When am back from guard duty.......

"The spirit is willing but the body is weak"

That describes me nw.Especially my mind coz am feeling brain-laggy.But am glad that today is care group,somemore it's my 1st care group of the year.That's because i haven't attended any care group for the past 12 mths or so.It's hard to believe that i haven't been attending it for so long,especially myself.In case,anyone don't understand what i've been blabbering about.Care group is the equivalent of cell group in a church.am quite looking forward to it :-)

The ending of february also brings to an end to ATEC training n evaluation(ATEC=army training evaluation centre).It is something tat many of us at my coy were busy with throughout this month.Busy going through all the training,some of which is pretty dry.It gets boring when we keep doing it again n again.When the day for evaluation comes,i got chosen to do only PAC(personal access control).Thank God because am doing jus one station that am very good at.The atmosphere is tense while waiting for my turn to do my stuff.But the encik(company sergeant major) is quite a funny person,so it really eased me up n get a personal redcon 1(which is the highest score).

It's over.But it's ended with getting an overall redcon 1 for my unit.I don't want to be extra delirious or jump up n down at that news like some ppl,but am jus relieved it's ended well.

So much so for this wk...gtg nw tata!!!

CNY

My my am i glad to be able to celebrate CNY with my family.Last year,i didn't celebrate CNY with my parents because of deployment at...well u know where and i shan't say too much.It feels realli crappy when i was doing duty there at that time.Realli realli crappy,it is something i won't want to experience again.So because of that,i enjoyed the few days before CNY when i booked out 3 days before CNY.

During that time,i was looking forward to seeing my relatives again,wondering how are they doing since i saw them 2 yrs ago.And when we saw each other again,we were glad that we were doing well ourselves.It was a wonderful chance to catch up on each other's lives.This yr's CNY feels a little different from 2 yrs ago,more low key.But it feels great seeing each other again.And of course,nt forgetting the angbaos :-)

2009...

It's been a very long time i've posted anything here.Veri long time.Many things have happened ever since i came back frm taiwan.

1.I got a new laptop

2.Got an ANU offer(but still waiting for 2 other offer letters from u of queensland n melbourne to come)

3.been on a 3 wk long deployment

4.Finally 2009 has come

I got a new laptop during the recent IT fair at s'pore expo.Originally,i intended to buy a laptop after ORD.But with the recent financial and economic downturn,i felt tat tis time would b a gd time to get a laptop.So in the end,i settled for a dell laptop which costs me $1499.$100 cheaper than what was sold at the dell website.

Another thing is tat i received an ANU offer for bachelor of science after waiting since august.Initially,i am quite sceptical bout my chances of landing a place there.But after praying to God n some nervous waiting,the offer came in mid-december.As happy as i am to receive an offer frm them,my mood was a little dampened by jus credit exemption for jus 2 courses/modules.So am going to jus wait n see if the rest of the offers give more credit exemption.

One great news is that 2009 has finally come.Yesterday,i was out overnighting with my CG to countdown with them into the new year.It has been a long time i've seen them.Yeah,but tat's coz i was away for deployment for a long time.Nevertheless,it was a great time of catching up n fellowship.I am glad to have known them,though this year does nt go e way i want it to.

Ok...i'll back soon coz i'll nd 2 do my new yr resolution n book into camp soon.So in the meantime,happy new year to everyone!!!

Going for guard duty

I'll be back on monday morning coz am goin back to camp tonite.

taiwan photo

I realli realli regretted not bringing my camera to taiwan.But here's some other photo tat my friends sent me:

Taiwan

Finally back in s'pore!!!

It's great to b back at home after being away in taiwan for 2 wks.Tis is e longest period of time i've been away frm hm.As much as i missed hm alot,i wish i got more time 2 tour taipei more,which is somethin i'll say later.

Before i left s'pore,a lot of ppl told me tat it's quite cold at tis time of e yr.But during e next few days,it's almost jus as hot as in s'pore.Nt much of a diff.It onli started gettin cold n rainy during last sat n sunday,jus like wat a taipei taxi driver told me n my frens 'winter is comin'.

I can't realli tell wat i do for e last 12 days or else SAF is goin 2 charge me(wait until ord,den i blog all bout it).However,e last 2 days is more memorable.

Sat:
Left e camp in e morning 2 go 2 liu fu theme park,1st destination for R&R(rest n recreation).Actually,it was my 1st time goin 2 a theme park,so dere's alot 2 expect n b sua ku about.The 1st ride i took was something like a lift.One has 2 sit in e ride where u'll b taken 50 m up in e air n suddenly fall 2 e ground.It was super scary n real fun.I'll put e photo nxt time.Nxt is e viking ship n my last ride is called e ring of fire.That ride is realli sick.It's a coaster ride but mus go round n round a circle rail.Luckily i nv vomit or faint...hehe.

After e theme park,we headed straight 4 hotel in taipei.On e way,e tour bus brought us 2 buy some native products.For me i bought 2 boxes of sun biscuit.When we arrived,it was ard 6pm liao n it took me n my frens 1.5 hrs 2 hurry 2 shilin night market.There r lots of gd buys n gd food ard tat area.Hehe...i bought 1 t-shirt n ate stinky tofu wif e bros.The tofu realli stinks,nt jus in smell but also e after-taste.But it taste gd,ironically...heehee.Near e shilin mrt station,we also played 2 games dere n won a dice(nt those small ones lah!!).After all e shopping n eating n firing e pistols,we went back 2 e hotel wif a full stomach n some stuffs.

Sun:
Me n my frens woke up in e morning n head 2 taipei 101 via metro trains.In taipei,normal train rides will nd u 2 buy plastic chips 2 go thru e ticketing gates.Pretty interesting.The stations r veri well ventilated,maybe too well ventilated.30 mins,we reached taipei 101 n went up the tower.Taipei 101 is currently e tallest buidling in e world at 449.2 m n e lifts r e fastest in e world also.The lifts took jus 37 sec 2 reach 2 89th lvl frm e 5th lvl.Overall,it is an architectural n engineering wonder.The final destination after taipei 101 is ximenting,taipei's orchard road.Ximenting was super crowded wif shoppers n fans coz dere's some boyband holding autrograph session.We had a hard time going thru e crowd but it was worthwhile coz we shopped what we wanted at bargained price,onli 4 me.I wished dere would b abit more time,so tat i can buy watever in my shoppin list.However,ximenting is a mus-go place if one comes 2 taipei.After tat,we went back 2 e hotel n head straight 4 e airport.The rest is history

Hmm...i'll put up e photos soon.So nitey!!

sticky tapes

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