Wedding

Yeah, everyone except for siqi went for jin gui's brother wedding. Who's next in line? Hmm, alan? High possibility, afterall he bought kenjia along even after listening to my explanation, haha.. Jin gui? Neh, he said 5 years later, lol, we shall see huh. Well, e rest which is yong chang , siqi, beng & me, seems unlikely. Yong chang - e special one, maybe a little cut on e weirdness will help. Beng - another special one, but not that special. Always lamenting he dont get to meet e nice ones. Yet.... When a nice (maybe not) one comes knocking, he says no feeling; Great.. Me? I also dont know, not in e mood to meet one, but I dont mind giving a try if something nice pops by? Last one ---> Siqi, e most exceptional one, anything can happen from him, who knows he might even get married tomorrow? -.- Dont keep thinking about girls la, concentrate on your work properly leh. Well, congrats to e newly wed couple! Ahem..haha :)

A look at e past. Taken 2001 Swiss Cottage Prom Night.

Jin gui's brother wedding: Yesterday

6 years liao, all of us still looked very much e same. Alan changed e most; on his dressing, I still remember his 'bo chup' ways during secondary school! Oh ya, I got a free bottle of red wine home! Beng damn weak, just 2 glasses of red wine & e whole face turned so red. Joel, you cb... That joker didnt want to watch movie with us, which affected beng, cos he wanted to take joel's car home. Hai.. in e end, no movies. Clubbing was e next alternative, but only left me, alan & kenjia. Ya, that kind of 'Zzzzz' feeling, so I went home instead.

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Why? at this stage, I still dont get it.

Well, it doesnt matter.

Dread

I dont like to attend weddings.. Always make me think of..

Damn sleepy now.. ZzzzzzZzzZZzZzz..

Old liao..

Just woke up, been sleeping e whole afternoon. The past few days has been quite busy, meeting up with several groups of people.

Wednesday

Supposed to go in Zouk at 11am, but it was too crowded, e queue even extended into e hotel carpark! I only managed to meet up with siqi over there; james & marcus were late. Then we went down chinatown to meet up with james & his sister cos his cousin was having dart games at some pub, marcus joined us there too. Initially, Siqi & me thought it was some ah peks' bar, turned out to be quite chic, lol. Finished one martell there, I was drinking most of e time alone, then participated for e last 2 games. 230am, that was e time we managed to went in Zouk, still there was a queue -.- Luckily, we were on e priority queue. 1st time clubbing at such an "early" timing, not bad, still damn crowded. Siqi, marcus & me wandered off to Phuture & it was there we had a bet who will be e last to...ahem.. Cant say out, wahahaha.. Then back to Zouk again at 4am, james had already slipped off, having guard duty 2hrs later, lol.. Hehe, I got 2 more absolute Vodkas as my birthday present!

Thursday

Hangover; headaches..

Meet up with shiyan 3pm, then went off to Pearl center to get e E61 for my sergeant. Next 2 hrs, was at coffee club in orchard, chilling out :) Damn rush la, dinner with e secondary bunch was fixed at 530pm, but I had a deal at 6pm at somerset mrt. What to do? I was extremely late, sorry guys..& even got lost in Novena, dont really go to that area much. Cheated!!! I was cheated into having dinner at Vienna, e bill amount to a whopping $218. Sad, if I knew I was treating, I would have brought you to nicer restaurants for dinner. Hehe, but alright la, e food at Vienna is quite nice, I like e cheese scallop, slurps~ My birthday present from them; 2 tumblers from Starbucks. So I was told, it was e cheapest on my wanted list, idiots... Caught Rush hour 3 at The Cathay & I managed to meet e Simpsons there, we were exchanging pointers on how to gesture in e best way. This is what I adopted.

While I had mine, Beng had his pointers from Bart; to get a better score in his oral examination.

Show ended at 1145, night was still young, I had to rush down to Peninsular Plaza by 1115pm; Lan-gaming with JJ, micheal & siqi & they were already there at 1015pm. Very near, so I decided to walk over, kinda nostalgic, walking e very same path that I used to take with her, somemore it was my birthday. Saw Chimjes at a distance, went in for a short walk, was taking my time to enjoy e quiet surroundings; arr, solitude again..

Anyway, thanks for all e effort being made, really appreciate e dinners, e meetups & e presents! I'm 22 liao!!!!

Blank...

Dread.
Going 22 soon.
Everyone been asking how am I going to celebrate.
None.
Truth is, I dont see e point of having any celebration. I dont feel sore about it, just that last year celebration was e best one I ever had(might turn out to be one of e best?)

On a happier note...
Durian treat this afternoon! Its one of my brigade cohesion events, aim to bring e specialists & e officers closer, but I think getting closer to e durians are everyone priority. Anyway, went for e last lesson on e camp security yesterday. At e start, e presentation was quite boring, just reading from e slides, until e scenarios came out; on how are we supposed to deal with them. Then, one of my friend was singled out from e floor for e 5th scenario. He was to act out as a duty personnel prowling around e camp with his buddy. Suddenly he saw at 100m away, a suspect (acted by e speaker) with a parang was charging towards him. Immediately, he carried out e usual engagement procedure & using force is e last resort according to e doctrine. So, he shot at e suspect, which e speaker said "miss". Took a 2nd shot, "miss" again. At this instance, my friend replied "Sir, cannot be la" "Why?" "I marksman leh!" Haha, e whole floor burst out laughing. Hehe, most of e time I was sleeping, which proves that I really cant attend lectures without sleeping.

Bad morning, good night...

Wasted morning yesterday. Me, xiaoyi & pradeep had to go back camp for some last minute course on camp security. In fact, all 3rd sergeant & above had to attend, 'pontenging' did cross our mind, afterall who want to go back to camp on a saturday morning? Glad we did went, cos my warrant was e duty officer from e previous day, phew... Actually most of e things are common sense la, only e handcuff topic was fun. We were taught on how to handcuff & arrest people, lots of fallings were seen. I realised those actions seen on show, especially e part when e handcuff is being cuffed on e hands is totally crap! By slamming down e cuff on one's wrist will definitely injured him or may even break his bones. Hehe, I stashed 2 packs of korean maggie mee(dont know whose one) into my slingbag before I left camp. Lunch was at woodlands again, finally I got to sit by e window panes; used to go there have lunch during secondary & poly days. Am in a reading frenzy now, went over to library to get more books after finishing Neil Gaiman's Fragile things.

Slack e rest of e whole afternoon at home, checking mails & posting new ads. Went down to orchard in e evening, got my new pierre cardin wallet; e old one coin compartment was tore. Walked past e exhibition area, a CK long sleeve shirt caught my eye, that went into my shopping bag as well. Then meet up with terrence, while waiting for siqi, we went to starbucks, e one beside crown prince(full house). Then to my old haunt opposite cineleisure, but it wasnt starbucks anymore, fuck, I forgot they already shifted out last month. In e end, we went to top of e M restaurant at Meritus Mandarin, had a grasshopper, nice mint taste while terrence had a zombie, damn hugh. Well, I kinda like e night view there & I was thinking I should/could have brought 'who' here, lol.

Took some photos, but e resolution isnt that good. Siqi finally arrived, he wanted to go karaoke pub. Of course, I objected to it, citing too noisy, haha! So I suggested going down to Dempsey rd, since none of us went there before.

The place quite lively at night, I didnt know there are so many drinking establishments there. Lol, we were kinda lost, e area is quite big lo.. So I called several who might have any idea on where to go. In e end, I took peiwen's suggestion, went to Hacienda. Actually we didnt really find it, we were walking around, then Terrence shouted "EH, Hacienda!" Okie, we went in, 1st sight, lots of ang moh, I was thinking, nice hangout meh? Further into e pub was better, not so congested & we settled down at e smoking session(Hate it) cos those 2 jokers wanted to smoke. Seems like e non-smoking section have better 'views', we realised it too late, I should have insisted to stay in that section, arrr... The red wine there is cheap, had it for $55 nett. Whole night we were talking about business stuff & some r/s stuff; standard la.. Reached home at 230am, had a good bath & settled down in my room. I took a good look around; it has been very quiet for 9mths, hai..

Maria ave maria...

Suey..

Think I just leave e previous post as it is.

Suey. I kena caught on thursday morning for wearing bermudas & tshirt to camp. Prior to that, I was at a late night lan-gaming session with my colleagues & reached outside mindef at 630am. It was then I realised... Pradeep didnt drive! Wtf, if its e daily routine, I would have taken his car all e way into camp. Great, we had to walk past e gate which will BYPASS e sentries which shouldnt be a problem, I thought. Really down on my luck, a warrant officer was standing there(which was 1 out of a million chance at tat hour), I was reprimanded on e spot together with my particulars taken down, fuck. Arrghhh, I wouldnt have wear that attire if not for e 16km run today, cos I will change into it after e 16km run. This morning they told me that e run is cancelled, really omg lo. Great, 3 extra coming up... I love SAF.

Thoughts..

Zzzz, I think my body clock abit siao liao. Dont know for what reason, I couldnt sleep on monday morning. Was damn energetic lo, playing dota, followed by Field commander on my PSP, ended up sleeping for 1hr. In camp, I was 'drifting' in & out of e sleeping realm. I just couldnt fall asleep, but when I did, I will wake up a few minutes later. Stupid lo, at least last night was better, I managed to tire myself out by playing dota non-stop after reaching home; hitted e pillows at 1am. On e way to camp, received a message from HQ stating that I had to do some marshall duties, wtf, sergeant liao still must do this kind of shit. But I managed to slip away, hehe... Great lo, e seamstress in my camp 'ORD' liao, where am I going to sew my ranks now? Beach road is a nono, way too far, unless someone is going to drive me there & wait for me, lol...

I was thinking back of a conversation which I had with one of my superiors last week. We were talking about how each of us look at things differently from different angles & how a 2nd/more opinion gives you more insight on issues. Hmm, I tend to be stubborn most of e time, doing things e way that I like them to be done. However, being in army, I have learnt to really listen to others' opinion & look at things at various angles. All this led me to rethink about my future; not on my priorities but mainly on my career. For e past 6 years, I have been with e same company. Am I happy to work there? Yes & No.
Why Yes?

1. I'm dealing with things that I like; laptops, mobile phones & pda.
2. I have e freedom to work anytime I like(However, I'm e only one in e company who enjoy this unwritten privilege)
3. Beside a fix pay, I'm allowed to engage in private dealings.
4. I have nice colleagues
5. Its an open enviroment, not confined to an office or cubicle?
6. The job allows me to have access to various types of gadget which I can try it out without buying.
7. My boss is nice to me.

Why No?

1. The company doesnt have a structured organisation, hence no one has a specific role & are expected to multi-task for e same pay?
2. The salary is quite low, compared to other industries ( However, e rate is considered high in e same trade)
3. Though most of e colleagues are nice, some are incompetent in work.
4. Management is a mess, administrative issues keep arising. Worse still, some of them are past issues that were not fully resolved.
5. I dont know what is e vision of e company, it keeps changing. Moreover, I cant get in tune with e boss concept of doing things.
6. I'm getting tired of facing those fuck issues, it will be good to be working in a brand new enviroment.
7. I need something more challenging, as in within e work scope & e job nature.

Zzzz, I'm getting sleepy, cant carry on.. Update 2molo..