The Retrocession

My life after ORD has been pretty mundane. Mediocre, that is to say. Thinking about the places I have been, I used to go Orchard Rd every week at least. I haven't been for there for 3 weeks already. Places that I now travel to often: Lavender. Hougang. Clementi. And especially Woodlands. Rotting my ass teaching tuition at Woodlands for long hours. Money is tough to earn man. And Woodlands Interchange isn't very well-maintained. There's dust like everywhere. Just to share what my boss said when I left the Force: 武装部队教我的，远超过我所能奉献的。 人际关系、应变能力、上下级关系，都是日后在工作中所需要的。 Commanders' Coin and LOC. This sounds kinda cliche, likes you hear on 红星大奖. But it's true that achievements are built up because of cooperations. I had understanding bosses who gave me chances and opportunities whenever they could. I had cooperating peers and comrades. I had great instructors who taught me a lot of skills. I had a lot of luck. And I had the motivation and faith in mys...

A year ago, I resumed my journey to achieving Sergeanthood. It was a time of uncertainty. I didn't know whether I could still pull through. But looking back from now, certainly, I did. Back were the days, where those new cadets were wondering what a LAOJIAO Corporal was doing here with a Green Beret. And those were the days, where I shared stories of the jungles and hills with my course-mates. And indeed those were the days, where we quell the fear of making our faces look like watermelons and do presentations amidst time constraints and deep intense pressure. 事实证明了，一切的得来不易，只会让对它更加珍惜。 我坐在床前　望著窗外　回憶滿天 生命是華麗錯覺　時間是賊　偷走一切 七歲的那一年　抓住那隻蟬　以為能抓住夏天 十七歲的那年　吻過他的臉　就以為和他能永遠 有沒有那麼一種永遠　永遠不改變 擁抱過的美麗都　再也不破碎 讓險峻歲月不能在臉上撒野　讓生離和死別都遙遠 有誰能聽見 我坐在床前　轉過頭看　誰在沉睡 那一張蒼老的臉　好像是我　緊閉雙眼 曾經是愛我的　和我深愛的　都圍繞在我身邊 帶不走的那些　遺憾和眷戀　都化成最後一滴淚 有沒有那麼一滴眼淚　能洗掉後悔　 化成大雨降落在　回不去的街 再給我一次機會　將故事改寫　 或欠了他一生的　一句抱歉 有沒有那麼一個世界　永遠不天黑 　 星星太陽萬物都　聽我的指揮 月亮不忙著圓缺　春天不走遠　 樹梢緊緊擁抱著樹葉　有誰能聽見 耳際　眼前　此生重演　是我來自漆黑 而又回歸漆黑　 人間　瞬間　天...

Malingering is a medical term that refers to fabricating or exaggerating the symptoms of various disorders for a variety of motives, including financial compensation ; avoiding work or military service ; obtaining drugs ; or simply to attract attention or sympathy . Sometimes I'm really glad and thankful that I'm so cheena. At least I can share the virtues of 岳飞 文天祥 and  于謙 . I know my purpose. Of course my garang-ness have eroded through time, and with our Service Motto of SLEEP THROUGH SKILLS , obviously the watermelon-faced will evolve into the 朝九晚五-type office worker. If being in the Force have been so miserable and since it has all along been an obligation, why not just migrate and leave this place for good? No one owes you a living anyway, you might just be happier. As far as I know, I eat sleep shit here, and this is where I belong. I've been grateful for what my family and I have acquired, in comparison to our past. It'll be a matter of time for you un...

I have cui English, and I often break English words into components like the way Chinese words break up into characters. :D Hasn't been able to catch up with blogging lately. Too busy in the barracks I guess. In case you guys don't know yet I've FORMALLY extended my service for my nation (at the request of my boss, of course) so very soon I'll be a T H I R D Y E A R S O L D I E R hohohoho. The pay is still the meagre sum, I'm doing this solely for my boss because he has been nice to me so far. Of course I could have F-ed off and just leave the force, but not a very nice thing to do lah huh. I've always tried to be nice even though I behave otherwise. Hahaha. So yesterday actually I went to watch 那些年 again with Weesiang. Poor fella no one to watch with ah? Okay lah this movie is better watched with people with the same gender. And same maturity as well. 有些许 黄色 镜头哦，呵呵呵。 Watching a movie twice is no big deal, I've watched 海角七号 seven times and I...

  When almost all your friends on Facebook are from the Army, you know it's time to go .

Nothing much to do during F1 Season because of work commitments, have to loaf around and wait for time to go by and kill time by listening to all sorts of cock songs. Like this Love = Love song thingy by Selena Gomez: The song is indeed catchy. But the MV sucks, TOTALLY.

When it's time to go, no matter what you do can't stop you: Bo beh zao lah. 无马走...

There is this song rumbling in the radios all the time, called 唸 死 你 . The song goes like, 我的字典里没有放弃， 因为已　锁定你。 我从不写空白的日记， 日记里　全是你。 Cheesy and annoying, it has indeed been successful to bring my attention to it. And I ACTUALLY wasted time googling for this damned song by typing its lyrics. By doing so I needed to listen to the song carefully everytime 933FM plays it. So much for finding it an annoyance huh. 星爷还是厉害啊，甘拜下风也…… Meanwhile, I'm celebrating my last Guard Duty (hopefully) in camp now! :D

The past week has been really hardcore . I strained/sprained/tore/pulled/hurt (I also don't know) my outer thigh muscles, and walked with a limp. Reason? Stupid enough: I was playing that Maplestory Adventure game on Facebook when someone called me, so I stood up and AWWWW.    ''-_- That was Thursday. So I thought a night's sleep would suffice. It wouldn't, actually. Friday morning I went to the doctors, in camp of course. The doctor is a really imba doctor, he've got medals for saving precious lives of NSFs from the Chief! Pretty awesome. So this doctor said, "Hey you need to rest a few days." Apparently I can't afford to give the Sunday AHM run a miss, so I refused to "rest". Then he gave in and gave me a jab on the ass instead, dubbed the "Painkiller". The jab itself was the Killer of all Pains because it's so painful... Saturday. My leg doesn't really hurt anymore. But my ass is sore. Like you know,...

Forgot what I wanna write here. A bit too tired brain cannot function already. Hahaha. Can't wait for things to change. Life's so boring and sucky.

Yeah I'm spending my precious Sunday now in camp. Sians. CLICK TO ENLARGE While working, I've finished planning for our much-awaited Melaka trip in September. :D

August is always the time when things go bad. It's like an annual affair, August always 出代誌 one. Went to watch Horrible Bosses during nights-out:    Jennifer Aniston is very HOT for her age huh. Just came back from (yet) another weekend morning run. Guess I have to continue to do this till Sept 4. We're going to enter this so-called "tapering" phase where we reduce intensity to allow our muscles to rest and yet maintain the strength. A bit cheem, I can't think of any better layman way to describe it already. While at Tampines, there was this wheelchair-bound passenger waiting to board our bus. The driver was nice and courteous enough, he went to attend to him first before opening the entrance. Hopefully nobody is pissed while waiting for him to finish settling the handicapped passenger. 在我们身边依然有这么一群比我们不幸的人士，so we shouldn't take things for granted, really.

This is the first time I am not celebrating National Day at home. It's a totally different feeling when you watch the NDP with 20 people wearing the same clothes as you. We all know, it's for a purpose--to protect and defend all that we have, on this very sacred day. Just realised I couldn't find this year National Day song in Chinese. I remembered in past years every NDP song comes with a Chinese version. Maybe they scraped that because it's not economically viable? I don't know, but thank god I managed to watch the NDP this year on Ch 8 even though I'm not at home :D This song brought me through J1, and I like Joi Chua's voice: And this song is DAMN VINTAGE, and I remember how we always laugh when there is that "Pledge" inside the chorus: I realised that last time the NDP songs are very "pragmatic", like they all come with a "purpose". We should be united, so we'll have songs like "One People One Nation One...

Went for Tekong Challenge yesterday with the team. Didn't manage to win, but well we can take it as endurance training for the 21km run next month. Dead tiring. It's an exposure though, being able to observe the natural beauty of Pulau Tekong without all the soldiering and stuff. Little crabs, sea anemones, and other creatures. It's good that we have an island solely meant for military purposes. At least everything there can be conserved because no one else can go there and mess up the place. Singaporeans are always like that, when they "discover" something cool (like Chek Jawa or the recent train tracks) they will all flock there within the next one month. Crazy enough? To me it's like "Walau this thing has been here for ages haven't you guys seen it at all before?!" It's just shows how busy and bo-chap we are everyday. Anyway talking about being busy. I'm real busy. After a hiatus of 3 months finally a boss has came and...

Just to share a bit about what I am going to involve into later at 3am. Basically it will be as crazy as what I had been through in April. Recapping what I wrote in April: Yeah. But this time round I'm part of the conducting team. Reversal in roles, another opportunity to learn about some great ideals in life. Let's see how it goes later. ORD LOH? Not so soon...

My Pink UNIQLO shirt 很好穿. Spent too much money this week already. Today is a 14km run at ECP. I'm still a long long long from being ZAI. Gotta try harder. See you guys at Sentosa this Sunday. With red braces ?

惶恐滩头说惶恐， 零丁洋里叹零丁。 人生自古谁无死？ 留取丹心照汗青。 Run like shack in the morning. Argh. 45min for 10km. Sounds like a good start. Tomorrow is a 16km run though. SIAO. Damn tiring right? The 《夜市人生》 (we're watching everyday in the office yo) starting song goes like, 是沉重是负担是折磨，使我心甘情愿找罪受 But it's little things like this that make people happy: YUMS. SK-II. Unbelievable! (AN-BU-RI-FU-BU~~~)

I'm definitely having my fair share of lazing and working. And I'm going out everyday like no one's business. And guess what, i opened a new Maybank Account. Time to start saving money before I go jobless after ORD. Food can be a pretty good catalyst for making things happen.

When I look at you, I don't just see one person. I see men behind you. And everyone of these men has somebody waiting for them to come home. Ultimately, I am responsible not only to you, but to those at home waiting for their sons, brothers and loved ones to come home. My results are not measured by your individualistic successes today, but by the success of your actions to those under your command tomorrow. This is a 衙门, a Chinese court. Becoming like a history buff now, because I've got history buffs in my office. History is like so fun lah, can. Which comes to a point, why the hell did I take Science in NJ! GRRRRRRR, to the max.

I think the worst thing humans have invented is the handphone. With communications getting so easily available, it's no wonder information is passed down so quickly, and so are orders and demands and whatever crap there is. And worst still, you lose your privacy. It's like, people can call you at any time they want and more foten then not, you'll just pick up the call and go &!@(>?@#$! ten minutes later. Finished reading my book, called Malaysia Negara Kita (hahaha damn stupid name right). Not bad lah, with chapters like Penguasaan Ingerris Di Perak and Salasilah Pemerintahan Negeri Selangor, obviously it kills my time in the office right. That said, my computer account is pink in color. YES, PINK FROM MICROSOFT WORD TO DESKTOP TO EMAILS TO ICONS. Keeps the day alive, doesn't it?