Holocron : 19-87-Kn|ght^L

although it’s a little laggy…
but ORD loh~!
wahahahaha~!

it’s been quite a jouney.
to even bother trying to put 2 years of experience into this single entry is crazy,
so i’ll just rant about whatever pops into my head.

enlistment day…
the dread,
the nervousness,
the excitement,
the OCS-here-i-come-garangness.
bmtc sch 1; jaguar coy; plt 2 sect 2 bed 12.
back then we were the most xiong in sch 1.
can nv compare with those ninja turtles in sch 2 though.
but still,
with hawk resort next to us,
the days were long and weary.

the day i found out i had a fractured rib…
10th aug 2006.
why i can rmb?
it’s the morning after booking in from national day break.
wanted to siam battle assault course.
why?
cos i didn’t want to camou my face.
=X
mo : do you know you have a fractured rib?
me : huh? what? a fractured rib!?
haha…
i’ll never forget that scene.

then came the 1 month attend c.
the boredom.
cos i was ’supposed’ to stay at home. (note the inverted commas)
the OCS-i-can’t-come-anymore-ness.
wanted to have a bmt recourse just for another shot at it.
but the request was overturned by co, bmtc sch 1.
=P
(you can read my old entries : 187 - 191)

posting to 42 sar.
LoL…
i realised how retarded cmpb was.
they sent a guy with a fractured rib to an armour unit.
everybody was telling me how xiong armour was.
eat sand drink mud.
u get brown no.4 uniforms there…
DIY style.

have you ever heard of the armour curse?
the ‘once armour always armour’ curse?
that’s what the other guys in my batch called it.
a curse.
that once you got posted to armour…
you can cry all you want,
but you ain’t going nowhere.
and those words were plastered to the tank monument just outside my camp,
taunting us everytime we booked out.

well,
things didn’t turn out as bad as i thought.
due to my exceptional qualities as a soldier,
they decided to keep me in hq coy.
even though everyone else from my batch got posted to combat teams.
*beams with pride*

not to say that hq coy had it easier than the combat teams.
we slogged hard too.
just that our pressure came from a more white-collar environment.
and we still had to balance maintaining combat fitness with our workload.
that was where i met the few smartest people i’ve ever seen.
the scholars from all the top jcs seem to have gathered in hq.
that was how i learnt +ve working attitudes from some of them.
wouldn’t have been able to motivate myself without seeing their sense of responsibility.

ftx.
bpt.
atec.
after all that,
the bn was preparing for the mass ord to come.
when that day came,
it was saddening,
seeing the people whom you’ve worked with so closely go.
but work still went on.
and oh ya,
i was also the cqms by then.

held my own for 6 months.
brought the cq store to a standard i was proud to display for inspection.
saw many new faces come in.
ahh…
the last couple of months before ord was sweet.
basking in the attention given to this ord-personnel.
=P

and when that day came…
i was surprised that i was feeling kindda reluctant to end that day.
went around to bid farewell to the commanders and men.
the appreciation that some of the commanders gave me was truly touching.
haha…
one thing i was pleasantly surprised about was my transcript.
i knew i did well,
but i really didn’t expect an outstanding for my performance and conduct.
hehehe. =)

a friend drove me home from camp that day.
daryl ng,
the funniest intel clerk you can find.
i shan’t broadcast his exploits here,
lest he pours thinner on me. (why thinner? inside joke. =X)
as i approached the gate,
memories of my time in the cutting edge family flooded back.
like the time i spent my 20th birthday doing icct,
getting smashed face-first into mud by the idiotic eugene lim.

and as i breezed past the tank monument,
i saw those famous words once again.
and i knew that it wasn’t a curse at all.
it was an assurance.
an assurance that when you wear the black beret,
you’ve become part of a family that’s swift and decisive.
and i muttered under my breath,
with pride…
once armour, always armour.

with that,
i too salute you, sir.

ok.
i’m back to blogging.
you guys must have thought i became illiterate or something.
well…
not just yet.

finally managed to find some time to blog about the comings and goings in past months.
1 of the highlights has got to be the STWC Taiwan Trip.
not really the whole STWC…
but 8 guys at least.
namely…
aik siang; desmond teo; elvis; jeremy; kavin; me; wei ren; zi cheng.
the others just didn’t have the time to jump on a plane to adventure.
=P

so…
the journey begins…

190408.
we arrived at changi airport at 1200 hrs.
except for 1 guy.
our dear zi cheng.
we were rather worried that he might have forgotten our departure date.
but thankfully,
he arrived in the end.
and desmond’s family came to see him off.
it was his virgin flight you see.

we had our heavy lunch at popeye’s fried chicken and biscuits…
leading to concerns that maybe in this time of rising oil prices,
we shouldn’t bring so much oil up the plane,
or risk expelling it in mid-air.
=X

Our check-in at customs went rather smoothly,
with the exception of kavin being trapped by the gate.
the A.I. must have identified him as a possible MSK suspect..
him being short, dark and all.
the customs officer finally let him through after visually inspecting him.
but i saw a lingering look of suspicion even as we walked away.
=P

the plane ride was boring.
the pathetic amount of leg room we had didn’t do much to help either.
and i don’t think you need to hear vivid descriptions of the movies i watched on board..
so i shall just flash-forward to our arrival in taipei.

whoots!
welcome to taiwan~!
that was the first thought in my mind upon touch down.
that,
as well as ‘where’s the nearest washroom!?’.
=P

after doing the necessary,
i got a good look around at what was installed for me..
the overwhelming abundance of chinese characters.
oh boy…
better have at least 1 of my 7 translators with me at all times.
hmm…
or make that 1 of my 6 translators.
elvis doesn’t really count.
=X

really…
if i get separated from the group with only elvis with me…
the both of us can just hug each other and cry liaoZ.
probably won’t make it out of taiwan alive.

and wow…
after typing so much,
i’m not even into 1/10 of my trip.
hang in there ppl,
you’re in for a long read.

ok,
so we took a bus to a mrt station(yes, they have mrt there too).
and bought their ez-card(taiwanese ez-link).
it costs TW$500,
with a TW$100 deposit and TW$400 worth of value.
you can return it at the end of your stay for a refund of your deposit and any credits balanced.
definitely worth it.
their mrt is cheap, clean, efficient.

anyway,
we dragged our luggage into the crowded train and made our way to xi men station.
we got out of the station and weaved through the crowd in xi men ding,
before finally arriving at our humble little paradise hotel.
we checked-in,
did a little unpacking,
and dived right back into the streets of xi men ding.

we had ah-chung rice-flour noodles for dinner,
as well as a variety of snacks from the various street vendors.
it was amusing,
standing there watching as the vendors started moving away everytime somebody warned of approaching police,
and back again once the coast was clear.
they must have repeated it at least 5 times in the 1 hour we were there.
can’t imagine how they’re not sian-ed out doing it every night.

after a brief recce of the streets in xi men ding,
we returned to our hotel for a cup noodle supper and day 1 debrief.
btw…
their cup noodles have chunks of meat packed inside!
sorry,
but i’m really excited cos i’ve nv seen such stuff in s’pore.
=P

the next morning,
we got up bright and early for breakfast before heading to the mountainous area of wu lai,
famous for its natural hot springs.
we took a tram ride up to the waterfall area and took many photos there.
with expecially memorable photos of kavin.
=)

after that we made our way back down to the hot springs river.
and we had fun jumping around the rocks,
cos you could have scalding hot water in 1 region and cool water barely 10 cm away.
finally we sat down on the rocks soaking our feet in the areas where we found pleasantly warm water.
it was a beautiful place,
the only place where we got a look at rural taipei.

as we walked through the streets back to the bus stop,
we decided to stop for mountain pig sausages.
woah…
talk about fat-overload.
there were actually blocks of solid fat in the sausage.
and there was something foreboding about the fat.
=X

jeremy was the unfortunate victim.
on our way back on the bus,
he did a merlion in the middle of the journey.
his little merlion act needed 2 zip-lock bags to contain.
1 for the puke,
1 for the leaking 1 that contained the puke.
LoL…
it was kindda funny.
sure took the mundane out of that bus ride.
not that we weren’t worried about him ya?
=P

our next stop was dan shui.
we really went from 1 end of the mrt line to the other end.
like boon lay to pasir ris.
slept through half that journey.
btw,
jeremy did another mini merlion on that train ride too.
stupid mountain pigs.
hehehe =X

dan shui was a little like clarke quay maybe 20 years back.
we walked around the harbour and explored the interesting shops they had there.
1 that caught my attention was the sweet shop sophisca.
they sold sweets in many cute packagings,
like tiger balm, medical syringes, band-aids, even sanitary napkins!
bought some back as amusing gifts.
yeah…
dan shui was really an interesting stop.
kavin’s twin and all. -.-

our final stop for that day was shilin night market.
i had my first try of the XL chicken cutlet.
it was so large that i couldn’t even finish it!
not bad at all.
=)

we also did a little shopping after that,
and by the time we were done,
the last train had already departed,
so we took cabs back to our hotel.
speaking of cabs…
their cabs are better than the ones you see here back home.
basically cos they convert their own cars into taxis.
you just need to give your car a yellow paint job and…
wa-la! it’s a cab!
so you can find taxis of all makes and models roaming the streets.
we were even wondering if by chance perhaps we could spot a lamborghini taxi…
=P

our 3rd day started out a little later.
and the weather wasn’t too kind with us either.
we visited the chiang kai-shek memorial hall.
something i didn’t expect STWC to do.
cos we’ve thought of going everywhere in s’pore except the museum.
so little did i think that we would visit 1 in taiwan instead.
=P

but true to our modi operandi,
we didn’t exactly do what ppl usually do in a memorial hall.
instead of reading any of the information offered there,
all we did was take funny pictures.
and due to the heavy rain,
we got trapped in the memorial hall…
resulting in us taking even funnier pictures.
=S
who was the 1 who wanted to go there in the first place??

when the rain paused for awhile,
we quickly made our way back to the mrt station and headed for wu fen pu wholesale market.
more shopping,
and then off we went to taipei 101.
didn’t really go up cos we were on a budget,
and you have to pay if you’re thinking of going up the tower.
took some photos and den back we went to the hotel.

why the rush?
cos the guys were eagerly anticipating that night.
it was the night they planned to go clubbing~!
after the ton of research they did online,
even asking the locals for recommendations,
they had decided to go to luxy for the hot girls there~!

now now…
i’m not one of the guys who wanted to go k?
after all,
i’m the innocent little luis…
=X

anyway,
i really didn’t go k!
and neither did zi cheng and wei ren.
instead,
we went to shilin again to do even more shopping.
and on our way back to our hotel,
i received a call from jeremy.
apparently…
the club was closed!!!

all the effort,
the research,
the anticipation…
all washed down the dan shui river.
=X

somehow…
through all the information-gathering…
they all missed that single shred of info that the club was closed on mondays.
you should see the pictures they took of themselves as they left the place…
the grief in their hearts was evident in the sorrowful looks on their faces.
=’(

in the end,
they also went to shilin to do a little shopping before joining us back at the hotel.

we slept late into our 4th morning,
and left our hotel just in time for lunch at a goose-noodle stall.
after our meal,
we did our shopping at xi men ding at last.
after staying right beside xi men ding for the past 3 days,
and walking through the place every day,
it was only on that 4th afternoon did we finally stop to take a look at the shops there.

and kavin was so busy buying handbags that he got a little confused.
he had already bought 2 handbags,
and when i saw him picking out a 3rd,
i started to get concerned over his sudden interest in ladies’ merchandise.
me : ‘hey kavin! you siao ah? how come you buy until 3 handbags?’
kavin (in a stressed-over-picking-3-bags voice) : ‘because i got 3 sisters!’
jeremy (or was it someone else?) : ‘huh? you got 3 sisters meh?’
kavin (regaining his composure) : ‘ok. 2 sisters and 1 mother!’
talk about a confused child.
=X

truly…
trips won’t be the same without kavin to provide us with 24 hrs entertainment.

and for that last night in taipei,
we once again headed to shilin for last minute shopping,
making sure we squeezed out everything we could get with our remaining cash.

perhaps we should have thought things through a little more carefully though…
cos getting the haul back to the hotel was 1 thing…
getting the haul into the luggage was another.
=X

really…
that night,
we packed our luggage with more conviction and brute force than a recruit with his FBO.

and on the morning of the 5th day,
after 4 days of freezing air-con,
chirping birds,
fire-extinguishers,
paintings,
and channel 84…
it was time to bid goodbye to our paradise hotel.

we took a mini-bus to the airport,
checked-in our overweight luggage,
and waited for our flight back to s’pore.

it was over before we knew it.
the first STWC overseas exercise.
=(

back to reality guys.
no more diabetes-inducingly sweet taiwanese girls.
=P

hai~

but then again…
there’s always a next time.
=D

anyway,
we took over 1400 photos collectively,
and i’ve sifted out 55 photos for your viewing pleasure at
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=37393&id=502853764
it’s a facebook photo album,
so i’m not sure whether you need a facebook account to view them.

dun tell friendster that i’m advertising facebook here k?

let me start this post with an excerpt from fit’s blog.

jwee siang’s gathering last night made me realise
i’ve known those guys for practically NINE years maan.
and luis… its been FOURTEEN years.
i practically grew up with you lah dude. haha.
and what if we went SIM together.
thats the same primary secondary junior college and university.

with friends like these… who needs other friends ?

haha..
it’s been a wonderful year for me and my friends so far this year.
with JS’s bbq,
des’s surprise party,
and my very own surprise party.

i’m really touched by what my friends did for me for my 21st birthday.
the effort they put in was crazily so much more than what i deserve.
Thank You everyone.
and especially the members of STWC for organising it.

to..
2B
4A
S12
W408
STWC…
Love You All!

with friends like these…
maybe that’s why i’m still unattached.
=P

and another interesting event is the release of the A level results.
in case you didn’t know,
i retook my A levels last year.
well..
part of it at least.
=X

ya…
got my results.
straight ‘A’s baby…

CHEMISTRY : ABSENT

PHYSICS : ABSENT

MATHEMATICS : ABSENT

GENERAL PAPER : A TWO

iRock.

*NOTICE*
*this post has been updated below at 2345hrs*

seriously…
who do 2lts think they are?

i was sitting at the first row of the shuttle bus with zhen guang,
waiting for the bus to deliver us out of the horrid camp for the week.
a group of specs from armoured engineers were at the door,
waiting for the bos to check how many more seats were available.

suddenly,
a recently commissioned 2lt rushed to the front of the queue.
(how did i know he’s recently commissioned?
cos he had that toot toot i’m-an-officer-so-i’m-like-really-big-now aura)
and that chap was impatiently talking to nitrogen molecules…
still got seats? still got seats? got seats or not?
no one bothered entertaining him.
i, for one, was giving him a disgusted look.

now,
the bos had counted the empty seats at the back of the bus,
and the moment he walked to the front door,
that chap looked at him with entertain-me-first-cos-i’m-an-officer eyes.
so how? got seats left?
the bos informed the group waiting outside that there were 5 seats left.
mr i-must-definitely-get-on-cos-i-got-1-big-bar tried to rush up at once.
like relax lah…
officer pay lehZ…
take public transport will die mehZ?

however,
i think the bos was also irritated by the chap’s behaviour.
he refused to give way for the 2lt to get on.
there was a huh?-you’re-stopping-a-2lt? look on the noob officer’s face.
the bos proceeded to point at 5 of the specs and told them to get on.
he den turned to the stunned chap, 
gave a polite smile and shoke his hands,
indicating that there were no more seats left.

the officer walked away with a confused look on his face…
most probably thinking that his magical bar was on the fritz that day.
and just before the shuttle bus pulled away,
i could’ve sworn i saw a smirk on the bos’ face.
=P

really…
how shameless can u get…
trying to use your rank to cut queue to board a shuttle bus.
brings back memories of what chee kaur used to tell us.
rank is what you wear…
respect is what you earn.
o.O

thankfully the 2 new officers at hq coy are not like that man.
in fact,
they’ve been extremely accommodating.
but only time will tell whether they’re as nice as the previous officers.
haha…
i miss the antics of dys1, 2, bso and qm.

and i must make special mention of zhen guang.
this week he has really shown me that he’s a man of character.
ok…
so maybe he’s a little playful and absent-minded with his work…
but when it comes to helping or standing up for his friends…
i’m in awe of his self-disregard.

anyway,
was back in fuhua today for alumni meeting.
and elvis was totally ogling at the girls there.
come on man…
sec 1 - sec 4 girls lehZ.
but i do concede…
that girl in fbt shorts was really cute~!

cradle-snatchers.
=X

really wish that i was enjoying time with you at the beach today.

———————————————————————————————–

*2345hrs update*

i just came home from dinner at nuh.

why go nuh for dinner!?

cos 2 guys were there due to a bike accident.
=P

i was walking toward xwm when i received elvis’ call.
‘we won’t be joining you at xwm liao.’
‘why!?’
‘we going nuh.’
‘huh? for what?’
‘accident lah!’

i think it took me awhile to absorb what elvis said.
firstly it was due to the calm of his voice as he talked to me…
i think i was still contemplating whether he was joking.
but something told me he wasn’t lah.
i immediately called wr and both of us headed down to nuh.
elvis met us at the a&e entrance.
i looked at him from head to toe.
he appeared spotless.
i was a little confused at this point.
‘you got into an accident?’
‘ya…….’
‘den why you like nothing wrong?’
‘i oso dunno why… ‘
-.-

but zc didn’t escape quite as unscathed.
his feet was bleeding quite seriously.
and there was coagulated blood all over.
but he was still in relatively good shape…
for someone who just had a bike accident.
=P

apparently,
zc was making a turn when elvis shifted his weight down as well,
resulting in a sudden surge of momentum downwards,
causing the bike to go off-balance and fall.
i guess it’s my fault here.
since zc always complain that i shift my weight upwards,
making it very difficult for him to turn…
elvis thought he was making things easier for zc by adding his weight.
=X

but anyway,
they have many things to thank God abt.
there was actually a van coming just behind them.
but thankfully the van managed to stop in time…
or else i would have 2 extremely slim friends.

and believe it or not…
an ambulance happened to be passing by them,
and stopped to assist them and fetch them to nuh.
o.O
talk abt blessings.

and so…
zc is now resting at home with a load of bandages on his leg.
and elvis must be trying to get rid of his shredded shorts…
so that his family wun find any evidence of him being in an accident.
=P

so people…
what have u learnt from this incident?

dun let elvis be your pillion rider~!
=X

and dun ride a bike if you have other alternatives~!
=P

reporting to you live from jurong…
stwc correspondent,
luis ong.

HAPPY NEW YEAR~!

it’s 2008~!

initially wanted to blog on reflections on 2007 on the 31st,
and resolutions for 2008 on 1st Jan.
but due to the busy schedule i had…
i’ll do everything in this 1 entry.

as said in my previous entry,
i thought i’d be free from 26th onwards.
instead,
after the short rest i had on the 26th,
i went to get a haircut at amk on the 27th,
den rushed to boon lay for a skit rehearsal for thanksgiving.
friday was spent in fuhua before going for a lunch treat at imm.
mr chia treated the clts to fish&co.
and elvis treated us to swensens~!
29th was the cell group’s thanksgiving,
and went to watch national treasure 2 at night.
went for service on sunday,
and monday was spent shopping,
followed by i am legend at marina,
and den countdown at esplanáde.
busy busy no ruisu.
i think this was the busiest end-of-year period i ever had.
=P

but anyway,
back to my reflections.

2007…
what a year.

for ns…
went through so many surprises and events.
from all the exercises,
to me taking up the appointment of cqms,
to seeing the mass ord..
it hasn’t been a bed of roses…
but i know that me being in 42 has been a blessing from God.

for church…
got transferred to W408 in the middle of the year.
met old members from W283,
and many new ones as well.
after being in 3 cell groups,
i’ve seen people who are so different in their walk with God.
some have truly been inspiring for me…
their kindness, caring and determination can melt your heart.
others have shown habits that have turned me off quite a bit.
but of cos all of us are trying to better ourselves everyday.
my spiritual walk has also been growing stronger through the year.
i’m still so very far from where i’d like to be,
but i know things have been slowly changing for the better.
many great experiences with God as well.
perhaps one of the best would be seeing zi cheng getting saved.
i must give a big thanks to miran for her guidance toward the end of 2007.

life-wise…
unfortunately…
it’s been quite a standstill for me.
didn’t really think much of the future.
=P
or maybe i just didn’t want to think.

relationships wise…
many friends and i have sort of grown distant from one another.
tried my best to keep in contact,
but sometimes circumstance just forces its way into things.
even made a friend of mine upset on new year’s eve.
like what’s up with that man..

for stwc…
with all of us slowly venturing into other priorities,
there have been quite a number of disappointments and unhappiness.
friendships have evolved.
in fact,
our relationships have all been slowly changing.
some have gotten even better,
and some went through periods of crisis.
even after at least 6 years with each other…
there’s still so much more to learn abt one another.
but we’ve definitely formed a unique group of friendships,
both in pairs and as a group level.

ah…
and now it’s the start of 2008.

like with every new year,
i’ve hopes for what this year will bring for me and others around me.
are these resolutions?
well,
i guess some of them are.

firstly…
i wanna ORD!!!
now this is DEFINITELY a must-have resolution.
=P
i’ve also gotten to know some friends in camp quite well.
i hope that i’ll continue to keep in contact with them after i ord in june.

i definitely wanna grow much much stronger spiritually,
and be able to help guide others around me.
especially now that zi cheng’s part of my cell group,
i really pray for the strength to help him along in his spiritual walk as well.
as for the bad habits of people,
i pray that they’ll draw on the strength from the Lord to change.

i do hope i’ll be able to change my bad habits as well.
one being my tardiness.
i’m resolving to keep my lateness to a maximum of 10mins.
hey…
gotta keep things realistic ya?
one step at a time.
=X

wanna grow closer to my cell group as well.
i feel that there’s still something in the way…
and i wanna move over from just being cell group members to being true friends.

and while i’m getting to know my cell group more,
i’d hope to rekindle some friendships that have been rather stagnant..
friends from fuhua, 2B, 4A, S12…
the people that i really did not get to meet in 2007 despite trying to.
and i definitely want to stop getting people angry with me.

as for my future plans…
this is something i need to come up with before june.
although many thoughts are swimming in my head now…
i really pray that one will jump out of the water and smack me in the face.

finally…
stwc…
the special group of people.
one thing is i really hope we wun be stwc anymore…
aim for afwc k!!!
=P

ya man…
and i think many of us in the group need to mature our thinking.
and of cos be more sensitive to each other.
to put it bluntly…
we need to know how to (as the hokkien say it) be a person.

of cuz…
as the guys follow the gals into uni…
they’ll definitely find more groups of friends.
and there’s nothing wrong with that.
but just as how important the friendship of these people are to me,
i hope that they’ll not forget stwc(or hopefully afwc)~!

once again,
a big hello to 2008.
hope you’re ready for Luis Ong!

tmr’s the start of my mega hectic schedule.
getting myself emotionally, physically and mentally prepared.

the STWC gathering starting at 6pm.
(for jeremy it starts at 5.30pm) =X
and it’s a non-stop event till the next morning.
lots of catching up to do with some ppl.

and after that still got fhs alumni commitee meeting in sch at 10.30am.
i think zc, elv, as and i will be stoning down there.
all the best to zc chairing the meeting.
no idea what time this will last until.

and after some rest,
booking into camp on a saturday night.
can’t say for what here…
but you guys should be able to deduce it yourself.
=P

whole sunday will be spent in camp,
all the way till monday morning.
den gotta rush home,
get some rest again,
den rush down to church to serve by 2pm.
quite a few of my friends will be coming for the 4pm service.
gonna have a great time! =)

after service,
confirm will be having dinner with them,
den headed home for what’s hopefully a good night’s rest,
and off to serve at expo for christmas’ day service.
that’s tuesday morning.

and hopefully i’ll finally be able to catch my breath by tuesday evening.
so if during this period of time i dun reply sms-es promptly,
do forgive me.

hai…
dunno if i should be happy or disappointed.

it’s good to have many activities…
shows that u’re involved in things.

but den again…
from the looks of things…
i won’t be getting much time for my family for this christmas season.
=(

the year’s coming to an end..
and there are so many ppl i feel i haven’t spent enough time with…
my family, 2B, 04S12, my cg…

and so many things i haven’t thought abt as well…
or should i say thinking in progress.
=P
more abt this another time bahZ.

better go get some rest to gear up for 21st - 25th~!

i find myself longing to see you so much more every day i’m apart from you.

i didn’t really manage to get all the photos i wanted,
but here goes…
a few photos from various times in the past year.

1) i wonder which is scarier… the hauting or the potato salad =X
2) the sadistic look common to the sannins
3) like i said… the sadistic look very common to the sannins =P
4) a typical exchange between anyone and our dear ratman
5) and here’s our ratman in action again
6) we’re back to give H-E-L-L…
7) see… that’s why cover your mouth when you yawn
the self-proclaimed penguin. kids these days are sooooo adorable
9) the look of pure desperation… for a latrine
10) challengers lead the way~!
11) 4 generations of leaders… with more to come
12) a scene reminiscent of a certain steven speilberg film
13) i dunno why… but this photo just gave me this idea =P

sometimes…

having the notice of your superior…

is not a very good thing.

why am i…
made the i/c…

having to make reports that will get others into trouble.

a conflicted mind.

why must they do things to create trouble for themselves…
why can’t they think…

and yet…
their attitude stems from a troubled background…

making it so much more difficult for me.

but if i don’t…
i get the trouble.

the conflict.

what i heard him mutter yesterday…
for one of the few rare times…
i could think of nothing to say.

not like the times when i always have something to say…
just that i choose not to voice it…

this time…
from the shock and the emotions evoked…
my mind was at a blank…

…………

i’m not the right man for this job.

6 months to go…

just hold on.

wow…
i’m blogging again?
i must be really bored…
=P

unfortunately…
i haven’t got the photos yet,
so the photoblog will have to wait a little while longer.
=(

was chatting with 3SG eugene lim the other day.
he had to purposely come disturb me to remind me that he’s ORD-ed.
=P
hope his ORD-documents got problem…
den he can keep coming back to our beloved camp.
=X

btw…
to those ord-ed personnel…
where’s my ord treat!!??
*gian peng*
=P

anyway,
while at expo yesterday,
i was at the mrt station.
suddenly,
i noticed this guy acting very weird…
he was going around to all the ticketing machines,
checking whether there were any coins left behind in them.
after that he even went to check the public phone.
-.-
like how weird can ppl get.

after service,
met up with my cell group at bedok for linner(lunch-dinner).
hai…
certain thoughts came to my mind…
wanted to keep them out but just couldn’t.
sometimes…
it just sux when we want the impossible.
=S

and then i went to find jj and liang kai.
supposed to meet at 5.30 at newton…
but guess what time lk showed up…
6.30…
-.-
lucky jj was there with me…
or i would have had minced fishball for dinner.
=X

from there,
we took a bus down to liji’s bro’s gelato shop.
wow…
so many delicious looking and sounding flavours…
if dunno how to control yourself…
confirm will get fat down there.

and lk…
started making so much noise and laughter…
lucky we were the only patrons at that time…
or else confirm the whole place would have been staring at us.
=P

but it was a great time over there.
the old guys from w283…
now all in different cgs…
but still having a blast together.
and it’s been quite some time since i met liji,
glad that he’s still the same old lizzie.
=X

’bout time for a new post.

gonna be blogging abt various things that happened since the previous post.
i’ve kindda forgotten when they happened…
so events may not be in chronological order.
=P
k…

friends can really make your day.
some time back…
i was in quite a bad mood that day…
was thinking abt stuff that i usually try to keep sealed up.
and therefore i sounded kindda cold when zi cheng called me.
he later sms-ed me asking if i was ok…
but being in the pms-sy mood,
i didn’t even reply.
i was therefore stunned when desmond and him turned up at my doorstep…
with a box of donuts to cheer me up.

i was really touched that day.
i really didn’t expect them to come all the way to my place to see me.
and they even went through the expense and effort to buy the donuts.
makes me feel so guilty for the times i got pissed at them.
but i guess that’s what makes friends friends.
no matter what unpleasant things happen…
they’ll be there for you even when u least expect it.
=)
*warm fuzzy feeling*

another thing that i’ve been praying for has also been answered.
a friendship that was important to me was going through a crisis.
the worst part was…
i didn’t understand how or why it happened.
at first,
i wondered if it was just my imagination,
but i just couldn’t get rid of the nagging feeling.
it made me upset at first…
and even angry and bitter after that.
but still i kept wanting to patch things.

den recently,
we were discussing something.
it was something that we both had a passion for.
and through the planning and talking,
the wall that i’ve been trying to break down…
slowly crumbled.
=)

tamZ made a comment though…
hehe…
she said that this was achieved at the expense of others.
what ‘others‘?
i think only the parties involved may understand.
=X

but i’m still wondering what caused the rift in the first place.
one day…
i’ll definitely ask him…
coZ i hope we wun go through the same thing…
again again.

deepavali was nice this year.
and the day after that as well.
managed to have dinner with the dudes and dudettes whom i’ve not met in ages.
for deepavali,
we ordered pizza and chilled at my place.
as for the day after,
we ate at clementi,
right after jeremy, kavin and i crashed NUS.

crashing at NUS…
if any of u plan on doing that…
pls nv crash the psychology lecture.
=P
thanks to tamZ,
who told us that ‘can crash, nvm wan…’
we confidently walked up to the LT…
until we saw that there were less than 80 ppl inside.
but since we were already there,
we decided to go in anyway.

so there we were…
3 guys with short hair and black glasses.
made me think of army lessons on how not to camouflage yourself.
true enough,
the lecturer was soon eyeing us.
and den he walked up.
‘i haven’t seen the 3 of you in my lecture before. where are you from?’
i immediately said the first crap that came to my mind.
‘we’re coming to nus next year, so we wanted to see what the lecture here was like.’
thankfully,
he bought it.
‘ok, i’m fine with that.’

the 2-hr lecture was ok…
could understand what he was saying,
and learnt quite a few things too.
like how friends are really important for happiness,
and we should really get married.
=)

anyway,
the lecturer talked to us after the lecture was over.
’so, you guys are coming nus next year? which course?’
jeremy was actually going ntu…
but since i already said we were coming nus,
he just said his course was mechanical engineering.
‘den why you all crash my lecture?’
and once again,
i started to crap.
pointing at kavin,
i said, ‘coZ he’s coming to arts, so we followed him here.’
‘oic. den what about you?’ the lecturer asked me.
now this is the best part…
being in a cheeky mood that day,
i gave the most innocent smile i could muster and said…
‘medicine’
=X

i think tamZ, jeremy and kavin were all staring at me.
but hey…
it’s not everyday u get to try and bluff a psychology prof.
=P

i’ve been seeing my ncc unit again too…
starting with the open house last saturday.
brought an SBO for them to showcase.
and elvis brought his jungle hat too.
the guy that wore everything really looked like a recce trooper.

after that i rushed to bugis to meet my cell group for lunch.
we ate at a little mid-eastern restaurant.
the upper level has a really cosy atmosphere…
a nice place to spend time with your close friends…
or a girl?
heheZ.

and after that,
i had to rush back to fuhua again for a meeting with the other instructors.
we had to discuss abt ‘the camp’.
wished i had more time to spend at bugis though…
=(

on monday,
i even helped out with the unit’s annual orienteering event,
the amazing race.
followed one group of cadets.
we went to the various historical sites in s’pore.
even all the way to changi.

after the first stop,
elvis and i decided to collaborate.
heheZ.
and after the last stop,
another team joined the collab.
so there we were…
50 people at botanic gardens waiting for a bus,
at peak hour too, mind you.
it was a miracle we managed to fit everyone up a single deck bus.

and when we reached back school,
we were shocked to find out that the last team,
mr raymond loh’s team,
actually managed to beat us back to sch.
coZ they took taxi~!!!!
cheaters…
=X

but it was a fun day after all.
and mr chia and mr loh even brought us to crystal jade for dinner after that.
expensive food always tastes good.
especially if you’re not the ones paying.
=)

lynette is also much much more active liaoZ.
in fact…
she’s a bundle of limitless energy.
i’m embarrassed to say that she even outlasted me in staying awake.
=X
she’s also very comfortable around my friends,
and watching the way they play with her is hilarious.

trying to get my hands on a few photos now.
hopefully i’ll get them soon,
and my next entry can be a photoblog.

lastly,
here’s a couple of designs of mine…
any comments on them?