Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:24 PM
musings of a NS boy
8.21pm
looking back on the first 2 weeks of NS
i guess its not that bad.
the seargents are still nice,
physical stuff still copable.
cons:
there are of course the bad sides to NS la.
like mainly confinement weeks.
cause its like 14 days.
and the change from a civilian lifestyle
to a military lifestyle's a big jump.
yup so initially the first few days
i really really hated ns life.
its like just the day before
i was leading my carefree lifestyle
master of my own decisions.
i could eat for 2 hours if i wanted to
sleep for 20 hours if i wanted to
disobey anyone i wanted to.
just the next day
i had to eat within 15 mins
sleep for less than 6 hours
and i had to obey the seargents at all cost.
and then you look at the calender
and 14 days seem like eternity.
esp since the days drag by.
it used to be me waking up at 11am every day
then brunch then go out.
i rmb the first day at tekong
woke at 5am.
after a morning's activity
we looked at our watches and we're like
wow almost 7 hours of work done.
but then again wtf it isn't even noon yet.
probably one of the reasons
why the days seemed so draggy.
they really do squeeze out every bit of time.
the other problem is that
i dunno being kinda like a spoilt kid,
NS is really quite degrading.
all your entire being is reduced to a number.
i became Q4409.
quebec platoon 4 section 4 bed 09.
and trust me the first few days
its really annoying when the seargents
keep shouting at you.
its kinda bruising to your ego la.
i mean, i'm not dumb
don't have to shout what.
but then as the days go past
yea you realise that seargents
only know how to shout.
they can't really talk softly.
yea so initially the first few days
i was really really missing my old lifestyle
a lot a lot a lot.
and yea i wrote lotsa stuff down in my journal.
thank god for my journal
i'd probably have lost track of time otherwise.
which brings me to my third point.
tekong is really really
cut off from the rest of the world.
the first week we didn't have any papers at all.
and when they finally did give us papers
the second week,
they gave us the 9th of jan's newsppapers
which was essentially
newspapers for the day we booked in.
which i read alrdy.
i had to rely on sms-ing ppl for outside news.
its really quite bad.
now there's newspapers every few days
its not so bad haha.
we even had a fresh newspaper once.
as in like that day's newspapers.
wow haha the luxury.
and truth be told.
its really kinda hot there
statistically its abt 2 degrees hotter
but it sure feels a lot more.
haha sucks man.
the same sun shines over both us and the mainland
yet it just HAD to shine brighter over at tekong.
pros:
okay la i must say
ns has more pros than cons.
most imptly its the
very very healthy lifestyle.
in the past it used to be
waking up late
brunch
then go out play and slack
dinner eat more junk
more lagging around,
late nights.
now its a lot different.
0530 revelie
0545 exercise (5BX)
0615 breakfast
0645 area cleaning
0730 first parade
then a day of physical activities
like pt or like rifle drills
or useless and funny stuff like fighting
(otherwise known as close combat training)
meals would be errr balanced
and like non fried most of the times
lets not talk abt quality yet.
yea and early lights out at 2230hrs everyday.
the place is really quite good too.
living in the middle of a jungle
and the lack of much vehicles,
we have really crisp and fresh air over there.
i tell you nothing beats doing exercise
early in the fresh and cold morning air at 0545.
and tekong's really quite pretty at night
after the horrendously hot sun has set
and the moon comes up,
its really a sight to rmb.
one clear night sky
one bright and shining moon
one bright venus
and a whole platoon of twinkling stars
its really wow wow wow.
not say a lot a lot of stars like rural china
but still, never thought i'd see this
in singapore territory.
its really really very pretty.
((:
best (and worst) of all
there're a heck lot of commercial planes
flying right above our heads.
like every 5 mins we'll see at least one.
cause we're just beside changi airport
so yea we get to see them just after takeoff.
on one hand,
its really kinda motivating
i don't know why either.
it just is.
on the other hand,
its really quite annoying.
everytime i see them flying overhead
making their turns
and flying off into the rising sun
to exciting and exotic destinations,
i stop and think to myself
what the f*** am i doing here. -.-
and the seargents are still nice
so far la since its the first 2 weeks
can't really say much yet.
but they seem like nice ppl.
as long as you don't step on their toes
should be fine la.
do things their way, do it fast,
and everything will go smoothly.
that's what they said
and that's what i'll believe.
they don't look (or act) like monsters.
trust me there are some
who look like they can't smile for nuts.
rockyhill camp is also quite a homely place
cause its like smack in the middle of the jungle
away from the main camps at ladang.
so yea we got 3 companies there only
and since the commanding officer
has to take a tunnel (lorry) here
he doesn't really come by often.
so we're pretty much left on our own.
quite fun la like 3 companies there
we got the whole compound to ourselves.
minus the military life,
its really quite like a chalet.
2 weeks down,
7 more weeks to go.
i hope i've done enough adapting.
after next week's field camp
by the time i book out again
it'll be 5 more weeks.
i'll be almost half done with my bmt.
maybe 9 weeks isn't so long yet.
(:
because cider is the elixir of life
Saturday, January 24, 2009 6:11 PM
book out #1 ((:
2.12am
back to civilisation at last (:
feels good to be home.
to see ppl walking around
in non army uniform. haha.
ytd went out the the band ppl
kenny rogers then starbucks.
just sit and lag and lag and lag
without having to rush off somewhere else.
then went home to sleep lol.
11 hours. haha life is good for 3 more days.
the cap's always there for a reason.
sean me ernest cheryl meijun cindy mel weiyang (:
yay today was a great day. (:
woke up at 11. wow.
and then ate brunch,
dabbled on my com a bit.
then wcp for the ntl youth trial thingy.
played kinda shit,
but heck la army rots your brain.
its not my fault heehee :D
felt good to throw around again though.
then went to amk to meet up with
sean rujun weely cheryl.
dinner at jacks place. haha.
life is good for 3 more days only.
yea then went to the macs there
the playground to play around.
and just laze around like delinquents la.
played blind mice and crocodile.
haha the irony sean play blind mice.
but whatever la ended up missing the last bus.
caught the last mrt which ended at tpy
then errr cabbed home with sean loh.
today, back to my old life.
kinda pointless but wth.
so much more fun la.
haha 7 more weeks of bmt!
:D
to everyone out there,
you were missed. kinda badly. (:
because cider is the elixir of life
Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:32 PM
for one more day.
9.29pm
haiii.
today's my last day with my hair.
hair which hasn't grown back
to its original length btw.
and to think i was complaining
that my hair was damn short.
ugh its gonna get shorter tmr.
8-)
aiyah. like daryl put it.
i'm feeling kinda ambivalent.
like i dunno.
on one hand you have to admit la.
NS is really quite exciting.
you know like. new people.
and things to do which are not study related.
haha sort of like a boot camp.
or OBS for 2 years.
^^
on the other hand.
the lack of freedom really annoys me.
really sucks to be stuck on an island
for two weeks. and subsequently weekdays.
having to book out and in at specific timings.
being in a uniformed group
really isn't my thing la.
i got totally zero discipline.
i don't know what to say liao.
anything more i say
will make me sound like a spoilt kid.
no aircon no nice bed no comfy blanket
no good food no freedom no nice handphone.
thank god my ipod's allowed.
so sad la so sad.
my world's gonna change.
no more roaming the streets in freedom.
instead i'll be stuck on an island.
in a building somewhere in the forest.
oh well. hopefully
its just the first few days la.
sort of like jumping into a pool of cold water
on a damn hot day.
sucks cause you humji at first.
but once you're in everythings okay.
lousy analogy but you get it la.
haiii sad la.
aye but talking to ppl makes me forget
abt my impending doom.
makes me happy (:
and today's last training.
probably the last time i'll go train in hc.
aiyah no time liao la.
yup in truth it was a horrible throw
haha but daryl made a nice nice catch
so he made my throw look not bad too!
hahah yay thanks a lot :D
saved my ass.
yup and that's the end.
my last post during my period of freedom.
won't be out till CNY probably
around there la.
but till then,
goodbye. and all the best.
because cider is the elixir of life
Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:36 PM
:|
11.35pm
today had training.
dunno quite reluctant
cause firstly. slept 2.5 hours ytd.
tired. really really tired.
haha its cause of
the late night crapping the night before
with the primary school ppl.
awkward and weird
but still the rubbish flows out.
its natural.
secondly once again
teamings were warped.
today me and daryl look at the teams
die. really.
it wasn't a matter of win or lose.
its lose by how much.
j2s can help a bit.
but we're not god.
can't throw us against a team
of yangxuan marcus lincoln sijie
and expect us to win.
thirdly. nothing alrdy i think.
don't know la
just quite sian.
today were just fooling around.
doing what the j2s do la. cock.
still, got quite frustrated when we lost.
i don't like losing maybe.
no i think i'm just tired and grumpy.
sometimes i get the feeling
that when we j2s come back
we're more of a liability
than a help. i mean,
we're alrdy out of it, we should just
let them run their own show.
cause i used to have this senior
who kept butting in after he
err graduated from band.
and i didn't really like it la.
so yea if the j2s are being like that,
then i apologize on behalf of the j2s,
as ex-welfare manager of the team.
i'm really really sorry.
we really didn't mean it.
we just uhh wanna play frisbee.
haiii its just 2 more days to ns.
dunno la would have been better
if its like 28th jan.
suck thumb loh what to do.
but still. aiyah.
its too soon la really.
there's still unfinished business.
argh argh i need more time.
annoying. its such a pain la ns.
took probably our last group photo
for frisbee. (at least with my batch)
been a long journey.
but it was totally worth it.
we've come a long long way.
from this:
mok. looly. phillip. jacky. marcus. kangwee.
wanjing. jiawei. sampan. daryl. guojie.
sandra. jam. wenqing. weiting. (i think)
to this:
half of the team;
sijie. gu chao. shan rui. lincoln. huan. yiding.
marcus. yangxuan. zhiyan. sean. e-hui.
lily. jingyi. cecilia. jiaying. pearlyn.
daryl. jiawei. jack.
maybe we'll have a more complete one on thursday.
aiyah don't know.
quite apprehensive abt ns.
seems exciting, but its so new and foreign.
quite scary. but it'll pass.
once i get used to it.
i'm making my bucket list.
haha sorta. its just a to-do list.
and i'm stuck at #27. walao.
maybe i'll post it up before i go ns.
when i finish it.
tmr there's my p school outing
which will probably be kinda awkward.
i mean, like
we never see each other for 6 years liao
suddenly meet up again.
should be quite err awkward.
i can't think of any other word to use.
so if i start msging you
halfway through the day.
please don't dao me.
haha then going nus pickups
with the j2s. aiyah.
dunno la going army liao.
must hurry up play more frisbee.
because cider is the elixir of life
Monday, January 05, 2009 5:08 PM
band bbq!
1.16pm
today was band bbq at mj's house!
yay hahha sorta farewell
since all the guys going in liao.
by the end of the month.
we'll be left with sean.
today morn met up with jiehao
and rujun and meijun.
oh but before that.
lemme tell you abt my damn loser tale.
i left home with 80 cents.
then i called rujun
who assured me he got money
to return me.
so i never withdraw.
so i took the bus 14.
then piang i throw in 55 cents
then the bus uncle
ask me to tap card.
so i bo bian.
tap. die.
aiyah but at least not bad la.
he lemme look at his funny machine
then tell me i need to wtf pay $1.40.
then yea like i said.
i thought my wallet like 80 cents only.
panic. die.
but quite heng suddenly
like $2 appear from nowhere
into my wallet.
so just nice swish $2 inside.
sob sob my ride to dhoby
cost me $2.55 in total.
hmm anw met up with them
watched australia! hahaha
aye nice la despite its
quite imba length.
2 hours 20 mins.
eh meijun cried like shit la
just that i sit beside her
too paiseh to niao her only.
go watch go watch!
then urmmm lagged around
then went to heartland mall there
to get our stuff for bbq
haha yay band bbq!
probably the last time we all
meet up with long hair aww.
bought shit load of stuff
then went back.
and err bbqed.
me meijun sheng heng chungyan cheryl
ernest melvin junjie sharine sean
rujun weiguo andrea
okay actually the rest bbqed.
the flute section just slacked around.
heeheehee.
and this is ernest.
bbq-ing FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN THE 6 YEARS I'VE KNOWN HIM.
D:
okay relax.
actually its just pushing
the nuggets around.
and flipping them.
make some patterns ya.
yup its still okay
the world's not coming to an end.
yup we just sat down
and err ate the stuff
that weiguo was forever
bringing over yay thanks!
and err splashing sean with water.
which we all got like
loads of water later.
okay me cause i'm so nice
i tank damage.
then err nothing much la actually.
wanted to dunk sean/ernest/meijun.
almost did sean actually.
until dunno what happened
we all became like really nice suddenly
and we just dumped him.
aiyah. zzz.
nothing just slacked around
then err went meijun's house
cause the guards chased us away
cause it was late.
yup slacked there
played with her hairless and ugly dog.
and then err nothing take photo
go home.
that's abt it loh.
just err slack and eat and play.
yay jiawei 1 sheng heng 0.
yea must comment.
rushing to catch the last bus home.
from dhoby to my house.
and guess what.
the bus fare cost $0.40
after i topped up my ez link card.
zzz.
haha and my p school class
wanna have class outing.
like so damn awkward la.
after 6 years never see each other
then suddenly wanna meet up
before all of us go ns.
haii oh oh and i know
got this guy from my class
also going in on the 9th
at 1130am. joel han.
haha used to be quite good friends
then sec school we just dao liao.
mmhmmm interesting.
because cider is the elixir of life
Sunday, January 04, 2009 4:30 AM
:|
12.30pm
haha ytd went to nus training
kinda boring cause this time
4 of their ppl went only.
and fenghao never go.
so total 9 ppl
do some sian drills
then play 4v4 match.
then had a hc vs nus match.
quite crappy la but we won
kinda comfortably.
then went to get my instant ns specs
all the way at tampines.
haha cheat the bus uncle again.
55 cents.
walao i feel a bit bad la.
but times are hard.
money is hard to come by.
and its just for 5 more days.
then i get my ns pass and my ns concession.
yay then no need cheat liao.
then went to my auntie's house
for my uncle's 50th bday party or sth.
haha had some jap kinda food.
dunno cook stuff on hot plate
then eat with some sauce.
hahah yay nice la.
walao but i think like
the sausages i cooked
probably half cooked or sth.
so i ended up shitting a lot
when i went home hahha.
haiiii today woke up at 1130.
then nothing to do.
cause i pangsehed jiehao and rujun.
didn't feel like going to town
with them to get their stuff.
cause i don't need anything.
and bus fare now quite ex.
then nothing to do.
NO HOMEWORK.
laze in bed.
oh and i cleared my wallet.
must get ready for ns ma.
cleared the cards and stuff.
2008 calender,
some slip of paper
which the jap ppl drew to give directions,
pastamania card,
and this year's movie ticket stubs.
all the way from 27 dresses
at amk hub cathay with band ppl.
the ticket stub's so faded
i can't see the date.
all the way to bedtime stories
7.25pm at ps gv with the band ppl.
aiyah quite sad la.
that phase of my life is over.
no more school
no more weekdays in school
plaing with friends
sleeping in lessons
and occasionally studying really.
no more weekend outings
playing and slacking around.
now got ns.
book in.
pump pump pump.
get scolded.
pump somemore.
lousy food.
lousy accomodation.
book out.
eh who else in school 1!
haha huanzi say left 3 companies only.
same block yay.
the upside is that then
i'll be financially stable la yay.
loads of moneyyyy man.
even the basic pay of like $400
is more than enough.
considering its like our weekend money la.
and my dad's crazy hahhah.
he asked me if ns need money
then i'm like yea probably.
i was thinking more of
like $10 $20 that kind.
in-case-of-emergency money.
then he was like.
ns sure very thirsty one.
during my time
the seargent will close one eye
and let us buy drink one.
then he tell me
he giving me $200 to buy drinks.
so i also
close one eye
and take the money loh.
i mean. yea.
(then my mum said buy drinks
need coins one. but lets ignore that.
$200 worth of coins is nightmare mann)
yay more money!
eh but he damn asshole also.
he keep thinking that i can't go uni la.
walao. -.-
he said if i can't get into local uni
he's gonna send me to england.
walao i'd rather retake la.
i won't wanna owe him anything.
aiyah but dunno la
ns is inevitable.
but still quite sian.
don't know if we'll still
keep in touch after ns.
or just hang around with ns buddies
or uni buddies or WORK buddies all day.
esp since the high school guys
have been around for like 6 years alrdy.
quite sad if we really drift apart la.
like meijun said
don't want them to be those
come-and-go ppl in my life.
but we'll see la.
anything can happen.
dunno loh just pray
that we still keep in touch.
and hope for the best.
sigh sigh sigh.
walao this post damn incoherent.
totally no flow at all hahaha.
where's the GP!!
haha yay tmr
going to watch movieeee
finally someone's willing to watch
australia with me yay haha.
then meijun's band bbq farewell thingy.
awwww. ):
because cider is the elixir of life
Friday, January 02, 2009 2:23 PM
sixoh day!
10.20pm
haha yay today is sixoh day!
:D:D
met up with the ppl
at like 2pm.
christine daryl me kangwee
daniel sandra jacky
and later jack and dayong.
bowling, and then cause
we can't decide on what movie
(or because i didn't want
ponyo by the magical cliff)
we err lagged around.
first at macs
then at harry's bar
then at marina square foodcourt.
(or marina loft as they call it)
okay this is really
in a brief.
in truth we did a lot of
talking rubbish haahha
which is so typically sixoh.
buy shit sit down talk cock.
oh and we realised
daniel sucks the most.
cause he got the milo shake from macs
its like really goey and viscous
and he finished it really fast.
haha even the shopping gods
decreed that today
just had to be made for our
err rare once-in-a-blue-moon
sixoh outing.
we're everywhere mannnn.
you just can't miss us.
yup that's today
summarised really well.
sixoh day.
because cider is the elixir of life
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