.Our new beginnning.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Well, finally ended my Basic Section Leaders Course in Sispec. Really must thank god, that I am being posted to Signals at Stagmont Camp. I really dun know how will I become if I were to stay on for the Advance course in Sispec or posted to armour or artillery units. I always thought that i do not have luck on my side. Its not bad after all. At least when i need it most.

Im also quite lucky to see 3 familiar faces in my bunk. One of them is my platoon mate back in bmt days. We were in different companies in sispec. But now same platoon and bunk somemore. Such a coincidence. We often talk craps, fool around, joke around. Call ppl names, discover those secret characters in our platoon. But we mean no harm, its just for our own entertainment. The other 2 will be from the same platoon in sispec. One of them is bed buddy somemore. GUess wad, by nominal role, he is also my bed buddy in signals... what is the odds for this man? to have your bed buddy posted to the same unit as you and at the same time, remain as your bed buddy...

First week in Signals, i should say is slack and boring. Not much of physical trainings other than a few ippt trainings. Boring becuz of the lectures and self studies at the computer labs, learning radio sets which are physics related. Its been ages since i last see any physics related stuffs. Difficult to understand. Wonder how am i gonna pass the test even though its all mcq questions.

My new year resolution will be recovering from my cough, which has been around since bmt. I hope my leg injury will not be as bad as before. I hope I can be more sensitive towards the ppl around me. I hope i can be a better person next year.

12:50 AM

Sunday, November 02, 2008

2 weeks time i will have my 28 km route march. 2 weeks time i will finish my basic course. 2 weeks time i will pass out as a coporal. 2 weeks time i hope to get into my ideal vocation and leave the current camp. Which means 2 weeks time, I may part with some or most of my mates. Hope everything turns out good.

Hmmm, everytime when it comes to booking in, I will always feel I havent really enjoyed myself and relax much. Time really past quite fast. Next min, its time to book in again. But lucky, Im sort of used to it already. Next week I hope I can plan and carry out the things that I wish to do over the weekends so as not to maximise and put my civilian time to good use.

p.s. Hope you will be able to complete what u wanna study and be ready for your exams:) You have my support. Dun have to worry if we din spend much time together. There are plenty of time in the days ahead.

4:21 PM

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Well, unwilling but i still have to serve the nation. I think I had kind of lost touch to the world outside. Not reading news, not knowing whats going on around me. In other words, I am like living in my own world. Just when I thought that going home will make me feel better, I had to think twice. The naggings at home really makes me sick. Somehow i just hope that the adults can feel me. Its like I dun feel the warmth when Im at home. Haven really been enjoying my block leave as well. There are quite a number of stuffs that i wanna do but i dun think it can be done. Just feel that im all by myself once again, being independent.

But NS do have its own positive sides. Without it, I will not even get to know my platoon mates. Really appreciate and wanna thank the ppl who have helped me in one way or another or pushed me along when i thought that i couldn make it during my BMT. The joy, the pain, the laughters we shared are really priceless and memorable. Tmr will be our posting results and i hope all of us will be satisfied with our postings. I feel that the 2 months had passed quite fast. Really feels like i just woke up from a dream. Nevertheless, its time to move on again. Monday, i will have to introduce myself again, get to know new ppl. This process kind of suck as im kind of an introvert. No choice.

Hope everything goes smoothly...

10:19 PM

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Time really flies. Im already counting the days to my last working day. I have already worked for nearly 2 months. Many thoughts are running thru my head right now. Glad that next week will be my last week in MOE. But yet, it means my enlistment around the corner. I do not know what to expect from this phase of life as I wont be able to apply most of the technical stuffs I learn in there in my future job. It is a totally different thing from the past phases like when I just graduated from kindergarten and moving on to primary school education and etc. Im not the the kind of person who can really get used to a new environment and things around me. Hence, I really hope that i can get along with my future bunkmates and also they will make my time past faster with fun and memorable experience. For now, Im not walking aimlessly in life. Im already setting goals for NS. I hope to get into OCS. If Im not shortlisted, at least I hope to be a PTI. After ns, I will like to pursue a degree with honors in SIM. Ideal courses will be computer science or ISM. Then go NIE to be teacher. But im getting bit doubtful about this career path as I read in a forum saying that being a teacher is no playground. Really need to think twice. Very high workload. Principal may have favourisms. Just becoz you love kids or teaching doesnt mean you should be a teacher. The job doesnt seems as easy as it looks from the outside. Well I do not know how true is this but, every now and then, there will be teachers handing resignation letters. Lucky for me, I still have ample time to consider this option. What is important is that to get a degree no matter what so as to give yourself more and better options. As a kid, I always have great admiration and respect to soldiers. Think they look smart wearing smart 4s, carrying rifles and also cool looking with their tanned skin. In a months time, I will experience how is it like to be a soldier....

2:59 PM

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Recently attended a fren's bdae party and it was quite fun. Its all thanks to Tim and Subash. They were my sec. sch mates. The CCKS clique were all in the room listening to Subash's interesting army encounters and also funny incidents that happened all the way back in sec sch. It was actually these funny incidents that happened around him made me felt regretful.

To Subash, these are the funny events tat took place during his time in CCKS. Perhaps they were funny enough to make him remember. I was thinking, why there aint any similar kinds of events happening around me? I then consulted my classmate of 4 years, kok how. He said actually there are, but most of them happened after the school. I doubted him as I cant recall any. And then, he told me I wasnt with the clique most of the time after school. This is the weirdest moment man. It was kindof sad. He is right. I could only recall myself busy playin bballs, trainings, watching matches, thinking abt BGR stuffs. Bcoz of these, I missed a hell of fun with them. Damn MAN!!! I guess thats life.

There are things that you could have done but you din. Really feeling regretful to some extent. Its a sad thing that I left school without any fond memories. Hope every1 cherish and put their time to good use so as to do it with no regrets.

11:30 AM

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Recently didn realli take out some time to blog. Dunno wads stopping me, it mayb fewer ppl are reading it or I am just pure lazy. But I always think that it’s a good habit as it helps you to reflect wad u did before, the events that happen, your thoughts at that very moment. You will be able to see how much you have matured or the changes in your life. Hence, I decided to use the free time I had during working hours. haha

2 weeks ago on a pleasant Sunday aftern, I went for my lessons as usual. I thought that the lesson was as boring as the previous as they were on theories. Well, gotta just sit and go through the motion of things as I couldn’t expect much from theory lessons.

After lessons, I headed down to Chinatown, which was within walking distance, to meet up Val and Qx. Qx went to the SAFRA around Chinatown area to redeem his MP3 player. I think that he is quite lucky at times. His mp3 player had some problems and just so happen that he was able to use this new one as a replacement. He is always the guy with a little know how of everything. Weird that he din go OCS. Ok so our first stop will be beach road to have our meals. Next in line was SBC to witness the clash between the Hornets and Sin kee, and also, Tong whye and Tagawa. Both were great matches.

Hornets were experiencing good form in their shooting. With the likes of Michael and Tat Hong, they led a relatively young team consisting of established ex-wonderkids Des and Ronglie, and also not forgetting, Hornet’s experienced rebounder, JJP. Looks like the less favourite Sin Kee had a mountain to climb although they had a few ex-national players and 1 foreign player. The hornets were able to show what they were capable of; fast breaks, help side Ds, and shooting. They were already leading by 20 at halftime. It was nice to watch young starlets like KC and GL as they were able to cope with the pressure at playing Singapore’s top basketball league. Sin Kee was having problems coping with Hornet’s offence throughout the game. Hence, this saw them losing nearly 20 points to the Hornets.

Next up was Tong Whye against Tagawa. From the look at Tong Whye’s line up, they didn look weak at all, though without their star player, Joe. They had the nation’s first team centre, Pathman; who can be considered as a veteran with lots of experience in the game, Kendy; a known player in the league, there is this Malaysian born player, Wei Tai; one of the best left-handers in the nation, Yew Sing a.k.a turbo engine. In addition, the bench looks strong as well with Jin Quan, Boy Wonders Xiu han and Wen Bang, and duck who came up from the youth ranks of the club. During the first half of the game, Tong Whye was abit sloppy with its D. Spectators could often witness Pathman losing his rebounds to the oppositions’ centres. I din really see much effort or contest for rebounds from the 1.98m centre. Most of Tagawa’s points came from the pane and Jason, the team’s scoring machine. Tong whye’s shooting form was way off. Tagawa’s star was having the top of his game scoring from downtown, penetrations and some foul-ins. This made him arguably the man of the match. He was totally unstoppable. Credit has to be given to Tagawa’s centres as well. They really dominated in rebounds even with the giant frame of Pathman standing in their way. They didn’t let his height bother them and kept their confidence level high throughout the game. The match was a tight one with Tong Whye trying very hard to catch up with the leading team, Tagawa. There was a fast break where Tagawa was totally caught off guard. They didn anticipate the sudden change of gears by Turbo Engine and this left them chasing after the speedy player. Tong Whye was given a lifeline at the final min of the game. They were one point down to leveling up the game. The losing team was blessed with 2 free throws. Having Kendy, an experience and establish player, on the line, I thought Tong Whye will be able to turn this game around to their advantage. But then came the devastation of 2 missed free-throws. The team’s morale was record low. Hence, this wraps up the game with Tagawa winning by 1.

9:45 AM