time for new year resolution?
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
as 2009 comes to a close, it's time to take a last glimpse of the major events that happened and think of how to welcome the new year!
2009 hasn't been the best year for me, it's the year i enlisted, received my A level results, got myself injured, went for a surgery and when my family fell apart. of course, i made new friends, learned alot along the way...
ok, i should stop whining. at long last, photos. photos that are...memorable? haha.
2009 hasn't been the best year for me, it's the year i enlisted, received my A level results, got myself injured, went for a surgery and when my family fell apart. of course, i made new friends, learned alot along the way...
ok, i should stop whining. at long last, photos. photos that are...memorable? haha.
these are taken immediately after my surgery. it's really exaggerating. 6 stitches and it's wrapped up like some pig trotter.
and...a few days later.
damn swollen eh? it's amazing how the body functions...
of course the swell is now gone, but the recovery ain't that fantastic. still, it's better than nothing.
that was in late july. along the way i made many decisions, some of which i'm very determined to adhere to. i will take that as my new year resolution.
anyway, just this monday, i decided to have 2 tattoos printed on my neck and wrist respectively. of course they are temporary, but it is something i always wanted to do. sometimes, it's good that you do something crazy, it gives you the feeling that you are actually still living in this world.
here are the pictures...
it's not that bad la. pretty ok for 15bucks.
just last week i watched an episode of 'world so big', and it was a very inspiring one indeed. it is important that you are doing something that you really wanna do, and not for money or other materialistic reasons.
ok, new year resolution. i will keep it simple i guess...not be so soft-hearted, read more, keep things easy and simple, relax more...that's about it?
i yearn for a simple and happy life. and that's the difficult part.
an advanced happy new year everyone. =)
procrastination
Sunday, December 27, 2009
i've been lazing around alot, which explains the lack of updates here.
so, let's begin.
monday was live range. i guess i broke saf's record, i went back and did the range despite being sick and all. the range went on pretty smoothly, with the exceptions of a few hiccups along the way thanks to the range warden. what was amusing was my atp shoot. the InAD and night shoot wasn't that bad, but i totally screwed up the day shoot. out of a total of 16 shots, the scores for my first 3 attempts were 7, 4 and 3 respectively. to place it simply, it's because of my weak ankle...and by the time it was my last shoot, i had 3 officers behind me when i was shooting. -.-. and by the time it was the night shoot, my S4 knows my name by heart. in the end, i was so tired that i just fell backwards after the last shot of the squatting/kneeling. that was the night shoot of course.
still, the entire experience was quite fun, and i really need to thank zheng ming for helping me out with the scoring and detailing during the night. now that it ended smoothly, everybody is happy. =)
tuesday and wednesday were sleep-in-bunk days, and thursday (yeah, christmas eve) was the battalion amazing race. the logistics part was kinda screwed up, but still we survived it.
and christmas! well, i was never a christmas person, but this year i received one of the best presents ever. cheers to the person who gave me that wonderful, wonderful present. =)
christmas was spent in camp, half the time asleep of course.
i tried my best to settle many unresolved matters, and i hope things will make a turn for the better. and for the newly commissioned officers who are posted to my unit/company (one of them is my bmt platoon mate, and the other being my jc council vice president), good luck. =)
that's all for the moment...thinking issues for next year, i hope.
so, let's begin.
monday was live range. i guess i broke saf's record, i went back and did the range despite being sick and all. the range went on pretty smoothly, with the exceptions of a few hiccups along the way thanks to the range warden. what was amusing was my atp shoot. the InAD and night shoot wasn't that bad, but i totally screwed up the day shoot. out of a total of 16 shots, the scores for my first 3 attempts were 7, 4 and 3 respectively. to place it simply, it's because of my weak ankle...and by the time it was my last shoot, i had 3 officers behind me when i was shooting. -.-. and by the time it was the night shoot, my S4 knows my name by heart. in the end, i was so tired that i just fell backwards after the last shot of the squatting/kneeling. that was the night shoot of course.
still, the entire experience was quite fun, and i really need to thank zheng ming for helping me out with the scoring and detailing during the night. now that it ended smoothly, everybody is happy. =)
tuesday and wednesday were sleep-in-bunk days, and thursday (yeah, christmas eve) was the battalion amazing race. the logistics part was kinda screwed up, but still we survived it.
and christmas! well, i was never a christmas person, but this year i received one of the best presents ever. cheers to the person who gave me that wonderful, wonderful present. =)
christmas was spent in camp, half the time asleep of course.
i tried my best to settle many unresolved matters, and i hope things will make a turn for the better. and for the newly commissioned officers who are posted to my unit/company (one of them is my bmt platoon mate, and the other being my jc council vice president), good luck. =)
that's all for the moment...thinking issues for next year, i hope.
end of the year
Saturday, December 19, 2009
i've officially one more week before the battalion block leave starts, and i can really, really relax.
looking back at this year, hasn't been a very meaningful one. more bad things than good things happened, the worst being the damn-ed unrecovered ankle that i have even after the surgery. but i guess time is or will be the best medicine for all illnesses; things will be fine after a while.
in the short 4 months in my current platoon after the surgery, i was involved in 4 major projects - live range 1, atec stage 1, LAB audit check, live range 2. in these projects, i was fortunate enough to be able to work with my platoon commander, platoon sergeant, signal warrant and DYS1 respectively. all projects were high intensity and stressful ones, but i have definitely learnt alot from all 4 commanders, and I now better understand how the SAF and the semi-working world (note the word semi) function. There is never a true bad guy, but different ways of functioning as a person and as a group.
my final project, live range 2, will come to a close (i hope) this monday when it is conducted in SAFTI live range. working with DYS1 has been the most comfortable and enjoyable for me....but of course, i wouldn't want to do the range thing over again.
sometimes i wonder, why am i working so hard for a place that is not worth my effort. this is not the first time i'm making such a 'mistake'. why else am i doing this again?
as for my personal life, things are still the same i guess...i hope time will improve everything.
looking back at this year, hasn't been a very meaningful one. more bad things than good things happened, the worst being the damn-ed unrecovered ankle that i have even after the surgery. but i guess time is or will be the best medicine for all illnesses; things will be fine after a while.
in the short 4 months in my current platoon after the surgery, i was involved in 4 major projects - live range 1, atec stage 1, LAB audit check, live range 2. in these projects, i was fortunate enough to be able to work with my platoon commander, platoon sergeant, signal warrant and DYS1 respectively. all projects were high intensity and stressful ones, but i have definitely learnt alot from all 4 commanders, and I now better understand how the SAF and the semi-working world (note the word semi) function. There is never a true bad guy, but different ways of functioning as a person and as a group.
my final project, live range 2, will come to a close (i hope) this monday when it is conducted in SAFTI live range. working with DYS1 has been the most comfortable and enjoyable for me....but of course, i wouldn't want to do the range thing over again.
sometimes i wonder, why am i working so hard for a place that is not worth my effort. this is not the first time i'm making such a 'mistake'. why else am i doing this again?
as for my personal life, things are still the same i guess...i hope time will improve everything.
a proper post?
Sunday, December 13, 2009
i've been busy going out and doing things which really doesn't matter till i've pretty much neglected this blog. not as if many people read it anyway.
there were alot of things i wanted to blog about, but I end up forgetting about them after a couple of days. and this post is going to be an empty one again...
there were alot of things i wanted to blog about, but I end up forgetting about them after a couple of days. and this post is going to be an empty one again...
gosh, i can't even remember what i did on friday.
i don't know what's wrong with me and my life. it has been tough decisions after tough decisions, mess after mess.
that should not be the way.
i don't know what's wrong with me and my life. it has been tough decisions after tough decisions, mess after mess.
that should not be the way.
posting from camp
Monday, December 07, 2009
i'm taking a big risk by blogging from camp, but that's because i've been too busy to update despite my long weekend.
had an enjoyable friday at ubin, fortunately i didn't fall while going downhill with a bike without brakes. took some pictures, but patrick lost his phone...still, it was fun. food for the soul. haha.
the weekend was kinda wasted away, with the freaking itunes still left unsettled. i wonder how long it will take.
well, supposed to be writing some commentary on bilingualism this week, but my brain just can't function in camp....it's just stoning away again.
till then.
had an enjoyable friday at ubin, fortunately i didn't fall while going downhill with a bike without brakes. took some pictures, but patrick lost his phone...still, it was fun. food for the soul. haha.
the weekend was kinda wasted away, with the freaking itunes still left unsettled. i wonder how long it will take.
well, supposed to be writing some commentary on bilingualism this week, but my brain just can't function in camp....it's just stoning away again.
till then.