CNY & Outfield 1

Ok. Where have i left off?

CNY was again very routine every year. Booked in on Tuesday afternoon. then went to 30SCE to send our bridge for servicing. Met up with our platoon mate that got posted out. at night was a chill out session at the mess with the whole platoon. i shall spare the details. CNY eve morning was games and celebration in camp. We were suppose to play games to earn cash to bid for items during the celebration part. So after the games, we can place bets to double our earning by playing "Big Small". Later is the bidding part for bowling vouchers, movie vouchers, TV sets and fussball table. cool eh!

Reunion dinner then the next day all the visiting. Mahjong session at my grandma's place. See only, i don't know how to play even though i learn before. Too chim. Saturday went to visit dear's parents. Treated with good food and liquor. haha! thanks dear! Caught Kung Fu Dunk because dear wanted to get out of her house. Hmmm... the movie i think overall is to make Jay Chou look cool only la. but Kuddos to Eris Tsang's acting. Old Ginger is still hottter (translate to chinese).

I went out for a 5 days exercise. walk a very long distance. south to the north of western singapore. cutting through vegetation, skirting pass NIE, into the cemetry (which was a little freaky to walk at night) into a pandan leaf farm i think coz there were pandan leafs all over. and hit the objective la. Sprained my ankle which left me staying in the ambulance for 2 days. missed out the fun part of the exercise. i can only watch from afar. Nvm... the next one is coming up in a week's time at Tekong. hopefully can recover by then.

Dinner and lau yu sheng at my place last night. as usual again every year. got birthday celebration also for a birthday boy. then accompany dear back to hall.

Auf Wiedershen!

Whizz Kids

Gone were the days were homework just came in worksheets and workbooks. Handing it into teacher or risk getting punished. Homework return back with ticks and crosses. Stamps of stars or smiley face and the ever horrifying words "See Me!".

Kids are getting online to do their homework. 2 of my younger cousins just 4 weeks into their life of a primary 1 student logged onto a portal checking out any new task. Now look, homework are called tasks. Check that out! They did their test online, reading aloud passages beside their parents and selecting the correct answers by clicking on the corresponding radio buttons. Submitting homework or task is done by clicking on "Submit" and no longer called Hand-in where we will pass from table to table up to the front or personally hand it up to our teachers.

I really wonder what's next for the future generations to come. With the introduction of Wi-Max and roll out of more PDA phones with Wi-Fi capabilities, are we going to see young kids doing homework at the playgrounds? 3G technology will perhaps push homework to a more interactive level, primary school kids are going to stream videos and answer questions. I won't be surprise if kids are going to have video conference with their teachers while at the playground.

Auf Wiedersehen!

Cakes, Camo and 30 guys

Chinese new year is coming. but i am not in the mood for it. searching for an answer, tuning myself into the mood. well, days go by and i will just live with it like any other. So i was out with my parents early on Sunday afternoon. Shopping. I don't know what i want so i just grab and go. its nice to have tea break with them. I really missed those days when we were out shopping as a family. Now all grown up, we have a life of our own. Especially when i am caught up with NS and busy loving my dearest. I don't know if they walk around the mall to look at other things when we finish shopping or just to kill time waiting with me for Suky. But they left soon after going to my grandma's place for dinner. without me of course. I waited.

Met up with Suky not before she went to collect my jeans (thanks alot darling!), had dinner at crystal jade la mian xiao long bao. i refuse to order spicy food because i scared that my stomach can't take it and coughing. i just want something plain. hurried for time we forgot the ice cream. Cab back to Suky's hall before leaving for camp.

Training is ramp up with SOC, fast march and stairs climbing. in addition i went running and gym a few times on my own to train up myself. Suffered from many blisters which erupt into open wounds that bled. ouch..! ATEC 2 is coming very soon. so outfield and outfield and outfield. before i know it.. i am flying off..!

Platoon is 1 men less, this guy named jeremy posted out. So we had a dinner gathering at Botak Jones at Clementi on tuesday night. Cake smashing party on Wednesday night. Bought a cake, made him say a speech. Commented something to PC about me. haha! that made everyone cheer! then cake smashing begins. I DIDN'T GET TO EAT THE CAKE!!!!!!!! lucky, you get away with a small patch of chocolate cream or camo, unlucky ones will get palm print using cake and black or green camo all over your body. anyway, wish him all the best. ORD soon... 8 more months to go.

Auf Wiedersehen!