i spent the day trying to figure out how i can combat boredom in camp. i figured the fundemental problem with camp. n camp tv - no disney ch, no espn, no nickelodeon.. argh.. now i realise how dependant i am on these channels.. esp since ch5 decided against showing nice programmes..
apart from that i also watched x3. it was nice, but i was like.. NOOO half the time.. or "that didnt happen in Evolution did it?"... its a wonder how many different storylines can be created from a single set of characters.. tonight i'm booking in; the same routine of grey's anatomy plus sleep.. but i so wish i could go to changi airport tonight.. but i think its a biiit hard la.
hai..
hope i wont be too bored next few days. esp with keira (not her real name. i think.. =P) in japan n all.. oh well.. time for dinner.. ciao..
out.
Monday, May 29
Sunday, May 28
Spectacle
I've finally felt the extreme boredom that makes me understand why its said that boredom can kill you. On friday. I was bored of playing chess bored of reading bored of watching tv (there was nthg on anyway) bored of sleeping and yes, even bored of being bored.
So i gathered that i needed human n verbal communication, which can sometimes be very hard to achieve in a bunk where pple mainly are sleeping. even if they're awake i think there's some sort of a language barrier.. hmm.. but they were sleepign anyway.
But after the night i got bored (frustrated, maybe) with human interaction. n i slipped again into the state of sec-sch "i-hate-the-world-as-much-as-it-hates-me" mood. not the mood to do a useless redundant (yes the word redundant is redundant) parade rehearsal. think i'd better thank pte chia next to me for a spectacular performance that kept the probing eyes of ISM and RSM and all the SMs away from me. and yes, i AM sarcastic w.r.t. "spectacular"..
Not really, mb.. spectacular means a spectacle innit?
hmm...
anw lucky i snapped out of it with thanks a-many to my dear. =)
i cantored the responsorial psalm again - think i was prreeetttyyy nervous; considering the fact that i was given the task with a split second notice last week. but i think was quite smooth sailing..
and the sky's so dark n cloudy and miserable. again. good weather for a parade rehearsal.
ciao. out.
So i gathered that i needed human n verbal communication, which can sometimes be very hard to achieve in a bunk where pple mainly are sleeping. even if they're awake i think there's some sort of a language barrier.. hmm.. but they were sleepign anyway.
But after the night i got bored (frustrated, maybe) with human interaction. n i slipped again into the state of sec-sch "i-hate-the-world-as-much-as-it-hates-me" mood. not the mood to do a useless redundant (yes the word redundant is redundant) parade rehearsal. think i'd better thank pte chia next to me for a spectacular performance that kept the probing eyes of ISM and RSM and all the SMs away from me. and yes, i AM sarcastic w.r.t. "spectacular"..
Not really, mb.. spectacular means a spectacle innit?
hmm...
anw lucky i snapped out of it with thanks a-many to my dear. =)
i cantored the responsorial psalm again - think i was prreeetttyyy nervous; considering the fact that i was given the task with a split second notice last week. but i think was quite smooth sailing..
and the sky's so dark n cloudy and miserable. again. good weather for a parade rehearsal.
ciao. out.
Thursday, May 25
Pick Me!
I've decided against re-designing a template for this blog - this goes quite well in turqouise. And it's quite peaceful. Ahhh... Maybe next time if I was give free time with a computer that has internet capabilities and equipped with photoshop.
Anyway I'm home as i was given half day off - for helping/volunteering to help with the red cross home. I still have no idea what prompted me to shoot my hand up when volunteers were being called - it's not a usual habit of mine... perhaps because i'm a bit on the impersonal side, for some reason.. Anyway I was quite happy that by singing/trying to sing and play guitar for them they got quite happy, especially at my turn-John-Denver*-in-his-grave rendition of "Country Roads". But heck, its like almost the only song i can play by heart (try to play) with a guitar. Yet, it remains my opinion that these folks love country music. Still, it WOULD hv been quite cool and easier if they had offered me a piano/keyboard/organ to play...
Still, maybe i'll try to volunteer more - think its actually quite fun. think la..
Anw i think it definitely beats Singapore Idol (not that I feel the need to join that craze), as I think its nicer to sing for pple who'd appreciate it.
But tonight still have to book in again, 2230. But still enough time to go for church (Ascension Day) and still relax quite comfortably - and its only today that I realise that Ascension is unique to Catholics.. hmmm.. Or maybe its just that some Christian Churches don't celebrate it. hmm.. correct me if I need to be corrected, please..
To continue on my reading cum learn malayalam spree, to keep my mind active so as to ensure it doesn't rot in these few days of freedom. weeks, rather. I've finished Sue Townsend's No.10 and I agree with the critic's view that its definitely her best novel since adrian mole. Innit jus saying that well, it still can't be compared to adrian mole?? which is true lah. Still i think its an overly political book - British shouldn't complain about their government before looking at others'. I'm sure all forms of government have too many flaws. And I still believe that uncontrolled democracy is anarchy. And Anarchy is True "power-to-the-people". And that people should nvr be trusted to hv power.
And yes. Stop trying to figure out my political ideology.
And don't bother asking me why I agree with Singapore's political system, or why I would enjoy living in a sub-totalitarian state. Its Healthy.
And please don't accuse me of improper and excessive use of the word "And" to begin sentences. I'm feeling particularly rebellious today, and rebelling against the laws of grammar is probably the wisest means of rebelling one could do working in the Singapore Armed Forces. Or in Singapore for that matter.
Malayalam-learning is well, reasonably disastrous. The book sucks. Either that or its impossible/ unheard of to learn your true Mother Tongue from a book.
But i still maintain the book sucks. It can hardly serve to teach me, with rudimentary-squared knowledge of the language; how in all that's good can it help teach Malayalam through English to AngMoh-ly educated ones?
And furthermore how is it humanly** possible to learn the language in 30 days? True, reasonably enough, they offer a glossary of 900 words. For those not so mathematically inclined, that's 30 words per day (and that's reasonable). But I'm definitely sure there's more than 900 words in the language.
So perhaps more accurately it's possible to learn 900-words of the language in 30 days, rather than learn the language in thirty days..
Or learn N% of the language in 30 days (where N is the frequency percentage the words come out in everyday speech). Aye, that would sell.
Ok i should stop wasting my precious free time blogging. Out!
*John Denver is the singer for the song Country Roads. He's also famous for many many more songs. All country.
**'Human' is used figuratively. While acknowledge that there are some homosapiens who CAN learn a language in 30days, these I seldom refer to as "human". They have some divine gift bestowed upon them that others don't. *Cough*Y.T.H.*Cough*
Anyway I'm home as i was given half day off - for helping/volunteering to help with the red cross home. I still have no idea what prompted me to shoot my hand up when volunteers were being called - it's not a usual habit of mine... perhaps because i'm a bit on the impersonal side, for some reason.. Anyway I was quite happy that by singing/trying to sing and play guitar for them they got quite happy, especially at my turn-John-Denver*-in-his-grave rendition of "Country Roads". But heck, its like almost the only song i can play by heart (try to play) with a guitar. Yet, it remains my opinion that these folks love country music. Still, it WOULD hv been quite cool and easier if they had offered me a piano/keyboard/organ to play...
Still, maybe i'll try to volunteer more - think its actually quite fun. think la..
Anw i think it definitely beats Singapore Idol (not that I feel the need to join that craze), as I think its nicer to sing for pple who'd appreciate it.
But tonight still have to book in again, 2230. But still enough time to go for church (Ascension Day) and still relax quite comfortably - and its only today that I realise that Ascension is unique to Catholics.. hmmm.. Or maybe its just that some Christian Churches don't celebrate it. hmm.. correct me if I need to be corrected, please..
To continue on my reading cum learn malayalam spree, to keep my mind active so as to ensure it doesn't rot in these few days of freedom. weeks, rather. I've finished Sue Townsend's No.10 and I agree with the critic's view that its definitely her best novel since adrian mole. Innit jus saying that well, it still can't be compared to adrian mole?? which is true lah. Still i think its an overly political book - British shouldn't complain about their government before looking at others'. I'm sure all forms of government have too many flaws. And I still believe that uncontrolled democracy is anarchy. And Anarchy is True "power-to-the-people". And that people should nvr be trusted to hv power.
And yes. Stop trying to figure out my political ideology.
And don't bother asking me why I agree with Singapore's political system, or why I would enjoy living in a sub-totalitarian state. Its Healthy.
And please don't accuse me of improper and excessive use of the word "And" to begin sentences. I'm feeling particularly rebellious today, and rebelling against the laws of grammar is probably the wisest means of rebelling one could do working in the Singapore Armed Forces. Or in Singapore for that matter.
Malayalam-learning is well, reasonably disastrous. The book sucks. Either that or its impossible/ unheard of to learn your true Mother Tongue from a book.
But i still maintain the book sucks. It can hardly serve to teach me, with rudimentary-squared knowledge of the language; how in all that's good can it help teach Malayalam through English to AngMoh-ly educated ones?
And furthermore how is it humanly** possible to learn the language in 30 days? True, reasonably enough, they offer a glossary of 900 words. For those not so mathematically inclined, that's 30 words per day (and that's reasonable). But I'm definitely sure there's more than 900 words in the language.
So perhaps more accurately it's possible to learn 900-words of the language in 30 days, rather than learn the language in thirty days..
Or learn N% of the language in 30 days (where N is the frequency percentage the words come out in everyday speech). Aye, that would sell.
Ok i should stop wasting my precious free time blogging. Out!
*John Denver is the singer for the song Country Roads. He's also famous for many many more songs. All country.
**'Human' is used figuratively. While acknowledge that there are some homosapiens who CAN learn a language in 30days, these I seldom refer to as "human". They have some divine gift bestowed upon them that others don't. *Cough*Y.T.H.*Cough*
Monday, May 22
May I Be Bold Enough
No. This is not me eating humble pie and succumbing to the ignomity of accepting someone else's design for MY blog. This is me seeing the urgent need to let this blog be seen/read by those out there who insist on this wonderful tool that is Mozilla Firefox. Me, not knowing too much about this marvellous tool that apparently surpasses IE severely, thus had to rely on someone else's design while i adapt to this new revelation that MY previous template could not be read properly by M.F. (see tagboard for details). Sorry for any inconveniences caused.
On the other hand, I'm sure I'd be up and ready with a new and "bold" design by next week. I will use my endless free time (that comes to an end this mid-June) to attempt to try to change the layout of MY blog. Note the assertiveness of my claim on MY blog; which is directly related to my resilience in accepting another's artwork to frame.
I have to admit, I hate, loathe, absolutely despise this new system of weekends that I'm getting - my weekend comprises Sunday and Monday. Good? (refer to previous posts) now to add to that.
In the past - Sunday is Family Day. Saturday is Friends/GF Day. Quite good, actually; going out on a Saturday doesn't feel so bad, Sunday - well, quite blue day. So it's good to stay home on Sunday.
But now, both Sunday and Saturday compress into ONE day. Both family and friends, exception sally (not her real name...), work on Monday, as is with most Singaporeans. Quite stressful. Why can't those little brats in the Uniformed Groups in the Parade still have exams on?? Then at least rehearsals would end earlier and yay.. that's marvellous news!!!
Grr.. And i've realised the true wayang-ness of a Parade. The word itself is a give-away. Parade = Show. Show = Wayang.. No wonder the SAF takes such pride in the NDP.. grr.. National Day Wayang..
Of all the idiocies (don even noe if there's such a word) of carrying a rifle incapable of despatching a bullet and show it off proudly in front of Mr President. Who doesn't look as though he cares... grr.. I'm sorry. Maybe its a wayang (show) of troops discipline. Again i guffaw. Discipline! HAHAHA!!!
This show with Pte A. Chia next to me - more famous by his success as D-coy Worst Recruit. Sorry, normally I don't talk behind backs. but i think i'll make an exception as i think it won't make a difference whatsoever to him.
Anyway, I think i'll go off now. Been thinking of the past alot recently. all the way back from sec 2... a bit of flashbacks here and there.. ahh yes.
OK. Camp is beckoning. (and grey's anatomy). Ciao, @UVLight.com
On the other hand, I'm sure I'd be up and ready with a new and "bold" design by next week. I will use my endless free time (that comes to an end this mid-June) to attempt to try to change the layout of MY blog. Note the assertiveness of my claim on MY blog; which is directly related to my resilience in accepting another's artwork to frame.
I have to admit, I hate, loathe, absolutely despise this new system of weekends that I'm getting - my weekend comprises Sunday and Monday. Good? (refer to previous posts) now to add to that.
In the past - Sunday is Family Day. Saturday is Friends/GF Day. Quite good, actually; going out on a Saturday doesn't feel so bad, Sunday - well, quite blue day. So it's good to stay home on Sunday.
But now, both Sunday and Saturday compress into ONE day. Both family and friends, exception sally (not her real name...), work on Monday, as is with most Singaporeans. Quite stressful. Why can't those little brats in the Uniformed Groups in the Parade still have exams on?? Then at least rehearsals would end earlier and yay.. that's marvellous news!!!
Grr.. And i've realised the true wayang-ness of a Parade. The word itself is a give-away. Parade = Show. Show = Wayang.. No wonder the SAF takes such pride in the NDP.. grr.. National Day Wayang..
Of all the idiocies (don even noe if there's such a word) of carrying a rifle incapable of despatching a bullet and show it off proudly in front of Mr President. Who doesn't look as though he cares... grr.. I'm sorry. Maybe its a wayang (show) of troops discipline. Again i guffaw. Discipline! HAHAHA!!!
This show with Pte A. Chia next to me - more famous by his success as D-coy Worst Recruit. Sorry, normally I don't talk behind backs. but i think i'll make an exception as i think it won't make a difference whatsoever to him.
Anyway, I think i'll go off now. Been thinking of the past alot recently. all the way back from sec 2... a bit of flashbacks here and there.. ahh yes.
OK. Camp is beckoning. (and grey's anatomy). Ciao, @UVLight.com
Monday, May 15
Today's Mind Game
I'm booking in tonight. not tomorrow. fancy allowing us to book in on tues morn BEFORE 0730. grr...
anw, i'm appreciative of the holiday.. though a bit tired of badminton, after two consecutive days of playing it. and now i wonder.. am i in NDP.
Do u like being kept in the dark, SAF? cos i don't.. hmph..
And no. I don't like surprises. unless they're welcome ones..
which makes me think... if i want to be happy, i shld always think completely negatively abt any uncertainty.. so any 'surprises' wld be welcome ones.. hmm food for thought.. on the other hand, i can't make plans more than 3 days in advance which SO cramps my style.. nvm.. onli 540 days left of my sentence, excluding my clearing of leave..
Anw, mondays off is quite a good deal lah.. except it jus turns out that i'm in no mood for gg out, as was the case on sundays.. but maybe its jus bcos today is the end of a long weekend, so growing accustomed to civi life has made me realise how sad military life is. but well.. i'll soon forget the wonders of civi life. maybe it wld help if there was a RISK tm game to help me out.. hehe.. or chess. that helps too..
And i've got to teach some chess.. wld be fun. except perhaps chess is best picked up by an adaptive mind watching and playing and learning. i still rmb my first chinese chess games, when i was thrashed by haynes.. jus because i was fascinated by the iron cannon.. (which is NOT the most powerful piece..)
smthg like sacrificing my castle to kill a bishop in int'l chess..
wonder.. if all the names of pieces in chess were modernized, what wld their names be? i mean, whoever sends bishops or queens to fight in a war? (btw, do u, like me, get this picture of Queen Elizabeth with sword in hand cheonging into the battlefield?)
guess chinese chess, ironically, is more modern. at least they hv cars (meant to be chariots, i think) and cannons. and at LEAST the army is ruled by a General rather than a King..
mb a modern chess game shld be rank-based..
Or mb unit-based..
Either way, it's at least more modern than queen elizabeth marching into battle with the bishop.. backed up by knights like sir alex ferguson and sir bobby robson..
Okay. u can see that i'm uber bored. why else?
out. cya next week.
anw, i'm appreciative of the holiday.. though a bit tired of badminton, after two consecutive days of playing it. and now i wonder.. am i in NDP.
Do u like being kept in the dark, SAF? cos i don't.. hmph..
And no. I don't like surprises. unless they're welcome ones..
which makes me think... if i want to be happy, i shld always think completely negatively abt any uncertainty.. so any 'surprises' wld be welcome ones.. hmm food for thought.. on the other hand, i can't make plans more than 3 days in advance which SO cramps my style.. nvm.. onli 540 days left of my sentence, excluding my clearing of leave..
Anw, mondays off is quite a good deal lah.. except it jus turns out that i'm in no mood for gg out, as was the case on sundays.. but maybe its jus bcos today is the end of a long weekend, so growing accustomed to civi life has made me realise how sad military life is. but well.. i'll soon forget the wonders of civi life. maybe it wld help if there was a RISK tm game to help me out.. hehe.. or chess. that helps too..
And i've got to teach some chess.. wld be fun. except perhaps chess is best picked up by an adaptive mind watching and playing and learning. i still rmb my first chinese chess games, when i was thrashed by haynes.. jus because i was fascinated by the iron cannon.. (which is NOT the most powerful piece..)
smthg like sacrificing my castle to kill a bishop in int'l chess..
wonder.. if all the names of pieces in chess were modernized, what wld their names be? i mean, whoever sends bishops or queens to fight in a war? (btw, do u, like me, get this picture of Queen Elizabeth with sword in hand cheonging into the battlefield?)
guess chinese chess, ironically, is more modern. at least they hv cars (meant to be chariots, i think) and cannons. and at LEAST the army is ruled by a General rather than a King..
mb a modern chess game shld be rank-based..
Or mb unit-based..
Either way, it's at least more modern than queen elizabeth marching into battle with the bishop.. backed up by knights like sir alex ferguson and sir bobby robson..
Okay. u can see that i'm uber bored. why else?
out. cya next week.
Saturday, May 13
NDP Rehearsal
NDP rehearsal: 3 hrs of baking under the sun. did not happen >> si awan was gracious, and offered to take the full brunt of the sang mentari.
got quite a shock - entered the camp where the rehearsal was held; saw the words
and well, i was thinking i'm in Highbury.. yay! (then, of course i woke up and realised its just an artillery unit camp..; and that arsenal don't play at highbury no more..)
anw rehearsal was as long and draggy as it could get, but at least, we had one think in mind - BOOK OUT!!!
thank God for BookOut.. and monday off!
but then, the rehearsal was interrupted by Cat 1 lightning storm. oh well.. and its really quite nice to see how we go from a whole bunch of blur cocks to a contingent worthy of NDP. which i'm beginning to suspect that logically theres a very high chance of me actually participating in.. which is OKAAAY lah..
Anw, i took my first neo-card today - with WZ.. i think they're so much more worth it than neoprints. my poor old ancient neoprint, all faded and pasted sumwhere.. does that serve the purpose of the neoprint of remembrance, and preservance?
oh i so miss my AMK and the north (mi fam used to go Yishun)... the south east doesnt appeal, the west's onli charm used to be its isolation, and now with my base at cck, that isolation and mystery surrounding it is gone..
i've visited these places over the past few weeks, and realise what attracts me to them is the memories i hv stored like datachips lying all over the place. even when they change/renovate.. its stored beneath.. which, i guess, is why u can't change ur hometown..
ahh.. wonder what nostalgia is.. is it.. an acknowledgement of change, and acceptance that the past won't come back? but then whats there to be sad abt that? that the past is dead? which means nostalgia is a feeling of sadness caused by loss..
was watching homevideos dating back from ages ago.. realised the benp of old.. the little boy climbing up x-mas trees and building sandcastles.. he's gone.. forever.. and his little irritating brother who nvr failed to annoy him in the past - he's gone too.. well, not fully lah.. =) its a change for the better.. but still we feel nostalgic.. why?
wonder if my children wld be anything like me..
man i'm so hungry.. even after eating two lunches.. the later one being at 3pm. i'm so gonna get gastric again - curse of switching from army life to civilian life on a weekly basis.. grr..
oh well.. LG, life's good, Lieutenant General.. blabbering liao
Ok. out..
oh yes. good luck to my first love of my life - Liverpool F.C... FA Cup...
got quite a shock - entered the camp where the rehearsal was held; saw the words
WELCOME TO THE HOME OF THE GUNNERS..
and well, i was thinking i'm in Highbury.. yay! (then, of course i woke up and realised its just an artillery unit camp..; and that arsenal don't play at highbury no more..)
anw rehearsal was as long and draggy as it could get, but at least, we had one think in mind - BOOK OUT!!!
thank God for BookOut.. and monday off!
but then, the rehearsal was interrupted by Cat 1 lightning storm. oh well.. and its really quite nice to see how we go from a whole bunch of blur cocks to a contingent worthy of NDP. which i'm beginning to suspect that logically theres a very high chance of me actually participating in.. which is OKAAAY lah..
Anw, i took my first neo-card today - with WZ.. i think they're so much more worth it than neoprints. my poor old ancient neoprint, all faded and pasted sumwhere.. does that serve the purpose of the neoprint of remembrance, and preservance?
oh i so miss my AMK and the north (mi fam used to go Yishun)... the south east doesnt appeal, the west's onli charm used to be its isolation, and now with my base at cck, that isolation and mystery surrounding it is gone..
i've visited these places over the past few weeks, and realise what attracts me to them is the memories i hv stored like datachips lying all over the place. even when they change/renovate.. its stored beneath.. which, i guess, is why u can't change ur hometown..
ahh.. wonder what nostalgia is.. is it.. an acknowledgement of change, and acceptance that the past won't come back? but then whats there to be sad abt that? that the past is dead? which means nostalgia is a feeling of sadness caused by loss..
was watching homevideos dating back from ages ago.. realised the benp of old.. the little boy climbing up x-mas trees and building sandcastles.. he's gone.. forever.. and his little irritating brother who nvr failed to annoy him in the past - he's gone too.. well, not fully lah.. =) its a change for the better.. but still we feel nostalgic.. why?
wonder if my children wld be anything like me..
man i'm so hungry.. even after eating two lunches.. the later one being at 3pm. i'm so gonna get gastric again - curse of switching from army life to civilian life on a weekly basis.. grr..
oh well.. LG, life's good, Lieutenant General.. blabbering liao
Ok. out..
oh yes. good luck to my first love of my life - Liverpool F.C... FA Cup...
Friday, May 12
Test your Limits
I just realised how plain my blog looks with all its purple and especially if the pictures don't load, as so often the case, apparently.. maybe its jus my refusal to accept sum1 else's blog template. or my attempt to test the limits of photoshop. and dreamweaver.. hurhur.. whatever..
I've begun to wonder how come the clouds seem to like me (accept for yesterday's rehearsal..). when i'm out in the open, the rain seems to subside a little. and then the full force of the rain's fury is felt when i'm comfortably under shelter eating my lunch/dinner.. i'm not complaining..
its a good thing that bk-in time today is 23oo. i'd shudder to think of even wanting to rush to camp - duh.. who wants to? mb zhangqy.. hehe.. anw i'm so glad for slacking at home and so glad of the public holiday that's today. and so sad that today is the last public holiday for the next couple of months.. :(
As a civil servant/slave i've begun to appreciate public holidays so much more - last time the impact of public holidays was diminished by the great massive chunk known as school holidays.. now all i look forward to are clear-leave holidays.. which, let me tell u faithful readers, is in abt 500+ days time.. interesting note: its been 125 days since i enlisted.
Don't worry i'm not an idiot who keeps counting the days. i'm an idiot who uses microsoft excel. hurhur..
and i jus had a nice short conversation in bahasa melayu just now.. quite refreshing to hear that language and speak it.. yes, even my jaw dropped when i saw myself typing those words. but yeah.. i guess i spent too much time agonising on how much i hated studying it - but in studying it obviously i got better; and thus now i can reap the benefits of actually being able to speak the language, albeit very stop-start, especially now.
Is YOUR Faith a 2000-yr-old fraud?
i AM making a mountain out of a molehill, arent i? Nah.. i doubt it..
out.
I've begun to wonder how come the clouds seem to like me (accept for yesterday's rehearsal..). when i'm out in the open, the rain seems to subside a little. and then the full force of the rain's fury is felt when i'm comfortably under shelter eating my lunch/dinner.. i'm not complaining..
its a good thing that bk-in time today is 23oo. i'd shudder to think of even wanting to rush to camp - duh.. who wants to? mb zhangqy.. hehe.. anw i'm so glad for slacking at home and so glad of the public holiday that's today. and so sad that today is the last public holiday for the next couple of months.. :(
As a civil servant/slave i've begun to appreciate public holidays so much more - last time the impact of public holidays was diminished by the great massive chunk known as school holidays.. now all i look forward to are clear-leave holidays.. which, let me tell u faithful readers, is in abt 500+ days time.. interesting note: its been 125 days since i enlisted.
Don't worry i'm not an idiot who keeps counting the days. i'm an idiot who uses microsoft excel. hurhur..
and i jus had a nice short conversation in bahasa melayu just now.. quite refreshing to hear that language and speak it.. yes, even my jaw dropped when i saw myself typing those words. but yeah.. i guess i spent too much time agonising on how much i hated studying it - but in studying it obviously i got better; and thus now i can reap the benefits of actually being able to speak the language, albeit very stop-start, especially now.
Is YOUR Faith a 2000-yr-old fraud?
i AM making a mountain out of a molehill, arent i? Nah.. i doubt it..
out.
Thursday, May 11
To Saturdays, with Love..
I take it back. Why? Why keep me at SI? Why get me to participate in the parade REHEARSALS??!?!?!?! at least since i'm bloody burning my scalp and skin and head and toe and arse under the freaking blazing sun, since i'm barbeque-ing myself on SATURDAYS, since i'm doing odd-jobs at the Institute, at least let me be recognised. at least motivate me to perform. at least put me in NDP after forcing me to bake in the rehearsals.
No. i'm not complaining that i want to be in NDP. i'm complaining over the fact that i'm in the blinking rehearsals to form a blinking ZERO.. (i use the word blinking here bcos its my grandpa's word to curse... in a way lah..)
Grr.. i wonder why.. why do parade rehearsal always hv to be on cloudless days. i wonder.. does the SAF have some super advanced weather-prediction system that can pin-point the day and time of rainy weather so that they avoid scheduling parade rehearsals on that day? and here i am baking.. a la P-O-P rehearsals.. with a slight difference - at least i was taking part in POP parade, unlike NDP, which i'm "filling up the blanks for the rehearsal".
OK i shan't complain no more. complaints are made by pple who refuse to think rationally. well, most of the time in S'pore lah.. on the brighter side, i'm getting Monday(s) off in lieu of the Saturdayshalf-day lost..
Benefits of Mondays rather than Saturdays:
No. i'm not complaining that i want to be in NDP. i'm complaining over the fact that i'm in the blinking rehearsals to form a blinking ZERO.. (i use the word blinking here bcos its my grandpa's word to curse... in a way lah..)
Grr.. i wonder why.. why do parade rehearsal always hv to be on cloudless days. i wonder.. does the SAF have some super advanced weather-prediction system that can pin-point the day and time of rainy weather so that they avoid scheduling parade rehearsals on that day? and here i am baking.. a la P-O-P rehearsals.. with a slight difference - at least i was taking part in POP parade, unlike NDP, which i'm "filling up the blanks for the rehearsal".
OK i shan't complain no more. complaints are made by pple who refuse to think rationally. well, most of the time in S'pore lah.. on the brighter side, i'm getting Monday(s) off in lieu of the Saturdays
Benefits of Mondays rather than Saturdays:
- Movie prices are cheaper
- Pool Prices are cheaper
- Badminton court booking prices are cheaper
Disadvantages of Mondays rather than Saturdays:
- Nobody's free on Mondays apart from the jobless..
3-to-1.. so, shldnt complain lah.. =P
Anw, my new life as a SaiKang operator, quite okay la.. there's plenty of saikang in SI, i realise.. enough to keep me occupied. but still, its freer than i expected NS to be. well, mb thats why i'm getting cockroach's pay - even cockroaches don't sit playing chinese chess while the rest of his bunkmates are sleeping conducting body maintenance..
enough abt SI..
where am i other than SI.. hmm.. nights out... hmm.. my bunkmates normally make plans that exclude my interests. this time i paid them back, unfortunately. this time, everybody DIDN'T go to play DOTA. and i, anticipating they wld, went out with cm n naf (which of course i dont regret lah..).. anw its quite ironic lah..
anw i realised that khatib is far from chuachukang. 23 mins to be exact. but worth it lah.. wonder if i'd hv any more nights out n visit khatib anymore =D.
Ok out.. (too much said on @UVlight - the Log Book)
Tuesday, May 9
Alone Time
After weeks (ok, days) of anticipation, i've finally gotten my posting. n it is to the last possible place that any of us could hv ever imagined. Signal Institute. Albeit a temporary posting. but still, this serves as a reminder that anything can happen. now a weird question.. am i happy abt this? definitely a yeah..
i know there'll be pple who condemn this as a serious waste of 1 month - and i would completely agree - but rather than curse this waste of time, i've decided to embrace it. surely hundreds would want this benefits that the 73 of us are going to be doing. Saikang, they say.. but just how much Saikang CAN there be at Signal Institute? let alone divided by 73 pple... must jus continue to learn new stuff and continue on my quest to acquire new skills and knowledge.. hurhur.. a neverending crusade.
anw the as usual there's this post-polling day conspiracist theories and unfortunate 'exile'. somewhat it really reminds me of Survivor. with the whole james gomez saga..
i think honestly i can't tell a gov't how to run a country, but in the spirit of democracy one really shldnt try to shake the trust of pple.. especially up here in aljunied, where first of all THEY won with only 53%.. think its always better to play the good guy, even if one needs to make "unpractical" decisions.
Anw this is how i'm enjoying my end-of-course half-day off (hopefully, free; but then read the previous post - i'm a cynic of the word 'free').. think a whole bunch of them went to play DOTA. again.. wonder whats in it. and dont say "u need to play it to see the beauty of it" cos i've played it and there's no fun in it.
they went to play yesterday again - night's out - but then as usual my interest is definitely not there.. so i decided to go walking arnd chuachukang again (like i did last time). but then my plans were interrupted by shaneet who went to eat at the coffeeshop. n i complied, jus hoping that the cigarettes and lighters would not come out till i'm out of smoke-range. and the hopes were fullfilled lah..
then went to try to see pple making out - yeah completely bo liao.. but well.. yeah, there wasnt much to do anw.. and not much to see anyway for that matter.. shame..
but today i came home alone. mb i'm too much of a loner nowadays.. or mb its jus contradicting interests with the rest of my platoon mates.. and what's scary is i'm beginning to enjoy alone-time.. i mean, thankfully sang mentari (mr. sun) wasnt shining so brightly, or rather, si awan (the clouds) was taking his full impact. so the walk back was pleasant. and cheaper. and lunch was during the walk. so basically i saved time and money. hurhur.. yes i'm proud of it.
think currently i seem to be freer than most pple. including non-NS pple. which is quite amazing.. then since i don't seem to hv the same out-of-camp interests (DOTA and smoking) as the rest of my platoonmates, i always thought it wld be a good time to catch up with old friends.. but then, old frens, i forgot definitely hv a life too.. so that would mean that i'm stuck with my books. which, mind you, i've begun to enjoy reading..
Reading a Catholic book now.. most of the things i know already, which is why i doubt i'd ever need to go further to find a Truth.. but i think its because i hvnt embraced just how beautiful and amazing those things can be that i don't enjoy gg to mass etc. technically i DO enjoy gg to mass and everything - i don't go because i HAVE to..
somehow i was daydreaming jus now..
What is Right and what is Wrong? by human perception, that line between Right and Wrong can definitely move over time, because i believe that anything that is done by someone can be justified, at least by that someone. and just who is to say that his method of justification is morally Right or Wrong? when the line between Right and Wrong can be argued with.
Definitely there'll be a time, soon maybe, that even something that WAS so obviously Wrong, such as suicide, would be considered Right. because that line dividing Right and Wrong has shifted. perhaps even a literary text, or Law, would not be able to contain this dividing line - Laws are made to be bent and misinterpreted etc.. and the Church believes that THEY set that line between Right and Wrong, infallibly so, invariably claiming that either the Church is correct, or they're diabolical, as the book mentioned.
obviously there are certain authors and gnostic believers who know that conspiracy theories supporting the Church being diabolical would make them money.. and so it has. even to the extent of a movie showing...
so well, thats the way the world turns.. hv to live with it, for now.. hai..
okay out.
i know there'll be pple who condemn this as a serious waste of 1 month - and i would completely agree - but rather than curse this waste of time, i've decided to embrace it. surely hundreds would want this benefits that the 73 of us are going to be doing. Saikang, they say.. but just how much Saikang CAN there be at Signal Institute? let alone divided by 73 pple... must jus continue to learn new stuff and continue on my quest to acquire new skills and knowledge.. hurhur.. a neverending crusade.
anw the as usual there's this post-polling day conspiracist theories and unfortunate 'exile'. somewhat it really reminds me of Survivor. with the whole james gomez saga..
i think honestly i can't tell a gov't how to run a country, but in the spirit of democracy one really shldnt try to shake the trust of pple.. especially up here in aljunied, where first of all THEY won with only 53%.. think its always better to play the good guy, even if one needs to make "unpractical" decisions.
Anw this is how i'm enjoying my end-of-course half-day off (hopefully, free; but then read the previous post - i'm a cynic of the word 'free').. think a whole bunch of them went to play DOTA. again.. wonder whats in it. and dont say "u need to play it to see the beauty of it" cos i've played it and there's no fun in it.
they went to play yesterday again - night's out - but then as usual my interest is definitely not there.. so i decided to go walking arnd chuachukang again (like i did last time). but then my plans were interrupted by shaneet who went to eat at the coffeeshop. n i complied, jus hoping that the cigarettes and lighters would not come out till i'm out of smoke-range. and the hopes were fullfilled lah..
then went to try to see pple making out - yeah completely bo liao.. but well.. yeah, there wasnt much to do anw.. and not much to see anyway for that matter.. shame..
but today i came home alone. mb i'm too much of a loner nowadays.. or mb its jus contradicting interests with the rest of my platoon mates.. and what's scary is i'm beginning to enjoy alone-time.. i mean, thankfully sang mentari (mr. sun) wasnt shining so brightly, or rather, si awan (the clouds) was taking his full impact. so the walk back was pleasant. and cheaper. and lunch was during the walk. so basically i saved time and money. hurhur.. yes i'm proud of it.
think currently i seem to be freer than most pple. including non-NS pple. which is quite amazing.. then since i don't seem to hv the same out-of-camp interests (DOTA and smoking) as the rest of my platoonmates, i always thought it wld be a good time to catch up with old friends.. but then, old frens, i forgot definitely hv a life too.. so that would mean that i'm stuck with my books. which, mind you, i've begun to enjoy reading..
Reading a Catholic book now.. most of the things i know already, which is why i doubt i'd ever need to go further to find a Truth.. but i think its because i hvnt embraced just how beautiful and amazing those things can be that i don't enjoy gg to mass etc. technically i DO enjoy gg to mass and everything - i don't go because i HAVE to..
somehow i was daydreaming jus now..
What is Right and what is Wrong? by human perception, that line between Right and Wrong can definitely move over time, because i believe that anything that is done by someone can be justified, at least by that someone. and just who is to say that his method of justification is morally Right or Wrong? when the line between Right and Wrong can be argued with.
Definitely there'll be a time, soon maybe, that even something that WAS so obviously Wrong, such as suicide, would be considered Right. because that line dividing Right and Wrong has shifted. perhaps even a literary text, or Law, would not be able to contain this dividing line - Laws are made to be bent and misinterpreted etc.. and the Church believes that THEY set that line between Right and Wrong, infallibly so, invariably claiming that either the Church is correct, or they're diabolical, as the book mentioned.
obviously there are certain authors and gnostic believers who know that conspiracy theories supporting the Church being diabolical would make them money.. and so it has. even to the extent of a movie showing...
so well, thats the way the world turns.. hv to live with it, for now.. hai..
okay out.
Sunday, May 7
SAFRA
guess who won the elections? think no point trying to guess la.. quite obvious. well my constituency was close fight- 1 in 2 pple (arnd there) voted for the PAP.. think ultimately they won 53%-47%.. think its the closest fight over all the GRCs.. see the other places mainly is 60+% to 30+%.. oh well..
Anw politics aside, i'm so erm.. worried?.. getting new posting tmr.. urgh.. and then sum more got "super tough area cleaning" coming complete with the promise of push-ups.. grr.. but as a signallers or rather, unit man, i shouldnt complain as i should think of the command-school personnel. hurhur..
but i'm very curious as to where i'm going to be posted to. true, i've been given some sort of assurance that it wont be bedok (Guards) but still.. i'm hoping its somewhere near home. chuachukang's not bad, seriously.. tengah air base? tts really good. serangoon? shan't dare to hope. logically, i've spent 9 weeks in the far-east (tekong), 8 weeks in the west (cck) so where is my next posting.. shudder.. ah heck..
And i jus visited SAFRA Toa Payoh just now.., checked out the place.. and well, it seems to be a good place to play badminton. though a bad place to swim, but neednt worry, toapayoh swimming complex is just next door. and i also got my 'free' mp3 player to add to my 'free' ipod. in both cases the word 'free' is in inverted commas as of course, as a true cynic of the word 'free' i dont believe anything here is free. i paid $90 for the lucky draw coupon that saw me get the 'free' ipod (that, mind u doesnt even work..) and spend goodness knows how much on SAFRA membership for 7 yrs to get the 'free' mp3 player.
oh well, on a positive note, that means i can enjoy more music and learning more songs.. =)
oh and i so dont dare go near my desk - its become my brother's store table.. urgh.. and i can't stand mess..
p.s. any badminton enthusiast interested in playing? got bad memories of trying to organise and end up playing with myself. or my brother..
ok. out.
Anw politics aside, i'm so erm.. worried?.. getting new posting tmr.. urgh.. and then sum more got "super tough area cleaning" coming complete with the promise of push-ups.. grr.. but as a signallers or rather, unit man, i shouldnt complain as i should think of the command-school personnel. hurhur..
but i'm very curious as to where i'm going to be posted to. true, i've been given some sort of assurance that it wont be bedok (Guards) but still.. i'm hoping its somewhere near home. chuachukang's not bad, seriously.. tengah air base? tts really good. serangoon? shan't dare to hope. logically, i've spent 9 weeks in the far-east (tekong), 8 weeks in the west (cck) so where is my next posting.. shudder.. ah heck..
And i jus visited SAFRA Toa Payoh just now.., checked out the place.. and well, it seems to be a good place to play badminton. though a bad place to swim, but neednt worry, toapayoh swimming complex is just next door. and i also got my 'free' mp3 player to add to my 'free' ipod. in both cases the word 'free' is in inverted commas as of course, as a true cynic of the word 'free' i dont believe anything here is free. i paid $90 for the lucky draw coupon that saw me get the 'free' ipod (that, mind u doesnt even work..) and spend goodness knows how much on SAFRA membership for 7 yrs to get the 'free' mp3 player.
oh well, on a positive note, that means i can enjoy more music and learning more songs.. =)
oh and i so dont dare go near my desk - its become my brother's store table.. urgh.. and i can't stand mess..
p.s. any badminton enthusiast interested in playing? got bad memories of trying to organise and end up playing with myself. or my brother..
ok. out.
Saturday, May 6
Polls and Applications
today is polling day, but (refer to my last post) tt doesnt bother me at all. i think i noe why the youth are so politically apathetic - we can't vote, so what difference does it make? but well the same can't be said abt everyone else.. yesterday the s'goon stadium (and all the roads leading to it) was packed (bumper-to-bumper) with pple/cars. i mean, even from s'goon north pple were starting to walk to the stadium.. a grand distance tts abt the same as from s'goon gdns to the stadium.. or my house to amk station.
Anyway it also happens to be the final game of the season (EPL).. not that i've been following it faithfully pah.. but on the topic of soccer, i finally got to play soccer (yay!) on thursday as there was a games period. n i think i surprised everyone by the mere fact that i can kick a soccer ball... hhaha.. it just brings me back to the day when i saw mr wee's (VJ PE teacher) look of shock when i told him i'm from badminton.. or nuri's look when i first played soccer with the andss malay guys..
actually its a mixture of insulting and complimenting when pple are shocked by me playing sports. insulting my non-athletic look. complimenting my humility.
anw i'm lookin forward to playing again on monday. though the mood's gonna be different.. i'm seriously gg to miss this platoon, n i hv this feeling that even though probably everyone will miss each other, post-course contact may not be kept.. hai.. see la.
then sum more monday got severe area cleaning with pumping threathened for imperfection. first super-shiong stand-by bed. urghh. and finally we'll get to know our ranking in the platoon (a taboo singapore word, ranking) and our posting. unlike most pple, i dont mind a stay-in, shiong camp. i just want a camp near home, and book outs faithfully on fridays.. definitely i wld despise a non-stay-in in jurong. praying for 8-sig...
ooh and i'm so happy! i got into NUS. wait i go get my letter of acceptance..
i'll see all u NUS-goers soon.. 2008! hehe.. now better go confirm my willingness to accept the place.. haha.. and try to apply for another scholarship to help pay for it.. might be expensive.. hmm.. see la..
oh lastly, after watching my first movie in ages last monday - The Wild - i think i'm going today again to watch. M.I. 3.. seems thats the hottest movie right now. but whether its truly a good movie, a lousy movie starring a good actor, or a moderate sequel with good prequels.. urf.. dunno lah.. see la.
ok out.
Anyway it also happens to be the final game of the season (EPL).. not that i've been following it faithfully pah.. but on the topic of soccer, i finally got to play soccer (yay!) on thursday as there was a games period. n i think i surprised everyone by the mere fact that i can kick a soccer ball... hhaha.. it just brings me back to the day when i saw mr wee's (VJ PE teacher) look of shock when i told him i'm from badminton.. or nuri's look when i first played soccer with the andss malay guys..
actually its a mixture of insulting and complimenting when pple are shocked by me playing sports. insulting my non-athletic look. complimenting my humility.
anw i'm lookin forward to playing again on monday. though the mood's gonna be different.. i'm seriously gg to miss this platoon, n i hv this feeling that even though probably everyone will miss each other, post-course contact may not be kept.. hai.. see la.
then sum more monday got severe area cleaning with pumping threathened for imperfection. first super-shiong stand-by bed. urghh. and finally we'll get to know our ranking in the platoon (a taboo singapore word, ranking) and our posting. unlike most pple, i dont mind a stay-in, shiong camp. i just want a camp near home, and book outs faithfully on fridays.. definitely i wld despise a non-stay-in in jurong. praying for 8-sig...
ooh and i'm so happy! i got into NUS. wait i go get my letter of acceptance..
Dear Peeris
ADMISSION TO THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE ACADEMIC YEAR 2008
Congratulations! I'm pleased ... in NUS in the year 2008 in the
MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
for the following course of study:
ENGINEERING AND BUSINESS
i'll see all u NUS-goers soon.. 2008! hehe.. now better go confirm my willingness to accept the place.. haha.. and try to apply for another scholarship to help pay for it.. might be expensive.. hmm.. see la..
oh lastly, after watching my first movie in ages last monday - The Wild - i think i'm going today again to watch. M.I. 3.. seems thats the hottest movie right now. but whether its truly a good movie, a lousy movie starring a good actor, or a moderate sequel with good prequels.. urf.. dunno lah.. see la.
ok out.
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