//...the night of life...\\

Sunday, July 31, 2005

off day.. woke up at 0840 sharp.. pack my stuff and get ready to book out.. went home by taking bus 153.. hmm its definitely more direct and is a straight bus to my camp.. whoohoo!! went to Plaza Singapura to buy some stuff.. hmm.. went home after tt.. a bored day after all..

=598 days to ORD=

-The Iliad from the Odyssey-

chris ~ Sunday, July 31, 2005

duty.. woke up at 0830 sharp.. had a v gd slp.. except for the weird dreams.. draw arms and did gate a at 0900.. with max and weilong.. ordered mixed veg rice for lunch.. played some x box games with robin and augustine.. den at 1700 did my next shift.. dinner had seafood fried rice.. did 0100 - 0300.. zZzz..

=599 days to ORD-

-A String of Pearls-

chris ~ Sunday, July 31, 2005

stand by.. wake up as usual.. feeling rather sleepy.. probably due to playing gunbound last night.. ah.. lost quite a few rounds.. dut to some players leaving the game halfway and the wind blowing towards us.. reached camp.. spec bunk was in a mess.. like being ransacked.. argh.. all the stuff are all over the place.. spent some time searching for my stuff.. had 'culture shock' lol.. haiz but wad to do.. mayb new cabinets are coming..?? gate a again at 1200.. got some invited guest coming but they nv appear.. got a time when i was doin roundabt.. pc suddenly appear behind me.. and luckily i did my job well.. tink bcoz of high alert period tts y he came to check.. today got a suspicious ang moh.. came by taxi to cmpb.. drive a round inside den went back to where he is initially.. taxi driver abit suspicious den went to call police.. den to us.. warrant lim tok to us again.. abt gate b.. went to bunk to rest till 1700.. gate A AGAIN.. with robin and weilong.. nv go home for dinner.. instead joined robin and weilong to eat at plaza singapura there.. max drives us there.. saves us frm the transport fees.. came back at 2300.. hav a quick bath den went to zZzz...

=600 days to ORD=

-Rhapsody in Blue-

chris ~ Sunday, July 31, 2005

off..!! gate a again in the morning.. with keith and max.. time passes fast luckily.. book out time again.. ltc saw me at round abt.. saw my water bottle up the water barricade den tell me to put down.. @!#%!.. wad the.. went home and had dinner at hougang mall.. zZzz..

=601 days to ORD=

-The Song of Life-

chris ~ Sunday, July 31, 2005

duty.. hmm.. woke up at 0625.. reached camp rather early.. 0750..!! draw arms.. warrant lim today supervising.. so on high alert..!! did gate A at 0900.. with weilong and keith.. stil cant adjust to the weight of rifle.. so changed diff types of sling to ease my shoulder ache.. lunch had fish ball noodle.. went to rest.. did gate a again at 1400.. rather fast dis time.. finished at 1700.. mixed veg rice and tauhui for my dinner.. whoohoo.. filling and yummy..!! gate A again at 1900.. opening and closing the gate was a problem to us.. keith and i kept repeating the same action.. for every car tt exits.. sometimes when we are abt to finish closing the gate the next car came..!! argh.. warrant lim came to check..!! luckily at tt pt of time we did everything the right way.. lots of bites from usual customers flying around.. finished at 2200.. went to rest till 0300 for my next shift.. was fast.. finished reading the 'hour game'.. overall was well planned and well written.. yea tts it for the day..

=602 days to ORD=

-Latin Pop Special-

chris ~ Sunday, July 31, 2005

stand by.. was raining heavily when i woke up at abt 0625.. reached camp abit later den usual bcoz of it.. which is 0815.. started to draw arms at 0845.. hav a v gd rest till 1110.. before me max keith and augustine went to hav lunch at canteen b.. had wanton mee there.. did gate A at abt 1200 with robin and weilong.. while max do the prowling.. still nt very used to the sar-21.. which is heavier den M16.. got ache again around shoulder area.. chatted on a few topics.. like our section stuff and range thing.. warrant lim and ltc came while i was doind roundabt.. abit nervous but stil able to maintain my steadiness.. lolz.. luckily they nv approach me.. went back to bunk to rest till next shift at 1700.. did gate B with weilong.. chatted quite alot on games and stuff.. asked him opinions abt buying psp.. coz i intending to buy 1.. but den changed my mind after his analysis of pros and cons of buying one.. thankz man for helping me save tt sum of money.. weilong is 1 nice guy i find in my section.. the only guy tt is very approachable and can definitely can tok things out.. thankz once again..!! ok den went to eat with max augustine and keith at anchorpoint.. went to pizza pazza!! quite nice man.. for a 5 buck pizza.. toppings are chosen individually.. and it can be compared to those in pizza huts..!! went home after tt.. reached at around 2200.. played gunbound and went to slp after tt.. tml is duty.. with arms first time.. dunnoe can tahan anot.. yupz guess tts all..

=603 days to ORD=

-Amapola-

chris ~ Sunday, July 31, 2005

off day today.. whoohoo..!! did gate A with augustine and max.. again lots of mosquitoes.. tink bcoz of the early morning.. rather warm and no wind at all.. book out at 0930.. went to library to borrow books.. after which go buy stuff at bugis there.. came home at around 1545.. played gunbound.. read some books and had dinner at 2115.. rather late man.. tts all.. lolz off day can b quite bored.. sometimes..

=604 days to ORD=

-Love Story-

chris ~ Sunday, July 31, 2005

duty today.. woke up at 0625.. reached camp at 0800 exactly.. draw arms at 0845.. damn.. keith and weilong on mc.. nv come..!! hav to do xtra hours bcoz of it.. haiz.. did 1200 - 1500 with augustine.. lunch had mixed veg rice for lunch.. it rained quite heavily then.. warrant lim came.. ask us y the door is open.. augustine was quick to find an excuse to make him go awy.. lolz.. rest till 1800 to hav our dinner.. had seafood fried rice.. first time tried it.. it's nice.. second shift is at 2000 - 2200.. time passes quite fast den.. followed by 0200 - 0430.. dis shift was damn tired.. dunnoe y..so haha did sth tt shldnt do.. lolz.. so shuang after tt.. rest till 0700 the next morning.. tts it for the day..

=605 days to ORD=

-Your Song-

chris ~ Sunday, July 31, 2005

Saturday, July 23, 2005

hmmz another off day for me..!! coz if stand by on a weekend its considered an off day..!! whoohoo..!! had a very nice slp.. woke up rather late.. did nth much today.. played gunbound all the way.. lolz.. today v sian la.. shall nt blog much on today.. tml is duty.. tink tts all..

=606 days to ORD=

-Warabe Uta Fantasy-

chris ~ Saturday, July 23, 2005

off day today..!! but range today oso.. so unlucky.. woke up at 0555.. din know the time to draw arms so wake myself up early.. later in the day den i know that we were suppose to wake up at 0545 and draw arms at 0600.. nvmz.. after draw finish.. got everything ready and hop into the van.. took some time to reach there.. range was at nee soon camp.. went there a few times before.. took abt 45 min.. and something very unexpected happened.. argh.. after we entered the camp.. halfway.. i tink the driver nv brake in time for the hump.. den.. the car broke down..!! wha liew.. of all times y now..??? so damn suai.. in the end had to walk all the way to the range area.. reminded us of the route march we had during bmt.. when we reached.. we were briefed by a conducting officer.. safety and stuff.. i was in detail one.. lane 2.. everyone only shoot 12 rounds.. and luckily.. no ia for me..!! whoohoo.. i tink tts the lucky thing of the day.. shooting was quite ok.. grouping was gd except the last mag.. was abit out.. den after tt got thorough check on any ammo on us.. everything ended fast.. was back on the van by 0915.. on the way back got quite alot of jam.. went back to clean our rifle.. supervised by pc.. wha liew he damn strict sia.. took us till 1200 before our section book out time.. reached home at abt 1345.. played gunbound.. and went for dinner at hougang mall.. went home after tt and slp..

=607 days to ORD=

-Variation on a Korean Folk Song-

chris ~ Saturday, July 23, 2005

duty day today..!! woke up at 0830.. went for breakfast at canteen B.. after which receive a call from max tt we nid to draw arms.. so immediately we finished the food and went back to draw arms.. but nv sign.. did gate B at 0900.. with weilong and max.. chatted quite alot.. there was dis guy who went for counciling.. but forgot to pay taxi fare.. den the taxi driver came in to look for him.. i tink the guy realise that and went out to look for the taxi driver.. in the end they met.. got some small conflicts there.. after that the guy went off.. was so bored.. folded some paper cranes there.. duty soon ends.. went to e mart to buy some stuff.. after which went to canteen to tapao fishball noodle.. tapao for weilong oso.. went to bunk to eat.. rest till next duty at 1400.. did parade square with robin and james.. tok alot over there.. abt james overseas basketball match.. we clamped a car there..!! was robin's idea.. coz the driver suppose to park there for a few min.. but they spent like half an hour.. so clamp..!! lolz.. ok den went back.. got my security pass.. oh my.. knocked my head accidentally against the bed metal frame..!! damn pain sia.. the impact was loud.. my god.. everybody turned to look at me.. so unlucky.. dinner arriver quite late today.. had chicken chop fried rice.. after tt read awhile before i was called to clean arms for tml's range.. damn!! no rest siaz.. staff yuen was inside.. took me abt 1hr to finish.. first time check by him and ok liaoz.. by den already 2100.. time for my next night duty.. so did with augustine.. finish at 2100.. went to bunk to slp till the next morning..

=608 days to ORD=

-Children of Sanchez-

chris ~ Saturday, July 23, 2005

stand by today.. as usual woke up at 0625.. reached camp at abt 0810.. went to bunk to rest till 1110.. my slp was surprisingly nice.. perhaps was damn tired last nite.. got some weird dreams.. abt 2 or 3.. had lunch at canteen B.. mixed veg rice.. at 1200.. did gate B with weilong and augustine.. got a vip today.. a french general.. drove a cool mid merz vehicle.. got an outstanding 3-star plate.. much much betta den the 2-star that time.. rather cool.. with all the windows tinted one.. ok shortly after got weapon lesson and test.. on sar 21.. technical handling was not so smooth.. but overall quite ok la.. lookin forward to range.. 12 rounds only.. predicted ending time was like 10+.. finish everything at around 1630.. not much time left to next stand by.. did gate A with amos and augustine.. had a severe headache at tt time.. so damn irritating.. today suppose to stay out but exchange with peh coz he will be leaving dis fri.. as a leaving gift..?? decided not to go home.. in the end ate with keith.. augustine max and peh at kfc somewhere at bukit merah.. chatted quite awhile there.. after which peh and augustine left and me max and keith went to library to borrow some books.. went ntuc buy some food and went back to camp.. reached there abt 2115.. had a fast bath and hav some reading.. went to bunk to slp.. tts it for the day..

=609 days to ORD=

-Fascinating Drum-

chris ~ Saturday, July 23, 2005

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

off day today..!! did parade square in the morning.. with weilong.. was rainin damn freaking heavy.. almost drenched.. and theres alot of cars at that time.. din hav time to sit down and rest.. weather was perfect.. it was cooling and not hot.. warrant lim came halfway to check.. at last 0900 reached.. time to book out..!! as usual.. waited very long for the bus 145.. went to cut hair downstairs my house.. and den put my things at home.. rested awhile.. den went out again to buy books.. went to raffles city there the mph bookstore.. was not crowded as expected but after i left there was a heavy downpour.. went home after that.. was damn tired.. went to rest.. i guess tts all for the day..

=610 days to ORD=

-Imai Miki Medley-

chris ~ Tuesday, July 19, 2005

duty today.. woke up at 0630.. reached camp at about 0800.. din know today is my duty day till i lie on my bed.. upon realise that quickly wake up and went to canteen b to have breakfast.. had teh ice there.. at 0900 start my first shift proper.. did gate A with weilong and Max.. we chatted quite alot.. on java games and things like wad we hav done during our wkends and stuff lidat.. time passes very fast there.. it rained halfway thru.. and me and weilong encountered a suspicious man.. tatoo all over.. blue t shirt.. no ic.. and claim to work at stalls in tower b.. weilong took down his particulars and decided to let him in.. but after which there was no sign of him walking towards tower b there.. so there was quite alot of confusions.. but in the end they sort of confirm he worked in the canteen.. went to hav lunch at 1200 in the bunk.. tapao-ed by keith.. had wanton mee.. next shift is at 1400.. did gate B.. with Robin and weilong.. they tok quite alot of stuff.. like ord things and things about our sections.. they were so excited when they tok about ord thingy coz they ord soon dis yr..!! guess i would have the same feeling as them when i am about to ord..?? really.. its like having freedom once again in ur life.. who doesnt wan..?? time passes very slowly there.. heard that some of the new guys including me.. will b goin for range dis fri.. and tts the day peh leaves.. work as admin clerk at hq sib.. so gd life man.. den at 1700 second shift finished.. went to spec bunk to watch some movie.. had a gd night rest after having mixed veg rice for dinner.. at 0100 Max woke me up and did gate A with Augustine.. ate cup noodle there as i nid energy to last me till 0500.. Amous was late.. by 45 min.. coz cant wake up.. but cant blame him entirely coz i din noe whos taking over me next and i nv call and wake him up.. went back slp again till 0700 the next morning..

=611 days to ORD=

-My Favourite Things-

chris ~ Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Sunday, July 17, 2005

another off day for me.. initially today suppose to be a stand-by.. but since it falls on the weekend.. so we need not go back..!! morning went yum-cha with family.. after which went to singtel shop there to settle my gprs stuff.. finally got a new sim-card.. yeapz went over to carrfour at plaza singapura to buy food and stuff for dinner.. went home after that.. tts it for the day.. so tired man.. didnt hav enuf slp the previous night.. zZzz..

=612 days to ORD=

-Burglar's Holiday-

chris ~ Sunday, July 17, 2005

Saturday, July 16, 2005

its off day today..!! woke up at 0730.. and oso had a wake up call from Amos.. there was a heavy rainfall outside.. ok so did my last duty shift from 0740 - 0820 with Augustine and weilong.. met Edwin halfway.. he came back to fetch recruits to take the pilot test at tower B.. poor him damn heavy rain and stil had to run here and there.. whoohoo!! time passes really fast and soon reaches my book out time..!! got sat and sun off for dis week!! yeah!! today going to watch the best of the best band ever.. tokyo kosei wind orchestra..!! i cant believe it.. so looking forward to it.. and at last the moment came.. omg.. they are sooooo damn good..!! really.. regardless of techniques.. balance.. intonation.. musicality.. they are the top man.. juz like wad dr lee always say.. the sound they produced gave me a 'heavenly' feeling.. sooo perfect!! i like the last few songs.. the second half and the encores.. i am very very impressed.. definitely sounds better den their cds.. din get dis feeling when watching the previous few wasbe concerts.. their sound makes the hall so lively.. haha spotted a cute flautist there which sat at the middle of the first role.. her solo is damn nice.. so gentle and yet projecting.. one of the saxophonist is v zai too.. esp his tone.. whao.. cant describe it.. and oh ya.. their tongue-ing is superb!! so together and rhythmic.. i tink it's stil worth it if it takes like 100 bucks.. haha alrite in short.. they are the god of the bands.. ok so watch finish went raffles city for dinner.. at the food court there.. oso met the trombone sect ppl at raffles city there.. after which me.. mark.. jason.. kenneth and alan went to yixuan's house.. to help settle some comp problem.. in the end stay over there.. haha.. came back home to slp at abt 0720.. sooo tired..

=613 days to ORD=

-Festivo-

chris ~ Saturday, July 16, 2005

today duty day.. woke up at 0815.. Max said pc got some stuff to tell us at 0830.. so everyone gathered below at 0830 sharp.. its about a major general coming to cmpb.. so allow him to park at a reserved lot.. after tt got about 15min left.. so went to have breakfast in canteen B with peh.. weilong and keith.. at 0900 duty starts.. did gate A.. initially is parade square de but keith wan to swap with me.. yea.. at about 1030 the major general came.. wha liew his car is damn old mid vehicle.. on top of the car plate they had a 2 star sign.. -_-'' looks damn weird man.. he shldnt be in that type of car..!! i tink normal civilian's car is 1 million times betta man.. at 1200 finish duty.. went back and dis time it is warrant lim who had things to tell us.. tapao-ed wanton mee back to eat in the bunk.. once again rest till next shift start.. at 1400.. did gate B with Amos.. he asked me about psychology course and some uni stuff.. probably his gf was asking him about tt..?? but wad he told me about going to uni stuff is quite diff from our batch.. they actually had to pay a few hundred bucks to get a place in the uni.. weird.. time passes damn slowly man.. dinner had mixed veg rice.. watched some comedy cartoon called southpark with my section.. damn funny and damn crappy.. lolz.. cant stop laughing.. did gate B at 1900 with weilong.. new procedure is quite stupid.. we actually had to open the gate whenever a car wans to leave.. instead of leaving at gate A.. wad the.. haha but we heck abit.. read my new-bought storybook "Hour Game".. so far is not bad.. there was obviously insufficient light to read there.. and so one LTC came to ask me.. "Enough light meh..?" hah i juz replied ok la.. lolz.. wad to do.. reading is the best way to pass time.. at 2200 my shift finish.. so went to rest till 0100 for my fourth shift.. dis shift was actually quite fast.. was raining at that time.. at 0300.. finish my last night shift and went to rest till the next morning..

=614 days to ORD=

-First Love Medley-

chris ~ Saturday, July 16, 2005

today is stand by day.. woke up at 0630.. reported to camp at around 0810.. today tried the new route.. tt is took nel all the way to harbourfront den directly took 145.. slightly faster.. reached ops room.. had a surprised greeting from staff toh.. i replied a gd morning back.. after which went back to bunk and slp.. halfway thru my slp Max told us to do the blanket stuff and send them to the qm room.. before leaving the building.. staff toh gathered all of us to demostrate how to clamp a car wheel using the new clamping device.. after which we went to send the pillow case to the qm room.. it was juz beside the e-mart.. went with Amos and keith.. to my surprise.. ic there was damn attitude.. even demand us to count the pillow case on the spot.. which is not supposed to be our job..!! but we nv complain lah.. juz do wad he say.. den went back to bunk to rest till lunch time.. had wanton mee for 2 bucks.. first stand by at 1200 did gate A and roundabout.. i suck at using the com system..only manage to get the third time right.. phew.. Max thought me how to use the alphabet code to transmit info.. while doing stand by.. saw kenneth walking in for check up.. lolz.. he approached me but i was too busy with wad i am doing so he went off himself.. finish at 1400.. went to rest in bunk till 1700.. it was raining.. did parade square with Amos.. hmmz very little car pass by.. parade square operation cease at 1830.. got nights off today.. it was a damn long journey back home.. bus 145 always took damn long time to come.. i waited 30min for dis bus man!! nvmz.. when i reached harbourfront i missed another train again!! haiz how unlucky can i get.. so went home to have dinner.. pack some stuff and left house at 2145.. reached back camp surprisingly early.. at 2235.. when signing in tt time pc ask me quite alot of qns.. like where i stay.. yeapz and tts it for the day..

for those who are interested in the alphabet code.. they are like dis : "Alpha.. Bravo.. Charlie.. Delta.. Echo.. Foxtrot.. Golf.. Hotel.. India.. Juliet.. Kilo.. Lima.. Mike.. November.. Oscar.. Papa.. Quebet.. Romeo.. Sarah.. Tango.. Uniform.. Violet.. Whisky.. X-ray.. Yankee.. Zulu.. "

=615 days to ORD=

-Beauty and the Beast Medley-

chris ~ Saturday, July 16, 2005

Thursday, July 14, 2005

off day today!! morning did 0500-0700 with weilong.. den 0700-0900 at parade square with weilong oso.. chatted with weilong and found out quite a no of things about our pc.. and some of the section 2 members.. tink he's a nice guy la.. and believe he wun bully ppl.. as in new-comers.. lolz.. alrite soon 0900 came and quickly went back to book out!! immediately rush to Suntec city there to catch the 1010 initial D movie.. scared the movie will not be shown soon so betta watch it fast.. a nice and cool movie.. except tt it is abit exaggerating.. tink got abit computer effects here and there.. but overall is ok man.. after tt went to orchard kinokuniya to browse some books.. went home after tt.. around 1400.. played gunbound.. den slp till about 1800.. today is my grandpa bdae.. so i called grandpa and wished him happy bdae.. 1830 den set off for a concert at esplanade again.. a japanese wind ensemble college.. first half was quite bored.. but second half is betta.. especially the argentina song and the jupiter fantasy.. whao the soloist is zai!! got 1 soprano sax guy.. had solo halfway thru the song.. and guess wad.. he can reach like 2 or 3 octaves up..!! and it sounds alrite.. haha God already.. den the trumpet soloist oso v zai.. alot of ppl are impressed with the last song.. but toobad got some idiots behind making so damn much noise sia.. disturb the last few nice song.. damn!! haiz.. anyway they gave us an impressive ending to the concert.. yupz so soon i went back home with sujin.. took nel.. a 30min journey and i m home..

=616 days to ORD=

-"Sakura" Second movement from the 'Fifth Symphony'-

chris ~ Thursday, July 14, 2005

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

duty-day today.. woke up at around 0815 to walk to cmpb there to settle my 11B thingy.. was at the second storey.. the same place where i exchanged my 11B the previous time.. after tt went to canteen B to have my small breakfast.. small cup of bundung.. and a cup-cake.. soon after tt.. at 0900 did gate B.. there was a heavy downfall halfway.. at least it cools us down for a while from the hot sun.. pants got a little bit wet.. thank God we've got a tentage.. rains for about 30min.. den the damn sun came out again.. argh.. ok so did until 1200.. tapao-ed lunch from canteen B to eat at the bunk.. had mixed veg rice again.. after tt rest for 1hr den did the 1400-1700 shift.. at parade square with Robin.. hate the time when those military lots are full and some military personnels complaining about no lots or nt letting them park elsewhere.. but wad to do.. dis the the RULE.. haha.. toobad for them man.. time pass really slow man.. but manage to complete it.. its dinner time.. and ordered the chicken chop fried rice again.. night shift did 2300-0100 shift with Robin.. tts it for the night...

=617 days to ORD=

-Salty Music-

chris ~ Wednesday, July 13, 2005

today is stand by.. wake up and report back to camp at 0800 sharp.. rested till abt 1130 before we had our lunch.. had mixed veg rice.. and after tt at 1200 did gate B.. till about 1400.. den rest again in the bunk.. till 1700 den we did gate A and roundabout.. juz got to noe frm Max tt dis wk stand by cant stay out.. but in the end got nights off.. quickly sign the book out book and went back to home.. in abt 45min time.. had dinner and den watch abit of the 9 o'clock show.. den at 2200 left house to go back camp.. phew arrive at 2250.. luckily nv late.. pc was inside the ops room when i sign the sign-in book.. tts it for the day..

=618 days to ORD=

-A Jupiter Fantasy-

chris ~ Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Sunday, July 10, 2005

today off..!! wake up at around 0850 dis morning.. pack up my stuff and get ready to book out at 0900.. went to city link mall there to have my breakfast.. but surprisingly there is no food stall there.. so went to Suntec there to go mac for breakfast.. again.. went back to city link mall to find the singtel shop.. ask about the gprs thingy.. in the end stil cant.. wad the.. den went home by mrt.. awhile later go yum cha with my family.. eat only a little as my previous meal has nt been totally digested.. went home to rest before i left my house at 1830 to watch the Korea navy band concert.. must say it was impressive.. very!! though their songs are more or less boring.. but it will bored you till an extent tt you will slp.. ya and the trumpet soloist was zai man.. powerful.. plus the in-tune band.. i tink singapore band can all go home..?? lolz.. really man so far din find any band in singapore tt reaches this standard.. so imagine tokyo kosei band..?? looking forward to it..

=619 days to ORD=

-Clarinet Candy-

chris ~ Sunday, July 10, 2005

today is my duty day.. and is on a weekend day.. time really passes damn slowly.. especially when there is around 1 person in 1 hr..? wad it seems to be 2hr in normal days it will seems like only 1/2 hr had passed only.. today did 1100-1300 shift.. with Max.. Weilong and Augustine.. only at gate A as the rest of them are closed.. had kfc for lunch.. den rest till late afternoon to do my second shift from 1900-2100.. with Robin.. dinner had char siew rice..nt really nice though.. had stomach ache after tt.. argh.. den rest till 0100 to do my last shift of all.. 0100-0300 with Robin again.. stomach ache is still there.. but had to tahan till next morning.. spent most of the time reading magazines and comics.. oh ya and unluckily gotten quite alot of mosquitoes bites after tt.. and amazingly its from the same one mosquito!! damn..

=620 days to ORD=

-Cats-

chris ~ Sunday, July 10, 2005

Friday, July 08, 2005

woke up at 0625.. and reported to my camp at 0800 sharp.. rested till 1100 and went to have lunch at canteen B.. with Max.. Amous.. Augustin and Peh.. had wanton mee there for 2 bucks.. did a stand by at gate A and round-about.. from 1200-1400.. went back to rest till about 1650.. went to stand-by at gate B with Augustin and Robin.. at about 1730 Max again showed me the full prowling route.. and the 10 pointers.. at 1800 quickly changed into civilian attire and book out.. reached home at around 1915..

=621 days to ORD=

-Yagi Bushi-

chris ~ Friday, July 08, 2005

today is my off-day..!! woke up at around 0700 and do my last duty at gate A till about 0900.. immediately changed into my civilian attire and book out.. bought my blue beret on the way home at the e mart besides the saf career centre.. luckily it opened at 0900+.. heard it usually opens around 1000+.. took bus 195 and went to Queensway Shopping Centre to buy some stuff.. but its too early and realise that none of the shops had opened.. so went to have breakfast at the macdonald there.. eat finish liao the shop stil nt opened.. feeling quite pissed because its almost 1100 and the shops had nt opened?!!? wad the heck.. singaporeans are so lazy man.. haha ok den went home to out down my stuff first.. after tt went to Bugis to look for my stuff.. but to no avail.. ok so went back to Queenstown shopping centre once more.. dis time finally opened.. bought my stuff and oso bought a wallet too.. took MRT down to Tampines there to meet Alan to collect my wasbe concert tics at around 1645.. but he forgot to bring the tokyo kosei one.. wad the.. haha nvmz so had to pass to me next time.. yupz and finally took bus 22 home..

=622 days to ORD=

-The Seventh Night of July-

chris ~ Friday, July 08, 2005

got duty today.. woke up at around 0625.. went to report to camp at abt 0800.. have a little rest till around 0900 and started my first duty.. went to parade square.. together with James and Augustin.. yupz and after a short while.. around 1030.. i switched to guard gate A.. with Robin and wei long.. at 1200 had lunch and den rest a while in bunk.. at 1400 did gate B with Amous and Augustin till abt 1700.. for dinner i ordered chicken chop fried rice.. quite nice.. and rested till 2100 for night duty.. dis time is at gate A with Max.. learned about opening of the gate and recording names of ppl who came in at night.. out 2IC came.. a warrant officer.. at around 10+.. din noe at first.. den max pointed out.. most of the time spent reading newspaper and comics tt is on the table.. till 2300 den we went back to bunk and had a gd night rest till 0700 in the next morning..

=623 days to ORD=

-Hooray for Hollywood-

chris ~ Friday, July 08, 2005

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

today woke up at 0625.. left home at 0705.. decided to took a taxi there as i got a bag of stay-in stuff to bring there.. so damn little taxi downstairs man.. waited like around 30min.. had some conversation with the taxi driver.. about studies and army stuff.. he was once a hq clerk.. under manpower section.. told me alot of past army experience.. haha he mentioned he hated the RP there.. loLz.. coz they always catch him for nt tucking in uniform.. hair long or nv button all those stuff.. and i heard that their pay is like $90 per month..? tink dis 3rd generation army is much much better.. so hmmz reached there around 0800.. half an hour journey.. went to my unit there to sign in.. saw ssgt toh there.. he told me to put my stuff in the bunk.. later on i was assigned section 1.. went to rest till 1100 for lunch with my section mates.. today is stand-by.. so is 1200-1400 shift and 1700-1800 shift.. first shift was at gate A and round-about.. learn abt red and yellow label.. vehicle check etc.. after tt rest time.. went to bunk and slp.. den 2nd shift was at parade square.. learn abt wad type of cars shld park there.. like with season parking all tt.. den muz check the back of their cars blah blah blah.. and after tt can sign out.. originally today stand-by cant stay out but due to lack of beds so we can stay out today..!! reach home like 1900.. played gunbound and went online.. and in bed zZzzZz at 0055..

=624 days to ORD=

-Abba Gold-

chris ~ Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Monday, July 04, 2005

hmmz.. today is my first day of resumption of ns.. was posted to dis unit called ccodtt.. long huh.. stands for camp commandant office defence technology tower.. haha sounds cool.. i had no idea wad it is and wad i hav to do.. but it was at around cmpb there.. woke up at 0530.. didnt really slp well last nite.. den prepare everything and left house at around 0630.. perhaps it is first day reporting and so try to be extra early.. so damn out of my surprise today there was nt alot of traffic jams.. and oso may be because today is youth day so there will b no students taking bus.. and so.. i reached there like.. 45 min earlier?!!? nvmz.. so consulted the RP at the gate there.. i showed him the letter den he give me qn mark face.. den he told me mayb is at tower b.. ok so i went there and consult the tower b security.. den he said dis was nt the correct building and den pointed to me a small building to the right.. with the sign "ccodtt".. ah huh so i reached.. but i am stil like 30min earlier den my reporting time so the security there told me to go hav my breakfast bcoz at dis pt of time there will nt b ppl inside.. k so went for breakfast at the nearest canteen b.. had kopi-c for 40 cents.. saw edwin like after 5 min.. he joined me for awhile.. show me his workplace.. the saf career centre building.. den after tt went straight to report.. there was a ssgt there with a guards tab.. i consult him and he too show me a qn mark face.. i again showed him the letter.. and he ask me alot of qns.. really alot.. den he finally ask me wads my vocation.. i was nt sure as it was nt stated in the letter.. so he went to find out.. den in the meantime he told me to have breakfast.. again!! saw edwin once again at the canteen eating fried beehoon so i joined him.. breakfast was like 1 hr.. 0900 i went back.. i was asked to sit down and wait.. so i waited there for like 3hr.. 1200 ssgt ask me to go for my lunch.. ok another 1 hr break..

came back awhile later den i noe tt it was a RP camp.. and so i was a RP.. but did nt go thru any RP course.. ssgt toh took over the previous ssgt.. so he assigned me to do duty at gate b.. haha finally got work man.. so i more or less got a taste of wad the job will b like.. hmmz ya and sth happened during tt time.. got a lady driving a car was parking illegally at the road side and so the other RP went to warn her.. den she refuse to go.. den lolz we decided to clamp her car..!! some went to get the equipment den walk towards her.. she saw liao she stunned den say okok i left immediately.. haha!! it was damn funny..!! den later on there was another similar case.. but dis time no ppl inside the car.. we nid to take some actions to it.. den haha i heard over the walkie-talkie got someone ask.. "so err we take out the front wheel or the back wheel..? " loLZzz!!!!! i tell u it was damn funny man.. oso i realise tt there was a childcare centre inside!! so we saw alot of cute children...!! haha i tink RP is the best la.. oso heard the RP course is only 2 wks.. so until 1730 we got ready to go home.. there will be some days which we will have duties and need to stay over.. but nvmz.. so 1830 i reached home.. packed up my stuff to prepare to stay in there.. 0050.. i went to my bed and slp..

=625 days to ORD=
-Disney Fantasy-

chris ~ Monday, July 04, 2005

Saturday, July 02, 2005

hmmz... started quite well today.. wake up at 0745.. 'afif called me a few days earlier if i could pass him some notes to study for As.. so i lent him maths and bio notes.. and so met him at 0930 tm mac.. i arrived abt 5 min earlier.. and he was on the dot.. lolz.. den we hav breakfast there.. had some pancakes and orange juice.. den we tok abt army stuff.. zhi yao went ocs.. and ghazali was in civil defence.. heard he is an officer oso!! cool man.. den after breakfast decided to watch war of the world.. steven spielberg (i tink is spelled lidat) movie.. cool man!! got lots of graphics and sound effects!! really like the end of the world man.. summore 'afif told me something b4 the movie.. in new york.. the nafa team went to dig underground.. abt 20km.. and guess wad they found!! human civilisation !!!!!! oh my.. and they predicted tt 'human civilisation' appeared thru out the entire Earth.. they had lived for more den hundreds of yrs and were very violent.. dunnoe how true it is but he say dis incident was published online.. ok got quite freak out by tt already and den after the whole movie i link dis 2 things together.. both were quite similar.. tt really gave me a chill.. is the world going to end soon..??

haha watched it and you will realise how terrible it is when the world is ending.. hmmz ok.. shall tok abit abt yesterday.. yesterday had a trip to my workplace.. at redhill.. took exactly 1hr and 5min.. walked a few rounds near there.. ya den went on to meet edwin at tampines interchange.. i was stil early so decided to go pasir ris buy sth first den tk bus to tampines interchange.. den edwin said meet at sch instead so took 81 went to sch.. very quiet there.. tot the band will end 6+ but they end at 3.. ya and 5 min later edwin reached.. got alumni prac tonite.. played 1 round of bridge and mr lim came to open the band rm door.. haha wad shld i say abt the alumni prac.. err sux?? abit nt the correct word but really man.. shld go n hav a look.. conductor was like 2+ hr late!?!?!! den in the end only played once for the concert piece.. 7th nite and mononoke.. again!! ok after tt immediately went dinner wif ridza and edwin.. went to the foodcourt near the tampines library there and ate the beef ramen.. after tt mi and edwin went to wait for bus at the opp bus stop.. chanced upon julian.. he was goin sumwhere.. v suspicious.. haha den so qiao saw limin on an incoming bus.. the world is so small.. hmmz den took bus 81 home.. reached at 2315.. watched some tv and den went to slp at 0130...

-overture jubiloso-

chris ~ Saturday, July 02, 2005