happy birthday with bites...

i'm 20!!! my god!!! i don't feel a damn thing hahaha seriously alot of people say that reaching 20 is like some milestone in life before hitting 21 because your age now starts with a number 2, but i guess i'm numb to the whole thing or something, because i'm seriously unaffected by it i guess hahaha i just used it to get half day off today hahaha

was involved in exercise tiger balm from monday morning till thursday afternoon. was attached to ops wo for the whole thing. his main job appt in this exercise was area management oic. by that, he mainly opens and closes gates and overseas more important areas used for training, like the heli insertions on the 2nd night. quite cool lah, see super pumas and chinooks do blind landings in the dark. as usual bumped into 3 sig doing trg again. every time i'm on exercise they're out there training lah! best signal bn doesn't come easy i guess. first 2 nights slept a total of 3.5 hours in the back of a rover, mainly cos i had to man the radio and we were moving around alot. only on the 3rd night when everyone rested had a rather solid 5 hours of sleep. was only interupted now and then by the rover parked next to mine, since they left the radio on with speakers on full blast with no one in the damn rover!!! pissed me off so much, but i seriously couldn't move from the floor of the rover.

the weird thing about gedong is that... in the day there are no mosquitoes, but you get swarmed by flies. but at night the flies go away and the mozzies come out to wreak havok. i guess in a way the mosquitoes are smarter, working at night when it's cooler hahaha but at least flies don't bite. they just keep hovering around you =p

no one knew it was my birthday on wednesday. in a way also good lah, cos i don't wanna get any special treatment outfield. not fair to the rest, but like i said, i just used it to get half day off today hahaha i feel so evil. anyway thanks to all the people who msged me on wednesday night. that was the best night of all the 3 nights there, since i managed to get the most sleep, and all the well wishes made me feel better even though i was already half asleep.

somehow over the past couple of weeks been feeling like i'm falling sick. but just keep taking medicine every time i feel even a little bit off. during the past exercise was really bad. nose kept running at certain points. don't know if it's my sinus acting up or i really am falling sick. but can't afford to leh... so busy nowadays. if i fall sick i'd be really screwed. on another note... i haven't shaved since saturday... really hairy on the face now hahaha

actually realised that i've spent my last 2 birthdays away from my family. last year this day i was in the army for the 3rd day. being bald and running around on tekong like a dog, and now one year later i'm a spec at an armour brigade. honestly it was the most interesting year in my life so far, going through bmt, sispec CHARLIE and SI with the infamous 1WO John Andrews. have i changed for the better over the past year in the army? only you can tell me...

just the other day i was telling my bunkmate how much better it would be to get 50 more bucks in our monthly allowance so that we'll have 710 instead of 660. at least got a 7 in front lah, and today it came out in the papers that from july onwards we'll each get 50 more bucks!!! WAHAHAHAHA so cool man... 50 bucks can do ALOT of things man. transport is more than covered for the month already. shiok!

got really nice presents from my parents and wendy. they got me a nice shirt while wendy got me a really cool pendant (if that's what it's called) and a nicely decorated box. thanks folks and wendy. hope she does well for her exams man. been studying really hard, making up for lost opportunities in jc, but better late than never i say. good luck to the t19 girls too. uni life is stressful i agree, but it can't be as bad as the A levels hahaha so RELAX! YOU ALL CAN DO IT! =)

lots of people are flying recently. 4 of my guys went to brunei for attachment, another friend will be flying to thailand for attachment to crescendo, xuanrui is in taiwan now, josh and derek will be flying on early monday morning for atec in taiwan, and many is flying the US in may for 3 months. she'll be really different when she comes back man. the US is a very... influential place. just hope she'll be fine.

will be going for a 2 week BMS course soon. thank goodness it'll be held in my camp, otherwise i might just well go crazy. next couple of months will have major activities as well, so good enough to keep me busy. might have to settle one thing in camp though, will see how that turns out

tags:
bang: yeah man god of war 2!!! quick go buy leh!!! wanna play man! hahaha

derek: seriously... very appropriately chosen words for the situation hahaha although they do have some other really funny codewords. they even use condom man!!! hahaha just that maybe you haven't seen it before =p

sis: just goes to show that heaven does exist on earth hahaha

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

it's a good day

today went to area D again expecting to stay there until about 5 again doing sentry. so after the first round of firing, was prepared to eat lunch outfield and endure the increasing temperatures and moments of absolute sian-ness. then neo called me, and said the ever pleasant word to my ears...

neo: "hey marcus, paradise now."
me: "huh? don't lie to me leh!"
neo: "no serious can go back already."
xxx
me: -hangs up and bursts into laughter-

couldn't believe my luck lah. can actually have lunch back in company line, even though it's packed, but still got a nice chair and fans to cool you down. and tomorrow will be a full day like friday, but i don't need to go tomorrow!!! can relax in company line, since there won't be life run tomorrow morning... but somehow i have a feeling that there will be ARR training =( shall have to see tomorrow.

not with her tonight because she has to study. really happy that she's taking her studies so much more seriously now. hopefully i can study as hard as she is doing now. can't wait to see her tomorrow. for now though, time to bathe and head back to camp.

oh and, hopefully i can get my mum's car so that i can drive home tomorrow. it'd be so much faster hahaha some things in this world are just for wishful thinking.

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

16 months and still going strong

alot has happened since my last entry, which wasn't much. yes we are having problems no and then, and more often than not it's my fault. really not treating her the way she deserves to be treated, and as a result i've had my fair share of scares recently. but i do want this to work, so i've just got to keep trying and trying and trying, hoping to high heaven than i don't screw it up big time for myself one day, then i can really kick myself in the balls and jump off some cliff

couple of weeks ago had a week long (almost) deployment to test out some systems for auzzie later this year. going to have week long deployments every month now until wallaby, since armour is the highlight of this year's annual exercise. means i'll have my work cut out for me, and my new guys who should be coming in around may would have to work really hard too, since most of the senior men are going to ORD in june. next 2 days will be sitting at some spot in lim chu kang doing sentry for a live firing exercise. quite cool actually, the way it sounds. never heard our armour actually firing their guns before, so it's yet another new experience in armour. only problem is that i gotta wake up really early during these days, like 5 just so that we can leave by 6 and get to our sentry positions.

yesterday i got a new comp!!! after 5+ years hahaha at least my previous one survived for that long. hopefully this one will last that long too, since my dad really souped it up, so it should last. wireless mouse and keyboard, 20" screen, vista ultimate with dual core processer. it should lah. if it doesn't then we'd be really screwed. and the cpu looks really cool too hahaha

friday after doing sentry rushed home to change and rushed out again to avoid the rain to meet her at ps. made reservations at giraffe. the ambience is really nice for a drink and a long chat with friends, provided you have enough money, but for a filling meal, please avoid it unless you really have too much cash in hand. just bought a main course each, and that already cost us 60 bucks! and i was barely full. so after that walked to billy bombers at cathay and ordered fish and chips with a milkshake hahaha after that i was full, luckily :p bought tickets to watch ninja turtles on saturday with her and her 2 little cousins. the movie was alright, childhood memories on the big screen, just that no more shredder, but still those green things are coooooollll hahaha can't wait for transformers. expect that one to be way cooler, just hope i'm not disappointed

could've spend the day with her today, but then i couldn't wake up and made her waste time waking up early and waiting for me. really felt like shit. no excuse at all for my behaviour. just felt damn sorry for her having to wait for me (yet again). just hope she enjoys her dinner with her family tonight. will be seeing her less nowadays since her exams are coming in about a month plus. just hope she does well for them.

tags:
derek - yeah man emo indeed. really don't know what's up with u and 8 pac man hahaha so funny seeing u 2 together, since we both laughed at her like mad before =p

(yes i know who) - so do you still want the ring? hahaha

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

last night, for the first time in my whole life, i cried until i had nothing left to cry... simply because i love her.

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

bye bye feb...

february is over!!! well it's the shortest month in the whole year, so mainly it means that i'll get my pay 3 days sooner than usual, that plus the hong bao earnings over the cny period means i'll have more money. but more money doesn't mean more spending, it simply means more options hahaha

training now is probably in the more intensive period of the year. training for ippt and arr are getting quite "firece" right now. SOC trainings started in january but somehow they died down eventually hahaha this month i've got 2 weekday cos duties and one wkend guard duty. really much rather do COS on a weekend man. so much more peaceful hahaha

went to gedong for what was supposed to be volleyball training. but just played game after game after game. and i can't spike anymore!!! like shit man. really damn throw face there. the best parts of the game was when i actually managed to set some nice balls which ended up with nice spikes. but i'm not supposed to be a setter damn it!!! so screwed up... and the tournament prelims will be clashing with a week long exercise for my company. i really feel kind of stuck right now. go for tournament and try to win something for armour, or help out my unit for this exercise. it will be a taxing exercise that's for sure, and somehow i don't think i'll be able to contribute fully towards the exercise after the games because my body will be sore. my whole body was somewhat aching after the 3 hour session we had, but that was maybe because i haven't played so intensively for such a long time. will have to decide soon which one i'm going to dedicate more of my time and energy to.

my amber period ends next tuesday, but they haven't recalled us yet, so i'm just praying they don't do it tomorrow, since i'll finally have a chance to drive by myself across the island to pick up my dad. basically i'll be clocking alot of mileage tomorrow in my dad's car, since he said might be sending a couple of his colleagues home. should have my fair share of driving for the weekend tomorrow heehee

i need to perform better as a spec. i know i can perform better...

tags:
derek - not my fault if commandos don't believe in volleyball right hahaha go complain to ur HQ abt the lack of sports and the late bookout timings man

guanghao - really supposed to be like tt ah? hmmm ok i didn't know that hahaha guess the lake (reservoir) was really shallow there

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