Thursday, January 22, 2004

   a short week winked past juz liddat. this has gotta be the week my heart felt heavier than usual when i left Signal Institute on Wednesday 21/01/04. it was unfortunate that hongyu still got punished. he was "awarded" a guard duty on saturday... in case u din follow my previous post, he was injured on the head after a halyard he threw hit swung back n sent blood gushing down his face. meanwhile those detachments at kranji were given one guard duty on a weekday.. we got to know abt that punishment on sunday night when we booked in. what a downer! ;(

   monday was pretty boring or plain-sailing, whichever u prefer to call it. basically juz lotsa studying lor... on the pc, practical work and a voice procedure test to boot... i got 43 outta 50. not a very good result but nonetheless i'm satisfied. the theory test on the computer i scored 40 outta 50. n there's also a written test which basically requires us to encode & decode some messages. we weren't told the score for that yet though..

   tuesday was exercise day. our final radio exercise. after the debacle over the last exercise where we caught "s.b.o-less", eating tit-bits like twisties & sleeping, we were duly punished n we learnt not to risk jeopardising our new year weekend. i was posted to 2 Signal Battalion training shed. it's well within walking distance from our Course Commander's station so we were realli hesitant abt sleeping though we still did sleep. in shifts n in a sitting posture. but this time round no titbits n sbo-less attire.

   the night that followed the exercise was perhaps one of my most enjoyable yet saddening nights. probably partly due to the fact that i noe we are about to part. perhaps it's due to my already heavy heart. i'm feeling sad. or maybe due to the fact that i'm addicted to the sad song on anne's blog. "Dui De Ren" by Dai Ailing. the lyrics realli struck a chord with my heart strings.. realli meaningful song. i noe the days of fooling around in SI with this Jaguar platoon is soon coming to an end. i noe that no matter who much we say we'll keep in touch, we'll not. i noe we won't. we don't hv enuff time to do that. not when u hv ur gf, soccer-pals, family members and time spent surfing, reading papers, sleeping, eating of meals, & travelling time to share the 1-and-a-half days a week that u're outta camp.. ;-( (on a brighter note, perhaps giving them my blog url to keep in touch is a way...)

   ok, ok... back to topic. tuesday night, we ordered in 2 pizzas, 20 chicken wings, some chicken nuggets from macdonalds, 2 bottles of root beer & some chinese take-aways which include hor fun, ee mian, n fried rice... we had sortof a bunk party. each bunk was allowed one person out to get the food. Lianghua was volunteered, while bryan ordered the pizzas.. after that, we played some games. there was this game which i found particularly enjoyable. the pumping clock i call it. n there's some of the white & black magic n also the time clock game. in the end, all that matters was the fun we had together.. i dunno abt them, but i'll realli miss them. i always miss my frens.. it's juz a pity hongyu ain't around as he had booked out to get his stitches removed..

   wednesday started off with breakfast n some arranging of tables for an event at the multi-purpose hall. after that we had sorta a "Yu sheng"-hauling ceremony. one platoon of 30 privates sharing one plate of "yu sheng". pathetic i find. the guys threw the food they grabbed with their chopstix at one another practically. so much wasted food. haha.. but i din eat it anyway... i dun like it. i'm very choosy with my food. a buffet of spring-rolls, fishballs, ngo hiang, cream puffs & bee hoon followed. needless to say there's fruit punch n coffee or tea to choose from. there's even a fruit cocktail available with bowls n spoons provided !! then the pretty un-appreciated song n dance put up by other platoons n superiors. there's even a lucky draw.. our platoon got 3-4 winners so we ain't such an unlucky platoon afterall.. (condidering the amt of complaint we've been collecting..)

   so after we booked out, i went off shopping alone at Lot 1. bought an elva CD. almost splurged on another disc too.. but told myself not to overspend. coz i dun wanna break my resolution of wanting to save up a sum of money for my future. but then, at the same time, i'm contemplating getting a mp3 discman. ain't i contradicting myself? i hate my spendthrift self. upon reaching home, i plunged into a 4-hour slumber. waking up around 1620h. watched a home united friendly with kp n jm then went home. disappointing. i had thought better of a new year's eve celebration. ;(

   thursday was worse off... after the usual session of getting ang pows n congratutory greetings at ah ma's place, my grand-parents went out to visit other relatives. my uncles n aunties followed suit. coz they plan to go m'sia later on, i din follow them as my passport had expired. i hadn't renewed it for this year. then i was all alone. without my frens who were either sleeping, busy visiting or gambling mahjong, i resorted to the Internet. i went to check out my friendster a/c, check my singnet mail, check my yahoo mail, check my hotmail, read all the news from my fav soccer websites, and also checked out my blog-pal's blogs... Jen had asked me over to her place but i din wanna go coz i was shy abt meeting my 3rd grant aunt's family. ok, that's all for now.. maybe my night would be better... i'm juz so darn bored... it hasn't been a realli good cny for me 'cept the fat ang pows i'm so complacent to getting... ;( sometimes money doesn't bring happiness....
Blabbered bean @ 17:47 //