After 1 week of absolutely fantabulous off, it was back to training proper starting yesterday. Not taking into consideration that we've just been slacking and enjoying ourselves for the past 7-9 days, we were immediately thrown into action. What could be better than having a Crossing of Water Obstacle session in Tekong on a Monday morning? I suppose nothing. ha! It was the usual:Bus to SAF Ferry Terminal. Fast Ferry(it isn't fast la) to Pulau Tekong. Riding in the 5-Tonner to the River Crossing site. One thing I noticed though. Being in a unit is extremely different from being in a school(of course, some of you would already have known this fact, but hey, let me sound observant can?) We were immeidiately tasked to get into our crossing formation in the Holding Area upon reaching the crossing site. We had to get ready and tie our equipment, and wear our life jackets. That is different when compared to being in a school, where the instructors will preach once more about how to wear your life jacket, tie your lifeline, blah blah. And proceed to ensure once more, a dry practice on the wearing, and the securing of our equipment, before starting the crossing "mission" proper. Well, we couldn't be bothered with those time-wasting procedures(the water was shallow enough to wade across on foot though, so enough talk about safety already you fools!) We did the crossing twice. Getting wet and dirty when the weather's sunny and hot can get quite uncomfortable, if you know what I mean. Anyway, that's that. I'm at home now having a good rest. Company Off-day today. Life's sweet... for now.... Savant at 8/30/2005 05:25:00 pm ; (0) comments a climatic end to a really long break. thanks for making my sunday memorable... =P Savant at 8/29/2005 06:02:00 am ; (0) comments BBQ at Pasir Ris Park. August 27th 2005 The girls...  Where the sea meets land, check out the low tide...  jane! she's directing the finger at Ivan, not me ah...  Kee Lee and I =op  Allow me to inflate my ego a little, my first bbq fire was a huge flaming success...  Believe it or not, we weren't ready for the shot...  Siewmei and Don.. cute!  Eric and Liyun... doing their forfeit! Acting out a proposal scene... haha  Celest and Edmund... pheewweeet!  Jiahui and KeeJin... =) Savant at 8/28/2005 03:41:00 am ; (0) comments Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon We could float among the stars together, you and I For we can fly we can fly Up, up and away My beautiful, my beautiful balloon The world's a nicer place in my beautiful balloon It wears a nicer face in my beautiful balloon We can sing a song and sail along the silver sky For we can fly we can fly Up, up and away My beautiful, my beautiful balloon Suspended under a twilight canopy We'll search the clouds for a star to guide us If by some chance you find yourself loving me We'll find a cloud to hide us We'll keep the moon beside us Love is waiting there in my beautiful balloon Way up in the air in my beautiful balloon If you'll hold my hand we'll chase your dream across the sky For we can fly we can fly Up, up and away My beautiful, my beautiful balloon Balloon... Up, up, and away..... Savant at 8/27/2005 01:07:00 am ; (0) comments there must be a god out there somewhere. a god that i'd believed didn't exist. and he's now playing the cruelest joke of my life. he's turning it upside down. and he's laughing at me. "my... you poor little fool" Savant at 8/21/2005 09:40:00 am ; (0) comments if you owned this drawer where your most precious possesions are kept, what would be inside when you opened it? something that someone gave you a long time ago? something you loved ones gave? or would it be empty. an anticipation of the future of sorts? n what's the underlying meaning behind each one of them? Savant at 8/19/2005 09:46:00 pm ; (0) comments i cut my right 4th finger today. was reaching into my bag when my finger caught the blade of my mach 3 razor. 2 out of the 3 blades caught my finger and sliced a chunk of flesh,not skin, off. i was kinda shocked when i saw the wound. the blood just poured out from the wound and described a cicular shape on the tip of my finger. much like looking at a red M&Ms slowly growing bigger and start to drip off your finger. nope it wasn't that pain but i swear my right hand is almost handicapped. i can't grip anything and i only can use the first 3 fingers of my right hand. how cool is that? and i ran out of plasters at home. urgh. Savant at 8/17/2005 08:58:00 pm ; (0) comments so it was another day at the carnival. this time we had to entertain school students. had trouble explaining to them that there were's any roller coasters though. its not THAT sort of carnival la kid... the only positive thing about this carnival is the food. imagine having KFC and Pizza Hut for lunch and dinner almost everyday. red hot spicy pizza hut drumlets.. mmmmm (i have wynton marsalis playing hadyn's trumpet concerto at the moment right now) oh the pleasure! i can see kfc thigh portions and pizza hut drumlets falling from the sky. *drool* man let's just get tis carnival thing over and done with. i can't wait to tear down the stands and the props. time for our well deserved 1 week off..... have so much stuff to catch up on... hopefully people out there haven't lost hope in me *crosses fingers* adios Savant at 8/13/2005 07:26:00 am ; (0) comments Its national day tomorrow. yay! so fun.... hur hur. here's is my wish for NDP this year: I wish everybody would stop eating shark's fin soup and bird's nest soup. i'm not an activist. Its just that i find it really dumb to pay so much money for something that is totally worthless in terms of nutrition. we like shark's fin soup because of the soup, not the shark's fin! shark's fin is cartilage. which is like semi solid plastic. the whole thing tastes nice because of the soup and the crabmeat in it. think about that. bird's nest is made from the saliva of the swallows who nest in the high walls of caves. similarly, bird's nest soup is nice because of the SOUP! its sweet, and taste good. children like it. they grow up liking it. its the same case with sweets. we grow up associating the bird nest as something sweet, which in reality has no taste at all on its own. its true that saliva contains proteins, but its negligable since its already dried up. we pay so much money for these things. yeah sure, its part of our chinese culture. its tradition you would shout. but i think its dumb. i think its an insult on our judgement. tradition is something dead, something invented by humans. humans give value to things. but as humans too, we evolve and become more intelligent, more learned. and there are some things we have to change as we evolve. comments? Savant at 8/08/2005 10:25:00 pm ; (3) comments i am trying hard not to think about it. everything's fine. i'm just worrying too much. right? i mean, this is just the beginning, why think so far ahead? why am i so pessimistic? is it justifiable to feel this way because of an uneasy gut feeling? its ok. wait and see. Savant at 8/07/2005 01:12:00 am ; (0) comments the last few weeks have been really eventful. last minute script changes, appointments, show attack sequences etc. one thing i realised about the army, police or any organisation out there is that, we are just really normal people. i used to think of the police or soldiers as people who are "up" there. people who know what they are doing. people who are professional. people whom we can count on. now that i've become one of them, i can't help but realise how wrong i was. anyway, carnival@marina starts tomorrow. 9 days of pure sai kang. sure the public will enjoy, but they aren't the ones picking up RAI(returnable ammunition item a.k.a. spent blank catridges), or going through pre-show rehearsals. i just hope everything goes as planned. we dun need anymore extra guard duties. we're busy enough.... Savant at 8/05/2005 10:37:00 pm ; (0) comments i'm starting to fall in love with you. can't wait to see you again. ;o) Savant at 8/01/2005 06:03:00 am ; (0) comments
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