Saturday, January 29, 2005

[ 289. The One With My 6th Book Out: Fieldcamp Experience ]

had my 7 days of fieldcamp... only a few things i felt uncomfortable.

1. carry rifle, wear helmet and webbing for almost the whole day
2. dig a hole and shit (super unbearable when u are on the verge of letting go)
3. eating combat rations that smell like dog food
4. doing push ups and hold on to the position on a slope (blood rush to brain)
5. put on camo cream for 7 days (having break out)
6. Not changing clothes for 2-3 days
7. Not bathing for like 5 days! Only powder bath

oh ya, my range card drawing got a 'mohawk' grade which means very gd :] just like my camouflage. learnt quite a few stuff like:

1. fire movement (fire control order)
2. locating enemy fire
3. I.A Drill
4. Sniper Drill
5. Artillery Drill
6. Aircraft Drill
7. Leopard Crawl, Back Crawl, Baby Crawl
8. Battle Innoculation Course

mistakes:
1. fell into the drain cos too dark cant see... pai seh sia.
2. not bringing gloves. proning and digging of trench... my hands are badly damaged...

greatest luxury item:
wet tissue!

Friday, January 21, 2005

[ 288. The One With My Desired MP3 Player ]

haha... i wan my ipod shuffle!!! dying to get my hands on it... arghz. wont be in spore anytime now. :(

178 bucks for 512MB. if i'm not wrong.

[ 287. The One With My 5th Book Out]

booked out on thursday 1845. went to look for ipod shuffle but the taxi trip to orchard was in vain.

whole week training had been fun and slack. cos most of the time had to learn IFC (individual field craft) so not much PT. BCCT was shiong for the first time only. but seems like the instructor that we complained no longer teaching us. so nvr really did a lot of pumping... We learnt how to pitch basha tents and make barricades. a lot of pple got their magazine stolen... so we got wise and took it out and put in our webbing.

we had a camouflage test. and mine was the best! haha... they used code words like mohawk, leopard and delta. kinda obvious that mohawk was the best and delta meant cannot make it just by looking at the extent of the camouflage.

fieldcamp starting on sat. haiz. shiong 7 days, we have been pre-warned. powder bath for at least 5 days. disgusting combat rations for 5 days. goona have pimple outbreak soon, we have to put on camo cream for 7 days. washing off is damn hard.

my cough and flu finally ok le. ready for fieldcamp! bring it on. be back on fri :]

Sunday, January 16, 2005

[ 286. The One With My 4th Book Out ]

i always dread the feeling when i have to book in. mon i having mood swing. It was the start of BMT. now anything they unhappy with us, they just have to ask us to knock it down or 'whole lot of you half left turn'. when there's nothing to do (muz get used to army's style of 'rush to wait, wait to rush', our PC (platoon commander) would ask us whether we want to do push-ups. not really a choice cos in the end still have to do. i being bunk IC also have to pump more during stand-by area.

but during our first BCCT (basic close combat training), we get to pump like crazy, do lots of jumping jacks like more than 100 same for gym training. the instructor got screwed, i think, for scolding us and misusing his authority. he was like asking 'are you all fuckers?' when nobody answered, he said, 'i tell u all, u all are.' but anyway we got all that because some didnt surrender hard objects in their uniforms. we have to shout at the top of our voice when we do the stunts or answering the instructor... plus all the singing at the route march, i have no more voice left. why all the shouting? cos we have to bne aggressive during close combat... mmm...

we had weapon presentation on tue... so i got my rifle. it can be a bad thing cos now almost everyday we have to draw arms and at night send arms. now every night we had very little admin time. by the time everything finished, we only had like 30 mins to bathe and do stuff.

we had our first aid test... was actually more fun if they accepted my way of doing stuff like CPR, evacuation. cos some of the methods they used not very correct. i used the recovery position, firstly they dunno wat it is, next they say i used wrong method. then for evacuation of injured soldiers, the casualty was too heavy so i used human stretcher, cos its the easiest when all the aiders had their full battle order on, where got strength to do fireman's lift. i realised something... after u haf done fireman's lift then how do we lower the casualty, the same way as we lift up? cos i had a bit of difficulty.

hee... sat came out when to have a great meal... having meals with loved ones.. especially good food... i could die for that man. :] well next book out is thur... fieldcamp coming... arghz...

Saturday, January 08, 2005

[ 285. The One With My 3rd Book Out ]

okay i spent my wed-sat at sick bay... haiz. because of sore eyes. and its not because of my contacts... its due to sweat getting into my eyes... sick bay sucks only because of the meals. everyday porridge. (lucky i brought in my muesli bars) but the people there were very nice. listened to a lot of stories... pple from sispec, ocs and many other units. this year's white horse company is hawk. lol. interested to know more? hehe... medics at sick bay were cool.

i saw some of my friends at leopard coy.. haha neighbours... whats best? joel frm my class same coy as me... saw him at PT this evening... haha he's having his 'confinement' for 14 days while i'm out...

so many things to do... guys can start making black frame specs cos u nid it during bmt for those hu wear specs la. nid to cut hair cos i missed the $2 haircut session... sian. wanted to change fone but my pay coming on mon. *sticks out middle finger*

Saturday, January 01, 2005

[ 284. The One With An Email ]

hee... pretty surprised to receive an email wif well-wishings from my ULP cadet... haha... if u are reading this, thx, i feel honoured to be your mentor too :] lets strive in 2005! cheers.

will be gg to beach road wif my army buddies... getting back my money.. cool... then later will be special programme... haha... this is my first few hours home... but i kept my promise that i spent more time wif my parents...

my next book out sadly is sat evening...
[ 283. The One With New Year, 2005 ]

after wed book out, my mum dragged me to go buy clothes... she's more enthu than i am to get new clothes... perhaps my aching neck and shoulder tts why i dun feel like gg out. then went to get my fone fixed at toa payoh... wah waited for more than 2.5 hrs... had to take a cab to rush down to play vball...

Thur. Went to get my neck and shoulder rubbed... only took 3 mins and 3 days of suffering were gone instantly. i broke out in cold sweat the moment the uncle lay his hands on me. then went to watch Kung Fu Hustle with my sis and mum... the show pretty lame but it was funny :] but definitely a wrong choice to watch wif my mum... then went for a red cross gathering... mmm... after that went to meet my friend :] fun.

today had wonderful breakfast and went to funny places... nice nap but was interrupted cos nid to go haf a spicy steamboat wif a few friends... hee... i wld never want to spend my first day of 2005 wif anyone else except ... lol...

more activities coming up ...

Wednesday, December 29, 2004

[ 282. The One With Second Book Out ]

Hee... i'm out sooner than expected... cos i reported sick. haiz. got sore eyes and aching neck and shoulders... got Attend C which is equals to MC and can book out earlier. Spent last nite at sick bay which happened to be one of the nicest place in tekong... made friends with the medics there. pretty cool i muz say for a medic's life.

be back soon...

mohawk warriors marching in as smart as they can be
we are from mohawk 1 mohawk company
the boys will shout the girls will scream as loud as they can be
we are from mohawk 1 mohawk company

mohawk 1, mohawk 1
we are from mohawk company...(x2)

the sun will rise the birds will sing for us for u and me
we are from mohawk 1 mohawk company
to lead, excel to overcome until we ORD
we are from mohawk 1 mohawk company

mohawk 1, mohawk 1
we are from mohawk company...(x2)

we pump, we run, we jump, we sing as loud as we can be
we are from mohawk 1 mohawk company
although we make a lot more noise than other companies
but in the end, we're proud to be in mohawk company

Sunday, December 26, 2004

[ 281. The One With My First Book Out ]


Training to be soldiers
Fight for our land
Once in our life
Two years of our time

Have you ever wondered
Why must we serve
Because we love our land
And we want it to be free, to be free

Stand up
Be on your guard
Come on everybody
Do your part
Come on everybody
Give your soul and heart
Do it for our nation
Do it for our Singapore

Looking all around us
People everywhere
Children having fun
while we are holding guns

Have you ever wondered
Why must we serve
Because we love our land
And we want it to be free, to be free


More army stories coming up... for now let this botak boy enjoy civilian life :]

Thursday, December 09, 2004

[ 280. The One With My Last Civilian Day b4 Enlistment ]

today was a 'rush-hour' day for me... as usual had to go pray early in the morning. got nagged by my aunt who brought me there cos she couldnt contact me as i have lost my fone. i lost it after supper after vball game. talk abt the game, first time playing no4 position. fun!

after praying had to rush to lavender to buy army stuff... spent abt 35 bucks. got discount from the auntie cos i always buy red cross camp stuff there. :]

then rushed to have lunch with my friend at jack's place. wanted to treat me but we had a friendly money fight. lol. it was a memorable lunch and ate like 2 hours. if only every meal like dat, i would have been the happiest guy and a fat one! btw the brownie sucked. to my friend: i dun bare grudges ok! lol

then rushed to the karaoke centre at bishan, joined weishan, shu hui, yuhui, yingsheng to sing like mad. first time singing karaoke, feels gd... but bad to hog the mike. hope i didnt spoil their ear drums.

then tried to rush to pasir ris cos my grandmother wanted to pass me something and money. then i remembered i need to get my SIM card cos if not even with new phone, i cant make a call. so i dropped at tampines and to my horror, no m1 shop so i had to take a cab and rush down to sengkang. it was already 9.15pm. i was so scared the shop might close. then when i finally got the card, i took cab again to pasir ris. and after that i was too tired so i took cab back home again. :(

altogether abt 15 bucks on cab. but gd thing is lots of pple gave me money...

ok now the i-miss-you list...


you

Red Cross... from senior instructors to VIP 04 to cadets...to angeline to ex staff like shannen and ee ling

My NatCamp cadets

vball frenz like andy, fukang, mike, warren, dennis, james and many others

to all who will be missing me.

i LOVE u guyS!!!!

Catch me botak soon

and Hello to TEKONG...


Wednesday, December 08, 2004

[ 279. The One With South District Camp ]

woke up early juz to make it for 12pm briefing but then in the end dun haf. felt so giddy maybe didnt sleep well. but lucky got Kat's febs tablets.

then in the afternoon awaiting the cadets, law sir shared wif me and the others abt his army days and gave me valuable survival tips and stuff to bring. it was indeed time well spent.

then managed to do abseiling, first time trying to climb down 3 stories at the campsite... revised my bowline knot.

so long nvr had a gd chat wif yu ching . glad that we are still at da same frequency. poor him... feel as lost as me.

america's next top model was yoanna... final 2 shld be shandi and yoanna. mercedes eeks.

then tue morning, woke up late as expected no time to take bus so i took a cab down to east coast park. wah $16.40. haha someone has to wake up alone.

the sch i was with had no motivation to win. lack of communication. no one was leading. simple map of popular locations like dhoby ghaut, city hall, bugis also dunno how to read. walked even slower than when i was doing recce. anyhow hum-tum the answer cos they nvr go briefing for the Quest. told them to manage their money wisely, in the end, $2 for lunch, they used 80 cents for cup noodles and $1.20 for Big Gulp at 7-11. some even ate into their transport fee... *faints*

i had to eat the same wif them except i nvr bought the drink cos every1 supposed to carry a water bottle with them. juz drink plain water la.

More stuff to buy: hangers of same colour. masking tape. wet tissue. ziplock bags.

so happy got pple buy dinner for me.

and i am finally 60KG!!!

Sunday, December 05, 2004

[ 278. The One With A Blast ]

today woke up had to tell my mum i going for south district camp, she was like 'wat? u no nid to rest before going to army?'

haiz. i dun like to laze ard. so this morning went for the contact session of the volunteer instructor programme...

haiz i guess i was a bit edgy abt the white pants yesterday... oops talking abt it, i forgot to return edwin's pants!

talking to the new batch of trainees abt my experiences is pretty fun i guess... they looked excited :]

and one of the trainees also called john... mmm... next time when the instructors scolded that john, haha wonder if they would laugh...

then went to SPANS for vball matches... pretty exciting. too bad they didnt give out the oscars best acting awards sia... its damn tough to try to lose a game. especially when pple love to laugh after they supposedly missed a shot.

marina steamboat super fun too... lots and lots of photo taking... then went into arcade and play too... super crappy mood. oh muz thank a group of you guys who bought the wind breaker for me... thanks a lot.. so touched... :]

i miss u today...
[ 277. The One With 10Q ]

lol muz thank a few pple who listen to my woes and gave me advice...

my bitch partner, shanZ !
shannen
you

talking to myself. so happy to know the status question. hee... :]

Saturday, December 04, 2004

[ 276. The One With Fed-Up ]

weird pple part 2. shanZ and yingsheng! i think i was right about something...

i waited whole night for a sms cos i nid to get back my white pants from a cadet for tml's event! now dun haf... arghz. tml is white top white bottom. i haf no choice but to appear in jeans. serves me right for asking so late and assuming efficiency

oh ya back to weird pple, yest at orchard i saw a guy who's a drag... eww... he got at least 2m with the high-heel shoes... plain gay.

oh well. tml besides popping by volunteer instructor programme in an obviously wrong attire, i'm going for vball competition! haiz, know abt dinner @ marina wif my fellow frenz but hopefully the matches end early. wonder if i have the appetite.

does it take longer to type an sms or blog?
i chose the latter, but it seems i am stupid to choose that.
[ 275. The One With Mad World by Alex Parks ]

lol. the song is nice but more imptly, there are weird pple ard! there's this 13yo girl from jurong pri added me in msn... and she wanted me to gif her my number???

speechless
[ 274. The One With Home Alone ]

oh wells, finally home. feels kinda weird. past week been a blast. after 3 hrs of tan on fri, i finally have tann-lines. lol. somemore no sun burn. :]

Now busy trying to get tips from seniors what other stuff i shld be bringing other than the standard pack list... so far, cd player, black permanent marker, black insulation tape... mmm... what else?

juz received letters from navy and air force... pretty interested in navy but heard from those who signed on with the army in general... most haf negative comments and advised me not to sign on... i wonder the bond last for how long... getting $1900 per mth and study allowances sounds good...

went for recce for South Quest, am i getting old? cos the rest of the guys walked so fast... oh yeah cant wait for South District Camp, dunno who else i would see... busy week again :]

late . i hope its a gd thing... but i feel bad.

Friday, December 03, 2004

[ 273. The One With Feeling High ]

oh, yesterday was pretty high and hyped up because of campfire and other stuff :]

memorable

i think its been so long since i attended a campfire so felt kinda weird at first... feeling a bit sian seeing them setting up campfire... cos everytime set up campfire, so might feel a bit sian, nothing new...

yesterday before campfire, went to watch Without A Paddle with my some of my Nat Camp cadets. Supposed to be a comedy but dun think i even laugh... mmm... lucky its 6.50.

saw a lot of familiar faces at PS...

had a very gd nice sleep... finally a deep one...

morning woke up late... lol. had nice breakfast... saw my sec sch friend with another girl too... mmm...

on my way home... first a crazy man asking for $ to go home... early in the morning? i was thinking u got all the time now to walk to wherever u want in singapore lo... then there was a woman with big bottom (sorry) who sat beside me in the bus... gosh she took up more than half of the seat. i couldnt get up cos she kinda pressed on my hip bone and if i stood up i'm like a bit mean. so just kept quiet, hopefully she would alight early.

sun is good, gym sounds exciting and i have to hunt for my PS game... arghz... awaiting 6pm... a week has passed... a week later i'll be in tekong! muahaha...

Thursday, December 02, 2004

[ 272. The One With Piazza & Singapore Idol ]

oh we went to this restaurant at orchard atrium... cos there got TV showing Singapore Idol... reached there super early and stood outside waited for like 45 mins... lol. then when we reached we had to ask the waiter whether they will be showing singapore idol and whether if we seat inside will we be able to hear.

ordered fish and chips and brownie with ice cream. and in the end they served the brownie first... a bit shocked la cos i thought that was supposed to be dessert. but apparently, i forgot to ask them to serve later... hee i thot it was understandable...

haiz i still prefer sly's version of the single... oh well, cant wait to see the sales of taufik's album... today's biggest winner is the telecom operating centre... 3 million votes... teenagers have to work doubly hard to earn back the money they spent on voting... btw dick lee's composition was damn hilarious! shannen and satu kosong busy distracting angie from watching sly... table was almost flipped too. fun times...

and american idol starting in jan!!! but too bad i'm in tekong le...
haha. cant wait for shannen to sell the membership at tekong. lolx. sure lots of guys want her number...

for the kick, i voted for sly only once and this shannen has to play a trick on the confirmation msg which apparently was delayed due to overwhelming incoming of messages...

thank you for voting for sly. he's going to lose! YEAH

Also, didnt expect warren to miss me... haha. after so long nvr go down for vball... i bet he gonna tag he wasnt missing me... :P

Haiz... so sad my friend had to wait for an hour for me... felt so bad... shall make it up :]

i got my new residential phone number le... more chatlines available!

today camp was kinda sian at first cos the cadets i think slack too much... but after some fine tuning... they are better... maybe too small an unit so the camp dont have much impact. but 3 NCOs planning for the camp only, i think its quite a gd camp :]

Tuesday, November 30, 2004

[ 271. The One With Slacking Day ]

today's the first time i used up the 4 rides/per day of my concession pass... went to PS but the shop haven open due to stock taking... so i headed to lavender to buy some army tee, short and towel. they're comfortable to wear and cheaper than my sch PE attire! but then if drenched in sweat, its a different story.

then shop at PS before slacking at HQ to see what i could help...

early afternoon went to make my ATM card... lol. and today my first time drawing $. really can get addicted... many pple will think its weird not to have an ATM card, but for me when i need $, i wld ask my parents for it, so there wasnt a need for the card. now its different, i gg army to be a grown man. Image wise, i also morphed from a billabong wallet to a leather wallet :] all thanks to dennis laughing at me say i 18 already still carry tt kind of wallet. hey got sentimental value one ok...

then at PS had a shopping spree. bought lots of stuff... haiz every1 so busy, msg so many pple to watch movie with me but cant find. i saw my hc senior, chek wun and one of the j2 dance society member. bought some stuff for my friend also...

went to HQ saw a few familiar faces... annie the grumpy receptionist. rita, khai, angeline, doreen, cynthia, jorin, mizael, edwin, poh boon, ching huey, ambrose and i also helping out for SouthQuest, a heritage trail game... yeah. cant wait to roam abt under the sun. better be hot sun...

It's time to get down to serious business...
hee... punggol red cross camp, here i come...
thur watching shutter again with my National Camp cadets.

Now SpinninG: Rumors by Lindsay Lohan
[ 270. The One With Flute ]

well didnt know flute sound so nice until my friend played a few pieces for me... so zai until can play without scores... juz hear the song for a few times and can start playing... *jaw-dropping* well wat can i say, talented lo. :X