it doesnt feel very special, turning 19. but i guess it's not everyday u turn 19. and have the day off. most ppl are away at field camp so it's not weird i suppose that most greetings/well wishes are from females. thank you very much all of u -males & females- for remembering my bday despite the fact that we havent met up in ages =)

i need to sleep soon or i will fall asleep during the lectures tomorrow. the skyline at this years ndp location is wonderful, today's parade boring. (the link is that the parade was held at this years ndp location). and the waiting time is a true reflection of what they call "rush to wait, wait to rush" but like i told jon, a welcome distraction in the middle of the course"

ah back to camp 2mr. sigh.

junyi! posted at 11:40 pm.

it was a pretty decent week. in fact i doubt i should complain about it because the past 5 days have been quite an experience to say the very least, and trg has been kind to me. (minus the aches and pain on my back and legs)

pt no longer seems such a chore. the s t f was irritating but it was that that earned me my extra half day off =D =D learning of equipment allows me to make more sense of trg now. in some ways i would very much prefer being where i am now as compared to those suffering at command school. of course some can accuse me of being sour grapes. haha. but seriously, though a part of me did want to go command sch, a part of me tells me i perhaps aint cut out for it. and this is much better.

loads of ppl arent around. the ocs dudes r mostly confined from this sunday or rather, since last night - at least quite a number of my friends in ocs are. navjote is recovering from his knee op and i hope he is recovering fast and furiously. so yea, weekends r mostly pretty quiet now.

and i get the entire day off on my bday! ok not because it's my bday but it's because it's the formation's anniversary and so we get to get the day off! though we still need to attend the parade at night. STILL i get to book out on monday night and any hours away from camp are good hours. haha. and only book back in on wed morning! but i guess in a way this year's birthday will be pretty quiet, with everyone away at camp/at work. well u get something, u dont get some other things. still that's better than nothing.

interview ytd was ok (i think & hope at least), though the news article earlier ytd din exactly bring me good news. on the bright side i got into my backup backup so yea. once again u get something, u dont get others. o well. suck it up man.

4 hours to go before i head back to camp for 24 hours. shouldnt b so bad this time round. i think.

junyi! posted at 8:54 pm.

it's absolutely ridiculous ...
- the things they did the past one week
- that you write an appraisal 3 weeks into ur trg

so it has been a horrible week, and all the more so because i found what the punitive action they made us do counter-productive, unnecessary, unreasonable and ridiculous. and i m pretty darn pissed that my personal belongings bag got lost as a result.

it was an otherwise pretty interesting week cos we got to try a lot of stuff out, definitely better than attending lectures, i thought, but maybe after some time we will see about that.

ah n s totally saps my energy away. i am too tired to go out or anything like that. i just want to stay at home now. roar.

on another note, i have my safra card! ok i m not sure what perks i will get as a result but i do noe i get cheaper movie tix on weekends so hurrah for that.

i also have a new hairstyle now. haha. tt sounds so bimbotic.

i have to start reading. and be intellectual. or risk not getting into any university.

junyi! posted at 12:59 am.

Freedom Writers was much better than what i had expected given the less than stellar reviews that it received. But I found it pretty inspirational and touching. I would have been motivated to be a teacher given how the movie shows that the role a teacher plays in the lives of others can be huge, even live changing perhaps. but i guess i wont have that kind of energy, and singapore's social landscape just doesnt actually have the need and environment to allow for it. still i thought it was a pretty good movie, and it's actually based on a true incident.

i guess behind every smile, every garang individual, there is a story.

and in helping others make sense of their lives, we make sense of ours.

i am glad i chose that over mr bean's holiday. haha. has been a while since i watched an inspirational movie. i mean 300 was somewhat inspirational, but i din need more patriotism, be garang for your country shit at this point of time. haha.

training has been fine. at least i am making progress in my ippt hoho. and passing all my tests. i just wished they din make us wake up at insanely early hours. -.-

The good thing is that i am slowly adjusting to unit life and getting along fine with my platoon mates. so yups all has been good. though i still look forward to weekends haha. and i have a gut feeling that my final pc will be someone i will noe pretty well. which will b pretty interesting haha.

happy bday wudani. and dnet yap whose bday is 2mr.

junyi! posted at 9:12 pm.

because big brother's watching i cant really say much about my new unit life (and at this point of time i hear the non-ns personnel heaving a sigh of relief now that they r relieved from the mundane ns stories from me). so this is just an entry informing everyone that i get to book out on weekends and am still surviving.

how very unfortunate i am in a stay-in unit and am embarking on an eleven week course. from the sound of it pt is going to be pretty shiong and i am going to be exposed to some forms of trainings I have never been exposed to before but the good thing is no more route marches, field camps etc since we dont deal with conventional warfare - hell we dont even deal with wars actually. That's as much as i am allowed to say i think and on the bright side i think i would actually enjoy certain parts of the job from how the officers make it sound. assuming i pass the course and get to wear the badge. you know how i always screw up my ippt. and well u noe how the big brother works though, psychoing you to give ur best shot by making you sing songs and through their many words of wisdom.

i am still in the midst of applying for my universities. i wonder how everyone else is doing. the stay out ppl seem to b living a rather slack life. and apparently those learning to become my superiors are having a rather good life as well.

and it's the month of april already. and i dont have any inspiration to blog about other stuff. roar.

junyi! posted at 1:25 am.