1st December 2007

Waiting and waiting...for the last event for the whole 18days - mock up exercise

The one on the left - the joker cum troublemaker of my troop.

Every unit surely will have some jokers and some troublemakers around...and normally these are the ones that will be influencing the others and managing these kind of people is normally a VeRy tricky and difficult task...not to mention that this is reservist and everyone's thinking is quite negative about coming back to fulfill this obligation. so well... and it didnt help that we had full-time NS inspectors watching over us...sense of defiance over the place and being caught in the middle, i can feel the air of hostility flying here and there between the top and the bottom...oh well...same ol' prob of top not looking at the btm's pt of view and vice versa and once it starts, it snowballs and an avalanche starts. *rolling rolling* and the 17th day really shows it all, our mock up exercise, ppl are sluggish, slow, grumpy...things really could be better and sometimes i feel i could have done a better job...oh well...rank-wise, they are higher so u cant really over-step and undermine their authority infront of others. but i do have to admit that i kinda let my unit cross THE line a little by not instilling more discipline in them. =)

my unit - SSU (service and support unit)

Well...on the whole, this ICT is, i must say, quite fun and fruitful for me. While other people find it a disruption in their daily routine and whats worst, the need to stay in-camp for almost 3 weeks, i find it to be a rather good break from everything and it gave me some "alone" time to think about what I wan to do...kinda thought through wat i may wan to do for the next 5 years or what are my options for the near future like... going overseas to study + working overseas at the same time...see whether PSA is able to send me to one of their overseas port for more exposure and at the same time, use that opportunity to further my studies...if not, i may have to source for job opportunities over there myself...oh well, all these are tentative and maybe i will stay on PSA, maybe i will have other opportunities...we'll see...at least as of now, i think im a LITTLE bit refreshed and ready to go~~~

To end it on a high note...END OF ICT YEAR I, IX more ICTs to go~! yay~ 600bucks more in my bank account as of 7minutes ago...ah gong gave it to me...=) and 2008 is coming~!!! time to set some NEW YEAR resolution!!! get myself settled down, do some self-reflection and ready myself to start dashing forward~! climb to greater heights, better myself, stay fit, stay healthy, and cherish my time here on EARTH~ MUAHAHAHA~~!

Saturday out~~

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After getting much rested at home for the first half of Saturday, i went to Orchard for some shopping and met up with my troopers for dinner at NYDC...guess what i had for dinner? Salad... din had much of an apetite which im glad i didn't eat much later on...

Randy, Jinhong and me. i get red easily. =D

went to Zouk and the crowd didnt start streaming in till 2330hours, by then me and some others already decided to leave and head towards New Asia Bar at Swissotel, which my friend's friends are working there. so we went in free and all drinks were on the house. dammit. which means i had quite a fair bit...a big glass of lychee martini, a few cups of redbull greygoose vodka and one freaking "graveyard", which wasn't finished up cos for sure i will black out after that. my other friend got "waterfall" and "flaming lamborghini" at a go...when i left, he was already half in the other world...and thats why im glad i didnt had anything much beforehand cos i was swallowing my own saliva to keep myself from puking...having a full stomach would have done it...haha....

Lychee martini. =D

Actually we wanted to get the back view. view from the 70th floor of Swissotel but we couldnt. the one beside me is one of our 3 NS inspectors, supposed to supervise my team. haha...its his virgin night out and i think he seen pretty lot for a first timer...what alcohol can do to people...

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By the way, the 3 inspectors in our unit are all still serving their NS currently, which makes them the youngest among all of us. so it makes things harder for them when it comes to giving command and sometimes, what works in NS time doesn't work anymore for reservist. asking for strict discipline, sense of urgency...not that easy...give and take mah...u wan to do ur job, we wan to get thru it...

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End of ICT week 2

End of week 2 ICT...blink one more time and its the end of my in-camp training. things are going very well this week, had my trial shooting on Thursday --> Marksman! Maintain this form on Monday and i will be able to squeeze another 200 bucks from "Ah Gong". =D

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AND Yub! I gotten my GOLD for IPPT yesterday~! YESSSSSSSH~~~! 400 bucks in my pocket from "Ah Gong"~! 2.4km timing 9.39mins. phew~! 6 more secs and I would have gotten 200 bucks lesser. On statistics, our unit on the whole only achieve a 38.6% percent pass and I'm the only who got gold...LOL no wonder Head Training promised a nights off if we can get a 60% percent pass...zzz...thats way off~!

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And being the OC SSU, everytime we need to clear arms after our exercise, i need to give commands to the whole troop and do the weapon declaration...sianz...next week gonna do another 2 rounds...our mini-protection exercise of key installation coming up on Wednesday, so exciting~! gonna use blank rounds to fire around...muahaha~!! stomp the front~! but i guess i wun be so much on the ground since i need to prepare the food and the armoury for the troop...damnit~~

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December is going to be very siong~~ work schedule already pack pack and my schedule planner for the senior staff anyhow make me take my leave...ma de...and i think i go back first day sure cock up alot...too long never go back, lost touch liao...haha..oh well...just look forward to 25th Dec, see how much bonus i can get~! hahaha... hopefully have....=P

1st week of camp...COMPLETED!

My view of the barrack from where i sleep.
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Camp...was quite fun~! refreshing stuff that we are learning~ all the HK MP5 weapon training and physical training in the afternoon...now i feel that im getting back my shape and a liiiiiiittle bit of conditioning, though getting GOLD for my IPPT is still a big big challenge... oh well...just try my best~! =)

The view outside from my bed. At night its really kinda dark...

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Instructors were funny during lessons, very much different from the first impression. !#$#$# and !@$#! all coming out of their mouth before you even see them appearing in your sight, but when it comes to lesson time, the ah-beng-ism do bring about funny moments... now I know what PFM stands for...anyone cares to guess? PFM --> please fuck me --> meaning: doing/saying something that is asking for people to fuck you upside down. in short -> asking for it.

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Next week --> Night shooting Thursday followed by IPPT in the morning the very next day. sure will not have enough rest, given that we are gg to come back late from safra shooting range and then to return the weapons to the armoury. damn.
and we are going to do tactical movement/searches/leopard crawl (like what the instructors say, we are going to use our body to mow the field for them), stuff you see in movies. hehz. stomp the room~! gonna be physically challenging...

Friend's wedding at Chjmes Hall.

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After i book out on Saturday morning, went back home, changed, and came right back out for my friend's wedding at chjmes...all the usual christians singing and amen's throughout the ceremony and then came the most important part of the event: lunch. Ops~! i meant, the solemnization. LOL. Sharon asked me, "was the bride beautiful?" I said, "brides of course are beautiful." on wedding day, of course they are beautiful. but in marriage, maybe not. LOL. anyway, i kinda like what the pastor said, "Wedding is for just one day, but marriage is for a lifetime." =)

I bought another cap~! =)
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After the wedding reception, we parted our ways and i went for my window shopping~ alone~! I really like to do my own solo shopping, no need to go to places i dun wanna go in...no need to stop and rest if i dun wan...no need to carry on walking if i dun wan...no need to worry about so many things...just me and me. =) went to adidas and saw the white cap and decided to buy it~! HAH~! i shall collect all these adidas caps, same model but different color! bought some mags to bring in camp to entertain me and a book on Sun Zi's war strategies and some other stuff...im like a beast unleash from its chain yesterday... =) booking in today~~~gonna go back in more prepared than last week...laptop, mags and not to forget - Miss Foo's MP3 that accompanied me throughout last 5 days in camp. =D

In-camp.

*blink blink* its the weekend and 1 more day to go before i report for my in-camp training. not feeling too dreadful about going for my in-camp now. i guess time will fly past when im in camp. 3 weeks is not gonna be a drag...i think..and soon it will be december~! the season of joy and laughter~~ lala~~ =)
lotsa stuff to pack pack and pack, writing up my to-bring list...hopefully i dun miss out anything major...

In-camp soooooon.... =(

one more week to my in-camp~! AHHHHHHHH~! time really flies~~~! after my in-camp, it will be DEC --> holiday period, will past by very fast...then comes JAN --> waiting for CNY with IHG, FEB --> CNY! wah time sure go even faster (29days next yr right?), then MAR --> go Bangkok with my parents? still in the planning...APR and MAY --> woot~ congrats to those going to GRADUATE and join me in the club of LAO RENs~~~JUNE --> all the new guys should come streaming in, I should be a senior as PSA OE by then, shiok~ JULY --> go USA, come back AUGUST...
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Seems like my whole 3rd quarters of next year is pretty much planned out.
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HAH.

life is good.

back to school for bball yesterday... its good to join in the hall training, although i didnt went thru the whooooole training cos I am OLD, but it felt good. tired muscles, dripping sweat like I have just been thru the rain, the heavy breathing and of cos, the feeling of playing the game. Just like ol' times...good~! woke up this morning with aching muscles and all, haha...well at least i'm feeling that im in a more decent shape than before...shall go shoot some hoops later under the nice warm cosy sun. please dun rain. =D

Suddenly finding some energy to do more work, work-wise and personal-wise. its a good sign. its been a long while that I felt this way. =) one thing is that I managed to get quite a few people to meet up over the whole of next week, not to mention the number of things on hand to fill it up to the brink. *happy happy*