tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55575812011-07-31T01:59:38.672+08:00yu-donnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5557581.post-62769823798442457422009-06-23T21:00:00.002+08:002009-06-23T21:04:02.370+08:00

I'll make this quick since I'm on limited internet usage. It's been a pretty busy week so far, going to both Hong Kong and Law Camp consecutively. Both were really quite fun, and I could really see the effort put in by both Zhen Xiong and the year 2s to make both events really epic win. So kudos, both of you!Ok I also just got my new laptop from acer, whose sole entire purpose of existence is to

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I think it's about time I finally got around to writing something substantial. It's now the end of april, and I've ORDed for a few months now. To be honest it feels like nothing's changed much nowadays. I wake up at 9+, laze around for a few months before going to work at the student care centre. It's quite a good life to lead, and it funds my lifestyle adequately, so I have nothing to

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Sent my brother into the army yesterday. Took the bus, penguin transport to tekong again. Was reminded of salmon returning to their original spawning ground. well he's in zulu company in rocky hill. walked around abit, ate the canteen food(roti john and mee goreng still as good) before coming back.I'd blog alittle more but I want to finish up how i met your mother first. later.

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'Jane saved $360 of her monthly income and spent 1/6 of the rest on transport. After spending $240 on clothes, she found that she still had 1/3 of her monthly income left. What is her monthly income?'Anyone who knows how to solve the above question WITHOUT USING ALGEBRA, kindly step forward! Clement and I racked our brains yesterday to no avail. I personally spent the entire afternoon yesterday

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the stint at xin min's over, and I've learnt many interesting and important things about the education system. Teaching was certainly a stimulating experience, and I now have a lot more respect for my teachers who taught an insolent brat like me back when I was in school. Anyway, I start work at Clement's Uncle's tuition centre today; while it doesn't pay as much as xin min, I don't have to wake

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Clint Eastwood as BillDave Chappelle as LouisJean Reno as FrancisScarlett Johanssen as ZoeyAgree, no?

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I'm really tired nowadays, and my energy levels are pretty low. While teaching at xin min isn't a chore, it's certainly more exhausting that I thought it would be. the hours are nicer than army though, and I find it nice that I'm now able to come home at earlier hours. the only problem is waking up at 0530 everyday to take the bus to work. It's pretty early, and the fact that the school doesn't

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It feels great to be not doing anything at all. The past few days have been spent meeting training and meeting up with friends. Even went for a session of rock climbing yesterday with yeo, which I haven't done since the start of J2. I'm no longer as fit as I once was though; didn't manage to do more than 5-6 before I started losing my grip. Still, it was a pretty fun episode, if expensive(the

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well, it's finally here. my ORD date's tmr and I always wondered what I'd say regarding this momentous occasion.The writing on this wall's changed since I enlisted. Looking at random posts I had just prior to enlistment, I seem to have been abit more introspective(Either that or just someone who had alot of free time!). It seems that lately I've never had time to do some serious deep thinking

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Went to the ting ting's concert yesterday with Jon and I was in the FRONT ROW!! started queueing at 4:30pm and we were like the 2nd people in the queue. So naturally we were at the immediate front, barely 5 metres from the stage. merely had time to grab a quick beer before it started getting crowded with prepubescent teenagers who were pushing us forward all the time in an effort to get to the

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Right. Season's Greetings everyone. I'll grab a short moment for the mandatory reflection on the past year, just before I head out for NYE celebrations.I think Jon Tham put it pretty well on his own blog: In a sense, we're all trying to balance the good things we've done this year along with all the bad stuff. Although I have to admit there isn't much that comes to mind. As highlighted before,

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Hello, dear constant reader. I'm finally taking a well deserved long period of leave, which I've saved up over the year by taking very very few breaks. Anyway, I haven't been doing alot of things, mostly just catching on much needed sleep. It's a luxury I haven't had much use of for some whatever reason.Reading the archives I've kept for the past few years, I noticed that there's been alot lesser

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Hello hello! It's certainly been a while. While I have been free this week, it's alittle hard to find time to update, even with my birthday and everything. For what it's worth, I had a pleasant enough birthday, even if it was a small one(which is a nice change for once.). I would like to take the chance to thank Cumar, Mag and Shourav(oh Iris too) for a nice pleasant dinner at Shourav's place,

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79 days left! It's alittle irritating to see the jan batch proclaiming their civilian status on facebook, but nevermind, my time will come! It's also another heartening fact to know that I have 5 work days in december. will be taking leave from 1st to 9th dec, and from 20th all the way to the end of the year. intermittent OFFs make my work weeks shorter as well, so whoever who wants to call me

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This week was shorter than usual, due to the deepavali celebrations and today's unit cohesion at St. Vincent's home. although to be honest the visit at the home felt quite pretentious. well, at least we ended up helping them, in our own limited capacity.ok, been waiting for the release of fallout 3 for what's been pretty damn long. the original release date was oct 28, but due to shipping

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well I'm back to blogging here once again. been a couple of busy weeks preparing for LAB and to be honest so much shit has been flying around it's hit two other fans. been digging up more and more unresolved stuff dating to the end of the previous year and i have to resolve it by the end of next week. well no matter, something will work itself out. not much else's been happening although i have

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happy hari raya everyone! spent a good evening yesterday at bullfrog with the rest of the BFC members, just talking and having a lod of fun again. attendance was'nt as bad, considering the spontaneity of the whole thing. anyway spent the large part of the morning watching before sunrise and before sunset(that's 2 movies btw). anyway the movie(as well as its sequel) are about 2 people jesse and

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It's high time I came back here, and to be honest it's getting to be quite a chore coming back to update it. I even wonder why i bother. I guess for the sake that it'll be a pity to stop something that's been in motion since 2003(has it been so long?).Anyway! have decided to collect the lucifer comic series. there're 10 trade paperbacks in total and I went over to pageone at vivocity last

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Ok, so I haven't been updating for a very long time, I've been extremely lazy as well.So from what i heard from the grading, I'm now a black belt in judo! hmm i feel alittle better seeing that on screen, although I'm expecting to get alot of arrows from SJF such as refreeing competitions and all. still, it's quite an achievement. Lost at the recent Pesta Sukan as well, played quite badly as well.

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well it's been a packed week. parents have been out of the country for the week which equated to me having use of the car for a week. It's been great waking up at 7am then taking a leisurely drive to work and reaching the office shortly before 8. also have been driving friends around for a week, hitting the pubs and other watering holes, even if I'm not drinking. unfortunately i think i got

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Have started training up for Pesta Sukan, although I have serious doubts about whether i should even try for the competition in the first place. Have started to lose weight for the light weight cat and I only have 1 or 2 kg left to go. but still it's been a difficult week especially with the new procedures on ICT equipping. so far the weeks have been passing by faster and faster ever since for

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interclub competition's coming up on september the 7th, and yesterday went to CJC to start off my training again. yesterday felt markedly different. played alittle bit of morotage, and played with francis, alvin and sherman. after that, went to do a bit of PT. while it was'nt really siong, what really got me thinking was the spirit of the whole thing. maybe it was because national schools just

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well, it has been a hectic weekend. saturday was the day of the long awaited 2SA3 class gathering, and although we didnt end up going to the beach, still met up for a movie and a good dinner at hog's breath. went to catch hellboy 2 and it was a pretty good movie, many cool parts. dinner at hog's breath was pleasant, even if the price was a bit steep at $32. managed to have a good chat with

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Life's been getting really monotonous and routine lately. all i do is go to work, and then go on the computer when i come home. even though i go out on the weekends with the judokas, they're about all the people i hang out with, barring the occasional dinner with the BFC. i think part of it is being surrounded by guys 24/7.My upper study's leaving and I'm going to have to shoulder up the majority

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It's really refreshing to be at home on a friday at last. claimed an off day on friday due to the off we gathered over the course of SAF day and I'm using it to have a well deserved rest at home. anyway the past week was really busy due to preparations for SAF day. most of the time i ended coming home around 10 or later, all sweaty and sticky. but i guess everything paid off in the end when the

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well, went over back to SAFTI today to help out with the decorations for SAF day. spent a day pinning up dead branches on all the pillars because the theme of the area was 'garden' surprisingly it actually looks quite picturesque( I actually had to check that up. damn you SAF for degrading my english!) for some reason the whole scene brings to mind ' a midsummer's night dream' from shakespeare.

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the course has ended and I'm back home early, going back to khatib tmr morning. anyway the past few weeks has been going fine as well, although not much has happened. went back outfield last week for 2 days and a night. was'nt siong or anything.. anyway am kinda looking forward to going back to my day job although i will miss waking up at 7+ before heading to class.

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once again, apologies for not updating for quite a while. the JLOC course has taken up quite a bit of time and my weekends are usually packed as well, due to me pao-ing DO on the weekends. well quite abits been up, although nothings really important. managed to catch narnia and indiana jones the past weekend, and both were really fun shows. narnia kinda struck me as the fourth instalment of the

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well been taking the car out for a week. haven't been doing that badly, although i do have many close shaves. i just have to get into the spin of things(pun intended). the camry is quite a bit harder to drive as compared to the honda citi. took a short drive in shourav's car and i realised that the size of the camry means to you have to compensate alot. anyway the long weekend has been quite

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watch out road users, here i come!!

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alright, it's been another week. well this week was slightly more intruiging than most. sent another of my men to hospital for appendicitis(is that how you spell it?), and managed to catch iron man with ronald on friday night. really a cool ass show, especially if you stay after the credits (haha i can see people who've watched it cringing now.) anyway if you havent watched it yet do it. went to

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watched the forbidden kingdom yesterday. it was the most awfully hilarious movie I've watched in such a long time. the sad thing about the show was that it did'nt set out to be funny but ended up that way. that show manages to borrow just about every cliche from every shaw brothers movie ever made and condense them in one single movie. and if that was'nt enough, they probably took the sets from

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i learnt something new today: its better to do DO on sundays rather than saturdays because at I just know that I'll be going out late on fridays and saturdays, hence, waking up early on saturday and sunday morning to handover/takeover would suck very badly.anyway, watched the other boleyn girl last night with the judokas. it was actually surprisingly better than i had imagined. acting was'nt

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ok time for another update. techincally I've run out of suitable excuses to blog since I'm not a stay out personnel but i guess im just lazy nowadays. but at least i don't feel as blogstipated nowadays wherever i see the create post screen nowadays.anyway, last week was my 1 year anniversary in the SAF. I've really come a long way since then, from that blur recruit in tekong. ah hopefully the

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well time for a weekly update. for all those interested, yes, i failed driving. for the second time. not a very happy feeling i can assure you. the last time i checked my driving account i spent a whopping 3.5k on the whole fucking thing. yes you're seeing correctly, 3.5 grand! and thats not including the money i'm going to spend for the NEXT retest in june. oh gaawwwd!what else? oh yea, one

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went out with ziyi yesterday again to catch up at botak jones, which has an outlet at bukit batok! praise the lord! which is like a 5-10 min bus ride away from our place. quality of food has not dropped, still as good as i remembered it, although the beef sandwich i ate canot really compare to the one at ken's place, which i ate on tuesday. anyway 2 of us actually managed to finish the whoopass

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right, its been about a week at KTSC. so far from what i can say, it's been quite an experience. my men are'nt people I'd ordinarily meet; most of them are from ITE, mono-intake and stuff. spent the past few days interviewing them and its already been a hell of a ride. they come from a vastly different background from you and I. I guess this is what they're refering to when they say that NS

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alright, done with the 2 day OM course. actually i did'nt really learn alot of things. anyway tmr's the first day of work over at KTSC. hopefully everything goes smoothly. went over to scout the place out and it doesnt seem so bad. its stay out and all, and the staff seem quite friendly. but then i just saw some people getting led away in handcuffs in khatib and it seems like they're from KTSC.

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I am an officer of the Singapore Armed ForcesMy duty is to lead, to excel,and to overcome.I lead my men by example;I answer for their training, morale, and discipline.I must excel in everything I do.I serve with pride, honor, and integrity;I will overcome adversity with courage, fortitude, and determination.I dedicate MY LIFE to Singapore.As I threw my peak cap high into the open skies yesterday,

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alright, back at home. Just had ACPC ( army certificate presentation ceremony) last night and got the certificate certifying me as an officer. I think it was a really cool moment when i first laid hands on my own ceremonial sword, and the certificate with 2LT LAU YU DON on it. brr. anyway the dinner that followed was pretty good, even if it was quite stiff and took bloody ages to finish. Only

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well I'm back at home again! finally after 3 weeks of getting stuck in camp, I'm using my own home computer. went to orchard road with brian cumar francis and clement(with accompanying girlfriend.) for a good meal at manhattan fish market. finally ate that lobster meal thing which set me back a good 30+ split among all of us. anyway had a great time talking with everyone again, especially since i

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alright. I normally would'nt have anything to do with this. but since I've been arrowed so nicely and I have absolutely nothing better to do (reading Hunter X Hunter online is starting to get monotonous) I guess I'll fill this up. just this once.Game rules：A． People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs and replace any question they dislike with a new question formulated by

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yes, am back in SAFTI with computer access! while i have been stuck in camp for the past few weeks, it's strangely tranquil and pretty nice because there're only 4 of us in camp ( i woke up at 11am this morning!!). while i don't have my ipod yet, class95 is'nt a bad substitute so far. have many good books to keep me company, and over the course of the 2 weeks have finished duma key (stephen

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fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck.MP raid today and i kena caught with some stuff. what it is, i cannot say. managed to book out for a few hours to grab some stuff from home, will be returning to camp later permanently. anyway, will not be coming home for around 2 weeks or more i think. going to have at least 14 days of RCP or SOL, at the very least. those who want to find out more, come to me. anyway, pretty

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sigh, its the end of the 1 week break already and i really don't want to book in again. although there is'nt much left to do in khatib. anyway the past few days have been quite fun since it was CNY. spent quite a bit of time visiting friends and relatives and although i don't need the money as much nowadays, the ang pao does add a pleasant touch. its been great fun going out with the breakfast

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hello hello! am back from thailand and i have to say that it was a truly fascinating trip. exercise battle king wasn't even THAT tough; as a matter of fact, it went quite smoothly..initially thought i was going to die of stress due to my role as a Battery Commander but everything was just peachy keen. the weather was really great at night since it was quite a dry place and it only drizzled a few

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right. haven't been posting for the past few weeks of the year mainly due to the lack of bookout time. another main culprit would be a copy of hellgate london as well as my new acer computer which dad just bought. to be perfectly honest with you its a game thats alittle overrated. still it does have its fun moments. anyway there has'nt been much things to talk about, or at least anything that i

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well well well, its the end of another year. have been resting at home for the past few days due to AI giving us off in lieu for exercise milo, hence I've had 4 days at home(hurray!) spent the past few days going out with friends and essentially appreciating all the time i have at home.all right, time for the inevitable new year resolutions. since I'm going to spend the whole of next year in the

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you know, when I got enlisted, i tried to make it a point to blog at least every week when i had the opportunity. but judging by the date of the last entry, i seem to have failed quite badly in that particular endeavour. still, no matter. I think most of the time its just the case of same shit repeating itself week after week after bloody week. still several events have stood out among the

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hurray i'm 19 years old. thus embarking on the last year of my teenage life. gues i'll have to change the title of the blog soon. yesterday was a really packed and eventful day, waking up at bloody 7 am to visit clement's pop parade, which wasnt so bad, followed by going over to queena's place for cake and a quick afternoon lunch. went off for training at 3 plus to meet the judokas for dinner and

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hooray! arti gave us 2 days worth of leave. anyway went to celebrate dad's 50th birthday at some brazilian restaurant in 6th avenue. pretty damn good, even if it was quite ex, at around 38+++ per person. still, its quite noteworthy.spent the most of today studying for the gunnery exam. to be honest I've actually covered and cleared quite a few of my doubts for the upcoming test. hopefully i'll

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1 week of trainings passed.. around 2 more weeks to the inter- club competition. have to say that trainings been going pretty fine and i do believe I'm getting fitter..those &*(% iguana walks do have something going on with them i guess. went for training twice in 2 days, on friday and yest and as a result a few parts of my body are comfortably numb, to quote the pink floyd song, most notably the

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went to watch stardust with clement and eugene yesterday. it was seriously one of the most beautiful shows I've watched in a long long while. it wasn't as gaiman-istic as mirrormask, the director turned into a more conventional hollywood film. still, the plot, while slightly simplistic, included many notable and refreshing characters which made the movie really intruiging. and of course, the

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how much fits into 21 grams? How much is lost? When do we lose 21 grams? How much goes with them? How much is gained? How much is gained? Twenty-one grams. The weight of a stack of five nickels. The weight of a hummingbird. A chocolate bar. How much did 21 grams weigh? my paternal grandmother passed away of intestinal cancer at approximately 8:25pm yesterday night. she was 80. In her final hours

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TIPS ON SURVIVING BRUNEI1. for the love of god, wear gloves. I made the mistake of not wearing it and i got an open gash on my hands the first day of the navigation exercise. the wound was gushing blood and everything until we applied the FAD (first aid dressing)2. sleep with your socks. put them on your body, even if wet, or at least put them next to you when you sleep. they'll be warmed up, and

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alright folks, going off to brunei today for SOCJOT ( something officer cadet jungle orientation training or something like that.) gonna be back on the 12th of october, assuming no crocodiles eat me when I'm doing my river crossing there. anyway, hopefully no mishaps happen and I'll come back in one piece. until then, take care and play nice!

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alright, back at home; and we've got another block leave due to the end of service term. it ended with a 23km route march, althogh I'm quite sure it's longer than that due to the extra stuff we had to walk. was dead tired through the whole thjing since we were marching at night, with little rest and no sleep. but at least its all over. went over to SAFTI MI again today for a signals lecture for a

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well, back from the highlight of service term: exercise spade. for those civilians reading this, its a defence exercise which essentially involves alot of digging. i had to dig one shellscrape( essentially an open grave) as well as a fire trench( think the size of a living room carpet, up to chest depth.). i have to admit i was mortified by the idea of not sleeping for 3 days and 2 night, but by

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the past weekend has been alot better than expected, mainly due to the fact that we booked out on friday morning, due to a national education visit to ford factory. since it was so close to home, we all decided to plan lan at bukit timah.. played quite a few hours, to around 6+, before going home for dinner. was pretty tired due to the fact that i'd slept only 4 hours the day before, dueto

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payday!been staying at home for the past 2 weeks even when booking out. which roughly translates to not spending money which in turn roughly translates to a healthier bank account which hopefully translates to me buying a 360!!I'd always wanted an iron maiden band shirt. think i'll get one of those next weekend.

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OCC was slightly slackier this week, where we only had a short outfield to marsiling for a short trip. anyway one slightly ironic thing that happened was wing cohesion night, on a friday. well it was supposed to be a time for the wing to hang out and get to know each other and bond and all that stuff. We ended up having a turnout. (yes i can hear the laughter emmanating from my speakers, dear

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hello everyone, today's been really tiring especially since i had to wake up at 4am to go for the Army Half Marathon. it was really cool when the whole platoon jogged together, and i guess it really showed our spirit! everyone was turning around to look at us haha. also met coporal quek! for some reason he looks younger haha. anyway the first competitive runner finished at around 1 hr 7 mins?

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well yesterday was a nice day even though i booked out at 430 thanks to some idiot from platoon 3 who lost a magazine. oh well shit happens yea? went out to mee the guys from the breakfast club, and on the way there i met ziyi! which i totally haven't seen in freaking ages even though he lives 4 storeys above me. (sad right?) chatted about each other's postings and he's an RP spec, and books out

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I do count myself as a very fortunate person. I mean, anyone taking a look at my life would probably say so. I do seem to have what appears to be a bright future laid ahead of me: I'm in one of the most prestigious insitutions in the army, training to be a (relatively) highly paid officer. I've scored 3 As, I've got a place at NUS law school, I've had a fantastic CCA which I've done relatively

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back again with a long weekend. outfield on tekong wasnt as bad as before because at least this time we had showers and safari beds to sleep on. still, it was pretty exhausting work because it was the first time navigating in FBO. the signals set didn't help as well. anyway now I'm back and feeling none the worse for wear. went out yesterday after training to eat at pizza hut with the guys again.

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alright back at home again..booked out late yesterday because of some stupid test to take. went out to orchard road to meet up with clement shourav francis and eugene for dinner and a movie. walked around orchard for a while and since clement refused to watch a cartoon, we went to watch vacancy. seemed like quite a thrilling show and i thought it couldnt be that bad if it had kate beckinsale in

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another end to the week of being in OCS. booked out on friday night because we had a long weekend..narrowly could'nt get out because we had to find a missing item but we got out in the end.. went to judo training on saturday to play randori for a while, and it was really fun because i played mr tan yi and eugene as well as joey and zheng yi. mm really quite challenging as well. francis, sherman

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well I'm back from OCS. while there are computers there, we are'nt allowed to blog there, hence the lack of updates. anyway its quite a cool place, especially since its on singapore instead of bloody tekong. been pretty much cut off from the whole world so i can't really tell whats been going on much. been posted into Bravo wing, platoon 1.. so far the platoon seems quite nice and stuff, and most

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last day of block leave. i think i spent it pretty well, enjoying as much home comforts as i can. anyway I've been posted to officer cadet school, or OCS for short. obviously I'm pretty happy and glad that I've made it into such a prestigous institution, and i really hope that i can live up to the high standards there. will be confined for 3 weeks there, although if I'm correct, there are

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well, I'm more or less in the middle of my block leave. I've really made pretty good use of the time so far(hopefully), taking every opportunity to sleep in. home food is really good as well, eating lots of ba zhang as i can.. everything i can't find in camp, in any case. resumed my driving lessons as well..although I've not deproved as much as I thought i would, for some reason i keep stalling

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alright. the past few days have really been spent in quite a rush. went over to the judo bbq on wednesday night. spent a few hours there talking with the J2s and J1s, and eating fantastic potato salad as well! left them at around 915 to meet the rest at zouk and mambo night.the place was extremely packed! and there were tons of NS people there lar. apparently everyone got the same idea as us.

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well, i officially POP-ed today. at least im now a private instead of a bloody chao recruit. haha! well seriously though, throwing the jockey cap at the end of the whole parade was really an uplifting experience. everyone's spirits soared twice as high as they threw their caps; I doubted if any natural force on earth could stop our joy, flying unfettered into the dying tekong air.sigh. i realised

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I'm passing out next tuesday. after 9 weeks of BMT, I've supposed to have changed from an ordinary civilian to a 'trained soldier'.While i am definitely elated at the prospect of leaving that stupid island, i have to say that at the same time i do feel alittle sad at leaving a good bunch of people that I've come to known over the course of the past 2 months, namely my section and platoon mates

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its been a while since i've been back here. honestly there isnt much stuff to talk about. live range was on the last weekend and as a result couldn't go for training and stuff. alittle exciting shooting live ammo but the fun kinda dies off after a while. on the bright side, spent sunday doing absolutely nothing because the other half of the company had to go for live range which left the other

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grr.. blogger just deleted a 4 paragraph entry on field camp..i'll have to start all over again.alright im back from field camp. while i have to say that its not very physically demanding, it was seriously a mental and emotional assault on the senses. it probably had something to do with the gigantic dip in hygiene standards. the large amount of dirt and mud didnt help to boost morale either.

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wow yesterday was really eventful. had to go over to NUS law school in the afternoon for the law interview. there were so many people there lar, and this time it was a personal interview rather than a group interview from NTU. spoke to 2 interviewers there, and they were totally playing good cop-bad cop which was alittle funny. there was this one very friendly guy in a polo shirt and another lady

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the saf seven core values are: loyalty to country, leadership, discipline, professionalism, fighting spirit, ethics, care for soldierswell im back from two weeks of tekong. hai..i have to say that its a very..overwhelming experience. while training was not hard at all, i have to say that the regimentation was really something to get used to. oh what i really found interesting was the reversal of

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well, this is my last post before i go in. i don't know about the eventual fate of this blog, but i don't think i'm closing it down. regularity of posts will ineveitably drop though.well, the past week has been aneventful one. going out with the judokas on tuesdays, wednesdays and thursdays have been fun, not to mention dropping by christy's birthday yesterday. well if you're reading this christy

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one of my last few posts as a civilian. today marks the start of my last week as a civilian. for some reason i have the urge to close up so many chapters within my life, even though I'm sure I'll be seeing everyone in the near future anyway. perhaps its the feeling of wanting to close up as many loose ends as possible before i subscribe to pioneer magazine.well I'll be alittle busy this week;

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OMG, my internet is all in chinese! I'm totally screwed. like for some reason google registers me as being in taiwan for some god damn reason! someone help!!in other news, went down on monday and tuesday to support CJ and SJI. congratulations are in order for brian, yihan, siti, meiyi, wen sheng and algae for getting medals for their own respective schools! everyone played pretty well, as far as

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went out on saturday with the j2s and j1s to eat chicken rice again. me alvin joey davis and yong jun ate 2 whole plates of chicken by ourselves! judokas have big appetites. the look on the auntie's face when she took our order was pretty amusing as well. she actually doubted if we could finish it. and yes we did, even taking some food from the girls seated at the other table. went on over to B&J

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extensive links revision. half the people on my links have closed their blog down or left it to stagnate. haha i have no idea why i still come here anyway. more out of habit than anything i suppose. anyway not much has happened anyway. life is so much easier to live when you don't have a conflict i guess. yea gonna eat dim sum with the judo people tmr for breakfast. should be good. alright thats

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i did not have a good night yesterday. i was barefoot in my room where i stepped on a lizard, hence squishing it. nope. not good at all. i was thinking that to myself when suddenly that little lizard's imaginary voice popped in my head, ' you think thats bad? you're not the one getting stepped on!' and yea i realised it was'nt that bad.anyway past few days have been very good. managed to catch

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alright its been a pretty monotonous week as far, with the exception of training camp; and i didnt even go for the whole sitting of that one either. honestly there really isnt much to do nowadays anyway. watched hannibal rising with clement yesterday and it was a pretty so-so show. it was pretty damn boring actually. i think it can be attributed to the fact that that young actor can't really act

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I've been reading up on alot about the vietnam war these past few months. I have to admit its actually quite intruiging stuff. i think it all started from watching forrest gump haha, when he did his short stint in 'nam. watching stuff like apocalypse now(as said before, its a fantastic show, do yourself a favour and watch it) and casualties of war did help to further heighten my interest in the

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I've been reading up on alot about the vietnam war these past few months. I have to admit its actually quite intruiging stuff. i think it all started from watching forrest gump haha, when he did his short stint in 'nam. watching stuff like apocalypse now(as said before, its a fantastic show, do yourself a favour and watch it) and casualties of war did help to further heighten my interest in the

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' and like one fifth of the school came on stage because of 3 + distinctions. then half the people that werent called up actually screwed up their A's. i guess looking at all those people on stage awoken something in me again. and i made a promise to myself: same time next year, lau yu don will walk up on that same stage victorious to the sound of applause, because he got 4 distinctions for his

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most people I know are facing this friday with a feeling of immense trepidation and dread. after all, 2 years of frantic studying come to a close in 3 days time. charyou tree; the time for reaping is near, commala-come-come. I myself have pondered on the taste of the fruits of my labour; whether sweet, or bitter. Often people tell themselves (myself included) what's done is done, no point

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well. watched protege with jason and sherman yesterday. it was a really great show, and it felt alot longer than the 2 hours it was supposed to be. well its always great to see andy lau at work. yea i always thought he was one of the finest chinese actors around, mainly because of his versatility at roles. like he's been in so many movies around yet he's always been able to execute his role

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369th post on this blog. nice little number haha. anyway happy lunar new year everybody. first post in the year of the swine. this year's been eceptionally important because this year's 'takings' decide on whether i shld get a job to fund my lifestyle before i sign up. fortune deems that i still can spend the last few days of my civilian life bumming around the house as well. jolly good! reunion

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well happy valentine's day everyone; guess im a day late. went out yesterday with the judokas to eat porridge buffet at suntec city. its quite good because its only 9.80 nett yet the spread is quite good, and the peanut congee was pretty nice. they included century eggs there which i really liked haha. ate until 3+ before walking around the place, met up with alvin, bummed around suntec before

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yesterday was kyu grade. very interesting event, and I'm proud to say that CJ and SJI did pretty well (well not so much SJI..but they got medals anyhow), with quite a good string of medals to bring home. credit must go to joey, boon ping and zheng yi, who i have to say have really done very well. they've certainly come a long way since they were sec 1 haha. to think they won by choking...damn

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still down with a cough and sore throat. To rub it in theres a pint of haagen-daz macadamia nut ice cream in the freezer :( anyway the driving is getter better as well. cruising along the road is actually quite a pleasurable experience. seeing the scenery, just..taking a relaxed drive actually makes for good therapy. the past week pretty went by as normal, not actually much to report or

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well pardon me for the lack of updates. lately I've been struck down with a small round of the flu bug. its probably because of the change in weather in january, although i suspect that the 10+ pineapple tarts i ate in a day probably had something to do with that as well. had a fever of 38.99 degrees on tuesday night, although i was ok by the next morning, leaving nothing but a sore throat and a

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heard some stuff from ronald yesterday: A level results might be coming out on 12th feb. Hah i can feel the wave of dread wash over you, dear constant reader. in any case, both Os and As might be coming out before CNY. ah well theres a time to reap, a time to sow, mm? ah well on to other less depressing stuff.went for my first driving practice lesson yesterday at BBDC! quite an exciting

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Jenny, I don't know if Momma was right or if, if it's Lieutenant Dan. I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time. I miss you, Jenny. If there's anything you need, I won't be far away.-forrest gump

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who am I? how can we begin to even define ourselves, to answer this simple question? brother, son, friend, judoka, student, josephian, that list goes ever on. Yet they do not describe me, but the relationship i have with others, the groups i belong to. so how can we even start to find a definite meaning to ourselves? this moving compost heap of decaying organs? after all, we are more than the sum

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well, the past few days were pretty eventful. saw francis off on thursday with dinner at anatolia; went over to this western place called aston's on friday to have dinner to send euegene wong off as well. mm aston's was really quite good. the burger was really quite good, especially the sauce, and the patty was quite well mixed and pounded. for 12.50 it was quite good, but the service and

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after 8 years I'm finally changing my pair of spectacles. My first pair was in primary 4; they were black and perfectly circular, like harry potter, or some japanese general or something. anyway for some reason i changed them after 1 year, i think because my degree changed i think, in primary 5. i would wear that pair until today. pri 5 to J2. my eye sight has more or less stabilised, apart from

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well the past weekend was quite interesting. since zhao jie was leaving we all went to send him off. on saturday the J4s went to eat dinner with him at newton. yesterday we went over to jerome's house for a farewell bbq for shourav, francis and brian. just realised that his place was the one i had always gone swimming at since i was a kid in primary school but stopped in secondary school. it was

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