> now playing: jolin - wu niang <

wa raus!! tml got to work till midnight!!! cos of stupid great singapore sale!!! grrhh..

sia la.. and wed have to go make airport pass.. and then cant go to wed the cycling with herry they all.. arrhgg!!! sorry sorry please please.. dun expel me out of the family... cannot confiscate tigger.. T_T

> now playing: jay chou - an jing<

kinda stress.. CCMgt ICA today.. got one qns i dunno how to ans.. sighs.. then after that i submitted my resume too.. i wonder if it really helps to fetch me to a better place for IPP. seriously hope will.. but its vague lo.. cos we are not "the selected few" you see..

anw work today is good. there is also two kelvins in this outlet! haa.. one is me and one is him. lol. we are of same age, but i think i look younger than him. he tot i am 16 only! bahz... my face is too childish.. haha.. anw he was from nyp too de.. but he dropped out le.. everythings quite fine at work.. yea finally.. but i can foresee when i am going to changi airport its going to repeat again..

so.. its going to be term break next week le... kinda fast.. and worried.. cos that means exam coming soon too.. lalalala... shall not think so much of things thats not going to come soon.. haha! jus going to do my part for studying can liao..

> now playing: wang li hong - da cheng xiao ai <

interesting article on TODAY. author is mr brown (yes its the blogger).

It's every NSman's yearly rite of passage

Don't forget to suss out great buys at the army store during reservist training

Friday - June 2, 2006

every morning, my two-and-a-half-year-old son barges into our room with a hearty push of the door. My wife and I rarely need to depend on the alarm, because the bang of the door - when he pushes his way into our room - leaves a ringing in our ears that only goes away after we brush our teeth, and each day, a little bit of concrete from the wall behind the door falls like snow onto the floor.

Isaac almost did not recognise his old man because these few mornings, I have been donning my camouflage greens to report for reservist. It is a mad rush in the morning as it takes a lot longer to put on a Number Four uniform than work clothes. The boots alone take twice as long.

While to a man every reservist (or NSmen as we are called now) will bitch and moan about reporting for our duty, it is always nice to see old friends and make new ones.

The thing that strikes me most about in-camp training is meeting people from all walks of life. Between waiting for the next instruction from your superiors, there is ample time to talk and find out about each other. Executives, businessmen, bus drivers, technicians, insurance agents, property agents, bak chor mee hawkers, columnists ... we all hang out together for two weeks - brought together by this yearly rite of passage. It is a great leveller of men, this event.

By and large, everyone does what they need to do. There is no rah-rah patriotism, although I am sure we know our duty, but more of a stoic sense of "we're here, we've got to be here, so let's co-operate and get this done quickly so we can all go home on time and safely to our families and loved ones".

One thing about going for in-camp training is that you tend to forget what day of the week it is. Yet, the brain compensates by developing a heightened sense of the time of the day. Without looking at his watch, an NSman can know when is lunch, tea break, and book-out time.

It is an instinct, as if the part of the brain that tracks these details is turned on when one dons one's Number Four uniform.

The other thing that also returns to the brain is the word "canteen". "Where is the canteen ah?" is a very common first-day quest9ion. Outside of camp, we eat at food courts and hawker centres. Inside, it is cookhouse and canteen.

One of the interesting experiences about going back to camp is the visit to the e-mart, or army supplies store.

The Great Singapore Sale exists here too, as we men line up in the stuffy little store to buy our army goods with our army credit.

We pore over the track shoes, uniforms, boots, socks and helmet chin straps on sale. Some have to buy new uniforms, because they have become more, er, prosperous. That may explain why the large and extra-large shirts and pants always seem to sell out fastest when we reservists visit the shop.

Meanwhile, the auntie next door who cuts hair makes a killing sewing rank patches on newly-bought uniforms.

They have a mobile service where they set up next to the in-processing office on Day One to "help" servicemen who have non-regulation hair styles - either too long or in the wrong colour (black is the only right colour for hair in the army).

I kid you not. For a small fee, you get your funky highlighted hair dyed back to regulation colour. Of course, you are expected to report in the correct hairdo, or risk being charged. So it is best not to depend on the auntie on the day itself.

As part of this column's public service, I shall tell you what I think are good Great Singapore Sale buys in the army store.

Those running shoes are good buys, at about $40. Socks are also good to get, since, as one man puts it, "working time can still wear".

I happen to be partial to the Goretex boots too - a little pricey at $109 - but they are extremely comfortable, light, and waterproof. Sure it almost wipes out a year's worth of army credit, but it is good for a few years of reservist, I think.

Those boots go with everything you wear in the army, like green, green and green. And they can even survive the rigours of treks through the jungle and the trips to the canteen.

mr brown is the accidental author of a popular website that has been documenting the dysfunctional side of Singapore life since 1997. He has re-learned the ability to sleep, sorry, rest his eyes, in any position.

> now playing: energy - yi zhi dao zui hou <

okaes. i did some edits to my skin and now its finally more presentable.. yays! and not forgetting how blogger treats me just now: hang jus moments before i press the save setting button. bahz! all edits gone can! freak. have to redo. but now finish liao lo.. haha.. going to sleep.. yays..

actually i shd be studying rite? =X

> now playing: wu yin liang pin - shen bian <

thats sweet can. at least someone comforted me when i am on the verge of going insane from all that is happening to me. sighs.

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just watched superband result show. like ma chiam heart attack like that. cos milo bing was still on stage at the final stage of elimination can! but the pulled thru. whew~! and finally THAT group is out.. muahahahaha! like so happy can!

finally.

> now playing: jj lin - sa rang ha yo zhi dui ni shuo<

from angelia's bulletin at friendster:-

:If you could go back in time, and change something, what would it be?
-- i dunno. probably not, everything happen for a
reason

if its years ago, i would have said thing like "i would not do this and do that.." sort of answer.. but as i grew older i start to understant that every thing happens has a purpose for its happening..

so.. lets all have no regrets!

saying this, however, i couldnt gaurentee that i will think this way. sighs..

contradictions within me!

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suddenly i feel super demotivated to work. in fact today got this feeling that i dont want to go on wed at all! dunno if this is phoebia.. cos of yesterday's incident that hit my confidence level deeply... sighs.. how? have only started for a week.. and then like that liao.. looks like i really have to cross this hurdle soon.. otherwise it will only drag me deeper into the quiksand..

ggrrhhss!!!!

> now playing: guang liang - wei ming tian <

ahyos!!! the malu-ness i cant describe can!

today's work is at boutique... Bugis Junction.. first time work boutique so i dont know wat to do at all mahs.. the first 4 days were at the wagon there.. totally different from here can! i want to go back wagon! haha.. this morn when i came, again they are not informed that i am going to work here.. just like OG Albert.. sighs.. and i think peeps here are totally not happy with the way i serve customers and the way i fold the jeans. while i am serving, they would shake their head and this demoralised me a great lot. and when i fold finish one section of the shelf, comments will come.

" kelvin you got learn how to fold the jeans one or not ha? ma chiam like not folded at all. "
" ahhs u like that serve customers one ar. ahyos.. X (someone) u take over him.. "

mum asked if i was sad bout this comment made. but then cannot say sad la.. i wasnt really sad. jus demoralised lo.. since i have decided to come out to work i am mentally prepared that this kind of things will happen one.. so, i am more or less prepared.. haa!

back to the main issue on the malu event, today since my serving tactics are so bad, i was told to fold the jeans. first i was commented that i folded them so ugly. fine. so i asked one of the guy to teach me. and then i folded.. slowly nice liao. so happily fold and put back shelf.

a few hours later after i come back from lunch, there starts to be questioning on the jeans: y the order wrong one ar. who go and arrange one ha? then i tot what only so i say is me lor.. actually if i never say they will also noe. haha. then it bacame the biggest joke in levi's history: the boy who mixed up the order of the jeans. and its not just one rack can. 4 racks with shelves on both sides can. redo till i siao. malus lor.. that i dont even talk to the rest for the rest of the day.. cos i cant imagone as they talk to me, deep in their heart they are laughing like hell. wth.

haas... but then it is going to be a learning point la. haa! nitey!

> now playing: tong en - ben lai (my all time fav) <

i dunno alot of thing.

i knew i couldnt cope with studies and work at the first place. thats why i resisted the idea right from the start, since i was yr 1. but now i am doing it. right now. i dunno if it was a right choice made. wanted to go to a uni one.. but i know that my grades arent that good and i have to put in one hundred more percent.

i was telling mum that work is definately going to affect my grades cos it will eat into my sleep time, my revision time, make me tired, cant concentrate in class. and guess what she says?

" so you think by not working your grades would be better? "

sighs. i really got nothing to say. relatives keeps saying that i have to work otherwise i will become lazy bones. my mum says this too. i cant believe she is saying things this sarcastic. i want to strive better too. i want better grades too. but since young i was never the material to study.. the constant meet-the-parents when i was in sec sch.. i will never forget my father says how much i had disgraced.

who doesnt want good grades? dont i want to go to uni? definately i want. and i will do it eventually. i hope nothing would be able to stop me.. I HOPE.

> now playing: lin jun jie - hui you na me yi tian <

baahhzz... i think everyone in the class have to submit a resume.. sighs.. dunno wat to write one.. cos not really involved in cca.. studies also so so only.. sianz!! times at writing resumes are the time i feel for inferior i am.. dun care la dun care la!

anw, yest went to pc show with minzhen, nicholas, qq and the rest. saw alot of things laa... there are just too many people there... like flooded with people..!

i dun care
i dun care
i dun care
i dun care
i dun care
i dun care
i dun care
i dun care
i dun care
i dun care

a pic from the PS class..
poor thing.. the lecturer who took over simon leong.. haha.. but wells, at least i am there to attend the lecture so i am a good student k. haha.

> now playing: nil <

"jieying says we looks like siblings!"

ok la gan jie. xin nian kuai le. hong bao na lai.
hahahah!

> now playing: wen lan - di yu tian shi <

warauz!!! mouth itchy!! wanna go k!!! *scratch scratch

this morn was free from class and wanted to jio ling and zb go de.. but then they both not free can!!! and zb was blogging bout his fun at party world the other day with his gang.

i so wanna go!!!! sianz..

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today simon leong did not come for the PSlecture.. and some one came to take over instead.. another one who like to talk crap.. but at least better then simon.. haha! wasnt really listening thou.. cos he is simply like presenting whats on the slides, which we all already has and can read.. was scribbling and drawing my notes practically..

hao going to start work tml at CK Tangs! Luck to him! and to yonghui and herry who are going down for interview soon.. then we will soon have the levi's family in class.. haa!!!

> now playing: hong jun yang - sha sha de shui <

i saw something from cruz teng's blog, and its so bloody nice and meaningful can! i am going to quote again.

I cringe uncontrollably… I might even froth at the mouth… At the mention of Forever.

Who’re you kidding, Lee Hom? was the reaction when I heard Forever Love.

I thought the line in 大城小爱 was more appropriate.

千万不要说天长地久 免得你觉得我不切实际

Ps: remember the story i told you kailing? the story bout me and someone?

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Yes, I made new friends. Along the way, I drifted away from old friends, or is it the other way round, as in they drifted away from me?

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Most significantly, I fell out with a rather close buddy eleven (8 months and 5 months for my case) months ago. At least, he made it seemed that we were close.

I then realised that the juvenile poems in primary school autograph books really made sense.

知人知面不知心 劝你交友要小心

Oh yes, be careful everyone.

It brings us back to the old topic of friendship.

How much you value and treasure your friends.

I believe that my philosophy isn’t gonna to make too many people happy
but I still abide by the saying, Whatever will be, will be.(Hey, it rhymes!)

> now playing: nan quan ma ma - wa jie <

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I LOVE U ALL TWO CAN

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BOTH SEND ME THE SAME SONG AT THE SAME TIME

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AND ITS THE SONG I WANT LOR

最快樂的人不一定擁有最好的東西，他們只是把握和珍惜所有他們得到的東西。™ says:
omg!!

最快樂的人不一定擁有最好的東西，他們只是把握和珍惜所有他們得到的東西。™ says:
haa

最快樂的人不一定擁有最好的東西，他們只是把握和珍惜所有他們得到的東西。™ says:
kel ^5

最快樂的人不一定擁有最好的東西，他們只是把握和珍惜所有他們得到的東西。™ says:
haa

[.*¨«Öº®ìgíñä£*º°·Smile~°· ©¨*.] - . says:
i got 1 declaration to make:

[.*¨«Öº®ìgíñä£*º°·Smile~°· ©¨*.] - . says:
i love u all

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Love ya all too! Haa!

> now playing: jay chou - dao dai <

home from work.. surprisingly not that tired.. haa.. anw its day 4 at OG Albert.. also da last day.. only 4 of us at weagon.. compared to the week ends 9 of us.. haa alot of diff rite? since only me, siqi, waileong and zi yuan, then we all talked lo.. haa. jus when i am on the track with them liao, then seperating. sighs. life is always like that. sianz. but will meet them again de la.. haa..

i will miss the people there.
i will miss the talks we had.
i will miss the ba chor mee.. with fried wanton and chicken chop.
i will miss punch card time. (thou always forget to)
i will miss OG albert!

and off i go.. to the next stop: changi airport.

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anw, today had the first written ica this sem.. CustBehavior... think i can pass ba.. cos most of the answer i can do.. either i noe or i jus chunk in something and got it right.. haha.. lucky leh..

oh before i forgot to blog about last nite.. went to meet up with the PEICAI people.. gathering! cos yizhi back on vocation from Canada.. therefore it is organised by him. and since its not me organising, didnt noe who was going.. went with chee wei.. at first i is cant go one.. cos work.. then sudden no need work. tot of staying home to study for ica but luckily i didnt! went with chee wei.. then on the escalator sudden someone called us.. its emma!! so shock and surprise.. haha.. very thrilling and ci ji.. cos i don't know who is going.. at all.. love this kind of feeling! full of mystery and surprise.. anw, alot of us went! the peeps got yizhi, me, huishan, cheewei, des, ross, emma, thiong ming, ms kang, ming chuan, edwin, shandy, yuto, derrick, zaiquan, xinghui, ronald. grand event k.. lol.. since we graduated 3 yrs ago havent got a gathering with such complete people.. haa.. ate at swenson while we all talked.. bout the old times.. the teachers.. others in class.. our "good behaviors".. how our hair was washed and ankle socks caught.. how we do maths corrections for each other, chinese essays, squating when we forget calculators, detention and all! seems like just yesterday but its already years.. wa! old liao. haa.

it is great to see all of them.. especially peeps like yizhi, edwin, mingchuan etc.. havent seen them for like 3 years? gatherings are a good time to connect back with each other.. thou last time we may not be close, its certainly wont be a barrier now. like wat yizhi said, brotherhood like that is only in sec school.. which i agree.. suffer together, play together, happy together, sad together. i think further down in my road of life, this kind of friendship will not appear liao.. cos there wont be time like the past. now, "friends" calculate when they befriend you. last time no one lor. like edwin, last time we also not close, but now he still can motivate me for study and life. cos of the old time friendship.

however, i believe life still have hopes. there will still be good people. =)

edit:
today ba zang day also leh.. haha.. everyone got eat ba zang not? i had mine! those we made ourselves... yummy!!

> now playing: nil <

specially for our dear miss carrie huang...

hp ≠ Hewlett-Packard only can!

haha.. she tot i was refering to some printer or what when i asked her bout it last nite.. but actually i was only asking her something bout HANDPHONES lo... haa!!!

so sian! now in report writing lab..

> now playing: she - yi qi kai shi de lu cheng <

some pics kailing shared with me and zibin.. so cute!! the food! wonder if i will eat it if i got to see them.. maybe she bu de eat them can! haa..

> now playing: fan yi chen - love story <

and then i goes off.. lightly.. soundlessly..

jus like the way i entered your life.

off i go.. just like wind.. will you ever still remembers me?

once there a place in your life.. but no longer now..

> now playing: yang chen ling - ai mei <


四叶草代表的是得到幸福，快乐，健康。

我把我的幸福，快乐，健康送给了你，
但却不再看到你带着它。

可能你再也不需要我在你的世界了吧？

你要快乐。

你要幸福。

因为这是我的期望。

> now playing: yang chen ling - zuo bian <

warauz.. i forget to punch card at the cashier when i return from lunch today.. but then nora says as long as i got punch at security there then ok liao. sighs, later they dun want to pay me for the hours then i cry no tears leh.. haha..

anw today's time passed alot faster.. me and charmaine was like talk and talk and talk whole morn.. then after lunch wai long and jasmine (the 17 yo girl in the prev post) came.. and me and charmaine and jasmine crapped the rest of the days of can.. and then jasmine was talking racist jokes.. not noeing some indians are behind us.. arrggh... i think they heard us.. lol!!

and there is smuggling of sweets in and all sorts. generally today is a better day! gotta work for tues and wed.. and after that i will not be at OG Albert anymore. sighs.. also good la.. here the punch card system so ma fan.. haha.. but i will miss the good food and some of the nice people here!