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Sunday, November 27, 2005

Another week of confinement

Am finally out. However, booking out was rather a sad story. It's hard to explain to you but all of us weren't really happy booking out tho we were confined for a period of two weeks.

Many were disunited becos of guard duty n immediately, we knew who were e selfish ones n how cruel the world could be. We pride ourselves in Ninja coy, but when it calls for self integrity, many failed. How sad...

It's been two weeks of torturous training. Many would haf commented that bmt should be easy cos it's not even a command school yet. Then again, in Ninja, many things are different. Not all will see, but to those who suffered, my hearts are with you...

Few of my section mates were ill n e morale of everyone were weak. As much as i've tried to keep my spirits high, its disappointing to see them not becos they could still push themselves. Our commanders were worse, not even a word of encouragement...instead, all e 'tekaning' was wad we got...We dun mind doing it for our mistakes, but to unreasonable circumstances, my PC was saying stuff tt he lost his trust in us...Rubbish!...it made me boiled so hard i wanted so much to throw words in his face tt our platoon were also not trusting him n disappointed in e managment.

Wadever. E vicious series of sad story will just rotate round n round cos he is just so inexperienced n slightly younger than us. Achieving Gold for my IPPT is my personal goal, tho im just so close to getting it, wad he said totally brought me down. I din't ask for any best in anything, all im asking for are e simple stuff just like anyone...We wanna be happy in our training, taking joy in our discipline, not just naggings n repeats when we already got e point! It's e lil things tt keeps me pleased...i dun need to be an IPPT Gold to please my commanders. Afterall, i dun even feel that u are fighting for me, cos its only to your attainment, not to my personal well-being. i dare not speak against him, all becos im bound to learning how to trust my authorities as God has placed them unto me.

All i can sae is, its another week to POP n we only haf one another to support thru another 7 days of hardship.

In God we trust.
vinchia watched a sunset at 1:59 PM


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Sunday, November 13, 2005

Endless Cough
Enough is enough. Cough till i got super fed-up. My body juz won't listen to me. I seeked private doc, took medicine, just when i was about to recover, i caught e cough back frm field camp n seekd the Medical Officer n started e 2nd course of medicine which totally dun work out n finally, decided to go A & E cos i'm seriously suspecting my lungs haf shrunk!
Thank goodness, SAF pays for e medical bills. I was superbly directive at getting my X-ray done. I don't care. I want it means i want it and immediately. I had enough coughing for e past 4 weeks which equates to 1 whole pathetic month! Wad was my body thinking about?!
Since it was my book out, i decided to make gd use of e time at night. Here's e schedule which was done n over:
-Phone booking for "Just like Heaven" movie x 1 ticket at 11.50pm on 12th Nov(must be tactical-A & E muz go wee morning,so muz seek entertainment first before hand. Yes, i watched it alone cos everyone was busy n i seriously wanted to watch it!!! I dun care, i remember wad my sec sch tcher asked us before-raise up ur hands if u dared to watch a movie alone. I did, nt becos i haf no friends, bt since they're all busy, i made sure my promise came true n did it independently. n guess wad? i got stuck Left, Right, Front n Back with couples surrounding me with such inferiority. I was stuck right centre-How was tt? hahaha...i din't care, i laughed n appreciated e sweet romance n comedy..aww..aniwae, Reese Witherspoon, e lead actress as Elizabeth is quite cute at certain angles..unlike westernized culture, i tink our boys are rather bores aft e show. How sweet can Mark Ruffalo be when he stole a photo of Elizabeth in e hospital n kept it when he knew he wld nv get a chance to meet her again?)
-Met Kenny at Central Coffee Bean @ 1.40am(he said mac, went there, found all beng kias all there. i bet he's scared, then run to coffee bean..haha..joking only..anw,he offered to accompany me to A&E at CGH..he wanted to accompany me for e show, bt i insisted he study..which was gd larz..)
-Delivered groceries to Pasir at about 2am(kenny drove my dad's car...not bad, skill was there)
-Drove down to CGH A & E(i argued wif e female doc..cos she sounded like i'm stupid..medical terms how i understand right?if i seek my MO n it helps, obviously i wun appear in A & E when i obviously noe its for e more serious cases right?if i cough for 4 weeks n 2 weeks was with blood on n off, not serious enuff is it? sigh...sometimes, i wish doctors could love me more...where is e love?!?)
-Went for X-ray(felt so shy..a rather decent looking nurse attended to me..suddenly i felt some love, then when i tot about e earlier doc, i told myself about wad my OC told me-"the world is cruel, man(ppl) are selfish". So, i developed dis bitterness agnst medical professionals cos they aren't really professional when it involves e patients. E privated doc, Medical Officer n previously mentioned doc were meanies. Ok ok, at least e nurse was nice...so nt so bad..)
-Results weren't fantastic(a small portion of e left lungs was affected.dun ask me wad,she explained it like i was some french doc frm pakistan.Kenny said i shld grab her n whack. Let me explain...same thing, it was nasal backdrop. now, another portion of my nasal is swollen. For e lungs, i needed e antibiotics. Once my backdrop is healed, my lungs shld heal. Dunno true not..wadever..wad can i do except to trust my alien doc right?right.)
-Went simpang for 'supper'(wadever it is, by e time we finish, was about 5am liao.u can consider it breakfast.Kenny's maggi goreng din't come with daging n my mee hoon goreng became mee goreng.was our english not indian enuff?where is e love?!haha..bt we're coolz wif it..had a great time catching up)
-Kenny drove e car back to his place
-I drove back to caltex to pump petrol(full tank n i paid it using my $$$. cos dad doesn't haf much $$$ animore n it's e least i could do
-Withdrew $50 for dad's use
-Drove back home
-Swept e gate floor clean frm leaves
-Cleared up e neighbour's cat droppings n urine(ill slaughter tt cat one dae if it does it again at our place. Its e XXX times it did it!Arghz...pls, stop IT!aniwae, i haf no hates for animalz.)
-Had a slow n great bath
-Took my 3rd course of medication(food was main course, tablets n capsults were my sides)
-Seated down comfortably writing dis n ending it at about 8.30am i guess
-Next up-One more chance VCD(cant believe mum bought it.bit lame.wadever,i juz want to watch it anyway)
N i realized, how important my family was to me when i laughed at jokes wif my mum n dad. They're getting old, n i love them lotz. Staying home for dinner was a right choice than heading down orchard. Sorry guys!
Juz another plain simple boi dancing away in e world of his ways......
vinchia watched a sunset at 7:55 AM


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Saturday, November 12, 2005

Dis marked another week with Ninja company out in the field. We spent 7 days out in e field, playing wif e insects, chasing dogs, fertilizing e soil, crushing e ants and dig with e dirt. Nevertheless, it was almost 'hell' from e commanders. Every soldier in Ninja coy(short for company) suffered under heavy stress, especially Ninja 3, cos we're well known for tekan.

Every day, we feared e nite tekan. When platoon 1, 2 and 4 are all asleep, we're falling in with Full Battle Order, then ran back to basha to keep. Followed by falling in and tekan wif all e push-ups n etc. Afterwhich, ran back to basha to retrieve e field pack and back to fall in area which is all muddy and dirty(we can't be bothered wif all e filth cos our mind have reached an optimum where e body juz shuts off). Then we have to take out all e belongings and put back n take out and put back n so on...

Every nite before we slp, we feared e day. E same vicious cycle carried on, n dis is e training style of Ninja. Refelecting back, if it wasn't for e brothers whom we supported arm in arm, i guess we would have be broken entirely-physically,mentally n emotionally.

In e past 7 days, it was quite emo. Everyone felt it, one by one, they came asking me if im alright...i am, just tt i'm sick on e very 2nd day onwards. Even if im not, im also not those kind who would talk abt it. I was rather demoralized by e affliction on my body tt i cannot take it any further becos i cannot concentrate on e training. Even my section commander keep asking me. I got a prob wif my platton commander, he keep giving me impression like im so so weak. In e end, my anger simply turned into disappointment in despair. Yet, i still haf to keep faith in wad God wanted us to trust, follow and pray for our authority. So ironic!

Faithfully i prayed, bt there wasn't any healing. In fact, it got worse. on e third day, i fell wif fever. Like da, we nv wanted to be defeated by illness. So, i declined frm reporting sick thinking things wld be fine aft prayer. i got really disappointed wif God, cos He knew how much i wanted to train in e field wif e rest. However, wif all e affliction, i could almost do nothing...somehow inside, He was impressing smth tt i cannot infer, even till dis date...

Come fourth day, my temp went up to 39 degrees when i woke up 0440hrs in my basha feeling overly hot. i suspect tonsilitis. e temp could be felt over my uniform. Sadly, i woke my buddy up, ask him to feel my forehead n he insisted i shld seek e Medical Officer immediately. Nevertheless, i caught back e cough frm e mass and my world was totally devastated. Too much a hassle, e tonner(e big green army truck 4 information) have to deliver me back from outfield back to company line n then still got to bath(while my buddies cant!which is superbly unfair) then still got to march to medical centre.

I hate e feeling of reporting sick. In e end, something inside impressed i should. So i did aft many buddies advised tt i must. Guess wad? when i did, there were some others who are also reporting sick bt noeing tt they trying to 'chao keng'(escape harsh training). So, e commanders were having impressions we're all weak. Tts when e feelings came in...

Aft all e 4 hrs of waiting at e medical centre, i got to see e Medical Officer and was out of e room in no longer than 20 secs. Yes, 20 secs. Dun doubt it. Outrageous. I couldn't do anything. Afterall, no empowerment, im just another 'chao'(pathetic) recruit. My status was Attend B for three days, so i couldn't participate anymore than just observing them and doing all e 'sai kang'(shit work). In e SAF, shit work=Fatigue Work. Sounds gd rite? Juz a cover up...So, instead of traning hard wif my buddies, i was at e company line plucking MOSS on e road n e sides. Totally demoralizing right? Wad kind of soldier was tt who dun train bt pluck grass? Was God impressing humility to me? I've got no choice. So be it. Anger turned silence.

On e last night, OC sir received another complain call n was whacked all over n stressed out by e army authority n so on. He sincerely seeked for e recruit to own up so he can settle e prob bt no one did. It was my first time where i felt for him when we realized his grandfather was in hospital n his gf is also complaining(gf can b quite irritatin sometimes). Everyone have their own sets of difficulties, sad stories and i understood his standing.

For e entire night, he sat there, staring into blank space. When e rest of e commanders lit up e solid fuels n created a 'camp fire', he stood just there n stared at e flames. They created some jokes, i could barely see him smile. But when he did, e feeling of gladness overcame me. I dunno why, OC sir is a man of discipline n harsh training. He is indeed capable of anything to crush recruits, bt to take a step to reflect, he is human afterall. His other side is where e 'chao' recruits will nv comprehend.

We had our last night of talents in e open reclaimed land, we sang, we laughed, we appreciated all e hardwork n efforts we gave to overcome e 7 days. When i was in e bunk n e rest came back all dirtied in e Fri afternoon, i had so much sense of belonging when they asked where was i n they missed my presence. Tt was when i realized im accepted once more...

n we're all chao recruits again.
vinchia watched a sunset at 1:30 PM


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Friday, November 04, 2005

Night of movie n poor dada's leg

on our way to watch 'e exorcism of emily rose'..we guys simply rock! Posted by Picasa
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man eating cannibal Posted by Picasa
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nothing won..lost of $$$! Posted by Picasa
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we're trying hard to win e black ipod nano Posted by Picasa
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awwwww...buddies buddies.. Posted by Picasa
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try harder qi zhi.. Posted by Picasa
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he is e man whom we've been finding..dis guy licks his elbow!..eeeeeewww.. Posted by Picasa
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robin n his super long toungue Posted by Picasa
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wads e mission plan for book in? Posted by Picasa
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two er xin big men acting ku niang..haha.. Posted by Picasa
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cupnoodles for resupply Posted by Picasa
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section movement...n matt is really rudez! Posted by Picasa
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he ain't likin no camera.. Posted by Picasa
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band of brothers!...man in white is vic!.. Posted by Picasa
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matt surrendering to his army items... Posted by Picasa
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tts matthews..wif e 's'...hip hop guy.. Posted by Picasa
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frm left to right, robin, qi zhi n jackson..lunchin at beach road..they're all my platoon n section mates Posted by Picasa
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bros are all alike, i did e same thing too!..arghz..pai sehz.. Posted by Picasa
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aft e visit to A&E in e wee morn, he slept w/o taking out e sticker..awww... Posted by Picasa
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he sleeps soooooo soundly...if only i push him a lil more outwards..*evil evil.. Posted by Picasa
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da had his injury on e shin area..was bleeding rather badlyPosted by Picasa

E very mon night when i book out, went immediately back home n then to see e doctor. There wasn't a moment to wait, i was coughin for nearly two weeks wif traces of blood on n off. Cannot really take it, so my first one thing to do was to consult e man in white. Then later in e night, da's gonna come Siglap..of all sudden, he fell n injured his leg n shin area quite badly. We got him to A&E much later in e following wee morning. To accompany a person means u care...so i did my lil part..=) hope ur recovering well broz!

n e sad story was, i cough like mad n da's doctor was instead, looking several times at me to keep a lookout if im anyway, not holding any longer..haha..wad a joke..

e tues night was plaza sing n weds for section mates n movies. Manz, we couldn't win e ipod nano! Wad a waste!...in e end, we realized we were hook all juz because matt won his nano with just $6...if only matt din tell us his story!!...

Anyway, army has been soooooooooooo tough n yet fun. Snapshots at a glance:
-sergeant turnout on us n stole one of our bunk mate's rifle
-yong hao was feeling so terrible becos we were knocked down while e sergeant dun allow him to
-Almost got IPPT Gold but was 3 secs behind frm e running time. Gold standard is 9.44 mins n below while i got 9.47..arghz!i ran wif all my coughs n my officer was disappointed wif me n refuse to talk to me...i felt so cheated...bt anyway, wadever...
-Sit ups=58, Shuttles=10.0secs, Standing broad jump=150, pull ups=12...was a gd start...
-upcoming outfield for an entire week
-Someone kicked our Officer Commanding aloe vera n it broke. He got e whole company back to coy line n made us do push-ups n 200 jumping jags. at 110, someone fainted with e exhaustion
-did Standard Obstacle Course n sprained my 4th finger by jamming it inwards with my legs..(ouch!)
-almost fell off e jacobs ladder becos my sergeant was askin wad i had for lunch when i reached e apex
-did guard duty all just becos i sign out of the box for malaria pills(bt had a great time talking to wee long e whole nite)
-of course, we're bunched up all tog n we always haf topics to talk about...like gfs, past relationships, uncertainity, worries, fears, expectations n last bt not least, guys!haha..we're not gays, bt there isn't really much to talk about gals in a army camp rite?!

wadever it is, im havin loads of fun...tho' its tough tough n tough, as long u haf ur buddies to stand in n offer support, there's really nothing much to be worried about..whether or not NS is a positive experience, it is up to you to hold n create...i dun really bother wad others have to sae...hahaha...guys, take great care...i might not haf opportunities to attend chr, juz when i miss u all, pls rmb me in ur prayers!

May e Lord bless u all...
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The incidence of Plaza Sing

e simplicity of e brethren fellowship Posted by Picasa
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e bdae girl was minz! Posted by Picasa
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cheeky at his secret shots.. Posted by Picasa
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caught ya peeping at someone!.. Posted by Picasa
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My Memories


My lil princess


n my luv..


we r brudders


countless battle


we are for life

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On Sundays we ran...
-Alvin Chia
-Chia Yanda
-Jeremy Poon
-Charity Tan
-Carol Tan
-Rachel Kee
Perhaps one day we'll relive that adventure



Matt 11:12~...until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.