christmas's coming

finally booked out le. went to costa sands just now for bbq organised by the yishun SHG volunteers. havent seen them for a long time le. we all had a gift exchange. nicenice. didnt stay over at the chalet because tmr still got family gathering at dad's fish farm. bbq too. hahaha. i'm super busy this weekend. too many gatherings le. supposed to go for a gathering with the tmis colleagues at vivocity, attend aloysius's early christmas party and also a dinner with my sec secondary school classmates tmr too. no choice but to reject all the rest. i apologize to all the organisers (joseph, aloysius and layjia). sorry. looking forward to the bbq with my pri sch classmates on 26th too. yeahyeah. christmas's coming. hohoho. shall go sleep le. tmr still have to wake up early.

happy moments

041209 (fri): graduation parade! we finally passed out lo. it started at 7.30pm. mother and father came. took several photos but havent upload onto fb yet. haha. i'm posted to bmtc (pulau tekong). tmr have to report le. however, i have no idea what time to report yet. will be on course for 2 weeks until 181209 i think, so wont be coming home.

051209 (sat): went out in the late morning to expo to collect my sc marathon pack. met up with cousin ronald at bugis for lunch. watched Couples Retreat. last movie i watced with him is The Proposal. everytime watch those couple shows with him de. hahaha. had dinner back at northpoint.

061209 (sun): woke up at 3am. it's sc marathon today! lejun came over at about 3.30am. papa drove me, lejun and my brother to yishun stadium. we had bought bus ticket for the bus ride to take us to somewhere near the start point. met benjamin poh and jack on the way. we deposited our bags and walked to the start point. the marathon was supposed to start at 0530, but we started a little later. the run was awesome, with supporters along the way. didnt run all the way la. we walked also. haha. it was a wonderful experience. seeing the sky got from dark to bright while running. and also passing by the city area, along east coast park by the sea and on the f1 race track with sg flyer beside. got my finisher tee and also a medal. beautiful sunday morning. went to chinyan's house after sc marathon. bmt platoon gathering. a handful of the guys came. just reached home not long ago. need to pack my stuff to bring over to tekong tmr. and also try to find out what time to report. that's all for now. yeah.

S for Sunday, S for Slack.

woke up late this morning. haha. immediately brushed teeth, washed face, took a shower and went out to meet lejun. we were going to chongpang to collect our uniforms. had lunch with him and tabao-ed food for mama, korkor and meimei. i needed a mp3, so i bought a zen mozaic from my brother at a discounted price, with freebies thrown in. hahaha. did my 3 assignments in the afternoon. played dota. went running in the late afternoon. ran the park connector and went to sembawang park. a lot people there. playing baseball, soccer, frisbee, BBQing, fishing... standard chartered marathon is next sun le. have to go to expo to collect the race entry pack for myself and lejun on sat. exciting week ahead. passing out parade on fri, posting will be known next week too and sc marathon on sun! yeahyeah. time to book in lo.

Hari Raya Haji

loooong weekend. booked out yesterday evening. had dinner at kfc with lejun. it was quite last minute. was walking home from mrt and decided to give him a call. turned out he was at chongpang kfc. haha. havent seen him for 1month+. bernard's having duty today. poor him. passing out next friday le. wonder if papa and mama will attend the parade and put on the chevron for me. had a sharing session with the commanders yesterday afternoon. one of them said, "they wont care how much you know until they know how much you care for them". something to remember. it's raining now. sian ah. stuck at home. rain rain go away, come again another day...

things to do:

sew csb badge
buy shower gel and shampoo
do my homework (3 assignments, 100 words each)
pack my bag
sitex 2009 bought nothing in the end. -.-
catch a movie (paranormal activity? mulan?)
catch master of the dojo
tidy up my room? haha.

Taiwan (311009 - 211109)

taiwan trip was fun. wonderful memories.

1. 鸡排
2. 珍珠奶茶
3. cup noodles
4. delicious night snacks
5. finding checkpoints
6. orange plantations everywhere
7. walking long distance and bashing into vegetation
8. climbing up the mountain, going down the slope
9. shivering in cold at night
10. experiencing earthquake tremors
11. field cooking (maggi mee + milo + coffee)

and finally...

11. Rest & Recreation

day 1: 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan, Window on China Theme Park (aka 小人国, whereby there are many miniature models of landmarks around the theme park), Shilin Night Market

day 2: Martyrs' shrine, Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, National Dr Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Leofoo Village Theme Park, Taipei 101 (didnt go up as 91th floor is closed because it's raining), New York New York Department Store, Wufenpu Shopping Area (similar to bugis street)

day 3: 诚品书店 (aka eslite?), 鼎泰丰@ xinyi road (aka Din Tai Fung. we queued for about 45mins+), ximending, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.

let's go taiwan again! hahaha.

If You're Not The One - Daniel Bedingfield

If You're Not The One - Daniel Bedingfield

If you're not the one, then why does my soul feel glad today
If you're not the one, then why does my hand fit yours this way
If you are not mine, then why does your heart return my call
If you you are not mine, would I have the strength to stand at all

I never know what the future brings
But I know you're here with me now
We'll make it through and I hope
You are the one I share my life with

I don't wanna run away but I can't take it, I don't understand
If I'm not made for you, then why does my heart tell me that I am
Is there anyway that I can stay in your arms

If I don't need you, then why am I crying on my bed
If I don't need you, then why does your name resound in my head
If you're not for me, then why does this distance name my life
If you're not for me, then why do I dream of you as my wife

I don't know why you're so far away
But I know that this much is true
We'll make it through and I hope
You are the one I share my life with
And I wish that you could be the one I die with
And I pray that you're the one I build my home with
I hope I love you all my life

I don't wanna run away but I can't take it, I don't understand
If I'm not made for you, then why does my heart tell me that I am
Is there anyway that I can stay in your arms

'Cause I miss your body and soul so strong
That it takes my breath away
And I breath you into my heart
And I pray for the strength to stand today

'Cause I love you whether it's wrong or right
And though I can't be with you tonight
And though my heart is by your side

I don't wanna run away but I can't take it, I don't understand
If I'm not made for you, then why does my heart tell me that I am
Is there anyway that I can stay in your arms

secrets of the woods

HOME SWEET HOME. finally back from taiwan. had been there for the past 3 weeks. missed my loved ones. it feels good to be back at home. my blogskin died. haiya. time for lunch. shall continue blogging soon. haha.

northpoint

had dinner with family just now. went to northpoint alone after that. the new np is so diiferent from the old one that i used to know. just didnt feel like going home so early. so i took my time and walked around, seeing if there's anything i can buy. i bought nothing in the end, except 面包 and peppermint milktea while walking home. haha. spent a few mins watching the free-of-charge live concert (aka 歌台) which was taking place beside my block at the big basketball court. the singer was singing 海闊天空 by Beyond. was browsing through Uncyclopedia. came across this funny artikl called 'Johnnys a big poopy' which is Rited by Robert "Bobby" Robertson wif no help frum anibuddy, ek-speshily Johnny, hoo smels like bum and hes dum and nobuddy likes him! hahaha. have fun reading it!

KELLY CLARKSON

after watching this and also this, i wrote a note and passed it to kelly clarkson. hahahahaha.

machinehead

grandslam2 took place two weeks ago. missions after missions. defence ops was the worst of all. digged shellscrape, digged firetrench, filled sandbags... last week was quite slack. did rappelling on wed. booked out on thursday and booking in next mon night because of off in lieu. just found out that one machine head of my guitar is spoilt when i was changing the strings this afternoon. siansiansian. i have no time to go shop for a new set of machine heads. shall settle this at the end of nov ba. i'm lazy to continue blogging le. shall go nua on my bed now while waiting for mother. she went out to tabao dinner. meeting bernard, aloysius and lejun for supper later at 10. eat and eat and eat. hehe.

another nice song by Kelly Clarkson. but i always feel emo when listening to it.

Already Gone - Kelly Clarkson

Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye

Even with our fists held high
It never would've worked out right
We were never meant for do or die

I didn't want us to burn out
I didn't come here to hold you, now I can't stop

I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone

Looking at you makes it harder
But I know that you'll find another
That doesn't always make you want to cry

Started with a perfect kiss then we could feel the poison set in
Perfect couldn't keep this love alive
You know that I love you so, I love you enough to let you go

I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone

I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right when you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on so I'm already gone

Already gone, already gone, already gone
Already gone, already gone, already gone, yeah

Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories they're haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye

I want you to know that it doesn't matter
Where we take this road someone's gotta go
And I want you to know you couldn't have loved me better
But I want you to move on so I'm already gone

I'm already gone, already gone
You can't make it feel right when you know that it's wrong
I'm already gone, already gone
There's no moving on so I'm already gone

week 7

week 7 of aslc. a hectic and tiring week. had platoon live firing on mon. day and night. ippt on tues. was quite happy with my results. i finally can jump le. managed to jump 243cm to secure a 5 points. had prefect score but couldnt get gold because of 2.4km run. need to cut down 7secs from 9.51min to 9.44min to get gold. yeah. must try again during the next ippt provided that i can jump well too. wed was standard obstacle course (SOC). failed. my timing was 10.21min. the passing timing is 9.59min and below. felt disappointed and down. not passing SOC = staying back on sat morning for remedial training. on top of this, SOC is a vito factor in order to pass out from aslc. went to mandai area for navigation exercise. managed to find 2 of of the 3 day checkpoints. night checkpoint was easy to find. we were the 2nd detail of the company to end our navigation exercise. combat skill badge! yay! had SOC yesterday. ran the last 600m despite the fact that i was dog tired after jumping down from the 2m ramp. at that moment while running, i kept thinking about wanting to pass SOC. i made it. my timing was just nice. exactly 9.59min! hahaha. finally cleared something which i had been worrying about since the start of aslc. but still, i must keep training and do better in the future. next week is grandslam2. travelling on a chinook, river crossing, platoon attack, digging shellscrape + fire trench... confirm will be both physically and mentally drained. haiya. shall go sleep now.

mid autumn festival

YAY! 32km march is over le! starting the march at 2030 on tues night and it ended on wed afternoon. no doubt, i almost died. hahaha. river crossing took place at the 19th km mark. but it rained when we reached the crossing point. so we sought shelter under the vegetation for about an hour plus. it was super cold and i was shivering non stop. haha. the 32km march is definitely one experience i'll never forget. oh. and a big thankyou to all those who encouraged and helped me along the way. haha. it's really nice to see ppl encouraging one another during the march. yeah.

yesterday was sports day. the 2 ASLC coys dominated yesterday's event. foxtrot was the champion and golf was the runner-up. booked out in the afternoon and went back home. bought a cake on my way home to celebrate mother's birthday which was on 1st oct. haha. children's day. besides the birthday cake, there're also a lot of mooncakes at my house. happy mid autumn fest to all! meet up with bernard and lejun at night and we went to aloysius's house. watched manu vs sunderland, ate mooncakes, durians (only lejun was eating) and drank tea. ordered mac delivery too. we all fell asleep and slept until this morning. i woke up at 0615 to do some area cleaning while the rest were still sleeping. left at about 0700. slacked through this morning until now. had planned to go library to borrow some books to read. but i'm just too lazy to go out. haha. next week then i go ba. i'm booking in super early today. must reach camp by 2000. got to prepare for tmr's platoon live firing. sian ah.

10km run (100909)
32km march (290909-300909)
navigation test (081009)

one more step left to the combat skills badge.

I Gotta A Feeling - Black Eyed Peas

I gotta feeling
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night

Gotta feeling (woohoo)
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night

Tonight's the night
Let's live it up
I got my money
Let's spend it up
Go out and smash it
Like Oh My God
Jump off that sofa
Let's get get off

I know that we'll have a ball
If we get down and go out
And just lose it all
I feel stressed out
I wanna let it go
Let's go way out spaced out
And losing all control

Fill up my cup
Mozoltov
Look at her dancing
Just take it off
Let's paint the town
We'll shut it down
Let's burn the roof
And then we'll do it again

Let's do it, let's do it
Let's do it, let's do it
And do it, and do it
Let's live it up
And do it, and do it
And do it, do it, do it
Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it

Cause I gotta feeling (woohoo)
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night

Gotta feeling (woohoo)
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night

Tonight's the night (hey)
Let's live it up (let's live it up)
I got my money (my pay)
Let's spend it up (let's spend it up)

Go out and smash it (smash it)
Like Oh My God (like Oh My God)
Jump off that sofa (come on)
Let's get, get off

Fill up my cup (drink)
Mozoltov (lahyme)
Look at her dancing (move it, move it)
Just take it off
Let's paint the town (paint the town)
We'll shut it down (shut it down)
Let's burn the roof
And then we'll do it again

Let's do it, let's do it
Let's do it, let's do it
And do it, and do it
Let's live it up
And do it, and do it
And do it, do it, do it
Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it
Do it, do it, do it

Here we come, here we go
We gotta rock
Easy come, easy go
Now we on top
Feel the shot, body rock
Rock it don't stop
Round and round, up and down
Around the clock

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Friday, Saturday, Saturday to Sunday
Get, get, get, get, get with us
You know what we say (say)
Party everyday
Party everyday

I gotta feeling (woohoo)
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night

Gotta feeling (woohoo)
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good night
That tonight's gonna be a good good night

Woohoo

F1 race

booked out last night. didnt do much for this very short weekend. stayed at home. played dota. watched marley & me. went to temple to pray. bought some snacks to bring back to camp. will be booking out again on sat next week. sports day. haha. 32km march + river crossing next week too. jialat. must 坚持到底. shall go watch the F1 race now before i book in later. haha.

bernard's birthday

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happy birthday to you!
happy birthday to you!
happy birthday to bernard!
happy birthday to youuu!

book in lo

time to book in lo! looking forward to the coming weekend. off in lieu for 120909 on fri. will get to book out in the late morning or afternoon. the following monday is hari raya puasa. yeah! long break. woo.

0030

spent my saturday at poyan range. day and night live firing. took cab home together with aloysius and two other guys from the company. reached home about 1½h ago at 0030. haiya. i dont feel like sleeping. shall go find something to do now.

Every Car you Chase - Snow Patrol & The Police

combination of chasing cars by snow patrol and every breath you take by the Police. beautiful song.

Every Car you Chase - Snow Patrol & The Police

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We dont need
Anything
Or anyone

If i lay here
If i just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world

Oh cant you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take

If i lay here
If i just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world

Since you've gone
I've been lost without a trace
I dream at night
I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep on crying
Baby, baby
Please..

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

Oh cant you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches
With every step you take

If i lay here
If i just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world

I'll be watching you
Let's waste time
I'll be watching you
Chasing cars
I'll be watching you
I need your grace
I'll be watching you
To remind me

If i lay here
If i just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world

1st book out of ASLC

i'm back. had been running a lot in camp. 5km, 6km, 7km... will be running 10km under 65mins next week for a Combat Skill Badge. that's part of it only. there's still a 32km march and a csb shoot if not wrong. fired general purpose machine gun (GPMG). quite fun. 1st field camp was tiring. learnt several drills, carried out by a section or a platoon. 12 more weeks to go. this is just the beginning only. haiya. booked out on fri morning and walked around pasir laba camp to view the exhibition of the army open house. supposed to attend cdac dinner yerterday. but last min have to go to dad's fish farm. family gathering + annual praying during the hungry ghost festival. knew about it only on friday. met up with my cousins and other relatives. grandma asked me a similar question that my 2nd uncle asked the last time i went to the fish farm. stunned for a moment. i wonder if they will ask me again the next time i see them. hahaha.