Just came back from dinner with my Meta camp group faci and ppl. Long queue at Marche Vivocity. Had my favourite Swiss rosti with a choice of chicken cheese Wurst.
So anyway, the seniors were sharing their experiences for meta camp and FTB. And also what's life going to be in SIS and all other stuffs about SIS. Some guys face were all stressed up and yeah, there is one that kept asking questions about stuffs going to happen in Yr 3 & Yr 4 when Yr 1 sem 1 has yet to start!!!!!
Okay, chill chill. All were warned about the possibility about spending the night in school just to rush through the tons of assignment because this course is heavily based on projects projects and projects and all other things la.. Wow Wee.... and that's only yr 1 stuffs.
Meta camp is next week, straight after NDP preview. I wonder how am i going to survive through..
Auf Wiedersehen!
Sunday, July 27, 2008
One last parade
After getting a good tan the past few days doing the rehearsal it was all good to go for the ORD parade. Parents were invited to view the whole parade and other events that planned out after the parade.
Big boss gave a very very very very long speech detailing all the achievements and a very very very long final words to motivate everybody. If you do your sums, that adds up to at least 5 pages worth of speech which will be a "torture" for all of us under the sun. Haha.. But, i was quite inspired and motivated by his speech. If only i can get a copy of it.. hmm....
A pleasant surprise to be awarded Top 10 in the company. Only being notified earlier in the morning. Haha.. Initally planned was to have individual citation read out as we collect the award. But in the end it was being scrapped. Yeah, good move!
Company cheer was the last on the program and because i was "slacking" away at SMU attending a Freshmen Orientation, every thing was monkey see monkey do. Hopefully i have not made a fool of myself, obviously I have been hiding on the last row. haha! Anyway, it was great fun!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Big boss gave a very very very very long speech detailing all the achievements and a very very very long final words to motivate everybody. If you do your sums, that adds up to at least 5 pages worth of speech which will be a "torture" for all of us under the sun. Haha.. But, i was quite inspired and motivated by his speech. If only i can get a copy of it.. hmm....
A pleasant surprise to be awarded Top 10 in the company. Only being notified earlier in the morning. Haha.. Initally planned was to have individual citation read out as we collect the award. But in the end it was being scrapped. Yeah, good move!
Company cheer was the last on the program and because i was "slacking" away at SMU attending a Freshmen Orientation, every thing was monkey see monkey do. Hopefully i have not made a fool of myself, obviously I have been hiding on the last row. haha! Anyway, it was great fun!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Widmung
What does it takes for one to compose such a beautiful piece for the love of their life? Originally composed for Vocal and piano. "Widmung" means dedication in german written by Robert Schumann for his wife Claire Schumann. Been transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt. Enjoy!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Clearing leave
Have been clearing leave the whole week. Out to take Final Theory Test (FTT) on tuesday and manage to passed it. Can't wait to book TP test now but have to engage an instructor first. Urgh! I thought i was going to fail the test because studied for it really last minute and was practically flipping through the pages and just memorizing a few points here and there. Well, for those planning to take the test, its best to take a few practical lessons to get a feel of what is like to drive on roads. And erm... when answering the question, pick the most logical and safest answer.
Crap! Faculty camp has been made compulsory for all freshmen. Keen to go but the day before is the preview thus the NO initially. Never mind, just have to endure and try to have lots of fun with my faculty's freshmen! Otherwise suffer an additional 200 hours of CIP on top of the compulsory 80 hours. Ouch!
Went out to hunt for tennis racquet and got some new tennis balls. The old ones are in conditions that can use to play "fetch" with dogs. Gees! Still can't figure out the numbers printed on the balls and the net seems to have no answers for it too!
Friday was looking forward to book into camp. But msg from camp says that we are to directly report to Marina Square on Saturday. That's good, another night with air-con. haha! NE 3 was a smoother run as compared to last week. Yeah, everyone is telling me i am putting my life on the line for strangers i don't know when tasked to be the point man for traffic controlling. Stress.. haha! but fun.. all ranks have to listen to ME!
Weather turned bad as the parade when on and it began to pour as the show segement started and start to get a little feverish while waiting at the bus point to dispatch the kids home. Everything ended early.
20 more days. 2 more shows.
Tennis was a total nightmare that i could have flunk my tennis balls and racquet off to unsuspecting people down at the pool. Tuesday night's game was better even though the court was wet and slippery. Not everyday is Sunday (even thought today is sunday). haha! Next game will be better.
Auf Wiedersehsen!
Crap! Faculty camp has been made compulsory for all freshmen. Keen to go but the day before is the preview thus the NO initially. Never mind, just have to endure and try to have lots of fun with my faculty's freshmen! Otherwise suffer an additional 200 hours of CIP on top of the compulsory 80 hours. Ouch!
Went out to hunt for tennis racquet and got some new tennis balls. The old ones are in conditions that can use to play "fetch" with dogs. Gees! Still can't figure out the numbers printed on the balls and the net seems to have no answers for it too!
Friday was looking forward to book into camp. But msg from camp says that we are to directly report to Marina Square on Saturday. That's good, another night with air-con. haha! NE 3 was a smoother run as compared to last week. Yeah, everyone is telling me i am putting my life on the line for strangers i don't know when tasked to be the point man for traffic controlling. Stress.. haha! but fun.. all ranks have to listen to ME!
Weather turned bad as the parade when on and it began to pour as the show segement started and start to get a little feverish while waiting at the bus point to dispatch the kids home. Everything ended early.
20 more days. 2 more shows.
Tennis was a total nightmare that i could have flunk my tennis balls and racquet off to unsuspecting people down at the pool. Tuesday night's game was better even though the court was wet and slippery. Not everyday is Sunday (even thought today is sunday). haha! Next game will be better.
Auf Wiedersehsen!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Parade, Parade and more Parades
Went back to SMU for matriculation on monday. I thought it was a very quick process because i can skip some stations. Ended up being held back for talks and camp registrations and lots of bombardments of CIP programs. Top it off with a downpour thus making a mad dash across to LKC-SOB.
A full day of fun-pack packing. Target was 100+ pallets. Worked through the day and night, dead beat at the end but have to keep the momentum going when my "engine" is begining to shut down. In the end target was achieve, happy happy go back camp! Wee..! Of course while working we got treats like Pizza hut's winglets, garlic bread and a nice cold ice cream! Yummy!
Well the rest of the week was rehearsal for CoC parade. On actual day, I witness the uncasting of the unit's colors and was giving a short lesson on the importance of unit's color. A very sacred cermony not many have a chance to witness. CoC parade ended without a hitch. Next up, ORD parade. OMG!!!!!!
NE 2 kicked off yesterday. AO was reduced to a smaller area and got quite a good amount of time to roam around marina and suntec. I still don't understand the need for civilians to scold every guy deployed just because they couldn't find their way to the entrance. Well, if he was dressed in red we might have a 50% chance of knowing he is lost and would rander help. All i could do was to respones with a smile from all that verbal abuse. Haiz.. Well, this is what i signed up for, this is my job. I love my job! Had one of the best views of the fireworks in the marina bay area. Woo..! Everyone was simply awwed by it. If only i had my camera with me to capture the moments but meanwhile BACK TO WORK!
The P5 kids are a bundle of joy to work for. Even thought it was a long day, they still packed with energy as they waited for their buses to send them back to school. No matter how tired i was, i still squeeze out that tiny little bit of energy to play with them and wave good bye! =)
Alright, getting more and more chao-tar since i have been under the sun for almost 5 days now. Tennis started off quite bad, perhaps its due to the little hours of sleep i have after NE show. As the game when on, it got better and better. Now... The week ahead packed with more tennis game. Whee...!
Auf Wiedersehen!
A full day of fun-pack packing. Target was 100+ pallets. Worked through the day and night, dead beat at the end but have to keep the momentum going when my "engine" is begining to shut down. In the end target was achieve, happy happy go back camp! Wee..! Of course while working we got treats like Pizza hut's winglets, garlic bread and a nice cold ice cream! Yummy!
Well the rest of the week was rehearsal for CoC parade. On actual day, I witness the uncasting of the unit's colors and was giving a short lesson on the importance of unit's color. A very sacred cermony not many have a chance to witness. CoC parade ended without a hitch. Next up, ORD parade. OMG!!!!!!
NE 2 kicked off yesterday. AO was reduced to a smaller area and got quite a good amount of time to roam around marina and suntec. I still don't understand the need for civilians to scold every guy deployed just because they couldn't find their way to the entrance. Well, if he was dressed in red we might have a 50% chance of knowing he is lost and would rander help. All i could do was to respones with a smile from all that verbal abuse. Haiz.. Well, this is what i signed up for, this is my job. I love my job! Had one of the best views of the fireworks in the marina bay area. Woo..! Everyone was simply awwed by it. If only i had my camera with me to capture the moments but meanwhile BACK TO WORK!
The P5 kids are a bundle of joy to work for. Even thought it was a long day, they still packed with energy as they waited for their buses to send them back to school. No matter how tired i was, i still squeeze out that tiny little bit of energy to play with them and wave good bye! =)
Alright, getting more and more chao-tar since i have been under the sun for almost 5 days now. Tennis started off quite bad, perhaps its due to the little hours of sleep i have after NE show. As the game when on, it got better and better. Now... The week ahead packed with more tennis game. Whee...!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Insane but right decision
QET was a total screw up even with all the planning and drafting before writing down the final essay. Anyway, everybody's face look stunned when they took the first look at the test paper. First time in a long while feeling so crap handing in a crap piece of essay. The world is quite small yeah, got to know a fellow guy from another platoon who will be in the same course as me. classmates next time maybe?
Alright, so i missed out the talk about reservist because of QET. Listening to my section guys updating me on what i have missed out which kind of dwell on me that when you first enlist, you thought it will be 2 years of service, nearing to ORD... there is another FREAKING 10 years of army life ahead. Oh shit!
Damn! Even with all the effort to keep the bunk a bacterial free environment there still live a little bugger know that will creep around munching on human food. Already caught that mouse peeking into the bunk from the door but in the end got chased after by me. Now, that mouse stole my last pack of oreo cookies which is nicely placed in a mug. Argh! what's next? my cup noodles? I should feed him with Tom yam flavour. muahahahahah!
The most outrageous and insane decision in my NSF life. I made the request to participate in NDP instead of being tasked to do guard duty. The latter would meant longer weekends when there isn't any duty schedule as compared to late saturday nights, extreme physical workout and a normal 2 rest days.
So yesterday was down at Marina Square since around 8am and then set up barricades along a pre-assigned perimeter and then left to wander around. Carl's Jr breakfast simply pack a punch of energy with a simple bacon and egg barito, hash brown dipped in maple syrup. Then I was introduce to shop that sells model aircraft, blah blah blah. Looked at the army figurines, it is so detailed and real! Aww at the showcase of a fire trench filled with the soldiers taking up their trench position.
Deployed at one of the exit of marina square and kept turning back people because it was blocked off. No short-cut! Gave a bunch of concert goers a good lesson for being late for concerts! haha! Plan ahead next time. and be early! Took about 1 hr+++ to disperse 27,000 ppl. another 1 hour to tear down the barricades (because all of us are super tired and want to get home quick!) reached home at midnight.
Overall, was quite an experience. Get to interact with lots of people, bump into a few familiar faces, endure a few threats from our "own" ppl. Anyway, it was free biceps training. haha! Another show next week..
Auf Wiedersehen!
Alright, so i missed out the talk about reservist because of QET. Listening to my section guys updating me on what i have missed out which kind of dwell on me that when you first enlist, you thought it will be 2 years of service, nearing to ORD... there is another FREAKING 10 years of army life ahead. Oh shit!
Damn! Even with all the effort to keep the bunk a bacterial free environment there still live a little bugger know that will creep around munching on human food. Already caught that mouse peeking into the bunk from the door but in the end got chased after by me. Now, that mouse stole my last pack of oreo cookies which is nicely placed in a mug. Argh! what's next? my cup noodles? I should feed him with Tom yam flavour. muahahahahah!
The most outrageous and insane decision in my NSF life. I made the request to participate in NDP instead of being tasked to do guard duty. The latter would meant longer weekends when there isn't any duty schedule as compared to late saturday nights, extreme physical workout and a normal 2 rest days.
So yesterday was down at Marina Square since around 8am and then set up barricades along a pre-assigned perimeter and then left to wander around. Carl's Jr breakfast simply pack a punch of energy with a simple bacon and egg barito, hash brown dipped in maple syrup. Then I was introduce to shop that sells model aircraft, blah blah blah. Looked at the army figurines, it is so detailed and real! Aww at the showcase of a fire trench filled with the soldiers taking up their trench position.
Deployed at one of the exit of marina square and kept turning back people because it was blocked off. No short-cut! Gave a bunch of concert goers a good lesson for being late for concerts! haha! Plan ahead next time. and be early! Took about 1 hr+++ to disperse 27,000 ppl. another 1 hour to tear down the barricades (because all of us are super tired and want to get home quick!) reached home at midnight.
Overall, was quite an experience. Get to interact with lots of people, bump into a few familiar faces, endure a few threats from our "own" ppl. Anyway, it was free biceps training. haha! Another show next week..
Auf Wiedersehen!
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Bringing the roof down
Ever since I attend that hair-raising, hang on to the edge of your seat concert a few years back I have always wondered when will they bring the roof down. Back on Sunday evening, attended my Bro's band concert, the ever fame and popular XXXXX concert band with guest appearance from their sister band.
Yes, presentation of the piece were well executed perhaps the only fault was the endurance to keep the standard the same throughout the 4 pieces. 2nd half was as usual the fun-filled, creative performance of the Singapore equivalent of the percussion group Stomp. Overall, it was entertaining and a great way to unwind before heading back to studies or work. But still, going back to the bet with my buddy on whether they will bring the roof down. Well.. Good attempt.
Dinner was truly one to remember as it was the first time I have to seek cover from the torrential rain that poured. The scene of people carrying plates of satays and sting rays, yes STING RAY!!! in to lau pasat while trying to avoid getting drenched by the heavy downpour that followed after the trickle of rain drops. Somehow, I feel its my unit's "curse" where every mention of Stingray will be the equivalent of the Indian American rain dance. Haiz.. the fish needs water to survive.
Well, lau pasat is one place where you still get to experience eating at a truly street hawker lined up with smoke filled Satay stalls and touts moving around trying to sell you seafood. Wee..! Of course for those who are weight conscious, its nice to indulge yourself once in a while for such hawker fare but don't forget to hit the running tracks after that!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Yes, presentation of the piece were well executed perhaps the only fault was the endurance to keep the standard the same throughout the 4 pieces. 2nd half was as usual the fun-filled, creative performance of the Singapore equivalent of the percussion group Stomp. Overall, it was entertaining and a great way to unwind before heading back to studies or work. But still, going back to the bet with my buddy on whether they will bring the roof down. Well.. Good attempt.
Dinner was truly one to remember as it was the first time I have to seek cover from the torrential rain that poured. The scene of people carrying plates of satays and sting rays, yes STING RAY!!! in to lau pasat while trying to avoid getting drenched by the heavy downpour that followed after the trickle of rain drops. Somehow, I feel its my unit's "curse" where every mention of Stingray will be the equivalent of the Indian American rain dance. Haiz.. the fish needs water to survive.
Well, lau pasat is one place where you still get to experience eating at a truly street hawker lined up with smoke filled Satay stalls and touts moving around trying to sell you seafood. Wee..! Of course for those who are weight conscious, its nice to indulge yourself once in a while for such hawker fare but don't forget to hit the running tracks after that!
Auf Wiedersehen!
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