Dear Mandy...
This week has been a total hell... I thought that even with my boss at Exercise and all, I'd be able to have a bit more breathing space... Well, it didn't turn out that way... surprisingly? My main jobscope was very much lessened... but on other aspects, like covering for him and the Ops Warrant who wasn't around was enough to drive both me and my Trg Spec crazy... Let me elaborate...
On Sunday I went out for a birthday dinner for Sangeeta and David, and I did have fun... amidst all the pranks, the girls being late, and the catching up between everyone... I realised how much I miss the feeling of a family.... to days of everyone staying in school late, and being able to just talk to someone when you feel like it... But well, in camp, I sometimes feel the need to talk to someone, but when I scroll through my phone book sometimes, I realise that there's actually nobody much I can call sometimes... Sure, there's people I can call, but the thing is, I don't feel right bothering them too much... you know? And something that Rachel told me about how I'm giving Anhua the wrong signals left quite an impact on me... which is... am I really doing things that a friend should? I ought to think more.
Monday was relatively tiring... Being DO is not fun, that I can ascertain. I managed to finish CO Conference minutes, only to have the vetted copy returned to me when I finished clearing the Armskotes.. so I spent the next 2 hours at my computer, updating the minutes, which I have to send out later... then I cleared 'D' armskote at sometime past midnight... sigh... Next day had to be neutral for 3SIG SOC, before I headed back to camp only to be presented with some e-mails to clear and a very heavy head... I suffered from a slight fever, and had to spend sometime in bunk during lunch break to rest up. That was before I got arrowed to go for Engineer Idol. So with a heavy heart, I went for VS130 meeting, where I know I have to do more work. :)
Wednesday saw me waste $30 on taxi fare, cause I forgot to bring along the cd for the auditions for Engineer Idol. So I made this huge U-Turn back to camp, before going back down to another camp for the auditions. It turned out to be a waste of time... They videocamed each performance and we can redo until we felt it was good enough... the best performance from each individual will be sent up for vetting, together with an interview, so yeah.. It was quite a waste of time...
What made me happy on Wednesday?. I went up to NTU for dinner with Amy, Hui Zhi, Kristy P and my twinnie darling! I especially haven't met KrisP for a LOOONG time, so I was actually very happy... We chatted about old times, and we had a very nice meal, if I say so myself... :) Then I went to see their hall, and well, I think I want to stay there... haha... :)
Thurs was the time the killer started... I went down to Khatib Camp with the PTI and my Trg Spec for BUC result verification. The results were horrendous, to say the least... It started this huge bomb of work all over... We rushed to tell the admins what to do, and to compile the results, and based on inaccurate percentages as well... so we worked until 11.30pm, and thanks Tryph, Jessamyn, for listening to me rant when u both were already so busy... I appreciate everything...
On Friday, I went for Track and Field selection and ran 400m, but not very fast... haha... dunno why, no more motivation anymore.... then had to rush back to finish compiling the results... and then with all the work done, I ended up volunteering to conduct an IPPT come Monday evening, and I need to rush... Rush Rush Rush... sigh sigh sigh... so many things to do right? Nothing much I can do except to suck it up... I'll do what I can...
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Dear Mandy...
This week was great! Cause I was at VJC for the 23rd Elects Camp! :) And that's the main thing that made my day...
On Sunday night, me and Jing-Yi stayed over in school.. we were the only two councillors in the room that night! And we did a lot of things... from sitting there, reading through the timetable for the camp, to walking over the school, to supper at 7-11, followed by bathing in the wee hours of the morning, and then a couple of phone calls, to music softly playing in the night while we lay on the floor, chatting to each other before dozing off at about 0200hrs in the morning.
The next day kickstarted with the Elects coming in, and us sitting there, observing the 22nd in charge of the camp. Well, my main objective, actually, was to observe the Elects, and also the conduct of the camp by 22nd. And their way of conducting the camp was pretty interesting.. there was a DISCO, a WELCO for the camp, and a few other unique approaches to making the camp a good one. Well, Jing and I left for lunch, and we met Audrey and Nigel, before meeting Kelvin for lunch at parkway... we had a good time together... chatting and catching up on old times. After that, we returned to school to observe the cheering and mass dance sessions. 23rd struck me as an enthusiastic lot, though possessing some attitude, but still, they try... 22nd tried to be good camp facilitators, but somehow, lost their cool along the way. It's ok though, we all learn somehow or rather to handle our emotions only later in the camp, as we too lost our cool along the way when we were conducting the camp for 21st. The night was fun for me... I helped set up the candle game, and had the chance to talk to Deborah of is it Debra, who had a sprained ankle... The night then ended with me, Jing, Nigel, Yulan sleeping in the treehouse... :) Nice place to sleep, if I say so myself.
Day 2 started with PT, which sort of surprised me with the number of casualties. I ended up with a pretty good workout... dashing from area to area, and well, ending with Mr. Chad Goh himself conducting a decentralised cool down before the hike brief. After that, I went to watch a softball match, but ended up flaring at the last group who was there for the situational games. Though it was only a friendly, the way they refused to listen to the seniors who were nicely offering advice, the way they shouted at the red shirts across the "crowd", did nothing but piss me off to a point I couldn't take it and flared up at them... it was uncalled for, and well, I aplogised for that. After that, it was cheering where the red shirts pumped themselves and ended up crying... and then mass dance was pretty good... danced with Carene for friendship, and found their mass dance needing of polishing... but will they get it...? I wonder...
Then the hike. I joined Cygnus, Shikin and Cheok's group, and the elects with me were Jireh, Jared, Beertini, Elise, Andy and the ever thankful Britney.We had fun! Haha... we sang, we chatted, we competed... We had a lot of fun, and I really bonded with Cygnus pretty fast! Haha... then the sweets and the sugar cane juice I treated them to... well, it was worth it. Now I owe them ice cream! :S Haha... my group was first! Haha... yay! After that, we sat down and had dinner and chatted a lot a lot... before Mr. Goh gave everyone, including the seniors, a hamburger each before we all left to school. The seniors sat in Mr. Goh's lorry, and we sang lots of songs on the way back.
Reached back to school and I prepared to leave, though not until I saw the Elects going for toilet session, and it made me remember my own days... :) I left after that, albeit sadly... but I know that there's only so much time I could afford.
I followed up the next day back in Camp, and had 81 e-mails to clear... shocked is beyond explanations. Haha... but I tried my best to clear them all, which I did albeit with some effort, and then had to rush the CO Conference stuff... and of course, all the result tabulation and stuff like that... it was a headache all by itself. Of course, Thurs was slightly better as well... but nevertheless, I was happy on Thurs...
I met up with Lee Min, whom I have not met or called for the last 4 years, and she has a darling son! Haha.. he's totally adorable, and is so like his mother! Haha... I mean, after 5 mins of meeting, he wanted me to go everywhere with him already! Holding my hand, bringing me everywhere... and I carried him and walked all the way to Lot 1 Shopping Mall, and back... he's honestly adorable... haha... Of course, meeting my good friend from way back was probably what made the night so much more special... I didn't want to go back to camp! Hahaha...
Friday was the MR Parade for 321 SCE at Nee Soon Camp, albeit after CO Conference, which ended pretty early... 3 hours only... :) Yay...
Today... well, I'm fine... haha... driving was fun I guess... haha...
Well, I'm quite positive about the 23rd Council... I've seen some potentials, and some people who need brushing up... but it's like that for every council... they have to work out the kinks themselves, and along the way, perhaps... they'll bond and be a good council... It's always the bonds that make Council so much more special... I'm optimistic for them.
Nil Sine Labore...
This week was great! Cause I was at VJC for the 23rd Elects Camp! :) And that's the main thing that made my day...
On Sunday night, me and Jing-Yi stayed over in school.. we were the only two councillors in the room that night! And we did a lot of things... from sitting there, reading through the timetable for the camp, to walking over the school, to supper at 7-11, followed by bathing in the wee hours of the morning, and then a couple of phone calls, to music softly playing in the night while we lay on the floor, chatting to each other before dozing off at about 0200hrs in the morning.
The next day kickstarted with the Elects coming in, and us sitting there, observing the 22nd in charge of the camp. Well, my main objective, actually, was to observe the Elects, and also the conduct of the camp by 22nd. And their way of conducting the camp was pretty interesting.. there was a DISCO, a WELCO for the camp, and a few other unique approaches to making the camp a good one. Well, Jing and I left for lunch, and we met Audrey and Nigel, before meeting Kelvin for lunch at parkway... we had a good time together... chatting and catching up on old times. After that, we returned to school to observe the cheering and mass dance sessions. 23rd struck me as an enthusiastic lot, though possessing some attitude, but still, they try... 22nd tried to be good camp facilitators, but somehow, lost their cool along the way. It's ok though, we all learn somehow or rather to handle our emotions only later in the camp, as we too lost our cool along the way when we were conducting the camp for 21st. The night was fun for me... I helped set up the candle game, and had the chance to talk to Deborah of is it Debra, who had a sprained ankle... The night then ended with me, Jing, Nigel, Yulan sleeping in the treehouse... :) Nice place to sleep, if I say so myself.
Day 2 started with PT, which sort of surprised me with the number of casualties. I ended up with a pretty good workout... dashing from area to area, and well, ending with Mr. Chad Goh himself conducting a decentralised cool down before the hike brief. After that, I went to watch a softball match, but ended up flaring at the last group who was there for the situational games. Though it was only a friendly, the way they refused to listen to the seniors who were nicely offering advice, the way they shouted at the red shirts across the "crowd", did nothing but piss me off to a point I couldn't take it and flared up at them... it was uncalled for, and well, I aplogised for that. After that, it was cheering where the red shirts pumped themselves and ended up crying... and then mass dance was pretty good... danced with Carene for friendship, and found their mass dance needing of polishing... but will they get it...? I wonder...
Then the hike. I joined Cygnus, Shikin and Cheok's group, and the elects with me were Jireh, Jared, Beertini, Elise, Andy and the ever thankful Britney.We had fun! Haha... we sang, we chatted, we competed... We had a lot of fun, and I really bonded with Cygnus pretty fast! Haha... then the sweets and the sugar cane juice I treated them to... well, it was worth it. Now I owe them ice cream! :S Haha... my group was first! Haha... yay! After that, we sat down and had dinner and chatted a lot a lot... before Mr. Goh gave everyone, including the seniors, a hamburger each before we all left to school. The seniors sat in Mr. Goh's lorry, and we sang lots of songs on the way back.
Reached back to school and I prepared to leave, though not until I saw the Elects going for toilet session, and it made me remember my own days... :) I left after that, albeit sadly... but I know that there's only so much time I could afford.
I followed up the next day back in Camp, and had 81 e-mails to clear... shocked is beyond explanations. Haha... but I tried my best to clear them all, which I did albeit with some effort, and then had to rush the CO Conference stuff... and of course, all the result tabulation and stuff like that... it was a headache all by itself. Of course, Thurs was slightly better as well... but nevertheless, I was happy on Thurs...
I met up with Lee Min, whom I have not met or called for the last 4 years, and she has a darling son! Haha.. he's totally adorable, and is so like his mother! Haha... I mean, after 5 mins of meeting, he wanted me to go everywhere with him already! Holding my hand, bringing me everywhere... and I carried him and walked all the way to Lot 1 Shopping Mall, and back... he's honestly adorable... haha... Of course, meeting my good friend from way back was probably what made the night so much more special... I didn't want to go back to camp! Hahaha...
Friday was the MR Parade for 321 SCE at Nee Soon Camp, albeit after CO Conference, which ended pretty early... 3 hours only... :) Yay...
Today... well, I'm fine... haha... driving was fun I guess... haha...
Well, I'm quite positive about the 23rd Council... I've seen some potentials, and some people who need brushing up... but it's like that for every council... they have to work out the kinks themselves, and along the way, perhaps... they'll bond and be a good council... It's always the bonds that make Council so much more special... I'm optimistic for them.
Nil Sine Labore...
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Dear Mandy...
I just returned from 60/05 OCC Commissioning Parade, and it was reminiscent of my Commissioning Parade... The parade though not like ours, but it was still same... impactful and meaningful... especially when they did the 14-1-2, I felt the same feeling I did when we did it... that euphoria and sense of achievement... I guess for me, that was the highlight of the parade... A synchronised movement, coordinated and in step, and yet, speaking of long ages ago, when war was fought with people standing in ranks and taking turns to fire... so many meanings inculcated into a single drill... it made me smile, thinking of everything... and of course, it didn't surprise me when Meng Siong cried... because, I know I cried for mine...
Commissioning is really a big deal for us... it signifies the fruition of 9 long months of training... and in those 9 months, we've toiled, sweat, laughed and cried, and in those months, we forged friendships, went through rough times, and made the most out of whatever moments we had... We could have been studying, we could have been training, we could have been finding time to just chat with each other... but in some weird sense, it all feels like yesterday... the smell of stale sweat, the cuts and bruises... the times of low morale and great excitement... they're memories to be kept... and one I shall not forget.
Along that journey, I encountered many things... I encountered a lost relationship, I encountered my juniors, but most of all, I encountered many revelations about myself that I had never seen before... and in some weird sense? I'm glad... haha... though I may not have seen them before, I'm glad I saw them now...
I'm an officer of the SAF. And I'm proud to be one, despite all the challenges that come my way, despite all the misgivings that I harbour... I know that this is an achievement that I'm glad to say I have.
To lead, To excel, To Overcome. OCS!
I just returned from 60/05 OCC Commissioning Parade, and it was reminiscent of my Commissioning Parade... The parade though not like ours, but it was still same... impactful and meaningful... especially when they did the 14-1-2, I felt the same feeling I did when we did it... that euphoria and sense of achievement... I guess for me, that was the highlight of the parade... A synchronised movement, coordinated and in step, and yet, speaking of long ages ago, when war was fought with people standing in ranks and taking turns to fire... so many meanings inculcated into a single drill... it made me smile, thinking of everything... and of course, it didn't surprise me when Meng Siong cried... because, I know I cried for mine...
Commissioning is really a big deal for us... it signifies the fruition of 9 long months of training... and in those 9 months, we've toiled, sweat, laughed and cried, and in those months, we forged friendships, went through rough times, and made the most out of whatever moments we had... We could have been studying, we could have been training, we could have been finding time to just chat with each other... but in some weird sense, it all feels like yesterday... the smell of stale sweat, the cuts and bruises... the times of low morale and great excitement... they're memories to be kept... and one I shall not forget.
Along that journey, I encountered many things... I encountered a lost relationship, I encountered my juniors, but most of all, I encountered many revelations about myself that I had never seen before... and in some weird sense? I'm glad... haha... though I may not have seen them before, I'm glad I saw them now...
I'm an officer of the SAF. And I'm proud to be one, despite all the challenges that come my way, despite all the misgivings that I harbour... I know that this is an achievement that I'm glad to say I have.
To lead, To excel, To Overcome. OCS!
Friday, March 10, 2006
Dear Mandy...
It's been a long week... and I seem to say the same of every week, but this week was seriously quite tedious... I mean it...
Lesson plans played the major highlight in this week's edition of life in the office... I mean, I got thrown a grand total of about 16 lesson plans to update, and I've hit the ALL TIME HIGH of updating 5O LESSON PLANS! Haha.. take that! Of course, then add on the fact that I had to find and update the ATP lesson plan within 1 hr! Haha... I'm pretty proud of my achievements with respect to less on plans lorz... even if it meant working until 11pm one night, and until 9pm for the other... :S
Of course, Lesson plans actually sparked an e-mail conference that resulted in some tensions being raised here and there... and well, with me stuck in between... and there was the other argument between another two parties... with me stuck in between again... I felt really unhappy, and very very uncomfortable... it was a horrible position to be... And one I know won't be the last... We're also currently in this huge revolutionary change, and though I know it'll be for the better of our unit, it is difficult. But I'm willing to give it a shot.
Then came that long chat with my boss again... and I'm glad that I have MAJ Lim as my boss. Haha... he's really very nice, and I know that I can go to him when I have any problems. I also got enlightened quite a fair bit after talking to him, and well, I'm honestly quite thankful I guess. I may be busy, overworked, but at the very least, I know that I'm quite happy where I am.
I need to clear my SOC soon. :) I wanna clear it fast. Haha... Then got one less problem on my hands... though range is really the most pressing problem for me...
Alright, over with my Army happenings... moving on to personal things...
I'm trying my best to not let things affect me, but in some funny way, it still does. I get sad and I wish I could tell her, but she's always busy... and then I realise that there's really no one else that I'd rather tell, so in the end, I just pent it back up inside of myself and make myself become really tired emotionally... sigh... But, I'm still optimistic. I'm happy to be her friend..
I'll be strong for her....
It's been a long week... and I seem to say the same of every week, but this week was seriously quite tedious... I mean it...
Lesson plans played the major highlight in this week's edition of life in the office... I mean, I got thrown a grand total of about 16 lesson plans to update, and I've hit the ALL TIME HIGH of updating 5O LESSON PLANS! Haha.. take that! Of course, then add on the fact that I had to find and update the ATP lesson plan within 1 hr! Haha... I'm pretty proud of my achievements with respect to less on plans lorz... even if it meant working until 11pm one night, and until 9pm for the other... :S
Of course, Lesson plans actually sparked an e-mail conference that resulted in some tensions being raised here and there... and well, with me stuck in between... and there was the other argument between another two parties... with me stuck in between again... I felt really unhappy, and very very uncomfortable... it was a horrible position to be... And one I know won't be the last... We're also currently in this huge revolutionary change, and though I know it'll be for the better of our unit, it is difficult. But I'm willing to give it a shot.
Then came that long chat with my boss again... and I'm glad that I have MAJ Lim as my boss. Haha... he's really very nice, and I know that I can go to him when I have any problems. I also got enlightened quite a fair bit after talking to him, and well, I'm honestly quite thankful I guess. I may be busy, overworked, but at the very least, I know that I'm quite happy where I am.
I need to clear my SOC soon. :) I wanna clear it fast. Haha... Then got one less problem on my hands... though range is really the most pressing problem for me...
Alright, over with my Army happenings... moving on to personal things...
I'm trying my best to not let things affect me, but in some funny way, it still does. I get sad and I wish I could tell her, but she's always busy... and then I realise that there's really no one else that I'd rather tell, so in the end, I just pent it back up inside of myself and make myself become really tired emotionally... sigh... But, I'm still optimistic. I'm happy to be her friend..
I'll be strong for her....
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Dear Mandy...
This week was been a relatively ok week, I think... apart from seeing my boss become quite upset with certain things, and a few weird happenings. in camp, things were slightly better... Thus, for the first time in a long time, I shall not write about camp...
On Wednesday, I went out with Kalyn... it was supposed to be dinner actually... we ended up shopping at Far East instead. Had dinner at this Japanese Restaurant at Far East before we took a bus home... the whole way through, we chatted about some things, the past... and also singing... haha... then walked her home... so yep. That was my Bn Nights' Out.
Friday... well, nothing very significant...
Today is Victorians' Day... and well, I had a blast... it felt so like old days... 19th was organising the event, and well, in the end, I helped them with the things.. shifting stocks, doing decor... so from 11am till 1400hrs, I was quite happy to help them. Then the event kick started, and I wondered if I should go back to VS to see Victorian's Day... in the end, I couldn't leave VJC, and I know I ought to be guilty, but thing was, I ended up being relieved instead... I could do mass dance, where people were greatly needed, and I could play floorball, because Jason added me into Sunshine team... and I could help out 19th with some things as and when they needed me... I felt more needed there, and in the end, I was happy with my choice.
I met so many 19th today... Chi Ching mommy, Wendy dear, Lauretta Xue Jie, Harminder, Harish, Kin Fei, Ervin, Pearlyn, Jiahuan, Stephanie, Edward, Izzati, Eugene, Ian Tan, Ian Cheng, Benjamin Tung, Weihan, Li Dan, Tan En and Sadu. And of course, my beloved council... Joanna, Sangeeta, Priya, Li Juan, Hui Zhi, Rachel, Sharon, Zahida, Melissa, Hui Yi, Amy, Jason, Edrei, Sanjay, Deepak, David, Sanjeewa... We were really... really. united... 19th and 20th... and of course, there was Yulan... the only 21st who appeared today...
I wondered...will we still be so committed to Council and VJC as we grow older... will we still be close friends? Or will we just be just like a leaf? Once its term is over, it falls to the ground, just to be blown away by the wind? I realised, that I walked away from VJC with a group of dependable, reliable friends... friends I know I can always rely on to be there... friends I trust so much... friends I treasure. I was happy today.
Nil Sine Labore.
This week was been a relatively ok week, I think... apart from seeing my boss become quite upset with certain things, and a few weird happenings. in camp, things were slightly better... Thus, for the first time in a long time, I shall not write about camp...
On Wednesday, I went out with Kalyn... it was supposed to be dinner actually... we ended up shopping at Far East instead. Had dinner at this Japanese Restaurant at Far East before we took a bus home... the whole way through, we chatted about some things, the past... and also singing... haha... then walked her home... so yep. That was my Bn Nights' Out.
Friday... well, nothing very significant...
Today is Victorians' Day... and well, I had a blast... it felt so like old days... 19th was organising the event, and well, in the end, I helped them with the things.. shifting stocks, doing decor... so from 11am till 1400hrs, I was quite happy to help them. Then the event kick started, and I wondered if I should go back to VS to see Victorian's Day... in the end, I couldn't leave VJC, and I know I ought to be guilty, but thing was, I ended up being relieved instead... I could do mass dance, where people were greatly needed, and I could play floorball, because Jason added me into Sunshine team... and I could help out 19th with some things as and when they needed me... I felt more needed there, and in the end, I was happy with my choice.
I met so many 19th today... Chi Ching mommy, Wendy dear, Lauretta Xue Jie, Harminder, Harish, Kin Fei, Ervin, Pearlyn, Jiahuan, Stephanie, Edward, Izzati, Eugene, Ian Tan, Ian Cheng, Benjamin Tung, Weihan, Li Dan, Tan En and Sadu. And of course, my beloved council... Joanna, Sangeeta, Priya, Li Juan, Hui Zhi, Rachel, Sharon, Zahida, Melissa, Hui Yi, Amy, Jason, Edrei, Sanjay, Deepak, David, Sanjeewa... We were really... really. united... 19th and 20th... and of course, there was Yulan... the only 21st who appeared today...
I wondered...will we still be so committed to Council and VJC as we grow older... will we still be close friends? Or will we just be just like a leaf? Once its term is over, it falls to the ground, just to be blown away by the wind? I realised, that I walked away from VJC with a group of dependable, reliable friends... friends I know I can always rely on to be there... friends I trust so much... friends I treasure. I was happy today.
Nil Sine Labore.
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