July 30th 2004 - Japanese Name
?? Saruwatari (monkey on a crossing bridge) ? Shun (fast person)
this is my japanese name!! haha.. got it as this webbie. go get one and tell me about it too.. haha.. i'm not into japanese stuff lah. but i was quite happy to see that it is actually quite an accurate meaning name. coz my behaviour like monkey & i'm a good fast runner.
got a pair of NDP Preview tix from One Guards for doing all those TGS shit work. hmmm... some kinda reward.. hur! Pui!! i rather not do n not get this sia. also no one to watch with.. hmmm.. i wonder if she would hv watched with me had we not gone off the track. haha.. dunno y, i feel she's avoiding me.. i'm starting to miss her more so.. :(
haha.. ok lah, juz come back from camp.. gotta go settle other stuff first be4 i do a proper blog.. haha.. cya guys...
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23rd July 2004 - IPPT Test
due to 2 veri DuLan experiences of losing my blog entry to page refreshing, i will juz leave a short short entry. ippt. long time nv take le. coz i gold then the previous few time nv take. somemore go brunei is train combat fitness not physical fitness. results are as follows: shuttle-run 9.4 sec (5 points), 10 chin-ups (4 points), 40 sit-ups (5 points), SBJ 234 cm (4 points), 2.4-km-run 9 min 39 sec (5 points). total points is 23 points. awarded infantry gold..
happy with result and maintaining of gold award. stupid me ran extra 50 metres or so when i ran the wrong route n made a wrong turn. then u-turn backwards and carry on. not bad.. i impressed myself.. after morning ippt test, we did cleaning of signal storeroom n signal stores. then the whole afternoon gone juz liddat. evening did area cleaning then book out for long weekend loh..
night fell. was somehow phycho to go clubbing at double o by ps. went got a bit high but maintained record of not vomitting.. haha.. my buddy drunk sia.. hug the stefanie and got a bit hanky panky.. haha.. i heard her say "eh.. hands dun anyhow put ah...". went to maxwell food centre to eat after clubbing. then to home where most of us simply "pom" into bed n sleep.. pictures to be posted soon...
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Llewell & 3SG Stuart during sentry duty.. heh...
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Cat sorry after i let him go..
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Cat caught!! heh ;)
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me luring the cat hiding behind the tv shelf out to play =)
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Mischievious cat in the guard duty rest room.
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A doodle during the boring hours of guard duty... heh..
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An unusual sight as a LightStrike goes on its orientation drive up the slopey grass patch to the cookhouse.. heh...
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My buddy didn't listen to me.. when i told him to quit smoking he told me after Brunei he'll quit.. but he still hadn't.. haiz... going back on his words ah.. :(
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Retook picture of the Guards Toilet Sign.. nice? heh ;)
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Ate my dinner on table 88. lucky table? haha..
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Yay!! went to Panasonic Building at Bukit Merah to collect my digital camera.
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Interesting Article
This article below very interesting to read. are you a silly monkey? heh ;)
How do you trap a monkey that has been coming into your garden to steal your fruits? Very simple. You hollow out a coconut shell, and drill a small hole in it. Inside you put some sweet food. And then you attach the shell to a tree or a stake on the ground.
The monkey when it comes sniffing around again, will be drawn to the sweet food in the coconut shell. Very quickly, it will reach in and grab the food. Now the hole is big enough for its hand to enter, but too small for the clenched fist, clutching the food, to pull out.
When you show up, the monkey will get frantic, but it won�t open up its fist to let go of the food, even though the simple act will set him free. And you�ve got your little thief.
Like the monkey, we often do not know how to let go � of a n emotion, or desire, of a person, or an object � even when it is in our best interest to do so. And so we get trapped, and the more fragile we become, the more tightly we cling on to what we should have let go of, in order to be free, and to move on.
Clinging not only holds us back, it makes for anguish and anxiety, then helplessness and depression, and finally self-destruction.
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20th July 2004 - Camera Collection
sleep disturbed around 0800h++. heck care the handphone coz i can't reach it while lying on my bed. haha.. home phone rang shortly after. urgh! reluctantly picked up the phone in my slumber and lethargy..
"hello..?"
"Panasonic blah blah blah..."
"yes...?"
"your camera is ready for collection."
"oh..? okie.. (eyes opening wider now) so you mean i can collect it this afternoon? (head tilted to look out so as to confirm it's still morning..)"
"anytime before 6pm."
"okay, thanx"
hung up and continued to sleep.. zzZZzzZZzzZZzz
awoke at 1344h. morning i greeted my 2 friends online. haha.. told them i having breakfast somemore.. haha.. u hv to call hashbrowns breakfast don't you? haha.. finally got all the pix from EePing. Going out to collect the camera soon. hmmm.. maybe update later.. 1554h
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19th July 2004 - Format PC Day
Morning woke up sms kp ask him where he is. juz woke up by my sms. haha. supposed to watch the Brazil vs Mexico Copa America match together at my place ma. i went to brush up and came back to on the tv to find that the match was delayed half an hour. great.. coz it allowed kp to be on time. haha.. we had macdonald breakfast take out to my place. it was an entertaining game which ended 4-0 in favour of my favourite team, Brazil. heh.. he left shortly after the game as he was going out with his army mates for a ktv session.
Finally dusted my pc up, "operated" on it, fixed the problem with the CDRW and formatted my PC. heh.. all thanx to Eeping who came down to my house to play ps2 with me as well as bring along WinXP Professional & Office XP. heh.. Cured a lot of viruses too!(& i really mean a lot.. something like 100+ viruses/infected files on 2 pcs.)
Played winning eleven with EePing. we took Brazil and tag-teamed against the pc. we win all the way until against Spain in the Quarter-finals. Joaquin gave them the lead after some messy defending by us. then I dribbled using Ronaldo in their box. they brought me down n EePing converted the resulting penalty.. 1-1 !! it went to penalties after that and i guessed right at their 5th kick. but it was not to be as their shot still went in. EePing missed with Emerson at our 7th kick and we lost after they converted despite hitting the post. Enjoyable game. :-)
Rest of the day was busy installing & copying mp3 from cds into my pc. heh.. ;P slept at 0400h++...
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18th July 2004 - Day After Double-O. No Hangover :P
0900h. Awoken by a call from kp on my mobile. Told that soccer session is at 1000h. Managed to push it backwards to 1030h. Hung up. Flipped over & continue to sleep. haha.. (now you guys noe y melvyn's so often late.. kekeke...) Awoke from my mini slumber again. hurriedly brushed up, changed, packed my stuff, & got out.
Reached the carpark. couldn't see kp n his van. Feeling dry in the mouth. must be the liquor last night i thought.. bought a 1.5 litre reverse osmosis water for SGD$1.50 at the coffeeshop.. to me it's only as good as tap water. but i was desperate for the water. felt hungry but nothing i like to eat. heck i thought. it turned out to be a very enjoyable soccer session. i played really well. scoring lots, making lots of dribbles & even "ole!" the opposition several times to the delight of the small crowd watching. (haha.. they're the teams waiting for their turn outside.. :P)
After the soccer session, darren emerged with difficulty walking. he said his feet felt pain below his ankle. i think it's a matter of over working that feet. it juz needed some rest. we went for lunch at kfc at amk centre. coz we long for some air conditioning. heh ;) after lunch, the guys came over to my house for ps2 gaming. heh.. basically slacking resting ourselves lah.. a little tired le mah...
By evening, they left. jm stil had to book in. kp didn't need to as he earned 3 days leave by winning a batallion soccer tournament. we agreed to watch the Copa America match tomorrow morning at my place. having breakfast together too.. heh.. take away macdonald's at my place. whoo.. i'm hungry already.. just thinking of my impending big breakfast. time to get back to my surfing.. i've juz blogged for like an hour.. whoa!
*ps: oh yeah, i managed to upload my brunei trip pix into my pc using kp's NGage. hmmm... both the digicam n his phone uses SD cards loh.. hmmm... maybe i'll upload the pictures to my blog tomolo morning? it depends.. on my procrastinating(learnt this word from reading friendster profiles.. kekeke..:P) character.. heh.. come to think of it, i still haven packed my room which had been littered by lotsa post-Brunei trip stuff like light sticks i "kop" back etc...
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17th of July 2004 - Jonas' B'dae !!
Morning was spent slacking away most of the time. Devastated to discover viruses in my pc had destroyed all my mp3 & most of my pictures. songless n pictureless, i resort to kazaa, irc & even tried out bittorrent. haha.. was realli realli sad to hv lost all of my pix with apple. haiz. i din back them up mah. haiz. maybe someday i'll ask her whether i gave her a copy? but i recknkon i didn't. the other pix like the army ones i'm not so bothered yet coz i did burn a disc for the guys be4 so a lot still can retrieve. it's the ones with apple which i realli treasure more.. :(
Night fell. met up with the kp, darren & yingliang to go jonas house. brought along the wine i bought him. had a good dinner at his place. fried rice with fishballs, samosa, prawns(i didn't eat la coz i dun eat much seafood), curry chicken etc.. kp was the chauffeur. it's so convy to move around with a vehicle. heh.. played card games while chit-chatting at jonas place. long time no see le... a bit unfamiliar le. we grew apart. haiz. huiling didn't come coz she went to watch orchestra concert. a major disappointment for me. heh.. always nice to see her friendly smile.. haha.. she's our da jie ok? but then i dunno how i became like a elder brother to her.. haha :)
Around 2100h i left jonas place. i took a cab down to meet platoon sergeant & JiLin at Double-O.. first time there. there was quite a queue so i paid an extra 5 bucks(SGD$25 instead of SGD$20) to get in via the express lane.. i was led into the pool room where ps frens were playing pool. it was there that i was introduced to Stefanie, Felicia, Davin(the one that ps brought alone to the ktv the other night..), & 2 more guys.
In all, we shared 4 long island jugs, 2 vodka ribena & 1 vodka orange. ps shared 1 graveyard & 1 waterfall with his other fren. the waterfall is realli spectacular lor. the bartender got some liquor in a glass. then he lit it with a lighter. then he poured the flaming liquor onto a structure stacked up using lotsa glasses. as the flame flows down with the liquor it forms something like a waterfall. it's nice. whoa!
i danced alrite! haha... after about half an hour or more of being a statue coz i dunno how to dance. perhaps being slightly drunk coordinated my body better.. haha.. basically juz shake & never stop moving. start sweating & bum around with the ladies.. whoo.. haha.. veri happy to complimented that i noe how to dance le. i like the sign language way of dancing to the song. fun... but i was a little ditzy lor.. the music was good. a lot of songs which i liked. we played finger games lor. resulting in me drinking quite a lot coz i'm always bad at these kinda things.
after dancing n drinking to their heart's content, we went to maxwell food centre for supper. heh.. i was looking forward to a cuppa hot nice coffee but in the end i ordered sugar cane drink coz that's what the rest ordered. wandering around i saw nothing that realli wanna eat. but i ordered mee pok dry nonetheless. JiLin ordered sushi and hokkien mee. ps n his pals ordered satay beehoon & "yu sheng".
urgh! the meepok i ordered i want it spicy. but i supposed there some vinegar in the spices they added to the mee which i dislike a lot. reluctant to waste, i finished the noodles. then when i went to the loo, my mouth juz started watering out the soury gastric juice. kinda like saliva lah. i spit them into the basin loh and washed my face n mouth. heh. ps was worried n thought i had been vomitting in the toilet coz i was inside for quite long. heh.. :P i didn't vomit of coz. but i blamed the reason for the gastric juice in my mouth on the vinegar. urgh! i hate sour tasting stuff.
when me n ps got outta the toilet, we saw JiLin walk towards out of the food centre. he was feeling the effects of stuffing himself too much after liquor. *evil giggles* he puked the hokkien mee out. heh. i knew one shouldn't eat so much after liqour.. i maintain my record of never puking after drinking liquor. heh... took a cab home after persuading ps that i'm safe enough to go home myself. heh.. reached home around 0500h. knocked out shortly after.
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Came back from Brunei on wednesday morning 14 July 2004. yes, i survived the training there. but then it wasn't realli that tough on the signals guys.. we were merely there to support the outfield operations there. like when they need comms at various locations to indent food rations, emergency in case of casualties etc.. However, when we're outfield with them and that includes walking the rifle man's distance, we have a heavier load. we have to bring a signal set. that plus the usual stuff that the usual stuff like food, water, clothes etc.. at least, i'm proud to conquer Mount Biang with the heaviest bag around. haha.. 4 day 3 nights n the 3 nights were all raining heavily. worst was the 2nd night when i was on the top of the ridgelines and it rained the heaviest n longest. resulting in the following day having lotsa deadfalls blocking the way.
at times, i was so down. so so down that i feel like staying in brunei as permanent staff.. i noe i won't like it there. but there is an impulse. coz i feel that there's nobody in singapore i miss. nobody. sad to say i dun realli miss my family. as for my frens, i reckon i could still keep in contact with them online. i missed being online though. i missed being updated on the latest happenings on the transfer market in the world soccer. i wanna be more updated on my favourite team, Newcastle United too!! so maybe with a laptop and internet access in brunei i'll be able to survive.
ok, next up we'll count the stuff i lost or spoilt in Brunei. aiyah, i lost my newly-bought-for-brunei watch ! haiz. a bit heart ache la. all my carelessness lor. sianz. i spoilt my slippers. was running around in them when ps wanted to grab me to help him eat his bday combat ration punishment food. i ate la.. but the slipper sacrificed too! Digital camera next. kena water. sianz. then now cannot turn on. so sent for repair. now awaiting call by their technician to inform me to go collect it. thus no pix of brunei for the time being. sianz.
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14th July i came back. mostly did some zzz-ing, online, & unpacking.. 15th July i awoke early. watched the Brazil copa america match. they lost 1-2 to paraguay. fabiano's goal was awesome tho. morning till lunch time i was surfing net n dling movies n songs. went down to bukit merah area to panasonic building to send my digicam for repair. luckily still under warranty ah. else i die sia... went to queensway shopping centre with timothy n eeping to shop. i din spend a cent. though a little attracted to the jeans n t-shirts there. but gotta tighten my belt le. spent too much le.. sat at macdonald's had a cuppa coffee with large fries till 6+pm chit-chatting. then i went down to bugis to meet my fren.
we had dinner together at Ajisen. then shopped for a gift she wanted to get for her fren. looking at perfumes. she got her fren a polo ralph perfume n i bought 2 perfume samples too. attracted by them lor. not the smell tho. din even try. thinking of maybe starting a collection? haha.. quite costly it'll be i reckon. we walked several places comparing prices etc. then we walked a long way to get a bus ride. frankly, i was realli reluctant to alight. i dunno y.. one of the reasons being no camera to take photo with her.
i alighted at serangoon mrt. joined up with weiming, timothy, hongye, eeping & our driver of the day darren. he rented the car. went to meet up with ps vincent n his fren. went ktv sang till 3am. then we went geylang. to eat. haa... had to stress that right? haha.. curious.. we had our experience in walking thru the lorongs. from chiobus to aunties prices ranging from 40 bucks to 100+. some realli look gf material lor.. i bet some of them are tempted. haha. weiming was pinched in his nipple as we walked past. haha.. timothy had his hands on the hips of a lady as he negotiates the price with her(and i stress lady coz of the age.), eeping was grabbed. darren was also disturbed. i maintain zero contact with the girls. urgh! :P
then off we go sending one another home. from bukit batok to jurong to sembawang then finally to my house in amk. i reached home 0545h sia... slept till 1600h today. wow! i thought i see wrongly the time sia when i awoke. frankly did nothing as i stoned n read soccer news online then chatted with a few frens online. army mates asked me out for dinner one but i decided not to. coz i wanna have dinner at ah ma's. let her see me n talk to me. i promise to dedicate more time to her.. :) ok, time for dinner.. ah ma i'm coming...
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