of birthday songs to e birthday GIRL... And it was also e time where everyone started to ask e GIRL to drink with each and everyone of us. Very soon, she drank 1 too many and we decided to stop and played some other games to carry on with e drinking by picking cards with e smallest, drinking a shot of Martell and Choya.

Time goes on and on with us drinking away.... And we decided to play BlackJack again to kill time before hitting for breakfest first thing in e morning. While we were playing, e Birthday Girl was actually inside e room sleeping... Lolz~

With e morning arrived, we hit breakfest at 644 coffeeshop with 2 full tables... Guess everyone was too tired in e morning and I was e only one making noise and talking away, ppl said that I was drunk but well, let you be e judge....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFFANY aka Mei Juan

Birthday Girl with her beautiful flowers, while me holding her neighbour's flower pot!!!

2007-03-09T19:33:00.000+08:00

Went for an interview before meeting Ziting at Cine and as expected, she reached around 9pm though she claims she will reach before that. haha!!! Wanted to watch "300" at first but e show is too hot, e tickets were sold out and e next timing was 2am... So we decided to watch "Music & Lyrics" as e preview was quite funny... Indeed e show is very funny, very much retro.... But sadly, it did not have any sub-titles and some of e conversations in e movie, I could not understand. Lolz~ Too chim for me already.... However, e movie is still a very good, with nice music throughout e show, great storyline and great acting from e frome main cast...

2007-03-07T19:06:00.000+08:00

After e referee work at PHS, headed home first before meeting Ziting to catch e Pursuit of Happyness. And why is Happyness spelled with a "Y" and not an "I", this you have to find out yourself. e movie is slow but everything is in place, it tells us e struggle of a man who seeks to find success and at e same time, maintaining e happiness with his son. No matter how hard life was to him, he was able to pull it through at e very last moment. You can feel it for him when you know that he got e job....
After e movie, headed to AMK S-11 to have supper before we called it a night.

2007-03-06T16:18:00.000+08:00

Movie time again..... But this time, headed to Tiff's house to catch this show on DVD. lolz.... Together with Fuwei, Tiff and me, we watched this show til e late nights. Well, this movie is really nice, e plot and story and most importantly e acting crew is awesome. However, maybe in some parts of e story, they could had been in more detailed....

2007-03-04T18:06:00.000+08:00

Today is e last day of e Chinese Lunar New Year, which means it is also e last day for massive gambling.... lolz~ But I think I had been quite actively involved in all this gambling stuff, especially when it start at Tiff's place but it also had started since Day 1 of e Chinese New Year...

Let's see now....
18/2 - BlackJack & Mahjong at Jason's house
19/2 - BlackJack at my Aunt's house & Mahjong at Ben's house
24/2 - Mahjong at Andrew's house
27/2 - BlackJack at Tiff's house
01/3 - BlackJack at Tiff's house
03/3 - BlackJack at Janet's house

Well, I don't admit I'm a gambler but since it is e New Year, why not just have some fun in games with friends that you haven't been meeting up for some time. Haha~ And also, eating breakfest early in e morning with ice milo and 2 eggs. Yummy~~~~~~~~~

2007-02-28T17:40:00.000+08:00

Day 7 of e Lunar Chinese New Year, also known as "Ren Ri" meaning everyone's birthday..... And isn't this great, everyone have e chance to celebrate something together and also a chance to "Lao Yu Sheng"...

Even though a few days have passed, we still decided to arrange a very last minute gathering with just a few ppl to "Lao Yu Sheng". E night was great with Wee Ping getting us e "Yu Sheng" and e rest of us having some candid photo taking, with Zhumei being e last to arrive when we had finished everything... Haha~ Well after e "fishing", we decided to go to Tiff's place and have some games of BlackJack before we ended e night...

2007-02-22T18:19:00.000+08:00

Well.... Long time never blog. Been busy with work and also meeting up with e primary school gang. Life has been normal for me, I'm still looking around for a perm job because I have left California Fitness in search of a better job. But I still miss e days there, meeting of people and also working out during my breaks, shiok ah~

Back to reality..... Met up with e YCKPS gang during one of e nights and we decided to.....
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2007-02-18T01:54:00.000+08:00

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Happy CNY to All...

2007-02-13T00:40:00.000+08:00

Yio Chu Kang Primary School e Gathering of 1996

Yes, it is e time again... For us, e pri sch friends to get together again. But e attendance was not that good, e committee have a tough time getting e ppl together and even so. On e day itself, there were many last min absentees due to various reasons but what can we do. lolz... Fortunately, e ppl that usually comes still came and for those who did not, they were replaced by new faces.... Thanks to me of cos! Haha~

Back to e gathering proper. We were at Kbox Cine, in a big room with lots of foods as we had buffets too. Can sing, can eat, can chit chat.... Not bad right! And e fun part is, some of e ppl don't know each other and when someone first arrived, some of them had e blur-looked face on them. It's super funny.... And they will go, "Eh, who is this ah? How come I never see before, etc..." Haha! So we had a ice breaker thingy where we had to use e mic and intro ourselves to all... Well, we party on till 10pm and decided to switch place but only a handful of ppl went....

Next was Club MoMo where Shun Zhong was able to grab a table for us. Sad to say, it wasn't really a good place. E crowd came in real late, only liked 1plus then we could see e place crowded and no offence, there were too little Chinese. Haha! Well, I guess it is e people you go with... So even though it wasn't that good, we still had good companies with us. Cheers mates............

2007-02-06T02:22:00.000+08:00

Well x3.... Congrats to my friend, Daren in winning PSS 2!!! It's really amazing how he did it, he is definitely incredible.... I have been supporting him since he told me he was joining e competition, really can feel it for him.

I still remember I saw him e other day when I was having my lunchbreak at Novena Square, and he was rushing for his music training. e moment was quick so e catchup was short but we both wished each other e best in our work and for him, his competition and dream. Well, he did it! Overcoming all e odds and also his Chinese. Haha~ Cheers man....

2007-02-05T02:19:00.000+08:00

Party people on e floor......

Hmm, been at Zouk for e past fri and sat cos friends' birthday.... Wow, guess I must really control myself if I really wanna make my wish come true, that is club less. Haha! Well, I decided to quit California fitness. E place is really good when comes to knowing more people and training people, I find it very meaning and fruitful but too bad my sales are liked shit.... Lucky I'm not jobless, still got my referee job to secure my rice bowl....

Time flies and Chinese New Year is coming... Haven't really thought of what to buy although most of my friends are liked in e shopping mood but I just can't figure what to get. lolz... Been having a bad headache for e past week thus I can't continue my training, hopefully it will recover soon so I can get back to training.... Ole~ Anyway, congrats to e Young Lions who won e ASEAN Cup....

2007-02-02T18:34:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday Tiffany aka Nini

Well, gonna head down to zouk tonight... To celebrate ppl's birthday and frens' departure. Some of my best clubbing kakis going back to Aust for their studies, so it's gonna be e last night with them. But what e hell, enjoy first and worry later. Haha

2007-02-02T01:07:00.000+08:00

Went to catch and movie with Amy and at e same time pass her some stuffs.... Well, basically e movie has a very good plot and storyline, e flow of it is also very fluent. And in addition, they have many beautiful ladies and charming guys in it. Haha! E movie is not just about e romance, it also consists of funny parts which makes you go smiling away. But as it gets to e end, it becomes quite sad....

e movie is definitely good to watch although its somehow similar to some romance movies before, but do give it a try especially if you are a Louis Koo fan. Lolz!!

2007-01-31T03:05:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Big Brother, David!!!!

PS: For e Birthday Boys & Girls of Jan, same goes to u.... Have a wonderful year ahead!

2007-01-30T00:58:00.000+08:00

Bad Day?!?!

Well, not really a good day... Been having this headache since afternoon when I was at TP working. What work, volleyball referee again. All e school tournaments are on now, and they are shortage of referees, so there I am. At e start, I was quite rusty but after that I got better and my headache got worst.... Haha! Don't know why also, these few days always having headache.

So I took a cab home after work cos I really feel very terrible with my headache and plus I was very hungry cos I haven't had lunch. Then I went home in a cab (Red & White, forget what name). Everything was fine cos I close my eyes throughout e journey, then when I reached my place....

I gave $50 cos I really got no smaller change, then e Taxi uncle also don't have and showing me e money he has. So I asked him, so how? Then he replied, you THINK la!!! (in a very rude manner liked bullying small boy, cos he thinks I'm one as I flagged him at TP) Maybe due to my headache and all e blood in my head, I scolded and f*ck him upside down till he keep quiet and apologize to me. Come on man, I pay for your service and you give me this lousy attitude.... !@#$%^&*!!!

In e end, he know he was at wrong but I guess he scare I complain to his company and stuff, so he acted liked very sorry. This is e 2nd time I scolded rude taxi uncle.... e 1st time was e taxi uncle insulted my friend who is a girl somemore, she can't rem e way home as she just moved then e uncle whined her liked "Miss, do u know anot?" My friend nearly cried, I screwed e uncle again... Bloody hell.... Please, don't think that I'm a gangster or what. Usually, I'm very nice with e taxi uncles but for e black sheeps out there, better watch out!

2007-01-27T00:46:00.000+08:00

Caught this movie on last Fri... It's kinda waste of money! e movie does not really have a good start, explaining liked what really happened in e past. Then they just follow e flow and everything. Not much excitements really, maybe just a little when you see e Alien running around making troubles. If you just wanna kill time, then go for it. If not, better watch something better....

2007-01-23T20:48:00.000+08:00

e latest movie I watched. A very nice movie with all e nature's beauty in it and e very origins of how humans evolved. It tells how a Man fights against all odds to reunite with his family. However, e show is not really for ladies, as some of e scenes are very bloody and cruel.

A fantasy story that goes around e little girl who comes to know about e Labyrinth in e woods, a magical and demonic creature waiting for e princess who lost her way in e Human world ages ago. Some of you may find e movie boring, as most of e time it will be showing e chaotic situation in e country with communists rather than focusing on e Labyrinth, and e movie is in French....

Well, with Ben Stiller around... What will you get? Laughters... And yes, this movie is pretty much very funny and e other characters in e movie are also very nice and funny. So who knows what will happen to e museum near you? haha!! Caught e movie 2 times but still find it funny....

2007-01-14T23:31:00.000+08:00

To Quit or not to Quit

Well, job is still interesting but it's getting out of hand... Every now and then, I will hear my seniors, my team leader and even my manager telling about Sales, sales and more SALES!!!! Please.... It's not liked I don't wanna make any sales, people I meet are just not interested, what can I do. I can't hold a gun in my hand and force people right?!?! I want people to buy willingly and they are really interested abt e personal training, this is what I think and I'm still working this way. I don't care about e sales but sometimes I think about e time I spent there... Is it really value for money or value for passion? It got me thinking....

What about you? Is e current job really value for money for you or you are also searching for an answer?

2007-01-07T01:50:00.000+08:00

Short and Sweet

New year, New game plan

Work and more work

Enjoy life everyday

Spend time with people I love

Treasure every moment at all times

Fun, laughter and joy all day round

2007-01-01T22:09:00.000+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!!!!

As we welcome e new year, let's set some resolutions for 2007!!!

1. Gain more experience in life and work
2. Train harder and make more sales
3. Save more $$$$
4. Know more people
5. Club less (Trying hard to)

Above are all a main idea of what I hope to achieve. Will work hard towards it..... How about you? Work hard too ya!!!

2006-12-31T02:41:00.000+08:00

Bye Bye 2006

In a few hours' time, a new year shall begin.... Shall we take a look back in 2006 on e things we done...

Jan
PC in Raven Coy at BMTC Sch 2, taking my 1st batch of Recruits.

Feb
Fell in love but it was just a moment of sweetness.

Mar
As my first batch of Recruits POP, I was sent to 4SIR to become e Roving Instructors/PC.

Apr
Lonely birthday or should I say, is it really my birthday? Can't feel anything...

May
The final phrase in e unit, enjoyed life there and came to know alot of ppl from there. Cheers!! But outside of Army, I was completely lost at that time....

June
POP for e Men of Charlie Platoon 7 of 4SIR, you guys are fun to be with. Had to report back to BMTC as Raven was going to have their latest intake, e new-form "Ravenlingz"!!!

Jul
I was a freeman, no platoon for me to take. Thus, I became e Devil of e Company. Beep, beep, beep.... as e whistle sound goes, that's me in action.

Aug
e peak of training for e Ravenlingz and e time I was promoted to Full Left!!! Marching on to POP and ORD...

Sept
POP for e Ravenlingz!!! E most awesome POP, I have ever gone through. Especially e countless photo takings and congrats to e Ravenlingz. And as e month came to a close, I ORDed....

Oct
Slacking at home e whole time. Finally got back to my old job near e end of e month, volleyball referee!

Nov
Volleyball Junior Championship for under 16 and 13. It was fun to be back in e sports, miss e days when I just started playing, e ppl I got to know.

Dec
Joined California Fitness to become a Personal Trainer. A big step for me, e start of my real life....

Other than e things stated, there's also e clubbing times that I feel there's nothing much to write. Basically Zouk has become my 2nd home.... Haha!!! Well, that's all abt e things I done for e year, a very simple one. Left some details out due to some privacy.

WHAT ABOUT YOU???

e ppl who's reading this, did you had a great year? But anyway, what is in e past has already gone into history.... No point thinking abt it, let's just smile and move on.... :))))))))))))))

2006-12-30T15:14:00.000+08:00

Fate..... Something that I still trying to figure out.

1.	something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind.

2.	the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time: Fate decreed that they would never meet again.

3.	that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny: Death is our ineluctable fate.

4.	a prophetic declaration of what must be: The oracle pronounced their fate.

5.	death, destruction, or ruin.

Well, sometimes just don't know is it me or my life just sucks, how I wish I can turn back e time and correct e things that I did not handled it properly.... While seeing some of my friends who are successful in life, relationships and even finding their fated ones. And now I have just only started my chapter and there's nothing much I can pen down.... Sad right?

Oh well, but I'm still contented when I'm able to make ppl happy in daily life and especially during NS in BMTC, as I was able to influence e boys, to teach them what is e better way and try to avoid when e wrong steps I make.....

2006-12-27T01:39:00.000+08:00

One fine day, my friendster suddenly had 1 new message in my inbox, and it goes....

mmm how r u?
was kindof attracted to yur sweet smile n hence this msg...i was thinking of wanting to get to know u.i do apologise for messaging u cos we dun know each other n we're kinda like strangers, but i do hope its possible n u r comfortable with this idea of us getting to know each other....

Regards
Gabriel

OMG!!! What is happening to this world?!?! Is e guy blind or something went into his eyes.... Can't he see my display pic at all? Haha... I really wonder how come I got this kind of message, I guess anything can happen in this world.

2006-12-26T00:10:00.000+08:00

Well, caught this movie e other day after celebrating my mum's birthday.... It's just liked any other emperor show, just that this movie emphasis on e big cast, e huge production for it. e storyline for this movie is not really e best, but every scene of e movie show us how great e director and e acting cast are... As for Jay, his acting is not bad but something strange happened in e cinema, ppl were laughing whenever Jay mades an expression on his face, I wondered why is it so funny.

For ppl who have not watch e movie, if you are looking for e "big things" in e movie then why not spend that little money to watch it. If not, just go Johor and buy DVD to watch, save your money!

Cheers~

2006-12-24T20:16:00.000+08:00

HOHOHO~~~

Merry Christmas!!!

So what is it gonna be? Partying at clubs, Counting down in town area, Chilling out at cool places, Celebrating in churches or even Stay at home? Well, there are many choices so choose 1 that you like most.

For me? Too tired already after days of work and I got to work on a Christmas Day, how's that.... So most likely I will be at home celebrating! Haha

Work is quite fun, everyday seems to have some funny things happening but e stress of this job is very strong! So I guess I will need to lead, to excel, to overcome!!!

2006-12-21T19:32:00.000+08:00

Yes, I did it!!!!

I broke e egg, 1st sales!

2006-12-19T01:37:00.000+08:00

Welcome StrangerS~ I never know that there are ppl I don't know who actually read this blog, even though sometimes e tags they made are kind of offensive but it's still ok... Maybe you're right, maybe I'm right. Who really knows e real answers in life... So in e meantime, just keep those tags coming ya!!!

Well, I just finished my course. e very basic of how a Fitness Professional functions. I can say that I have learned alot and also benefited from e course, thanks to e help of our trainer, Ginny. She is very knowledgeable abt e stuffs she teached, she even goes to e extend to teach us more and not missing out on any details. She even told us that this job may sometimes seem different from what we thought at e start. In this ever-changing society, we don't always get what we want, do what we like and even force to become someone else, I guess we can only suck our thumbs and live through it.

Yes, I must agree that this job is liked a sales promoter, selling e ppl e services we provide. But I do it with my true heart, I don't cheat ppl. If you really need it then you buy, no obligations. Even though that my supervisor keep pressuring me abt my sales, I just wanna help ppl who truly in need of help in terms of training and guidance. In e process of growing, I just wanna learn as much as I can, knowing more ppl and understanding more things in life.... Time goes by pretty fast and soon 2007 will come! I wondered how e new year will be...

2006-12-13T01:00:00.000+08:00

Deja vu~~~~ It's not e song by Beyonce but a movie. For those who are thinking whether to watch this show, i give it a 4 star!!! It's quite an awesome show, with a good plot, excitement, thrill and ending. Do not judge e previews and thought it is liked any other cop shows by Mr Dan, it's quite diff for this movie. Catch it soon ya!!!

Was suppose to have 4 person but in e end, Mr Froggy himself fly us aeroplane, then left only me, Kang Xun and Kwok Leong who was late and yet he was e organiser. At start, I thought we gonna eat something good but in e end, our almighty organiser suggest Mr Mac..., and since he is e Conducting "ex-Officer", we got no chance but to follow. After e food, we decided to take a stroll along e busy streets of Orchard before going for e movie at Lido. Strangely, ppl like to take their cam hp to take pics of e lightings in e area while waiting for e traffic light and some even blocking others' way... Was actually very tired after e Mac, but can't just leave my buddies there right. We walked around, looking at e latest fashion, see what's our taste for it and we can conclude something, Fang Sheng really look liked a old man (For ppl who dunno him, I'll show you another day)

Well, I missed this year's ZoukOut even though I'm a hardcore Zouk resident but work got to come first. Been very tired these days as I worked for 2 consecutive morning shift and to add on it, I got sick and had a powerful flu.... Lucky for this week I can slack abit as I'll be on course on Fitness Professionals. Today was e first day of e course and also my freaking OFF day!!!! Haiz... Why they don't even plan it properly so I can rest more... Woke up today feeling super tired cos I slept at 5am after some supper and chatting with a friend, but it is worth it!!!

Tired, Tired and very Tired....

2006-12-10T22:54:00.000+08:00

Orange Orange

Last Fri (08/12) night, was a wonderful evening... E Brotherhood was united again, e brothers who went thru thick and thin in OCS together, had a Dinner Ops at Sakura Sushi@Orchard. e ppl who attended were Jason (e Planner for e night), SK, KX, KL, Bernie, Yap, Poh & gf, Julius, Ping Sheng, Joseph, Zwee, Arnon, Allan, Fang Sheng, Wei Shun, Yau Khai and me. That's all e ppl that we manage to get for e night...

Well, e food rush started once all were present (Almost less Allan n FS)... Everyone were running ard gathering e stuffs they wanna eat, and at e same time asking abt each other's life. As we eat and eat, e food just come and come. But as we were eating, we were also talking and chatting ard with each other, and surprisingly e topics just go on and on.... Indeed, we have alot of catching up with each other to do... Most of us are working now, some studying, some gonna fly overseas to study and 1 in e Army. We talked abt our work, future plannings, relationships and also e most memorable part, our days in OCS... As we spoke of e past in OCS, e journey we been thru, we laughed and smiled abt things that happened, shared our point of view towards e training, e culture and even e whole GREEN thing...

It was getting late, time had just passed so fast... Although we still had things to talk and laugh abt, we had to plan for what's next. After some discussion, some decided to go home, some went to check e movies at Cine and some just wanna walk ard. I joined e movie group but in e end, we didn't catch a movie, we were walking ard finding a nice place to sit and chill. We walked from Starbucks to Starbucks and even wanted to go to One Fullerton, but we settled ourselves at e Alley Bar, having some champagne and relaxing away...

RTU ard 1am... Well, as time goes by, ppl tend to focus on their goals liked work/studies and thus forgetting some of e good days that we had together. So for e next meeting, hopefully e Brotherhood can truly reunite again as ONE....

2006-12-08T00:59:00.000+08:00

Time passes fast... Today is my 7th day, a week at work already. Thru this first week, I figure out there are many things for me to learn. I still haven made any sales but had made friends with some of the clients who comes to our gym. I also learned abt some human policy, who I can approach and who I can't. Well, I guess in e working world, things are always so complicated....

For eg, my manager keep asking me to sell our services, although I'm trying my best too but I really feel awkward abt doing it. My passion for this job is that I can guide, advise and teach e ppl who are using e gym using e knowledge that I have. And also, talking to e ppl there to make them feel at home. But I guess my job does not really allow me to do what I want, I will have to follow e system... Boring~

Something really funny I must say... I got this colleague who started work at e day day as me, a young lad who just finished JC, 18 yr old. Let's call him, Boy...

At e first day, whenever he sees someone who is very muscular, he would say "Wow, tt's big!! Show me le...." Sounds gay right but don't blame him, cos he is a bodybuilder. As time goes by, whenever he stands infront of e mirror, Boy will definitely flex his muscles liked his arms, abs.... Some of my other colleagues who had worked for some time, thought he was my friend and they would ask me, "CK ah, why your friend so strange 1 ah? Always show his muscle when he stands infront of e mirror" All I can say is..., "He's not my friend la, we just started work on e same day only. Well, I also don't know why he does that"

Things got bit worst, when my manager talk to us abt selling our services and how much money we could earn. Boy became very obsess with e sales thing, he keeps telling me that "CK ah, we gotta do something man, we haven got any sales yet, we are too slow. Come, follow me and let's go grab some customers" When he said this to me, I was liked, "Who do you think you are? Telling me what to do!" But we are still colleagues, so I will just tell him that I know too. And not just this, he would show his muscles to e clients who he talked to. My other colleagues also can't stand him, e way he shows his muscle infront of e mirror and also tells them abt his bodybuilding contests.

However, not everything abt Boy is bad. I admired his passion towards bodybuilding but I think it is abit too much and also he is a very friendly person, he would always smile at ppl. But afterall, he is still young, too much energy and not aware of e dangers in e working world. Well, hope he learns fast, if not he will be very stressful....

2006-12-06T02:23:00.000+08:00

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE TO....

"Sometimes I wonder why we met,

When you leave me, i feel sad.

I start to think abt....

Your smiles,

Your voice,

Your sweetness,

Your gentleness,

Nothing but you!

I feel happy with you

I feel sad without you

When you're troubled,

I can feel it even e distance is so far...

What can I do to make you stay??"

e words from Takaminochi Yusuke

2006-12-02T13:32:00.000+08:00

Well.... Finally, I start work already. Training to be a personal trainer at California Fitness @Novena. I guess some people will think why would I go for this job or how can someone liked me be doing this job. Haha~ You got to start somewhere right? Anyway can keep fit also, why not?!?! Yest was e first day, nothing much was taught actually... Just went thru a briefed orientation around e gym and some equipments, den after that we had to start doing telemarketing. There was liked a whole bunch of numbers for us to call... There's still more to come....

Wed
It was e last day of my referee work, quite happy with my performance and $$. Haha... It was fun going back to e sports, saw alot of old faces and many new ones too.

Headed down to Zouk with Jeff and his new found friend, Janet. Nice to meet you... :P It was at first a threesome party but in e end, I saw someone.... A very close friend, MR KENNY!!!!! wtf man..., come back to SG from Aust and never even notify anyone... But oh well, he meant to give us all a surprise so reason accepted. Anyway, welcome back bro~ Enjoy your holiday while u can...

Fri
Zouk again after finishing work... Was meeting Kenny and also to give someone a surprise... *winkz (You know who you are...) But I guess she won't know, cos she don't know I have a blog. Haha! E surprise was a success!! Thanks to e cover up from Charmaine and Carol, thanks alot girls!!! As usual, Kenny was late... So I was liked sitting down, stoning away... E night was super packed than usual, there was no crowd control so everyone was liked squeezing into Phuture! But I was shocked for awhile... I saw Dexuan, my pri sch buddy in e club, he is someone who doesn't club, that's why... lolz~ Overall, e night was great... Nice music at e end, great friends around, deadly drinks waiting for us!!!

2006-11-28T14:57:00.000+08:00

What to Do....

2006-11-26T01:13:00.000+08:00

Before ppl start to forget abt this blog, I better update more...

Well, been busy with my referee job. In a blink of eye, I have been working for abt a month already. Time flies ya... But at e same time, I admit that I didn't really make full use of e time given to me. That's a bad thing! Haha... Should start looking for other jobs and things to do.

Anyway, I got a job already. Working as an instructor at California Fitness... Looking forward to it, due to e referee job, I can only start work next month. Hope e new place will be fun and exciting...

Signing off for now..... To be continued...

2006-11-13T13:08:00.000+08:00

LIang Shan Bo & Juliet

2006-11-03T23:55:00.000+08:00

WORK WORK WORK

Wad am I doing now?!?! Wad else, working as a referee!!! Working from 8-5 almost everyday, lost count on how many times I blown e whistle.... lolz! Thou some ppl mayb find it boring but I find it enjoying, especially when I have this referee interest at a young age. Now I got no time to play..... Sad!!!

But I never know that e place where I left for NS and now that I'm back, things had pretty much changed! More and more politics and policies set by e same old ppl and a new admin executive, and e fact that less and less ppl are willing to referee due to many reasons. Sometimes I juz don't understand why some old man think that he is really e boss of this industry, always giving ppl comments that are always negative and uncontructive, in simple words, liked to whine and nag.... We give them respect but in return, we had to listen to their crap and pieces of lectures. But all this to me =======> I don't give a damn!!!! Haha...

Time will tell.......

2006-10-24T21:18:00.000+08:00

BLOG!?!?!

Hmm, realizing that I 've not been updating my blog but e thing is, I got NOTHING to blog. Haha! Life has been good and carefree for me. Slowly finding jobs while doing my all time hobby as a part time.

Wad hobby is it? Alot of ppl dun believe wad I'm doing now.... Volleyball referee. Surprised is wad ppl often gets, never know that someone liked me can be one. lolz....

Although I know I can't solely depends on this part time but I wanna find something diff and exciting to do. Guess time is e key now.... Maybe I should have sign on and all this worries will be gone. Haha! I don't go out, I can say rarely. Maybe because I can't find e companies and place to go, so I'll be at home watching "Youtube", just finished watching "Goong". lolz! Sometimes if you all wanna find me, go Zouk on wed and you'll catch me there. Haha! But not all e time also....

Hey Raven lingz, how you all been? How's life in OCS or SISpec? Tough I guess and not enough time right? This is e period where you all need to adapt and grow, to become mature in thinking and understand e system that goes around you. Most importantly, enjoy e time there and take care of yourself. While those not in command school are already slacking... OMG~~~~~~

2006-10-06T14:57:00.000+08:00

Scars

2006-09-28T23:37:00.000+08:00

There is

something that

I wanna

say for

2 years

.

.

.

.

ORD lo!!!!

Finally e time has come for me to go, but it also means that I have given up e chance to serve e Army, which I slowly realised e truth behind e smoke... So from now on, e reality road ahead of me will be tough and unpredictable...

2006-09-25T20:11:00.000+08:00

3 more days to ORD!!!

Hmm, just before I leave e green life.

Some words to say....

Yes, training will be tough and xiong

but it's e passage to becoming someone stronger,

someone wiser and experienced.

As not many will hav e chance to go command school.

In life, we always hope that we will not regret,

so cherish e moment & e chances that you will get!

No pain, no gain!

2006-09-22T19:08:00.000+08:00

If you're looking for action and violence, a movie with a good flow of storyline. Then you folks should try this movie. Although e start may seem a bit not relevant but after that, everything is good to go! E cast is great with 2 charming lead actors, Jamie Foxx & Colin Farrell who display such quality substances and actress, Gong Li who is showing us that she is still as sexy as ever. Msut catch....

2006-09-21T18:26:00.000+08:00

Make a guess?

Yup, that's right... One of e coolest nightspot in town still. ZOUK.

Music is definitely great, head down to e main room, Zouk for Mambo, Retro and bit of Pop. Run over to Phuture to enjoy e great deal of R & B and Hip Hop tunes....

E night was indeed fun, e crowd were cool... My gang was small but good enough. We bumped into some rather interesting moments when we were disco-ing at e dancefloor....

This particular 1: "As we were dancing happily with our own group of friends, we were somehow being pushed. We all know that Phuture is super packed when e music starts to jam, thus e pushing gets more and more. So as we were being pushed, we were in directly moving closer to a group of girls which we didn't plan to. Then suddenly, one of e girl just started to go all wild in e dancefloor showing her friends, e "dance moves" she got. When actually, she was just trying to push us away using e elbows she own. OMG!!! Lord, forgive this child for her innocence....

Moral of e story: Don't judge e books by its cover!!!!

2006-09-20T20:14:00.000+08:00

These past few days had been a misery for me, caught by a terrible fever. Thus, had to rest at home and cancel all my plans... However, I took e time to read my past entries since I enlisted into e Army until now, there were many stories but some were left out or cut short... Come to think of it, I really can't figure out how I survived in OCS, all e punishments and stuffs, really can't imagine. And not just e OCS journey, it's e whole journey thru my NS life and e way I blog. Can really see e changes and e cycles that one can have, ups and downs, e emotional moments, e playful times, my "first times" (Taking plane, going overseas, buying levis jeans) and many more.... As I looked back on myself, I smiled and laughed at e things that I had done and gone thru, I can really say that my NS life is really a very memorable and meaningful 1, is yours too?

I'm really grateful for e ppl who influenced my thinking for e Army during BMT, SISpec and OCS, respect e ppl who really lead by example and showed me what is right and wrong, happy that I'm always with a group of wonderful friends and buddies in BMT, SISpec and of course, OCS and lastly, proud of myself for being able to make it all e way and developed my own personal skills... :P

Fever down

Went back camp for blood test

Now thinking what to do

.......
....... but for now

It's time! Zouk

2006-09-17T20:44:00.000+08:00

Summary of e Week

Tue

Headed ICA to extend my passport, window shop ard in Bugis, City Link and PS.

Wed

Zouk, Phuture

Thur

Mission: To visit Johor (2yrs since I last went)

Objective: To find interesting places and cheap stuffs

Friendly Forces: Me, Chua, Faizal & Lokman

Places: City Square, Holiday Plaza, Causeway Point & Time Zone
Food: Pizza Hut for lunch, Cavana for dinner
Others: Took some funny photos. lolz

Fri

Went back to Tekong for CD (Chemical Defence) refresher thingy, but was not really interested in going, so I stayed in e Company office looking at e kids' posting. Liked wad I said, most of them went to SISpec, 39 went OCS and e rest to various units. I can say this batch has done very well, as this is e highest amt of ppl going OCS so far that I've seen....

Tmr will be e start of your new journey in your NS life, it's time to face e reality... E commanders that you will see or work with, may or may not be as nice as e commanders in BMT, because most of you are training to be commanders, all of you must be self-motivated, be able to stand tall infront of various obstacles that you might faced, with no doubt that your buddy and your platoon will be there with you, so you shall show no fear! Make more friends and learn how to work better as a team, must know when to be serious and when to relax, never give up your chance when you are given 1. E discipline and standards will be higher from now on, so be prepared! And most importantly, know wad's e true meaning of NS....

2006-09-10T19:11:00.000+08:00

Thur & Fri - Enlistment Duty

Sat - OCS Commissioning Parade

It was a great feeling to go back OCS, seeing my ex-commanders, my 1st batch of Recs and e parade itself. Everything just seems so yesterday as I talked to Kwok Leong. The training, e punishments & pains, e fun of doing things together and e people over there, all e memories whether good or bad, it will always be with us...

PS to Raven-lingZ: e Pics n Videos are all uploaded! Pls go to "links" n clicked "gallery". Go under Raven 03-06 to download...

2006-09-06T16:06:00.000+08:00

Our Last Journey Together

Sun - e Pizza Night (Company Level)

Me and KX have been planning for some time, decided to reward the kids some pizzas and drinks for their hard work that they deserved. We also asked all the commanders including those gonna ORD to come back, to enjoy this feast together. We ate in the lecture room, watching Plt 2's video at e same time, enjoying ourselves and remembering the days that we been thru.

Mon - De-kitting & CO Vetting

E main highlight is their CO Vetting Parade. I was there, watching them perform on the parade square, snapping away with my camera. They did quite well for the drills but the singing wasn't there yet, but I understand why. Was surprised to see Zijie come back, even though his leg haven't recovered yet, to be together with e platoon for e last time. Good Job! Last 2nd RO was given quite late and long, but I don't care much 'cos I know e KIDs wouldn't sleep so early also.

Tue - Passing Out Parade

Finally e time has come, their big day infront of their loved ones and families. Was glad tat Ernest could joined back e parade as he was e Company Best. I watched their performance again, and they did even better than e pervious day, e drills and singing. When it's time to go down to put on their jockey caps, everyone was rushing down, nervously looking for their sons. I was also there 'cos some kids didn't have anyone to come, so I had the pleasure to put on e cap for them. Liked wad I said when I walked back, the moment of glory is YOURS! Enjoy it....

After e "ROAR", e kids rushed to get their equipments while me and e PSs accompany Zijie down to meet up with Ee Beng so tat he could go back early with him. Den headed back to e parade square to take pics with them and being thrown 2 times into e AIR. (Phew.... All in 1 piece). Lastly, e moment of parting came. ".... Raven Company, please proceed to the ferry terminal." While e kids were lining up to get onto e boat, e commanders were there to shake their hands and bid our blessings to them. Sad, but it's reality... And as for e ORD commanders, it's our last time doing so.

My impressions of you all....

Raven 1
Very playful, not disciplined enough but when it's time to be serious, you all can do it. Good job on ur IPPT test, highest overall passes. "Platoon 1, ready to send arms?" LD -Armskote 2IC

Raven 2
Playful and not serious enough but they are very bonded and together they are a strong team. All of you are too quiet at times, must learn to speak up more. Don't give way to ppl. "Spider!!! Scold Them"

Raven 3
Very motivated, very disciplined. But sometimes too "GARANG" and serious, must learn how to enjoy! "Pain is Temporary, Pride is Forever" by LTA KX

Raven 4
Very high morale platoon, very bonded and closed to each other. Too bad, e basic discipline is not there if not, you're e BEST. However, you all still gets e job done! "Come on, Raven 4"

Since I was not there for your LAST RO, here is wad I want to say....

As e Commanders of BMTC, our main duty is to take good care of you, imparting you e knowledge tat you need to know, explaining e SAF 7 core values' meaning to you and of cos, making your BMT journey, a fun and memorable one. For this batch, I have seen something diff, it was e morale and bonding of each and everyone of you. To e Commanders, all of you are e BEST! But sometimes, we need to choose e best among you all, and it's really very hard. Wad we think and want will sometimes be diff from e way e system chooses, so for those who did not make it e best, don't be disheartened! Continue to work even harder...

1 kid asked me, "Sir, wad do you think of me?" I thought abt it awhile and said, "It doesn't matter wad I think of you, wad's more impt is how you want ppl to think of you." Honestly, all of you are good to me. 'Cos results has shown in e IPPT test, during e SITest when e assessors told me tat Raven was very good and when you all finished e 24km route march. But do not stop here, continue to improve and push yourselves to e limits. Find out how far you can go, you'll be surprised... At times when you got e opportunity, grab it tight and never let go, show and prove ppl tat you are e right choice!

For those who are very worried tat you might not go OCS. I understand your worries and e hunger to go to this premium training school, but sometimes it doesn't really matter where you go. Being a officer doesn't make you e best commander, it just makes you look nicer. Wad's more impt is e pride, e eagerness to teach and educate ppl which anyone can do it.

Lastly, it's your health. If you think you really cannot carry on with e training, report sick. No one will say tat you're weak or wad, if they do, ignore them. We are human beings, we also need to rest and to recover, in order for us to carry on. 2 years of NS will fly past very fast, don't injure urself and bring e pain to e outside world, don't let your loved ones worry...

All e Best to All of YOU, take care my KIDs..... Hope you all will 1 day, see wad's above e clouds!

2006-09-03T18:31:00.000+08:00

Charlie - The Gathering
@Dbl O

Booked out at 1am with KX, hopping onto the speed boat with OC Ninja. Feeling tired that we are after the 24km route march, but nothing can stop the Charlie Wing Spirit going. Got on a cab and headed straight down to MS, Dbl O.

We reached there abt 1.30am, the queue was empty so we didn't waste much time anymore. Headed straight to the main room with KX following closely behind me. (it was his 1st time clubbing!!!) Then the first person I saw was Audie, my usual clubbing kaki den he brought us to the holding ground.

The Supervising: Wing Com Sir himself, now promoted to COL already, Congrats!

From Platoon 1: Dyson, David, Enrick, Audie, Zul, Jason, Dawen and Yao Qing.

From Platoon 2: Yau Khai, Weishun, Kwok Leong, Wei Jun, Allan, Bernie, KX and Me.

From Platoon 3: Kelvin, Edwin, Roy, Junwei and Kim.

And some new faces in Charlie Wing.....

By the time we got there, almost everyone was gone especially Wei Jun... Haha. However, it didn't stop, the drinks just keep coming even when it was going to end, we still got 5 jars full of beer but nothing can stop us as WE ARE FROM CHARLIE WING!!!

After all of us struggle to finish the 5 jars, it was time for us to go.... Bidding farewells to one another. Quoted from Wing Com Sir, "At the end of the day, wad's more important is that all of us had fun, all of us had made this gathering possible...."

Salute to e person who make me into who I am today, COL KOH....

He is a great Leader, Teacher, Mentor and a Friend to all of us when we were still cadets of Charlie Wing. And to me, he is my benefactor! The person who gave me the chance to stay in OCS when I got into so much trouble and he never give up on me... Without him, there will be no me. The teachings and speeches that he taught and gave to us, really made an deep impact in all our hearts. We are proud to be under your command, as we saw wad you could do. At 40 yrs old, he did JCC together with us, ran in FBO with us during 1 of the route march, and so far has run 6 marathons.... All the best to you, SIR!!!

Lastly, I also have to thank my platoon commanders, PC - LTA Boon Kiat, APC - LTA Yau Khai, Intructors - LTA Issac, LTA Weishun and LTA Lew. You all had taught me something during my time is OCS, I sincerely owe it to you all too. Thank You! Not forgetting each and everyone of the commanders in Charlie Wing which somehow help me. Big Thanks to all of you....

2006-09-02T18:32:00.000+08:00

24km route march

I didn't really walked with the company as I was the safety officer! I did asked my 2IC whether he wanna change with me since he's onli walking in SBO, but too bad he rejected me. Hai~ But it's alright, I'll think of something. Ha! Just before I moved off, I went around giving sweets to them. The Victory Sweet!

Felt really bored when I was out in the field waiting for the school to come. I also sort of plan wad to do later, join them with the march. In the end, the plan was spoilt by a few recruits and a few 'officers', had to send the recruits back camp. Sianz~

Waited for my belowed Encik before joining back the main body at old SISpec. Thought of a plan again! Waited for everyone to march pass me, lucky no recruits fall out. Although I saw the few 'officers' again, I just grab my gear and ran to catch up with my Coy. Overtake L, W and T but still bit slow, my Coy was resting already. Went around checking on them, giving out sweets to R3 & R4.

After the break, we went on to our 20km mark. Then I discovered something, my 2IC wasn't with his platoon. WTF. Just feel very disappointed because I very much wanted to march even though it'll be my 4th 24km march. Never mind, at least I still try to join them whenever I can. After I reached my rover, I had to stop to wait for the whole school to march pass me before I can join back.

After everyone had march pass, I ran and fast-march even before the 'officers' came. I managed to catch up with my Coy and I ran forward with the BCU that I brought along and Spray THEM!!! The feeling was good even though I felt tired after the running but it was definitely worth it. Marching on with my colleagues, KX, Weiming, Faizal, Lokman, Shah, Chua, Teo and so on, and of course with the WHOLE COMPANY! "Come on, Raven 4" lolz....

When we got to the 20km rest point@SISpec, saw my 2IC there resting. Then OC called me over saying, "You were not in the rover right? TO looking for you" WTH. I fulfill my duty before marching away, don't really care much. Then the overall safety asked me where I go, I didn't really bother to answer and he chased me to go back to the parade square (as I got no more checkpoints) when I told him I wanted to march... Diaoz~

Felt really stupid when I was at the parade square, den I decided to walked back to joined my Coy. My boss saw me and asked me to go back, but I never. Ha~ Walked with R4 all the way til the end. Poor Linus, exhausted after completing e 24km march, send him to medical center leaving Jeff with him.

Although this was their graduation march and the last, I feel that the 16km route march is even better than this. Don't really know why, but just feel that way.

2006-08-31T18:00:00.000+08:00

Let's sum up the week....

Mon
IPPT test for the kids.

Outcome: Outstanding results.

Tue
Slack day!!! Canteen breaks for all....

Wed
SOC test for the kids.

Outcome: Liked wad I predicted, a good enough results. But credits for their efforts put in!

Thur
CO Parade / Presentation of Promotion: 2nd Lieutenant to Full Lieutenant. Well done Chee Keong!!!

Long time never really march, so was kinda stiff. haha!

Rain for almost the whole day except night time. Games' Day was boring except COC. Recruits' Evening was quite happening especially when I got the front-row 'stands'.

Book out after everything 'cause I wanna get something for my kids....

2006-08-27T12:37:00.000+08:00

Need I say anything.... Yeah, been there and did it. Overcome AHM, 21.1km half marathon in 2hrs 5mins. For someone who doesn't liked running and first time trying out, I considered myself quite good already and to the LADIES and Gentlemen who ran, A job well-done!! *round of applauses*

Actually, I thought I couldn't do it, 'cause I ran 18km and took about 2hrs 45mins, but luckily I just keep running.... Was surprised with the timing when I was near the finishing line. Haha... Shall I try the full marathon in Dec, hmm!?!?!

Ran into alot of ex-colleagues in 4sIR, instructors and my ex-Recs in OCS and friends all over the Army. It was nice to see everyone doing well in their own field of work.

Last but not least, I'll like to congulate the current Charlie Wing cadets, great job in achieving the standards and glory that we (ex-Charlie Wing cadets) wanted to achieve but couldn't. All of you had maintained the standards (PAC & Best PT) and even excel into getting Best Knowledge and even the most prestigious prize, SOH (Sword of Honour)! Of cos, instructors and Wing Commander are the most happiest ppl now! Once again, excellent job and accomplishments that you all did. The moment of winning and glory is yours forever.... In abt 2 weeks' time, all of you will be commissioned. I wished you all the best in future and continue to spread the Charlie Wing spirit wherever you go!!!

Can't talk much already, starting to have ache everywhere. Haha... Off I go to wonderland.....

2006-08-25T13:16:00.000+08:00

I realised myself complaining and whining abt stuffs which I also didn't really do much to rectify it. *Self contradicting* Think it's time to stop, wait ppl say I EMO again. Lolz.... Don't really know Y ppl would think I'm EMO especially to Army stuff, other things I not sure. Haha! Time is short, did whatever I can, hope the present Raven kids can really fly high and see what's above the clouds....

Lastly, a job well-done to the Drill Squad of Raven Coy. This is the BEST ever drill I have seen especially forming the letter 'R' which represents our Coy, none of the previous batches had done it before, you all are the first!!! All of you have contributed to the drill team, always remember that you all are the BEST drill squad in BMTC 2, 03/06.

PS: Have to give credit to the person who trained you all too, PS Chua!

2006-08-23T17:29:00.000+08:00

Main event: Welcome back bro, Andi

L-R: Cheeki, Andi, Nicki

On Sun, with the arrival of my best bro back in Poly days, life couldn't have been even better..... But sadly, SG is onli a pit-stop for him, he'll be going back to Indonesia the next day. Didn't manage to meet them for dinner on Sun night, so today (Tue) is a must-go. Had dinner at Taka Central with HOST: Andi-san, Sharon, Kenny, WC, CK and super late-comer Nick. lolz. It was a special dinner, a reunion of old friends, with jokes and laughters in the air just liked the old days... The clock just keeps ticking but we were in another dimension where time seems to slow down, making our moment together last longer. Before ending the night, headed to Mandarin hotel's top floor lounge to chill before we bid goodbye to each other... It has been 2 yrs since I last saw Andi, nothing much changed except he's more macho~ now. Hope we'll meet again soon, bro....

Side Quest

Just as KX & me booked out after SOC, we decided to take the whole week OFF. We felt helpless in what we wanted to achieve since the beginning when we first came. Time changes and ppl too, I guess we had to let go and slowly move on with our own journey. I headed down to CGH to visit Rec Ang as he was sent out due to suspected fracture of ankle. When I saw him, he was with his usual smile (those Darlie toothpaste ads), den Teo was telling me how his family reacted when they knew wad happened, I just went (-_-)"' Lolz... Anyway, he is on MC till the 10th Sept, will miss the POP parade. Just too bad.... PS: Rec Ang, take care of urself, recover fast~

Off I go to Orchard....

2006-08-22T17:13:00.000+08:00

Time flies....

Completed 16km on Mon..... It was a great march, no one from our Coy fall out, onli the other Coys. Actually, there could have been 1 (due to sudden fever). He falled down and was asked to sit in the rover with me. After much pondering and the fact that we were reaching camp already, so didn't wanna make him feel left out. In the end, I accompanyed and walked with him, helping him with his fieldpack and helmet, and also watching him all the way till we reached back Coyline. It was a great moment for him (I think...), with his platoon mates cheering him on and welcoming him back. But onli for a short while, had to get him rested asap so as not to worsen the fever.

Completing a route march together may seems easy but sometimes, situation will just popped out, making the result uncertain. We start as ONE, we end as ONE! The journey and result will always be sweeet...

Who's the BEST?!?!?!

SiTest Day 3

2006-08-20T20:13:00.000+08:00

SiTest Day 3
First thing in the early morning, boss was complaining, how come 1 Rec was left in the Coy as he slept in bunk last night. Wad's the point of saying but nothing is done, I told him I'll get that Rec and asked him to start later since it was only a 2km fast march. Of cos, I did wad I'm good at, scold the Rec as he gave me a stupid reason.....

Same thing today, bought Detail A out... At the start they were abit nervous so couldn't think properly, took quite a long time to finish the mission. I'll always give them hints here and there, AAR with them after every missions so that they can learned from their mistake fast. Eventually, we came back first again, completing every mission. The accessor also was surprised with the speed. lolz

Waited for every single detail to come back so that we can start settling the stores.... Once we reached back to camp, everyone was doing their own stores, weapons and others. Not to my surprised that the same usual people booked out again. Anyway, everyone booked out happily....

*After doing so much, I realised some things.... The things that we do will never be appreciated and if we did something bad, you'll be condemned forver. Being the ORD personnels, we are no longer the main character of the Coy, but rather a more supportive role. I guess ppl just wanna take advantage of the situation and make use of us... Where are the hearts, passion and souls of the commanders' gone too!?!?!*

SiTest

2006-08-19T19:16:00.000+08:00

SiTest Day 1
Early in the morning, boss was late, so we started our 12km late... Today was the start of Sitest, we were going to march from our Coy to Permantang, Rocky Hill, Wild Cat Junction, Old SISpec, Spinx Bridge and lastly to our campsite. Just before the march, I saw there were alot of ppl on the tonner as they were the advanced party, but I particularly saw Rec L**** because I also saw him skipped the 8km route march. So wad I do is, I got all the Recs except the regulars to go for the march. So the march kick off, KX and Jamin took a rest as they ran abt 15km during Tekong Challenge, so only me, Halim and the new officer.

Everything went quite well especially till the 8km mark, but after abt 10km mark at the Sispec area. One of the kids suffered abit of physical exhaustion and was liked going to faint, after some medical attention by Teo and other professional helps, we decided to drop him from the march because he skipped 8km march before.

Upon reaching, the rest of the company went to settle down, build their basha and eat their lunch. For me, I was liked a father. Haha... Going around, helping 2 of my kids who were suffering from fever and high body temperature, helped apply ice bag on their foreheads. Tried to make them both recovered but I couldn't make the temperature do down for the 1 having fever.

During the night time, it was OC's evening. Not the best I seen so far, but still quite entertaining I guess.... For these batch, their imitating skills are still far away. Lolz! The night ended quite late so I extended their lights off timing but they seems to take it for granted....

Day 2
Didn't get much sleep.... In the morning, I personally did the setting up of the training shed with some help and then we had a 4km fast march. There were basically not enough commanders especially plt 4, don't really know wad the PC is doing, in the end OC went to take over. Maybe they are the known "Snake Rats Gang". haha... Wadever... I also went plt 4 to help, because I'm very close with the PS. By the end of the march, I got 2 field pack with me as some of the kids had difficulties copying with the pace.

After the march, Rec L**** had abit of exhaustion again, pour some water over him to cool him down. Den OC called me and KX over together with 2IC and the new officer, indicating that someone die die must be the SDO today, in the end the new officer go. He create this sh*t den he jolly well go. But things now in the Coy are so contradicting, I rem OC once told me before, "how can you do SDO on a major event day." And now, he allows someone to do SDO on Sitest.

It did not end here... KX was taking leave on Sat because he got something on, den he asked me if I could help him on Sat, of cos no prob. But den OC talked some rubbish again, saying if I were to do, I must do both days. At the same time, same situation on another detail, the SGT is going for medical appointment on Sat so a new SGT had to take over. So WTH..... But I don't mind taking detail, it's better than sitting in the training shed doing nothing.

After my quick breakfest, I rushed to the first station as KX was helping me bringing Detail A there. But I reahced there first, den the accessor asked if I was the OC... Lolz! Think he is the 3rd person to say that to me so far, he also must be honoured to have 2 LTA officer walking with him. The detail did quite well, completing all the missions and reaching back camp first and early, the accessor was really surprised, as he never finished so early before. ha!!!

2006-08-16T18:58:00.000+08:00

Today is a big day, Tekong Challenge, a run around the Tekong Highway. Commanders including some Recs, who were assigned to helped, had to wake up at 3.30am in the morning to get ready the water-points. To me, it's just a waste of time! Especially to the commanders and Recs of my Coy, they were being treated liked free-labour workers. All because the other companies were having major activities either in the day or afternoon, and so we were arrowed with many things. But please, the god-damn BMTC have 21 companies, can't they just take a few from all. In the end, some of the Recs have to miss SOC lesson in the later part of the day.

Well, wad can I do. Such lil powers I got.... Anyway, ran a 6km run with Weiming and saw quite a few familiar faces during the events. My ex-Recs, Fairuz and Faizal are coming back to Tekong to be Commanders already, time seems to past so fast, saw friends in my previous unit too. Eventually, the run made us all so tired that we went back to bunk and KO on the bed. Haha!

2006-08-13T17:19:00.000+08:00

The CCC (Civilian Conversion Course) is near..... Gotten my "kit kat" bar on Aug 1, but only worn it a few days ago. I can still remember the first time when I got my 2nd Lieutenant rank, it was liked a dream come true... And the journey of being a young and green, every fark shit also don't know,the junior officer. The road has been tough and unreal, higher command always expect high standards but when it comes to the actual ground, it will always be diff. So we as junior officer will always give the assurance that it can be done, by using diff methods to achieve our objective. It had be a fun and learning process for me, it is always the process that makes ppl grow and not the outcome... The system will always be there, but the ppl will always change. It's how the ppl work that makes the system a success or failure.

Been to places for the past few nights and saw familiar faces.... Happen to see my kids from unit too, he complain that the new PC are lousy and they are very regimental. All I can say is, there are no lousy commanders, just commanders with diff qualities.

To all my kids who is in SISpec and OCS, you all are gonna pass out/commission soon, continue to take care of yourself and excel in whatever area you all are in. And lastly, welcome to the Commanders' level. Haha

2006-08-10T16:10:00.000+08:00

My last Hand Grenade Live Throw......

First thing in the morning, things went wrong le. Some of us were having breakfest and thinking that the Coy will wait. Who knows, when we got there. They all left. Lucky I was still able to catch the last tonner. And it took some time to get KX, Weiming and Teo to the range.

I was already pissed off with the tonner thingy when I got to the range. When I saw the set up of the place and the slackness of the commanders, my mind just blowed. I had to personally arrange the place, to make it more spacious and realistic. Same goes to the detailing but I don't blame Rizal as he was not briefed properly.

The Live Throw started off abit late due to the setup of the place. Was helping Shah to handle the details when they come and draw their grenade, some looked really nervous, some looked rather excited. After awhile, I went in to sub KX. Did my usual briefing to them when they stand into my bay, den I'll start to chit chat with them to ease their tension. And for a few, I take the time to tell them to change their attitude to the better, cos if they don't.... They will suffer when they post out.

After some time, there was a blind. We have to wait for 30mins until it's confirmed by the explomos. After that, they will use C4 to ignite the grenade. Usually, 10mins is good enough but I guess they also wanna slack. Then I was talking to Bryan from plt 2, a chap I saw at MoS the other time. Had a long chat with him until finally, the C4 went off. BloOmmMmm!!!!!!

The other half of the company was late when we finished, guess there was a communication breakdown. 2IC again.... How slack can ppl be, just look at him and u'll know. Initially, I tot he would help to be safety officer in the bay also but I never see him come. He nids to take care of his problems better and never to mix personal feeling and work together. Haiz... But I guess there's no point also, bit late already. While we were having lunch, plt 3 & 4 was sitting there doing nothing, so I did a revision on what to do for the Live Throw thingy and a bit of safety brief.

I was the demonstrator, thanks to PS Shah for giving me the chance. Just when I threw the grenade out of my hand, I shouted "ORD lo!!!!!" When I walked back, I was called by my boss, giving me a sucky face and asking why I shouted that, claiming that he has told the commanders not to do that, but I don't know a single fark shit ok... Everyone was getting into position except 1 person, a new officer sleeping away on the bench. Then boss was so kind to ask 2IC to ask the new fellow to sleep at the viewing bay and in the end, 2IC asked me la. Ha! Asking me to help wake him up... Wait long long man! I replied, "if he really wants to sleep, he can wake up on his own" and I walked off. This would never happened in the past but I guess, we are all diff ppl with diff qualities....

There was lesser details so the whole process went faster. And the last detail had only 1 person which I volunteered to be safety. Everything was fine until.... He turned and looked at me, giving me a funny look on his face, asking me if he can say, "I **v* PS C***. In my mind, I was thinking... WTF!!! But anyway, I told him that my boss sure scold him if he says that. Then I tap him again and asking him to throw at the same time, but he held back a little and holding the grenade with only 1 hand, it is very dangerous. If it was in the past, I sure scold him big time. Fortunately, everything went well in the end.

Everyone seems to disappear, only left me, KX, PS Shah and some kids doing the clearing up of the places. Actually, I can don't help at all but let's just say, let's go back to camp faster la.... End result of the whole thingy, got slight sun-burned on my face, the reality that the Coy is slack, the unpredictable future of the kids.....

2006-08-09T21:49:00.000+08:00

Happy National Day SINGAPORE..... Many thanks to the ppl who made the night perfect!!!

Going back camp later, tmr we will be having Live Grenade throw. Wad can I say.... Again!?!?! lolz...

Headed Zouk last night, as my frenz said it will be damn fun. Yes, it was definitely happening with DJ Cash Money spining in the house, you can tell from the crowds, the look on their faces. Haha! Music was cool... But somehow, I looked tired as my friend said to me. lolz.. Maybe too long away from the scene makes me weak. Anyway, the night was fun.... Saw a few familiar faces ard too.

Field Camp

2006-08-08T18:32:00.000+08:00

Hey peepz, I'm back.... Just finished a 7 days field camp with the kids.

Day 1
Move out late in the morning, boss wasn't really happy but we ensure him that everything will be fine. Did a 8km route march to the campsite at Permatang, same place when I was a recruit. But this time, many things were upgraded already liked the platform across the drain and stairs up the knoll. First day is always very relax, just build the shelters and dig the drainage then go for lessons. As usual, I'm there to remind the kids and warn them about the "don't".

Day 2
Caught a fish this morning with my PS, used nothing but our own hands. Usual stuff for today also, lectures and practice. For me, I just walk around to check on their safety. During lunch, I sent a Rec back to camp due to fever. Stayed there until dinner den headed back camp again. Had night training, a night walk in the forest.

Day 3
I punished some of the Recs for sleeping during my buddy's lesson, made them do push-ups infront of the Coy as a warning to the rest. As usual, I will explain why we are doing all this, hopefully they know. Cos so far that I know, the Coy is not there yet, still far from greater heights.

The youngest officer, "2LT" Tan Linus

Day 4
Today we are moving out to another camp, a place near the Oil Palm Heli Pad. I skip the tactical walk cos one of my PS don't know how to go there. First thing when we got there, threw down all the fieldpacks so that can send the 5 tonner back. Once we finished arranging them into platoon level, the PS and I sat down and talk cock abt our trainee days..... So much memories.... Now, the Recs don't even nid to carry their fieldpacks from 1 campsite to another.

Finally, the Coy reached ard 10am. Was quite a chaotic scene when they came, so disorganized. Then I saw some Recs fall out during it, first thing to do was to check whether they are alright anot. But a few of them came to me, apologizing to me saying that they have let me down by falling out. I was stunned for awhile so did my buddy, KX. I never scolded them of cos, instead I just share with them some thoughts to calm them down.....

No one is perfect in this world, and everyone is diff. Don't force yourself to be liked others, just be yourself. Do your best in whatever you do and believe in yourself. Don't let the failure defeat you, learn from it and overcome it. I guess I'm a living example here, I'm not really a good commander but I guess my journey wasn't that smooth. But eventually, is your health which is more impt....

For the rest of the day, they had field routine, something tt I never get to experience during my Rec days. They were allowed to bath, how good is tt.... Lolz... Of cos, I'm there to coordinate the movement. This guy (below) was caught in action, guess he miss girls...

Day 5
Today, they were going to learn Fire & Movement, also known as minor tactics. For me, I took P4 S3 as one of their commander was not feeling really well. First of all, we did a revision on what they have learned and I also changed abit of what they have learned. I did it in a 7 man section level, but unfortunately, it turned out very bad. I was fuming already but somehow, I was not the one I used to be. Revise with them again and told them that I don't wanna see the same mistake again later.

Back from lunch but we started the lesson quite late. This time round, I did it in group level which is slowly but least I can observe everyone. Some of them are just to ignorant to what I say, but I never lost my cool, punished them by doing 20 of everything, jumping jacks, push up, sit up, thrutter kicks and alternate leg thrust. Seems effective to me, but I only used it on people who is trying to be funny and not serious.

In the night, chit chat with the Coy as many of the commanders went back to bath and also to watch the final episode of the 9pm chinese show. Actually I also wanted to go back but seeing them all leaving just to see the show, I stayed behind. Went to check on them and also the area that they were going to sleep.

Day 6
It was the Recs most tiring day as they had to dig shell screps and a fire trench. I also tried to help out abit, in the end I got a blisters for myself. Damn... But it didn't stop me, I just black taped my area and help KX's section. Today, boss and some of them went to pick durians.... When they got back, everyone was eating and boss saw these 2 Recs and gave them some to eat. I saw it and all I can say is, this is so wrong.... Everybody is slacking.

Day 7
Moving out from the campsite to BIC ground, but we had some time before the move out timing. So I went to check the area and I found many litters and even cigarette butts, I even need to get an OOT to help me carry the stuffs back. I showed to all the platoon ICs and commanders also... After awhile, I went back to check again and still found some litters. It leaves me no choice but to punish them... I explained to them if they even keep their area clean, what have they learned during the field camp, is this the kind of tactical ability that they have... I'm believe in the Army, the old teachings, hope they will learn.

I was at the rear of the Coy when we move out, the movement was rather rough as there were constant stops which interrupted the flow. But nevertheless, was talking to some of the Recs who were the ICs of platoon 4. After a while, there was a long stop and eventually we discover that we had break contact with the rest of the Coy. This is a bad experience which I only can say if the commanders where alert enough, things would gone better.

Me and LTA Ang never crawl as there were enough commanders, but we got other roles to take. Standing at the finishing line and encouraging them on...

When we got back to camp, boss said them some of the commanders can leave and of cos, my 2IC is also very fast at these things. As for me, I stayed to look after the Coy. Their dinner was a held up due to the massive orders that the caterer got. But if they can't provide den why bother offering their service, they just want $$$$... I extented the light-off timing for the kids, and cancel the morning 5BX so they can sleep longer. For me, I watched them from my bunk to see who was the last to light-off...

2006-07-30T19:28:00.000+08:00

A chapter closed, the last of Live Firing for me. Everything went smoothly except the first day, their zeroing, due to some human error. Lucky it wasn't the majority, just a hand full only. When it got into the night, i didn't really care abt the live firing due to the sky.... I think that's no other place in SG that have the best view to watch the stars, Tekong. It's so damn true..... Only when u're there, u'll understand wad I meant. The moment when u reach out ur hands, u can feel the stars just right there for u to grab.

Been missing from the clubbing scene for awhile.... Frenz has been asking for me. Don't worry, I'll make my return soon but for now, let me rest awhile.

Just found that 1 of my kids, Tim from the 01/06 batch just got OOC from OCS, due to a slip disc. I feel for him, the desire of wanting to go thru everything but now, things have to wait. I can't do much, just hope he will recover asap. But to all my kids, be extra careful during ur trainings, ur safety comes first. U can still push urself but must have self-control, know when to stop, to rest and to carry on.....

Life is short and yet fast. It's true, that we should focus ourselves and achieve big things in life. But at the same time, we might lose some things during the process. Are u willing to just lose that thing or u gonna fight for it too!?! Think twice before u really decide, cos once it's gone. It might never come back. I wish the best for my frens who is reading this....

2006-07-23T20:04:00.000+08:00

Life has been good so far.... Been resting myself in my paradise, enjoying wad's going on around me. Alot of things going to happen also....

- Live Range
- Field Camp
- Live Grenade Throw
- SITest

Busy?!?! Maybe... But to me, it's nothing. Cos I had been doing it for continously since Dec '05. haha...

Been reading JUICE just now, looking thru the clubs and I still think Zouk is the BEST!!! Phuture rox too!

2006-07-09T19:35:00.000+08:00

Everyone seems to be asking what I'm doing in Tekong... For those who still dunno, I'm a PC (Platoon Commander) there but now become PO (Project Officer) liao. Because I just got back from 4 SIR not long ago, den my 2IC is such a kind-soul to allow me to ROC (Relax One Corner). Haha...

Enough of the intro... Although I got no platoon to take but I still care alot for the company especially the recruits. Blur liked sotong they are, young and green they are, weak liked hell they are. Thus, I'm there to scold, to whack, to motivate, to encourage, to guide and to build their fitness. I don't just do it with 1 person, I will do it in a company level whenever I can. I guess I just have to do whatever I can before I leave the place, my last burning fire for the recruits....

Went to catch NDP '06 rehearsal on Sat. Being there in person together with so many hundreds of people is really an life-time experience compared to watching it at home. Although it is not the actual NDP, but I can feel the atmosphere already. The performance is near flawless although there was still some technical problems, the fireworks are perfect even though there were limited of it, the audience: PERFECT!!!! lolz....

But after the NDP is really chaotic, there were liked so So Soo many people walking around, crossing bridges and waiting at bus-stops. Phew..., lucky still can reach home in 1 piece.

Went to catch a midnight show, Re-Cycle with Lingz & Peijie. Not a bad scary movie I can say, it even adds a bit of human touch to it, quite touching also. As for the acting cast, they did well especially the pretty Angelica Lee, she is really very good at acting, full of emotions and her eyes really talks. And I wanna give credit to the little girl too, she's very sweet-looking and her performance in the movie is very good too. Too bad I can't find the little girl's pic.....

2006-06-29T14:29:00.000+08:00

finally the time has come.....

to pack my bags and GO~

2006-06-25T19:38:00.000+08:00

back to where i belong

a place of quiet and isolation

inner peace is wad everyone needs

2006-06-18T19:49:00.000+08:00

the world is spining;

the clock is ticking.

where are u now?

still at the same place?!

i can't find u...

will u find me instead?

how long more must we wait,

until we see each other.

wad if u're gone by then,

who can i look for?

can the stars lead me to u,

or will u be smiling down from above.

wad do we want in life?

the truth or the deception?

when will ppl learn......

2006-06-11T23:19:00.000+08:00

Going back Tekong in a few hours' time. feels liked being a recruit again. lolz

Sum up the things I did....

Wed - Went to Phuture.

Thur - Down to East Coast for my company's bbq, den headed down to thomson to eat prata.

Fri - Phuture again, but wasn't tt fun. Cos it was the start of World Cup. Haha! Went to Ah Ta to eat prata.

Sat - Watched Benchwarmers which is freaking funny... Den went to MoS.

Sun - Celebrated my uncle's birthday den mit up with Ting to watch Over The Hedge, funny and nice show.

Tt's all folks.....

2006-06-10T14:58:00.000+08:00

Had a nice & sweet dream this morning...

But it lasted only a moment......

It will never happen in life...

Life goes on...

2006-06-09T23:59:00.000+08:00

World Cup Fever is ON!!!

2006-06-08T19:18:00.000+08:00

Off I go... Back to where I belong, Tekong.

Yesterday was their POP parade, indeed the most tiring parade I ever see... The night before was our 24km route march, from 10pm to 6am and the distance was more than that. Ha~ It nearly got me, but I held on. So did the boys, very proud of them....

It is really an experience to be in a unit... Although ours were abit old liked WW2 site and location is bit "wulu" but still, it beats Tekong as it is in the mainland. No nid for sucky boat rides. Lolz....

Will be slacking at home till Sun.... What should I do....

2006-06-04T16:01:00.000+08:00

And he says.....

Huh? You know chee keong ah?!?! This kind of f*cked-up person also can be officer....

My response: do u think u're better than me?

Say all you want... I don't need comments from you! I got my duty and passion to fulfill. Who are you to judge me? At least I don't go around backstabbing ppl. If it's so true, show me the facts!! I'll hand over the sword if result shows.... Meanwhile, I'll keep what's mine and things I fought for with me for now.

Masquerader.... Don't expect me to be nice to you, kiss your own sH*t and FO.

2006-05-28T19:35:00.000+08:00

Field camp, live range and removal of SOC marks the end of BMT, soon the boys will POP lo... Happy but yet sad, going back to Tekong to continue the rest of my journey till I ORD.

These few months I have enjoyed myself, especially when I'm in my unit. Spent lots of $$$$ but gained priceless memories.... But I guess it's time for me to move on.

2006-05-20T19:43:00.000+08:00

Back from camp juz now.... Went back to my playground, Tekong on Mon for my unit's field camp. Before reaching the island, there were alot of other units joining us to the island, ADF and SISpec. Saw some of my ex-Recs at SISpec liked Fizo, jensen and ppl from other platoon.

Going to stay on the island for 5 days and the weather is killing us day by day, humid and hot!!! To add to our misery, we as commanders have to eat the same food as the Recruits, COMBAT RATIONS.... Haha!! It's been a long time since I last ate those green packs, instead i eat biscuits for most of the days plus Uncle Johnny. lolz

During the hot hours of the day, trust me.... You wouldn't feel like moving, so there I am, laying on my SBO catching some nap. Haha... Other than catching some rest, I also read a book "Why Men can't listen and Why Women can't read maps". Quite a interesting book which took me 3 days to complete, an accomplishment I must say 'cos it would take weeks before I finished a book. I believe life is a cycle or a graph, there are always ups and downs, guess its now in the middle, but it shall not change ME!!!!

Field camp ended yest noon, after they finished digging their "graveyards". Headed to BMTC to do their technical break (Wash up & bath), this is to prepare them for a 16km route march @3am. As for me, headed back to my former coy, Raven to look for my buddy, KX and the gang over there to do some catching up... Spend quite a long time, only joined back to my Bn at 11pm as my colleague needed some help, slept @12plus...

Woke up @0145hrs, feeling shagged!!! Not enough sleep man... But who cares... The march kick off @3am, but the speed was damn slow for me, felt liked walking instead of marching. The march was smooth and finished at 0700hrs, I didn't feel tired but..... my CO wanted to carry on marching and finish 24km at one shot. At first I didn't agree with him, but I feel that we should push ourselves to the limit. Unfortunately, not everyone thinks the same, most of them objected... Hai~ Bit disappointed with the end decision but what to do, even my OC objects. Life goes on....

Reach camp at noon, started weapon cleaning straightaway before they are allowed to do anything else. While they were doing their stuffs, I was playing with this new-born kitten at my Coy line... Book out @5pm and slack til now, bought my favorite Fried Hokkien Mee for dinner as it is the 1st meal that I'm having for the day....

2006-05-14T17:11:00.000+08:00

From a faraway land...

Nobody, somebody, everybody.

No one, someone, everyone.

I'm alone, you're alone, everyone's alone.

I'm here, you're there, everyone's separated.

I'm sad, you're sad, who's happy?

Boy acts strong, girl acts stronger.

But what's inside of both hearts, only they know.

Time comes, time stays, time goes.

Have you tell her, you loved her.

You're still here, but she has gone.

Boy shed, tears dropped, months pasts.

Boy past away, girls returns.

Time will never return.

Come with nothing, fight for something, end with nothing.

In the end.... Everything is still empty.

2006-05-13T13:29:00.000+08:00

Just before I gonna die...... Many thoughts just flew to my mind. Can't remember all but...

Life to me so far seems so meaningless, living day to day without any directions! Quite stupid right? I guess it's just me, taking one step at a time.

Something hit me hard when questioned what I was running away from.... Guess these 2 years haven really been happy for me, drowning myself in my own world... Feel really helpless when I can't help people!

I will rest. Wake me up when the world ends, maybe then I feel like waking up.

"So Sick"

Mmmm mmm yeah
Do do do do do do do-do
Ohh Yeah

Gotta change my answering machine
Now that I'm alone
Cuz right now it says that we
Can't come to the phone
And I know it makes no sense
Cuz you walked out the door
But it's the only way I hear your voice anymore
(it's ridiculous)
It's been months
And for some reason I just
(can't get over us)
And I'm stronger than this
(enough is enough)
No more walkin round
With my head down
I'm so over being blue
Cryin over you

And I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing you were still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?

Gotta fix that calender I have
That's marked July 15th
Because since there's no more you
There's no more anniversary
I'm so fed up with my thoughts of you
And your memory
And how every song reminds me
Of what used to be

That's the reason I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing you were still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?

(Leave me alone)
Leave me alone
(Stupid love songs)
Dont make me think about her smile
Or having my first child
I'm letting go
Turning off the radio

Cuz I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing she was still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?
(why can't I turn off the radio?)

Said I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishing she was still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
So why can't I turn off the radio?
(why can't I turn off the radio?)

And I'm so sick of love songs
So tired of tears
So done with wishin' you were still here
Said I'm so sick of love songs so sad and slow
Why can't I turn off the radio?
(why can't I turn off the radio?)
Why can't I turn off the radio?

2006-04-22T15:02:00.000+08:00

It is becoming a routine to me.......

-Book in on Sun night
-Wake up @0530-0700hrs almost everyday
-Lunch @1000-1200hrs depends on my diet
-Supervising and participating in all lessons
-Dinner @1730hrs
-Company last parade @2000hrs
-Officers' Mess with colleagues
-Drink and eat
-Sleep during silent hours
-Waiting for bookout day to come

Pls note: I'm going to repeat this routine until I ORD!!!! Argh....

Here, I liked to thank all my friends, "kawans" who helped me in making my day full of fun and laughters, no green thing and routine.... Of course, have to thank my sweet little princess who have been around for me liked 7 years and still going. Lol... Thanks alot ya!!!

I once fell down, but I picked myself up and began walking tall till now. No way I'm going to fall down again, letting history repeats itself. Now I have reached this split track, a place where I have to choose, to start off a new journey. A choice of my future!!! My vision is still blurry, my future is uncertain... Living day by day to the fullest, making sure that nothing is missed, is a enjoyable process. But I guess I really need to sit down and start thinking....

2006-04-15T15:22:00.000+08:00

Wed... Went back to OCS after work, Charlie Wing was having a sharing session before they fly to Brunei next month. The response was good, most of us make it back for the session. Funny thing is, we were supposed to share our experiences with the present cadets but in the end, we end up talking among ourselves. Haha... Too long never seen each other, definitely need some catching up. Was happy to see some of my Raven recruits in my ex-Wing, they definitely will benefit in Charlie Wing, as they got the best instructors....

After the whole thing, almost half of us headed down to Zouk (Phuture), met the usual friends there, Kenny and Ivy... We were too big for a group so we ended up scattering here and there, then Ting, Jess and Crz also came along. The night was really fun, first time see Mr. Dash behaving so differently, very brokeback. Ha!!! Utimately, the night was definitely crazy.... A lot of encounters!

Thur... Headed down to Aranda, to look for my BMT colleagues as they were having a company chalet over there. They were discussing about work when I was there, was bit bored to listen so went to read Maxim and FHM. Guys, must grab an issue of Maxim!!!! It's Tiffany on the cover.... She's damn sexy and hot.... Haha! After their discussion, the buffet kick start.... Went around talking to them, seems so long that I last talk to them. lol.... Had mj with Chua, Jason and WM, play very little... Only win $3.

Fri... Wake up with bruises on me, also not sure where it came from... *winkz!! A very cold day, raining the whole day... So decided to chill out for today, went down to Alley Bar in the night with Zwee and Jason talking about current affairs to future planning. Ended the night early as they got plans in the morning.... Finally get home earlier than other times.... YeahZzzz..

2006-04-09T19:01:00.000+08:00

Guess I need to go down to town whenever I'm free, everything seems so new to me. Haha... Too much army thingy in me already. Went down to get a T-shirt for my birthday present as Shuling didn't know what to buy so asked me to pick myself. Saw some familiar faces while walking in town though, my neighbour, my ex-poly mates and some ex-recruits of mine... Had quite a fruitful evening, ate dinner at NYDC. Yummy....

Head down to Mos to chill.... Although the crowd problem is still there, we still went. Not a bad crowd that night, but was too packed. Sianz... Meet some friends there too, Eunice and her very talkative friend, Jon and gang also. Too bad Ting never come, abandoned me to join one of her darlings at fishers for a drink. But anyway, the Long Island Tea in Mos cannot make it, don't know how the bartender mix one, folks please don't order!!!

Hey Children of Platoon 2!!!! Where are all the pics that you all owed me? Weijie, where is my 800 push-ups!?!? Haha... Guess you all are busy now, when you all are free then email me. For those in command school, work hard!!! Please don't throw my face.... lolz! Good Day!!!

2006-04-06T16:15:00.000+08:00

Woo... Time really flies.... Just went through my 22nd birthday ritual last night and soon, 5 more months to ORD. What can I say, time don't wait for people.... Exactly 1 year ago when I was still a trainee in OCS, I was having POI field camp at Tekong on my 21st birthday. Now, I'm a commissioned officer, training kids to become men.

Happy that I spend some valuable time with my loved ones, happy that my boss is going on course. However, still thinking of what to do when I ORD, and currently how to train my young kids. Hope the year ahead will be good for me.... Cheers!!!

2006-04-02T18:56:00.000+08:00

The good you find in others, is in you too.

The faults you find in others, are your faults as well.

After all, to recognize something you must know it.

The possibilities you see in others, are possible for you as well.

The beauty you see around you, is your beauty.

The world around you is a reflection, a mirror

showing you the person you are.

To change your world, you must change yourself.

To blame and complain will only make matters worse.

Whatever you care about, is your responsibility.

What you see in others, shows you yourself.

See the best in others, and you will be your best.

Give to others, and you give to yourself.

Appreciate beauty, and you will be beautiful.

Admire creativity, and you will be creative.

Love, and you will be loved.

Seek to understand, and you will be understood.

Listen, and your voice will be heard.

Show your best face to the mirror, and you'll be happy

with the face looking back at you.

2006-03-23T19:19:00.000+08:00

Time to Love
Once upon a time, there was an island where all
the feelings lived:
Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the
others, including Love.
One day it was announced to the feelings that the
island would sink,
so they all prepared their boats and left.

Love was the only one who stayed.
Love wanted to stay with the island until it started
sinking.
When Love was almost sinking, he decided to ask
for help.

Richness came by Love in a beautiful boat.
Love said, "Richness, can you take me with you?"
Richness answered,
"No, I can't.. There is a lot of gold and silver in my
boat.
There is no place here for you."

Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing
by,
"Vanity, please help me!"
"I can't help you Love.
You are all wet and you may damage my boat,"
Vanity answered.

Sadness was close by so again
Love asked for help,
"Sadness, let me go with you."
"Oh...Love, I am so sad that I prefer to go alone!"

Happiness passed by Love too, but she was so
happy that she did not listen when
Love called her !!

Suddenly, there was a voice,
"Come Love, I will take you."
It was an elder.
Love became so happy that he even forgot to ask
the elder her name.
When they arrived on dry land, the elder went on
her own way.
Love asked Knowledge, another elder, the name of
the elder who had helped him.

"It was Time," answered Knowledge.
"Time? But why did Time help me?" asked Love.
"Because only Time is capable of understanding
how great Love is," answered Knowledge.

The moral of this wee story is:
"Take the time to know what Real Love is".

PS: To all PTEs, take care of yourself and good luck in the posting you got....

2006-03-15T21:43:00.000+08:00

The kids have finally arrived..... Just as I expected, the kids are all from different background and some of them got designs all over their body. Not really scared but just curious about the designs they chose to put on them. Lolz.... Don't think wrongly, I'm not gay!!! It's been a few days since they came in, things are slowly taught to them but last night they just pissed me off.... I sat down and talked to them seriously which I normally don't behave this way.

I told them a lot of things, especially about their future, family and health. I also told them my standards and the way I do things. I ended off with, "I also got a limit, but once you break it, I'll just go crazy!" Hmm...., think again I think they freaked out after that. Haha... I'm also worried what I'll unleash to them, something that I have never done when I was still in Tekong. But my goal is to win them over, make sure they don't create any problems in camp or outside, let them finished their 2 years of service peacefully...

Although we were supposed to confine for 2 weeks, CO was nice enough to let us have 2 days' off, so I'm on off tmr. Yeah!!! Our CO is a very friendly guy, but he do things very differently from others and he likes to call my name... Yesterday, just had lunch with the Brigade Comd, I was just taking my food and CO ask me to sit in between them... Woo, it's an experience that not everyone will get. Although was abit shocked when CO called me, but eventually it was nothing.... Haha!!!

Going Zouk tonight to finish my bottle with some friends.... See ya!!!

PS: Hey PTEs, can you all please send me the pics!!!! Thanks

2006-03-09T19:55:00.000+08:00

POP ==> Start of New Journey

Although there was still programs for the new PCs in the unit, it never stop me from going back to Tekong to see my boys graduate... Finally, I can say that the boys have grown up and is mature enough to fly out from Tekong. But whether they can survive the unpredictable weather, depends solely on themselves. I wish them luck and all the best in which directions they choose. Liked what I told PTE Ben, No Regrets!!!

Rushed back to Tekong to see the boys just before they form up in the Parade Square, wanted to give them a surprise as I did not told anyone about my return, but it failed. Some of them saw me before I can do anything. Anyway, I gave them a farewell speech and looked at each and everyone of them one last time! Of course, I also chat to some of my colleagues who are going to ORD soon.

My platoon.... Nothing much to say already, had said what I have to, if not they'll find me very naggy. As I looked upon their faces as I talked to them, everything just seems liked yesterday. From their enlistment to their POP, they have really grown up. Keep up the good work, PTEs!!!! I'm happy that I made it for their POP, seeing them stand tall upon the Parade Square really makes me proud! It was very emotional at that time but liked what I told the boys, "We don't cry, we only bleed"

Lastly, to all from Raven..... You take care SIO~

As the PTEs relax during their block leave, waiting for their postings. I will start work very soon and it will be another 13 weeks of training with the new kids in my unit. No rest at all... Sigh! Hopefully, this new batch will give me another kind of experience. God bless All....

2006-02-28T17:00:00.000+08:00

Now is time for me to go ya......

Time flies, now I am leaving for 4SIR. A place which is super far from my house and transportation there can be a real problem. Guess I can only suck my thumb and live with it, hopefully the new place will be good. *Fingers crossed!!!!

Well, since I was leaving, suggest to my kids if they wanna eat some pizzas, a mini-farewell fest. Completed all my paper work before booking out to order the pizzas and settle the drinks. Everything was ready but not everyone was there, so the thing delayed until 10pm. Food was cold but the mood was still high. Gave my last RO to the Coy after telling them that I will be posted out. Kind of sad, but what to do. In life, many things don't work your way, you gotta fight your way through.... Liked what I always say, Fu*ck the System!!!!

2006-02-18T22:10:00.000+08:00

Seems quite some time since I last blogged. Nothing much happened, but just feel more and more SIANZ in my current place. The environment, the boss and some people there have ruined what I wanted to do since BMT. My "fire" and passion is slowly dying off.... Just got a Extra by my boss 'cause someone obviously back-stab me. I had handover my job to another officer properly, done what I have to do but still.... Fucking hell, as I thought the problem have ORD together with the PSs that once were around. Situation now seems worst with someone who liked to carry balls for the boss, someone who likes to back-stab people. WTF.... So sick of it man!!! I am not afraid of the Extra and things but is the people who tell tales about others, I also don't wish to appeal for my Extra as I explained what actually to my 2IC. All of them think I did my job, ask me to explain to my Boss, but I told them what for... Wait people start saying things again. Fuck the system la....

Anyway, back to my recruits. It will not be long before they POP, really hope most of them can pass their IPPT. I always have a special feeling for Platoon 2, maybe is because I was from Platoon 2 since BMT, SISpec and OCS. Platoon 2 will always be different from others, the best among all. But everyone is different, the environment is forever changing so it is really hard to maintain the standards. Whatever happens, just hope all my kids will stand tall in the Parade Square when they POP...

2006-02-04T14:38:00.000+08:00

Tsk tsk.... Back to Work!!!!

2006-02-02T15:08:00.000+08:00

Here I am, slacking away.... Almost of my friends went back to work except me. Although I got a long break, there is something in return, I'll be confined through the weekend. Don't ask me why because I also don't know the reason. Sianz.... Can someone tell me what to do?

Anyway, I need to see a doc soon. Had been coughing since the day I posted to Tekong, on and off at times, even cough blood during the worst times. Now stomach having cramps already.... I feel so sick~

2006-01-31T14:12:00.000+08:00

Here I am, slacking.... Spend the first 2 days of CNY going to my relatives' house and that's all. Ha~

Sounds boring right? Every year seems to be the same, "Chu Yi" go to my mother's side then "Chu Er" go to my father's side. But nevertheless, the true meaning of CNY is the gathering of the family that counts, red packets are just extra bonus for good luck.

Went to my Pri Sch teacher's house after visiting my father's side. Mr Lee still looks the same but he looks younger now, that's after he cut his moustache. Haha... This year is just me and 2 other classmates, and it was the same in '04, so pathetic! Hope the coming years, the other classmates can make it. If not, I think I'll also MIA....

In the night, acc mum to the Padang with Bro to take a look at the "Pasar Malam", actually is "Chun Dao He Pan", but the way I see it, it is just a major "Pasar Malam" with foods, games and the usual Chinese traditional stuffs. The funny part, Osim was there too, selling their latest item, the I-Gallop. But when I see small kids riding the thing, I guess they ruined the image that Osim wanted to advertise for their new item, the kids think they riding a Bull or something. WTF... Think twice if you peeps wanna go there for a walk, it'll be liked walking in Orchard Road during Christmas, everyone will be knocking each other. Nowadays it is so hard to say a simple "Excuse Me", feel so sorry for them...

Headed down to MoS as per Audie request, if not he'll be cursing me again for not showing up. Anyway there was a event that night, Koflow Vs Dj Tang, thus there was a huge crowd. But lucky for me, I don't have to Q the normal 1, the Conducting sent me a sms for priority entry. Once in, everyone was in the Main Arena where all the fun is, and of course the babes. Lolz... Found Audie and gang but think he was half gone already, not just him but almost everyone there. Only liked YQ, Gade still ok only... Saw my BMT friend also, who always forget to jio me. Haiz! No point mentioning the name, give up on him already. Hahaha.... The music was ok at start but started to go downhill from there. But it's the crowd that matters....

2006-01-29T00:12:00.000+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year!!!!

Finally, I'm back.... Book out with the Coy in the early morning, due to some stupid celebration we had to book out on Sat. I was the only officer around, the rest took leave or got something on then I let my buddy, KX book out early as he was the most tiring person throughout the whole field camp. This is my 2nd field camp with recruits, felt that the last one was most happening and more interesting things happened. Learned alot from the last batch, so this time round the field camp was much easier. I never really whack my recruits though but rather discipline them. But I really pity them when one night it rained heavily, they got no shelter thus can only wear their jackets and cover themselves with ground sheets. I went around that night and found some recruits just slept without any ground sheets covering them, for one second I thought I became a "Father!" Lolz.... But nevertheless, there are still some moments during the field camp.

Headed to town in the noon with Razee, wanted to buy some stuffs but don't really know where to start. Got lazy thus we went to watch "Fearless", the show is damn power with all the fighting scenes and storyline, you guys should go catch it. Finally, ZZ joined us for awhile and I finally got something, a perfume... Headed home soon after for my reunion dinner, and slack all the way until now still going on.....

Giving lesson to the "kids"

Section 4
Platoon 2