oh no... conflicts again...

yest we only book out at around 2230h... cos our instructors realise that we're not working together as a platoon properly and try to settle it... then after that some ppl start to pin point one another... hope that the session will open up some doubts abt each other, and we'll forget about the past and not to even hate each other... as christian i did not blame another and forgive those who're in the wrong... hope that others will do the same too...

then still rem last year in melbourne during the mission trip there's also some conflicts between a few of our team mates... then so 'qiao' both that day (4 May) and yest was 2nd day the singapore flag is at half-mast... last time was for the passing of ex-president Wee Kim Wee...

pray that the rest of the year would be smooth and peaceful and not like what happen in the past month... so many ppl i know kena hospitalise and even one passed away...

S'pore pioneer Rajaratnam passed away

One of S'pore founder father, Mr S. Rajaratnam, passed away on wed afternoon at 1515h. Flags will flag at half-mast from thurs to saturday. Although i did not really know him that much, but he's the one who wrote our Singapore pledge which we recite every morning when we were in school.

"We, the citizen of Singapore, pledge ourselves as one united people, regardless of race, language or religion, to build a democratic society, based on justice and equality, so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and progress for our nation."

The word came from his pen, and stood for what he believe in. These words are meaningful, especially the part on pledge ourselves as one united people, regardless of race, language or religion.

I got the news through my mother when i called her that night. But what i'm disappointed is that there's no saying about the news in my NS camp when schools have been paying tribute to him. Most people dosen't know anything about it.

Just watch the state funeral on Channel newsasia, which passed by the road which i've just been to on wed, a few hours before he dies. That day we also just pass by Parliament house when we went to supreme court.

Lion's Trail tour

on wed, we went for a lion's trail tour again... but this time we went to some different place... our first stop was the changi chapel & museum... sianz.. cos we've went there before just 2 mths back during the bmt lion's trail... but luckily the tour guide got say some diff things so got near new things like how singapore lost in WWII...

after that we proceed to the city area known as the civil district... the journey there was not bad cos it travelled by ecp.. then can see how east coast park is like now... v long nv went there liao... but like not much changes.. hee...

when we reach somewhere near raffles place mrt... we got to buy food at macdoalds... the one at boat quay beside uob plaza... wow... cos in camp wont be able to eat... after that learnt that there's a mosque in the basement of uob plaza and also some of the sclupture at the lobby...
whoa didnt notice them b4 although i went there many times b4... after that we went to the new supreme court... wow it looks very grand and esp at the top floor disc... the view is super great... got alot of escalators inside up to the disc there... also managed to visit one of the court room... v nice sia.. haha... but hope wont be going there for a case... hehe...

after visiting the court.. its time to go back to camp... sad.. but b4 that the bus driver got go around padang once.. so managed to see war memoral park and the cenotaph... some more the cenotaph was in the middle of the singapore river hong bao 2 week ago... so just saw it on 11 feb... then just 10 days all the hong bao things are gone... just left a few floor boards around... really miss the festive season so much....... now no more celebrations liao... but going to POP from the RP course on 9 march... 1 day earlier... then can go IT show on the 10th.. hopefully... going to upgrade and spend alot again...

finally... Ex earthworm ended...

after 3 days in tekong for the past week, finally endured through it... and yeah.. no more outfield ex anytime soon... couldn't really sleep during those 3 days cos have to look out for 'enemies' attacking even at night... and have to dig trenches...

got 2 incident that happened... one is on the 2nd nite got wildboar came to our site... whoa the wildboar very big sia... up to your chest level.. scary... so we were moved to another place... another one is on the 3rd day one member from another platoon went missing and the whole company looked for him for quite sometime before being found... not sure of what happen la... but thank god he's save...

then today bookout time drag until 2pm cos some ppl didnt clean their things properly and were scolded... later going out to meet friends... and btw.. next year today is 1st day of chinese new year... still long haha... dunno will i be on duty that day... gee...

Yuan Xiao Jie

today is yuan xiao jie... the last day of chinese new year... this also means the last day of festive season... wow.. time flies man... 3 1/2 mths celebration over liao...

then sianz.. cos going back to tekong for outfield training this week... although can say this'll b my last outfield in NS but dun feel like digging trench again... last time was a few days b4 the festive season starts.. now is a few days after.. haha... hope that it'll be over soon... and hoping christmas to come faster... hehe...

Festive Season ending soon...

1 more day in the chinese new year season, and it means that the entire festive season since oct is ending liao also... really fast... haha...

but actually after Weiling's accident last thurs already lost the mood in the festivara... sad... must pray that it'll be good for the rest of the year cos so far it's not been good since the new year on 29 jan... a no. of ppl hospitalise and the worse one last thurs... cannot let this goes on... very emotionally stressful...

goodbye Weiling... you'll always be remembered in my heart...

one of my sec sch classmates, weiling, whom i remembered and cherish alot one passed away last fri after an accident last thurs...

this is indeed the most sadest news i've ever received in my life, besides the one of my grandmother...

recalling those days back in sec sch... really miss those days where we keep getting 'suan' about loving each other and also when we go play pool together... after we graduate she's one of those who helped to organise all the class gatherings... and remembered at the 1st gathering she was sabo and push into a pond and got all wet... i've nv seen her getting angry b4, and seems that she's enjoying every moment...

such a wonderful and cheerful girl... really sad that she's not around anymore...

suddenly can book out on fri... hehe.. dunno why yet also...

just book out of camp... our platoon can bk out 1 hr earlier cos we did well during fibua... but quite surprise also that can book out today, cos in the schedule is written tmr...

the 8km route march was cancelled and changed to arms drill, which was suppose to be on tmr's morning... so dunno when then will have the route march... hope is when my legs are ok or if not then when i'm real sick and got status (hehe.. hopefully not), not like those half half type...
it's just a 3 day work wk this wk and the 1st 2 day we had FIBUA exercise... it stands for fighting in builtup area and we got to simulate a war and 'fight' with each other in a building... it's quite a fun exercise although we're quite tired after coming back from CNY... we had a bbq there but some of us were too tired to enjoy it and as there's alot of sand in the area and no proper toilet, we couldn't wash our hand properly and it's diff to eat the chicken wing as our hands are dirty... in the end i only eat a hot dog only as i'm also v v tired... paid $5.50 for that hot dog.. hehe.. sweat!

next wk going to have POI (protection of installation)... dunno how's it's like cos don't have much info abt it... see how lar.. hope it's not too tough but the following wk earthworm ex at tekong that one sianz liao...

but b4 that gonna go to airport on sun morning to send 1 of my gen12ii team mates off as she's going to study in perth... must leave home real early consider that's on sunday, cos her flight is in morning at 10am...

`Xin Nian Kuai Le`

Happy Chinese New Year... Gong Xi Fai Cai...

2 days of CNY has passed by, and tmr is the last day of cny holiday... haiz... but had quite alot of fun for the past 3 days... managed to catch a glimpse of the fire cracker on cny eve at chinatown, visit relative house, get hongbao, meet up with cousins, go to river hongbao and catch fireworks...

ps: the fireworks video has not been uploaded fully yet as i've reach the limit for this mth... so must wait till feb than can upload... i'll do it when i book out on sat...

12 days to Chinese New Year

12 more days to chinese new year! yeah....

today got an off in lieu for sunday... and yest one of my toe nail finally broke off... cos it's been about to broke off since last month... booking in tonight and out on fri again... the last weekend b4 CNY... haha...

Selamat Hari Raya Haji

haha... another PH again in 3 weeks... yeah... and just 19 days more to chinese new year...

the last few days has been raining all the way and that it rained through the entire 8 Jan, the day we have our range test.. we still shoot when the rain is not so heavy but i think that's not good enough as most of us fail the test... think will have another range test soon...

went down to chinatown today to take a look at the CNY bazzar... thank god that the rain stopped and i can still walk throught it... but the news said business had been affected... pray that the rain will come only at the 'correct' time so as not to affect too much things...

this coming weekend is burned again as there's section live firing... like of scared of that cos it seems quite dangerous using live rounds, but still dunno how the place is like... hope it's not too bad... think will get a day off next tue and hope can visit the sp innovex next sat...

see ya..

HaPpY nEw YeAr 2006 !

welcome to year 2006! hehe...

had a bbq on the last night of 2005 with sp choir... thank god that the rain stopped before we start the bbq... it was held at one of our member's condo... was quite a good one as we get to meet up with the alumnis and members to interact as i've not met some of them for quite long... we had bbq and mingle together until about 2300h, then we went up to his house to countdown... some of them stayed overnite but some of us decided not to as we're very tired... there's still train home as the service was extended...

the day b4 that actually i was quite lost as me and other 13 ppl were told that there's something wrong with the posting and we had to be posted to Air Defence Artillery... thank god the officers managed to push this away and we can still stay in plab... the ADA is more xiong than FDS... luckily didn't get there...

can't bookout this weekend cos got ATP... this one if got marksman can get $200 but i dun think i can get it cos my night shoot sucks... will book out on mon as tue is hari raya haji... yeah another PH... and 27 days to chinese new year... 3 more days before chirstmas seasons offically ends...

**~~MeRrY ChRiStMaS!~~**

Merry Christmas everyone!

after counting down and anticipating for so long, this day has finally arrived... our saviour Jesus Christ is born! yeah~

Posted to RP at Paya Lebar Air Base

received the posting yest... got posted to Regimental Police at Paya Lebar Air Base...

dunno if it's good or not... must wait to see lor... cos some ppl say RP in Air Base is more tough... but dunno lar.. see how lor... hopefully get take it.. but may have to work on sun and PH...

9 days to Christmas!

time flies... it's 9 more days to Christmas.... hohoho... Santa clauas is coming to town...

nonono... Jesus is Born ~~~ The Reason for The Season

Movie King Kong...

on wed night, all the new safra members are invited to watch the movie King Kong at PS... i went with my brother as there's 2 free tickets each... the movie was good but as it started only at 8.45pm and the movie was more then 3 hrs long, it ended only around midnight... by then there's no more train and we had to go home by taxi...

before that, i went to walk down the entire orchard road from after tanglin mall all the way to PS to see all the christmas decorations... they'll very nice esp the centrepoint one... yest one was all in the day but last week got walk from PS to somerset at night... will post up the photos on multiply once i compile it... hopefully got chance to go orchard at night again, esp with the christian christmas carnival outside ngee ann city from today...

and pray i'll get a good vocation when i know my posting later in the day...

POP loh!

Yeah! the day has finally come... 7 dec... our POP day!

actually can't believe that i survived through the whole bmt and past 88 days there was like quite fast... and can't believe that i'm on the parade square marching and throwing the jockey cap...

i think i've learnt quite alot of things through this bmt and make alot of new friends... but i still need to train more for the ippt... still cannot pass yet... as such my bmt status is considered attended instead of completed... but thank god i didnt miss any major events and no need to go back during the next few days for re-training...
now break until 18 dec... must really spend this few days well... but still dunno if i'll go malaysia or not... see how lor...

24km Route March

just completed my 24km route march yest night... it was quite a tiring experience as the longest march we've went through is 16km, and this is 1/3 times more...

before the march begins in the afternoon, we had rest for the whole morning and also the day before to help us replenish our energy... for the 1st 8km was marching around the school compound 4 times... the ground is more even here but after 2 rounds you would feel very sianz already... there's a 15mins break after every 4km, except for the one after 8km where we had our dinner and had 1hour break...

after our dinner, we proceed to march along tekong highway... this is the same as the 16km one, but this time the entire journey will be at night, so it add the level of difficulty... some more my spectacles always got fog at night then v diff to see...

after we reach the 16km mark, we decided to do a fast march back... although our feet are aching from muscle ache and blister, we tried to push one, for this is our graduation march, our final march in bmtc... but there's some uneven ground along the way then i almost tripped into a small step... but luckily didnt sprint the ankle and can still continue...

at the 20km mark, my leg was like totally pain but i told myself to push on... as i walk slower, my PS put me and another guy in front to set the pace... we push ourselves all the way through the upslope and downslope and before we know it, bmtc was in front of us... yeah... and it was about 2315h...

but now my blister on my both legs are very big and i could not walk very fast... but hopefully tomorrow it'll be better cos there's graduation parade rehearsal and i must attend that in order to march on the POP day... 3 more days to POP!

12 days to POP!

finally, get to book out again after 12 days in camp... and another 12 days to POP!... yeah~ for the past 2 weeks we had 16km route march, range and hand grenade live throw...

in the 16km march, after marching 8km at the rest point for dinner, it rained and we had quite a long rest there... but becos of that by the time we end, it's already almost 2330h... then my both feet got a big patch of blister for the next few days and had to fall out for most of the leg activites like running... but i decided not to report sick as i may not be able to go for the range if i do so...

then for the range on sat and sun... it's quite fun to shoot the live round, but we spend most of the time waiting... luckily we can bring some magazine there to read... but i didnt do too well for the test... only 18 out of 32...

for the hand grenade throw this is a live time experience... we get to throw a fake one first which will only make a sound before throwing the real one... the real one at first i thought the sound will be very loud cos i can hear it quite loud from far, but luckily it's no as loud as i tot... the the most sweat thing is it rained when the detail b4 me was throwing... then have to wait for abt 15mins b4 the rain stop... thank god everything went well and there's no blind... if not got to waste 30mins...

so basically most of our major events are over, except SOC which was cancelled on thurs becos of the rain and IPPT, which i havent managed to pass yet... then next wk we'll have our GP rehearsal... the real day is coming real soon too...

book out day... after SIT test

yeah... today is book out day... once again we're out of tekong... but the sad thing is next week becos of range we can't book out... so we'll be in camp for 12 days until 25 nov.. sianz...

this week we had the sit test... actually i dont think i do well in the test, cos most of the mission i didnt do much thing... but i dont want to be commander, so not so bad... the route march before each day is already like killing us...