I wonder if it's time to shed my cynical paradigm for something glittering with optimism. Survey course started last week, and we had to change camp. Basically, it was surprisingly relaxing. We almost never had to clean the bunk, most of the admin time were spent snoozing. There were afternoons where we literally had afternoon naps. PT was almost nonexistent except a few runs here and there. Mainly we had lectures, on basically navigation. The most intriguing thing was that there was actually tests after each lecture and the tests actually does involve maths and map reading. (ouch. painful nostalgia from old school geography days waves past). Navigation was pretty fun, but doing it on foot sometimes can be a pain in the groin (literally) because it somehow takes 10+++ km ideally from point to point assuming you don't get lost. Getting lost is a scary thing because everything around you looks the same. I have to be mentally prepared for more navigation exercises.
Wednesday I had my nights out virginity broken. We actually went to Jurong point for the night. Coffee bean coffee cheesecake! I can't wait for next Wednesday to go there again. I've always thought of nights out as something lame, something non-practical. But now I realize that it's so refreshing!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Filler
I wanted to blog. But I think I'm too sleepy right now. It's way past my bed time.
Survey course has been fine so far and I still have no idea what's installed for me next week. nights out to jurong point is quite a fun experience.
I'm going to sleep! HAHA
Survey course has been fine so far and I still have no idea what's installed for me next week. nights out to jurong point is quite a fun experience.
I'm going to sleep! HAHA
Sunday, September 20, 2009
To become a pokemon master
There are so many complicated thoughts, intricate emotions swirling in my head these days. That this blog is so public that it would be deemed inappropriate to post all of it down here. Maybe I should set up a private blog soon.
I drank half a can of beer on Wednesday night which induced great vertigo in me. C'mon it's my first time drinking. Thanks to everyone who cared for me that night because apparantly now I can't remember remember who I talked to. My tolerance for alcohol apparently is super low. Maybe I should convert it to carboxylic acid first before I drink. Ouch! I remember booking out feeling not so sober. But the fast march to the gate made me feel much better.
Friday, I went with my brother and church peeps to the airport to send Lorraine off. Bad planning somehow led Ye, Glen, Joseph, Ronald and me to be stranded somewhere far far away from home without access to bus or mrt home. I only remembered I told them the bridge riddle and they were having hard time with trying to solve the riddle and at the same time solve the puzzle of " how to get home ". I was already feeling sleepy because it was way past my bed time (which is 2230 unfortunately!). Me and Joseph were considering doing a Road march home but it was insane so we decided against it. So eventually we hailed a cab which (out of mercy) agreed to take all five of us home at one go. It was actually forty bucks, imagine hailing two cabs. Ouch.
I got to book in soon to pack my field pack with ten pack items. Never imagined I would have to pack field pack and go FBO again. Course starting tomorrow. Enjoy your Hari Raya people! I'll be doing a jeep convoy with all my duffle bags to Jurong Camp. Can't wait! It's gonna be so much fun. (or at least I hope).
That's all for today. I'm feeling more depressed than I ought to these days. Hope booking in will cheer me up. :)
My title has no link actually!
I drank half a can of beer on Wednesday night which induced great vertigo in me. C'mon it's my first time drinking. Thanks to everyone who cared for me that night because apparantly now I can't remember remember who I talked to. My tolerance for alcohol apparently is super low. Maybe I should convert it to carboxylic acid first before I drink. Ouch! I remember booking out feeling not so sober. But the fast march to the gate made me feel much better.
Friday, I went with my brother and church peeps to the airport to send Lorraine off. Bad planning somehow led Ye, Glen, Joseph, Ronald and me to be stranded somewhere far far away from home without access to bus or mrt home. I only remembered I told them the bridge riddle and they were having hard time with trying to solve the riddle and at the same time solve the puzzle of " how to get home ". I was already feeling sleepy because it was way past my bed time (which is 2230 unfortunately!). Me and Joseph were considering doing a Road march home but it was insane so we decided against it. So eventually we hailed a cab which (out of mercy) agreed to take all five of us home at one go. It was actually forty bucks, imagine hailing two cabs. Ouch.
I got to book in soon to pack my field pack with ten pack items. Never imagined I would have to pack field pack and go FBO again. Course starting tomorrow. Enjoy your Hari Raya people! I'll be doing a jeep convoy with all my duffle bags to Jurong Camp. Can't wait! It's gonna be so much fun. (or at least I hope).
That's all for today. I'm feeling more depressed than I ought to these days. Hope booking in will cheer me up. :)
My title has no link actually!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Quantum Leap
I finally got my new phone. Sony G700 business edition. I finally managed to defeat the demon of procrastination.
During BMT, I told myself. Heck, after I suffer through the hellish field camp I'm going to spoil myself with a new phone. (which I thought would be Nokia E51, c'mon NSFs do not have a wide spectrum of choices which includes iphone or any other phone with an eye at it's back cover that goes snap).
I didn't.
Then I told myself. Once I pass out from tekong. I'm going to get a new phone. A whole block leave of 10 days could not defeat the demon of procrastination.
Then I finally got into unit. I told myself, after my combat engineer course I'm going to get that phone, like finally. Nope, I still didn't.
Milestone after milestone. I told myself after jeep course I was going to get but i laughed it off like immediately because I knew I wouldn't.
Then finally, the coup de grace came when one day when I was making a seemingly innocent call. My phone actually blacked out. I thought it was one of the tricks my phone used to play on me when it was unhappy about me over smsing throughout the night or lack of 7 hours of uninterrupted rest of charging breaks, but no. I just lay there, blacked out. No pun intended.
So I took out the battery, put it in again. Repeat and rinse, but to no avail.
It was a fruitless attempt I swear I couldn't find an apple nor an orange to save the day.
After yelling 'never say die', then repeating the "take out battery, put it in, on phone". Finally it works. Sometimes. Keyword is sometimes. Then sometimes as I'm happily typing good night and sending to my buddy sleeping one bed away my phone blacks out. Oh wow. How wonderful.
So it was finally time to whisper RIP to my red nokia phone with worn out keypads. Thanks for being a wonderful friend, through BMT. But now I have my stronger better faster Sony G700. Omgosh, I feel so mean. (even to a phone!).
Had a superbly slackish week last week in camp. So relaxing! Oh well, survey course begins next week!
During BMT, I told myself. Heck, after I suffer through the hellish field camp I'm going to spoil myself with a new phone. (which I thought would be Nokia E51, c'mon NSFs do not have a wide spectrum of choices which includes iphone or any other phone with an eye at it's back cover that goes snap).
I didn't.
Then I told myself. Once I pass out from tekong. I'm going to get a new phone. A whole block leave of 10 days could not defeat the demon of procrastination.
Then I finally got into unit. I told myself, after my combat engineer course I'm going to get that phone, like finally. Nope, I still didn't.
Milestone after milestone. I told myself after jeep course I was going to get but i laughed it off like immediately because I knew I wouldn't.
Then finally, the coup de grace came when one day when I was making a seemingly innocent call. My phone actually blacked out. I thought it was one of the tricks my phone used to play on me when it was unhappy about me over smsing throughout the night or lack of 7 hours of uninterrupted rest of charging breaks, but no. I just lay there, blacked out. No pun intended.
So I took out the battery, put it in again. Repeat and rinse, but to no avail.
It was a fruitless attempt I swear I couldn't find an apple nor an orange to save the day.
After yelling 'never say die', then repeating the "take out battery, put it in, on phone". Finally it works. Sometimes. Keyword is sometimes. Then sometimes as I'm happily typing good night and sending to my buddy sleeping one bed away my phone blacks out. Oh wow. How wonderful.
So it was finally time to whisper RIP to my red nokia phone with worn out keypads. Thanks for being a wonderful friend, through BMT. But now I have my stronger better faster Sony G700. Omgosh, I feel so mean. (even to a phone!).
Had a superbly slackish week last week in camp. So relaxing! Oh well, survey course begins next week!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Bumpy
I can't think of a title.
Anyway. I've been like going out everyday from Thursday to Saturday. This is so not me. When I'm at town, I sometimes wonder if I took a plane there.
Just to be chronologically sound. Went out with survey platoon last Thursday. The gist of it-food,movie then drink. I skipped the drinking part because I'm a good boy. Jon puked and Timothy could not maintain friction with the ground. And yes yes, there was this big pipe like thing with a hose for people to suck on. It's like smoking, but they claim it's non addictive. Oh well, I kind of value my lungs so I never tried one puff. But still, I think it was smelly, to be honest. I wonder how it makes people high.
Friday I tried Swensen's Ice cream buffet at Ion Orchard. I thought 8 scoops was actually commendable effort considering I ate waffles and cakes too. I love the cereal toppings like those fruity stuff. My happiness lasted until my brother told me he ate 20 scoops the last time he visited. Oh well, I don't have a huge appetite. I did not consume lunch, and my stomach was gelid cold from all that slimey freezing substance sliding down my throat My braces actually caused an area of effect freezing field right inside my mouth. But cost wise, it was super worth it.
Today I made an effort to repair my pieces. REPAIR! cause they are all rotting like garbage. I have to do something before they decompose. My brothers are playing stuff like pathetique sonata now for diploma and i'm so jealous. I will probably take mine the same time as theirs. And yes, I also want to learn the pathetique sonata soon though I think it's actually quite simple. My scores are all over the place, I can't even find my liebestraum score now. I cannot even remember a single bit of that Chopin Ballade and G flat etude which I was learning before I enlisted. This is one big thing I hate about army. I should find out if I can smuggle a weighted keyboard into camp so I can at least learn some new repertoire. It sucks playing the same thing over and over again, worst still, seeing them rot into nothingness.
Anyway. I've been like going out everyday from Thursday to Saturday. This is so not me. When I'm at town, I sometimes wonder if I took a plane there.
Just to be chronologically sound. Went out with survey platoon last Thursday. The gist of it-food,movie then drink. I skipped the drinking part because I'm a good boy. Jon puked and Timothy could not maintain friction with the ground. And yes yes, there was this big pipe like thing with a hose for people to suck on. It's like smoking, but they claim it's non addictive. Oh well, I kind of value my lungs so I never tried one puff. But still, I think it was smelly, to be honest. I wonder how it makes people high.
Friday I tried Swensen's Ice cream buffet at Ion Orchard. I thought 8 scoops was actually commendable effort considering I ate waffles and cakes too. I love the cereal toppings like those fruity stuff. My happiness lasted until my brother told me he ate 20 scoops the last time he visited. Oh well, I don't have a huge appetite. I did not consume lunch, and my stomach was gelid cold from all that slimey freezing substance sliding down my throat My braces actually caused an area of effect freezing field right inside my mouth. But cost wise, it was super worth it.
Today I made an effort to repair my pieces. REPAIR! cause they are all rotting like garbage. I have to do something before they decompose. My brothers are playing stuff like pathetique sonata now for diploma and i'm so jealous. I will probably take mine the same time as theirs. And yes, I also want to learn the pathetique sonata soon though I think it's actually quite simple. My scores are all over the place, I can't even find my liebestraum score now. I cannot even remember a single bit of that Chopin Ballade and G flat etude which I was learning before I enlisted. This is one big thing I hate about army. I should find out if I can smuggle a weighted keyboard into camp so I can at least learn some new repertoire. It sucks playing the same thing over and over again, worst still, seeing them rot into nothingness.
Friday, September 11, 2009
One thousand and one
I just booked out on Wednesday night from a grueling perpetual battle against army open house. Well, the thingie itself is quite manageable, but I never seen so many stores in my life before. Stores are evil scary things. Imagine, a 5-tonner, and two 10 tonners full of heavy bulky stores. Table, chairs, countless poles and weird funny stores. and the bane of mankind-camo nets! Scary! Loading and unloading is still very man power intensive. and the work that has to be done is tremendously wicked. load unload load unload WASH load unload. and move it from place to place It was mainly like classic strength trainnig plus a nice bake under the sun. And did I mention that the sun has been relentlessly blazing for the last few days.
So I got my weekend burned. (no, not by the sun). This week, thursday friday are off days. And next week, thurs and fri are off days as well. Compensation is always very nice. Double consecutive long weekends are so sweet. Yesterday when I awoke, I never felt so much civilian tranquility. So peaceful.
Yesterday I watched the movie 9 with my fellow surveyers. In my humble opinion, the film was average. The plot could be much better, there was actually potential in the whole concept but a 1.5 hour film wasn't enough to totally unleash it all. It could have been much better if it was in a series, where individual characters were developed properly. The show was rushed, but I think it had a nice sense of flow. I didn't feel bored, but the ending was abrupt, which made the whole film seem shaky with lots of mysterious left unclear. I liked the concept, but they rushed it, and blewed it. Well, but I've seen much worst movies so I guess this one can be considered decent though it does lack some meaning.
So I got my weekend burned. (no, not by the sun). This week, thursday friday are off days. And next week, thurs and fri are off days as well. Compensation is always very nice. Double consecutive long weekends are so sweet. Yesterday when I awoke, I never felt so much civilian tranquility. So peaceful.
Yesterday I watched the movie 9 with my fellow surveyers. In my humble opinion, the film was average. The plot could be much better, there was actually potential in the whole concept but a 1.5 hour film wasn't enough to totally unleash it all. It could have been much better if it was in a series, where individual characters were developed properly. The show was rushed, but I think it had a nice sense of flow. I didn't feel bored, but the ending was abrupt, which made the whole film seem shaky with lots of mysterious left unclear. I liked the concept, but they rushed it, and blewed it. Well, but I've seen much worst movies so I guess this one can be considered decent though it does lack some meaning.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Painful
Someone said
You truly own what you can protect.
I played.
My fingers never felt so out of control before. La campanella was overwhelming me. I completely forgot one whole passage. My first run was horrible. I stumbled, faltered and whatever you call that. I can't even play through the whole thing without stopping or without warm up.
AUGH.
I hope this is just a bad day.
If not, I actually feel like crying.
You truly own what you can protect.
I played.
My fingers never felt so out of control before. La campanella was overwhelming me. I completely forgot one whole passage. My first run was horrible. I stumbled, faltered and whatever you call that. I can't even play through the whole thing without stopping or without warm up.
AUGH.
I hope this is just a bad day.
If not, I actually feel like crying.
A spilt second of fire
I feel like playing the piano suddenly.
Omg, that's like the most neglected feeling ever.
Omg, that's like the most neglected feeling ever.
Something cool
Oh man I thought I would not be able to book out this week. I booked out last night, and then this afternoon again. Half day is actually a pretty pleasant surprise. Very tactical indeed. They did not want us to tire out before the open house. Today's quote of the day should be, "I know you guys are already very sick of this place. the truth is, it hasn't started yet. " I don't know if it's a blessing in disguise because I was held back at driving tests for like about a week so I get to evade a week's worth of shit jobs. Setting up tents, carrying rocks, carrying camo nets, all sorts of dirty work under the sun. But of course, we get plenty of sleep under the shade. Sometimes, there's totally nothing to do.
Tonight, I'll be booking in into a eight day saga. (or maybe nine). Five days of Open house and 3 days of cleaning up after the public and closing the whole entire thing. Then I'll finally get off for a super long weekend. Delayed gratification, again.
Life's getting meaningless. I'd rather be rotting around at home than going out with my friends. I wonder why. I've been wanting to watch a movie but too lazy to get out of my house. I finally decided today all that indecisiveness have to come to an end, and I decided to. *drum rolls*, play Pokemon.
Life's going to be boring. Most people somehow find themselves glued to their monster hunter on PSP when they have slept till the point of saturation. Despite my seemingly limitless capacity for sleep, I still maybe should find something useful to do with my time. Knocks myself, playing Pokemon is useful?
NSF life is so cruelly restrictive. I realized I cannot even book in my theory test for driving in peace. Weekend slots are all fully booked. Damn, can't those civilian people sacrifice a little and take the weekday slots. Or maybe cause I'm too late. Hey, I'm just going there to waste like several minutes of my time and get my pass.
I suspect I'm a little sick now. Sickening rain. I drove an auto jeep without any cover (or doors) on the expressway in the rain last week. I tell you that is one scary experience. Safety comes first, right. Very true when I was actually driving in the middle of two lanes. Or wait, I can't even see the lane markings. My jeep doesn't even have a windscreen so how the heck are there supposed to be wipers. That is almost equal to riding a bike in the rain. Except my helmet doesn't have visors. My goggles get wet like every nanosecond, my hands ain't so free to double as wipers. That sucks. Bleh.
Life is so boring now. But I'm pretty sure the coolest thing now, is to aim to become a pokemon master.
PS:sorry I couldn't find something cooler than becoming a pokemon master.
Tonight, I'll be booking in into a eight day saga. (or maybe nine). Five days of Open house and 3 days of cleaning up after the public and closing the whole entire thing. Then I'll finally get off for a super long weekend. Delayed gratification, again.
Life's getting meaningless. I'd rather be rotting around at home than going out with my friends. I wonder why. I've been wanting to watch a movie but too lazy to get out of my house. I finally decided today all that indecisiveness have to come to an end, and I decided to. *drum rolls*, play Pokemon.
Life's going to be boring. Most people somehow find themselves glued to their monster hunter on PSP when they have slept till the point of saturation. Despite my seemingly limitless capacity for sleep, I still maybe should find something useful to do with my time. Knocks myself, playing Pokemon is useful?
NSF life is so cruelly restrictive. I realized I cannot even book in my theory test for driving in peace. Weekend slots are all fully booked. Damn, can't those civilian people sacrifice a little and take the weekday slots. Or maybe cause I'm too late. Hey, I'm just going there to waste like several minutes of my time and get my pass.
I suspect I'm a little sick now. Sickening rain. I drove an auto jeep without any cover (or doors) on the expressway in the rain last week. I tell you that is one scary experience. Safety comes first, right. Very true when I was actually driving in the middle of two lanes. Or wait, I can't even see the lane markings. My jeep doesn't even have a windscreen so how the heck are there supposed to be wipers. That is almost equal to riding a bike in the rain. Except my helmet doesn't have visors. My goggles get wet like every nanosecond, my hands ain't so free to double as wipers. That sucks. Bleh.
Life is so boring now. But I'm pretty sure the coolest thing now, is to aim to become a pokemon master.
PS:sorry I couldn't find something cooler than becoming a pokemon master.
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