..:: 362. The One With Shout-out ::..

arghz. really need to vent my anger i guess. cos my camera cable has gone missing and i could not upload my commissioning pix. my buddy saw this friend of mine take the cable but he denied having it. how you tell me? confront meh? i really hate this. there were a few incidents where people came into my bunk and took my camera cos they need the pix for course video. Hello? At least let me know, not my buddy? i have to ask in order to know where my camera was. Now i have to go down to the HQ to buy a cable. what the fuck? It's at bukit merah.

Now i cannot show you the star of the commissioning parade... Anyway my contingent kinda screw up during the march past. so much for being professional, once we were out of step, most of them started swearing. (fuck) until one lady at the grandstand was telling her friends 'wah they swear leh'. my friend in front of me started to march same hand same leg. *gasps* i almost fainted. well, i still stood tall, braced myself and tactically changed step and warned my dear friend he was walking like he's having 'tua lan pa' (aka big balls). Then i had to give soft timing to ease the tension. Everyone was wondering why we could be in wrong step even with the drum beat, but based on my experience in footdrill, the reasons are as follow:

while waiting to make a turn, the whole contingent was busy reminding each other to lock our arms, brace our knees, look up, etc, everyone was whispering something...

then came the long command and it dragged...

and we slowed down our pace while anticipating the command...

once we turned, we were actually only a bit slower, if the rest has the same situational awareness... we just needed to swing a bit faster but someone hinted 'hey we are on the wrong step'. everyone started shifting steps and some even looked down! arghz. i thought the most basic rule is to look smart and never look down?

well i think only those who know and appreciate drills would understand what i am saying. right? samuel? lol.

commissioning dinner. gosh, it was a chinese cuisine. 6 course and i hardly can feel anything inside my stomach after the dinner. but then so many people, it's understandable.

CGH. made a trip to changi general hospital to seek a cure for my 2-week old cough. X-ray showed that i'm normal. but sadly after i took the antibiotics i developed fever. Went back to nee soon camp to return stores feeling sick the whole morning. luckily we got half day off, while others went out i was at home sleeping for 16 hours. Sleeping is really a fucking waste of time but i thought rest= recovery. NAH. i went to my new unit feeling as sick as the day before.

30 SCE. my unit for the year 2006 :) we are under this 'unit induction programme'. sounds nice huh but it's one of the most fucked up thing in my whole NS life. after being an officer still must get tekan. what the hell? All in the name of being 'initiated' or tekan i would say. seriously the seniors dun really have to 'threaten' us by saying 'dun worry the pain is temporary...' 'take it in good stride, it's just tekan' 'we will educate you dun worry'. for fuck? i know they want to prepare us but i just hate them saying all that. i mean just bring it on la.

the whole lot of us were not happy about this initiation. everyone in fact wanted to boycott it but it has been a tradition. And what's the point of telling us that there was this guy who was sick but he rang the bell (give up?) and in the end did not get any respect from the seniors? so threatening us again?

once again they have warned us after office hours, we have to be careful. Sometimes it's not that we cannot take the shit they giving us, it's just that we have been taught to have purpose in whatever we do or asking your men to do. you can come and bullshit about discipline and regimentation and i can look into your eyes full of birdshit that you are so blinded and that it's all about tekan and the shallow fact 'my seniors did this to me so based on tradition we have to do it' so much for being officers and changing the system for the better. perhaps 3G soldiers really start from thinking soldiers like us. Our batch has decided to do away with the ridiculous initiation of tekaning for the sake of it but to continue the tradition of initiation we would replace it with activities that are more meaningful and not to instill plain fear.

anyway anything the seniors are doing that is not in the lesson plan they have planned, they are in deep shit. so they trying to teach us to do something that is not planned? arent they supposed to impart correct values to us during initiation?

initiation can bond you guys even closer. as my senior says. oh so you saying our cadet course hasnt done a good job? or is it that we will unite and fight back? Once again i must emphasize it's not that we do not have sportsmanship.

i guess i shant bore you all with my rantings... just to let those who are interested in my army stories know more ridiculous things happening?

well i am now clearing leave till end of the year. sian no overseas trip leh. my friends most of them going leh. haiz. tempted. but i'm still sick. arghz... btw i went out with my JC dance CCA frenz, really nice to catch up with them... decided a date to club with them :) anyway i puked my wonderful lunch today. haiz. no appetite and good food cant seem to absorb. sian. are sore muscles and joints symptoms of anything? i have the latter out of a sudden.

anyway check out some songs :)

beyonce f/ slim thug.check up on it
craig david.don't love you no more
fort minor.believe me
mariah carey f/ twista.so lonely (thumbs up, love that 'panting')
mariah carey f/ jermain.makin' it last all night

congrats to mariah for getting 8 nominations in the Grammy Awards...

btw what happen to yanzi... haiz. thought her new album better than the last but the sales definitely says otherwise...

and... zoe tay at the star awards really a bit over... ya she can liven the atmosphere but forcing chris to propose to fann in front of national tv and hogging for more than 5 mins? And... talk about being a celebrity mum with not much connection on top 10 popular female artistes?

oh well. photos on hold. till then. tag me k? my sisters are such adorable creatures... lol. they were excited about taking photos with me during commissioning parade. oh at least they appeared excited and dun worry there was no other guy at the back so it's really me :) for that i got christmas presents for them even though i haven got my officer pay :(

..:: 361. The One With ACPC ::..

well. ACPC is appointment certificate presentation ceremony. i got my sword and cert saying i'm officially a commissioned officer on 11 dec. 1 day after my comm parade.

btw, the parade will be reviewed by the President so all of you are invited to go down to SAFTI MI but may not get grand stand seats. but still can see the parade. hee...

anyway we had great food during the dining in and lots of alcohol and photo taking... time to shut up.


Me and Commander OCS...


platoon 2


me and comms ball chairperson, meng kit


foxtrot platoon 1. those were the days.


foxtrot wing commander, LTC Ng Hee Teck


with our school sergeant major... always like to say 'you bloody swine'


hardcore clubbers. me and 'taiji master' the motion represent him pushing responsibilities to others. lol. at least that is what people call him.


my commando friend...wei jie


the officer face. 2LT John Chen a bit too arrogant but hu cares?

..:: 360. The One With Liquid Room ::..

yesterday night was shiok. went to liquid room for the first time. comparing the music from chinablack, phuture and liquid room, i think the latter still the best. started dancing the moment i went in till i left. Lots of grinding, the girls there were daring... of course the ratio of guys to girls was like 15 to 1. there were a few irritating couples... they love to hold each other, wiggle downwards and upwards. sometimes when they wiggle downwards, i felt like sitting on their heads... but their shots were good too, too bad cant exchange for a jug.

















christmas deco at orchard road:


oh ya just read abt some military pix posted on the blog, have to be more careful what i post next time. thanks jason for reminding me.

some interesting pix...

my wing SM... idling...



one of my chao-beng instructor... who degrades male dancers as being gay 0_0 plain shallow.



P.S: i think he looks more gay here. sir, it's just a needle...

..:: 359. The One With Course Closing ::..

well... my course (reads: engineer officer cadet course) has officially ended. Received my cert and took a course photo on friday. not much to say but lots of pix to show... can log on to the website stated in my intro on msn for more pix on crescendo. had my last interview with my instructor... wish i never had that interview... cos my friend and i both had the interview at the same time and were both disappointed. We were both fighting for sword of merit but then it was hard to get cos for field engineers 2 out of 30+ people get it. Plus they need to give each specialisation one SOM, like armour, bridging, CBRE, EOD... but each of them is like 1 out of 7-9 will get it. what are the chances? haiz... we were not happy with the ranking they gave. we were both damn pissed. screw the assessment system.

sian, shant talk abt it... make my blood boil. just disappointed with the course after so much effort has been put in. if they send me to infantry pioneer, i would say FU :)

I am confident where i stand, i know who should be and qualify to be my competition.

c",) here are some of the pix i took when i went for a red cross event today. It's my junior birthday!





how the parade square looks like:



All the cadets:



c",) some of the hand picked pix from my album...

de-kit our store:



my buddy and me:



my best friends:



rainy day in SOCE, ETI:



my garang platoon doing PT during free time:



last few days, everyone went nuts. dao pok!



ripping underwear:



Sword of honour not spared:



something the e-mart auntie gave us on our last day:



platoon 2, section 1:



jason-the-craig-david and me:



chong han, fish and me:



Heavy!



Edmund john and me:

..:: 358. The One With Home Sweet Home ::..

yay, so glad to touch down singapore again. this marks the end of my training phase for my professional term. time flies and the whole journey was filled with lots of emotions.

for the overseas exercise, i did not get any appointment, to my disappointment. there was a change in the appointment list cos CO thinks priority should be given to those who have not been assessed and those who were in the bottom few. For the matter of fact, i did not get PC role for even local summary exercise which made me ponder whether am i still a contender for sword (merit). They knew i am fighting for it and even encourage me but the fact i did not get any important appointment made it hard for my peers to evaluate me. Seriously, i am pretty confident i am good enough to even fight for sword of honour, just that i didnt have the chance.

pissed. brought up the matter to my OC and he refused to answer how the assessment scheme is like. Talked to one of the majors but what i got was that i confirm pass the course and did well. But problem is i'm not looking for just 'well', i want to know whether i can get the sword. Just like talking to OC, i told him straight in the face i know i confirm can pass... the rest were stunned. -_- i mean come on la, at this stage if you still dunno whether you can pass, something must be wrong.

took lots of pix for the trip.

http://photobucket.com/albums/c301/saiyok/



platoon 1 cadets with OC



beaver venture, we basically walked for more than 60km in full battle order. Had 4 missions to complete. Limited rations-until one person 1 biscuit for breakfast.



bunk in sai yok camp



platoon 1



with our wing SM, ah choy



floating market



zoo. yay.



wax museum



my packet IC.



me with 2 going-to-ord personnel

..:: 357. The One With Ex Crescendo ::..

Hey guys by the time u read this, i'm in thailand :)

Arrival to Singapore: TG 8194, reach at 0315 14 Nov

lol no need to pay airport tax. my flight is at 415am. yawnz...

..:: 356. The One With Pre-Crescendo Syndrome ::..

mmm... had a chat with my senior instructor... shld haf talk to him earlier can get more insights. i was told i'm getting a 'very impt' appointment... wah exciting but nervous... and my sir wanted to talk to me personally whenever i can spare the time. wow. finally i felt important... everyone around me seems to know what they will be getting. definitely a morale booster hearing from my sir that i cannot let them down. but higher expectation = more stress

i can do it

oh ya forgot to give some survival tips for a more enjoyable time in ZOUK.

10 rules of Zoukasutra

1. Stand near the ceiling fan
2. Never go all the way into the crowd (near neon board), you can hardly get out if you need to go toilet
3. Your feet should be as wide apart as possible without compromising your comfort (if not you wil find yourself resort to vibrating)
4. For guys try stand near girls, in any case you can resort to the lowest form of vibrating but yet find yourself grinding instead of rubbing with some 'simply-cant-dance' guys.
5. For girls, beware of guys who will grind you from the back. lol. turn and face him for best effect, under normal circumstance, he will retreat and give you space. however provided he wont ask you 'how's the air down there' *grins*
6. Work on hip thrusts (for girls: you got nothing to lose. for guys: something new other than those horrible back thrusts or rather slams)
7. The only way to create space for yourself is to stop cursing under your breath and start hip + back combi thrusts. It works ok! Sorry for those dancing around me, i bet they kena blue-black.
8. Move at the correct rhythm and not excessively. Some guys really look like they are having fits.
9. For guys: Drinks may make you high but try to keep your 'orgasmic' looks while dancing under control. A real turn-off even to the people ard u.
10. Club more! your endurance level will increase. :) It's all about having fun with your friends

went to the prata house with my bmt buddy for supper :) as usual spent 14 bucks and gd time :) air force is really different. he's going to KL for his leave -_- while i am going thailand for exercise. will see him on 21 nov when we all go back to ocs :)

now spinning:

craig david's
johnny
unbelivable
hypnotic
all the way

madonna's hung up

sean paul's we're be burning

of course stephanie sun's new album :)

some funny flash direct translation 'mouse love rice'
with some really broken english

http://myweb.hinet.net/home7/dreamweaver/mouse.swf

dun wan to make my entry too lengthy... so lyrics in url

johnny
http://www.songlyrics101.com/lyrics/C/Craig%20David%20Lyrics/Johnny%20Lyrics/

unbelivable
http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/craig_david_lyrics_2919/the_story_goes_lyrics_15317/unbelievable_lyrics_177882.html

..:: 355. The One With Zouk Outing ::..

hee... zouk was damn fun. music was good and it has better ventilation than chinablack. renovation was well done. so definitely can catch me there a few more times. Shots were good too :) We left at about 3am then head to Geylang for some supper :)

waiting for cab at Far East





strangely when we met up with the rest, all were wearing white except for one la



dou jiang you tiao



the last place we went before we left



how i got these pictures? i bought a new camera! lol.