LET'S ROW!

I wrote one large chunk on ipad but i accidentally locked the screen and all went missing! kns! nvm. woes of technology!

in 2010, i got sentenced to 2 years of service.

in 2011, i served a year plus of my term. 

in 2012, i will finish the service and enter the next phase of my life

Lets talk bout 2011. The year started out with me panicking and rushing to register for my night classes. Finding khakis to study the same as me cos i really didnt wanna be alone. Jia hui and i joined APLT. My reflection on the journey thus far? Tough, very tough. I remember when i enlisted in army, everyone told me to make good use of the 2 years to think what do u want to do in life. Honestly, i dont have the time, we rush for works, reports, etc. Its so tiring! Even now on hand, i have 2 reports and assignments waiting for me to attend to. URGH! so sick of it! i think its a love-hate relationship now with APLT. i hate that i could not have a "chill" relax and fun army life, instead its one of chasing deadlines. But im glad that im given the opportunity to have a head start amongst my peers who are also in army.

For the past few days while i was on my way home, i thought of 2 simple questions.

What is my ambition? What is my dream job?

I never put serious thought of it because i always think that im so young, why should i talk bout such things. Look where we are now, im 21, i just obtained my driving license (yay!). Do i have an answer for it? I dont, sadly. Its a cross-road which i bumped into when i first graduated and i really didnt put much thought about it. Now reality hits back hard at me. What do i wanna do with my life?

I love sales! im very interested in what im studying now. So a possible answer would be to do sales in polymer! HAH! Probably! 

This year, i lost one uncle of mine. He had skin cancer on the lining of his stomach and there was no cure. Not even chemotherapy! He discovered it at 2010 Stand Chart when his stamina dropped drastically even though he trained progressively. Within a year, he left. Not only that, i saw how he suffer in pain. It was a strong reminder that disease can hit anyone. He played a pivoting role in inspiring me to run, which led me to do ridiculous things such as 3 marathons at the age of 21. When he passed away, it was a very sad phase of my life. He wasnt very close to me but i just wept. He inspired me.

well, about dragonboat. I was never like a top rower or whatsoever. Ive always seen myself as average. I always talk bout tryin to improve but oh wells! I did improve, but not drastically. Somehow im just too kind to myself. But this year, we went on 2 overseas trip! improvement as compared to last year! LOL. It was a great experience for me and gg tog with fangsypoo too! Cant wait for next year!

for 2012, my resolutions are simple.

Be Stronger than yesterday, Faster than before
Do well in studies

hi! I'm finally updating this blog after a million years! the last seen was river regatta! Haha.

Life has been rather unpredictable for me. I lost a friend and a uncle this year. it really got me thinking bout how you want to live your life and what you want to be remembered for. I know that when i lost them, I lost a particular trait which they had imparted into me. I want to have that kind of impact on people as well!

On another note, Im finally half way into my national service. even my granny and cousins come and ask me, why your ns so long not yet end. oh wells. I wished I had the answer too. it will make the world a much better place. lol!

I also enrolled in part time advance diploma in polymer technology. is it easy to study? no! you are so so tired that you are dying to sleep and you still need to try to focus until class end. in addition, irritating lab reports and datasheets! Fml! let's hope that this will be for a good cause!

lastly, fangsypoo and I celebrated our 2 years anniversary not long ago too. sadly I had class that day and didnt managed to have a proper celebration. but she was very sweet! she bought a cake and made a shirt. I was touched to tears! love you deeps fangsypoo!!

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 The last time i actually blogged was after i POC! which is like 4 weeks ago? 

Regatta has ended! It marks an end to the exciting dragonboat season! Many of us have grown to become stronger and more experienced rowers. I remember Regatta last year was one which was eventful because i was dropped off the "pacer" seat but nevertheless i still paced and it was one of my most unforgettable race because all boats came in at miliseconds difference and we were against school teams! We didnt qualify but it was unforgettable!

This year, for 10 crew heats our timing were not as good and came in 3rd. we were lucky to land ourselves a place in the semis! As for our 20 crew, we experienced first hand how a swirvy boat feels like. No one was to be blamed in this incident. We knocked a boat, capsized another, and rowed off. Pretty cool eh! hahaha. We even broke some paddles! And naturally we got ourselves DQ! For the semis of the 10 crew, we knew we were up against tougher teams and we fought well. Our heats timing was 1:46, but for our semis, our timing was 1:41. but its unfortunate that we failed to qualify. Well, the A boat did well! they proceeded to the Minor Finals and won 2nd! The ladies also done well! They qualified to i think Minor finals as well and came in 4th, losing to the 3rd place by a small margin! Both A and Ladies boat have proven a point! The team has improved!

Anyway to talk more about my army life! Im currently in OETI, which is at Kranji Camp. I dont know to say if im loving it or not! im kind of confused! I love the people, but i kind of hate the job? I'm pretty confused! but i think i dont have much of a choice too? I'm ending my training soon and i will be posted to Unit soon. But before that i have my very irritating and annoying 24 hour shift guard duty to complete. its seriously urghs! and the next day you will need to resume normal activities!

 


Ive finally paased out! all i can say is that these 2 months will definately stay with me for the rest of my life! hahaha. the joys and tekan which we received is something that we will never ever forget. From BMT onwards, we move on to our professional vocations. No more funny shits and joking around that much as before! I will miss the times and yes i am afraid of the responsibilties which i have to bear. Honestly i think im not ready for it and i dont want to be ready for it. But nevertheless, im still trying my best.

My one week of block leave ends today! I have to summarise it as a holiday well spent! I spent everyday with my girlfriend! which is something which i yearn to do since i enlisted! its fantastic! i celebrated my 14th month with her after missing out on the 12 and 13th month due to tekong! and i spent 10 10 10 with her! hahaha. its seriously unforgettable! 

Tomorrow i will have to wake at 515 and get ready to leave home by 545 to take train and head to yew tee and go to kranji camp. I hope all the best for me. This week is non stay in. i hope i will never have to stay in!

 its finally coming to an end! after 9 weeks of ups and down, my BMT life is finally ending! Next week will be super tiring and exhausting, i'm looking forward to it but yet not so again. lol! i just cant wait for my block leave to come. i hope i will never ever stay in again. the experience is unforgettable but yet i dont want it to happen again. lol

5 crew dragonboat race as held yesterday! my pretty girlfriend came in 2nd! very very proud of her. hahah!

apart from that im having bad throat! sure die in camp! thats all guys. book in tonight

 tomorrow is the long awaited time trial. i want to see how much damage army has done to me! hahaha. i will update more tomorrow maybe!

 All good things will eventually come to and end!

just like this fantastic long weekends! i'm so glad that i love my girlfriend so much and she love me so much too! yay! seriously.

 

This was something which took 12 months in the making, something that changed my life in ways i could never have imagined!

let me explain further! Our 1 year anniversary should have taken place in August but the problem is that i was in Tekong! So i had to grit my teeth and serve my confinement term. I spent the next few weeks thinking and pondering how i should do it. I decided to do the simplest thing! Just being there! i hope she loved the idea! :S We went IT fair, Sales and Chunkfest!! :D

 humans are weird!

i read my previous post on how much i was complaining about how sucky tekong is. But on the last day that we left tekong, everyone felt sad. we missed our commanders and our life there. training was tough occasionally, we were treated like shit and punished. but yet those were the times we will never forget! now im being posted to sembawang camp to stay-in. and every mornin i will have to go to ayer rajah camp for lectures to be a technician, then go back to sembawang to sleep. its like a camp. just that discipline level is much higher and we are given only about 1 hour of admin time everyday. its actually pretty sad. it means that we now turn into studying instead of the chiong sua life. chiong sua life is tough but yet fufilling as it gives us something to tell our experiences to. but when we turn into studying, we have nothing. hahaha. oh wells, i concluded that tekong rocks! even the place there is nicer to stay! its like a calm and peaceful resort!

 i caught salt last night with fangypoo! it's been like quite some time since i caught night movies! but i guess there will be more of it now! hahaha. the movie is filed with action! but the highlight was being with fangsypoo! she managed to get car and drove to town so that its more convenient for us! she's so sweet! over the confinement of the last 2 weeks, i felt terrible and sad. Imagine spending almost everyday for the last year seeing someone and then suddenly just not seeing for 14 days. we were both emotionally-wrecked! it was a feeling that i doubt it could be described, but it showed me how much i missed, love and rely on her. and it taught me to treasure her even more!! then when i book out, time is so short! its hard to even get used to! whats more is that im booking in later, i feel a tinge of sadness in me. But i remind myself that in 2 more weeks i will be done with tekong. i hate that place so much! sadly, we just gotta suck it up! oh wells