break from camp life

NO MORE BOOK-INs for the rest of 2010 =DD
will be on leave from now till 2nd january where i have to report back to camp...
it will be a break from army life and i get back part of my lost civilian identity

surprise visit at cw's house to celebrate his bday on 16th dec
somehow the plan failed and he spotted us at the corridor area...
stayed overnight at his house and played fifa2011 for the rest of the night
damn i shld stick with winning eleven... its hard to score goals in fifa

went Irodori Japanese Restaurant for buffet dinner ytd as part of cw's bday celebration
the food there was not bad but the serving is too freaking small...
one serving of food means one piece... nothing more...
ended up we spent more time ordering than eating considering the "generous" portion...
went for midnight movie at cathay afterwards
after deciding for a while we agreeded to watch tron...
haha as usual movies by disney are sort of boring and the story is kind of lame...
by the time the movie ended it was 3am...
went to play lan at selegie area after that and spend the next 3 hours there...
its been damn long since i last spent the whole night in town area
reached home at 7+am and i jus fall into the bed straight
haha guess i getting old and cnt keep up with such lifestyle...

its a joke seriously...

chased by coast guards and being treated as some illegal immigrant on speed boat...
that was what exactly happened last week when i was out for some exercise
we were suppose to cruise from khatib area to east coast on speedboat
but somehow we went right into the restricted area of changi naval base after we passed by changi jetty...
the whole camp was alerted and siren could be heard everywhere...
searchlight flooded us and we were all instructed to stop whatever we are doing
the coast guard sped toward us in their boat with weapons loaded...
damn we ain't illegal immigrants... we are NSFs just like you!!!
haha what an adventure we had... i guess we somehow screw up the whole exercise =DD
we did not manage to reach east coast in the end due to the unforseen delay
i was laughing throughout the whole duration with the safety officer who was in the same boat
this gonna be the most memorable joke for the year =DD

class gathering on sat was great
at least there were more ppl and hence more fun =D
come to think of it its been at least 6 months since some of us last met...
well lets see if we could get more ppl the next time round...

eNd Of cLaYm0Re...

2 weeks has passed and i m back to SG
enjoyed myself in thailand for quite a bit especially on days without training
missed the pineapple rice, phat-thai and some other local dish
their food seriously taste heavenly compared to SG...
weather is much hotter than singapore and i had trouble sleeping due to the temperature
training under the sun is worst and we were all practically baked under the blazing heat
played dotA in the canteen whenever i have time and it is really a good way to pass time
met the infamous "jenny" at the canteen and he is damn bloody fat...
he still wore some oversized dress and perform cat-walk around the canteen...
damn that really spoilt our appetite for the day

had our educational tour today before returning back to SG
first stop was at the death railway
nothing much to see actually so we just slept inside the bus...
spent 80% of our time travelling all the way back to bangkok
and we ended up with only 1 hour to shop in one mega big shopping mall
damn and i could not buy anything cause the place is just too big to walk ard...
saw this A&W restaurant and somehow everyone is crazy about the curly fries...
bought the chicken burger meal for A&W for dinner and it tasted somehow like burger king
boarded the plane and reach SG at 1am
saw this group of ppl at the departure area waiting to go for claymore frame 2...
waved at them and we could see their unwillingness to leave singapore
haha that was how we were feeling 2 weeks ago but its over for us now =D
well lets hope there is no next time for us to go claymore again

final hours in SG

In 24 hours time
i will b on board the plane bound for thailand...
lets hope i can return in one piece haha
gonna see changi airport again on e 16th september @ 2am (estimated timing)
cnt wait for the evaluation exercise to be over
3 days + 3 night out in e field...
hope no farmers/rioters/random guy come open fire at us

learned how to operate e assault boat when doing my usual stuff in camp
i was allowed to play with the boat and drive ard
initially had fear it will capsize but no matter hw hard i tried
the boat is still far from having e danger of capsizing

had our usual soccer gathering at yy's hse on sat morning
had lunch at amk hub's NYNY and celebrating seb's bday at e same time
one of my fren was persuaded to take up the giant yankee burger challenge
when the burger finally arrive at e table
we were all shocked by the overwhelming amount of fries they gave
rather than the size of the burger itself...
haha screw NYNY give so much fries so ppl cnt finish the whole meal*(including fries)
and ended up we have to fork out another 41 bucks for the burger+fries

went douby gaut after tt to meet up with jiahao, edmund, trendy and junhong
played pool at parklane mall for like 1 hours before heading off for dinner
watched growing up after tt at plaza sing...
seriously the movie is damn freaking boring right from the start
the storyline is plain and there is no action, no nothing at all...
its is a movie about 5 childhood fren and what happen 30 years later when their instructor die...
fall asleep halfway thru e movie and i could nt rmb anything more...
damn the movie is a total waste of (time + money)
walked down orchard to TGIF and had drinks there while we had our talks
haha time flies since we last finished our A levels
went stayover at junhong house with jiahao after our little talks...

one mOre week

this gonna b my last 2nd weekend in SG before leaving for thailand next monday night(30 aug)
gonna be there for 2 weeks till 16 september...
cnt believe that e battalion is just going to thailand and build bridge for 3 days
den for the rest of the time is jus spent to get accustomed to the weather condition

Battalion anniversary was held at wild wild wet last friday
about 400+ guys were at wild wild wet and it was really stupid...
planned to zao right after attendence was taken but ended up stuck inside wild wild wet
the place is seriously boring with nothing fun at all
freaking waste of our time and wasted my bus fare for the trip there
anw went to have my late lunch at pastamania with my frens before the event ended
watched The Expendables with abraham jiahao and edmund after that at lido
the jokes were seriously hilarious especially this part

arnold: Give this job to my fren here. He loves playing in the jungle, right?
stallone: Right.
bruce: Whats his fcuking problem
stallone: He wants to become a president

played street soccer with the usual guys from mayflower ytd morning
they were like commenting on my thailand trip...
keep cursing my plane crash, thailand riot etc
what kind of good frens are they... LOL

experience my first unsupervised medical cover ytd for the battalion run
its also one of the longest medical cover i will experience in my nsf life
woke up on thurs morning 5am just to prepare e stores
went to watch the coy build bridge using m3g till evening
its seriously damn boring watching these machine work...
maybe i shld have bought along my itouch or psp lor
the first advise i got from my csm was to quickly get myself a psp and i was like WTH
now i finally get to experience first hand how boring the life of a medic is...

damn i can't wait for thailand exercise to be over
and i can enjoy my 6 days off and its the end of high key event for us
16 more months in the army
480+days to go...

end of OJT...

2 weeks have passed and that marks the end of my on job training and stay-out
going back to 35SCE and will be there till my ORD date
its confirmed i will be going thailand in one month time
staying there for 2 weeks and the "mission" will only last for 4 days
damn i dun wan to dig shellscrape or camoe myself already...
heard the weather in thailand is extremely hot and hence there will b lot of heatstroke case
gonna prepare lots of IV infusion haha
guess i will be damn experienced in IV when i come back from thailand
might be expecting an activation call either today or tml
damn they better not spoilt my weekend....

Reunion...

went to sentosa for a gathering with abraham after he MIA for almost 7 months from SG...
this gonna b one of his last time in SG before going to study in canada
the next time we meet each other would b most probably during euro2012...
as usual i m the earliest... even though i m 10 mins late
seriously army teaches us to be punctual right? however the training seems to have an inverse effect...
waited for junhong and edmund at vivo for like 2 hours before we finally saw them
bought a cheapskate ball at toy 'r' us for soccer at sentosa
i just realise that i can use ez-link card to gain access into sentosa
haha tink i m really cut off from civilization for too long
went to siloso beach and we started our very own world cup game
its been long since we had a get-together for the guys of A06
especially since abraham is back to indonesia and the fact we have to SERVE ns makes it even harder
cycled after trendy came to join us at ard 4pm
seriously sentosa is getting more overprice each day...
damn is SG really so despo to suck $$ off the tourist in sentosa??
i wonder if it will be the first and last time of the tourist to come sentosa if they ever visit SG again
i believe they would definitely have the common sense to know they have been robbed by the merchants in sentosa
went back to habourfront for dinner and we sort of develop an interest in the teh-tarik there
jiahao and junhong had 2 dose of them and they still yearn for more...
anw everyone left after that leaving behind me jiahao and edmund
went to the top floor of vivo and had some 'HTH' talk
however everything seems to link to army and to down pes...
went home at ard 11...

past one week in seletar medical centre for attachment is damn fun
stay-out life is damn addictive and i hope it can go on forever
been reporting to camp every morning for briefing on stuff we suppose to know
went back to bunk for nap for 2 hours after that while waiting for lunch
had another 4 hours of sleep after lunch before booking out...
seriously i admit i have been doing nothing at all for the past one week except sleeping
haix i feel guilty now yet i hope this kinda of life can go on...

2nd POP in my NSF life

passed out as a combat medic last friday
been doing drills and marching during the last 2 days in SMTI to prepare for the parade...
wednesday was our last night in SMTI and hence some of us decided to hold "blanket party"
went to prank our platoon best and few other ppl after lights out...
ended up one of them sleep with SOG(knife) throughout the night...
haha maybe its a bad idea to play such prank on that guy afterall

posted to selatar camp 35SCE as a platoon medic(damn!)
which translate to no stay out plus need chiong mountain...
first day there was just settling admin stuff and orientation around the camp
well the good thing is stay-out for first 2 weeks during the on-job-training period
jus gt news that i may be gg along with the unit to thailand for exercise 2 month later...
haix although some ppl say combat medic life is damn slack, it all depends on unit
i jus hope i will not need to dig my own grave(shellscrape) ever again!!

medical centre attachment!!

yay its finally the medical centre attachment week
stay-out for 2 days from today till wednesday...
posted to stagmont camp to learn about how the medical centre operates
the store IC role seems to be the worst of all and that guy looks damn stress up
will be going back for the next 2 days to practice IV and drawing of blood...
had lectures for the whole of last week and almost everyone sleep thru everything
i manage to stay awake half of the time and rmb-ed half of what we are suppose to know...
guess we will be screwed on thursday for the last theory test

3 more weeks to pass out as a medic
praying very hard to get posted to e medical centre...
pls dun give me platoon medic posting...

enjoying my life in SMTI for the past few weeks...
went for underwater medic selection on tuesday and we were made to jump from 3m height...
sounds easy but once i got up to the platform somehow my balls 'shrink'...
freefall for 3m before hitting the water beneath
there was a 10m platform too but i guess thats reserved for divers...
nights out on wednesday and went to the nearby lan shop for my first dotA game with my platoon mates
guess the dotA craze will still go on for quite a while...
stand-by universe(personal belonging inspection) ytd before we book out
took 90 mins to complete and all mp4 were inspected for pornographic content etc...
and all these was done due to a theft case from some other platoon...
haix army is always so efficient at wasting ppl's time

my weekend gone....

first weekend guard duty of my NSF life
there goes half of my friday and the whole of my precious sat...
i could barely stay awake during my night shift at 12am
there was practically no soul entering or leaving the camp after 12am
haix why can't they just lock up the camp from 12am-6am and we can get more rest...
anw there was NDP rehersal in nee soon camp ytd and hence we get to enjoy their food
seriously the catered food for NDP is damn nice
much better than our cookhouse pathetic meal...
finished my duty at 8am this morning and went for breakfast with my parents

ended EMT(emergency medical technician) paramedic level 1 course last friday
will be starting level 2 this coming week... more things to learn and practice...
haix SMTI seriously live up to its expection of anyone who enters will fatten up
haha so far everyone who went there had put on extra pound
wonder what will happen to our body shape after three month...

one month has passed in SAF medical training institute(SMTI)
it is "holiday camp" compared to the type of treatment we get in BMT
2 more month to go before passing out as a medic
in the meantime i gt to memorise all the medical terms and procedure for the test next week
guess the course is quite worthwhile since i m able to pass out with level 1 paramedics cert
had my first nights out last tuesday and i hope it will not b the last...
4 ppl were late when returning to camp and one even lost his camp pass...
haix so many screw up happen on our first nights out

meeting up with my classmates tml for movie
just his luck to get 3 week confinement while i only get 9 days...
thinking back abt my BMT days i can just describe it as - enjoyable but u will not want to do it again...
glad i made it thru as a recruit and life is so much better now
hoping to get posted to some stay-out unit after my course
approx 560 more days to go...

2 weeks past since i first step into SMTI nee soon camp
well my training is basically full of lectures everyday
and it feels like i m back to school where i have to memorise things i m nt even interested in...
damn medic course is indeed torturing on the mind
especially when i do nt have any background knowledge in biology
suppose to have my first live IV last friday bt i missed it due to medical appointment
i m totally not a soldier pls... i m just a civilian forced to wear green!
haix i totally need to find a way to get thru my remaining 19 months...

received my letters from NTU and SMU finally
still wondering if i shld go for the business course or shld i change to FASS...
heard from my frens the ppl in business course are totally out of my league
and hence may compromise my performance in class participation...
however this may be a chance to improve myself by learning from them
haix maybe i shld jus stop thinking for now and decide 19 months later after i ORD-ed...

booking in later at 2200...
tml will be my first theory test on human body
have a feeling that i will totally flung this test
i have missed 3 days of lesson in the first week due to MC
and missed 1 day of lesson last week due to medical appointment...
haha i guess i will be OOC soon if i continue to miss lesson

Block leave!!

graduated from tekong BMTC school 1 last week...
yeah i had survived the 24km road march and i will be out of tekong for good
received my new posting yesterday and i gt a freaking shock
i gt posted to medical training institute and my vocation is combat medic...
damn guess its a 'good game' for me...
heard from few of my friends it gonna be a 'xiong' vocation if i m attached to 'chiong mountain' unit....
haix all i can do now is only pray that i will be attached to support unit...

been going out for the whole of the block leave
class gathering last sat at trendy's hse and only half the class turned up...
other half practically vanished to other parts of earth
had interview at NTU on tuesday and SMU on thursday...
been having a bad feeling abt the interview bt nonetheless i hope i will be accepted into the business school...
played pool with 2A06 ppl on friday and i realise how much i miss my civilian life...
DAMN if i m not serving NS how good life would have been for me
BUT its a growing up process of Male S'porean to waste 2 years of our life...

met up for soccer at yy's house today
talk a lot abt army stuff and they wished me luck on my vocation
haix guess that's the end of me...
played DotA at GoodSpeedCyberCafe after having lunch
yeah it sure brings back memories of life in sec school
watched Kick-Ass at amk hub after dinner
freaking gory but funny movie...

damnit i m still thinking a lot about my vocation...
seems like i m worrying a bit too much
haix can someone who has any idea how combat medic life gonna b like enlighten me?

One more week to POP!!

yeah finally i m getting my ass out of tekong...
the place is actually a perfect venue for a getaway
scenery is nice and the air is fresh...
BUT its also the place where we are subjected to suffering and torture
well i m glad due to the fact i will be passing out from tekong and i hope i will not return there again... not as a recruit...
24km route march on wednesday night from 10pm till 6am on thursday where i will have my graduation parade
and i will be getting a 10-day block leave starting from 9th april =D
booking in later at 7pm... will be my last book-in to tekong as a recruit
guess i will be having my hair-cut either today or tml
2 more graduation parade rehersal to go and seriously do we even need so much rehersal??

gonna miss the bird's singing at tekong everynight
the first night in tekong was a nightmare as the bird's chipping were so loud that we all could barely sleep...
well 4 more days and i will be through with BMT

5th week of BMT

i have conquered the 5-day daunting journey of BMT
field-camp is finally over and its a milestone of my BMTC experience
the field-camp is supposely one of the high-key event and also the toughest
managed to survive the whole episode with blisters all around me
felt relieve after the announcement that we had complete the field-camp with 0% dropout rate
i suppose the rest of my 4 remaining weeks of BMT would be less demanding
will be having Situational Test this week...
still considering if i should go for command school or just opt to be men...
seriously my aim in NS is to "get over and done with"...
hence i m still deciding which path would be the easiest to take and go through my remaining 1 year 9 month.

4th week of BMT @ tekong

yeah 1 month has passed since i first enlisted on 4th feb 2010...
tomorrow will be my live range on SAR-21
hoping to get marksman which require me to hit 26/32 shots
field camp will be starting on monday and end on sat...
i hope time will just fly for next week as i seriously hate the out-field experience
guess we will all be treated worst than animals for the coming week...

gotta our A levels result yesterday...
5th march 2010 marks the official end of A levels for us
managed to hit 83 pts despite me fearing for econs and math...
gt D for GP and B for h1 physics...
expected A for h1 physics but somehow something went wrong somewhere
manage to obtain As for the other H2 subjects (history, econs, math)
shocked when i saw the result slip and made me wonder how i did it
all in all i had managed to at least secure a place somewhere in one of the 3 public uni...
still deciding of which course to apply and guess i will summit the application next week

haix dunno if i shld be happy or what as field camp is next week and i m seriously vry depressed by the fact i have to suffer there...
i just hope NS will end soon and i can return to civilian life...

First week passed by...

one week have passed while i am in Tekong...
longed for civilian life but i still have 650 days more to serve
frens and relative kept reminding to try to go for OCS...
while i was thinking of jus slacking off the 2 years and b some sergeant
seriously i am not the kind who is so 'garang' one
anw first week's training was still managable except the PT which was tough

had a temporary break from army during the new year holiday
went m'sia visit relatives and had fun with firecrackers...
had lots of bak kwa and hope i still have my voice as its all heaty stuff

gonna return back to tekong at 7pm later...
will be having dinner with my section mate at pasir ris
haix will b back on friday night or sat morning...

Sent Abraham off to Dutch east indies (Indonesia) ytd...
Gonna see him only when the results of A levels is released...
Well it's sad that he's gone from Singapore
but this may have been a better route considering one is able to skip national service...
Anyway good luck always and all the best in findin the lifestyle that suits you best

shoppin in town now for new year clothing and NS stuff...
Just bought my cheap watch for NS
hmm now I guess I just left a belt to get...
Well with less than 3 days to go
I better treasure every min I have now and spend them wisely...

Last weekend....

Ok this is it... 4 more days ( including today )
i would miss my bed and everything...
but this is the route most guys would have to take...
going to tekong and get "fcuked"

last day of my job at Toppan last friday
it was quite an enjoyable experience although the job is very boring...
gonna miss the nice food at ubi
i only remember the thing i always look forward to at work is lunch

met up with the usual ppl for soccer ytd
gonna be the last weekend we meeting up
next time would be after chinese new year and that would be like 3-4 weeks away...
watched toothfairy at AMK with them and the movie was damn hilarious
some of the stuff they have was just so damn stupid...
all in all had a good laugh in there

gg out with my parents ltr...
haix the thought of going to tekong and confine for 10 days makes me "tulan" (no better word to describe)

10 days and counting(down)...

shopping for new year clothes these few days...
gonna get all the stuff before i enlist
hate the idea of going to tekong and shutting myself out from the rest of the world
But i gt no choice... "LAN LAN" must serve...

went clubbing with ham and his frens yesterday at ST james
will be my last experience(or second last) of clubbin as i do not tink i will be back anytime soon
missed the free entry for students by about 10 minutes
how 'lucky' for us =D
saw quite a few baldy there and its obvious they are serving their NS
NO WAY i will go clubbin BALD....

11+ more days...

counting down to enlistment...
well my last 2 weekends as a civilian before migrating to Tekong
i jus realise i need to pack my bag for NS...
actually thought just need bring my IC and nothing else
heard from my frens they will provide everything u need...
well i will bring the minimal amount of things there

my job will be over in about 1 week time
actually can extent till end of march...
But my enlistment came early and i do not have any choice
its easy money considering u do not have to sweat
haix NS seriously ruins everything...

18 days to hell...

In approximately 3 weeks i will be recruited into tekong...
will miss civilian life and most importantly, hair
soon i will too be labelled as *botah*
guess i should start shopping for a cap or something...

working at Toppan security printing currently till end of january
been working with cepas cards and activating them using some reader...
these cards include ez-link, passion card, citibank credit etc
the job seriously is plain boring though very easy
the first 1 hour at work i yawned 5 times...
thats the extent of the boring-ness of the nature of this job
and i have been keeping awake in the office with the help of countless cups of coffee

gotta my hands on ipod touch 32gb last week
this will be my lifesaver to curb boredom in NS
will not be bringing it for BMT as theft is very common especially in tekong
for now i will enjoy my Civilian life as much as possible... till enlistment day...

ouch... benefit of student gone !!

concession pass, student lunch, student movie discount...
its all gone in a blink of an eye once the clock struck 12 on the first day of 2010
transport cost is up to 4 times more expensive compared to the past 45cents...
and i must remember to tap my ez-link card when getting off the bus
used to only tap once when boarding the bus but not when alighting...
sometimes i m glad that i was still a student given so much benefits

soccer @ yy house in the morning
the street-soccer court was full and we ended up playing at the field beside it
feel like slping after the game...
ltr still got to turn up for work at 9pm
yeah its the last day(night) at Arena =D

ITS 2010!!!

first day of 2010, first post of 2010
i need a new goal to work towards for this year
earn my first million? get driving licence by end of this year?
first option would never be possible when u are serving NS
well i should get a more realistic goal for myself
A levels result would be released in about 3 month time
i do hope to be able to get into a local university in either business or engineering faculty

worked at Arena for the past 3 days
tml gonna be my last day(finally) (last day supposed to be now....)
the countdown to 2010 was crazy
2009 was a tough year especially with the A levels included in it
people were getting high everywhere celebrating the beginning of 2010
had an inhouse party at 6am after the patrons left the Arena premises
unlimited flow of martell for everyone working @ Arena
gonna enjoy while it last as i would be enlisting in 1 month time

changing my phone soon to a non-camara one due to security issue at military base
planning to get an itouch but could not decide on 8gb or 32gb
the price for the 8gb is S$258 while the latter cost S$408 from an online blogshop
wanted the 16gb model but apple had terminated the production

still hunting for my next holiday job which would last me for one month before my enlistment
it gonna be tough especially for such short period commitment...
gonna sleep now... street-soccer for tml morning =D