before i begin...happy CNY everybody! its abit late...but there's theoretically 15 days in chinese new year celebrations rite?
had a pretty normal CNY this year...the usual gatherings at only 2 places : my paternal aunt's house and my grandma's house. this year, however, marks a new trend cos my grandma happens to live on the 6th floor, my mother's sister lives on the 7th floor, i live on the 16th floor.makes visiting alot easier eh? haha.
didn't know my family (extended one..) has so many army connections. my cousin (song jie) is a 3rd SGT, my father and his elder brother were both army officers, another cousin's (hui qing) husband was a commando (darn...he can still do 20 pull ups and says his 2.4km timing is still 8min plus...kao!) and another cousin's fiance is a commando officer! ah!! pressure sia..haha.things i dont wanna know when i'm in army...since this gives me the added pressure of making the grade (atleast OCS la..)
speaking of making the grade, i've more or less decided on the naval officer thing.the interview went quite well (the recruitment officer asked me if i spoke to my dad about signing on, and told me to discuss with my dad about the possibility of signing on...) and its a definite new challenge. and the thing is...they pay me while i'm studying, and they provide me with a career full of challenges and full of excitement.better still...i get to tell others that i'm an officer with the navy..how cool is that?
but first...i gotta go thru BMT. i had easily the worst week of my life 2 weeks ago. how bad can a week be if u ended up chalking 3 extra duties and a confinement in jus 6 days ?! in case u guys dunno, i misfired in the live range (i shall not repeat my story here...) and my signature accidently tough the line of the box slightly, and i caught my sgt stealing my rifle but still too late to stop him.how fun can it be?
now i know why they said the army will turn boys into men.how often will u be given mags of live rounds without the supervision of adults...cos u are theoretically a young adult? with as much as 9 mags at one go, any1 in the company can turn crazy and start shooting everyone else, and yet there's no supervision of any sort.while doing guard duty, i was given 5 live rounds and told that i can discharge the rounds as and when i deem necessary (according to the ROE standard la).haha...that's like telling me "own time own target" sia...the burden of responsibility is enuf to make any joker serious.
this few days outside tekong made me realise how fast time flies.used to dread the minutes i spend in tekong cos time flies so slowly i swear an hour feels like an entire day sometimes. but outside in civilian life, i can't seem to enjoy enuf.haha.army also made me realise how important friends are..as cliche as it sounds, nothing beats meeting up with friends.that's y i can't wait to meet up with the 09 guys, and if possible the 4G guys. met the 043 peepz yesterday...though we didn't say much, i actually felt happy jus to meet them. their mere presence is enough to brighten up the day sia..haha.this is how much i miss some ppl, n the same can probably be said abt the sb team. things i'll do to be a civilian again...
in a couple of hours time, i'll be booking back into tekong to start the awfully terrifying thing called field camp.from what i heard...those 7 days i'll be spending in the forest will be the worst i'll experience for quite some time.can't wait sia...think this is as good a time as ever to finally put in a foot for the OCS spots.kennard said one thing right though...i cannot be the joker all the time.its alright to make ppl laugh and stuff, but to be deemed a clown is certainly not good.so i guess this is my best chance to change that perception.hope i can live up to it, though..definitely hope so.
been spending way too much $ lately...jus realised i spent over $400 is this period la..haha.can't really put my finger down on what i spent on...but the number enough is terrifying.guess i really need someone to help me manage my accounts sia.haha..gotta start saving up if i wanna buy a new phone and learn how to drive!!
oh well...nothing much to say already...since i've told and retold my stories so many times these few days i can't be bothered to repeat them here.mayb if u guys are really interested to hear stories..i'll tell u guys when i see u face to face la ya? now all i hope is to be a 10-fighter and a contender for the OCS spot...and to make it to the navy sia.haha..and ofcos...make it out of field camp alive! so wish me luck, i guess...cya peepz! peace~!

ps. have been a long time since i last talked to a girl on the phone...and i most certainly didn't think you'll go on talking when i called.but i guessed wrong? didn't know we could talk till 420am sia.haha..but sadly, we will only end up being friends n nothing more...rite?gues u r right la..can't possibly expect anything more i gues.