Tuesday, November 21, 2006

the grass is greener in Australia

I guess by now my dear friends should know I'll be flyin off to..



I'v been swamped by the same question time and time again..

"Are you mad?"
"You had a choice , why did you choose to go ?"
"Stay in camp, nobody around so shiok"

Same reason why I didn't regret going Indonesia less than 2 months ago..

to See,to Experience ,to Overcome.. to Remember

I'd rather not live a slack , mundane life back in camp; Wastin my 2 years of National Slavery (as what Leo calls it) doing nothing fruitful. Maybe its because the life I'm livin, too much freedom, too much welfare.. which is why I'd rather be doing a bit of somethin different, somethin challenging

Variety is good..

Looking forward to my return, so is Sio and Nat.
Will miss you all.. T, W, Q and G.
..I love abbreviations. lol

Singapore rich donate $34m to Beijing Uni

As what Rockson would say :

See la! Local garment ge(2) kiang(3) go and subsidise Ah-tiong students come here study only pay 10% more tuition fee, and knn.. 4/10 of them get bursary somemore.

Thats why no NUS alumni want to give donation. Rather give to Beijing Da Xue instead. Give to our schools for what, to sponsor more ah tiong come in snatch our rice bowl meh ~?

Monday, November 20, 2006

1gb of life



Not bad a deal.. $99 for a refurbished set + brand new accessories.
Main purpose - to add a splash of color to my monotony of life in the desert

I'v uploaded like 950+ mb of songs in there mainly consists of rock and jazz. Anyone with recommendation of songs for me to bring along ?

Sunday, November 19, 2006

The Propaganda Times

In the near future, your child goes to school and takes home a "C" grade in his test. Despite all your previous efforts to instill the importance of education to him, he still spends majority of his time playing DoTa .. Will you :

1. Enforce a tougher measure to improve his results ..?
or
2. Convince yourself that there's still many kids out there who's secured worse grades or even did without school education. So you should be satisfied with what your child has done.

Well it seems our local papers have taken the latter (desperate) approach, since announcements of the hike in GST (Gahment Suckers' Tax) were delivered to the masses. Its must have been a hat trick of decisions made with regards to the rise of living standards in SG. First it was the public transport cost, then the utilities bills, and finally this .. the 3 big letters that concerns us ALL, rich or poor alike; an irony how the purpose of the rise in GST was meant to "narrow the income gap". The problem lies in differenciating the "needs" from the "wants". The Needs - basic food supplies, water / gas utilities, education reserves NO reason to be taxed.

Back to the topic, it seems a the best method to control a masses on their displeasures is via the media.. newspapers in particular. In a short span of 5 pages, 2 of such propagandas were raised :
1) Give you a personal account of how the rich were taxed as much as 60% in other countries (..so quit bitching cos your 20% is nothing compared to them, and neither so is the 7% GST)

2) Give you an insight or how more developed countries like Japan, London had much busier and worse public transportation (..so quit bitching and blame yourselves on your lack of social etiquettes of not cramming yourself, it is not authorities fault)

Moral of the story: Read in between the lines

Saturday, November 18, 2006

sick

I get sick easily..
bad body immunity
especially after a week hectic activities and insufficient sleep

no mood to blog, to go out, to do any shit
:<

Friday, November 17, 2006

motorshow 06

Happenings over last weekend:

Motorshow_people

Motorshow_cars

Motorshow_main
Courtesy of TH

pictures speak a thousand words..
and Th took almost 700mb of pictures !!
lazy to type much..
worked my ass off over the week
tired.. and the flu medication effect is kickin in

oh and not forgettin.. the absence of the Arrogant one

arrogance

deja vu

I ventured into a familiar area today
Moments, images, sounds flashed across my head
I could see it all from a third eye view
the events that took place at every particular spot
at that point of time and date
the Comics mart, Bus terminal, Coffeebean, MacCafe
..all seemed so transparent and real
like a playback of an old movie reel
..a bittersweet rated one

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

IPPT v2.0

Back in May this year, the guy in charge of submitting IPPT results asked:

"So you want me to submit your (silver) results ?"

"yea of coz"

"Don't wanna aim for Gold ?"

"you siao ar ..?"

***

~fast forward to a week ago~

I had a pause for thought when CSM wanted to conduct IPPT for the NS regulars. For some reasons, I volunteered myself and straight away I was aiming for gold. Anything less would be a failure. Though I must admit, I had no absolut thought for doing so prior to this, cos all that was in my head was wallaby, wallaby and ORD - unlike IPPT v1.0 where I had a month to prepare, which I did live to exceed my OC's expectations.

And so, I spammed myself with fast distanced runs over the weekend, chin ups and interval trainings (run 1 rd, rest 2~3mins, run 2nd rd and so on) ...

Sit up - 5pts
SBJ - 5 pts
Shuttle run - 5pts
Chin up - 4 pts (managed 11, the extra one was to satisfy my csm, upon request)
2.4km - 5 pts (10.13mins.. 28 secs off the cut)
..no wings, no miracles, no excuses
..only sheer disappointment

My S2 Maj congratulated me commenting I had good stamina (judging by my size, i guess) which he lost to me by 3 secs. But instead it was he, who gained my admiration. He's over 40 years old, and secured Gold with full 25 pts.

I'm alright now, cos thinking back I did put in my best for the run; and made some vast improvements over the year. But I'm Not done yet. As my PC in BMT used to say: "Live to fight another day"

***
.. I was so shagged out that I left the office w/o the Hp and wallet

Tomorrow's my last day in camp before flying off to aussie land ~

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Miracle Drug


U2 - Miracle Drug


I want a trip inside your head
Spend the day there...
To hear the things you haven't said
And see what you might see

I want to hear you when you call
Do you feel anything at all?
I want to see your thoughts take shape
And walk right out

The songs are in your eyes
I see them when you smile
I've had enough of romantic love
I'd give it up, yeah, I'd give it up
For a miracle.. miracle drug


***

All the best for your coming exams .. Muggers

Monday, November 13, 2006

Star light

starlight

Starlight
I will be chasing a starlight
Until the end of my life
I don't know if it's worth it anymore
- Muse

Friday, November 10, 2006

my vital stats

Noticed this machine at the gym entrance today
It was meant for newcomers actually, but nevertheless..

Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us

Heh.. results better than expected.
Fitness score: 79 (argh missed the 'A' grade by 1 point)

Sergio Mendes

Lately, I'v been tuning to some livelier, jovial music to balance my spiritual being.. such as Lush 99.5 and this:



..chillout music - mix of jazz and a spark of hip-hop from various artist' collaborations
requires 0% brain processing and keeps ur happy feet tappin.

***

...

Thursday, November 09, 2006

a busy day


Poets of the Fall - Late Goodbye


***

Its been a hectic week. Today alone was packed with Ex. Wallaby seminar in the day and Heli-born drills at HQ ITI (Tuas).. in Full Battle Order. Basically we leart how to board and evacuate a mockup Chinhook helicopter, and a useless drill involving crash landing - chances are, u'd be either seriously injured ...or dead. Word is that we'd get an airlift there.

Leave is on tmr ~ and shall be looking forward to the following week where I wrap up everything before flying off to Aussie Land. Also coming up is the bi-annual SG Motorshow :) and Sat Guard Duty :(

..and a chance to earn that additional *star* ..watch this space

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

"biathlon"

"Biathlon Training"

To use that term would seem too extreme, considering the actual event would take up to 10x the distance, as compared to what we went though this morning.

2 laps (100m) swim + ~0.9km run around camp parameters completes 1 set.
We did a total of 2. Come thursday, rumors say its gonna be 3.

Physically, I don't find that taxing since I'm pretty used to it. In fact, for the entire period, my head was pretty flushed by the adrenaline cos we've never attempted such mass-orgy like activity before.. imagine ard 20 people in the pool at one time..

What I found awkward was having to run half naked around the camp with another bunch of mindef uncles and aunties concurrently having their healthy-lifestyle runs... Normally, biathelets put on their top form the post swim runs ; and we're doing the opposite.

Another interesting thing I found out is the slight loss of balance after the swim. So there I was running in tipsy manner, round the camp half naked (with some loose skin wobbling with each stride I take)..

Monday, November 06, 2006

misunderstood

..so it seems you've made your stand clear;
Here's mine

1. Read (again) the last sentence of my 1st paragraph carefully .. it was meant as a defensive response based on what you have written all along. If you can honestly declare I wasn't your target, you could've ignored the rest of what Iv said, cos that'll be pretty redundant.

2. Not once did I mention your name; Nor any misdeeds you have caused; Nor caused any inconvenience to anyone around you. Not to mention the use of vulgarity.
It was YOU who started it, cos it's pretty clear you were so pissed off based on what Iv written that you failed to read in between the lines.

3. If your statement was intended for me, and ME alone. I would've easily passed it. I've made lotsa insensitive statements in the past and dealt with them. But based on what you have written - even if its unintended - may upset and cause certain grievances to your kind reader(s).
..and I WILL NOT tolerate that, especially to that certain someone dear to me.

4. Do not apologize to me, for I believe there's someone out there who clearly deserves it more.

Saturday, November 04, 2006



Utada Hikaru at her best..

studies

Dad called...

Said I have no future here, encouraged me to go Shanghai..or anywhere overseas

Have I really depleted into such a sorry state ?
Nothing left to look forward to, nothing that I can't bear to leave behind...?

Should I just move on to a new environment.. leave my past behind..
Start anew... ?

Thursday, November 02, 2006

conscience

In reply to an acquaintance who made some crude remarks which was on some relevance - in one way or another, more or less - to me. Perhaps I was too sensitive, overwhelmed by guilt and depression. But if I, or someone close to me is your specific target.. then here's my 2 cents

If you have somethin against someone,
you confront that someone face to face
not bitch and whine behind people's back
try to gather votes on your side..
and appear to be friendly when faced up front
..kinda contradicts your own words of "telling the truth and nothing to hide"

Second, Do not pass your verdicts if you ain't seen the whole story
what you see and hear may not turn out to be what it is..
maybe its a lot more complicated..maybe its just a laughable matter
but at the end of the day.. its people's business, you have no right to interfere
not to mention the right to publish your crude judgement.
Instead, I look down on people like you(guys especially)..
who just have nothing better to do with ur own sad lifes
but to interfere and gossip about others

Third, its a complicated, dog eat dog world out there..
beneath every sheep is a wolf's nature waiting to be unleashed.
..Nice guys finish LAST.
Thats why I never believed in religion, cos they all mean the same thing -TO DO GOOD
At the end of the day, all that I'v done
..have only my own conscience to answer to.

walk on