Our combined effort came up with this pic which I like really much! =)

After booking out today, I met xiaobao. Hehe. So happy to see her. :) She's wearing a top which is my favourite colour, brown! So nice! It was funny. Cos initially my car wasn't available. So she drove her car out. Then we parked at Marina Square and walked around Esplanade. Then we had Thai Express. The food's very nice! Taking a stroll around the area was really relaxing. After that, I requested to drive her car! A mannual car! Haha, haven't drove one for very long. Luckily I was skilled enough to drive all the way from Marina Square area to my house. Hahaha.

The food we ordered. Looks sumptuous?

I was forced to pose and smile like that! =D

My book-outs were once considered precious. Now, they are much MORE precious. =)

BEST SOLDIER NOMINEE

These few days very busy with parade rehearsal for SAF Day Parade '07. Quite some big event since Minister of Defence and Mr. President himself will be there... Oh man.. another 3 more rehearsals to endure before the big day on 1st July. Hope our effort pay off!

Anyway, took SOC this week. And I passed it at first try!!! My timing was 9.06! Was a major improvement from my 1st year's 9.58. Haha.. Quite satisfied la.. at least I will be free from SOC for the rest of my life!! Wahahahaha..

Oh yea, did I mention I got nominated for Best Soldier award for the month of May? Lol. I was actually quite puzzled how come I got nominated. And my Sergeant Major was the one who nominated me. I didn't really do much I guess, just did my part. So is being quiet and obedient a good thing too? Lol. So anyway I went for CO's interview on Friday(yesterday). I wasn't at all nervous. My Sergeant Major reminded me earlier not to talk like a "mouse". Haha.. I think he's still quite have the wrong perception of me. I can be noisy and loud, if I want. =D So anyway, my CO was just smiling away the whole time while interviewing me. It's quite funny though. He kept staring at my uniform(which I had worn for the earlier 2 parade rehearsals), hence I think it should stink a bit. Wahaha. But the worse part was there's some white stains on the uniform due to the minerals from my perspiration. Oops! Hope he didn't notice that.

But, to quote from my Sergeant Major, who's funny in the way he talks or acts, "I Don't Care!"(high pitch tone)

Best Soldier? Lorl. Laugh out REALLY loud.

Larin's 19th B'day celebration was a blast!! =D

Hey I'm back to update this blog again! Haha. Haven't updated what happened last Saturday. Oh yeah, it was my younger sis, Larin's 19th birthday. Went shopping for her present whole day at Marina Square and Suntec and couldn't really get her anything. She had been pestering me all year long for her birthday prezzie, which I didn't give her any last year. Ha. In the end, I got her a bag. After that we had a mini bbq session under our flat. Lol. Xiaobao's there. Aaron and his sis were there too. And my elder sis and her bf, my youngest sis and her friends and my other cousins were there too. It was cosy and I must say it was quite a heartwarming celebration. Had lots of fun taking pictures. Haha. And with the girls around, you could expect what a din we made! And of course the gossips went on. Alright, let the pics do the talking.

Happy Birthday Shuang! =)

OH YEAH.

Hello bloggie! I'm back again! Haha. Wah, been quite a tedious week. Cos of the SAF parade rehearsal on Thursday. Got sunburnt again. Think I got darker once again. =P Ha. Oh ya, before I forget, I have something to announce.

I got a GOLD for my 2nd year IPPT. Woooohoooo. Yeah man, first try and I got a GOLD. I'm quite happy, cos I never thought I could do it again. At first try somemore. Haha. Yay. Another 200 bucks credited to my account. Yippe!

Argh, more rehearsals coming up. And the SAF Day Parade, and the dreadful Thailand trip, and the numerous outfield exercises, and the India live firing trip.......

Never mind. For the sake of my baby, I shall perservere. Heh heh.

I look forward to booking out each week, just to see you. =D

Little teddy says hi.

First of all, teddies can't really talk. Unless it's David's teddy in Artificial Intelligence. If not, you're hallucinating.

Honestly, I am starting to get tired of worrying. It's getting nowhere. What makes it worse. It's the unreal. I'm living in the real world man. And if you think I'm going to avoid it, naw man. I'm so going to confront it. Oh yeah.

Sorry baby, made u worry so much for me. Didn't mean to ya. Sorry if I said the wrong things sometimes. Maybe as you said, I should put myself in your shoes(which I replied your shoe size is too small for me), but anyway, yeah I know I should learn to stand in your point of view. I'm learning too. Sorry for neglecting you in some ways though. I hope to pick myself up as soon as possible. :)

Hey so anyway, I really can't wait to ORD. Time flies by really fast. There's a cliche saying that the second year in NS will be a breeze. I feel that it's much more cumbersome than the first year alright! Our schedule is so packed man! It's ok it's ok. 8 more months to go. No matter how rough the road might be, I will be tough enough to pull through! >.<

Oh, by the way, there are reports of sightings of cockroaches(xiao qiangs) in my house. It's freaky to see specks of unidentified animated objects(UAO) in a modern house!! How dare they attempt to conquer my cosy abode!? Damn it. I just hit a mini cockroach with a Wang Li Hong poster(no offense to any of his fans) which I found crawling in my room, and I think it got paralysed.

Oh, and I think I seriously need to stop buying books and just finish the books I have bought first. My cabinet in bunk is filled with so many books I brought along. I hardly have the patience to finish a book at one go, cos I'll be so restless to read the other books. Hahaha. I think I like shopping for books. It sounds like an in thing to me.

It's ironic though. I'm growing more fond of books only after I've left school. Maybe I really do miss schooling. Oh well.

And don't abandon your teddy alright?

Attended aaron's commission parade today. Finally, he passed out of OCS. Wow. 38 weeks of mad training. Really take my hats off him man, to survive through this ordeal. But seriously, time flies by freaking fast. I'm just so proud of him that he's able to make it thus far. I knew he had what it takes man. Ron ah, good work. Now finally can take a breather. At least life should be better for you, right?

Oh yea, looking ultra smart too! ;)

Unwinding the winding road

Sometimes I wonder if it's because of the fact that I studied Literature, I kept having this tendency to link things. It's both good and bad I guess. It's bad because it makes me think TOO much, you know, how one thing leads to another and another? Even though it is illogical. I guess my mind needs to be more rational. On the other hand, it's good because I do see things much much more than I used to, you know, like the bigger picture, the bigger scope. It's like a camera lens, where it is zoomed out. Probably 3 or 5X? Ha. But if you want me to choose, I would rather have a simple mind. It's a pain to see things more than how they should be. It's a pain to see this world through a tainted lens. :( Ah, if only I can regain my childhood mind. The hassle-trouble-free mind. And the only thing I would worry about is not having enough entertainment. How good will that be!!! But the growing mind just thinks more and more. I hate plucking my white hair, which were once non-existent. =(

So anyway, the outfield sessions are back. Not that I really welcome them back, but I don't have a choice. So I went for this 2 days 2 nights outfield exercise. Surprisingly, I just pulled through it without much difficulty. Oh yeah, and one more thing. I don't know whether I should count myself lucky. I got picked to go to a trip to Thailand from July to August for 16 days. A few of us yeah. Got attached to the OCS cadets who will be doing their live firing there. Argghh.. this will be the first time I'm going on an overseas trip without my parents. Lol. I guess it's high time for some independence man. Oh, and not to forget our India Live Firing training in October. Ok, maybe I should count myself lucky. Who gets to go overseas free? 2 countries in a span of a few months. Alright, shall be an eye-opening experience for me.

On another unrelated topic, I despise guys who fool around with other girls even though they are attached. It's worse when their girlfriends don't know about it. I'm not pin-pointing to anyone in particular but I just happened to know this friend of mine who's so unscrupulously disgraceful. And for goodness sake, those girls should open their eyes wider when they decide to date any of such guys. Well, maybe they don't even care huh? Ha. It's such a shame.

I was reading Robin Sharma's The Saint, The Surfer and the CEO. There's a part in the book which said that we should not strive on improving ourselves. Instead, we should strive on remembering ourselves, for the core of every person is pure. Is that true? I seem to be suffering from some short-term memory though. My mind isn't really working in the way I want it to be.

Truly Medley

Watched Pirates of the Carribean 3 yesterday. Don't misunderstand me. Maybe I should rephrase how I start this sentence. Forced to watch Pirates of the Carribean 3 yesterday. Had to gather as a Battalion to watch that movie. I would have never been really interested to watch it since I haven't watched the first 2 episodes. And besides, Pirates 1 is already showing on the Disney Channel. And I thought I have long got rid of my craving for cartoons and toddlers' food! So I wanted to say is, Pirates 3 suck. Well, funny here and there, but generally, it's quite a flop. Now you know why there's an anti-piracy campaign.

Ahh, but these days of break have been a changing experience for me. For one thing, I'm clearly holding a different status now. Knowing that I have found someone who's so close to my heart, I will learn to treasure her. It's like, I'm new to this. Really. I may not be a best bet, but I'll try to be one that's worth a bet. I'll try I'll try. =)

As she pointed out, I like to think a lot. Pointless thoughts. Thinking way too far. Is there even an end to all these crap that's been bothering me? I know you may be very confused as to what's bothering me. I'm sorry. Even though a blog is a place where u are free to express your thoughts and feelings, I'm not going to say what's my problem. Not here at least. You just need to know that I have a complicated mind. And I'm not at all happy about it.

Haha maybe that's what makes me unpredictable sometimes. Or at least I think I am. You never know this minute you're talking to me and who you're talking to the next. But well, physically, I'm still me.

I like mystery. It's because it's mysterious. LOL.