Till We Meet Again...

Summer Rig

Well...some of u may haf been expecting tis, it was jus a matter of time...and now the time has come... Laugh all you want now...sigh...





Pretty gay isn’t it? Cant believe I’m in tis piece of shit! Argh!!! Sigh...australian is such a modernised place, but why is the defence’s fashion sense still so out-dated? Someone tell me WHY???...it’s realli horrible! realli hafta suck big thumb tis time... Cant believe I actually got the courage to post tis foto... Now, take a deep breath and count...1...2...3...4...5...alright, tat’s it, time to stop laughing...

"Always smile, even if it's a sad smile, because what's sadder than a sad smile is the sadness of not knowing how to smile."~~Anonymous

Crazy Sports Day

It was supposed 2b a day of sports...or tis was wat it was written on our timetable...we had nothing but sports for the whole day. the first thing that came to my mind was telematches, ball games, prob some beach games...which i thot "wow...tis will b fun and exciting!"

The day started wif beep test...yes beep test!!! then a 5k x-country jog, run or walk in chiong shua boots, as a team carrying barang barang like...inflatable raft, modula tent set, mountain bike, manila hawser, log and super huge tyre...phew wat a morning. i thot the morning was a crazy way to haf a sports day...i haf never imagine it to turn out tis way... it's more of a physical torture...

After lunch, some "treasure hunt" around the base. Followed by raft-and-bike relay, mass-swimming in the icy water...The day ended wif 4x400 and 4x100 relay. The finale was supposed 2b 2.4k run...luckily it was cancelled. i'm pretty worned out now...well...the raft-n-bike relay and the swim is prob my idea of wat sports day wld b like...it was fun...i reckon it's the best event for the day. team work is essence. it's not all about individual strength...it was sports day!!! not some adventure trg or athletics meet...

urgh...test tml...duty tml...still gotta pack for deployment tml...urgh...

'N'STD

I think I’m spending too much time in front of tis crap computer... fixing my blog (i seriously have no idea how i manage to churn out so much rubbish)...checking for replies in my shitty-mailbox tat I may never receive (well every1 seem 2b exceptionally busy...other than me)...peering into other ppl’s business and bla...i did tis at least once each day as long as I’m in base. Probably I realli haf got too much time to spare here. Well, as compared to life as a middie or an AO, I realli do haf considerably much more time for myself now. I even found myself working on a couple of my ex-favorite pastimes again.



I seriously cant believe I’m doing it again...sth I used to enjoy doing in my sec school yrs. I was quite good at copying stuffs...as in drawing. Gimme a mechanical pencil, an eraser and a picture, I can copy exactly the same or close enough fer ya...i cant draw frm nothing or frm my mind though. As far as I can remember, the last ‘master-piece’ was completed in sec4, jus b4 prelim, a half-body copied-portrait of Saitoh Hajime frm samurai x, which was like 4 yrs ago. I prob was still doing it during JC yrs or mids trg...but well it’s never sorta completed or good enough to go into my archive. It’s more of like jus occasional scribbling on the table or on the lecture notes for the purpose of keeping awake...hee...I’m sure I’m not the onli one doing this. I never realli haf enough time ever since graduation frm dhs. Any extra time I used to haf, would probably go into my sleep time. "Sleep was a luxury, not an entitlement"...watever... haha...still can rem how LCDR Rajesh used to say in his weird indian accent, "MOD, gimme 5 counts" whenever we started dozing off during his navi lessons...haha...

My most recent work...frm samurai x again

I din drew tis alright...not tat powerful yet. But I’m working on tis in jus black n white. It wld b a new challenge for me though...i tried to do shading b4 in sec 4, but it turned out 2b a piece of shit meant onli for the bin. It’s not too bad tis time round...i’m half way there...



I’m beginning to haf time for day-dreaming again... Well, I think I shld b spendin more of these ‘luxurious time’ tat I haf now on reviving my other pastimes before the time runs out again...

I shld take a break frm updating tis blog...and I definitely will. There will b no more update starting frm some where middle of next week till prob middle of next month...cos I’m going for another ‘N’STD—NEOC Sea Training Deployment! Sigh...wif exp from my prev MSTD, donno whether I shld b feeling happy or sad about it...bai gan jiao ji...realli confused... Anyway, will b heading for some exotic islands in the south pacific region...frm Brisbane to Port-Vila in Vanuatu, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and finally back to Sydney...heehee. They shld b pretty nice places to visit being tourist attractions...further more they are a little more tropical than Jervis Bay. I reckon it’s gonna b a great time out there, even though it might b jus a few days of liberty ashore.



But tis great deals don’t come without a price to pay...lotsa sai-kang and taskbooks to do onboard the flat-bottomed and pretty aged (and rusty) HMAS Tobruk. I think I’m gonna miss our star cruise RSS Resolution, after hearing so many ‘horror stories’ about tat grandpa ship...sigh...guess wat, there might not, and most probably true tat there wont b proper bedding. We’ll hafta sleep in hammocks for the whole deplyment! And we might even hafta b waiters for cocktail! Kaoz...sian 1/2...

"Suffering is justified as soon as it becomes the raw material of beauty."~~Jean-Paul Sartre...suck thumb...further more it’s onli for a short period of 3 weeks... : > I'm actually wondering wat we're gonna do onboard as we're onli taught peanuts about navi and seamanship... No need to do anchoring plans, no port-pre and oso no need to do calculation till late at night and wake up b4 the civil twlight to shot stars...and 'sun-run-sun'...

I promise I’ll get as many pictures as my SD cards can hold of the ports I’ll b calling into...and put them up in the gallery as soon as I get back. Meanwhile, don forget about me and tis blog... And all the best to all still struggling wif exams, esp my sis....work hard and good luck!

"People just don't land on mountaintops...they had to climb."~~Trevor Stienburg, Hockey Coach

"No pressure, no diamonds."~~Mary Case

There shld b one last post b4 I leave coming out on mon or tues...it'll b a shocker...i promise.

Midi Heaven

last update: 9 Mar 05

CHINESE

4 In Love – Yi Qian Ling Yi Ge Yuan Wang

5566 – Cun Zai

Ah Niu – Dui Mian De Nu Hai Kan Guo Lai

Ah Sang – Shou Le Dian Shang

Ah Sang – The Rose

Ah Sang – Ye Zi

Andy Hui - Tu Ran

Angela Zhang - Ou Ruo La

Cai Li Lian - Xi Shui Chang Liu

Cass Phang – Si Shui Nian Hua

Chen Han Wei & Cai Li Lian - Guan Huai Fang Shi

Cyndi Wang – Ai Ni

Cyndi Wang – Dang Ni

David Tao – Angel

David Tao – I Believe

David Tao – Ji Mo De Ji Jie

David Tao – Runaway

Deep Ng - Ze Ri Shi Lian

Eason Chan – Shi Nian

Elva Hsiao – Xing Fu De Di Tu

F.I.R – Wo Men De Ai

Faye Wong – Dan Yuan Ren Chang Jiu

Faye Wong – Wo Ye Bu Xiang Zhe Yang

Fiona Sit – Nan Gua Che

Fish Leong – Jie Shou

Fish Leong – Wo Xi Huan

Fish Leong – Yong Qi

Gigi Leung – Xiang Ni

Guang Liang - Tong Hua

Jade Kwan - Can De Guo Wo

Jay Chou – Kai Bu Liao Kou

Jay Chou – Jie Kou

Jay Chou - Wa Jie

Jenny Yang - Bu Gong Ping

Joey Yung – Fen Shen Shu

Joey Yung – Shen Jiao Rou Gui

Joey Yung – Shen Jiao Rou Gui

Jolin Tsai – Shuo Ai Ni

Li Shen Jie - Yuan Zou Gao Fei

Lin Jun Jie – Jiang Nan

Lin Yi Chen - Gu Dan Bei Ban Qiu

Liu Ruo Ying - Yuan Lai Ni Zai Zhe Li

Miriam Yeung - Xiao Cheng Da Shi

Nicholas Teo – Dang Ni Gu Dan Ni Hui Xiang Qi Shui

Ocean Ou – Gu Dan Bei Ban Qiu

Penny Tai – Fang Kong Dong

Penny Tai – Ni Yao De Ai

S.H.E. – Always On My Mind

S.H.E. - Bao Chi Wei Xiao

S.H.E. - Bie Shuo Dui Bu Qi

S.H.E. - Hou Niao

S.H.E. – Nothing Ever Change

S.H.E. – Only Lonely

S.H.E. – Yuan Fang

Sun Yan Zi – Hai Pa

Sun Yan Zi – Wo De Ai

Sun Yan Zi – Wo Ye Hen Xiang Ta

Sun Yan Zi – Yu Jian

Vic Chou - Rang Wo Ai Ni

Wang Li Hong – Forever Love

Wang Li Hong – Qing Di Bei Tuo Fen

Wang Li Hong - Xin Zhong De Ri Yue

William So – Lu Zhi Lu Wan

William So – Nan Ran Bu Gai Rang Nu Ren Liu Lei

Wu Si Kai – Te Bie De Ai Gei Te Bie De Ni

Wu Si Kai – Yi Ke Xin Jiao Gei Shui

Wu Si Kai – Zhe Bian Na Bian

Wu Yin Liang Pin – Wo Zhao Ni Zhao Le Hao Jiu

Xiao Hu Dui - Hong Qing Ting

Xu Mei Jing - Cheng Li De Yue Guang

Xu Mei Jing - Yang Guang Zong Zai Fong Yu Hou

Yang Qian Hua - Ye Hai Zi

Zhang Hui Mei - Yong Gan

Zhang Jing Xuan - Wu Ng Wei Li

Zhang Xue You – Ai Shi Yong Heng

Zhang Xue You – In Love With You

Zhang Xue You – Xiang He Ni Zai Qu Chui Chui Feng

Zhou Hua Jian - Yi Qi Chi Ku De Xing Fu

ENGLISH

Backstreet Boys - Drowning

Faye Wong – Eyes On Me

FF8 – Waltz For The Moon

Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

JAPANESE

Cartoon - Doraemon

Kubota Toshinobu - La La La Love Song

With Love - Once In A Blue Moon

Jus Another Saturday

It has been a realli uneventful week, apart frm e irritation on tues...urgh...the thot of it disgust me...yeeks!

Here i am loiterin on the net again. Did some polishing of boots tis morning...laundry and ironing wld b tml...sigh...

Bush Fire!

Bush fire spotted some where in the forest...uh...few km away i think. Did we move closer to the sun or did sth happen over the weekend? i cant believe it jus turned so warm all of the sudden...36° today! HeeeeHA! Well, warmth is better than the biting cold i had at the start of the course, i'm not and shldn't b complaining. Or rather, i shld b the last one to complain about it. Anyway, i realli enjoyed my afternoon at the beach playin volleyball, touch rugby, sun-bathing and swimex for sports today...well, definitely putting e flies out of the picture here.

I truely understand how Sun Wu Kong in "yue guang bao he" felt now tat i haf five Tang Seng around me...is the Goddess of Mercy gonna help me too?

The Aussie Salute

Beautiful weather today...nice and warm and sunny. It was said 2b 32°! Well, it may sound impossible, but it's realli hot today, but still dry though. i actually found beads of perspiration trickling down my back and in my peak cap as well, which is not normal here. I'm not complaining...but if the level of humidity is higher, it wld feel more like home...

But my day was ruined by those stupid god-damn flies. This place is infested with flies! While marchin, u can find at least 5 flies bugging each person, at least 5...one on the hat, two resting on ur shoulder and the other two buzzing in front of ya TRYING to get ur attention. They tried all means jus to make themselves significant...buzzing around ur ears and nose...crawling on ur eye brows, the ears and even on ur lip!!! A couple even try to get into my ear!...si can lan da is not even a proverb good enough to describe the situation. The colours (flag-raising ceremony) this morning was the most horrifying, appalling, god-awful, gross, watever 10min standing at attention in my life. i was practically raped by not jus 1, not 2, not 3, not 4...i donno how many...but it's at least 5 or 6 flies, and i cant move (too obviously) to get them away! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! For Christ's sake, get the hell away from me!!! It's definitely 10 times worst then my ah-ma's place in malaysia.

If i'm ever a billionaire, i'll fund a research to find a virus to kill all the flies in the world!

urgh...i've showered and cleaned now...but i still haf the irking feeling of them buzzing ard me, in my ear especially...

Thanx

To all those who haf been reading, thank you.

U may noe me or probably not, or not good enough, or watever...but the fact that u bother to read, tells me that someone out there still cares about my presence in tis world tat is growing more & more lonely.

I'm grateful to the few who haf showed me 'the light' thru ur blog or mail or by leaving a comment. Thanx, i realli appreciate tat.

10 Things I Wanna Do In Singapore

1. Spend more time with my family
2. Stuff myself with cha kuay teow, fried carrot cake, satay, Hokkien mee, roti prata, etc...
3. MAMBO!
4. Hang out with all my piglets and puppies
5. Sun-bathing at Sunset Bay!
6. La-teh at Market 85
7. Cycling at east coast...or Pulau Ubin...or both
8. Cuddle in my bed
9. Kiow ka on my rocking chair
10. Visit DHS

Exercise Coral Sea

Exercise Coral Sea... a 3-day-2-night field exercise to test on the individual’s ability to lead a small group of unfamiliar ppl to complete a task within the stipulated time frame and available resources. A failure in the exercise will b rewarded with a kick out of the course. If tat mishap falls on me, it’ll meant tat my cousin-in-law and junrong will hafta pay lotsa money...(was it a six or five digit fig?)...if I cant afford to pay the SAF!...shld I b nasty?...hmmm...

Tis exercise happened the day after CMDR Gray Cup...woah...so my main challenge wasn’t actually the ‘test’ but more of how to carry the heavy webbing and field pack, with all my sore muscle for the duration of the exercise...

Well...it turned out tat my worries were redundant. We din march in tat enormous field pack for long...at most was 10 min frm station to station...the exercise was sth like the Sit Test in BMT, but no weapons tis time round, jus ropes and poles. So no worries man, it was a piece of piss. The most physically demanding one was probably a 10 min run on the beach with all my pack...wat wld u do when u cant take it but still wanna b seen putting in effort? Walk when no one see u or act extremely shack out la... I wont wanna break my sore fragile back for tis...

The rest of the stations were pure thinking and actions on the spot. And there were definitely lotsa knotting and lashing done... haha…wat wld the team b like without my superb campcraft skill!...hee...well, an alpine butterfly knot, a huge tent-guy loop and a single commando crawl even hafta come into action somewhere! It was smooth sailing for every1 in my team...everyone did pretty well, me too... haha...we’re jus too good, so no drama there. I cant say the same for other team though...some haf got retestees...a couple of them.

Main take-away from tis exercise—ticks!!! It's almost spring here, lotsa insect are lurking out frm their long winter sleep—moths, giant flies, worms and field ticks especially. Found a tick on me yesterday while showering...YEEKS!!! ...i hope tat’s the one and onli one on me...i’ll b praying hard...amitabha...

Titans Glory

Well, I din expect to win anyway. I was fifth, or shld I say second last, whichever way u prefer, I don realli care. I enjoyed myself actually, more than wat I’ve expected... Probably bcos I din go in with an attitude tat I’m gonna win sth; I jus wanna see where my limits are since Temasek Titans, which was two yrs back, and of course to haf fun! I did haf fun, in fact lots of it! It’s a job well done I wld say, slightly over my expectations, and decent enough 2b impressive...hee...**pat on the shoulder**

There were 10 events altogether. I flunked most of it in terms of ranking i.e. either got fifth or sixth. Well...wat can I say? Muscle bu ru ren? Probably I can put all the blame on the fact tat I was the first to do all events except for push-ups and 2.4 which were done together. I’m sure the last guy had got a lot more advantage than I did, having seen his predecessors’ mistakes and having longer rest esp after the pushups... But I was (still) pretty impressive with my forté...push-ups and chin-ups. Here’s the result:

Chin-up...1st ...tis was the first event, so my performance was excellent, one less than my personal best: 26. Nobody came close...heehee...

Bench press...5th...told u I sux at tis. But someone sux more. I struggled real hard for 19...9 more than the last guy

Rowing machine...6th...I haf never realli put my feet on tat machine b4, it was my first time. Well...guess I din do too well, I was the onli one below 800m in 3 min

Situp...unknown...pretty weird way of testing abdominal strength...cos every1 seem to get the same score...still prefer the titans way...whack for 3 min!

Dips...5th...beat the same guy in bench press here...26 in a min...6 less than the first man...argh...

Agility run...5th...I could haf done better, if I wasnt the first runner...i made a mistake, a stupid one, and was onli split second behind the 2nd, 3rd and 4th...argh...suck thumb

Push-up...1st...it was done in one-second beeping cadence played from a CD... beep...down... beep...up... beep...down again. Phew...it wasn’t easy...the other five were dead at ard 50. I carried on though, trying to break the record of 80, which is the end of the ‘beeping’ CD. I finished the 80 but they din accept the last count...not up to their standard they said...watever...watever...



Monkey bar...6th...4 behind the fifth guy. I was simply too tired after the push-ups to grip well...

100m sprint...5th…won the tallest guy...lost to the rest who were not as tall but still taller than me...



2.4km run...i met my expectation...6th...heehee...i still managed to get ard 940 despite of all the physical done b4 the run...and I was rather surprised tat I was able to keep two of all the other five ppl, who can run under 9min, within reach. They were jus 15 sec ahead of me...

Tat’s it. I’m happy with the result, it wasn’t tat bad. Temasek Titans was definitely much tougher...there’s the 1.6km shuttle run, 3 min alternate leg thrust and 5k lucky heights run...wooo...which I’m sure I haf no prob now. I reckon I’ll b ready to grab another Mr. Titans title with jus another week of trg... heeha...but well, I’m overage...



The main take-away frm tis event...the very familiar feeling of sore arms, muscles and back...wat haf I done to deserve tat?

Places of Interest - My Foto Gallery

It's done... ... ...finally...yes...finally...

It's a pain in the arse trying to load all those photos up...take a look at the post time and u'll understand why.

Be greatful alright.

A Wonderful Long Weekend

It was the best weekend ever...i cldn't wait to tell the whole world about it!!!

Fri, rot a little and watched 'Thomas Crown Affair'. Sat, went to Nowra, the nearest town but 40km away, to play LAN...counterstrike...battle field 1942...unreal tournament. i aint a great fan of such LAN gaming...but i guess it's the best form of entertainment in the town. Thank god, i'll be outta tis place in Dec...ti gong po bi... Canberra will b a much better place, it better be! Together wif 4 other lonely souls, we bought 2 extra large Pizzas for dinner and rented a few DVDs to spend the night...'the butterfly effect', '50 first dates' and 'a man apart'. Sunday, mould grew...did some ironing...ate a few junk...borrowed a laptop to play games...and ended the day with 'Master and Commander'. Today...sigh...boots polishing...laptop games again...and here in the library blogging...

Tell me it was a great weekend...sigh... the plan to go to sydney din turn out too well apparently. it was the AFL final...and cheap accommodation are all booked out...sianz..tough luck

Wat do i haf to complete b4 i hop onto bed today? Hmmm...laundry, drink lotsa water in preparation for tml and upload pics while i type this...tat shld b all...woo...how exciting...

And how should i spend the rest of the time...? Some cloud-staring?



Can someone tell me that there's nothing wrong wif my email account...messages expecting replies were sent out ages ago...but none of it came back... It's realli disapointing to see no replies whenever i open up the inbox...sigh...

'We're all lonely for something we don't know we're lonely for. How else to explain the curious feeling that goes around feeling like missing somebody we've never even met?'~~David Foster Wallace

To make my weekend worst...the chief at the cook house today sux...bad breakfast and lunch. I wonder wat yucky food he's goona make for tonight...grrrr...

I noe i'll b alright tml...I'm a 'half-full' person. I look at thing frm the perspective of 'half-full' rather than 'half-empty'. Oh well...nothing beats a positive attitude. but it is onli until tml tat this foul mood wld disperse...urgh...

The Mess Dinner

Get wat i meant now?...imagine a white dot in a crowd of 100 blacks...some sort of abstract arts??? hahaa...it aint funny. anyway, it was a good nite 'messing' wif these guys. i din get very serious attention...jus a few occasional 'Limmy, u look outstanding today!'...'wah, looking sharp in tat white'...at least the commodore din come and bother me [phew]. i was sitting at the corner of the hall...far away from 'Ms President', close to normally where Mr. Vice will b seated. infront of me was the chaplain, the 'counsellor' of the org. he definitely make an excellent counsellor...my nerves were cool...i haf never felt so peaceful toking wif someone b4... ... ... btw, i tied my own bow-tie cos i wasnt allowed to wear the ready-made bow-tied issued by the SAF.....kinda proud of myself...hee...but it took me more half an hour to get it sorted out. bugger...why was such a thing ever invented...

A gift from my oppo...wonder if there's an underlining behind tis.

Actually, it wasn't the 'great aussie slang' tat i'm having prob wif. it's jus tat theyseemtobejoiningalltheirwordstogetherastheyspeak...that the main prob ...watever... things will get better wif time.