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Departure

Hey guys... Not really feeling up to doing much nowadays while at home. Mostly waiting for my file converting software and playing a little dota here and there. Being home for only a short amount of time, and being really really busy is draining quite a lot from me. Thinking of just spending some time at home myself soon, not going out at all for anything. SYC Christmas Party yesterday was good, but tiring cos of the early reveille time in the morning, boring theory lessons after, and the late afternoon book out. No energy... Managed to get some Christmas presents for some people, hope you guys like them. Thursday was a pretty good day thanks to the service. It did make me a bit more happier, remembering that the greatest gift was given to me on that very day many years ago. Back to Sembawang Camp... Have an important test on tuesday, and really want to pass it on the first attempt (though the passing rate is very very low). But whatever happens happens. See you all on New Years Eve.

Death's Face

321 days to ORD! It may seem kinda redundant to count down day by day, but to us ns people it really means a lot. And considering the speed that everything is passing by... It may help us feel a lot better. Apologies to all... Doesn't feel like Christmas to me at all. Yup there are parties being thrown here and there, theres a church service to attend. But I'm totally not in the mood. I couldn't even get a chance to get decent presents for anyone. You could even say I didn't even take any initiative to do so. I could give a couple of excuses saying I've got little time cos of book in timings and such, but the fact is I could've just rushed out one of the days and just bought some simple gifts of chocolates from west mall or something. This time, money isn't the issue, I'm just not feeling like it. *** Went to my mom's side aunt's funeral. Liver cancer. Yeah, thats what took her. For the first time in a long time I felt a tinge of sadness. NS kind

B or O?

Somethings been bothering me... But its pretty trivial hahaha. Is my blood type B, or O? Since young my blood type's been registered as B, since both my parents are B, but recently I've come to realise that maybe its not that straightforward... After all, after my pre ns check, the blood type on my 11B has come to be registered as O+. I thought that was a typo, but didn't say anything. Recently I went to donate blood, and a letter came back to me, telling me my blood type is O as well. Eh??? It took me 19 years to discover my true blood type? So what is my blood type? Really curious about it. Maybe I'll go for a check or something. This incident has led me to do some research on blood type personalities, as skeptical I was about it. Here is what I found. O type person is characterized by three key words: assertiveness, companionship, and concentration. B type person is characterized by three key words: flexibility, independence, and absorption in his interest. And so...

Heart Pressed, Still Beating

400th post! 11 months to ORDDDDD! (Congrats to aniki who just ORDed =)) The previous week's been difficult... Into my first official week of driving course, and as predicted, the only tough part about it is the instructors scolding you all the time, and thats the part where the day seems especially long. Theory, parking and simulator lessons are pretty easy. So far I've passed my highway code and landrover assessments, which certify me to drive on public roads... Next tuesday you may see me around the east of Singapore driving lol. Accomodation, food and the quality of facilities here seem pretty poor in comparison to Stagmont camp... To think that so many people in Stagmont are complaining about the food. From now on I'll select very good everytime a food survey turns up back at Stagmont camp. *** YM Camp... Well, initially because of driving course I didn't want to go at all. Cos it would mean instantly coming for camp after book out, as well as booking in later in th

Signaller Driver

Next post is the 400th! Well... Don't have any time on my hands at all at this point of time. Its gonna be a hectic couple of weeks for me, with little time for me to spend with myself, let alone others. I guess I'll make the next post a big one since it'll be 400, but please bear with me, because it'll take more than a week or so to come up with it given my tight schedule. Ok so I'm going to driving course soon. Honestly I was quite pleased when I was initially chosen (although by right there are other more suitable candidates). But as the date of the course drew closer and closer I realised that the bond that I've built with my friends in camp was way too strong. I couldn't bear to leave, that plus my hate of change made the last few days in Stagmont kinda sad and unbearable. Now that I've left... It feels that a part of me still is there. Of course the bonus from all that is I'll be able to attend every YE session (not that theres much of em at th

Onsen

Ahh... Back from Japan. Well, didn't take many pics cos my phone always runs out of batt too fast. So the next post will be a pictured one to let you guys see all the cool stuff in Hokkaido. Mostly went there to eat eat eat eat and eat. Play a bit, onsen a bit, shop a bit, and see the scenery. Thats almost about everything I did. Covered quite a portion of Hokkaido including Chitose, Sapporo, Asahikawa, Biei, Sounkyo, Noboribetsu, Jigokudani, Furano. At least thats what the itinerary said. But I think we didn't go to Sounkyo because of the cold... Night time in Japan starts at 4:30pm in the afternoon, a bit weird huh. In terms of jap... I could read most of the things I saw except for kanji, but some times I didn't understand what I read uh. The most commonly seen kind of japanese used would be katakana, which I learnt just in time before the trip. I managed to translate some stuff such as flavors of ice cream, chocolate, curry, ramen etc lol. All in all it was a great lear