Goodbye....Hello!

All I can say is,

bye 40D, I had great memories with you.

5D, though our time was short-lived, you gave me one thing.

Inspiration.

Thank you for your services, through rain and shine, heaven and hell.

And nice to meet you, D700.

;)

Stronger...

I wonder how I had been able to survive my lonely years leading up to 2007. How was it that I was able to go through everyday without having to feel lonely, even though when I was truly alone?

I remember now. I played pool, and snooker, lots of it. I played so much that it became my life. Now it just seems negligible. Lazing at home seems to be the easier option now. Whatever happened to the strong, spirited man who could accomplish everything on his own? He ceased to exist now, unfortunately.

I spent the last month watching a total of 3 J-dramas, namely Attention Please, My Boss My Hero, and the last one which I just finished the day before, Celeb to Binbou Tarou セレブと貧乏太郎　, translated as "The Celebrity and Poor Tarou". I have one left in the bank, and I'm about to get started.

I laughed and teared along with Attention Please, laughed even louder with My Boss My Hero, and cried harder with セレブと貧乏太郎. These dramas each taught me valuable lessons, lessons which had made me the person I was before. I was learning again, like the lead in My Boss My Hero.

It'll take me a awhile to pen down my thoughts after watching those dramas, but they were definitely worth my time. It was meaningful and also practical the way these shows were presented. Most dramas never fail to over-exaggerate certain issues, but they do make up for most of the entertaining bits ever.

Do watch these dramas if you ever had the time. And coincidentally the first and the last I mentioned feature Ueto Aya as the lead actress, and the second being Tomoya Nagase, leader of the band TOKIO. Ueto Aya just shines as an actress, even though she began with a singing career. She's uber cute, uber pretty and elegant all at the same time, and yet she can be the total opposite when the role calls for it. Her popularity as an actress has reached the same, if not, surpassed her level as a singer.

Like a feather in the wind

What does it feel like to be clueless, aimless, and non-directional? I find that I can't put this into words, no matter how hard I try. It's just a sense of awe sometimes when we find ourselves with no motive whatsoever in accomplishing a task. Whatever we do can no longer satisfy our thirst for achievement, whatever we do can no longer bring us a living.

As Christmas approaches, I'm thankful for the wonderful blessings bestowed upon me, no matter how small or subtle they may be. However, in my pursuit of understanding, I always end up at a dead end, only to backtrack and be left in disarray again. These circumstances render my blessings short-lived and more importantly, less enjoyed.

Next week I'll pass out from my basic technician training to be posted to another camp and unit, and a new lifestyle will ensue, whether one that is beneficial or harmful remains to be seen.

Having gone through 3 months with 6 good mates and one asshole, I pray that this remaining 83 week journey will be the same, if not, better. If not, I guess I'll be pushed to make a tough decision, one which I've been holding back for the past 3 months.

Please help me.

1 year later...

And I still miss you...

POC LOH!!!

I'm so sorry I couldn't have posted sooner. Yesterday was deemed a rest day for me to recuperate and readjust my time back to civilian life.

Now that I've completed my 7 weeks of Basic Military Training, otherwise known as BMT, chapter 1 of my 2 years is finally over and done with. No more morons, no more idiots, no more retards. I have to say, that it was a little difficult to part with a place you've grown to love the last 7 weeks, but nonetheless, I thank God for the people whom I've made friends with.

It was quite a wasted BMT actually, putting my fitness level into consideration. I'm perfectly fit except for the sole reason that I have a permanent injury to my knee which puts me in PES C2. Otherwise, I would have been with the PES A and B fighting fit soldiers, who in my opinion, share more camaraderie through their gruelling training.

After Recruits' Evening, and especially Games Day, I inevitably believed that I had missed out on the best part of BMT, building strong bonds with platoon mates and company mates through the activities and trainings they shelved out to us. But however, being in a PES C2L2 company, there's no IPPT, no SOC, no heavy physical training. To put it in short, we're technically classified as a bunch of cripples. There are the few odd people who are not excused for anything either, which includes me, but I have a genuine injury, and I believe some of them do too.

Now that I have completed this phase, I can only look back with memories, and also some regrets. Perhaps I should upgrade, and probably go for a better posting...=D

Time to hit the gym and track!

7 more days...

Working days that is. Which means that I'll be out of Tekong on the 9th of September. I am SOOOOOO looking forward to it, considering the kind of company I'm in(by that I meant the people, not literally my company), I'd kill to get out of that moron-infested stronghold.

First book-out

What can I say? Damn damn glad to be back home.

I have to say, army isn't the place I THOUGHT it used to be.

Sure I have funny superiors and weird platoon mates, but hell, PES C is seriously way too boring for a person like me.

Eat, sleep, tuang, march, foot drills, arms drills, what the heck. I can seriously do these the whole day and still not a bit of fatigue will set in.

I look at Jason's company across from mine, and I envy the camaraderie shared amongst his platoon and sections, the sergeants punishing them, the physical training they're put through.

I want have at least a bit of that. Nothing pushes me more than meeting the demand and beyond.

BUT...

PES C2 = no such thing.

Everyone here is either injured, or has some problem. Personally I'd like to think that they all have some brain problem some way or another.