post reservist

I'm back in the civilian life once again, reservist ended.

It had been a siong week, even the CO admitted that the exercise we had was one of the most siong exercises in SAF. It lasted for a week, and during the outfield, all of us experienced some forms of tempers, low-morale, weariness. Yet when I look back now, I get all sorts of mixed emotions.

Don't get me wrong, if given a choice, i believe none of us (including me) wanted to go through the outfield exercise. But honestly I do learn some valuable lessons from it. Like how to focus only on the positive thoughts when instructions change suddenly, not to flare up and be further demoralised when people around me start complaining (on how they have a choice and will defer next time round), communicate with people of different backgrounds and age etc.

I think the reservist had made me a more positive person. I hope so.

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I went for my first wakeboarding session! It was a fun experience, esp the adrenaline rush when i managed to stand up and move along on the waves! Photos not in my cam, shall post up the photos and blog about it when i get them.

Wakeboarding is so much more fun than the cable-skiing imo! I have 2nd thoughts about going cable ski again, but i definitely will not mind going wakeboarding for a 2nd time, or a 3rd, or 4th...!

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Oh... and I finally bought my tix to...



I can't wait to catch her! I missed her concert last year, so its great that she's coming again! Pity the most exp tix are sold out, otherwise i might get the most exp tix.


1 mth plus to a*mei concert!


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Comex is coming next week. Pity its not in Expo coz i stay in the east.
Need to get a laptop, portable harddisk and perhaps a tv as well.

And maybe a digicam? =)

Precious weekend

What did i do over the weekend?



- Watched part of the olympics opening ceremony. And was waiting for the SG flag to come out... zzz...



- Slept. I thought a slept alot in the first week of my reservist le. Hmmmm.



- Drove in the evening to meet nbs gang. It was an adventure ride, as described by smint. Haha... my excuses were that it was dark and post-rain, and that it was my first time driving so far, and that it was my 2nd time driving out, and that i had a passenger, and that my first time using that car. Whatever, we had a great time hanging out. And of coz, saw the GF for the first time, u guys look good together! Must wish WH all the best =)



- Bought more army stuff. And food for outfield. I really think i spent a lot in this outfield.



- Checked my office email. Well... thanks to my collegaues for covering me... Wonder what will come next week from the clients...



- To book in later >_<



Such a whiny post... but really ah, how come my non-ATEC reservist is so siong one??

Sigh.

reservist week 1

I am out of camp for this weekend!

Honestly, this week has been quite a relaxing week. No work, not much stress, managed to catch up on lost sleep, even managed to go to the gym once, managed to go nights off once. Eh, sounds good??

Partly because there is gonna be a 8 DAY OUTFIELD next week! So this week has to be relaxing mah. (8 days outfield!! sigh!)

This is my 5th ICT and is my longest ICT so far.

I like:

- Location. Geez... the new Jurong Camp II is not at some ulu place in tuas or some nature reserve place, but next to civilisation. Right out from my window, I can see NTU, and to be even more specific, can see the words "Nanyang Business School"! Woah! And then memories of nbs days keep coming back... Oh, and almost no mosquitoes in the new camp!

- The new camp. It's really new. Spring mattress, clean toilets, big space, there's even a personal power supply for each bed!

- The people. The bond is still there. Yep. Eveeryone still look the same, and more people have gone lasik. My turn should come next!

I dislike:
- Some people. Ok a certain person whom i really shouldn't elaborate more coz he really... CMI...

- The 8 day outfield... Now i have to buy more things for the outfield to comply with the standard list. And the SAF now gives out this special solution to soak our clothes in, and there will be this aura or protective field to keep the mozzies away. But hor, the soultion stinks...

- More acne outbreak. Ouch.

Morale was also down for a day when mr t out-pro-ed all of a sudden on the 2nd day after being led away by the OC. It appears that none of us really know why, and the commanders seem quite secretive about it too, but also seems like most of them dun really know too. So there's still this worrying in our hearts for mr t. Can only pray he'll be fine...

Won't be booking out next weekend due to the 8-day outfield... haaaaiz!

reservist...

Went out with hall/mj gang and sat in the new car! Woah! New car smell!
But i can't post the photos coz i left my memory card reader in office... Not that we took many photos, but I just cut my hair mah... haa.

Anyway it was great to meet up with u guys again... shall do so again sometime!

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Going reservist for the next 2 weeks plus!
No work, no irritating clients, no emails!
But got sun and rain, got outfield, got chiong sua...

People around me, especially the girls, always say, "Wah so good! Reservist! Get paid to do nothing!". Which is totally untrue!

Pre-reservist:

- Cut hair. Tell hairstylist "Going reservist" and he says "i get it".
- And i'm glad it ain't disastrous! (Hopefully it will gain favour in the RSM's eyes...)

- Go back office to clear backlog.
- I never knew my in-tray had so much stuff! Some to file, some to action, and of course, some to dump.

- Go beach road sew the new nametags.
- Since at beach road, might as well get some essentials...
- And since already at beach road, might as well get some eh, luxury items...

- Also need to go supermarket buy small sized shampoo, body foam and toiletries...
- Since at supermarket, might as well buy some leisure items e.g. magazines.

- Need to pack! Pack standard items first...
- Eh, no space to pack the other items...
- Where's my lock?? Where's my beret??
- Forgot to buy some things! *go downstairs*
- Now have to find more space to squeeze.

spend money, spend time >_<

And this is only the pre-reservist! And yeah, reservist is not all about sleep and relax! Must chiong one! ^^

《溏心风暴之家好月圆》

Another great show also just ended on SCV... 溏心风暴 !

So now, everyone in HK ( i presume) is awaiting 《溏心风暴之家好月圆》 which is gonna air soon!!



Think that the storyline is different, just that the same cast is in it, and with more bitching, more shouting, more wailing, more backstabbing, more evil!!



I think my TOIL will come in useful... maybe i should take a week off work and rent the DVD series and catch it!

你没想像中爱我

石欣卉 《一切完美》 插曲: 你没想像中爱我



Nice show on Ch U just ended. Love this song.
I didn't get to watch every episode, but only a few here and there. Yet each episode always touches me... the felicia chin episode was my most memorable one...
And i always love to hear this song at the end of the show. (Shi Xin Hui is real good... and she wrote the lyrics for this songs too!)

"If u can tolerate imperfection, everything else will be perfect."

that's how the best quote from the show goes, something like that...

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1. Am going for reservist for the first 2.5 weeks in Aug.

2 of my good friends will not be going for reservist this time for various reasons, it'll be more fun if they will be there since the reservist is gonna be so long >_<

2. I was supposed to attend a church wedding today, but i forgot!

Actually, it might be better. I always feel awkward whenever I attend my ex-cell members' weddings. The awkwardness starts from the beginning, when i meet my ex cell members, then we chat for a while. The usual no-long-no-see-how-have-u-been.

Then the ceremony starts. And yeah, there a man and a woman are together, as what 'should be' as what the church always proudly proclaims.

And then, photo-taking, and i'll feel strange sitting there coz i dun really belong to any categories (there's no ex-church members category). So i'll pop down to the refreshments. And try to talk to some ex-cell members again provided they are free.

Soon after, it's time for them to go for the wedding dinner and i'll head home, feeling some sort of post-wedding blues. But it's more of seeing my ex-cell members and wondering how we have weathered secondary and esp JC together back then, yet when i have left the church, we become mere acquaintances. Friendship seems to vanish between the thin line of God and the world.

I appreciate it when one tries to meet up with me regularly. Of course it always gets back to the topic of God, but at least she tries to do so. And it's even more ironic when I didn't consider her to be as close to me as the others since me and her were from different JCs.

But *oops*, it's her wedding that i missed today...

Monday...

Am still in the office now. Sigh. Because of 2 reasons:

1. Ultimate deadline of 31 July 2008. It's the ultimate deadline because almost everything has to be completed by this date.

2. Reservist from 4 August 2008. So for me, everything must be completed by 31 July 2008 anyway, else who's gonna do my work while i reservist?

But the line between "almost everything" and "everything" hardly makes a significant difference anyway.

Anyway, reservist coming! Siong!

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Some misc pics from my HP taken from my workstation:

That was my dinner. Chicken foldover is the healthiest meal.

I mean, relatively speaking la...

That is my key.

I mean, that was my key...

My workstation cubicle key broke last week when I was trying to lock my cubicle.

How it happened? The key was bent, then there was a slight crack, now it broke.

Where's the other half of the key?
It's stuck inside the cubicle lock! LOL. I wonder if the admin officer will scold me or laugh...

(Oops i forgot to turn the image 180 degrees!)

This is a stress ball (or stress bun) that my intern gave me. Apparently it looks too real that

1. I thought is real

2. My neighbour thought is real

3. Others also thought is real

4. Manager thought it's real and ask me' "Why u leave ur bun there overnight?" (So dirty, the managers must be thinking?)

5. Administrator tell me "Dun leave ur bun on the table like that!"

6. I went to bluff N by wrapping a tissue around it and asked "U wan to eat?"

And she almost tore my 'bun' into half coz she really thought is real and she only wanted half of it.

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I called in Class 95 during CarTunes (2nd time!) and talked to Jean again. And let my neighbour dedicated a song to everyone else who was still working (around 8?).

So if u were still working at around 8 today, there, a song just went out to you! =)