They say that in the army...
So first book out due to Graduation. Life is tough in the army and BMT is really a good work out. You can sweat from the top down.
Its not a comfortable experience but we're there for a reason and like it or not. We're stuck there.
The best we can get from it is to lose weight.
Weight loss motivation is prime for me. Nothing matters to me more.
I'll strive to lose as much as possible and try not screw up in camp.
Life is tough and the training is harsh. But I will make it. WE will make it gentlemen!
I feel bad about leaving you men behind while I graduated today but as i write this i think of you my fellow men back in Tekong.
I'll be back soon.
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To all my friends out here, I'm damn sure as HELL i miss ALL of you.
To all my friends that kept in touch with me in the army and made my admin time worth its fair SMSes and calls, LOVE YA LOTS PEOPLE!
Mich for keeping me sane in the last few days haha. I enjoy hearing from people regularly, it gives me something to look forward to every night.
So boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen send me an SMS or call me anytime from 930 to 1030, my phone should be on at that time if im not busy. If you try to call and my phone is off, text me and say you want me to call you back k?
Thanks guys and gals! You make my book out time worth living for.
Graduation was fun today and cool but now i only look forward to POP and ORD : /
Till then back to Tekong code name Hell Island.
Good bye civvy world. See you on 4th June J with a newer slimmer me hopefully haha.
5/25/2010 08:14:00 pm
Thursday, May 20, 2010Today, I Become A Soldier
Today as of May 20th. I shall enlist in the Singapore Armed Forces as a National Service Man.
This is the end of my life as a civvy for the next two years.
To all my friends whom I love and to my family.
See yall in two weeks or so!
Will miss all of you!
For any of my friends, i'm still reachable if you want to. Text me or something, I'll text you back at nights.
5/20/2010 01:07:00 am
Wednesday, May 19, 2010I love my friends, I love my life!
Lets blog about stuff!
Friday
Spent the day with the band-its!
Yan Ting, Belinda, Si Hui, Henry and Gary. We went for dinner first at Cine and watched Backup Plan and went down to the Singapore River to see the exhibition at the Asian Civilizations Museum.
It was lighted up by ONLY fire and there was this girl playing Alto Clarinet, Clarinet and Pianica on a little platform. The music was SOOO ambientic! Really fit the mood.
The entire event was in celebration of the life of Ho Chi Minh. Awesome show...albeit hot due to the fire..but oh well. Shioks to be there!
Thanks guys for spending the day with me!
Saturday
Went out with Gary and Belinda to watch Robin Hood. Awesome flick! I must say I really enjoyed it alot. Action and stuff, wham bam!
Spent the morning mainly with Gary, cuz Bel was getting her facial done haha...2 hours granny....so slow....
Then we went to Sun Shine Plaza to look for a gift for Mitchell...unfortunately couldn't find it. Sent granny to Seng Kang and went for dinner with Gary at Mad Jacks. Treated him cuz I think i should haha.
We waited around and killed time, went back to pick up Bel and sent her home. I treated her to take away Macs haha. Treat both of them ahaha.
So we had a great time talking together and then it was time to head home...
I saw like...4 Ambulances, 2 SCDF bikes and 1 Highway Patrol car...scared the hell out of me!
Sunday
Woke up late for the LAST Sunday mass I will ever attend as a civvy before NS leh...what crap...
Went for prac anyway and a later mass at 11am.
Went with the Jeanette, Gabriel, Joven, Vanessa, Regina and Megan for breakfast. We had good fun talking about stuff haha...
Stayed for combined prac to go for lunch with Joven, John and Jess. Vanessa and Regina were really hungry so they sorta tagged along. We ate at Cafe Ti Amor for the first time...their CARBONARA AND MEAT LOVER'S BAKED RICE IS DAMN SHIOK!!!!
Haha, then Jo came over to my place for a while to watch the Hangover, till i had to leave for Nick's concert.
Went to the concert with Gabriel...on the way there we saw this taxi almost get into an accident. He skid like mad on the expressway. God bless him, good thing no damage was done to anything or anyone!
Nick's concert was great. Both CHS and CHIJ SN choirs did a great job. I enjoyed the show J
Waited around for Nick after the concert to get a quick word and farewell with him. Jeanette, Amanda, Gabriel, Nick and myself took one photograph together.
Soon it was time to leave. I wished my goodbyes to John and Jess and to Nick. Time to send Gab, Jeanette and Amanda home.
So we had a good time gossiping and talking trash together. I guess I do enjoy a lil gossip haha...
On the way back the girls started singing to some of the songs my ipod played...gosh the two of you have beautiful voices haha...
Monday
Spent most of the day at home. Went for Dinner with Joven at Samy's Curry at Dempsey Road. DAMN that stuff is GOOD!
We topped it off at Island Creamery with Double Scoops of Ice Cream ahaha.
Shioks la... sent Jo home and went to sleep after that.
Tuesday
Now Tuesday was a really really Long day.
Started the day with lunch with Hui Han. Went to eat at Delifrance near J8. I really had fun talking to her and recalling the old days together. As well as talking about some of the things here and now. Thanks for lunch! I must treat you soon! After I come out for weekends k?
Had Lance and Gary over for games in the afternoon. We played Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and CNC 3 together. Really fun hahah. Sent them home.
Went to pick up Michelle and we're back at Cafe Ti Amor again!
We had the Meat Lover's Baked Rice. She accidentally burnt herself on the plate. Impressive service i must say. All the staff on the ground level were really responsive and the owner even brought her burn cream to apply. This is GOOD SERVICE at its finest!
So we both enjoyed ourselves and had a good fill. We then went to j8 to look for a present for Mich's friend. But first, I used my amateurish photography skills to help her snap a few shots for her application haha. I think all this photography has further boosted my interest in photography haha.
We went around testing perfume at Body Shop and another shop opposite, which the name escapes me at the moment. I love the apple from body shop but...the other shop had a great smelling set of smells..DKNY's Delicious Candy Apples. Mich really liked the purple one but she sorta wants to try the red one haha. Raspberry. There was this other one that the lady at the shop sprayed for us to smell. That one smelled good too!
By the time all was done..its already 9pm!
That was really quick. Time really flew.
I must say it again, i don't care if i've said it before. Mich is the best girl – friend i've ever had. Well honestly never had a friend i could trust more who's a girl.
She's always been there to listen whenever I had stuff to say or really needed advice.
Thanks for always being there Mich!
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When I enlist, the things that will keep me striving and thinking...will be you! All my lovely friends and well wishers. You people are the reason to look forward to a great week end out of Tekong. I will miss every one of you dearly while I'm away. Although I'm not that far off.
As of now...I have ONE day left..Till I enlist...
5/19/2010 12:20:00 am
Saturday, May 15, 2010End Of Phase
5 days and counting.
No more to do, just step on the gas and wait for the end.
Enjoy the 5 days as it passes by.
I loved what we did today guys.
You guys make it special for me. Even though we hardly took a few good photos together, I guess this will live in my memory then.
For now the one thing I live for to see when I get out, are the people who I love.
My Family and Friends.
I've learnt that no one is perfect. I'm definitely far from it. I know I can't always keep my cool and I must always keep check on what I do.
I must never sink down to that level again, I'm a much better person than that. I am not that person. For I am a child of god, I know that my morals are clear and I will and should never do this again.
In my human nature, it makes it only more than possible for me to go against that but by all possible means I hope and I pray that I will live and strive to be a better person.
Giving my friends the best and caring for those I meet. Doing the right thing and in the greater good of those I love and trust.
I've been unreasonable these last few days even ignorant. I hope that one day when I look back at this and tell myself, thank god I'm a better person than I was then.
One thing left to do...talk and meet up with as many old friends as possible.
5/15/2010 01:48:00 am
Thursday, May 13, 2010Mountains Of Rubbish
I'm seriously sick of thinking about stuff, I just want to get in now. This has caused me more stress then ever.
I want to go in with a peaceful mind damnit.
5/13/2010 01:21:00 am
Wednesday, May 12, 2010By The Threads
I'm hanging on a rope got me 10 feet off the ground.
I'm feeling that some of my friendships are on the verge of collapse.
You've rained on my parade for the last time. Change or begone you two bit snake!
5/12/2010 11:10:00 am
A fascination of the different kind
I thank god for friends like Michelle, who i can count on.
Perhaps this was a major blessing, i get peace and relief. I get back my sanity and life. I also learn who are the two bit snakes in my social circle.
Don't get me wrong, I never once got jealous. My heart was pretty stoned for the two weeks. I hardly felt jealous. I was more insecure than jealous.
I hope YOU get it right in your head. I'm not the only one who's got beef you now. Grow up you big baby boy. Maybe YOU will learn to understand things.
Till then, goodbye baby!
For her, I'm sorry things worked out this way. We could have had something special or worked out something good. I'll be evil this once and be selfish. Your loss J
I don't like for the fact, you trust HIM more than me. I trusted you with my everything and you want me to be your friend now after all you've done but in TWO days, you take my trust and you rub it in the dirt. Thanks ALOT girl. You've really made my day. But hey that's ok. I loved you and I gave you the chance when you wanted it. When I wanted a chance, you never gave it to US to work out.
Thanks alot.
We're supposed to be friends now, then start treating me like one and give me some due RESPECT and HONOR my requests when i say you are to keep things to yourself.
Keep this up and i'm sorry to say you'll lose THIS friend, who's cared for you more than he should. In the end I've got a bigger mess to clean up than you, hope you're happy J
Michelle thanks for always being there and standing up for me, Brennan for being one of my best bro's in the world, I wish you were still here so i could give you a hug and just tell you how much i missed your company :) (i'm not gay alright people, he's a friend that means that much to me)
For Joven my other best buddy in the world, thanks for understanding me and always being there as well. You warned me but i didn't listen. Perhaps all 3 of you were right. I deserved better.
Signing off!
5/12/2010 01:43:00 am
Monday, May 10, 2010Alone again naturally
Well two weeks has passed and I'm back at square one.
Whatever you had thought, obviously wasn't your best.
I don't know what you were playing at and I don't know if it hurts you as much as it hurts me but god damn OW.
Well it was one or the other, I prayed for the right answer and by god willing looks like this is it.
I hate to say how we ended up this way.
Thanks for the memories...even though they weren't so great.
This ended yesterday.
Life is now just a building block of stuff. A collect them all set of things. Achievements to attain.
At this point. I think I'm at 100%. No further achievable for the time being.
I don't see anything left to do with the life out here. No goal to attain, no goal to set or achieve. Nobody to please importantly.
Its easy to live for yourself and lesser for others. For me I live for a little bit of both. Other's problems are like my own. I prefer not to have any problems.
Lance I think I need to see an expander...
5/10/2010 11:10:00 am
Defying Gravity
This one line helps,
If that's Love, it comes at much too high a cost!
5/10/2010 10:56:00 am
Sunday, May 09, 2010Somewhere in the darkness
I think I should have done this a long time ago and I guess tomorrow will be the best time. I've said stupid things in the past but I don't think I'm stupid for feeling how I am now. I want to be true and honest with everything and I want to say what I wanted to say two months ago. I don't know if its going to change your mind about how things are going but for our sake I hope it does.
Lord God, in this most distressing times, I need and want the strength and prayers of all the people who are looking out for me and who love and see me as their friend, brother and mentor or more than that. I may not fully recover from the blow I might receive but I think if there was ever a better time to let myself show I really am and say what I really mean and for me to have given a lot of thought.
Now is the time.
5/09/2010 03:57:00 am
Friday, May 07, 2010What A Catch, Donnie!
I've been so bored the last few days, cuz nothing better to do.
Yesterday went out with Mich to town to go buy Ken's present and go get some grub.
So we walked from Paragon to Peace Centre and we bought Ken's present.
Then..we walked to Cathay hoping to eat Astons haha but boy the crowd was dense.....as usual.
So all we did at Cathay was take photographs. More like me taking photographs for Mich to send haha.
Then..we walked back ALL the way...to ION. Finally getting to eat Soup Spoon (VELVETY MUSHROOM STRANGANOFF!!!)
They somehow managed to screw up Mich's salmon sandwich...hmm...wonder how..
We walked around Ion abit to kill some time. I NEVER knew so much about Clocks existed. Theres like a lot to it...the shops in Ion definitely are really interesting. Just abit too expensive for my taste haha. Damn clocks are interesting. Quartz, Mechanical bits and pieces. Damn this is all so deep.
So much stuff. Haha
That was an interesting night, fun too haha.
I"M SORRY!!! I DIDN"T MEAN TO KILL THE STRAWBERRY! AH!!!!
Still makes me laugh hahaha..
5/07/2010 11:57:00 am
Saturday, May 01, 2010Wonderful Night
Yesterday we had Ken and Elisse over while we made a variety of light foods.
Main course we had Korean noodles and a can of soup.
We had Brownies and Chocolate Chip Cookies for Desert
We also had strawberries and grapes for fruits.
Ken was pretty out of it, he had 7 cans of beer at camp. I just had to give him another. HAHAHA
It was really fun, I've never done baking or preparation of baking stuff to bake. You're right I'm a guy so i'd hardly do it.
But thanks last night it was really fun and I hope you enjoyed the experience too. It was great. J