amazing thailand

two more days to battleking. the last of all. phew. everything's coming to an end. our course is coming to an end! a 9 months course.

i still remember how i was so afraid as i stepped down from the taxi on my first day in safti, the first day of the gruelling 9 months i was going to experience. the drizzle only managed to dampened our moods further as we see our fellow schoolmate who enlisted earlier with their two white bars. then it was hell for the first two weeks, till we had our moment of reprieve when our families visited us on family visiting day.

then it was two white bars for us. but by then, our seniors have already gotten their third bar. so life goes on, training getting tougher and tougher day by day. section field camp, patrol field camp, platoon field camp, then spade. and that was when i got my observation report. i thought all was coming to an end for me until the good news that i was posted to artillery gave me renewed hope.

everything was rather smooth at artillery. it was more mind than muscles in arty and it suited me better. ex milo, ex recce/ survey, ex safari. then blue beret. then we entered specialized phase. ex recce/ survey 2, ex thunderbolt, ex thundersteam, integrated training. and here is where i am now. as i recall the first day i stepped out of the taxi in ocs, today is the day after 32 weeks since that happened.

ex battleking. finale exercise. may everything go well. may i come back safely and with 3 weeks left to the black bar.

sentosa~

sentosa was great fun. honestly, i haven't had so much fun for a long long time. it was just pure entertainment, without any distractions. we played volleyball, frisbee and soccer. volleyball was kind of new for me as it was just my second time playing it. i wans't as bad at it as i first thought. although we kept missing balls and the game was kind of boring at the start, we got warmed up and finally able to play normally. thereafter when we played frisbee, we were approached by this friendly canadian called martin who was really enthutiastic in teaching us the proper throwing techniques of frisbee so we learnt from me one by one. it was truly amazing as we witnessed the different kinds of throws. then we played with him. then there was soccer which was fun as usual, especially when i scored a hat trick in one of the games! so cool! haha.

all these times are things that will remain in my heart as we move on. it is all these things, too, that will make our separation more grieved. all these activities bond us together, and when it's time to say goodbye, these are the things, ironically that will bring about the pain.

just heard from yue that en's going to waseda this april.
i felt a sense of loss when i heard that.
When will it be my turn?

steambolt

we just finished thunderbolt, which was a bad exercise. everyone was just not up to it, including me of course. oh well i shan't talk abt that.
it's been a long time since i updated this blog. I just visited friendster and saw the updated photos of my friend studying in waseda now. It's kinda sad, realy. While everyone else is having fun, we are in green, proning, marching, doing silly stuff. I really can't wait to get out of green.oh well. just 13 more months. beside, commissioning is soon too, in 8 weeks time. It's always good to have something to look forward to. Accordign to wenjuin is an incomparable experience. we shall see.

takling abt comms parade, comms ball is coming soon too! shucks. i haven't found a date. that sucks, cuz i can't possibly pay $300 inviting someoen whom i don't know well. hmm sometimes i regret not making more female friends, or mayeb friends in general. no friends in contact in pri sch. a few good friends in sec sch and 1 good friend in jc. that's all. is that enough to pull me through life? i dun tink so.. everyone's lives go on too. and even now, they won't have time for me every week and it's high time i get some life man! looking at how my fellow pals in army sometimes makes me feel depressed. ken's got a good life. look at the guitarists- alli, jx, psy etc, they have common interests and thus make good friends.

talking abt common interests. it's not really just common as in similar interests, but common as in the usual interests that people usually have. things like soccer, guitar, dota, clubbing are common interests that people have. yes i do have an interest for soccer, but not an ardent fan of any particular team and do not have achance to watch matches every week, thus unable to catch up with most conversations. i still find it quite weird that i do not play dota when every other person in my bunk plays it. hmmm i guess once im out of computer or lan games, im basically just out of the league, and it's quite hard to make friends then sicne everyone else does it except me. hm maybe i shouldn't play dota. it's jhust my inability to carry out and successfully sustain a conversation. oh well this is part of my new year resolution- to be a better friend and be able to make many friends when i go japan NEXT YEAR, in 13 months' time.

oh well, it's thailand first, then commissioning. we'll see how it goes.