booking in then bookin out again in 24hours :))

on mc from training. so stayin at home to rest. wells, miss my live grenade throw and 12km route march. expecting to stay back during the weekends to make up for it already. stayin at home could be quite fun especially if you are not schooling and you jus lazed in bed the whole day which is wat i did la, much to the chagrin of feline who moans the fact that she got school. lol.

bookin back in again on friday. and ya. would be out on saturday evening. and would be excuse footwear for the next week i guess. sianxation. anyways would be passing out soon. haha. yay! but then still got a year and a half more. :((

wells, SAF lifeguard seems like a nice vocation to be. haha. 8 to 5 job. jus sit there and guard the pool. sounds interesting and boring at the same time.

yes. and we ex guys of o4B4 tot of having a CNY reunion dinner sometime soon. depending on our availability. hmmm. results should be coming out soon......very soon...... since the O's are being release this friday. got totally no confidence in my results. am prepared to disrupt my NS to retake my A's. that is wat some of my plt mates and i are considering.

have already decided on 2 routes that i may consider taking after i finish my NS.
1. not going to continue my studies. but rather going to set up my own business after my NS.
2. Sign on with SAF. haha. madness man. but ya. taking this 2 years as a trial period to see whether NS life suits me. if so, i may consider signing on lo after NS.

and last but not least...........

introducing..........

my poor toes..........

The Highlight of the Week: Situational Test or Sit Test for short & The Singapore vs Thailand Match

caught the Singapore vs Thailand match in our annex room. rather half my company was there watching the match and our sgts were watching it too in the company office. haha. and the prelude to the match was very exciting. with us recruits doing everything super fast in really record time so as to be back in time for the match. RO too was also push forward so that we all could watch the match. haha. after that, the annex room was flooded with guys all wanting to watch the match. emotions were high as there were lots of cursing and swearing and booing during the match. and when singapore scored. everyone ran out and we created so much noise that during the sit test. Apache which was havin RO told us that they knew singapore scored coz of the noise we made. haha. we were all so darn happy that some even ran the entire floor shouting GOAL!!!! i guess the atmosphere there was like how it was back at the National Stadium. it is like watching the match live.

spend yet another 3 days outfield. but then this time round. the enviroment is slightly better. with fair and sunny weather and super cold winds. this time with nature is time well spent. reclaimed land is really a nice place to go for training. with tall lalangs and thick vegetation, not to mention lots of sand. you really have to go there to see for yourself. but the winds at night can be so super cold that we have to wear full no4 plus goretex, but then it still feel cold. brrrrr.

Day 1: basically lots of lessons as they taught us the basics that we needed to knw for the test. then it was admin time for the rest of the day, whereby we cougar babies had a gathering jus under the stars by a shady tree.

Day 2: Sit Test begins with us having to plan and excecute 6 missions with lots of running, arti drills, day movements etc. started off with a fast march that was more like running. haha it was tiring but fun. then it was admin time all the way again.

Day 3: last day of Sit Test. started the day with fast march and lots of tekkaning as the sgts try ways and means to tire us out. 6 missions to be completed and we did it very quickly. then it was back to company line.

it was only during sit test that we cougar babies realised how lucky we were to have sgts like our company sgts. coz at least we were treated like an equal, like a man. the other companies sgts do not really seem to treat the recruits like humans. more like lots of tekkaning and no welfare. whereas for Cougar there is a balance of both. welfare and discipline. it was only then that we begin to appreciate our sgts more. ya. and we all miss our company line, our beds, our buddies, our shower. haha. and for me, MY 2 PIECE KFC CHICKEN MEAL!!! lol.

training was quite xiong for the last week, esp for me coz i could not walk properly. partly due to my half healed ankle and the blister at my toe that was there since field camp. so it was quite an uphill task tryin to run. but well, lots of fighting spirit. muz press on and perserve. ok, that kinda crap la. haha coz i dun wan RT during block leave or on weekends ;) haha.

well, think this upcoming Valentine's is going to be a boring one again. coz i would be in tekong and my weekend burn again coz i am bookin out in the evening. this sucks man. :(( had plans and now have to postphone.

back from field camp. hurt my ankle during field camp and had to spend the rest of field camp at company line doing saikang. not a bad experience i must say doing saikang. rather interesting too. had my 2nd 2 weeks confinement due to field camp and boy, was i happy when i book out :)) bookin in again soon. and sit test coming up this week. grrrr. going outfield again. my platoon mates and i are growing to love to hate the outfield. brrrr.

spent saturday with my B4 guy classmates. went to the Balcony at heeran there for some drinks after eatin at swensen's. haha. did a lot of talkin kok and catching up. it's becoming more and more like a regular must have event for us.

well, finally remembered the "official" Cougar Company Song. and it goes this way.

Every step i take
Every move i make
Every single day
Every time i pray
i'll be missing you

Looking back the days
Golden memories
Me and my buddy
Cougar Company
Cougar Company

Oh, cant you see
You belong to me
Cougar Company
Cougar Company
Cougar Company

a short but rather meaningful song which strike our hearts when it was first sung. and you could hear ppl singing it everywhere. even in the showers.haha. next week would be a rather xiong week coming up. and yes, going to POP soon :))

many smiles and many cheers. unable to update as often as i like. but ya. would try to do so whenever i can.

and to all those ppl that i owned "outings" would make it up to you all step by step. haha.

Book Out! Book Out Day!!!

book out last friday and came home straight to rest coz i was darn sleepy. alot of interesting happenings in both my section and platoon. haha. some of you may have known. coz i was tellin it to you all. the new intake has finally come in.

saturday was spent with john, alvin and wei liang kayaking. before that, we went to changkat to collect our stuffs. but sad to say, it was all missing. especially my photos which i think are simply priceless coz i only have a set of them. my CLT Course POP, Sec 3 Mount Ophir. Everything gone. :(( all i have left now are the memories that are stored in my tinny winny brain.

it was raining intially and being the brave souls that we are, we ventured out to sea regardless of the weather. before long, much to our relief, the weather got better and we were able to move beyond the red bouy at changi beach. intially planned to go to frog island but later we made our way to chek jewa to see the reefs. but to our disappointment, the tide was high and we were unable to see the reefs that were underneath us. after that we made our way to frog island to rest. chilling out there a while, we made our way back to mainland. after that proceeded down to J8 for a movie- "Blood Diamonds" think the movie was not bad as it raises awareness amongst the people that there are ppl suffering out there and ppl that need our help badly. the anarchy that exists withn the African Nations.

wldnt be bookin out this weekend due to fieldcamp. and after that it's SIT Test. bleahs. hope i wld survive outfield man.

A Simple Tribute to Uncle Daniel.

It seems like only like yesterday that i gotta know him through young wardens, a ministry which i joined back at st. mike's and though i do not know him that well. the times which i talked to him would be well remembered. i remembered that when i was new to wardens and servin my first healing mass, it was him that advised me wat to do and how to do. and he was ever patient in teaching us. he was also a nice person to talk too with a sense of humour and that sparkle in his eye. whenever you walked past him, he would never fail to greet u with a "Hi" and a smile or a wink in his eye would follow. and this is what and how i remembered him by.

i believed that from what my parents said, that he fought a good fight with cancer before the Lord decided that it was time to join him, and join him he did.

May he find Eternal Peace in the Kingdom of Heaven & may his memories lived in each and everyone of us forever.

uncle daniel passed away a few days back and his funeral is today with prayers last night.

some may question me why i dont attend the funeral service today. the reason is simple. i would always have a funeral for them in my heart. nothing can beat that. it doesnt matter where or when you are. as long as you remember them in your heart for the things that they have done, or said. it is enough. as it shows that the memories of them would lived with you forever. no one like to see friends or loved ones passing away. myself included. i hate seeing people that i know leaving me 1 by 1. but that is a way of life that i must accept. heartless you may say for not attending. a rite is a physical emboidentment of mourning. but the actual mourning, to me takes place in your mind and in your heart, where it would always be happening, day in day out.

no one lives forever except in our hearts and our minds' eye. they do. they really do. and when it is time to return home to our Lord. it is these memories that would preserved them with us and make it seem as if they have never left us and would be with us always and everywhere.

gad a fairly short week this week in camp. spend 2 days there before booking out for my weekend which sadly to say ends on a saturday. next week is going to be a rather long week as i would be spending a day more in camp.

the physical training phase has finally started and we are jammed pack with programs but there are also days in which we could have quite a few hours of admin time in the afternoon. that is when we would catch up on our sleep and rest our sore muscles. haha. but it is rather fun i must say as we would push ourselves and motivate our mates to complete the various exercises that are thrown in our way.

field camp coming up the following week. wonder how it would be like. ha. but i muz say that bmt is not as bad as ppl make it out to be cept for the paranormal sightings that would really freak one out. but then i still have about 1 yr plus to go. so still too early to say whether ns is cool or not.

actually got alot of things to blog about bmt. but then, dont really have to mood to sit down and think and blog. coz it's like going to take ages. bleahs. haha. maybe next time ba.