COS duty ain't so bad after all...

just got home from watching apocalypto with wendy at cine. a really good movie, but i wouldn't watch it again, simply because it's too draggy. but it really makes me wonder if someone can actually keep sprinting for more than 24 hours, and still have the ability to fight. i guess if you grow up in that environment it might be possible, but it's just really unbelievable.

took 111 to buona vista since 7 and 77 had already stopped running. luckily there was still a bus, otherwise i might've ended up walking home. knew my dad wasn't too happy with me, but i guess he couldn't say anything to me, since my sister wasn't at home either. so me getting home earlier simply made me the lesser of 2 evils. sure she's older, but i've been in singapore for almost 20 years of my life, and this is just one of the handfull of times i've actually been out beyond what... 12.30?

and the main reason he's unhappy is because i chose to watch the later movie which started at 10 instead of the 8.30 one. yeah sure there were seats in the earlier one, but like in the 1st 2 rows? so decided to watch the later one loh. and he wasn't too unhappy about it. at least i pay for most of my own things now right. the only thing i don't pay for now is my handphone bill. all my food, movies, transport i pay by myself. don't ask them for a single dollar anymore. if i was spending their money on the movie then yes, they'll have a reason to control me, but it's my own money, and i'm still saving alot of what i earn now in the army. still don't know what they expect of me man... seriously... at least in the army they trust me to look after myself and do my own things.

tags:

derek: got more than that lah, depending on how many duties i get on public hols hahaha and how many i get rewarded with, but should get more than you commando ppl lah

bang: you in boon lay now a bit far from my camp right hahaha u drive your police car to my camp maybe can lah, go visit your police k9 unit, but that's as close as you'll get to me

we're all waiting for something... something to come our way

ALMOST the end of january...

well it's the last week of january, and quite alot has come my way since january 1. definitely gotten more acquainted with the workings of the unit, the sometimes not so pleasant politics behind it, and what unit life is really about.

got dragged into the PA team. basically us signal company people are somehow in charge of alot of things. in the case of the PA team, we're in charge of the PA systems for the mph, theatrette and the LT. basically that's everything. and like last thursday when i had muster parade, had to wake up slightly earlier to set up the PA system as well. not much different from when i was in primary school and a good little prefect, except the technology's gotten a bit better, well one would hope so.

the last activity for the day was kind of... interesting. since there were 4 days of chinese new year, well if you count eve as well, then there 17 to 20 feb. so obviously need guys for COS duty right? so to be absolutely fair, csm decided that us specs draw lots to see who would do each day. and i drew the 18 of feb, the 1ST DAY OF CHINESE NEW YEAR!!! how cool is that man... when everyone will be out getting their hongbaos and becoming just that much richer, i'll be stuck in camp with me, me and well... me. probably will be the quietest duty ever, since i doubt anyone would want to call camp of all places on chinese new year.

ah well... february beckons... another busy month it will certainly be

we're all waiting for something... something to come our way

not everything is within our control

just got back from a failed attempt to surprise my baby, simply because she suddenly decided to go out with some friends and sing karoke after she helped out at some friend's cafe for the grand opening. initially she said she would be going home first before going out again this evening, so since i'd gotten a little bored of playing computer games i thought i might as well go and surprise her, but i guess it wasn't meant to be. afterall last night i guess i did piss her off. didn't mean to do so intentionally. had a screwed up nose all day long, at night eye suddenly got damn red and itchy, and the internet connection went down again. so hardly used the internet for the past 2 weeks. the flu medicine knocked me out when she was still here, and she got really irritated with me. guess i took it for granted that she would be there always, so she left my house, for the second time, being upset with me. still keep the note from the previous incident, but somehow history seems to repeat itself. at least i managed to get home before it starts to rain. well i guess i can slowly pack my bag and figure out what other stuff i need to bring along to camp. maybe go back in a bit earlier today and sleep early. hope you enjoy your karoke session.

we're all waiting for something... something to come our way

an interesting start to the new year...

haven't blogged for about 3 weeks, mainly because i haven't felt like blogging for quite a while, and i've been keeping a journal in camp, so don't really feel like writing it all here again. so i'll just write the highlights. first 3 weeks have been quite eventful for me i guess... but not as eventful as others in my unit.

first week back in unit was really slow. got the new year hangover and alot of people were still clearing off, extending their new year celebrations by a couple of days. second week back in unit and i went off for bronco course. it was supposed to be a 1.5 week course which would give me the full licence to operate and drive the vehicle. was really looking forward to that one since i already know how to drive a car, so an armour vehicle would be a cool thing to add to my collection of things i can drive =) anyway this is auto, so not that difficult lah. in the middle of course got pulled away to go for range. screwed myself during the day shoot, and during the 2 rounds of tests, test and retest that is, i got 4 and 6 IAs respectively. but on my re-re-test, i got 15 out of 16. bloody rifle. anyway it wasn't my rifle, coz i wasn't informed that i was going for range until the very last minute, so used someone elses rifle. couldn't even check it was cleaned properly. the night shoot was just lousy, coz the laser on the sar 21 isn't the most accurate thing on earth. so didn't get my badge and the 200 dollars, and only got a class 4 licence for the bronco, because i missed the public road test and the flotation test. yes this 2 ton vehicle can actually float on water and SWIM DAMN IT!!! albeit really slowly, but it still swims... much cooler than any car out there hahaha

if i hadn't gone for the course, i would've been sent for exercise maju and atec the following week. overnight outfield for the former, and 5 days outfield for the latter. much worse than course and range i guess. so that's the time i've spent in unit so far this year. next week originally planned to go to chalet with wendy, but last minute i was told that i would be going for CCAC, basically there i'll learn to give drip to people, which would've probably made my sister really proud, or really worried. but anyway, postponed the date for the chalet, seeing as how i wouldn't have been able to make it, then the following day they said that i'd go for the course another day. so i just stared at my pc lah, since they can't make up their minds. nvm lah i'll just keep my off until next time so that can have a longer weekend. april will get one day off, and inbetween hopefully can get one or 2 more lah

we're all waiting for something... something to come our way