a busy mount in the middle of CNY...

just book out after another wkend mount, and its in the middle of the cny, the 6th, 7th & 8th day... cos there's lots of extra tasking and some ppl still go to report sick... although i know some is real like fever cos got proof but some ppl is like trying to get away with the things without thinking that others have to cover the duties for them... i dunno if its true or not la but i'm disappointed with it...

then the worst thing is that we had ippt b4 the mount, which make our legs aching then still have to stand long hrs... and btw, i only pass sit up, the rest of the station all fail... but its a very bad time to take the ippt cos it's only the 6th day of cny and everyone had been eating qutie alot for the past weeks and not train much... so have to try again next time...

Happy CNY, the year of the pig!

today is already the 4th day of the cny loh... and for the past 4 days had been going alot of places although i had to do duty on the 2nd day...

new year's eve was as usual, had reunion dinner with my aunt... after that went to chinatown to see the firecracker and get some cny goodies... but there's sooooooo many ppl... luckily still managed to the the crackers and get the muah chee at $5 a pack... there u pay $5 for a bag and can stuff as much as possible into the bag and nobody cares... haha

on the 1st day cos my father side didnt gather at a specific place and my dad is the 2nd smallest in the family line so had to visit their house one by one... altogether i think i visited 7 houses all over the island and after that went to river hong bao... but its too hot and stuffy and crowded there so stay there for a while only then went to the marina sq foodcourt to watch the fireworks... then 2nd day suppose to visit my mother side which all will gather at my grandpa's house so only go just 1 place... but got to do duty then must get my bro to get the ang bao...
yest book out quite early then went to 2 of my church friends house for the cny visitation, which we also played some games there...after that went to river hong bao again... yest not that much ppl so i think some ppl have to work the next day ma, so easier to see...

i also got drive for part of the journey for the 3 days and i think the total distance travelled by the car can almost reach Genting liao... wow... quite alot man... i saw the meter its about 350km, can past KL and plus abit more is genting... haha... will be dismounting till tmr then after that is another weekend mount...

Valentine's, total defence, CNY...

3 events in 5 days... valentine's, total defence and chinese new year... and as such, on wed b4 we take over duty, there was a buffet and a mandrain orange presentation by the CO... and also a speech for total defence... so it's to celebrate and commerate 3 events in one go... the buffet food was quite alot, and after eating that, can no need to eat the SFI lunch and dinner... unfortunatly the lunch that day was good also but the dinner sucks... so basically didnt eat much after the buffet...

yest went to causeway pt to watch epic movie... it's quite a funny show with a combination of a few movie... but it's quite disappointing that the movie itself is only abt 65 mins long... one of the shortest movie i've watch... althought most of the things are funny, most of it doesnt make sence in the real world... there's also 3 more movies with started on thurs, like Ghost rider, protege and just follow laws.. and also norbit tmr... so its like so many movie... if watch all even with ang bao money also must think first... haha...

its cny eve liao... and going to have reunion dinner soon... after maybe go chinatown to see if got cheap things or not and see the countdown... Wish everyone a very happy and prosperous new year! :)

5 more days to CNY!

it's 5 more days to CNY, and the festive mood is getting thicker and thicker... the cny this year falls on one of the later date, so there's more time for preparation, cos last year this time yuan xiao jie was already over... :p

but the sian thing is i'll have to do duty on the 2nd day of new year (19 Feb)... actually my shift was suppose to do on 2nd & 3rd day but the other shift say they dun want to do both eve and 1st day... but doing on 1st & 2nd day is like more worst, cos if u really stay in for both days u dun get any ang baos... :( but luckily got stand down some chkpts so dun need so many ppl and half of us can go out on each day...

then yest night go to this restaurant called noble house at UIC building... then cos of the cny the ala cart buffet price was $40+++ instead of around 30... after adding those svc chrge gst almost 50... so ex sia... i wasn't the organiser but even he didnt expect it... so 50 bucks gone liao for the mth... after the dinner most of them want to go boat quay to 'drink', as in not normal drinking but those at the pub lor u know lar... but i just go there see for a while then got to go liao cos its running late and i dun want to take cab home... but i also dun like that type of place la, not suitable for me also...

old specs ORD soon... but i still got 7 mths...

last mount our old specs came back to do a full mount duty for the last time b4 they ord... some are going to get back the pink IC next wk and some in march... :p then me still got 7 more mths to go... :(
its the wkend again... but today is also the 1st anniversary for one of my sec sch friend who had a motorcycle accident and passed away last year... the memory of her in my mind is still quite fresh actually although we didnt get to meet up that often after grauduating... but while in sec sch she's one of those whom i talk and went out more often in our group... so its so sad that she has to leave us so early...
then today managed to persaude my parents to go down to the business office to take a look at some of the products... although they didnt buy any yet, but i think its still a good start... hope that it can go well as i proceed further but of course with army now and church commiment and also with sch starting in aug i dunno how much time i have for it...

IPPT cancelled again... and 3 wks to CNY!

the ippt last fri was cancelled again cos there was a drizzle for around 1/2 hr when we're abt to start... so i think maybe its fated that we shouldnt take the ippt so fast yet, as most of us will fail anywhere... but another 2359h book in wasted again...

yest night actually wanted to go chinatown but as one of my friend's dad passed away so go down to the wake instead... then today afternoon go jp with my mum to buy come cny clothes and cd... and btw, if u want to buy cd or vcd should look around all the cd shop first b4 buying, as the same cd can cost $3 even though the 2 shops are just beside each other... and it's the orginal mediacrop CNY songs... one cost $18.90 and the other $21.90...

after that went raffles place with my friend to look at the business again, and i think maybe i should give it a try again... see where god leads lor... after that then go chinatown to see the new year bazzar there... didnt buy anything yet as i still going around comparing prices and also usually the price will drop as the day come closer... so wait lor... haha...

another buffet lunch...

yest after dismount, went to hougang plaza to have buffet lunch again... and its suki buffet, another jap restaurant... have been going for jap food for the past few weeks... :p and also quite alot of buffet...

there is like not very much ppl.. think becos it's wkday and also must take a lift up to reach the restaurant, and some ppl may not know abt it... cos the place is also quite small...
got to book in tonight cos tmr got ippt... last time it was cancelled cos it rain, then now its going to rain again... so dunno what it'll be like tmr... but it doesnt matter anyway cos i'll surely fail so confirm have to retake again some other time... stupid standing board jump which i have only passed once... :(

a different kind of worship

this morning worship was quite diff from normal... cos the worship leader wasn't there for the service, so there's no worship leader... so another person took over and we just sing without any lyrics or musicians... and we get to choose the songs we want to sing... :p

as for the cell grp name after some voting we've decided to call it Yo! or Young Ones... cos they're all secs 1.. then made me feel younger... those ppl are 9 years younger than me... cant believe it man...

after church went to je library... now there's pasar malam at clementi, je & jw ave 1... all for CNY so is like not much stores at each location since they'll spread out... at je all the food smell are quite strong and just by walking along the walkway from mrt to jec can make your shirt stink with the food smell liao... like too cram along the walkway also...

audit over liao... but still got other things...

the securiity audit came and go without my notice, cos it happened during my dismount day... so i don't get to experience it but it's good too cos i dun think i want to see it also.. haha...
then fri book out quite late cos we all got a foot drill punishment as some ppl try to do some funny things (sorry dont think i want to elaborate here)... then the drill make us all sweaty b4 we book out cos it's at 1300h! sianz... but luckily i can go home first b4 going out at night for dinner at PS with my batch crusaders... alot of ppl there then walk around a few times b4 settling for pasta mania... :p

then today went to vivo with one of my crusaders for movie and meal... watched blood diamond and although it's not bad but i find it quite violence... and also the aircon not cold until towards the end... think they forgot to switch on... :(

tmr going to my new cell for the 2nd time... hope it went well and also can think of the name of it...

ahh... going to overweight liao...

on mon dunno why suddenly ask us to measure height and weight and dunno why my height is shorter but as expected my weight gains abit... and i'm less than 1kg b4 i go to the overweight zone!!!!! :(:( cannot eat too much liao but i think it mostly came from sleeping too fast after eating... cos of the duty schedule sometimes have to do at night and no choice have to slp during the day and that causes it... if not cos my metamolism is quite high so it's easier to burn off the excess so i can still maintain it if i follow the regular lifestyle... but if i sleep after eating then i dunno what will happen... :(

i think must also exercise more la then the ippt last fri was cancelled cos of the rain but now i also confirm fail one... esp the standing board jump... running i dunno what's like now cos i didnt time for very long liao...

then after book out that day still eat seoul garden.. die die die... now dunno what's the weight... but the last few days tried to eat less and not sleep so soon after eating... but now it becomes that i'm soooooooo tired from the lack of slp :(:( ORD come faster leh!!!

SP open house 2007

b4 the met up yest, i also went back to SP to see the open house and innovex, and also to see some of my junior's projects...

time really flies man... those juniors were still year 1s when i was year 3... and now they're gruduating soon... another 3 more weeks they'll be having their final exams liao... and those born in 1990 are entering JCs or polys this year...

i managed to change by 'status' there as visitors instead of alumni there... haha, and join those sec 4s to get the goodie bag and ice cream... haha... but at the innovex like there's leser ppl than last year... think is becos it's still too early in the year and some ppl don't expect the open houe to be held so early and also fewer sec schs brought their students here... esp those exhibiton further in... seems like pratically there isn't any visitor and the rooms are fill with their own ppl instead...

from what i see i think innovex 2008 might be held at the end of the year instead of next yr cos next yr the exams starts even earlier, on 21 jan... this year it gonna start on 29 jan... so till then...

meeting up with my Aussie team mates

yesterday, i planned a meet up with my gen12 australia team mates from the 2005 trip... it's been quite long since we last met and currently one of us are back in singapore for a few weeks so i decided to take this chance to meet up together b4 she goes back there to study...

we had 6 ppl out of 12 ppl from the team came... it's qutie disappointing at first but nowadays everyone have their own things to do and i also not free everyday also ma.. so ok lor... we went to sakae sushi at citylink mall... suprisingly we got a table immediately when we reach there... cos i thought have to queue up v long since it's sat evening... but i think there's too many outlet around... that area got 4 altogether... citylink, funan, marina & suntec...

it's really good to catch up with one another, and 1 of them even have not met the other 1 for more than 1 year.. cos they always not present together during all the meet up last year... oh man... that's not having met up for the entire 2006...

hoping that we can meet up again next month as another ppl from the team come back from melbourne as she's studying there also...

Happy 2007!

it's 2007 already... yeah... and it's going to be the year of my ORD... haha... another 8 mths 9 days more... but the best thing is that i think by mid-july i can start clearing leave and i'm going back to study in end-july...

so plus i going to lead a new Sec 1s cell in my church this year with 2 other ppl, it's going to be a challenge year and also with lots of transitions since i going to uni... and i forsee i should be v busy in the 2nd half of 07 esp when i start studying...

so even though i'm not that stress yet now but i still hope that july will come faster and i can get out of the base and standing gate alone all night long plus sleeping irregualr hours... it's making me feel tired very easily...

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2007

first of all, wish u all a belated merry christmas and an advance happy new year 2007... sorry had been very busy the last few days leading to christmas... got christmas dinner and also have to pack gift for gift exchange.. so didnt have time to update the blog... then yesterday the taiwan earthquake make the internet speed slow so cant be bother to wait for it to load...

btw my hong kong journel and photos are still 'processing' and hopefully i can get it done right after the new year celebration... ps i'll be on duty from 29 to 31 dec, so can only book out on 1 jan.. as such this would probably the last time that i'm here this year... unless i take off if not after i book in later this morning i will not come out till next year... :(

so wish everyone a happy new year 2007 first...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

The journey of Hong Kong

The hong kong trip… I was fun n excited in the beginning as me and my family make the way to the airport at 5.30am… then when I reach the airport, got a surprise! I met my church pastor there also as he’s going to Cambodia with 3 of my church members… so qiao… haha… then the flight was delayed cos one runway was closed so all the plane have to land and take off at the same runway, and landing planes have priority, so that’s why…
We reach hk at abt 12.30pm… after that we went back to hotel b4 going for sightseeing… the hotel was a great disappointment… it’s sooooo small that after putting in the luggage, there’s NO space to walk, and some more must shift the bed in order to open the fridge!
But that didn’t dampen our spirit la… cos I think we’ll spend most of the time outside… the tour guide bring us for a desert b4 going ladies street for shopping, after that a temple which I dun understand what’s going on, then dinner at lei yue men… then go to Victoria peak for a great view of hk city… but too bad can only stay there for 15mins.. cos I really love the view and the temperature there… abt 18 deg…

2nd day there… we went for dimsum breakfast b4 going to repulse bay, stanley market, aberdeen fishing village, jwellery factory… but like v rush so didn’t get to see much in each place… after that went for a roast goose lunch which I eat quite a lot… then we went to the train station to go Shenzhen… took abt 45mins b4 we reach the immigration, and have to stamp the passport twice… haha…
In Shenzhen, the traffic there is move on the right side one, cos is china liao ma… haha… the hotel there was a total difference from hk… there it’s so big and cozy, with a big lobby & a Christmas tree there… and I really hope I can stay there for the whole trip… we went for dinner which I can’t each much cos I too full after eating too much lunch… then went for shopping… there the things are really cheap… like only abt 1/3 of the price here…so buy a lot of things there… but too bad only got 2 hrs, have to rush like crazy… :p

3rd day… got a buffet breakfast at the hotel café…there got play Christmas carols but the CD keep on getting jam… so quite funny also… haha… then we go to windows of the world where the whole’s famous landmark are all there! Like the paris effiel towel, Nigeria falls, etc etc… there also got a snowcity and we get to go in for a while and experience temp of -10 deg… wow soooo cool…
After lunch, went for a ‘medical talk’ and my parents spend like more than $1000+ sing dollar for the medicine… hope it works well… then we went to splendid china but we only got 45mins there so have to rush like crazy again… we just took the tram and finish everything in less than 30mins and didn’t absorb anything at all except for some randomly shot photos which are unclear due to the fast moving tram… like wasting money sia… L but the cultural was great… after that pay S$8 for a dinner which seems to be the worse one for the trip… then we went back to hk…

On 4th day, in the morning f&e b4 we go Disneyland at 10am… it was suppose to be a fun-filled day after reaching there… but the weather was like so hot so a bit sian… then after a while my brother starting to feel dizzy and sick so he and my mum go back to hotel first… so left me and my dad… we just walk around and took some rides… the queue were so long so like one ride took abt 1hr… also ate lunch n dinner there, plus managed to catch the beautiful fireworks there…
But after we left Disney, things starts to turn bad not just for me, but the whole tour group… my bro was already puking vomiting n diahorrea in the hotel and I also started puking on the way back to hotel.. think is the stupid dinner at disney’s starliner cos after eating that I started to feel werid… plus a few others also starting vomiting b4 that… so 3 of us went to the hospital…

Throughout the night I keep vomiting and having diahorrea… sianz man… haven had that for v v long time liao.. then had to have it overseas.. LLL but not just me and my bro… but another 10 ppl in the group also fall sick at the same time.. so together like 12 out of 17 ppl in the group were sick on the last day.. so no mood for shopping at all but to go hospital or lie on the bed…
So everyone was like dying as we left the hotel to the airport… then we were late due to all the waiting… plus have to take so many travellators to reach the aircraft… almost died… then another bad thing… the plane couldn’t take off due to some fault, and we had to sit in the plane for almost 1 ½ hrs b4 it took off… plus the dinner provided was sucks too… although we already had no appetite the sucky dinner plus the delay made it worse… so in all the last day was a total disaster…
But thank god we’re all back safety in one piece and have recover from the illness...

came back from HK...

just came back from HK, but i came back in such a horrible state after vomiting and diahorrea for the last 24 hrs b4 reaching singapore... and in fact about 13 out of 17 ppl in the tour group were down with it...

anyway, i'm v tired now and will share the trip later on... going to slp liao..

Christmas getting nearer... & Billy Bombers and friends 21st bday (241106)

going down orchard road or other shopping malls, it's full of christmas decorations lol... and it's 1 more month to that big day, where our lord and saviour Jesus Christ was born!

on fri after we book out from the PLAB's 25th anniversary sports day, we went to bugis junction billy's bomber to celebrate one of our friends birthday... it's an american style restaurant and as u all know lar, western food serving are always very large... i ordered something like chicken cutlet... it also comes with a soup, drink and ice cream... plus the chicken and fries are also very big... eat until like even more full than buffet... think is becos of the chicken ba... it's more oily than the sushi we ate at sakura...

in the evening i've another friend's 21st bday bbq at amk... i went home first then go out again... so in the end reach there quite late... cos the place also far ma... but he cut the cake quite early, like 8pm cut liao.. so when i reach there they already cut the cake, but still got cake and food la... but doesn't feel that good...

Booking out after 1 week & Asian Food Fair...

Finally, i get to book out after staying in camp for 1 week for the exercises... although during the 7 days we did not clock as much hours per day as compare to normal duty days due to NS men helpout, we're still very tired... think is because we did not sleep normal hours for too many days ba (cos have to do duty at night ma)...

there's 1 day where i even stay on the bed for abt 12 hrs.. but still tired after that, cos got alot of distraction in the bunk as ppl go and come back from duty and of course noise will be generated... the funny thing is when i slp i set the alarm but it ring immediately... as it is the analog type so if its on it'll ring every 12 hrs..haha...

during those 7 days also got to wear helmet for duties on some days and also 1 of the day must eat combat ration... its quite tiring to wear helmet for duty as it's heavy... feel like fainting after 4 hrs... but thank god he brought me through all these and it's back to normal now... by right it shd be 'special' for tmr as there's NS men so we do not have to do so much but last min they say they are only doing till today, so tmr is back to normal routine... so it's really 'normal' duty back again from now...

then today i went for the asian food fair... nowadays like those food and IT fair are getting more and more popular... every 3 mths got one... another IT showm SITEX is coming next thurs to sun... shd be going down but dunno if will buy anything or not... going broke liao... today just bought some nougats for $30...

maybe no recall, but got to stay in for 1 week

there's maybe no recall after all, but just have to book in by 9pm on sunday nite... then will have to stay in till next monday afternoon, so is like about 7 1/2 days... sianz...

luckily got NSmen help out in some of the checkpoints during and also after the exercise... total abt 2 weeks, so i think duty wont be so siong as last few weeks...