Be Yourself ! Life is Short, Take it Easy! =)

2007-08-25T04:33:00.000-07:00

Everyone's leaving.

Sch's started

and it's finally coming to an end.

Time flies.

Then again, memories come back to me again

Listening to Other Side of the World by Kt Tunstall.

Over the sea and far away
She's waiting like an Iceberg
Waiting to change,
But she's cold inside
She wants to be like
the water,

All the muscles tighten in her face
Buries her soul in one embrace
They're one and the same
Just like water

Then the fire fades away
But most of everyday
Is full of tired excuses
But it's too hard to say
I wish it were simple
But we give up easily
You're close enough to see that
You're.... the other side of the world
to me

On comes the panic light
Holding on with fingers
and feelings alike
But the time has come
To move along

Then the fire fades away
But most of everyday
Is full of tired excuses
But it's too hard to say
I wish it were simple
But we give up easily
You're close enough to see that
You're.... the other side of the world

Can you help me?
Can you let me go
And can you still love me
When you can't see me anymore

Then the fire fades away
most of everyday
Is full of tired excuses
But it's too hard to say
I wish it were simple
But we give up easily
You're close enough to see that
You're.... the other side of the world
Ohh.... the other side of the world
You're.... the other side of the world
To me.

haha..though i admit, i aint too sure what e lyrics mean. sum 1 enlighten me.

Touching Scene

2007-08-19T05:10:00.000-07:00

Time to dust off abit of the cobwebs here.

Something tugged my heartstrings loads today while i was on my way back. While walking to the bus stop, i saw a lady and a maid pushing a disabled person(he looked like he was suffering from some illness that made him mildly retarded). The lady and her maid were singing "Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes Jesus loves me, Yes Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so". Upon hearing that, i felt sooooo touched.

Not sure y. I suppose it's because im a very fortunate person, not suffering from any illness or whatsoever. nevertheless, i've gotta thank God for protecting me. Sometimes we really neglect some of the really simple things in life.

Life is so short, yet so precious. Treasure it, coz God gave us the gift of life.

Oceans 13 Review

2007-06-08T08:28:00.000-07:00

Hmm...

4.5/5!

It's a very fitting conclusion to the whole trilogy! The jokes in this one is plentiful, especially the oprah winfrey jokes, they were down right hilarious! Seriously, in the other 2 films, i was forcing myself to laugh @ the jokes, but for this one, u just HAD to laugh!

"Lao wang ba, ni hai hao ma?"

lol!

"He owns half the air in China."

WTH!

haha!

That's provided u watch the film. Anyway, make sure u do catch the film if you havent! Next wk(if possible), another review for Fantastic 4:Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Cya folks!

Rule 35: Know Where True Happiness Comes From

Pirates 3!

2007-05-27T02:41:00.000-07:00

So funny!

Denis n I wanted to watch Amazing Grace initially. Ended up, we watched Pirates 3, with Beng Hee tagging along! It all happened in an instant.

Today was a superheroes day too! Learnt alot of interesting crap about the superheroes universe from Mr Eu(Beng Hee). learnt some interesting dota crap from denis.

Seriously, Pirates 3 is underated! it's those films where u just leave ur brains behind and just enjoy the action, REALLY! Dun think too much! I think Life! was just being too unfair and biased! Damn those critics la! Just go watch it!

Pirates can nvr be trusted too! heh heh heh =p

What an Adventure! Rarrrrr!

2007-05-14T07:48:00.000-07:00

When You're Gone by Avril Lavigne

I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lie
is made up on your side

When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you

I never felt this way before
Everything that I do
reminds me of you
And the clothes you left
that lie on the floor
And they smell just like you
I love the things that you do

When you walk away
I count the steps that you take

Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you

We were made for each other
Out here forever
I know we were
Yeah Yeah

All I ever wanted was for you to know
Everything I do I give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me
Yeah

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it OK
I miss you

Strange..when i listened to the song for the FIRST time(Especially the Intro), a rush of emotions just came in. The lyrics really struck me. It's one of those rare songs that bring back tons of memories. Oh well. EMO! lol! kidding la! Anyway, this is a great song nevertheless! For those who havent heard it, u're missing out ;)

im so glad!

2007-05-13T05:19:00.000-07:00

Finally!

I'm able to access my darn blog! i was wondering where it disappeared too anyway. okiez, where do i start?

Labour Day till 4th May

Had Family Day on the 31st April. DARN!! i was SOOO close to winning best climber award. just short of bout 3 secs. My team also lost the overall team. But nvm, @ least we tried and did our best too yep! Anyway, i was coughing LOADS during that whole week. I'd thought it was some minor cough, but it got worse on...

5th May till 13th May
5th May..things got worse. I felt strange and fuzzy, coupled by the FACT that i had duty on the 6th, so i was in an extremely foul mood on the 5th. My bro's gf came anyway too. haha..met them @ the ATM machine in Newton. She's really nice. Sadly, i was soo sick tt day that i didn't really talk up. Just afraid i would pass on the illness. THEN, it got worse @ night..real bad.
Anyway, 6th was duty day, so nthg interesting. It got worse..n really bad. O btw, that was when Eric returned too, so it kinda rox too! but he still had jet lag, and was adjusting to all e time zone thingie.

7th was breaking point. Went outfield with the platoon. It was a rather slack one, but who knew, it became real bad, i teared n teared, coughed and coughed, with mucus flowing like non stop. I had breathing difficulty, so after e session, rushed back home. Fortunately, i had a med appt e following day, so i went to see the doc too.

Sinusitis!

Urgh..finally i got the REAL answer. I had a good rest on wednesday too! haha! and i saved the World again! Completed Resistance! Not too bad a game, but it definitely cant lift a candle against Gears.

Met up with Eric, Ya Mei and YC late this week. Finally a reunion! haha..a yearly reunion i would say! It definitely felt great meeting up with all of them! How time flies too, it's been 4 years already! sigh.

Oh, and i finally watched Spiderman 3 this week! Not too bad, but again, it aint as good as the first 2.

Pros: Great Visual and Action Sequence
Cons: The more..emo portion of the shows seemed rather draggy.

The film as a whole wasn't that coherent. At times, things seemed rushed. The villians were too underdeveloped. Venom's a much more interesting character than ya think. But on the whole, it had a good ending to the trilogy. Really, if the nxt film aint by the original cast, i'd doubt it'll be any better.

Anyway, nxt stop, Pirates 3.

Strangely, i feel a sense of deja vu. this yr seems similar to 2003. 2003 was the end of sec sch life, 2007's e end of NS(WOOT!!!). 2003 had many trilogies ending e.g Lord of the Rings, The Matrix. 2007 has a few: Spiderman 3, Pirates, The Borne trilogy, Shrek, Ocean's Thirteen, X Men(or was that last yr?).

Quite alot eh? =p

2 yrs ago, i made a mistake. This year, i made sure i didn't repeat that damn mistake again. I wouldn't break the promise i made for her.

Dun worry, u did a great job! =)

Anyway, pple, i've got the Wii! WEEEEE! Ownage! xbox 360, PS3, Wii! AND a 32' HDTV. All in my room. How's that for starters!

lol!

Time for me to zhao now anyway! do tag !

tough week gone!

2007-04-14T00:12:00.000-07:00

Finally, BPT's over! urgh!

Anyway, it was quite shiong. worse part, i sprained my ankle..urgh. Got medical appointment this coming week. haha..hopefully i can skip e stupid route march. really uneccessary lor!

Im so happy my parents r back from Europe! sigh! so wanted to go with them! From what i heard, they thoroughly enjoyed their trip! Grrreat! haha! i'm hoping to go to Europe @ e end of the yr! Yearn to go back there again lor!

Ok folks! there's all for now. again, im lazy to give a thorough update! bbyez!

Restored Relations?

2007-04-01T02:48:00.000-07:00

Another boring week in camp.

Outfield on tuesday and wednesday. Coming week's only camo drills. phoo*

Anyway, had a nice chat with "J". Been quite some time since we had a good n nice chat. Sat night had a great class outing, though i went back earlier to rest. Organizing a good friday outing for my cell. Hopefully everything goes out fine!

that's all. pretty lazy to blog.

Knut The Polar Bear

2007-03-24T21:07:00.000-07:00

Hey Pple!

Have u seen Knut the Polar Bear cub?

If u havent, u're really missing out!

Only one word to describe him

C U T E!!

2007-03-23T21:08:00.000-07:00

Have i made a right decision?

I'm thinking hard too.

Anyway, games are not EVERYTHING in my life ANYMORE.

I've kinda gotten sick of them, really..period.

"You keep me flying, you keep me smiling, you keep me safe from a crazy world"

Hopefully, i can play a game of monopoly with CICs soon! lol!!!

2007-03-23T08:26:00.000-07:00

U guys ROCK man!

2007-03-17T05:09:00.000-07:00

this is just a test

2007-03-16T19:57:00.000-07:00

my old skin was gone

bah!

and some of e newer entries r gone too!

bah!

okok..im bored. feel freeeee to taggg! bleah!

Frailty of lfie

2007-02-11T04:58:00.000-08:00

come to think, this week kinda sucked.

much happened this week.

i learnt one valuable lesson.

how fragile life is.

it's truely unfortunate something like that had to happen.

Treasure those around you. Treasure the time you spend with your loved ones.

You never know...never know.

Hullo

2007-01-27T05:57:00.000-08:00

Im back!

well, not like anyone would read! haha!

okokie. Anyway, i'm finally back coz i've FINALLY RECOVERED FROM THAT STUPID DIAHORREA after SOOO LONG!

goodie! finally can eat eat. STILL, gotta watch that diet!

First things first, the xbox 360 ROX! haha! Been having a jolly good time yeah! FARN!

Army? 2 words ( so so...). Considering im ALSO DOING DUTY on CNY! urgh...

ok. Anyway, i've gotta plan out my schedule for e BLOC leave after CNY. long long, but still muz plan.

Ah..my Birthday too! 6th Feb! okok...thinking bout it, that big "2" in front of "20" really represents alot! haha!

okok. that's all! saiyonara!

Tough Luck.

2007-01-06T06:33:00.000-08:00

ooo

Touch luck u could say. =p
Been down with diahorrea(sheesh..i cant spell e word) for a week. Struggling to recover from it. Anyway, todae's my bro's birthday, so HAPPY BDAE! =) Went to MO on wed, but it was practically useless.

sigh...my CNY's gonna b burnt too doing extras(AGAIN!)

okok..have to be optimistic anyway. anyway, got a few tough weeks ahead, so gotta be primed and ready. talking bout primed, TRANSFORMERS movie's coming to town. woot! ok la..tt's like august. cant w8. haha..anyway, time to sign off. tata!

a new yr! 2007

2007-01-01T01:53:00.000-08:00

ookie!

Eve was FARN! Spent NY Eve @ Esplanade watching e fireworx display with Jen n Fel, n i tell u, it was AWESOME!

"An Awesome display of Fireworks!"

I tell u, e journey from Durians to City Hall was a nightmare! We had to SQUEEZE all e way there, LITERALLY! It was a mad rush man! We decided to chill out @ Macs @ PS. It was totally insane trying to find transport back home. waited bout an hour, and still no night rider. and guess what time i reached home?

5am.

geerzer.

anyway, had lunch out with my family(YESH! after SOO long!) @ some peranakan restaurant in turf city. After which, i decided to check out the iPod nano(4GB)...i was soooo tempted to get it, coz i kinda neeeeed an mp3 player now, but o well, decided to give it a miss coz i wanna save up some money now.

Looking back @ 2006, what can i say bout it? Hmm...a rather interesting yr. Learnt tons of things pertaining to my own religion and people relationship. Gosh...working relationship and friendship are 2 seriously different things, but people tend to put both of them together. Enough of that i suppose!

Happy 2007!

Happy 2007!

2006-12-31T02:45:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyonez!

To all my fellow readers out there, have a joyous and Blessed 2007! God Bless! ^_^

Love

2006-12-16T00:02:00.000-08:00

A week of fighting!

hahaha! okok, i didn't get into REAL fights. Just learnt some basic fighting moves for self protection. Bruises here and there, but i'm fine! im so glad i passed e test anyway!

Enough of that. Next wk's gonna be another..well..mundane in some sense. got COS on wed and COS on X mas. Not bad huh? Then another Guard 2IC on 30th. There goes a portion of my holiday i suppose. bohoo! =p

Anyway, been meditating loads on God's word. I would like to share something with everyone out there. ^_^

1 Corinthians 13

Love

If i speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If i have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if i have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If i give all i possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. If is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When i was a child, I walked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When i became a man, i put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror, then we shall see face to face. Now i know in part, then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

And now there three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

The line that really spoke to me was "It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

How beautiful Love is.

This festive season, people, let LOVE be the Reason for the Season!

God Bless ya all and Merry Christmas!

2006-12-09T04:00:00.000-08:00

I'd pretty much guess that eugene's right. that i was right all along

life IS short.

like what berne ALWAYS says to me(and i always deny most of the times), " Take it easy la! Don't need to be sooo gan chiong about it! =)"

Anyway, it's been abit of a hectic week for me. C.O.S on Wednesday was one heck of a rush. Furthermore, i still had to attend the flag raising ceremony for the CO parade the next morning, so you could imagine, sleeping only 3 hrs, and still attending the parade. haha! I nearly fell asleep. omg! =p I also took my IPPT on the SAME day! Luckily i had more than enough rest. Slept before lunch and DIRECTLY after lunch, so i'd effectively slept more than 7 hrs! ll. It was abit of a disappointment, but i was also happy over other stuff. For e.g, i jumped my furthest during the test! I JUST couldn't BELIEVE IT! i jumped 239! and tt was the second attempt! if i tried jumping further, i MAY be able to hit 245 and above! Anyway, it was DEFINITELY a feat for me too!

Thinking about it, a year's coming to an end in about 3 weeks time! When i sit back and think about it, it's sooo true that time really flies. Though, sadly, this festive season won't be too enjoyable for me. X'mas been burnt for COS duty. i'll also be doing GD on the 30th. Well, just have to suck it up huh?

On the hold, it's been quite a tiring 2 weeks for me, so i decided to just LAZE around @ home. It's pretty quiet @ home too, coz no one's here except for myself as everyone's gone off to m'sia.

Anyway, it's time for me to settle some household chores b4 im off to slp! bbyez!

back to work!

2006-12-03T01:10:00.000-08:00

urgh

back to work i suppose! there goes my bloc leave! 1 wk of enjoyment. now im feeling really drained. guess i'd OVERenjoyed myself! haha!

Here comes Dec then!

FIREBRANDS!!!

2006-11-29T07:25:00.000-08:00

U must be huh?!?!

Went jamming around with Firebrands today! Jachin n co! Really nice guys man! Hopefully i can jam around with em BETTER some other time!

Though i would admit, the music's very very loud. What to expect? Rock mah! =D

Caught up with John again! Initially i thought he wasn't around, so i left him a note on his table. As i walked to e coffee shop, I SAW HIM! i was, OMG! then we headed back to e studio and did some catching up. Poor him..bz as usual! Tedd's still pushing him to record another student. Seriously, i wonder when Tedd's gonna to....o well..nvm. As for John, he's having tons of contracts for him, so there's like no breather for him. I also got to know abit bout his enlistment days! YESH! He enlisted in the British Army back in the 50s' . LOL! Talk about ARMY TALK! bah =p

We talked bout 2 hrs ++, then i went to meet Gene. o yesh..btw, for those who have absoLUTELY no idea who John is, he was my recording engineer for my CD! Cool huh! Seriously, he's an absolutely GRRREAT guy! So any 1 who wans a GRRREAT recording, can come to me for his contact! =D

Anyway, negative Food For Thought, i've been wondering, whether im REALLY a jinx in disguise? Everytime i know some1 better, or do something..or ...aiyah...just become INVOLVED in something ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, something...unpleasant happens. And that unpleasant thing doesn't affect me, it affects the OTHER PARTY, be it a person or everyone. Church, Firebrands, My platoon, my friends, my loved ones, my music..everything.

y God? y?

Mayb some of ya must be thinking, "o..so Sherwin's done something wrong or something like that?" Not actually. It's a very very complicated thing. i guess if u see the words JINX again, it WILL speak volumes.

Confusing huh? Whatever it is, i'll continue finding the answer.

the ONLY person whom this JINX effect hasn't really affected at all, is Fel. Hopefully, i can catch up with her soon. Havent seen her around for a LOOONG time, 1der where she is. haha =p

okok. tt's all folks! catch up wif u'll soon!

Bloc Leave!

2006-11-23T19:05:00.000-08:00

YEAH!

Start of my BLOC LEAVE!

HERE I COME! ^_^

Long Break! n Altec Lansing

2006-11-07T07:12:00.000-08:00

Ok peers! Another long weekend again for me. It's tuesday night, another 24 more hours b4 i start booking in. My schedule's really hectic once i return back to unit. *shrugs*. Anyway, it's was QUITE an experience for my first week in unit.

Cell's on this week. Great. Looking forward to it. and Dinner with class again. haha! Last time i had cell, there was also dinner with class, and now, the same thing's repeated again!

Went out watching Flushed Away with CICs on tues. Hilarious, one of those cartoons where u can just kick back, relax and just watch. Just went out today with my bro, cycling @ ECP. Cycled all e way to Tanah Merah golf course. Not THAT long, but abit tiring ! heh!

Many pple r ording this month. quite sad, i've still got a year to go. a YEAR! o well...im realli looking forward to ending this nxt yr!

God, please continue to bless and strengthen me in the year ahead! Thank You Lord!

That's all folks! till nxt time!

B.L.O.C Leave! DUAL CORE!

2006-10-28T06:58:00.000-07:00

A NEW COM!!

o yesh! THIS PROCESSOR ROX big time! yep! it's e super high end processor tt everyone's talking abt! seriously, after i got my new com, i've....well..not exactly, but gone on a game buying spress! got Company of Heroes, and IT ROX! also, COD2 never looked better! HL2, Amazing!! Dota....hahaha...OWNING! seriously, everything looks SOOO good! Too Good to be true anyway!

Next Stop, F.E.A.R!

Problem is, it's sold out EVERYWHERE! It'll only be resup(yesh..resup) next week, so im waiting to PUSH my system to the limits!

o and btw pple, USE FIREFOX! Beats IE! haha...jkjk! it's personal preference la!

Army life has been pretty mundane as usual. Had to play the role as enemy during CST, and we sure gave the trainees a hard time by chasing them down! lol! Because our holidays were burnt, we were given leave on thurs and fri, which means, i had a super long weekend! Not bad for a start huh? Anyway, i'll b heading back to 42 this week, so i'd guess I'll be busy AGAIN!

Well, i've got any 6 days of off UNTOUCHED! haha! GOnna use em for Christmas!

Anyway, i've been thinking of what to do about my future. Here's e TO DO LIST for now
1) Take the Basic and Final Theory Test
2) Decide on the Uni/Conservatories i wanna head to
3) Buy F.E.A.R
4) Start Stimulating my MIND!

okok..the forth one seems weird, but i realised the importance of stimulating our mind often. And NO, it's not exposing one self to dirty pics or whatsoever, but doing those...erm...intellectual stuff. So i've decided to take up SATS(i think! lol) or do some theory. Whatever the case, just something simple to get the BRAIN going! It's been rotting TOO MUCH in the army! bah =p

There's all for now! Till Next time Blog!

L.I.S.T.I.E

End of RCC 2 . ASPC

2006-09-24T07:36:00.000-07:00

Finally, im a 3SGT!!

Yesh! After SOOOO many months, i've finally attained my rank!

Seriously, RCC's been quite fun. in short, being a recce rox. haha! Anyway, i'll be heading off to Taiwan soon. Wed morning to be exact. Hectic huh.

Strangely enough, i've felt that i've grown up the most during this course. o well!

Will be booking into SMI for outproccessing. After which, i'll be able to spend my time @ home till tues midnight.

Anyway, this final week of RCC's rather mundane. Had ex. forward. seriously, it felt more like excursion forward, but it was ok nevertheless. I had an overnight map planning from fri nite till sat morning. phoo..no slp! minimal la..not no slp.

Went for cell. sigh..wasn't so active as e last cell. was hoping it would be..anyway, i accompanied chris to orchard. haha..she was also going for her class gathering too! I alighted @ Heeren and proceeded to Vilage...(pronounced Ve-la-jay..if mabel's correct). Saw Sgt Denis and Cpt Jon! gosh...s'pore's really small.

Todae i spent most of my time packing for R.O.C. Sometimes i think to myself " When will get the much needed rest?" Guess this's life as a...soldier.

on hindsight, i realized many pple always complain that life sux. Then again, i would like to make a statement. Does life really suck? Depends. If you continually conplain, yesh, it will such big time. But if u try to find meaning in life, to make it more interesting(in a good way that is), life isn't that bad! In short, Life IS short, so make e best use of it.

gosh..what was that for.

anyway, i'm rather tired. time for me to head off n slp! Till nxt time!

Sunday 10th Sep

2006-09-10T06:12:00.000-07:00

O gosh!

im so bored, i've just decided to blog along. Anyway, Cell grp meeting was hilarious yesterday. Surprisingly, we shared alot yesterday. Laughed loads too, thanks to the antics of Dennis and partly Daniel. o gosh! Then went out with Beng Hee after cell to talk cock.

Seriously, he looks and feels much better than before. Probably he's changed for e better!

Anyway, im looking forward to a bigger cell grp lor! Hopefully next time we have cell we can be SOOO lively and interact much MUCH more! =)

Sunday, nthg much. Although i'm gradually becoming more receptive to the word of God. Past few weeks was feeling abit..closed up, like a clam, so there wasn't much things tt could "get in". Guess it's because that craving is back again. o well!

2 more wks to Taiwan. I'm not really looking forward to it, partly coz of e long LONG exercise! But o well, cant help it too. Have to lead e men yeah!

Ah..can relax finally. a slack week. Till nxt wk pple! TC!

P.S : To my juniors reading my blog , all the BEST for ur prelims! Take Care and God Bless!

Life 2nd Phase

2006-09-08T07:08:00.000-07:00

How time flies!

8 months ago, i was a dumb recruit in BMT.

5 months ago, i was training to become a chao corporal. Future Future Commander to be

and now, i've got a Jungle Hat.

2 wks time, i'll be getting my 3SGT. FINALLY!

2 wks time, i'll be off to Taiwan with my men!

Gosh, again, i look back, how time really flies! So many things have happened. Really gone through alot this year. Both mental and physical.

Thank You God for Giving me all these Challenges. You've truely been my Pillar of Strength!

Hmm..man..this wk was another shack week of physical activities. 4 consec days of swimming, 400m, 800m, 1.2km and 1.1km coastal swim! How's that for a start! o yeah, there was an 6km endurance run after the 400m swim and a 12km FAST march. Coastal Swim was not tt exciting la. Yeah. But just an experience.

Phew, nxt wk's a SLACK week. GRRREAT! So can take abit of a breather.

Week after nxt, Ex FORWARD! YEAH! FORWARD to my 3SGT!!!!!

Okie. Wk after nxt still got Map Planning Exercise lor! Darn! tt means sat evening will book out. which means i've only got 24hrs to spend @ home b4 i embark on my journey to Taiwan

CICs, r u reading this? hahahaha!

That's all i wanna blog for now. Cell tmr. Gotta meet up with Jachin also. And, i MUST go to Church this week.

Strange, but i've been thinking bout some1 this wk. I noe it's e past, but i dunnoe y i kept thinking bout her. okok...enough of that too.

Till nxt wk pple! Ardios! =)

Jungle Hat and RCC 2

2006-09-02T00:07:00.000-07:00

Finally RCC 1's over!

That means is over to RCC 2! yeah!

CST wk was kinda tiring. Overall it was quite an experience! yeah...2 daes of continuous raining, which really sucked big time! spoilt EVERYTHING! but we just had to make use of everything around us for shelter.

5 days. tt's all it lasted. plenty of interesting things to see though.

finally im also getting my jungle hat. 3 wks time n i'll bcome a 3sgt! haha! okok!

Anyway, time for RCC2 to start! n time for me to chow too! tc folks!

What a Week

2006-08-20T03:58:00.000-07:00

Ello all!

Gosh, while most of my peers r saying "HOORAY! I'm a 3SGT", i'm still here slogging it out man! Gosh! Still bout 5 more wks b4 i bcome a 3SGT! Long huh? after tt still got R.O.C! haha! CICs, if u wan e stuff @ Taiwan, u've gotta tell me ASAP! hahaz!

okie la. keep it short. this wk was darn tiring, esp TOPO and Mission! gosh! comin wk got D & D, this is crazee. But im sure i can hold on! Had PLENTY of unpleasant encounters! n some realli funny onez! hahahahaha! I rmb Jose(my team member) pointing the rifle @ the monkey, and it started baring its teeth @ us! Scary @ first, but wen i tot of it, i realli laughed! haha! Luckily, my team managed to pull thru all the tough times!

THank you God for all the Strength u've given me!

Did Map Planning Assignment wif Eugene e whole Sat! hahah! tnx bro! he was a grreat help! gosh..did so much planning here n dere lor! not ez! took us quite some time to understand all the shit, but well, we still managed to do it ya! =)

Had lunch wif CICs todae! woah..realli been a long long time since i had a meal wif em! Caught up abit! after tt headed for a hair cut(yesh, i felt it was LONG!), n went home to slack around!

suddenly, i realized quite a few pple r leavin. karen's leaving nxt nxt wk, eric 7th sep, and diana 18th. gosh...time realli flies. more den half a yr ago, i was in BMT, and NOW, im trng to be an intel spec. goodness, it's almost comin to sep too! n every1's going their' separate ways too.

Life Moves On! ^_^

Anyway, tt's all for my ramblings this week! Till nxt wk!

P.S : Good Luck for e Driving Test Esther!

help!

2006-08-13T04:34:00.000-07:00

help.

i haf to get rid of a bad habit.

urgh!

all i can do is pray.

sigh.

anyway, off to camp already. till nxt wk!

Happy National Day!

2006-08-08T08:25:00.000-07:00

Happy National Day!

okie. Not exactly. it's onli 080806, but wad e heck, i'll just wish S'pore a happy 41st Birthday!

I realized i've been blogging too much. Probably coz i just wanna pen down some thoughts. Haha..i've got all the liberty to write anything ANYWAY.

3 more weeks b4 i get my jungle hat.
10 wks b4 i bcome a 3 sgt.

okie la. nthg much. tmr gonna go out wif best buddies again. yesh...kill time by cycling. havent done it in ages. been riding more den cycling.

Anyway, NS life is mundane. Nothing much to say. Actually, not because i haf nothing to say. More of, i CANT say coz...ya..it's secret. serious!

O well, off now! Need the rest!

To RCC and beyond!

2006-07-30T07:01:00.000-07:00

haha! what a corny title!

Though im like 99.9% sure no 1's gonna read this entry. =p

Anyway, had class outing ytd nite. yeah..mostly a get 2gether session. gals also going off to uni soon. di's going overseas. guys tokin bout NS stuff. it was really great to catch up.

feeling a sense of nostalgia.

y?

looking bac @ e class chalet fotos in 04' , i felt a deep sense of nostalgia. everyone's like..different now. all leading their own lives. haha..pple change.

"Like sand through an hourglass, these are the days of....being a CV"

=p (haha!)

Then, looking back @ my no.4 olive tag, reality hits me again. RCC starts tmr. Heard it's quite shiong. Hopefully i'll pull through it.

*Lord, please give me the strength! Thank You*

To e gals of 04s12 : All the Best for ur Studies! Study hard and Take care!
To e guys of 04s12: Haha! Just go with the flow guys! NS was nvr meant to be taken TOO seriously ;)

Ciao!

CIC 1 ;)

another tiring but fruitful week

2006-07-14T05:47:00.000-07:00

wad a week!

Finally spent my first week in unit. can c that unit life aint tt regimental as compared to a sch. it's quite refreshing to be @ somewhere different. furthermore, we're all gonna be 3sgts too! haha..yeah..in abt 2 months time. juz gotta work todae.

had our runs every morning as usual. wasn't really used to it coz dey didn't haf t in SISPEC. quite shiong @ times coz of the distance n that dere wasn't any resting point. yeah, so my legs r aching like mad.
did our bike OM course. ez as can b. not much of a hassle

can say one thing in general for this week. unit life is quite OTOT.

spending time in NS = Not much personal life. Did spend lotsa time wif God, reading etc. Got to know more bout my own bunkmates too.

Last fri had a long talk wif fel. glad tt she's fine n getting on wif life again. also, i've been resuming piano lessons again! yup. I did my FINAL distribution of my CDs! well, guess it's gonna b my final one. haha..but thanks again to all those who supported me all this while!

anyway, pirates 2 rox big time! it aint as bad as it seems. seriously, i dunnoe y some critics sae itz a bad movie. it's one of those good adventure movies u juz wanna watch. seriously! the ending's DEFINITELY a cliffhanger, and im looking forward to the 3rd movie! oops!

tt's all folks! gosh, im dead tired too! enjoy ur week folks!~

Stand Alone Complex

2006-06-18T05:37:00.000-07:00

okie, i admit, i LOVE Ghost in the Shell SAC! 2nd GIG rox!

kk, that was my opening statement. I'd just finished watching the 2nd season of SAC this week. My verdict, 10 out of 5 stars. Yesh..it's an amazing anime. storyline is truely captivating. character development is unbelievable good too. There's also a few certain episodes that touched me loads, but i'll explain later.

Anyway, back to boring NS stuff. Yesh..i finished BSLC like..erm..3 weeks ago. Gosh..how time flies too. Overall, it was quite an experience. Posting? 42 SAR. Rather far. Anyway, im quite glad of my own vocation. Shiong la, but it's quite interesting too.

Been having bike course this 2 wks. Tmr's e start of e 3rd week. I'm just glad i passed HWC and HSP(Highway Situational Problem). HSP was exceptionally tough. I didn't get to practice it in class, coz my instructor nvr seemed to call me. haha..so i thought test gone case. But to my surprise, i passed. Thank God! Anyway, coming tues's e bike balancing and circuit test. Argh,that i don't really have much confidence in. The balancing test is soooo stringent, it almost seems impossible to pass. Most of e guys r having trouble passing. No matter what, i'll just give my best! And pray more too! =)

Anyway, enough of NS stuff. Hmm..o ya, and my CD's done! FINALLY! I'm quite proud of it too, considering putting inSOOO much effort, and after more than a yr, it's FINALLY OUT! Now gotta compile a list to who to give too! gosh! Big thanks to Jachin and his friend for helping me with the design, and to all those whose endless support spurred me on to pursue my dream! Thanks a million!

O Yesh, SAC. Well, @ least it showed the real truth behind the "Individual Eleven" and the true mastermind. ALot of twists, no doubt. Reminds me of MGS series. Anyway, the background story bout Motoko(the female lead) was touching, especially how she was linked to one of the characters in the story. It's quite sad too. At least it managed to tell the audience why she has such a...well..a rather cold personality. But we can't blame her, considering what she went thru in the past. *spoilers ahead* The gist is, her whole family was killed in a plane crash. She survived, but had to undergo extensive surgery, with the installation of bionic body parts. But the episode also conveyed her strong and never say die attitude. yeah. Anyway, shan't say more. For those interested, just watch e series. It's high recommended!

That's all for now. Gotta take a rest. trng's from 8am to 7pm tmr! crazee right? o well, what to do? haha! Take care folks! =)

An Epilogue

2006-05-01T03:30:00.000-07:00

Finally, another chapter in my life has ended once more.

It's strange, but time really flies. It's May now, soon i would have gone through half a year. haha..feeling abit nostalgic now. so anyway...

Booked out on Sat afternoon. After which, went to Army mkt to get my barang barang, den went out wif YC to Giraffe(opposite PS). i must be real shacked man, coz yc said i looked darn tired. aint sure whether it's e alcohol, or izzit juz pure fatigue. prob both. yc had B52, while i had e S'pore Sling. Tasted like cough medicine(guess itz bcoz of e cherry taste). but we tok crap quite a bit.

YC tells me he's going crazee, y? coz he has nthg to do in camp. yeah..like seriously nthg. i cant believe tt he's learning how to play the violin lor! den he oso tell me tt he report sick bcoz of oe slightest discomfort. haha! can understand, coz their schedule is morning PT, rest of e day free. quite meaningless right? coupled with the fact u must stay in camp.

Then came sun. morning went church as usual, though CIC 2 wasn't around(rather rare). after which went out wif fel. it's been a yr since i last saw her, but it was definitely a memorable day wif her around. many things we talked abt, many things we said. But finally, e most impt thing was tt i finally got to share wad i had ALWAYS wanted to share with her.

Finally, i've closed another chapter in my life.

*Thank you for the wonderful sunday*

Todae's monday which equates to booking in. Yeah..had to do some sai gang. sian rite? bo bian neway. Anyway, im feelin v tired now. dunnoe..these past couple of days i've been feelin v hungry n tired, as though im juz recuperating from a serious disease or smthg. guess i've gotta look after my health more anyway, tt's all for now, need some rest from thing. till e nxt entry

P.S: darn...everytime i blog, my entries seem as though im tired..which i am now! heh!

*True Love can never be explained. It can only be experienced.*

Good Friday till Easter

2006-04-16T05:45:00.000-07:00

Definitely a grreat holiday!

Although i would say, for this whole week in camp, got whacked upside down by my commanders again. o well, abt 1/2 hr more b4 i book in. been a great weekend. let's c how to start

hm...thurs booked out. spent most of e nite slacking @ home. was great la..but too bad fell sick got a darn cold lor. heh..oso had a nice chat wif her!

den fri was Good Friday! EFG was held over @ my place. haha! was great la, worshiping, sharing testimony, and having fun in the presence of God. God has truely touched our lives, and will touch everyone's else. anyway, shant go into details coz i dun haf e time too.

den sat went out wif yc for dim sum, and a movie wif eunice. ice age 2 not bad la, rather kiddy i wuld sae, but entertaining nevertheless.o ya, met wan xuan along e way too! the kind me juz went up n donated cash too yep! nite spent slacking arnd @ home. playin arnd wif e piano too! heh!

todae's sundae! morning doin personal admin stuff. afternoon had baptism service! congrats on all those who got baptised! o well, i also hope to b baptised soon...after tt spent some time wif cuzzies in orchard b4 heading home to slack.

anyway, comin wk is shiong no doubt. all e ST trng comin in, im kinda expecting e worse too. but o well, who said SISPEC was ez! time for me to sign off now peeps! will update more tooz! chao!

God talked to me

2006-04-01T06:05:00.000-08:00

Amazingly while i was in camp, God was talking to me.

k..probably i shuld start with how life was.

last sunday, bought passion of christ. the film was violent, but..it touched my heart. dunnoe..i was crying throughout most part of e film. seriously, it was one of those times where i realli cried...rare. thought back alot abt e film anyway.

Christ. Passion.

Those 2 words are forever etched in my mind.

Anyway, this week was pretty mudane. Nothing much other den the usual trainings and lectures and handons. n i wuld sae, i had a healthy dose of lecture(as if there weren't enough in college! =p) What weapons i learnt? i shant say, if not i have to silence ya. haha..serious! military secrets.

Pulled my muscle recently. but luckily it recovered. So took the IPPT test on fri. gosh...disappointed n happy. 2.4km timing dropped below 10mins, but SBJ still sucked n got worse. now have to realli aim for that gold last shot. all the way. anyway, 2 of my instructors are leaving soon. it's quite sad, realli, didn't get to noe them better. furthermore, one of them is seriously quite nice. but bo bian! All the best man!

ok. den on one of the nights, i had a dream. It goes like this:
I've got this close friend of mine. One day when i was out, he apparently stole all my stuff in my bag. i found out bout it, and got very pissed off, so i arrested him and called the police. (i kinda forgot the actual conversation, but here's e gist anyway).
The policeman initially asked me bout the details, so i told him everything, including my address and everything else.

Then he asked me:
Do u really wanna arrest that guy?
of course i said yes la!

Den he said, do u really wanna hate that guy? Do u wanna give that guy a 2nd chance?

So i was like..erm..contemplating.

I cant remember the last sentence He said, but it was either one of those sentences. So i tried answering back, but He didn't give me a reply.

I woke up the next morning, thinking about the dream. Guess it was totally relevant to everything i was experiencing in the past 1 week. I woke up quite a bit. As to details, im quite lazy to write them down. haha! if u wanna know, feel free to ask ya! Seriously, i wanna share this dream with all non believers and believers alike.

y?

Coz the morale is simple. Do u wanna hate a certain person forever for the rest of your life? Do you wanna continue to hold tt grudge? Isn't it better to let go?

Quoting from scripture,(hopefully it's good! =)*

Luke 17:3 - 4 " So watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says 'I repent',forgive him.

If you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses (Mt. 6:14-15).

n finally

Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of His Grace.

God Bless ya all!

Revenge, Hate, Love, Hope

2006-03-19T07:01:00.001-08:00

Probably best sums up how im feeling, or how i felt for this whole wk.

Sometimes, i just continually pray for the ability to NOT hate and not b vengeful. To love , to FORGIVE! this is e most impt. y?

I mean, why lead a bitter life? life is short, make it simple, make tons of friends! tt's wad i truely believe. n most of all, NEVER hold grudges. it'll make u a sick n bitter person @ e end of e day.

Till this day, im still trying to forgive some pple.

Toking abt forgiveness, it's sumthing i try very hard to do. I sincerely hope that this hatred will go away from me. Sumtimes, i juz think im not myself. it's as though this hatred comes from another part of me...a darker side of me.

It's just hard to explain

I juz pray to the Lord to help and aid me. It's wen im alone, tt dark past creeps up to me, and affects everyone, not only myself.

Recently, some events happened. It wasn't anything big, really! It's just tt i kinda blew matters up to some extent! I really didn't mean to, but it's juz.....uncontrollable emotions! those emotional outburst tt come up to me...it's killing me!

Talking bout tt, sometimes, i feel life is abit meaningless..

no..it aint bcoz of any loss, or disappointment tt's y im feeling tis way. it's juz tt...i dun wanna b a burden to pple n those around me. it's really tough, wen u tink of it, sometimes u juz feel ur dragging every1 down, makin pple worried for u(im sorry), tt kinda thing

I juz dun wanna live...

Unless some 1 can gimme a million good reasons y i shuld b on this world, i...i dunnoe

I really hope tt things btw those close to me dun bcome sour...i dunnoe. I dun wan to always live a life of regret, regret this n tat bcoz of a moment of...outburst. i cant stand it no longer!

FUCK IT man! I just wonder WHAT THE FUCK I AM!

sigh~

o well, seriously, im looking fwd going bac to camp. @ least e tuff training can get my mind off things. SERIOUSLY, i juz wanna b away from my loved ones and everyone else...so if dere's confinement for every1 @ SISPEC, so b it. i mean..it's like..dammit man..i've felt i've let pple down.

yeah..all e negative thinking...

come to think of it, no 1 will read this shit anyway, so im juz gonna type on...

but this is realli e best way to express how im realli feeling...no 1 realli noes, not even, him or her or her or him or any1 else...

But i will Fight On!

God....plz gimme strength to fight tt inner dark side of me. Plz gimme strength..i Beg you Lord! If this is a test, i pray for ur assistance to b by my side. For whatever wrong doings i have done, plz punish me appropriately. I pray that you will not allow those around me to be affected.

Dear Lord, You are LOVE! Plz, show me how to LOVE and FORGIVE!

I Love You!

To all my loved ones, i love you too!

12th March

2006-03-12T05:55:00.000-08:00

I've nvr really liked having a name for my post. probably coz im lazee. Anyway, let'c c wad i can sae...

First things first, ARMY life! Seriously, u asked me frankly, these..erm...9 wks have truely been a very fulfilling time in my life so far. Going thru all the hardship 2gether as a platoon, experiencing life in the wild..getting in touch wif nature...getting screwed etc...it's all an exp! dere r good n bad times(sounds like some song eh?), but hey, @ e end of e dae, it's e exp tt we all treasure! Posting's out 17th, hopefully i do get into OCS...but like wad i always said, it's God's Will! Got some stupid NE trail on the 15th too, urgh...

Anyway, the bloc leave after BMT's pretty long, so i've been spending time wif loved ones and close frends ALOT! Been sorting out my personal life too. seriously, it's in a mess.

Who said life was ez? ;)

Been to a few open houses. 1 @ SMU and 1 @ NUS. SMU VS NUS? i wuld choose SMU. It clicks with me...i seldom feel a school clicking with me, but this is really a rare case. hmm....SMU all e way!

BUT!!! Music ALWAYS COMES FIRST! COZ GOD IS ALWAYS 1ST in my LIFE!!!

okie..i dunnoe y im typing all these. probably coz im very sedated. yesh..i had a relapse of cold again..3rd time. this is also the 3rd time im on antibiotics too. Hopefully, i don't get another relapse. Gets on my nerves!

Enough ramblings i suppose. I'm seriously getting tired. no...sedated more likely. my hands shake sometimes, and i cant lift up my fingers sometimes too. no matter what, i have to beat this cold! lol!

ardios neway!

Matthew 7:7-12

2006-02-19T02:12:00.000-08:00

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

Which of you,if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If youi, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to toehrs what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets!

Matt 7:7-12

Back, and Back again!

2006-02-19T02:05:00.000-08:00

o yesh!

finally, the 15 days confinement's gone. how time flies. 2 wks ago, we were all grumbling like mad over it(we= bunkmates n me). now it's all gone, no more confinements(hopefully). aniwae, quite short of time to write down wad happened during e 15 days. ups n downs, but overall, it was grrreat. definitely a very enjoyable experience! thank you everyone for those who gave me e support to go on during e 15 days n expressed so much concern for me. love to all! and to those who wished me happy birthdae, thank you! it definitely meant alot! =)

memorable events

Field Camp - Smelled bad, but who cares
IPPT - Silver. Gold! HERE I COME!!!
IMT - Muz focus!
Had a farewell talk wif Dawn too! darn, din manage to see her, but was glad could @ least gif a farewell gift to her! b4 we noe it, it'll b July soon too! ;)
Valentine's Day - Called back home to wish my parents! Dey were overjoyed!

Hmm...tt's all i can tink of. aniwae, im v short of time yeah. haha..pple wan me to update blog, so bo bian oso! lol! tt's all i guess! to everyone out dere, do tag yeah! take care n ardios! =)

New Year, New Start

2006-01-09T17:10:00.000-08:00

O well, wad can i say....

Life in NS has been pretty slack till now. not much exercising. tt's bcoz we're still in the "orientation week". heh...but beng hee's been tellin me how slack his coy(company) been. well...these past couple of daes, i've seen an increase in the harshness of discipline etc. im quite sure after i book in tonight, n wen e 2 wks confinement starts on wed, the REAL thing will start. from wad i heard, my coy is one of the most toughest coy, so it's ...hohoho.

anyway, fri was nthg much. juz checking around wif equipment and admin stuff. getting to noe our sergeants and COs better. and same for sat. basically juz doing drills and blah blah blah. sundae got intro to Combat PT 1 and 5 B ex. ho...those session kinda killed us. lol...everyone's fitness wasn't tt good. so wen we had to do all e exercises in cadence..it was tough.

ytd we had an intro course to some weaponry. and im so thankful God protected me. Something really scary realli happened btw.

We were told to proceed to our training shed. during tt period of time, there were a few pple who were drilling some nails into a metal pillar behind me. nthg much right? den suddenly, something flew off while dey were drilling, den those guys were like damn shocked and immediately stopped drilling and tried looking for smthg. yeah...a projectile juz flew off. it was as though the drill bit or smthg juz flew off, and as u can c, tt's very very dangerous. anyway, u muz b guessing, where the projectile flew. yep...it went all the way into my helment. thing is, it was damn freaking sharp. wen mi and my buddies looked @ it, dey were like " wah lau eh...damn scary sia" or " wah kao...u damn heng sia".yesh...i imagined wad could haf happened if it flew and hit my head. i had both kinda reactiions, but one thing's for sure, it was definitely God's protection.

Yep...so tt's e highlight of the week. i doubt i'll ever forget this day. Anyway, im so "looking forward" to the days to come. sigh~ anyway, time to pack my stuff! to all my buddies out dere, stay strong! Count down to the next book out BEGINS!!! =)

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2006-01-04T07:36:00.000-08:00

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New Blog!

2006-01-04T06:51:00.000-08:00

Finally, after soooo long, a new BLOG!