Friday, December 31, 2004
I am so not meant to be a soldier.. like really.
Four days out in Tekong on Jungle Prep Course, and i've been inflicted with the Triple Whammy: Bites, Blisters and Abrasions!!
Hate the freakin jungle.
he rocked the party at 12:28 PM |
Sunday, December 26, 2004
Well, Dad always knows best.. he gave me a brand new Kyocera digital camera for Christmas!
I foresee many trigger happy moments coming up soon..
Please have patience, dear reader, i just need to find the time to sign up for a good image hosting site and i'll have all my Christmassy pics up in no time!
(But of course, i dunno when's the next time i'll have the time. I have this suspicious feeling i'll be doing guard duty during the new year weekend. Crap. Please please please dont let it be me.. Crap la.. this is yet another reason why i refuse to join the army, which other crazy organization makes its employees go to work just to do absolutely nothing on public holidays? Well, other than the police force..)
On a happier note... i have mastered the art of self-taking camera shots! Yes, all my Christmas pics are self-taken, and have turned out quite nicely too! Will show you once i've uploaded them. I've always hated asking people to take photos for me.. feel bad for the fella. Haha..
Well, in case i get stuck in camp on the 31st or 1st while everyone else is partying, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Let's make 2005 count.. (and yes! This time next year i shall be making holiday plans to fly far far far away from the stupid SAF.. hope 2005 whizzes by in a flash!) If i somehow manage to worm out of guard duty, i shall see YOU, by beloved 25th student council, this friday.. and you, and you, and you and you and you and you.. (you know who you are.)
Peace out, A town! (that's like so usher)
he rocked the party at 2:43 AM |
Friday, December 24, 2004
Yes.. i admit: im a believer!
i believe that Christmas magic DOES exist.. recent (small) events have proved it.
Yes, even though i have a real LOUSY training programme (which releases me only at night on new yrs eve) and i dont get to see my friends as much as i would love to... (yes that's YOU, dear reader!! haha ask me out NOW!!)
Even if i have every reason to be grumpy.. im not!
Christmas eve turned out to be all happy and smiley for me.. and i have no idea why. No particular reason.. simply started feeling a little glimmer of warmth and happiness from the moment i woke up in camp (after only 4 hours of sleep, and having to do 5bx in the morn!) all the way till like, now. Im breezier, cheerier, friendlier, chattier, kinder and being a nicer human being than i usually am la.
-sniff sniff- aahh yes, its good to be alive and happy during christmas. Its the Christmas spirit, i tell you.. i hope this lasts all the waaay till like, er.. aiyuh forever la.
I remember a time when i used to be all cheery all (okay, MOST of) the time.. think that disappeared when i joined the army.. or when i was studying for the As.. somewhere la.
i should really try to stay cheery. The world has enough depressed, cynical, selfish people.. i really shouldnt add on to the numbers! Shall try to be a better human being from now on..
Now how's THAT for spreading the Christmas cheer? :)
And let me say that the ZOUK FLAVA cd rawks my world.. thanks nol for recommending!
he rocked the party at 10:31 AM |
Saturday, December 18, 2004
Today was a day of lovely wonder-rific get togethers with different groups of people..
Morning was spent rushing out of the house to go meet longtime-fantastic-to-talk-with-too-good-to-be-true friend Felicia... cause yours truly woke up late. I woke up late because i slept late. I slept late because i went online late. I went online late because i came home late. I came home late because.. well you get the idea. Anyway, i digress. Met Felicia to go to Novena, (which i strongly encourage all Catholics and non-Catholics to go for!) followed by a cosy soupy lunch and a trip to buy the book A Short History of Nearly Everything. As how it always is with Fel, the conversations were engaging and the company was fantastic. :) So thank you once again! Wish we were back in sec 3.. haha
The afternoon was spent with council buddies Nolan and Ervin on a trip to the not-so-sunny island of Sentosa! Yes, it was raining. Dammit. Was pretty cool tho, the three of us executed a covert operation so effectively that we managed to breach Sentosa for a mere $1 each! (It usually costs $3 per person if you take a bus) It was exciting, it was dangerous, and it was damn well successful. Yes, we, the commando, the diver and the policeman, have discovered a glitch in Sentosa's security. Or as Nolan puts it, a "glitch in the Matrix.." (ta-daaaah) Sentosa should hire us to test their security system. They should pay us 10% of their revenue so we can buy our way out of NS. -sigh- And yes, after the adreneline rush, we had a great time jumping, swimming and remincing about old council days under the menacing cloudy sky. (Yes, i agree the sky part doesnt quite fit the picture, but it was pretty dark)
The evening was spent at longtime-fishing-dance-partner-can-confide-and-talk-rubbish-to Hui's house for another of her irresistable yummy get-togethers! With Cynthia, Jessica, Nolan, Koustav, Jason, Alicia & bf, Clarisse, and her doe-eyed beagle Bridget!! (Which i adore.. i'd marry her if she was a human. Hui has given her consent already) And yes, it was a feast, and only good can come out of it... pasta, chicken, ham, pork knuckles, potato salad.. and Hui's famous delectible blueberry pie to top it all off with..
-sighs in contentment-
Its friends like these that make a guy like me feel really lucky, and really happy to be alive. -smiles- To everyone, for all our friendships.. forever!
he rocked the party at 9:50 AM |
Friday, December 17, 2004
Sometimes you just have to look back if you wanna go forward.
Following an ego-boosting piece of info from longtime good friend Fel last night, that my blog is so interesting that even people whom i dont know are reading it, i decided to re-read several of my archived entries so see why in the world anyone would find it so interesting.
(Sidenote to Fel: Thank you for reliving with me the life of how things used to be. Havent had such a good conversation with anyone for months now. -smiles-)
I cant describe the pleasure of re-reading my entries. I think thats the reason why people keep diaries. Reading about my frustrations, my stress, the disappointment of getting lousy results, the joys of a day out with a good friend, the cameraderie of council fellowship..and so much more. It seems a world away.. even tho it was only last year. I do believe my jc days have been the most fulfilling, and my happiest as well. -sigh-
I feel a little stronger now, a little more encouraged. I am reminded that life CAN be worth living for, that it is possible to wake up everyday and look forward to the day ahead. I've felt it before, way back in SAJC days, so i know its possible. I just hope i can do something to make life now and in the future as happy as i had been.
he rocked the party at 11:30 AM |
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Well, I'm back. (ta-daaah) In my mental and physical fatigued state of the moment, i suppose i shall excuse myself from blogging all there is about the taiwan trip for now, and save it for later when i've had my well-deserved sleep. (maybe around, i dunno, 4pm? im such a pig)
But yes, in addition to broadcasting that im back so more friends will ask me out.. (ahem. I'm free till sunday! ahem) i just have to proclaim, very proudly, that I am deeply impressed by my future company SIA!
Yes yes, despite being in economy class with hundreds of other ocs guys, i was blown away by the excellent service, lovely ambience, and of course, the oh-so-wonderful-even-other-airlines-talk-about-it Krisworld. Hahaha.
Yes yes.. there's indeed no other company i'd rather work for. Im really glad they accepted me. -Sigh- i just hope my uni app goes through.
he rocked the party at 5:02 PM |
Dear Lionel,
After careful consideration of your application to the University of Pennsylvania for the Class of 2009, the Admissions Selection Committee has decided to defer the final decision until the Regular Decision notification date in April. I realize that you must be disappointed by this delay, but I want to assure you that this should not be interpreted as a denial.
The Admissions Committee recommends this action when we wish more time and additional information before we begin the re-evaluation of your application. Because we want to give your candidacy the fullest consideration, I ask that you send us a mid-year report of your first semester grades and any additional College Board or ACT test scores that you will have taken through January 2005.
If you have any questions, or if this office can be of any assistance to you during the coming months, please do not hesitate to call upon us.
-sigh-... sorry to disappoint you folks, but there it is. I dont know what to make of it, really.
A part of me's already preparing for the worst, making plans to reapply to Penn's College next year instead of Wharton, or to apply to other unis like USC and Berkeley (which, as some US scholar platoon mates have informed me, is really really really good and worth considering! hmm..)
And yet, a part of me's still holding on to that little glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, not all is lost. Yes i do realise that statistically speaking, its harder to get in through regular decision than early decision. But then again, they didnt reject me outright.. maybe there's some problem with the administration. Apparantly they want me to send my mid term results, which i didnt send because an advisor at USEIC told me i didnt have to since i'd already graduated. Hmm. Should i send it in anyway then? Aragh.
A little advice from readers in the US would help..
Sheesh. This really sucks. I cant believe i have to wait till April. Till then, guess i'll just have to keep my fingers crossed and say my prayers..
he rocked the party at 4:46 PM |
Friday, December 03, 2004
A little funny note.. as i was typing my previous post, my platoon commander was standing right behind me, reading every word i typed. -grin- But im not in trouble for it la.. i hope. He's quite a nice guy and i guess he understands that the SAF IS WAYANG too.. heh.
Anyway, a typhoon's coming to Heng Chun Camp! Its travelling from the Phillipines at 450km/h and has already injured 600. Stress.. but dont worry dear reader, all precautions have already been taken to protect the gallant knight and his comrades. Exercise Homerun and Finale has been postponed, we're being confined to our bunks and forced to eat combat rations. We even have to do our business in biscuit tins (no kidding). Which is why im using the net now, since we cant go out of the building probably for the next two days..
Really exciting aint it? Being in the middle of a typhoon and all.. i'll be sure to tell you guys how it went as soon as i can.
Anyway, i've just recived news that Penn shall be announcing its application decision for me from10th december onwards! Im really worried.. so do pray for me yea? Appreciated..
ALrighty.. my 30 mins has run out, so i'll be signing off now. seeya in 13 days!
he rocked the party at 12:04 AM |
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
wayang: a commonly used military slang used to describe acts that are insincere and/or done solely to impress a higher authority.
I cant believe this. The ambassador to Taiwan is coming to our camp to visit his son, who's a fellow cadet because we're here for training. We had to wake up at some idiotic hour this morning in the freezing cold to do area cleaning to spruce up the area and dig up crap from the drains. Sheesh. The ambassador's probably not even coming close to our area, let alone be bothered whether there's dirty leaves in our drains or not. He just wants to see his son!
And let me remind you that this is halfway during exercise red beret, where the incentive for coming back early is being able to slack in camp and not do stuff like this!
The stuff SAF does.. -sigh-
he rocked the party at 4:17 PM |
