Ninety-nine. Final weekend included.

So it's finally September.
And we've all hit the hundred days mark.

It's two digits now.

Suddenly felt so... lost though.
Still don't know how I'll be facing life after army, because my life so far had been so different compared to the past, and I'm not sure if I can go back to living like the past after this.
Don't know how things will be like without us, what will 2SIR become in second year.

Well, guess all we can do now is to do our best and leave no regrets then.


Been two weeks since the last post.
Two weeks of nothing much, and even during the weekends I haven't got to really go out much I think.
One of the highlight was probably ATP on last Mon and Tues.
Slept overnight at the training shed to prevent wasting time, and got back to camp early with some of the others on Tuesday too.
Got the so-called easiest job of all for this time.
Slept much of Tuesday away, waiting for everyone else to come back.
Wednesday was normal too, then come Thursday where I was left alone after cadence run where all the other platoon 5 commanders cleared leave.
Even PS wasn't there due to his medical appointment in the morning.

Friday was another live firing rehearsal.
This time, for platoon live firing.
The whole morning was entirely wasted thanks to the bad weather and we finally began in the afternoon.
Then, dinner was canceled and everyone proceeded to book out early evening.

And even though these two weeks haven't been much, I've learnt so much more about some of the men, and so many changes had happened.
All 3 MG assistants got changed, and Charles got sent to platoon 4 to join their MG Team.
Our runner's pending down-pes and Ernest seems to be on his way back to be the runner again, really the ultimate utility guy.


The upcoming week will probably act as a conclusion for our time since end of Rot1 till now.
Platoon live firing followed by platoon proficiency test.
The very last time we will go out and fight at just platoon level.
And from here on it's all motorized training in building up for Rot3.
One and a half month of learning, training to do, and three more weeks of outfield to go for.
This pretty much sums up all I've left before I finally complete my NS.

This also means that I should start planning for my life after NS.
And probably make the list of things to do after NS starting from now.

Really wonder how life after NS will be like, just like how I've wondered how life in NS will be like.
But now, we can only think and do what we have to do.

At least I know I'll be able to say, these two years of my life had not been a blank space in my many years of life.
These two years of my life will go down to be just as important as any other stages of my life, and of great significance in making me who I am in the future.










Byeall.

Week in week out.

And so another week in NS concluded.

Was a really physically demanding week though.
Had a short field revision on Tuesday, basically on movement and crossing danger area.
Can tell that all our skills are rusty already, even the sectcomds themselves.
Much to learn from that.
And combat fitness is another thing to be much improved on too.

Had a vest slack cadence run on Wednesday, was shagged as hell especially with OC's additional PT included during and after the run.
Did the ridiculous lizard push-ups from on end of the parade square to the other end.
And just one day after that, yesterday morning, we had OC PT.
Yes, the program on the schedule is just OC PT.
And OC PT indeed it was, 5 sets of staircase run followed by rear lunges, star jumps, forward lunges then finally ranger hops.
All in 30 counts of 4, and 30 counts for star jumps.
Really some powerful leg muscles exercises there.

Ended off the day and the week with Hari Raya Celebrations.
Nothing much to talk about there.

Went Safra Yishun today, after so so so long, finally back to the range.
Helped to teach and coach our pistol shooters, with four of them without any experience at all.
Luckily there was one YJC guy who's trained in pistol and that makes my life much easier.
Realized that I've lost my touch though, expected, after such a long while out from shooting.

Went back to Tampines at 3plus and had a late late lunch with Chandan before heading back to NAS and getting stopped by the security guards.
What the heck man?
And spent quite some time and trouble before we're finally let in.
That's why they should just stick to the same guards since our time, at least they would've recognize us right away instead of stopping us and giving some lame excuses for not letting us in.
Spoke to Fareeq Sir and the others, the P too, didn't get to speak to the Scouts or observe their meeting though, as it ended just before we were able to get in.
And we could've at least saw the end of the meeting if not for getting stopped at the gate.
Well many many things to work on for the unit.
And after trying to do my best as a sectcomd, I guess it's soon time to shift my focus again.
Still tons of things to learn though.

Probably meeting Chandan again later, along with GY and some others.
Will be interesting to hear what GY has to say about his bunk mates and new found friends in BMT.
Especially if it turns out to be similar to RW.

I guess that's all for now.
The long weekend's just started, and at least I made some use of today out at the range and back to NAS.
Hopefully the time will just get spent more meaningfully in the next three days.










Byeall.

Not screw it up and just pass it on.

My first time in a long while spending a Saturday at home, other than the time that I had gotten an MC.

Finally NDP's over, and this unfortunately means that we can focus on combat soon again.
No more Saturdays getting burn though, hopefully.

Another three days work week coming up followed by one more four days break.
Left with two more days before booking in again.
Balling tomorrow, no plans yet for Monday for now.

Better plan properly what I should do with the four days I have next week, even if it's just watching shows or reading mangas.
I should really finish my 'Understand Psychology' soon though, been stuck with it for quite a while already.
And then there's Giddens' 杀手 series which I just got into my Walkman.
Sounds like there's tons of things to keep me busy in my free time, then again, I've always been not willing to 'waste' my free time on these, constantly thinking that there should be more stuff for me to do to keep myself busy instead.
Sigh.

Will try to sleep early tonight, maybe in an hour or so, to keep myself energized enough to ball tomorrow.
Been so long since I've played ball outside with the guys already, hope I've somehow improved through playing in camp.

Officially less than four months left, and three months to so-called handing over.



Gotta do our best while we still can.








Byeall.

Step by step.

Started off last week with a COS duty on off in-lieu on Monday.
Then continued on as COS again on Tuesday since no one seems to want to take it.
The next three days are pretty much spent in playing ball slacking doing nothing much.
Can't really remember what I did too since there was nothing much important anyway.

NDP Preview on Saturday, the job was really a lot easier compared to previous three weeks.
Just hope that on Thursday everything will go smoothly as well and we can pack things up fast to leave Marina for the final time, and of course, get all our Saturdays back to ourselves again.

Went to ORD talk on Friday but slept through the whole thing so nothing to talk about at all.

Watched 'Total Recall' today.
Amazing show.
It's kinda fascinating how writers from decades ago are able to write stories like this, along with dozens other sci-fi fantasy novels which may not even come to reality in decades or even centuries to come.
Then again, this kinda things are hard to say considering the speed that technology has been advancing nowadays.
Just 10 years ago, I don' think anyone would've imagined the amount of smartphones, notebooks, tablets and such that are existing in the world to day and that new technology are still being innovated day by day.
People are constantly coming up with new ideas, first to make life easier to us, then to compete against one another, and eventually set to make historic changes to the world.
That being said, it is also at the same time hard for people to catch up with the ever advancing technology and ever-changing world.
All we can do is continue to move forward instead of stopping at where we are, as doing so for even just a while can potentially put you far behind others in a serious disadvantage now.

Three days work week this week, with the week ending off with NDP finally on Thursday.
Battalion Sports Day on Wednesday, gonna be quite lame though with the racial harmony rules, hope that our Basketball team will be able to somehow win.
And Tuesday is just some random rest day too I guess, with some time catered to training for the games.

Then finally, I'll get to enjoy Saturday again.
Furthermore, this time with a much deserved four days break.
Well, looking forward to sports day, NDP, and my four days break.

Shall take things step by step from now till the end.









Byeall.

Enriching your life.

Well actually gotta sleep soon but I still felt that I have to blog.
After all I wasted whole of my five days break last week and I didn't even blog.

Speaking of the five days break, I just suddenly got a random illness again but well it's alright now already.

And by the way the 50th anniversary was fine, was raining on the day itself, turned into a drizzle and finally stopped right before the parade.
Had a rest day the next day then another short day before booking out in the afternoon.
Went to Sentosa for battalion outing, did nothing much, walked around quite a bit in Vivo then headed home without getting any stuff.

And then starts my five days break which I sorta wasted away but went out enough anyway.

First went dinner with Suting and the others on Sat night.
Went to Maxwell there to have buffet BBQ, satisfying enough I'd say.
Been a while since I last went out with them and Kenny and GY are both enlisting this week already man.
Suting and Pan soon too in few months' time, just before I ORD.

So went to watch 'The Dark Knight Rises' on the next day.
Amazing film to end off the trilogy and mark it as one of the best superheroes movie series ever.
Probably the best now, and will still be one of the best in time to come when even more superhero movies will be made in the future.

Rested on both Mon and Tues before booking in for the short 3 days week.
Didn't have much things to do in camp too, and the thing I did most was actually playing basketball.
Finally able to play with the men more and it's gonna be so much more fun now.
We should just limit the number of men joining though and it would be great already.

Booked out on Fri alone 'cause Ser Kiat's COS agian.
Then it's another tedious day at Marina for NDP rehearsal.
Watched 'Hysteria' out of boredom and we totally didn't know what it's gonna be about before we watch it.
And even when it started it looked so boring and different from any other films I've watched that I totally don't know what to expect from it.
It ended up fine as it turned out to be a film of the story regarding the invention of vibrator, now that's something I'd have never expected when I stepped into the cinema that day.
It's some cool shit though.
Perhaps I should watch more British movies like this.

Met up with Teck Li today just hours before he books in.
And gosh it's been like, freakin', freakin', freakin' long since I last saw him or even contacted him at all.
Didn't even know he moved to AMK man but well it's been this way for like one and a half year already.
And also many other things we talked about, but obviously most of it was still about army.
Quite interesting to know that he's an audiophile though.
So happy to learn something new again about my friend, and obviously I'll want to be able to meet up with him more compared to how much we had met up since JC or even Sec Sch.
Damn glad that he took the time to meet up with me too, just simply after I left a message on his Facebook wall.

And this is just what I meant about putting in effort in doing what you want to see happen.
So many people had been saying 'meet up soon' that I know they don't mean it anymore.
And even if they do, no one really has the time or is willing to put in the effort to organize something, no matter how simple it is, for people to meet up together.
That's also why I'm so happy to receive his message while at Marina asking to meet up.
And so we did just now, wasn't that hard is it?
Perhaps when I get more free... and I realized no time/busy/whatever is just an excuse...
I'll try to contact more of my friends soon to catch up with them.
Doesn't mean that now with Facebook and whatever advanced technology you don't have to meet up with friends and chat face to face with them anymore.
Only that the fear of disturbing my friends had been stopping me from approaching many of them.
But well, someone has to take the first step anyway, and just by leaving a message on Teck Li's wall has gotten us to meet up.

It's as simple as that.

Facebook should be use as a platform for us to continually engage and keep in touch with our friends instead of an excuse to stop us from continuing to be friends like how people in the past did.

Well now that I've basically recorded my life in the past two weeks, I'm gonna catch some sleep before waking up in 3hours+ time.
COS duty... sigh I hope I either make good use of the time tomorrow to sleep enough or do some other stuff.
I classify playing Digimon World 3 as making good use of my time too by the way hahaha.

May this week be a great one, to be able to pass VOC, and that I'll get to enjoy my next weekend as much as I did for today and the last one.

Time to learn and start living an even more enriching life, which would soon be even more enriching after I get to convert back into a civilian.









Byeall.

The road is still long, think clearly.

Short weekend this time.
NDP rehearsal again yesterday, only that now it's much more tiring.
Ended much later too, only managed to reach home at around 12.30am.
Gonna be two more weeks of NE shows for the P5 kids, then there should be one more time before the real one comes.

Booking in tonight 'cause of 2SIR 50th anniversary tomorrow.
Finally the one last time we gonna do the parade after many many rehearsals for the past week.
Sigh still kinda down that I'm too short to be in the No.1 contingent.
Damn, if only I had been a few cm taller.

Nothing much happened for the past week too, except that it's full of parade rehearsals.
The upcoming week will supposedly be easier since there's the anniversary celebrations and also the battalion outing to Sentosa which I have no idea on what it's gonna be about.
Friday will be an off day too I think.
But then again this marks the start of training again.
Especially the start of VOC training which I hope to clear in a month's time or so,
since we heard that we will be required to clear it in SBO3 once August has passed,
after the safety timeout of SBO0 is over.

Our bunk has a brand new addition too.
One that we had always talked about but never really thought would happen.
And now we enjoy staying in bunk even more.
Same goes to other people, who enjoy coming to our bunk even more now.

Still a couple of other things to settle before booking in tonight,
fortunately it's still quite early.
Just hope that I don't forget to do or bring anything this time.

And may next weekend be a freer one for me.








Byeall.

Time should not be a factor to determine the amount of effort put in.

Book-in time soon.
And it's like two full days of parade, followed by two days of random I don't know what's gonna happen shit, then NDP rehearsal on Saturday again.
This Sat's gonna be different though, now that we gotta close more roads for NDP rehearsal.

Finally went for 23/09's outing after a long long long time.
Had been missing all the gatherings thanks to guard duties, COS, live firings, and whatever not.
Also watched The Amazing Spider-Man yesterday afternoon, amazing indeed.
Went straight to Marina Square to meet the people then headed to MBS and Gardens by the Bay.
Pretty nothing much to see there though.
However it's still a very nice place, especially so at night with all the lights around,
but I'm sure it has it's own charm in the day as well.
Maybe I'll head there some other time in the day to take a look at it under the sun.

Went to Simpang for dinner/supper after that since I didn't eat dinner at all.
Then comes the advantages of having cars and driving license.
After a good nice meal we were off to ECP at 1am plus just to chillax a lil.
Stayed there for quite a while, just sitting down, chatting, enjoying the sea breeze.
Then finally start to head home at 3plus and finally reached home at 4am for me.

Slept quite a while after that and woke up around 2 today.
Did nothing much, once again.
Wasted most of the day away slacking using computer etc.
Finished Iron Man 2.
And now it's almost time to book in already.
Haven't really prepared anything much.
Just hope that I don't forget to bring my charger and my boots like I did last week.

This week's only four days too, but not gonna have our OIL on next Monday since it's 50th anniversary.
Next week's hopefully gonna be chill though with all the celebrations thingy going on.
Then most probably another 3 days weekend or what to make it up.

Well shall end this off here.
5 more months man.
5 months.
We'll make it through, and we will do it, to our best.








Byeall.

从黎明後的太阳，到深夜里的月光。

July's here.

Summer's ending soon.
Then again, the four seasons aren't really well defined in Singapore.


And I really wonder what will I be doing next year this time.
But I know that just a year ago, we're awaiting our Taiwan trip in August,
doing all the final preparations and training for it and to pass out successfully.

And as for now, it's just mainly on 50th anniversary stuff, NDP,
and nothing much but waiting for ROT 3 and ORD to come.

Had a good long break over this 3 days weekend.
Euro '12 ended with Spain claiming a history victory over Italy in the finals with a score of 4-0.
4 - 0.
Who would've predicted that from the way Spain was criticized all the way till the finals man.
I'm glad that they won it in this fashion.
And even if Italy still had 10 men remaining in the second half, the game was more or less set already.
Blame it on whoever you want to blame, Spain still won it already.

Finally finished watching 我可能不会爱你 last night too.
Awesome show.
Hope to revisit it again, possibly next year or what.

Sitting in front of my computer, typing this, having dinner and awaiting for book-in.
It's always been this case since months and months ago.
And I feel like I need changes.
Personally I'm not one who favour changes.
But at times, I do realize that fresh things need to be injected into your life.
Hopefully that I've been and also will continue to constantly change for the better.

Well shall continue on this the next time,
hope that I'll be less lazy and start blogging frequently again too.
And many many years later, I'll be able to look back and learn more about my life in the past,
and all the memorable things that I've been through.









Byeall.