Back for GOLD!!!

HEy....been awhile since i blog... and what a strange place to be blogging as well... its 1 plus am in the morning... and i am here blogging away at the hotel lobby of cityhotel, frankfurt germany... how cool is that right... wahahaha

Anyway, first of all, my greatest condolences to Sherine and her family... its really sad not being able to be there with you at this moment of time... but please remind really strong as everyone needs u now in ur family... as for here, everyone also misses you lots, and cannot wait to see you... so take good care of yourself k...

Many things have happened this past few days... and LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... NYPWS have clinched the First Prize in WMC 2005 2nd Division Competition... its was a wonderful experience and a very emotional one for me personally... tears have been pouring out from majority of us once the result was out... lao shi (mr luk) included... its indeed a major breakthrough for the band and indeed an item to be proud about... Congraz to all man!!!!

Anyway, besides the prize, i have also gain alot of new friends... this trip have throughly been a great experience to me till now... and its will be one of the mile stone of my life...

SAF DAY is finally over!!!

Hey there peeps... heez bright and sunny monday afternoon hey... hopefully this wonderful day have chase away all the monday blues...

Anyway, SAF Day is finally over... no more waking up before the sun is up, rushing to SAFTI MI, and only leaving the place after the sun have set... not at least for another year (meaning next year SAF day lah).. Can be finally considered a "lao jiao" (old bird in hokkien) in band liao.. haha coz all the seniors in saf band said once u endure saf day... u practically can endure any other parade... and can consider yourself a 'senior' in the band... hahah.. Honestly, the actual parade itself is more bearable compare to the rehearsal, guess its because of its in the evening and the sun isn't that hot, and there is an audience there to keep us 'energised'... Took a few photos... will share them once i get them uploaded k...

Saturday, after SAF day was NDP rehearsal... haiz... a month more to npd... very packed man schedule... but still enduring through lah.... baking under the hot sun dun seem much of a problem... kinda get used to it already... haiz... the sad thing is the uneven tan i am getting.... SO UGLY!!! ARGH... the fastfood lunch and dinner have finally come true as we had pizza hut for lunch and KFC for dinner... was good but very sinful.... felt dame guilty after having it... but when u are left with no choice and u are hungry... think anything goes... Dashed off after rehearsal at close to 8 for my cousin wedding... was super tired... so only stayed for awhile before calling it day...

Sunday was equally busy... had to go for band prac... for some 'vetting' of some sort... was a short session... then went suntec to walk walk... xiu xiu was close by so met her for shopping... got myself a 'blazzer' from U2 (cheapest i can find le... heez) then start to stock up negative for the trip... A week more to the trip, looking forward to it, at the same time dreading it... Will try to do the best i can...

"Success is 1% talent and 99% hardwork!!!"

Another tiring weekend....

Good evening all... phew yet another week have past and its getting more and more hectic for me... life i mean... It been awhile in life since i have faced financial difficulty and what a time to be facing it i must day... the power of the GSS had really overpowered me this time i have to say... haha... first time in my army term i have spend my pay in advance... usually i would have spare to pull me through the month before the next pay term... but now i have already spend half or even all of the next months pay even before its here... hahaha... i am powerful when it comes to spending money i would have to say... need to get myself under control before i go terribly out of line again...

Okie enough on the money stuff... guess i will briefly go through my week again... have been spending most of my spare time traveling to and fro nyp, partly because they had rehearsals almost everyday and also, we needed all the practise we can get as WMC closes in on us... Never realised it could be that costly travelling to skool... guess last time i was partly sponsored (by my parents) thats why i never felt the pinch... now that i am 'supporting' myself, everything is a different picture all over again... heez...

Past 2 days will be the considered the most 'siong' of the entire week, as we had SAF day rehearsal on friday and NDP rehearsal on saturday, both vettings so we are required to wear our Number 1, The weather wasn't kind to us neither, it was raining then the sun turns super hot, making it unbearable for many, and causing many to fall out in the mids of the vetting, soldiers for SAF days and uniform group student for NDP... However, we were fortunate for SAF day as the 'vetter' seems happy with our performance and all were rewarded by letting us off early... Thus was able to catch nyp concert... Its wasn't a very bad concert overall, considering ntu was also involve so a certain standard was set... nyp i would say did pretty well themselves as compared to the previous concert... however improvements can still be made and some polishing can still be done to the competition pieces...

Back to NDP, its was the most tiring things i have done so far man... worked from morning 8 till 9 at night... by the time we got back to camp and leave camp it was 10 plus.. super ultra tired man... went through umpteem rehearsals and under that hot sun... and uneven tan was inevitable... Argh!! i hate the state i am in now... i look like a half zebra with uneven strips... i hate my tan... will do something about it before going oversea, thats for sure...

Next week will be yet anot week as SAF day actual is this coming friday... Finally!! can't wait to get it done and over with... Hope everything will be good...

Today, is equally filled... i never used packed because its wasn't scheduled so i pretty much enjoyed myself...went to AI (audio Image) band for practise this morning, was 'invited' there by kelvin, a fren of my there, to play for their concert... so i tot y not... besides me he also asked mark from central band.. it wasn't a huge band... however the pieces they played was interesting and kinda challenging for some... but with a little practise its should be so difficult i guess... for sight-reading i believe i didn't do that bad... Afterwhich when down town for a movie... as i cannot find anyone and its a last min thingy, i went to watch Batman alone... haha... a very good show worth the 9.50 that i paid (oh yah... cine seems to be 9.50 also liao... guess they cannot dun rise liao...lolx) then was home sweet home...

Tml is off... planning a gathering but yet to finalise... hope it will be an enjoyable one... heez.. anyway Ciaoz...!!!

Yet another week.... closer to SAF day....

Hey there people, haha its me again, well blogging have become more of an impossible task nowadays... haha due to my hectic schedule and all... haha SAF DAY, WASBE outreach, WMC, NPD... these excludes all the minor parade in between them... Argh!! its driving me nutz... Anyway have been trying to organize my time as best as i can... there is only some much i can do...

Its been a pretty 'fun filled' weekend i have to say... Saturday (which is yesterday) had ndp rehearsal in camp... full run through as we are proceeding to padang next week... and where the actual rehearsal starts... anyway... had a few rounds before calling it a day... pity those from the uniform group... not train for parade causing alot to faint under such harsh condition (the sun was bloody hot)... After that... rush to nyp for band prac... haha spent 7 buck (on cab) for a 45 mins session... hahaha expensive session i have to say... but well.. for wmc... anything i have to do will have to try lah... at least got parts on where i need to work on by lao shi...

Today, had a 'hot date' with Sasa, met her in town to do some shopping since staying at home is a bore anyway... walked alot and GSS is really burning a real big hole in my pocket (or is going to burn a big hole to be specific) Everything seems to be on sale... and all looks tempting... taka Gucci was like packed with people... the first every boutique i have every seen to be so crowded... bought a little present for a little cousin of mine... and Sasa bought some wallets (for herself and her mum) Met Alison and her family at Burberry takashimaya... haha... her little sister was like her... both enjoyed 'friendly debates' heez... after that was more shopping... from taka to wistma, then to lido, then ck tang then back to taka and wistma as sasa said she had to look for a gift for her fren... Ended off going back via train at orchard station... legs were died stiff when i board the train... Was thinking of going back camp tonight... but was too tired to leave the house... so going back tml.. though have to wake up a little earlier... but at least save some money travelling... heez... coz dad give me a ride back... thx dad... Oh yah and happy father's day.... to all dad in the world...!!!

Thats about all... about less then 20 days to WMC... all the best i guess!!!!

parades!!! Urge!!!

Hey there people... phew... been a tough day... actually been tough for the last few days.... coz its been parade parade and more parades... Here is how my week went...

Monday morning, woke up earlier than usual, about 6 plus, for a parade rehearsal at istana for the raja (or king in english) of Qatar, which is making a state visit on friday, had may runs of the rehearsal under the hot and humid morning... After that, we had early off as we were told to rest... went to get a haircut before returning home... dad gave me a ride home.. thx dad... Tues was off for last week super long day work (last friday - read previous blog entry for details) so went out with sasa zhi sheng and supposingly karen(who didn't make it in the end coz she overslept) for the movie "Madegasca" kinda missed the beginning coz ZS was late... but enjoyed the movie though, after that, we went window shopping, its GSS(Great Singapore Sale) so i couldn't resist... went into Hugo Boss, Burberry, Armani Exchange etc etc... great sale and all tempt to get a jeans from AX, had tried it and felt real comfy in them... then more shopping before going for band prac in the evening... was kinda fun coz they played clubcrawl (or CCA week in layman term) sounds, favorites with the likes of Alvamar, Persis, and many more, was fun... during the break, finally gave them (flute section) the gift i made for them... sort of a symbol of good luck for WMC and concert ahead... hope u guys like it...

Wednesday, was kind of a relax day as its SAF day rehearsal the next morning, so staff was kind enough to let us off early and we (me and my bunkmates) went shopping again in town, couldn't resist the temptation of the AX jeans no longer... so went to get it... hahah half my pay burn... then went to topman, where one of my guy fren got a top and i got myself another jeans... lolx... 2/3 of pay gone, then return to camp for an early night rest as the next day is going to be a long one... contented after shopping though... Next on the list, hmm... Burberry shirt perhaps...lolx... shall see about it...

Thursday, early for every band, as we rush to SAFTI MI for our SAF day rehearsal, there will be one every week till the actual (on July 1st). Was in out number one (the white uniform u see in ndp) as there was going to be a vetting by some big personnels... had about 2 runs, each runs lasting about 2 hours... tiring, yes, definately...

Friday another early day, was to rush to istana for the actual parade for the raja of Qatar, was over by noon, then we left camp early again... went out with nyp gang to beach road for a walk, then to bugis... after that went home.... tired but fun...

Today, had to go back to camp at 12 for ndp rehearsal, was a full dress rehearsal before we proceed to padang next week... so we have been wearing our number one for 3 days straight! power man... had a few runs before we were all told to dress for the final rehearsal... worse part was... when its full dress, it started raining with lighting so its was called off. rotten luck i have to say... Anyway, we packed up and luckly before we left camp, the rain stopped... juz got home a couple of hours ago... finally can relax for a couple of days... before going back to the 'world of parades' again....haha that is pretty much my week then... pretty summarise i must say... haha

okok then...going to watch "who am i" liao... ciaoz...

Weekend of band band band

Afternoon people, had a rather busy weekend thats y only able to blog now... heez.. sorry to kept you guys waiting... ok lets get to it straight away

Friday 3rd June 05 Parades, parades and more parades
Woke up at 5am, after battling to conquer the noise the guys make while playing winning 11 (a soccer game on PS 2) in bunk, was feeling 'dead'- meaning didn't wish to move... but drag myself out of bed and quickly wash up and got change... after which walked with my bunkmate in the darkness, to the whitehouse...we were all practically walking zombies... then when the bus came, we headed of to Istana. After we got there, was informed about a little hiccup on the nominal roll, hence, we were made to wait till 7.30 before allowed into the premises (argh!!! lost sleep) in there was more waiting for the provost to get here... lucky i got my book with me if not i would have slept...when they got here (which is about 8 plus)... ate the breakfast they brought (thx guys) and started getting ready for the parade. There wasn't much clouds today so we are in for a hot morning... as we march into the parade ground, saw many big shots (generals and colonels) arriving... even the chief of army was there.. so the person that was coming must be a big shot... True enough, the person who came was some top executive from the USA, no wonder everyone was so alert... after that parade we were sent back to camp for a short rest... and after lunch... we were off for SAF day rehearsal... a huge parade which everyone dreads... Got to SAFTI MI, those bandsmen that was there already warmly welcome us, coz some of them had to go through the morning rehearsals before we arrived, thus, now there we are there they can SLACK once more... lolx... as soon as we put down our things... we were called up for rehearsal, dun even had time for a breather... so quickly we set up our instruments and prepared ourselve... all through.. the wait was intense... and the sun was baking us like cookies in an oven... it took close to 2 hours for the entire procedure to complete... got and instant tan man... uneven however (coz we are in our t-shirt...dame...hee)... Anyway, after that there was another run of the rehearsal, so by the time we are done, its about 6 plus in the evening, got back to camp at about 7 plus 8, then when i got home, its already 9 plus... was really tired... took a shower and called in a day...zzZZZzzz....

Satuarday 4th June 05 Photo shoot and nyp camp
Woke up early, fancy having to work on a saturday afternoon... anyway, spent too much time dilly dallying at home that i had to rush down in a cab... haha, luckily i got there early, an hour early to be specific, so slowly i got my stuff prepare, iron my pants, check my uniform etc... shortly after, the rest started coming... and we all took bernard's car up to the whitehouse... staff was already waiting for us, we quickly got all the stuff we need and hitch a ride down to the 'photo studio' in mazlan's (our band driver) van, was made to wait again coz we were told there was a change in timing... so after awhile, we were told that we were waiting at the wrong room, so we hurried to the room where an officer is already waiting, we quickly dressed up for the photo shoot... its was over in like 10 mins and we were free to go... how dumb can it get right... lolx...anyway, after that, got change, then went yishun to get an organizer... before heading to nyp... was kinda looking forward to seeing all of them. coz usually camps are all fun... according to my past experience anyway... when i got there... all the flute section was sitting outside the room all looking tired... guess they had a rough day yesterday and this morning so didn't really asked them for practise, so i did some self practise instead... hoping to improve on my tone and all... but there is so little improvement... haiz... well i guess that is the limitation of an emerson flute i guess... then about evening time... sometime close to dinner time, the section seems more energetic after the rest so was preparing for practise... so i tot i help them in some sectional... or maybe i was the only one that took that session as a sectional... did a little warm up then process to a short session of the com piece... was kinda disappointed by the sectional in one way or another, which i dun wish to comment any further... after which i haven't talked much... went straight to the bandroom while the rest had dinner... hoping that sufficent warm up will kinda improve my tone... At 7 lao shi step in and practise started proper, ran through the concert pieces but bulk of the time was still spend on com pieces... then laoshi sort of gave a debrief speech, and then after practise i 'cleared the air' with the section regarding the sectional thingy... cannot remember how many 'seriously' i had said but i know i repeated and emphsised on that word umpteem times...lolx... For my part that is pretty much all i can do... i pray very hard everyday that a hope of news from saf that i can go wmc with them... and the letter they send out will reach my camp soon... but until today there wasn't any news... not even a rumour... so i kinda prepared myself to accept the fact... hence all i can do on my part is to help in the best i can... honestly, i am not a outstanding, or even a good player... i know its very clearly, so its doesn't really matter if i am in the competition anot... who knows, maybe i might be the cause of the band not getting the result they wan... haha... been telling myself that so as to reduce my urge to go and accept the fact that no being able to go is a fact... Anyway, no matter what, i will try my best to help the band on a whole, no matter wat... to prepare for it lah... had many wonderful memorise with this band and it would be sad to see them breakdown after the competition... hope they will bond and enjoy making music... thats all i ask from nypsb...

In conclusion, all i wan to say is work hard for the final month or so... coz u really reap what u sow... All the best and may the force be with all of u...

fantastic weekend

Good evening people!!! hope you guys had a great weekend, i know i did, that me summarised what i have did for the entire weekend... hope its not too lengthy... heez..

27 May 2005 Mummy's Birthday!!!
Today is my mother's birthday, was granted off for those involved in npd rehearsal the other time so got a good rest... woke up first thing in the morning is wished my mother happy birthday!!! heez could tell that she was really happpy when i past her the present... heez... i love u mum *muack... ahem okok enough of the mushy talk... was online the entire day, thinking of resting the day off as i am attending a concert by central band at night... so spend my entire morning doing stuff online and offline, then only in the evening went to raffles to meet up with the rest of the gang (including xiu, zhongxi, allison, ah tom, sasa, zhi sheng) After meeting up with them, proceeded to vch where we collect the tickets... its was packed with people, seems that james barns is very famous... oh yah... the concert was a showcase of all jame barnes songs and conducted by the composer himself... When we entered the concert hall waiting for everyone to settle down and ready for the concert... an irritating but huge butterfky kept hovering around where we are seeing... makeing all the girls around scream and all...found it rather amusing, xiu and karen was scared stiff... lolx... As soon as the concert commence, everyone sort of kept their volume down and enjoyed the concert... putting the 'butterfly incident' behind them... after the first song... jame barnes gave a little speech to a world premire song, 'Festive Music of Singapore' and he also joked by saying that he was purposely flew 10,000 miles to condcut tonight is to prove that not all composer are dead... haha got everyone laughing... then after another series of good music was a short intermission in which i took pictures with some of the members (will post and intro as soon as i get them from xiu), Second half was equally good... After the concert was offically over, quite a number of us waited at the side hoping to take a picture and get an autograph off Mr. Barnes, unfortunately, we didn't due to some unforseen circumstances... haiz... After concert was dinner at mac, after which we went over to the Central Business District where they took more pictures before calling it a day... there wasn't train back so i took bus 100 back home...

28 May 2005 We are going to the zoo zoo zoo!~!~!
Today woke up at about 750am, have a hot date with flute section to the zoo... its been ages since i last been there so i tot why not go take a look with them... got there by 840am (meeting at 9am), was the first one there... so waited for awhile before sherine arrived, then followed by fongcheng, the last to arrive on time, then was adeline, andy then karen... wai leng wasn't able to go as she was sick, jasmine and andy tan had to work... so was the 6 of us. First thing once we got there... started snapping like tourist (was told to pretend to be tourist... heez..) then after a series of shots, stop over at kfc for brunch... sinful meal... but was once in a while so it not that bad i guess.. heez...6 of us ate 2 8 piece family meal... with andy koh being the ultimate winner eating the most pieces of chicken... heez.. after a fulfilling meal, we made our way into zoo.. again, we snapped away like nobody's business, doing all sorts of weird pose at times... haha... After walking for several hours, could see the tiredness from all the girl's faces after catching the sealion show, we merely glance through the rest of the animals before calling it a day... oh yah... a very interesting incident happen halfway through... we saved a fish from its dead as it fell out of the mouth of a king fisher that flew past... i pick up the fish and threw it into the reservior nearby, felt great after that coz its a good deed done... heez... but the stench of the fish is... eww... haha okok After we exit the zoo.. we went to have ice cream at ben & jerry, its was nice... then, we made our way back to nyp for band prac... on the way got dinner... Lao shi concentrated on the com piece tonight... pretty sure that he is very serious in this... but some section was disappointing...especially the trombones... not a single one came... but overall its was ok... After prac, sherine wanted to go jalan kayu to makan, so me, andy and feng cheng went with her... had lots of laugh on the way as sherine, the english teacher, kept correcting andy's 'most best' english... lolx... then after which was home sweet home... fun day its truly was...


29 May 2005 Slack and photo day!!!
Had 2 fun days in a row, so thought i took the day easy today... first mission of the day, get my negative developed... change my wallet too, my okealy have served me well these past years... and its time for it to move on... now i am using a new wallet... heez.. got back from the shop, was practically doing things both online and off... aim is to relax... then about 7 in the evening... went to collect my photos... they are beautiful.... most of them at least, includes pictures from yesterday's trip, my thailand trip and also my fren angela's birthday (which was quite awhile ago...) now happily scanning them in... hopefully can show u by my next blog... once i get them organise... alright i guess that's it for today... tml will be late fall in, so will be going back to camp only tml morning... for now.. its back to more scanning as i still have 30 odd more to go... ryan 'seacrest' out!!! =P

Thailand expedition

Sawadikrap pple... know i have been blogging for a long time, the reason is that i am overseas for the past few days, missed me badly.... no doubt right... heez... bhbism starts again... alright shall reward u guys with a long entire as i adds my trip into todays blog... enjoy yah

18 May 2005 Herbert's 21st birthday
Today is a special day... its one of my good friend, herbert's 21st birthday!!! so first and for most, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BERT!!! offically and adult, hahaha congraz...Today is still a full working day, was suppose to meet herbert and gang for bday dinner at meritus mandrine hotel, tml is our trip to thailand and i haven't even done a single packing!!! Got home after work, tinking if early would do some packing, but ended up home at 630pm (meeting at 7pm) so came home drop my stuff, bath and rushed out of the house... Reached at a quarter past 7, met herbert at the lobby then went up to meet the rest whom already start dinning... its a rather posh place... buffet dinner to its finest...had so many oyesters, salmons and many many more... dessert was great too... pancakes with ice cream... power man... haha talking about it makes my mouth water... After we makan, was thinking of chilling at rouge... but ended up having a good time at Kbox cine... where we scream our lungs out... haha funny thing is that i wasn't shy about singing... unlike going to sing with my polymates... tink its because it all guys and we knew each others like ages therefore there isn't any pressure i guess.. Sang till about 1 plus before calling it a night coz everyone haven start packing and it a few hours before our fight... (we are taking the morning flight...) Reached home, did my packing before laying down to rest for a couple of hours...

19 May 2005 off to Thailand!!!
Hardly slept before being waken up by dad, took a shower to freshen up... then did last min checks before leaving the house... dad drove me to the airport... on the way gave me loads of advise, honestly, my head was so heavy from the lack of rest that i didn't really got most of it in... hee sorri dad, got to the airport, was the first one there, herbert and gang (dennes and terence) was still on the way, so sat down and waited for them, took litte shut eyes in between. when they got here... its about time to enter the gates... did all the neccessary ppaper work before entering the departure gate... was died excited, always love entering that gate... its like a whole new world of its own in there... walked around the shops for awhile as we still had time.... terence bought some cigeratte... then we proceed to the plane... took some pic along the way... heez...we flew jet start asia there... the seats wasn't as comfortable as i expected... its was rather cramp... for someone my height.. and as it was a small plane, every turn could be felt instantly.... was running a cold so was sneezing the entire time... thank god i had tissue with me... when we arrived at thailand... got sort of a culture shock as things there is so different from our airport... seeing their airport convinced me on why singapore is ranked one of the top airports in the world... after we clear the custom (which took a super long time) we got a cab to the hotel (asia hotel) Got there herbert and terence did the registration as we waited at the lobby, we did an illegal thing, we booked a room for 2 but have already decided to cramp all for of us in there... heez... budget wat to do.. got the room, drop the stuff, then make our way for shopping, first stop... Mak Bung Kong Market... super big shopping mall... found something to eat first as that was our first meal of the day and were famished... the food was alright but the dessert was superb... sticky rice with durian, mango and coconut ice cream... mouth watering...after that walked around... notice they were also showing STAR WARS so we tot we gave it a shot... haha the cinema was better then we though, the seats, the surround sound, the screens all very good lor...the funny part is that before the movie there was a min respect for the king, where everyone have to stand and pay respect to the king as the screen showed picture of the king, that is something new, thais really love their king man...heez... managed to survive through the entire movie (2 plus hours) while dennes spend most of the time sleeping, even in thoes fighting scenes...lolx...respect... after the movie, when walking around the place somemore, its was huge and immpossible to finish that evening... were looking around not planning to buy anything of the first day... juz looking at the prices to things... then we decided to get back to hotel as everyone was died tired... got some snacks from the 7-11 nearby for 'dinner' that was first day...

20, 21, 22 May 2005 Shopping shopping and more shopping...
Shall not elaborate too much on these... basically... we started shopping at all the different happening market around... its great fun seeing herbert and gang doing bargaining with the hawkers... learned abit myself also... there is loads of stuff in their market... from food to clothings, to decorations... its like local pasa malam but in way bigger scale... one of the market (Chatuchup- this is how its pronounce but not sure the spelling) even have sale for puppies... and they are really cheap... one pup coat about 50 bucks sing... so cute... Besides all this, we also when 'window shopping' on the high end shops... like burberry, LV, CK, Fendi etc, felt like a different class walking into these shops... was so tempted to get a burberry polo t which cost about SGD 100 plus... but didn't in the end... this few days in thailand was the only time after BMT that i have walked such vast distance... I believe we at least covered close to 15 - 20 km a day during our trip on foot... during the trip we also did reward ourselve with foot massage... was really good... but most money was spend on shopping, didn't even took that much of photos, compared to my other trips... Overall its a really fun trip...

23 May 2005 Last day in thailand...
Today, we did all the final shopping with all the money we had left... had to change more money as there wasn't much left to spend... was pretty determine and spending watever left... as its wasn't really worth changing the money back to SGD, its really shop till we drop... First was MBK market, then got back to the hotel to put our stff before proceed to some of the market that we have been to for final buys... by the time we got back to the hotel, its past midnight, and as herbert and terence have a final foot massage with whatever money left... me and dennes went back to start packing as we are leaving on the first flight back tml... got ourselves plenty of beer in the hotel to drink... by the time i am done packing, basically finished 4 big bottles of beer... lolx.. head was died heavy.... so as the rest of the gang packed i sleep... didn't really realised that i bought quite abit of things until the packing session... bought mainly local tibits on the final day... and also a huge backpack... lucky for that if not i am not sure of how i am going to carry all my stuff back... was going to miss the sights and sounds of thailand... but definately not the poplution... lolx..

24 May 2005 Singapore, here we come!!!
8am, got our stuff and depart to bangkok international airport... checked in our stuff and flew home on tiger air, its free seating therefore we got to the gate early for good seats... the plane was slightly delayed due to so technical problem but after that it was a smooth ride home... (better then jetstarasia i must say) once touch down in singapore airport.... the warm reception from our airport was so great am... all the familiar sights and sounds... missed it so much man.... bought a tequlia and volka rasberry from the duty free before collecting our luggages... had a commotion outside the arrival hall as we saw joanne siah and tay ping hui doing a flim shoot nearby... wanted to take a pic with them.. but didn't had the chance as the gang was hungry and wants food... so no choice... mum cooked dinner so i headed home first... took a train down to aljunied first before taking a cab home (cheaper that way) After dinner, rushed down for band prac... so dedicated right...lolx... anyway practise was fun... almost forget how to play... lost my ambrochure and all... took quite awhile to pick it up... can tell that the pressure was on for WMc as lao shi is getting more strict on the quality of the music... after prac, lao shi gave a speech clearly hinting to those that is not going for the competition to stop comoing for prac... was rather sadden coz i was one of them...or likely to be... but well i guess that was the only way to actually guage the actually strength of the band... so if i have to go i have to go...lolx. headed home straight after prac to unpack my luggage... rest shortly after my bath as i have work the next day....

This is basically my trip summarised... this it a pretty long entry already... hahah alright then shall blog more when i have the time... and shall post some of the photos once its developed.... ciaoz....

Busy weekend

Hey there peepz... Must be wondering why i am still here early this Monday morning, when tommorrow is a working day and i am suppose to be in bed right... well that is because tml is an OFF DAY *laugh contentedly* There is nothing interesting on tv so i thought i come and blog a little on yesterday (sunday) and the day before...

Satuarday 14 May 2005 Sectional and Eski

Usually will sleep to my hearts content on a saturday coz its rest day after a week of 'hard' work, and since there wasn't npd rehearsal, the better to rest at home... But this week woke up early cause i have promised to conduct sectionals for Nypsb flute section, was tinking as wmc is closing in, they would need all the help thhey can get... and since i am still pretty much unsure whether or not i am able to go, i play my part first to strengthen the section... was looking forward to it, was informed that key players (or more experienced players) like Sherine, Andies will not be attending the session due to work and other reason, kinda disturbed mainly i won't be able to guage the standard and the strenght or the section, but was not really bothered about it as i knew their individual strenght and will not be too much of a trouble get them to working together... Was thinking of working things out with 2nd flute first... since they can be considered the 'unstable' lot... Got there 1/2 hour early so bought breakfast then proceed to the bandroom... Got into the sports hall, recieved a msg from karen saying that she is sick so she is not coming, 1 down 4 to go (was expecting an attendance of 5 out of 8 which is their total strenght for flute), then wai leng msg telling me she will be late coz she left someting at home... the only one on time was adeline... so i asked her to relax since it was still early and wait for the rest... had breakfast with xiu... wai leng walked in about 11.30 (sectional suppose to start at 11)... After breakfast, was actually having a little 'band pract' with the rest of the members present outside the bandroom, asked WL and Adeline to join in since we are still waiting for feng cheng, but was a short session coz meiting asked them into the bandroom to practise... did abit of Festa Pasana, and since the 2 of them have queries on that piece i thought i work on that piece first...Went to SE (String Ensemble) room for sectional, started off without FC (its was close to 12 and no sign of her... incontactable too) Was informed that Jasmine is not coming also due to some unknown reason, 2 down, 1 MIA, left 2.... super disappointed... am i taken for granted... i really wonder at times... Anyway spend the next couple of hours working on that piece, make sure that they got the piece and the notes right... concentrating on intonation and dynamics (coz that is what they lack)... got a sorry msg from fong cheng somewhere in the mids of the session (can't really remember the time) and they (feng chang and andy koh) arrived at 2 plus (sectional was ending at 3, and i was close to ending that piece). After i finished the entire piece, briefly went through the entire piece again, (to see if all i have been teaching paid off and partly, for fc and andy)... Kinda contented that they improved in that song, in terms of its dynamics, and lesser wrong notes... but intonation still have to be worked on... And that was sectional, spent the entire 3 hours or so on one piece... time consuming but result shown.... juz hope its not forgotten... After sectional, hanged around in the bandroom for awhile, playing the piano and forming our own percussion ensmble, was fun and lots of laugh... Finally decided to leave at about 5 coz meeting at night to go eski bar (a place reccomended by wei xiang and andy)

Evening got home to change, was told that the place was super cold and will be unsuitable to go in bermudas and t-shirt... so i changed to jeans and a long sleeve shirt... xiu was at my place coz she didn't want to go home and meet us again since we are meeting like in less then an hours time... was suppose to meet wei xiang at 7, but after delays here and there, me and gang (xiu, zhong xi, allison, feng cheng) only got there at about 7.30, haha he was abit pissed but was ok after a few jokes... some of them where hungry, so we went to grab a bite at Bk first since its was still rather early to club... Met up with andy... then proceed to the bar... upon entering the place... one word, COLD, we were breathing out vapour, the place was at about 2 degrees (from the thermometer) and the bartop and the light shades are made of ice... cool argh... then there was another door, inside which leads to a lounge area.. its not that cold there, about the tempreture when we were in sydney on the hottest day about 14 to 15 degrees... they found it not much of a kick, so we challenged ourselve and went back out to the 'icy bar top'. I have to agree it was rather cold for the first few mins, and i was shivering (for a guy that is not really afraid of cold, its an usual sight) but after awhile when i adapt to the temp i was alright... Everyone else was using sweater the pub provided except me... heez as usual strong mah what to do... haha *bhbism* Ordered drinks and we played alot of games, from 5,10,15 to hei bai chey, and zhong ji mi mah.. the forfeit was to eat ice... first time found eating ice such a difficult task... did alot of stupid stuff also, but overall was really fun coz there was lots of laughter and everyone was enjoying themselve... Xiu, Sasa and wei xiang had to leave early (about 10 plus) so i was left alone with the 2 couple, Andy & Fong cheng, Zhong Xi & Allison, was feeling oddly bright... Anyway we continued zhong ji mi ma till about 11 close to 12 when the rain subsided (it started raining heavily shortly after the first gang left)... Went Mac for a bite, coz andy say he was hungry... after bite, its was 12 plus, already missing the last train, so we walked to lao pasah coz its easier to flag a cab there... was still drizzling but we didn't care... saw bus 100 so was tinking of taking bus... but i guess that bus we saw was the last bus... so went back to the plan of taking a cab... fc and andy left first... and me ally and zx shared then next one... tink i stand in the rain too long... was sneezing rather badly (felt a cold coming on...) send zx home first then me, then ally.... Reach home at about 1am, had a quick wash up, then pop 2 panadol extra before heading to bed... dog tired...

Sunday 15 May 2005 SIA cup, International racing festival

Woke at a 11.30pm, sneezing stop (thx god) took a shower and prepare to head to camp for parade... Got to camp about 1.30, met morrison and han qiang (my staff and bandmate) in the bus, then got to bunk and change, got a ride up to the whitehouse, love weekend parades, coz everyone seems to drive so its save the time from walking to the whitehouse... Got there, rehearsed a few of the pieces before leaving for the turf club... pretty excited coz haven't been there before (not to the age limit yet) the place its big... nothing like those i went while in aussie a few year ago... first race was at 3 plus, had 1/2hr for lunch, had a huge plate of chicken rice, was famished, the kind auntie gave me abit more rice... After a satisfied stomach, went back to our holding area to prepare... the place was filling up fast and before the first race the place was half or rather filled... talking about singapore being a national gambling den man.. haha... as soon as the green light for the first race starts off, we changed up and prepare for the performance... played a fanfare and a short piece after that was rest till the next race... so we undress and waited for the next race which is shortly after the first one... after the first few, its became such a norm and its starts to get bored... luckly i got Adrain Mole to accompany me, spent most of my waiting time reading... we had 9 rounds of that and by the time its was the 9th time... everyone was pretty much excited againg coz its was time to go back... left the turf club at about 9.30pm, got back camp at about 10, got back to bunk, bath and went supper with them till about 11 plus then took a cab home... got home, ate somemore coz i asked mum to buy me dinner... then watch tv... and nothing much on so i came onli... heez.. that is pretty much my weekend...



Later, will be pretty packed too... coz have a whole list of things to do... and tonight going back camp coz on duty on tuesday morning... anyway that will be mention most probably when i come online again i guess... meanwhile have a good rest and have a fulfilling day ahead then... nites and lotsa love hugs and kisses...!!!

Yet another week....

Hello people, a week have past again, and i am one week closer to my thailand trip... in fact its juz next week... can't wait man... lolx... will write about my this week in a more different style then usual...

Monday May 9th start of a new week

Stayed in last night, didn't like the idea of having to travel early in the morning...
Morning had an uninterrupted slp until kum wai [KW] (one of my bunkmate) starts blabbering about the game he played to joel (another bunkmate that slp rights beside me) at the top of his voice... why does he have to speak that loadly when they are only about 20 steps away... i wonder sometimes. Dragged myself out of bed, thinking i was on duty for the week till KW tell me he was on duty, argh... there goes my 15 mins of dreamland timing!!! Staff Maswan made us practise for the welcome ceremony for the Pakistan PM...Sun was rather scorching considering its still morning, going to have an uneven tan again...

Noon Watched abit of Million dollar Baby the movie in the library (dun tell anyone coz we are not really suppose to...)

Evening after work had dinner at the cookhouse, then return to bunk... and after about an hour of rest (digestion) went to bed... woke up did somethings and when straight back to bed... what a PIG!

Tuesday May 10th Arrival of Pakistan PM

Had a very good rest last night, haven't slept for so many hours in ages... had last min rehearsal for today's parade, which happen to be at 5PM!... After lunch we took the transport to istana, reach at about 2 plus, waited for an hour for the other unit to arrive, total waste of time... rehearse once through for all weather, was drizzling but have to stand in it anyway, Just my luck! End up what we have rehearse was a waste due to the rain, was changed to indoor, got semi drenched for no reason... Pakistan reps are really rude, cutting through the band in the mids of welcoming our PM, luckily we were alert enough not to be affected by these people... shortly after Pakistan PM arrived, played their athem followed by ours then thats it... some parade yah... Got the privilige to direct book out from there, have something important to attend... have to thank my fren Kris for bringing my uniform back for me... After attending to my 'impt matter' went for band prac at nyp... Got back to using my Emerson, the feeling its just not right... Where are you my beloved Altus... probably in the hands of your new owner *sob*


Wednesday May 11th Kindom of Heaven

Staff gave halfday for those who did COG the last time, and those that didn't (including me) will have to clear my own off, just my luck! said its to reward us for a good job done yesterday... well i think otherwise... Left camp about 12.30pm, didn't go home, so decided to rot in town... Conqured far east, Lido, Wisma, taka, Hereen, and finally stopped at Cine... dead bored, no shopping mood... or rather cannot afford to shop, abit tight on the finances... ended up reading at long johns sliver for at least a couple of hours, then met up with Karen and Sasa for Movie, Kingdom and Heaven... Nice movie, worth watching...


Thursday May 12th Band Band Band...

Today its been a rather enjoyable day since i stepped into band coz we played pieces the entire day!!!

Morning we had rehearsal for an "outreached program" prepared ny WASBE, played and sight-read alot of pieces... played fifth suite by alfred reed, different sound compared to nyp... (nyp sounded better, but considering its sight-reading session, its wasn't that bad).

Afternoon Practise for a performance this coming sunday, at the singapore turf club, SIA cup, fancy playing for some horses....

Evening Rushed down to NYP for pract with nothing but my piccolo... used jasmines flute (ALTUS!!!) Enjoyed dinner after band with the usual gang before heading back camp... seems that its faster travelling by bus then by train, will take bus next time... Altus i miss u already... when will be meet again...


Friday May 13th Bad Omen?

Morning done some PT while seniors (or close to ORD personnels) have their IPPT, was lifting weight when i felt the bone of my right shoulder shift... not a good omen, stopped and played table tennis (with extra caution) instead... was tinking of a diip in the pool since lunch is longer today, but was asked to shift bunk, as new trainees are coming in... spent the entire afternoon cleaning the new bunk and shifting stuff over... wasted the fine weather, rotten luck! afternoon did another practise for sunday... and thats the day... simple yet well scheduled...


That is my week... heez... strange way to present it... but well got the idea from the book i am reading now, The Secret diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4, not a bad book i would say... have a chance give it a flip... its nice... anyway guess thats all i have, do have a great weekend ahead... best of health and MAY PEACE BE UPON YOU!!!

Mother's day

Hello guys and gers... Its Mother's Day!!! i hereby wish all mums and mother-to-be a very happy mother's day, and mum juz wanna let you know that you are the greatest in the whole wide world!!! I LOVE YOU *muack*

Woke up to a wet morning today, didn't really want to go out as its was mother's day and it would be pretty bad to go out leaving mum at home all alone on her day... so being the good boy that i am ... (ahem..) i stayed home to accompany her... seems that he tummy isn't giving her as much problem le, that is such a relief to see... but still got complain of occasion weakness, likely caused by the excessive visits to the toilet, so most of the time i would juz ask her to take a seat and rest... today other then spending time with mum, actually spent alot of time surfing the net and on the tv as well... i mean thats practically what you can do at home right... was thinking about going beach road with herbert, but due to some communication break down (at my end), caused the trip to be cancelled... well later will be going to camp and will sort of signal the start to my "7 day work week" i guess...

Alot of things concerning money is bugging me now... lolx... mainly i am trying to say alot of things to buy but dun have the capital to do so... Flute, holland trip, digital camera, all requires MONEY and if i get one the other will not be possible to get... argh... growing white hair juz thinking what i am going to do... get flute and no Holland and digital camera... even though Holland is not really possible, but judging from Meiting's confidence... its giving me the slightest chance of going man... but i also wish to get that Canon Ixus 7 camera... very fan right... well, if only army pay won't so low, i would be able to afford all that...lolx... but well thats life i guess... heez... u can't possibly own everything (not when u are an average joe like me lah)... Actually my major concern is the flute now... the more i use it the more attached i grew to it.... really cannot bear to part with it... but not being able to buy it holding it will be meaningless too right... haiz... should i return it before i grow to attached to it? i really don't know... its not said that the flute is a superb one... but i feel comfortable using it i guess... Need to take a step at a time liao ba...if i am not going holland and not getting the trip, that means the camera is a muz buy liao... hahahah.... so its alot of consideration... anyone can give me any advise? Most ask me to set my priorities... i did, Flute and Camera will bt more top then Holland coz the chances of getting that is the slimmest with all that activities pilling during that period of time... however if i am confirm not getting the flute then i have to part it soon... so that at least the other buyer don't have to wait... a pity, but what to do if i have no money... lolx... ok lah...shall not let all my "finanical problem" affect my dear readers already....

You guys have a great week ahead and stay cool k.... PEACE!!!

Busy week

Halo people, its end of the week again... haha usually people look forward to the weekend as they can let down their hair and relax... but that doesn't apply to everyone, at least not for me... heez... have to go back to work tml... can u imagine... working on a saturday!!! argh.. there goes my weekend... BURNT...

Lets talk about the week that have just passed... started the week on a tuesday, after a long weekend of diarrhoea and fever... fever was gone but the tummy was still giving a rampage... but manage to tahan the morning, where we had rehearsal drills for Navy anniversary parade and NDP... whenever break was given, toilet was my resting point... After much persuasion, decided to visit the medical center after lunch, needed to get something done there anyway so went to see the doc at the same time, one stone kill 2 bird... Got there and it was wait, wait and more wait by the time i was done, half the day was gone, got back to the whitehouse took my medication and rest awhile, lucky there wasn't anything to do in the afternoon... and that ended my work, evening, braved the rain to go nyp for band prac... always enjoy the company of frens and also playing band pieces (rather then marching pieces)... heez... but lao shi ended pretty late so had to rush back to camp straight after prac... got a few bread bun for dinner since didn't have any appetite... Wednesday was pretty much the same but staff was kind to give us halfday to rest and all, as we need to fall in real early (like 6 plus) on thursday for Navy parade, so me, kris, boon wah and zhi xun juz went town to walk walk and look around... after that we return back to camp where they continue gaming and i decide to turn in after a shower about 11 plus... tummy didn't gave much problem, was on the road to recovery... Thursday Navy parade... was 45 mins to and hour long, almost killed me... but have to learn to endure longer as the upcoming parades are twice this lenght jia you ba... then was given more time to rest when we got back...was going to nyp again when it started raining again... wonder its juz something that usually happens in the afternoon, or juz a sign... haha Anyway, today, was a sad day, its the cremation of a great man, the peoples' president, Dr. Wee Kim Wee, we had the privilige to got to his place to 'escort' him out to mandai... so when we fall in this morning, we made all the neccessary preparation, and since it was such a big event, even those about to ORD personnel that is clearing leave are recalled back... after lunch, just about time when we are about to leave for his premise, the heaven rained so heavily that people get wet even indoor... however the strange thing was when we got there, the rain stop and there was no sign of the sun, its was cloudy a little windy... guess a great man does deserves a honorable last respect, even by the heavens... we played as the coffin is being carried out, the place was heavily guarded, and there was the media and many people, mostly those leaving nearby coming to pay their last respect... once in the vehicle, we marched with the vehicle behind us for a distance before it proceed to mandai, sort of a symbol of his last journey i suppose... it was indeed a sad moment... by the time we got back camp its was already 5 plus, and that sort of ended my week... many things done in a short 4 days... more coming next week i think but well... take a week at a time i guess... heez.. got things to do time pass faster i always say...

It only now that i know that stomach flu is contagious, coz i have spread my illness to my MUM... feel terrible when i first got to know it... have been pretty worried about her in camp, she got it since wednesday, so have been calling her frequently to check on how she is doing, seeing her suffering what i have gone though make my heartaches coz i know how terrible it feels, losing appetite, going toilet like nobody's business, then feeling weak and all... haiz... really pray she gets well really really soon... So many people falling ill... please take good care of ur health... its really not very nice to be ill, so STAY HEALTHY K... drink lotsa water, eat properly and exercise regularly....!!!

sickly mayday

Evening of may day, or more commonly known as labour day, as all the working class gets there well deserved rest, I spend the day at home nursing my condition (oh yah and the frequent visit to the toilet)... Woke up at about 11 this morning, feeling much better compared to yesterday, maybe because i have got a sounder sleep, the fever is gone and i had more energy... As it seems that everything is back to normal, nature calls, my diarrhoea had yet to leave me... Spent the rest of my day "inspecting" the toliet at home, (trying not to make it sound so gross lah...)

Anyway, was suppose to have COG parade today, was tinking of going, but the endless visit to the toilet drained the thought out of me... so i ended up sitting on the sofa all day and have a 'date' with harlem, ah ya and xiao S (Super sunday)... Mum was there too, making sure that i am ok... and i am eating again... but food dun seems very appealing to me now... donno why, the sight of food turns me off, like those kfc advertisments... made me almost puke man... this morning had a chicken and char xiu bao for breakfast, practically forced it down my throat, so my mum won't worry... other then that, had abit of fish and prawn porride for dinner... usually i would finish the entire pot with ease... but today i struggle with a plate man... haiz really wish its will all turn out will and i can recover real soon...

This coming tuesday i will be BO (band orderly aka duty musician) for band A for a week, really hope i can be strong enough to do it man... Argh... haiz... anyway, going for my 'excursion' to the loo again... already lost count on the number of times i have visited the place... but wat the heck... this is all.... people please take good care of yourself k... even though you might seem really strong, but when the illness bug is hooked on to u no matter how strong u are u will still fall ill... so take good care k... i am a very good example...

sick may....bad omen

Argh.... i am sick, what a way to start of the new month...so sian... toilet have become my 2nd home... and the fever bug juz seems to like me alot... but lucky there is no sore throat and stuff... hate that...

This morning, woke up (or rather forced myself up) as i have not have a sound slp the entire night... then was feeling super weak, like all the energy have been drained out of me overnight, took me quite awhile to stand and walk to my mums room, so felt my forehead and she say its was very hot, so she brought me to the polyclinic fearing i might have got dengus coz of all the mosquito bites i got from camp the pass few days... When to hougang branch, and the place was packed despite its a weekend, its was a long waiting process before actually seeing the doctor and after that more waiting for the medicine... by the time i got home was about 2 (we went at 10 plus), first thing i did was had my medication and went to slp... was more sound compared to last night... but waking up occasionally for toilet...juz woke up like a couple of hours ago... had some porridge mum made... and that was all i had for the entire day... coz no appetite, and more visits to the toilet... hmm starting to wonder if the charcoal pills issued by the doc is effective....

Tml, COG... was thinking of going, but with my current condition, mum see it is not possible for me to make the trip, so she rang my staff and inform him... thx mum... and i have mc tml so the more she tinks i should rest tml... heez.. the doctor was actually quite shock to hear i have to work tml actually coz its may day (labour day) but gave me mc nonetheless...

Feeling aweful man.... really worried that my intestines will be coming out next coz there really haven't anything else left for me to "dispose" wonder what i had to cause this man... juz hope i will recover in time for the coming months as they are super busy... and i dun wan to be left out... ONE BAND ONE SOUND... lolx... okok guess i will keep my entry short today... the toilet is calling me again... ciaoz pplez... take good care yah...

boring weekend

Hello there people, here to 'complain' about my day again... haha okok not really complaining lah... trying to find so other word other then talking about my day, u know that can be kinda boring if you used it too often (like i do... heez)... a few words can describle how i feel now, TIRED, ACHING and BORED... Tired and aching is contributed from dragon boating whereas bored its juz me... heez... been lazing around at home pretty much this weekend so, yah... Seriously speaking, sometimes working is alot more fun then weekends, true that i get rest, but at work at least u have stuff to do and it can help you pass time much faster, juz a short sectional already takes up like 2 to 3 hours of ur day perhaps...

A short paragraph on thought i have for the past few days, recently i have been reading through my past blogs, and also looking at some past photos i have taken with friends... From the blogs, its seems that i have loads of complains about life... something i haven't experience before (as in when i am skooling and stuff), Is working life causing all this? i questioned myself, me working causing me to be further drifted from my poly friends and causing me to feel all that insecurity and all, but looking at the pictures made me think otherwise, it seems that i have loads of friends... haha and i have no idea what have been making me feel insecure all these while... haha if anyone knows the answer dun mind letting me know k... i could use some 'professional advise' here... heez... There is one more think i notice that have been getting to me... i have been really sensitive nowadays, well you guys might think guys being sensitive is a good things right... well its not that kinda 'good sensitive' its the 'bad sensitive' hahaha... i realised i tend to be over sensitive to many thing nowadays, thinking ahead of things and what will happen if i did something... and usually i would think of things positively, but now it seems that whenever i do things i would think of its consequences in the negetive direction, for example, if i msg someone, and the person didn't reply, normally i would think that the person is too busy or what, but now i would tink whether i pissed the person off, if i have offended the person in anyway... argh... its driving me nuts, but now that i have spotted this "pessimistic syndrome", i will find way to conqure it...i must haha

Ok back about my weekend... phew after "thought of the day" feeling much better le.... ok well haven been doing much today either, woke up this morning had brunch (breakfast and lunch), after that, slack around awhile before going for dragon boat training, was actually contemplating about whether to go, the 'lazy bug' was tell me not to, but in the end, i managed to convinced myself to go... heez... Got there on time, but everyone wasn't really there yet... so we slack awhile before bring the boats out when there was more people... its was a superb day for paddle, clear blue sky, sun was strong (great to tan)... set off after some warm up and as usual since i haven't been paddling for awhile, i joined the 'beginners' boat... we reached the bridge then we started doing endurance of 3 mins each, wasn't really tough as its was normal strokes, i must say the beginner did really well considering some of them are first timers... when we reach benjamin shears bridge, we did more set training to open water, but this time with power strokes, and was sort of a race with the 'senior' boat, and glad to say we managed to win most of the intervals... lolx.... when we turn back to benjamin shears, we were challenged by some boats filled with muscular men, but we gave it a shot anyway, all boat was on par at the start of the race, but at the turn we falled back abit, and the other boat took over us, then they came right in front of us causing us to have to slow down, then besides that we had to steer to the outer lane (which their boat was suppose to be) and then charge from there.... by then everyone was rather tired coz we have already cover alot of ground... but i still gave it all i have... until we passed the finishing line, the aussie 'seniors' have won the race following by the competitors boat then ours, we weren't really upset with the results, actually we are rather impressed wth our performance as we aren't very far behind and our boat were all novice rowers... ought to give ourselve a pad one the back... After which, we rowed back to the beach, i help with the storing back of the boat before i make a move while the rest enjoy a their beer...

Got home, took a shower before having dinner (which i bought before coming home)... caught jacky show, then was on the computer, later going to watch wong fei hong... was planning to go out... but thinking of having to spend money, i decided not too... haha been tightening my belt... for a trip to thailand with my frens... but yet to cfm though, my leave haven't been approve... pray hard it does... Alright, guess thats all i have, oh yah, tml SAF Central band will be performing at the botanical gardens... do support k... they are playing pieces like The Merry Widow and 2 mvmt from Riverdance... will be interesting... do support k... ciao....

ORD function

Ladies and gentlemen!!! i am offically a LCP (lance coporal) hahaha, dun have to save me anymore (u know "saving private ryan") heez...*cold* ahem, okok well juz wanna share this great news with all you guys but dun expect a treat or watever k, coz the pay only raise a pathetic 20 bucks... haha, well army mah what to do... heez...

Anyway, things about the this week, well... basically its also a rather casuel week, guess we are all have 'ample rest' for whats about to come in the coming months... there is many major events in the coming months, events like the annual NDP and SAF day... this 2 is the biggest event ever in a year (according to the seniors) its said that those that haven't endure these event will never be consider a bandsmen yet... heez.. so i am kinda looking forward to it, as well as fearing it... haha contridicting right... SAF day (on 1st july) rehearsal will commenced next month... and NDP will commence their rehearsal on june... haha guess i will be super busy in the comming couple of months, and with there i also hear news that we might clash with ocs day.... Argh!!! so many events!!! but well i guess i can only suffer in silence then... heez hopefully i can get to know the band A people even better through these period of time (not time i dun know them, its juz more in depth i guess)... okok going out of topic... this week, well been preparing for a parade for thursday, its a rather plain parade but it lasted till 8pm, so today we got the privilege of falling in late... heez... Today is some what a special day as we had an ORD function for batch 55, my senior's batch, haha actually they are the same age as me only that they entered earlier then me... Anyway, this is the 2nd ORD function i have attended and the first was in my training wing days... haiz looking at this batches leave make me think when izzit going to be mine... and thinking of that makes me sad coz ITS still a long way to go!!! argh... hahaha... Anyway so happy for them lah... majority of them is from band A and have already got to know them quite well so its still kinda sad to see them leave... juz wanna say very honored to have gone on parade with you guys, all the best for ur future and take care!!! today is also staff tay 'ORD' date, and he have been in the band all his life... 31 years to be exact... respect for him man... seriously... after everyone's little speech, we had a little reception before calling it a day...

Can't believe i am glued to the computer ever since i came home... haha camp must have made me miss technology so much man... Haiz, was suppose to be going out with my regular gang, but was cancelled due to the lack of organization... very common, already got used to it... heez... didn't really mind actually coz wan to save money... heez... ok lah.... guess this is all le... will be going offline shortly, been online for quite sometimes le.... shall blog some other time, then ciaoz....

Short entry

Good Afternoon, its me again on this sunny sunday afternoon, juz woke up like an hour ago... heez... body aching from paddle yesterday, missed this type of feeling for awhile le... think i should go more often i guess... heez...

About last night, was thinking of slacking at home until herbert and dennes asked me out on a movie... was suppose to watch it in PS but we ended up in GV grand as herbert made a mistake in the order... haha... Anyway went to watch "Sahara" @ 12.30, but went earlier to grab a bite... manage to catch abit of liverpool Vs tottenham too (which ended of 2-2) After the show, we made our way home, that is about 3 plus le...

Today haven't got any plans, as i am going back to camp tonight.... not that i have to but i juz want to, so as to not have to wake up early tml morning to rush down, you know, monday blues... haha... Anyway, tonight suppose to have bbq with sasa and karen they all.... haha guess no more chance liao lah... anyway u guys have fun lah.. take lotsa photo show me can le....lolx... alright lah... guess i keep the entry short for today lah.... u guys enjoy the weekend and hope to see you guys real soon.... cheers

Weekend

Hello peepz... its the weekends again... have any plans yet... heez... oh yah, SYF 2005 Central Judging for Secondary school band is offically over yesterday... Congraz to all the band that have did well, which i am sure that most of you people out there have... for those that didn't, take it easy as there is always 2 years later... Special congraz to ACS I, Dunman high and st andrews for making the top 3 presentation band... all the best when u guys battle it out in july... the force is strong with you...

Okie, enough of SYF, not on my weekend, i am rather happy this weekend as it started out pretty well... at least not rotting around like most of it... heez... Oh yah before i forget, SERENE SAN, HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY GER!!! heez... hope u have alot of fun and hope u like the present, thx for your invitation!!! Okok lets start of my blog from yesterday, Friday, in camp was pratically doing some self practise with Sam, had loads of fun, donno why whenever i am practising with him my tone seems to improve.. haha maybe the sight of him juz give me stress... heez... was thinking of taking half day yesterday, but didn't in the end as i feel its a waste of my off since we are going to do nothing the entire day... After work, rushed home to get change and get ready to go serene's birthday party over at her place... it was only yesterday that i realise that serene was living in a condo... haha and to think i have been sending her greeting cards on different occassion, paiseh man... hee... met up with dennes first, then we went to get a birthday card for her, when we got there, the place was rather filled with people, so we wished her ,and give her the present. then, we help ourselves to the food (which she kept pestering us to do so, being the host and all heez... Oh yah Serene was my jap class frens in case u guys wan to know... After taking the food, we sat around chit chatting and makaning while serene was busy entertaining all her frens and all, really busy man... haha... then at about 9 was the cake cutting, where she took picture with all her frens and relatives (us included) heez... after having the cake, we congraz her before bidding farewell coz we had plans... After that we set down at mac waiting for new from herbert and gang... was rather pissed initally, coz i hate doing stuff last min, and they actually thought of going pubbing last night at about 9 plus!!! well... we contacted with herbert and navin, and was suppose to go fulleton for a drink, so we all met there, but we ended up at Jazz@south bridge instead as fulleton was packed, and we stayed there till about 2 when they closed... li hao rushed down from camp and met up with us there... then we were thinking of going geylang for some soya bean curd and all, but we changed out minds and ended up in arab street instead, though of trying something new for a change... hahaha... there is this shop along arab street where they serve 'arabian food' and also had what they call a sheesha, so pipe that arabian smokes... we ordered grilled quills, and for drink i had traditional turkish coffee, and we also tried one of the sheesha, haha was actually smoking for the first time, kinda fun coz its comes in flavours and we had ours in strawberry, was really good experience... The turkish coffee i had packed a punch man, initally when its came it this mini glass and a glass of plain cold water, i was thinking is that all i was getting, felt cheated, but after tasting it, i knew what the water was for, its woke me right up man... its not like those traditional coffee, the taste when its first enter ur mouth its taste like some spice or those kinda zhong yao, but when its slowly goes down ur throat and spread opens, the aroma of the coffee stays in ur mouth for a long time, the water is to dilute the inital taste i guess... well, we spend the next couple of hours there, talking and giving riddles to each other... left the place like 4 plus 5 am, was really fun... by the time i got home was abit past 5, then i took a shower before heading for bed, the coffee took its effect and kept me awake till about 6 plus before i fell aslp...

This morning, got up at about 11 plus in the morning, donno why juz didn't feel tired anymore, so i slacked around the house before going for dragonboat training at about 2 plus, haven't been there for a long time, so was kinda looking forward to it... got there about a quater pasted 3, and there were very little pple there, saw some familiar face and many unfamiliar ones as well, but glad that the regulars still remembers me, heez... by 3.30 the crowd was more of less complete, so we brought out the boat... today paddle was rather 'relax' one i would put it, coz i haven been down for quite awhile, i join the boat for the inexperience paddlers, so things wouldn't be that hard for me... we did a couple of laps before proceeding to do resistance training on the beach, that was taxing, but a great way to build stamina, after that we had a couple of races before heading back to shore. After keeping the boat, i gave the drinking session a miss and head home as the rain was coming haha, manage to get home alright, took a shower and now relaxing in front of the computer... not sure wat i am going to do later though, kinda lazy to move already, heez... anyway guess thats all lah... hahaha Anyway, nypsb starting next week le... all u guys work hard yah... 2 months to prepare... i am sure u can make it... Jia you lah... Ciaoz peepz take care and gods bless...

random entry

Hey there people... heez... its finally mid week le... another 2 days of work day to go and then its the weekend again... was reading through my previous entire, the one with lots of complains... haa.. realised i wasn't paying much attention to what i was writing then, and now reading back, i laugh at some of the complains that i made... hee... u guys must have found it rather amusing also i guess.. anyway, whatever it is, i have sort things out... that everyone have their lives to lead, an i cannot be selfish to have all my friends to be free to accompany and hear me talk all the time, if i have to be a loner, then so be it i guess.. heez...

OK! back to blogging, ahem... this week is the start week of SYF 2005 Indoor band Competitions, Monday, took halfday off camp, juz to go watch the competition, managed to catch the afternoon session, and saw many familiar faces there... haha, and to tink i didn't know anyone in the band scene... heez... anyway the competition carried on pretty smoothly with many bands playing "Blue Ridge Sage" which i was really sick of hearing by the end of the day, [think 4 bands played that song for that day alone] The most exciting time of the day would be the results i guess...will be too lengthy to detail its but i would say overall everyone was rather pleased with their result, as almost everyone had improvment, if not standard have remain, sad to say st gabs have maintain a sliver... but well at least they maintain it an didn't drop... Sad was yio chu kang sec i guess... but the greatest winner of that day would have to go to Orchid Park Sec, they leap from a COP to Gold with Honors, shocking everyone there, I even leap with joy though it wasn't my band, coz i feel they did they did very impressively that day, However, i was too shocked, as i was expecting like gold, but with honors caught me with surprise, but no matter what congraz to all the participating band who did well, and to those that didn't, there is always 2 years later... not to worry... heez.. And for those who yet to compete... best of luck man...

This week in camp... hmm will have to say pretty relaxed lah... coz there hasn't been many parade line up for us... Been working out slightly these few days... sports like table tennis, badminton and soccer(this afternoon) Other then that, is slp slp and well more slp heez... sounded like a pig but well its really good thing to do, rather than eating, at least you are not eating *heez finding excuses* Today helped out with Ippt of the other bands, seeing them doing it reminds me of my tekong days... and also reminds me that mine is soon too haha... will have to work extra hard for it liao... Gambate... After that got early release so here i am blogging... hmm... guess nothing much to blog about liao ba... all eyes are on SYF this year... cannot wait to see how everyone fair, already got some shocking news liao... but well i guess with this year's judging, nothing will seem shocking in the end lah...lolx. alright then... thats all folks, seeya soon...

hey there people, been so thought i might use this oppotunity to 'vent my bordem' heez...

Haven't been going out lately, been having invitations but yet rejecting them... guess for this weekend, the main reason lies with having duty to do tommorrow, meaning i have to be in camp the entire day tml... that actaully 'spoiled' my plans for the entire weekend... haha.... easily affected yeah.... u bet!

Sometime i am starting to think, what i am feeling now, is it wat the girls terms as 'mood swing', of course not saying that i have 'that time of the month' juz that i can be happy for a moment and then totally lose it the next... its hard to explain as i myself haven't got an idea why its happening to me... Hate myself at times... Hate myself for being sensitive at times... might be a good things some of u guys say, but well its turns out, its seldom a good thing for me... its always makes me 'yi shen yi gui' [in english it means think nonsensically]...

I no longer have a standard group of frens anymore, frens now i guess comes in phrases of life... they come and go... sad to see them... its seem that my life is revolved in this "phrase frens" and i am at the end of a phase again for some i believe... Sometime i asked myself, why am i always tinking so pessimistically, but many a times i really cannot help it and can't really find an answer to all this problems... its difficult at times to find someone to be there, to listen to u at times... well i mean i know, everyones got to lead their own lives... thats its y i dun really even bother to tell my friends what i am facing, always putting up a strong front when i meet them, acting like everything is alright...

Well sometimes i do miss being a kid again, there is nothing to worries and you are free to dream and do anything i wish... well not saying that i can't dream now... but there is always a part of me that will bring me back to reality from my dreams now... as compared to when i was a kid... Some of my friends say i tink too much, or even think too indepth into minor things, which i completely agree, but i just donno how not to... thats y these things juuz keeps getting stored in my head and then will 'visit' me once in awhile..

Recently, i was depressed... its was something i have never felt before and it was rather awful, its juz felt like everyone have left me, my frens, my family, everyone, and i was the only one left in the world... and everyone around me seems like a stranger to me... i started isolating myself and all... then afterwhile, when i 'realise' the state that i was in, i kinda 'fought' that evil feeling and broke free... then things got back to normal, or so i thought... fragments of the feeling is still with me... and i have been trying very hard to fight it... haha you guys must think that i am going abit 'loose', and i really dun blame u for saying that, cause i am feeling it too... see a shrink perhaps might help... well have been thinking about that for awhile too... maybe i do need professional help, but well when i think of it... i just need someone there to listen to me, give me some advise, encourage me on... haha like a kid yah...

At times, stupid thought like am i deprived? or desperate for a girl to walk into my life... i really wonder... wonder will that day ever come, will that speical someone be there... or where is she... haha... u guy must be laughing at me now... same here, while writing this i am actually laughing at myself deep down inside... what do u people think? At times, when people ask if i got a girlfren, i would juz smile to them, not saying a word, that is because i really donno wat to say... haha, i guess this is still really down to myself i guess... i am too timid in this sort of things, and i am not doing anything about it... haha... But well, sometime i ponder, if i really do have that special someone, will she be paitent enough to take my mood swing, or even will my mood swing vanish once and for all... hahaha, see thinking too much again...

Hmm, writing all this reminds me of one of my course mates from poly last time, she use to do this all the time and send them via email telling people how depressed her life is and how bad her love life is... Am i turning to be like her? OMG, if am i then i should do something about it.. won't want to end up like her... she is sort of a 'nutcase' i would classfied under [not to be rude, but she really is]... Anyway, to all my frens where ever you are... from my past and now in my present... hope you guys dun be offended if anything in this blog have say that might affect you... i am juz venting what that have been kept in me for awhile now... so yah... that all lah... somethings cannot be put into words shall remind in me forever then... Cheers!!!