Been dormant for about a month now, and finally I seem to have some time on my hands to enter a quick entry before I go sleep.
I have a confession to make, and that will be that I have gone back to playing Conquer Online (CO) again. But the recent update has killed a utility that I used to compress time and get around faster, so well I’m parking in town for now. Hence the time? Maybe.
Anyway, I’ve been meaning to blog, but either by the time I got to sitting down to type it out, I was either not in the mood or my mind went completely blank due to being overly tired. But I have finally managed to find the time, when I took an MC on Mon. Was intending to get one day MC to get some time out, but the doctor was willing to give me 2 days for my efforts. Who am I to complain about such a generous offer? So I got the 2 days MC. And let me tell you, suddenly it is heaven. When no one is home to bug me about doing stuff and sleeping too late, I suddenly have time to catch up on all the sleep I seem to have missed. Especially since last Wed I’d might add.
Well the month has passed pretty fast. With careful planning and considerations, I managed to get a super long weekend from camp with a mix of leave and off, starting from the Wed before my test to my birthday. Only went back to camp the following Wed, which coincidentally ended on Thurs due to the Vesak day hols. Hahaha…
On polling day(6th), went out with Wei Wen, Wendy, .com, Adam and a few others to celebrate with a movie and dinner, but well, without my debit card which has still yet to arrive, we were unable to get seats to see MI:III. So after wondering around for some time, we finally settled on a animated movie. The name has slipped my mind. .com had to go back home to vote while we watched the movie, and re joined us again for dinner, which was my treat. We went NYDC to eat and the food there was fantastic. Too bad Adam got into a fight with his gf just before we were going to meet for dinner so he didn’t join us. Hen-pecked I say… Hen-pecked guy and he’s not even married to her yet. Hahaha… After dinner Wei Wen took us to some roof top garden at a hotel I shall not mention. The view has nice, but has left me longing for the view from the top of the Westin Stanford, from the roof not the restaurant at the top. Anyone knows how to get there? Heehee…. So that is half a month gone, just like that.
If you are wondering what happened on Wed, well, I had guard duty. It normally would have not been that tiring except for the fact that there was an exercise going on that night, thus depriving me of any sleep whatsoever from Wed to Thurs. And talk that there was going to be an extra day off from all that work, were all but talk. So those of you living near the base, who were woken up on Wed night just past midnight, you now know why. So whilst the rest of the guard team took Fri MC, I hearing that Fri was family day, decided against doing so. But again, family day was not so good after all. It just meant that flying had to stop at 1630. That was all. So I took MC on Mon. Heehee… Turned out to be well worth it!
The IT Show is coming to town this weekend for those who are still unaware. And I won’t blame you too if you didn’t know. There seems to be the lack of publicity for this event. All there was was a small ad one day in the papers. Perhaps due to their past success, so they think that people would expect them this time of the year. Maybe they are right. We will see. Going to replace my present monitor with a 19” LCD and get myself that camera that I’ve been planning to get. My present monitor has been fading to black recently, and also been emitting this irritating ‘flat line’ sound, only at a higher pitch. So I have decided, its either I replace it now, with a good deal, rather than wait till it dies in the middle of some night and leave me scrambling for a monitor. I am so going broke this weekend.
Its getting late, or rather its getting ‘early’ now and I gtg sleep. Ciao~
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Friday, May 05, 2006
A Long Absence...
Based on my previous post, it has been over a month since I last blogged. I am thinking, at the rate that I am blogging, perhaps I might just make it a monthly sort of thing. Hmmm… On the other hand, if I do that I might as well not blog anymore. Too tiring writing monthly reports in camp every month, and if I add this to the list, it will unwittingly become a yearly thing sooner or later. But… I will not do something like that, because blogging is actually fun if you just type and not think so much about it. But don’t worry; a fair amount of brain juice is used in the writing of an entry. That and the fact that, I am trying to cut down on the amount of Conquer Online that I am playing is why I am back. (I have been playing an obscene amount of it and I’ve not been levelling as fast as I would like to. I’m not quitting however, just cutting down.) Anyway, this is going to be a super-long entry. Brace yourself ppl.
Now for the updates.
March was the month that passed fairly quickly. One was oweing to the fact that the camp was in no government rule mode after our O’ dear pikachu fractured his ankle whilst running at some canal in CCK. I’ve heard of people twisting their ankle or spraining their ankle whilst running on uneven surfaces, but to fracture it by plain running? Talk about brittle bones.
Anyway, with pikachu and his funny ideas out of action for that month, the detachment running, and a number of people on course, the place was a haven. I think for that month alone, a record low number of 2 extras were awarded, and those who got it were surely the deserving. Short working hours were the order of the month, although the rain was surely a time extender. If things were not done by the time the rain came in, all would have to sit tight and wait the rain out. But still there were times that it came before any flying began and lasted the whole day, saving us from doing any work at all. Hahaha.
I think March passed pretty uneventfully. On to April.
April started with a conflict about the guard duty. In the last week of March, there was a Sunday guard belonging to the detachment crew that was coming back on the Friday that week, and they felt that they were unable to do the duty. So they got the person who plans the guard, to approach my team with a proposal, that we do their guard, and they would return the favour the following month. Which they had no intention of doing. But that is another entry on a later date.
April has also been marked with the return of the pikachu. He came back, armed with another episode of the famed, annual runway cycling. And he was looking for 20 people to send there as “representatives”. True to his style, when he needs “volunteers”, it’s best to be on your guard. A simple unpolished boot, un-Velcro-ed sleeve, or saying something wrong to him, would mean spending one sun cycling down a 3km runway in Paya Labar. Ya and if u are interested, it is open to public. =X
April also represents that my driving test in coming up. The test itself in on 5th May, so wish me luck. 2nd try, and I do not intend to make it a third. Hope I pass!
I finally got my letter of offer to UNSW Asia end of April. However, I can’t accept the offer till the middle of the year when they get the confirmation system up and running. When that happens, I must be 1st in line! Hahaha… The Kiasu Singaporean.
On to May now…
I’ve been writing this for over a week now, and everytime I start, there seems to be more things to write about. I have concluded that if I do not complete this entry, this hour, I might never have the chance or will to finish this. Ever.
Today is Fri, and a good day at that. I finally passed my driving! Yippee… But you should already know that from the previous entry. Anyway, met the rest of the pass-ers and came across this cute girl. But I dunno what got into me, and did nt ask for her number. All I can remember about her is… her name is Lee Yue ______, my age, passed on the 3rd try, studying at SIM and having her 1st paper this thurs. Her actual name slipped my mind… I’m only sure of her surname. Haiz. Those studying in SIM care to help? *hopes beyond hope* Drop me a msg if you have an idea who she is. Hee. >.<
Finally got myself the birthday present that I have been hoping for a whole yr. And none to soon too… Counting that my birthday is on Tues. *Hint Hint*
The camera I’ve been eyeing has also come onto the market, and things seems to be falling in place. Now if only my present monitor will last till the next computer fair… Hahaha… Seem to have a lot of things to buy this year. How to save at the rate I’m going…
One last thing before I end this off. Gd luck to all those having exams this time of the yr. Like those in SIM. *wink*
Till the next time. Ciao~
Now for the updates.
March was the month that passed fairly quickly. One was oweing to the fact that the camp was in no government rule mode after our O’ dear pikachu fractured his ankle whilst running at some canal in CCK. I’ve heard of people twisting their ankle or spraining their ankle whilst running on uneven surfaces, but to fracture it by plain running? Talk about brittle bones.
Anyway, with pikachu and his funny ideas out of action for that month, the detachment running, and a number of people on course, the place was a haven. I think for that month alone, a record low number of 2 extras were awarded, and those who got it were surely the deserving. Short working hours were the order of the month, although the rain was surely a time extender. If things were not done by the time the rain came in, all would have to sit tight and wait the rain out. But still there were times that it came before any flying began and lasted the whole day, saving us from doing any work at all. Hahaha.
I think March passed pretty uneventfully. On to April.
April started with a conflict about the guard duty. In the last week of March, there was a Sunday guard belonging to the detachment crew that was coming back on the Friday that week, and they felt that they were unable to do the duty. So they got the person who plans the guard, to approach my team with a proposal, that we do their guard, and they would return the favour the following month. Which they had no intention of doing. But that is another entry on a later date.
April has also been marked with the return of the pikachu. He came back, armed with another episode of the famed, annual runway cycling. And he was looking for 20 people to send there as “representatives”. True to his style, when he needs “volunteers”, it’s best to be on your guard. A simple unpolished boot, un-Velcro-ed sleeve, or saying something wrong to him, would mean spending one sun cycling down a 3km runway in Paya Labar. Ya and if u are interested, it is open to public. =X
April also represents that my driving test in coming up. The test itself in on 5th May, so wish me luck. 2nd try, and I do not intend to make it a third. Hope I pass!
I finally got my letter of offer to UNSW Asia end of April. However, I can’t accept the offer till the middle of the year when they get the confirmation system up and running. When that happens, I must be 1st in line! Hahaha… The Kiasu Singaporean.
On to May now…
I’ve been writing this for over a week now, and everytime I start, there seems to be more things to write about. I have concluded that if I do not complete this entry, this hour, I might never have the chance or will to finish this. Ever.
Today is Fri, and a good day at that. I finally passed my driving! Yippee… But you should already know that from the previous entry. Anyway, met the rest of the pass-ers and came across this cute girl. But I dunno what got into me, and did nt ask for her number. All I can remember about her is… her name is Lee Yue ______, my age, passed on the 3rd try, studying at SIM and having her 1st paper this thurs. Her actual name slipped my mind… I’m only sure of her surname. Haiz. Those studying in SIM care to help? *hopes beyond hope* Drop me a msg if you have an idea who she is. Hee. >.<
Finally got myself the birthday present that I have been hoping for a whole yr. And none to soon too… Counting that my birthday is on Tues. *Hint Hint*
The camera I’ve been eyeing has also come onto the market, and things seems to be falling in place. Now if only my present monitor will last till the next computer fair… Hahaha… Seem to have a lot of things to buy this year. How to save at the rate I’m going…
One last thing before I end this off. Gd luck to all those having exams this time of the yr. Like those in SIM. *wink*
Till the next time. Ciao~
A quick update
It's been a long time since I have blogged and have been writing an entry for a week now. Can't seem to get it finished... Anyway, one quick thing tt I want to blog whilst I continue to attempt to complete the entry. Now for the thing that I need to say.
I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wheeee...!
I PASSED!
I PASSED!
I PASSED!
OK. I shall stop now. But there is still no car to drive. So those ppl who want to be cheauffered ard, you provide the car. Hahaha... You know who you are! Hahaha... back to work on the other entry.
I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wheeee...!
I PASSED!
I PASSED!
I PASSED!
OK. I shall stop now. But there is still no car to drive. So those ppl who want to be cheauffered ard, you provide the car. Hahaha... You know who you are! Hahaha... back to work on the other entry.