流金岁月

i'm watching 流金岁月 now. it's a nice show. i just discovered that it has some similarity to star wars too. the 二叔 in the show is the bad guy. he's just like darth sidious, and 丁善兴 is like anakin skywalker. the 二叔 tries ways and means to destroy 丁善本(Jedi), and leads 善兴 down the dark side.

will 善兴 eventually turn to the dark side n become darth vader? watch to find out!

1st day of work

yup i found a job intro-ed to me by huili, but i got into another team cos the manager from the team pulled me over thinking that i looked 'fun'. oh i'm working at escape theme park, by the way. convenient for me cos i stay at pasir ris, and downtown east is within walking distance from home. the pay isnt very much though...just $4.50 only, but still, better than nothing. hard to find a temp job.

i was posted to the 'haunted house'. tatz one of the attractions over there, though it's not ready yet. hopefully it's gonna be ready by end of the week(tatz wat my sup told me). i'm one of the ghosts monster there. i'm the zombie la. my manager got use his phone to take photo of me in the costume, but i didnt get it. mebbe if i can get hold of the photo i'll post it up here. or if u are keen to see me in the costume, u can always BUY a ticket into escape and goto the haunted house to see me in action. hahaha...

anyway on yesterday's topic on Jedi, do u know that there is actually a religion called Jedi? it's founded by some star wars fanatics. i forgot which country is it, but the government actually recognises it as an official religion. but of course, they only follow the code of conduct of the Jedi. they cant use lightsabres. they have no control of the Force. they are not Force-sensitive at all. mebbe thatz cos they have not found any counts of midichlorians in their blood. wat are midichlorians u ask? obviously u have not been watching star wars. midichlorians are microscopic organisms in the blood that connects pple to the Force. it's the midichlorians tat tell the Force-sensitive pple what the Force is telling them.

oh...i can hear them! the Force is telling YOU to watch star wars!

Jedi

i'm very fascinated by star wars u know. it's like a whole world by itself, so many things going on in the whole star wars thing. i'm always very interested in such BIG movie series, which has alot of intricate details, BIG stories, like star wars, matrix, etc. it seems there is always something hidden in the story, and i always like to think about it.

k the topic for today is Jedi. sometimes i just think that the jedi are somewhat like us christians. diciplined life and all those. it's as tough being a christian as being a jedi u know. there's always the lure of the dark side. for the jedi is the lure of the dark side powers. for christians, there's always the lure of worldly desires. it's really hard at times, u know, money n stuff. hard to let go.

Jedi are also selfless beings who use the Force for peace n good. Christians are also taught to be selfless n love everyone as they love themselves. this is damn hard. how are u going to love someone who u just simply detest at the sight of? how are u going to love someone who is always plotting against u? well, i'm still learning.

Jedi listen to the Force, listening to what the Force tells them. Christians listen to God. Jedi have the Jedi code. Christians have the ten commandments.

ok i forgot what else i wanna write. had quite alot of other things on my mind earlier. mebbe i'm just too into star wars.

i wanna be a jedi?

i am a christian.

ORD parade/function

ORD parade/function. i wasn't in the parade cos i pai ka one. haha. good la, no need go for rehearsals all those rubbish. we're supposed to bring a 'date' each lo, so i brought bingbing while weiquan brought ceci. had abit of fun at the function, mebbe cos going to ORD le, so felt quite happy... normally i wouldn't attend this kinda SAF function one lo, is like damn boring, n i just dun like attending functions.

ORD. after ORD i'll be going NTU to further my studies. yesterday on the bus i was on the way home with one of my men, and he say going to ORD very troubled, cos after ORD duno wat he going to do. think he's not the only one, but for most of the men as well. i was thinking wat a blessed life i have, able to go Uni to study. sometimes i just dun think tat i deserve what i have, cos sometimes i just take things for granted. but i'm glad that i'm given what i have, and i'm still learning to appreciate the small little things.

Thank God for the sunlight that shines on my face.
Thank God for the air that i breathe.
Thank God for everything that i see, hear, smell, taste and feel.
Thank you God!

back from church camp!

i'm back from A'famosa! it was a fun filled trip! ohhh...i miss the water world and the water rides~!~!

first day: jam on the causeway, and we were late, very late, when we finally reached a'famosa. rushed thru lunch, which was BAD. the lunch was miserable, quality just suck, and it's like we're eating leftovers. mebbe cos we reached late la, but we PAID for our lunch buffet lo. they should do something since they know that we'll be coming rite. k nvm...then go see the animal shows. dunno bout the rest la, but to me it was just BORING. it's all the same one lo, ah mengs performing the same usual stunts, birds flying thru the same old hoops. got elephant show also la, but cos we were late, so cannot finish watching the show then we gotta go catch the safari ride le. how sad, the elephan show was at least more interesting than the rest of the shows one lo. but but but...the safari ride was good! so tat made the zoo trip not so bad la. it was like a roller coaster ride lo, then can close up with the animals, though didnt see any animals real close. was hoping some tiger or lion would pounce on the train then can make the ride more exciting, but the lion n tiger damn slack one. just stay there no move one.

evening went to cowboy town. nothing much to see la, but there got free bumper car rides. but the cars were quite slow la, so i didnt play lo, but the others had alot of fun on it. the carnival was the highlight, and there were fireworks! didnt expect to see fireworks there lo, so was quite happy to see fireworks. hahaha.. after everything, still got comm briefing/evaluation for the day.(i was the official photographer, so i was in the comm)

slept at 1+. tired.

second day: morning had service. i was too tired, cant help falling asleep during the sermon. kena caught sleeping by jie jie and ling ling they all, and they laugh at me. got once i woke up to find huihui beside me video-ing! opps! hope she didnt video me sleeping. basically 2nd day is just wait to go water world only la. so after lunch we dashed to play the rides all those. wah, the wave one was damn fun, and the whole lot of us hung on to each other in a big circle pushing n pulling, damn fun la. u must go n try if u go next time. the more the merrier. then still got the family ride thing. this one must at least 4 person(max is 4) on one float then fun one, and the heavier the total weight the better, cos then will fly here n there one. ahaahaha. when i sit with jie jie, ze ming and si han(hmm..not sure if correct), wah, i was like...flying here n there lo. wahhaha...tat was GOOD! then there still got a 7 storey high water ride. wah, adrenalin rush man. shiok, shiok. whahahaha...but it was tiring to keep climbing the stairs up la. they should have elevator lo. lol~

at night we were in our youth group, then play lotsa games. very fun too. slept at 4+. very tired.

third day: morning i went around the bungalows taking group photos. ran here n there. too little time, and all not ready one. but still manage to finish taking all 6 bungalows. heh. went to the honey shop, then the guy there give intro on honey all those, say until honey n related products like elixir lidat. no money so i didnt buy, but actually i was quite keen on buying one. nvm.

way back was sooo loooong. but i slept most of the time la. too tired le. finally reached back in singapore at 9+. had dinner at bedok S11 with jie jie ling huihui they all. poor zeming was still at 2nd link customs when we reach bedok. ahahaha... he must have regretted changing bus.

reach home, bathe, sleep.

step by step to ORD!

went back to camp today for dekitting, as well as to do FFI for ORD. woohoo~ actually i dun have much stuff to dekit, cos i'm the admin spec, and i only have to return... the rifle cleaning kit(which i never used, except for ATP, where i got marksman. wahahaha), maps(which i never ever took a look at), and...bedsheets... basically, i'm supposed to have nothing much to do, since i dun have much to dekit. but NO! i was soo darn busy. Y?? cos of XXXXXX(name has been encrypted to protect privacy of person)! oh u duno who is XXXXXX? oh he's the legendary figure in 1 guards. still duno? ok. lemme give u some intro on him.

he knows nothing. he tries to do something, but always ends up with nothing. basically, he's not very intelligent, and he always talks too much but never tries to do. u can NEVER depend on him to get something done properly. he has such low esteem and confidence, though i can easily see y, cos he really is quite useless. oh...am i too harsh with my words? NO. well, some background info: he used to be a regular, but due to his 'wonderful' performance, he was discharged by SAF. lol~ oh i shdnt laugh at him. k, u just need to know he's f***ed up, and very.

so he was appointed to take over my duties as admin spec(omg! actually he used to understudy me when he first posted into my coy). i'm actually very sad at this, cos all the hard work i've put in for the past 1 year+ will all be ruined in his hands, but there's no other choice. basically the whole morning i was helping him and trying to teach him the ropes. i just hope he remembers the things i've taught him. i can expect 10+ calls from him everyday now, for asking simple things like:

call 1
"eh jonnie ah, i ask u ah, where is the file again ah?"
"eh i told u already wat, is all in the same folder!!!"

call 2
"then how to save the file ah?"
"wah piang eh, just go to file n save lo!!!!!!"

call 3
"eh how to send the mail ah?"
"arrgh...go ask ee hon la!"
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as u can see, he's a complete computer idiot. *sigh*

mebbe i should just switch off my handphone.

i can feel it...

yes yes i can feel it...i can finally feel it... i can see ORD not far off... i can feel freedom waving to me!

after tolling for 2+ years in the SAF, i'm finally clearing leave now and going to ORD in... 19 days time. wahahhaha... the moment that i have looked forward to for the past 2 years has finally come. it seems just yesterday that i was enlisted, for memories of bmt is still fresh in my mind. but yet again, the 2+ years that passed by seemed like forever... hmm... very contradicting isn't it? but i'm just happy that i'm finally going to pass by this phase of life n go on to the next. NTU, here i come!!!

so many pple are blogging...

yeah i just realised tat so many of my frenz have started blogging... hmm... mebbe i shd blog more often too... but i'm just too lazy to la... those who know me well will know that i'm a super slack/lazy person.

k so it's been 1+ month since i last blogged. so here's wat happened during this time:

1) went to taiwan on 29th march for atec n brigade exercise

2) upon reaching the camp at R.O.C, i was simply put off. the camp is just so old and guess wat? i have to climb down the stairs, walk a couple of blocks distance, go up the stairs again, just to go to the toilet. how nice. yeah and the air there is very polluted. my skin was abit sensitive and i got rashes for the first week all over me. was soooo tempted to go to the MO and mebbe he can declare me unsuitable for the environment there and send me back to singapore...

3) week 2 at taiwan. the unit was preparing for atec, and due to the drast weather changes, i had fever. for first few days of fever didnt do anything but drink more water, cos got work to do for atec so didnt wanna report sick. after they went outfield, my fever went up to 40.1 degrees. OMG! so i decided to report sick. the next few days was lying on the bed in sickbay with the IV sticking in my arm. the medic was killing me when he was poking the thing in my arm. took him 2 tries. OUCH!

4) week 3 at taiwan. zuo bo week. after atec waiting for highnoon. simply nothing to do. bored. play bball. injured thumb(now still haven fully recover). bored...

5) highnoon. my encik insisted on taking me out for the exercise(which i could not think of ANYTHING to do outfield with them). yeah and whala, till the end of ex, there was NOTHING related to admin tat i had to do. so for the whole ex i was attached to the combat train doing all the SAI KANG when i should have been resting n rotting in my bunk. I WAS SOOO PISSED.

6) R&R. not much fun. shopped for some clothes. was with ryan mugant hanson they all. and i was the only one who could speak chinese among the commanders in my hotel, for my coy i mean. yeah quite boring. mebbe in the wrong company of pple?

7) back in singapore. home sweet home. went to church. went to play tennis. went to sentosa. got sunburnt again. real bad this time. u'll know if u had seen my body. now skin peeling all over. eeeks. now dun dare to go swim le... clearing off n leave. will be quite free. call me if u looking for company.

8) so many frenz bday recently. spent alot on presents. totally broke now. TOTALLY. plus my insurance premium just came, so i had to blank out my account. lucky today pay will be coming in... yeah n i did i tell u i'm learning drums now? hmmm...hopefully someday i'll make it into the worship team...*prays hard everyday*

yeah...this is the longest blog i ever had, and mebbe ever will have. duno who will be seeing this though. nobody knows tat i blog, yet. ahahaha... i've decided to spend more of my time in church. commit more of myself to God. i'm happy bout it. and i really wish tat some day, my closest frenz will be with me in church. if u know who u are and are reading this, no offence ah, but it is really one of my greatest wishes. *am praying for all of u everyday. God hear my prayers...*