Saturday, February 23, 2008

LUCK

hello hello. im back from another week of =).

main happenings.
-slack
-slack
-slack
-live grenade throw
-luck
-eat eat eat
-rat raid
-nite punishment
yay. recently i duno y the week has been so slack. from after lunch we are like basically slacking for eternalty.. damN SHIOK. haha. so there was once. my platoon mates & i had to pluck weeds.. Combat Fit enhanced leadership soldiers plucking weeds. how cool. haha kk main point, i was plucking plucking den i saw a weird & small green thingy. i plucked it out & thot "wow. a 4-leaf clover". haha so i touched it, made a wish, & threw it away..

after tt i went back to my bunk to slack mroe & my platoon mates had to do some shitty jobs like rearranging the storeroom. AFTER THAT, they went upstairs & asked for a switch over, so i went down to continue their shitty job.
AFTER AWHILE, the sergeant came in & asked "y so little ppl in here" den he walked out & called for the wHOLE PLATOON to come down. i guess THEY moved abit slower den THEY kena pumped alot alot alot. =) while they are getting pumpings, i was slacking in the storeroom =D

L-U-C-K

nth much to tok abt live grenade throwing. as the name suggests, WE THREW REAL grenades. ok tts all.

rat raid. lOl my fren found a rat in our bunk & like 20+ ppl were chasing it ard the room. a rat which is oni like abt 10cm+ lol dumb shit. the rat was caught & it looked damn cute. so cute tt we named it "Thermis" & tried to keep it as a pet. BUT IT WAS ERADICATED SOON BY OUR SERGEANT.=.= HE REALLI DONT RESPECT LIFE

nite punishment was cool. ppl failed to turn off their lights after lights out & every1 kena screwed inside out. pumpings, alternate leg thrusts, flutter kicks etc etc..=D ppl were like moaning, verge of tears, screaming in pain, while i was luffing. cuz it is realli damn funny if u were there, lol i nv thot i wld be able to see that in reality lOL.

Friday, February 08, 2008

TOTALLY OWNED

=.= sux! lol went out wif my frens ytd... TO THE PUB! haha well it kinda sux for mi cuz i realli cant speak & whenever i try to speak, my throat will hurt as tho it was pierced by a katana! zz so yea. tts abt it.lol

kk ytd was kinda weird thing cuz asked alot of ppl out & many rejected mi. =( luckily enuf, 8 ppl went there together! haha quite a crowd=) well for a despo monster who was jus released frm tekong jail ( ME) was quite happy to step out to look at all diff kind of human beings roaming in the outside world which cant be seen in tekong. hmm does it seem hard to understand? nvm putting it simply, was enjoying myself looking at ppl of the opposite gender=) sounds perv!

okok so went to the pub after alot of weird thingy happening like seeing fireworks. haha didn expect to see 1 tho. but the sight of it realli brightens up my day! when we reach clark quay, we found out tt there is free admission to ARENA. haha so we went in to check things out. =/ quite disappointing tho, cuz every1 was jus sitting down & listening to songs. no 1 is dancing. yea so we went out soon after.

went to candy bar & ordered some tequila thingy lol. at 1st there are 7 of us. & opp our table, theres a grp of angmoh women who is like so high=.= lol they are like dancing in the pub.=.= lol weird huh. had quite abit of foto-taking & shaking den smth bad happened. i cant reali remb wad happend. LOL cuz i kept on drinking drinking drinking drinking.my brain went fuzzy & fuzzy. by the time junhui came & i went wif LK & CJ to pick him up, my mind was already owned.lol. tt was the time when i knew tt i DRANK BEYOND THE POINT OF SOBER. lOL. w8w8. its not like i got so drunk tt i forgot everything ok. i still remb. jus tt at tt pt of time, my brain was realli fuzzy & i doubt tt i can walk straight. lol.

kk so after picking jhui up, i bought nissin cup noodles. lol. after eating we returned to tt candi bar. i oni remb, i went in & fell asleep.. lol after tt when they are leaving, i seriously went to PUKE. PUKE PUKE PUKE=.= was totally owned by alcohol. lol. w8 w8 i seriously not tt drunk, i still remb wad happened ok! lol we walked to a bus stop & took NR. after tt jhui woke mi up & he sent a drunkard home. yea. we alighted at the bus stop near the petrol kiosk. SEE I STILL REMB. TT MEANS IM NOT TOTALLY DRUNK. I JUS FEEL FUZZY & NAUSEOUS YTD.!

okok went home & changed. slept w/o bathing. loL woke up @ 8+ and went to see doctor immediately.. lol my throat.. totally owned. yea hope i will get better soon enuf.

Thursday, February 07, 2008

owned.

=.= totallly owned. had a soft sissy voice to begin wif & now its gone as well.=.= screw the sore throat and regular coughing. lol now i noe how it feels to lose ur voice.

=/ originally wanted to go out wif my frens but the fact tt no voice come out from my mouth turned mi off totally cuz i will jus walk ard like a dumb person who duno how to use hand signals too. GRR SUX SUX SUX! to add on to it, my mum kept on shouting to mi to ask mi this ask mi that from this part of the house to another. totally irritating cuz she noes i cant tok now & she still keep on doing it.=.=

So i jus slept for very long todae to recharge this tired body after tt field camp tt owned mi totally lol. didn realize the tiredness of my body until i actually reached home to sleeeeeppPPP

grr plz gimme back my voice soon & i promise to use less vulgarities in future!

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

hello

hello. i m back! hmm its been a month or so i guess but well. im jus lazy to update since i am not realli allowed to tok abt military secrets like "how a recruit's life is like"

well only thing i can sae is its quite tiring & the schedules are quite tight. ur whole military life is oready pre-planned for u nicely by the higher-ups & u jus haf to do them w/o questioning. haha

yea back frm field camp & is seriously super tired. lol hmm i guess i didn use my brain for too long until i didn realli noe wad to write so, jus 1 word of advice for a males.

- Dont worry when u go into the army nxt time, ur life is oready planned nicely, jus go according to the flow & nth will go wrong =)

5more weeks to POP! lol

Friday, January 11, 2008

D-Day

ok. its D-Day today =)

lol i tot i will be cool abt this lame day cuz im oready "mentally prepared". but in the end im still abit =/ lol. cldn realli slp well last night & i oso duno wad im thinking abt=.= lol so lets hope i can blend in to the crowd later on & 2 weeks will ZOOM past!

hope tt naruto & bleach will come out b4 7am... if not i will be so damn emo later cuz i cant wait to see the nxt episode! =.=

Thursday, January 10, 2008

dinner.

yea its a dinner wif the odac ppl. haha didn see many of them for so super long & i realli enjoyed their company lol=.= sounds dumb.
okay had dinner at cafe cartel which is quite good ( not too good for the wallet tho) haha. enjoyed the food & the battle between siewhuai & Junhui. loL comical. yea so after tt went pool.=.= i still super sucked at it tho. but nvm. its ok. i dun haf talent so wad. haha oh i wanna thank jhui again for luffing & mocking mi when i play pool LOL thank u v much.! haha well after tml i will no longer be a civilian =/ will miss my family & eevery1 else but yea. SO WHAT MAN.
the world wun stop revolving w/o mi so who cares haha
okok reached home 2am last nite. had a little chat wif daniao & hj & mhao. its rather weird tho. for guys to chat till so late wherby the contents are so insignificant=.= even tho the trend is still the same =) : when guys get together & chat. they will most likely drift to something perverted. haha

yea tts abt all cuz i realli cant remb much abt ytd liao loL=/ will blog again tml. abt my last days as a bOy. lOL

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Devil.

yay. im back from another gay party.! this 1 is less gay but the fun is the same!. hhaha. hmm so it started wif some dinner at some fish & chip place in town. lol. there was this guy servicing at the stall saying "byEeee~~" to 2 female customers in such a cutee~~~~~~ way. some may even use the word *****( hint: something which is very sharp tt grows on top of the head of a bull)
yea so i felt tt i shld try learning such cute way of saying bye too so i repeated after him, "byEeeeEeee~~" den i saw him walking right bhind mi. den he said alot alot alot alot of spanish-like english (simply cuz i cant comprehend his profound english). yea so i replied "oOooohhhh ok." ya den he went back doing his work. =D

nth much. lol

ok so was some crap here & there den we squeezed up the super squeezy 190 to go home. =.= the 190 is simply. crampy. i cant even move much & i had to remain in a super awkward manner but.. i like....... LOL nah jk. jus very weird during the bus ride lo.

KKK so we reached the desinated house. cool. vodka vodka vodka. wad more can we ask for. lol duno y they ki siao drink so much at 1st=.= think cuz its free ba. tt s y they keep drinking even when their faces were oready red like =D lol some special case tho, -> emo. hhaa

kk so i didn drank much & i slacked ard waiting for time to slip by like this. =/ Medal Of Honour, mahjong here & there, slack, stone....eat noodle. tts all for the thoning sessioN! lol

im reborn wif my bad personalities. beware.. since it doesnt pays to be kind, y not jus enjoy wad i like to do! hmm.

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

countdown: 11 days

lets talk abt the new yr eve. haha
its xh bday! & i went to get some stuff for him personally.. haiz its nth nice tho.. no $$=.= ok so after tt CJ7 wrapped tt present for mi & =) dun think xh likes it but nvm lol. at least i bought smth. haha
ok so after tt went to meet them. tot it was 530. den mhan told mi its changed to 6pm.=.= so being very bored, i took the LRT & went 1 round frm cck to cck. =D when i got off, its 6 =D jus nice! haha.
so the ppl who went were : Xinhao, ShengWei, Minhan, Chaoyi, Daniao, Linkang, Sean, Angsiang, Kangwei, Enqi, Alvin, & later joined minghao + his lil bro. Serious case man. its a Xh's frens' all stars! its cool tho. haha so we went to MOS to eat & after tt they went MOS to dance. lol. being introverts, some didn go & decided to drink instead.haha
initially wanted to get into a pub, but most weere full, too bad then, went beside the river to booze-.- heh heh. got high after drinking some shit & became very random lol. guess tts wad alcohol does to our mind eh? haha
so very good, we sat at a place wherby we can hear the fireworks, but we cant see them. lol! crapped alot & went back home soon after.. haha den sm1 vomited(into a plastic bag) while sitting in an MRT. weird huh? haa

Friday, December 28, 2007

the EPILOGUE

wee today marks the end of MANY THINGS! i jus realize! lol.

todae i worked for the last day & am gg get the dumb pay onli at 7th jan =/ which means i dun realli haf many days to spend =/..
tt place aint realli nice to work in but, human haf feelings, especially mi. LOL ya will prolly miss tt place abit... the ppl i met there.. the things i did.. everything.. haha =.=
ok not realli in the mood to blog abt long cowcraps but yea. i will miss everything which ended todae..


hmm i guess its time i put down my pen. oops right.. i need a title for the next book...lets see.... ah! hmm w8 i still need sometime to find a new character to write about....

Monday, December 24, 2007

christmas + christmas eve.

okay~! have been out v often recently & spent alot of MONEY duno FOR WAD?!=.= i dug out my savings & its still nt enuf! =.= its only tues & im oready flat. zZ

yea so went out wif tt gay-ass grp to do some gay-ass stuffs during christmas eve.
went to dine at cafe cartel! 1st time there lol. the food tastes rather gd? lol i cant realli taste much cuz i keep sneezing. the onli remarkable stuff there is the waiting time for the food... its coOL! its abt 1hr + ! lol aiya cant blame too. its CHRISTMAS eve =/

after tt went to buy some bEEr. ( NOT MY IDEA THX) which costs like bombs. luckily the 50% off sushi brightened up my day as i bought like ALOT ALOT ALOT of sushi for $3.65. haha

oK. SO THE GAY PARTY STARTED at KW hse. we watched some prison show by the rock. haha its nice tho.. but it feels rather weird to watch it wif a bunch of guys at tt kind of time. lol almost fell asleep but. ITS REAL NICE!.

we watch watch watch until christmas came. we didn realli care abt it tho. we were more interested in how the Rock play football.
it is followed by gay-ass cookie making. its SUPER weird for guys to make cookie at tt hour... SERIOUSLY=.= lol but tried to make it anw. at the final step.. the HEATing part. Kw's oven can onli go to 100+ degree celcius b4 it "POP". too bad.. the cookie doughs haf to go sun-tanning in the oven & didn get a chance to be cooked=.=

yea nvm.. played indian poker later & realli had loads of luff.. =D the forfeits are realli GAY!. well fell asleep after losing a few rounds of chinese chess.

its quite an enjoyable day & few words could sum up how i feel: FUN. GAY. CRAZY!

anw.. finally. i wanna dedicated some thx to thyechuan who told mi LOADS of stuffs in army to better prepare mi for the future! and to i wish all the best to every1 including the.....

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Alvin Kok Wei Jie =)

christmas + christmas eve.

Friday, December 14, 2007

WORK

yeepee~ todae i guess its the 1st time ever i love my work lol. usually my job is a fly-whacker but todae, i seriously feel tt im working in the cafe.lol!=)

kk so at 1st im rather free cuz there are nth much gg on..yea so took some pics when my "boss"
werent looking.! =) lol cant imagine wad he will do if he sees it! =p


-my new found fren "ah kim Goo" who stands beside mi (beside the counter) everyday i talk to him quite frequently when there is nth to do! lol

-a very nice "Royal Truffle chocolate cake" lol ROYAL leh! hhaa a wicked cool angmoh came in to buy this thingy & i accidentally topple tt slice of cake & i keep apologizing. lol but hes nice he said nvm=) yea so tt particular slice of cake bcame my dinner =) IT TASTES SERIOUSLY GOOD!

-OKok SO after tt, i made sandwiches. it was my 1st time tho. lol but yea guess which 1 is i make 1...... =.=

erpx so after tt the event started & many ppl start coming in..den i started working like a cow=/ lol made alot of milo. & seriously, i dun even haf time to go toilet=.= or rest. i hafta serve drinks, take orders, calculate the costs of the event, break & make ice, clear the tables & duno wad more.lol

im happy tho, dunno y. i jus hate sitting there and stoning. loL perhaps this is a symtomp. a sign, tt im a workaholic=/ lol


-pls leave a tag =)

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

rainy tuesday

=\ went to work wif abit of burning passion in the morning. cuz i woke up at 5 todae to blog=) den after tt, went work! lol w8 w8. i literally saw, a LOCK, ON THE BAG!.
i was on the verge of luffin out even tho im alone wif a bunch of strangers in the train. but i only heard abt the wonderful tales of how ppl lock their backpack but haf nv ever seen 1. im so proud tt i actually saw a LIVE "LOCK ON THE BAG TM"

kk bac to serious stuff... tot im gg b late again cuz i left hse at 6:07. super late=\ even tho i still miracle duno wad -ly reach there b4 7! =) haha ran here & there jus to prevent myself frm being late again. lol i was late the 1st day of work, dun wanna be late again.. yea. so i reached dere & was quite lost abt wad to do.
kena alot frm the boss early in the morning cuz im seriously at a loss =.= even tho i got quite abit of complains/scoldings/reminding here & there, i realli feel tt i deserve it. haiz. too stupid lo!
yea yea after a bad start, things started getting better when she left =D lol was finally able to feel less pressure on mi cuz i realli super scared i make more mistakes.=\ phew.

- wiping tables seriously kills lotsa time =) (when u duno wad is there for u to do =\)


- after my A lvls' i nv dreamt of writing so many stuffs AGAIN! =.=

- this. is the most common thing i see at work! (staring out at the window & stone)

aiya. work is rather hard or fun at the same time! depending on how u do stuff & how u view work as =\
LOL.

Monday, December 10, 2007

rainy monday

bahh. todae was a weird day oh i mean ytd.. haha didn had time to update but now. yea.=)
okay so it started like im slping at home w8ing for time to fly past. until sometime my gd FREN ask mi if wanna meet den go town tgt. den i said ok! haha i tot everything is rather confirmed & we will oni haf to state the meeting place to ermm to meet? ok yea so jus when i got downstairs he told mi the thingy was pushed back till 6 & he is not gg anymore. =) so i was v happy.

therefore, i looked for the other grp of ppl who wanted to go out. but they are not ready..yea so nvm i w8 at the void deck. lazy to go back home.. zz wasnt in any good mood anymore & mood got worse when miscommuncations happened =\

yea anw its fine cuz we all finished wad we had to do soon enuf & i get to meet my class ppl too =) yay. lol was searching high & low in the the rain for tt "mc cafe" brian mentioned & i later realize i kept hanging out at the wrong mc cafe=.= lol.

anw quite a nice thingy i found them later on even tho all i found was 2 ppl wif 2 psp, who seems so engrossed to it. lol. nvm nvm i found them & its good =)
yea so later gz came too. this party bcame rather fun & after having KFC for dinner, we decided to watch the golden COMPASS! go watch the movie whenever u got time too!
-the fish bowl to rear fishes. by great brian.

oh. so after tt when we were gg home had lotsa fun listening to brian's wonderful jokes. lol duno wad goes on in his mind. seriously. LOL.


-the lights that goes "ummmm um um ummmm". by great ervyn

had a rather happy day even tho i still hate the rain =\ haha yea. bye bye! for todae =)

Sunday, December 09, 2007

WONDERCY RELOADED.

=)2nd time blogging after a long break and ya guess i gotta start frm ytd. had a bachelor guys' outing and probably we really proved tt it aint so lame to haf 5 guys walking ard aimlessly. haha.






*the discussion.













*the process








yea so we reached *********point and had our dinner. wanted to watch some movie at 1st but =( cant find any nice thingy to watch. haha. so AGAIN, we wondered ard aimlessly. looking at many random stuff & discussing abt how we gonna try out new sports & stuff. oH yea. most of the time i had them searching for smth wif mi =.= tt smth is so hard to find & went to duno how many thousand places which came a a naught=\

proudly presenting.. DA EMO KING! =D










yea yea so after tt, went to buy some beer & drank it in some stupid playground. yea got crazy after drinking it & were like toking loads of crap. luffing luffing joking crapping =) duno how long this kinda days can last tho =( haiz. yea. lets enjoy it for now.

Friday, December 07, 2007

BACK.

ok. im back but duno hw many actually comes. but well for the sake of blogging, im blogging=)
changed the blogskin, even tho its of the same colour as the previous 1 & the tagboard is still screwed, heck care tho.. gonna try doing up the tagboard tml or wad. =\

well went to work recently & think i kinda screwed up a couple of stuff but =\ too bad then, since i suck. lol.. IF I GET SACKED, I WUN BE SURPRISED. =(

yea. its ok tho. i tried, lOL i dun mind being a slackeer & sleep at home for20hrs perday oso lol. uh sudden urge to write blog cuz im rather fRee now & guess wad. my enlistment date is 12 jan 2008 =.= weird huh? ppl 11 jan if not april, im in 1 of the weirdest date.=.= well who cares, i cant do anything abt it anw.

well guess im gonna BLOg eVERYDAY if i get to touch the comp to update abt my lame life=\ dun wry, it will get interesting once in a while so ya, plz come see see when ever u are free =)


=.= u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

happy bdae to mi.

=) its my birthday! hmm tho its over & few comes to this blog but. yah jus feel like updating for the future "me" to see.
let mi recall... kk its jus another normal day when i wake up & there is a sun. den my mother dragged mi to go choose a cake which she will not liike( equals to a cake which i will like) ya ya den hafta carry tt cake to WALK frm bPP back home=.= lol luckily the cake still look like a cake when i reach home =)
hmm so slacked a while at home & kept looking at my hp =( nobdy asked mi out =.=... ya den duno wad time.. a magical sms came.."hey happy birthday. wanna come sch?" LOl the 1st sms who asked mi out=.= kk so i went. den got 1 guy who haf muscles as big as his face came & gave mi a birthday bash~.~superRRR pain. guess i can still feel it now.=.= uh ya so after tt went KFC to eat. lol didn mind at all cuz kfc food tastes good. oh. ya so later they ask mi to look for a present. zz like i got the cheek to choose. dunno la. ya but after tt chose a watch.. quite EX and sry + thANKs alot to thEM! realli damn touched.. cuz its my last time to celebrate my bdae in uniform.. =(

ya so after tt i went home and ate tt cake. LOl ate ALOT of it and who cares. i dun mind having a 36inch tummy in future. haha.. yea. tt ends my pathetic bdae but im glad enuf~

Thank you all those who remembered! YOU forgot!=.=

Saturday, August 04, 2007

sian.

sian. guess not many ppl are reading blogs or surfing net when the GREAT exam is coming.. lOl. real weird=.= prelims are coming.. i started studying but=.= oh well still cant do much questions.. now realli motivated to chiong for glorryyyy=.- i wish. lol im still failing my phy & chem.. duno how to catch up anw.=.=

yea yea improvement in mATHS LOL. I WISH IM A GENIUS. somethings i tot shld b ez in the end i cant do. damn tired and lazy during weekends.. w8. i jus remb smth.. i failed my GP terribly.=.= kkk lets start pratising.

My weekdays are pretty normal like any other usual boring college students, the only different thing i did was not to study. I tried to study but I feel that my mouth is the source of trouble. It always wanted to open and my voicebox tends to vibrate as much as usual during the night study program. I personally think that there is not much motivation to study in school for me & certainly less motivation to study at home. Can i create a seperate dimension so that i can study without distractions? No way. Alright i should stop talking about studying here since everyone else is talking about it. Lets talk about something more relaxing, say,.. i suppose there was not much interesting happenings in college these days anyway.

oh yea=.= there was this girl i keep seeing in my neighbourhood lOl. frm 2 weeks ago till now. saw her in NTUC when i was wif my bro. at 1st was wondering y i tot i see this face b4. den the nxt sch day, saw her on the way to sch. lOl =.= the nxt weekend, saw her at NTUC again. den i told my bro abt it..=.= he freaking ask mi to go get her HP no. =.= lame shit. of cuz i didn. no pt harming a young lady.. today. while i was buying dinner near my hse.. i saw her again=.= i pretend i didn see.. cuz i can predict wad my bro will sae later on.. he saw her den sae....

"oi oi its tt girl again..! dun hum ji go get her hP no.! " =.=
den i said "no interest."
den he reply "=.= u lousy shit humji and arrogant."
i kept silent.
"she jus rite for u. cute and not v chio. same pattern as u."
i reply " siao. no interest la. somemore i will look like a weirdo to do that"
den he sae " jus sae u humji. no need excuse."

=.= zZ he is total crap.=.= kk hope u destressed abit.. time to go back studY!!

Monday, July 30, 2007

jus another day

uh. its abt like erm 90+ days to the moSt impt exam in my life currently. and im still having the JUST ANOTHER DAY attitude-.- it sux. but i realli duno lah=.=.. hope i can catch up wif my studies and stop getting any shitty results... REALLY sick and tired of U. U. and U
yea. im leading a very happy happy happy life now=.= full of laughter and joy and some studying.. altho i still luv sleeping aLOt alot.
call mi a pig.. i dun mind. as long as i get at least 12 hrs of slp / week end.! heh heh. fun FUn.
yea yea lets study hard tgt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!