[ 292. The One With My 8th Book Out ]

oh well. sun is coming, my holiday is ending, back to training.

today went for lunch with red cross friends. they said i look funny. mmm... maybe without my hair, my head looks smaller? went to china square the village. didnt know got such a place so similar to marche...

then finally went shopping spree... at wisma atria and taka. dunno what to buy so walk abt and see watever fancies me then i buy. saw quite a lot of pple and a few maggot recruits like me. bought a chain for my army buddy for his birthday. bought something for vdae too...

went to UK fun fair at woodlands. damn fun but ex.

haiz. sunday's gonna be boring... for the first time. mmm...

[ 291. The One With KBox Madness ]

.The Eve.

had a great dinner... lots of GOOD food like abalone, lobster, crab, scallop, sea cucumber, etc. even better than wat buddha jumps over the wall. forced to play mahjong wif my parents and my sis. absolutely no luck, never won once.

.Day 1.

just cant help but feel that CNY has lost its meaning... maybe long ago. today i went to visit my paternal relatives. maybe its the dialect. maybe its the generation gap. i find my sisters and i nothing to say to our relatives. as for the children of our relatives, we had nothing to say to each other. firstly they were either too young. If not, there were this two girls who were super hiao. You can see them touching up their make up or look into their cosmetic mirror every 5 mins. i think they kinda overdo their make-up. so thick that if i slap them, the powder would come off.

strangely all my relatives are 'strategically located'. i just need to travel from pasir ris to tampines. my maternal relatives are located at amk/bishan area.

after that, my sisters and i went to kbox. sang from 3-7pm. the bill came up to be 81 bucks!

haha. some1 so sweet accompany for dinner. orchard road was haunted that night. you can cross the roads without having to wait for the green light. it was a wonderful night. i wont beg for anything less! lol.

.Day 2.

this time i get to talk to my relatives cos i meet them often and they at least speak mandarin. managed to convince my stingy mum that a taxi ride is worth it from amk to bishan. end the day wif singing again. i'm addicted. enuff said.

it was a good night sleep. partly because of a $50 hongbao. partly shant disclosed.

.Day 3.

today the streets are empty again cos pple are either schooling or working. left NS guys like us wandering aimlessly.

high tea at some place wif my vball frenz.

vball game at night.

for now. adieu.

[ 290. The One With My 7th Book Out: An eventful week ]

so many happenings this week.

Sitest (situation test)
Live Grenade Throw
SOC (standard obstacle course)

Had to march 12km to the sitest, first time my feet felt numb. first day of the 3-day sitest, we had to learn basic knots and pick two skills that we want to learn.

there are:
medic (most shiong)
signaller (i chose this, cos its just radio comm)
navigator (another slack one)
demo
claymore
lawgunner
mine

i had the list of stations that we went through for the sitest. hee... i was IC for one of the mission and it was a success... first day i wasnt IC of any mission... we only succeed 2/6 missions. the second day we all 6 missions were successes :]
lucky there was a change in assessors...

as for hand grenade, it was once-in-a-lifetime experience... taking cover at the bay and hear the explosion and the vibration. shiok-ful.


safety ring twist
safety ring pull
safety pin out

grenade prepared and ready to throw, sir

hee... i'll never forget this :]

after the HG throw, came back for arms drill... sun is bloody hot and i almost fainted, so dehydrated... 10 mins break for a 2 hr footdrill session? all thanks to our sgt major. it was an interesting sight to see him shout at the sgts...

SOC... mmm... its like a military playground. not much problem... but its entertaining to watch others ...