Sunday, September 26, 2004

end of the week...

the end of the week is here again.... every week, i have this same sad feeling of having to leave my wonderful home for the cold and hard army bunk...... what to do? this is one of those times when i have to move away from my comfort zone and learn to adjust to the new environment, the springy mattress, shaky bedframe, rusty and dusty cupboard, squeaking windows and finally the atmosphere created by 11 other people sleeping in the same room as me...

by right, i should have been in the camp on friday and book out on sat like my bunkmates, but my MC was further extended, so that meant i haven't been back to camp for 1 whole week!!! man! i wonder how my sergeants will react when they see me back in camp on monday.....think the first thing they'll do is to PUMP me push-ups again as usual!! anyway this week maybe a rest week, but i didn't get myself all fat and clumsy, instead i lost 4 kgs due to poor appetite caused by those dreadful medicines.... anyway, i'm all fine now, except for my seriously inflammed throat.....

time flies...my PTP(physical training phase) is almost over.... now going to start the really scary BMT(basic military training)... this is going to last for 2 months, and it's going to start on the 29th September... tough challenges awaits me, so the only thing i can do is to brace myself for the road ahead, afterall many of my friends has gone through this road unscathed... some can even tell me it's fun, but it's all down to individuals...maybe by the end of it, i can tell my other friends who haven't gone through it, that it is FUN too?

it really was a pity i didn't get to join my friends today, they had it all planned out to play an "Eating Game" whereby you'll go around eating different types of food and linking them up with every dishes' first and last name... they went to the karaoke soon after but i think it's better that i stay at home to pack my stuffs for my trip back to camp than to join them....
missed the chance to see "her" at the gathering.... expected that she'll be there, but had to miss it because it's my dad's birthday!!! sigh.... anyway, hope someday i can see her again, and give her something which i've been wanting to give it to her for a long time...

till now, i still dun understand myself, what i'm doing and why i'm not doing anything other than viewing her blog and trying to understand the pains she went through....she may look like any carefree and bubbly girl you'll meet on the streets, but if u would just pause, read and feel her everyday life, you would find that underneath that mask she puts on everyday in front of everyone, are her loneliness, agony and lots of question marks...... sometimes she feels lost, sometimes she just wants to snuggle in bed and wait for a better tomorrow to come....

everytime i think of her, this song will nevertheless comes into my mind......

Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

Beauty queen of only eighteen
She had some trouble with herself
He was always there to help her
She always belonged to someone else

I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your door
I've had you so many times but somehow
I want more

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved

Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful
I know i tend to get so insecure
It doesn't matter anymore

It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise, it moves us along, Yeah
My heard is full and my door's always open
You can come anytime you want

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved (x4)

I know where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
Comes back and MAKES ME catch her everytime she falls

(yeah)
Tap on my window knock on my door
I wanna make you feel beautiful

I don't mind spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain (oh)
Look for the girl with the broken smile
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved (Please don't try so hard to say goodbye)
And she will be loved

Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye
(I don't mind spending everyday out on your corner in the pouring rain)

Please don't try so hard to say goodbye

Tuesday, September 21, 2004

sick.....

MAN! finally can start walking around after the damn fever kept me bedridden for days.... i am pretty sure this is the worst fever i've ever had in my life... temperature rise until 39.8 degrees... coughing so bad that i canot sleep well in the night... even Panadol Extra Strong doesn't work...

phew..just had my fever jab yesterday and today, fever is finally down...headache gone too... cough didn't recover much but at least it doesn't affect my sleep anymore.. throat still inflammed..HOWEVER, i lost 3 kg.. YEAH!.. today is the 2nd day of my 4 days MC..will be back to camp on Friday, then Saturday after my remedial training i'll be back again...this week is sort of a rest week for me...hehe i'm sure my sergeants must be damn pissed that i have 4 days MC...

gonna meet willie they all on the 25th for a gathering.. should be my last time to see their long hair, cos they'll be enlisting on the 30th...hehe BOTAKS!! BMT is going to start soon(next wed) and we've been warned that it is going to tougher than the training i'm having now... really gotta take care of my health as absence for too long will result in recourse!

ok, i think it's time for me to go pickup my dinner..... YUMM!

Sunday, September 12, 2004

Another Week has passed....

another week has passed....there's gonna be a disruption test this wed, those passed will be able to exchange their 11-b back for their pink NRIC and enjoy 2 weeks of civillian life... looking at myself, i sense a strong feeling i'll remain in the camp for further training.... life is getting tougher day by day in the army and the tougher it gets, the more i miss my friends, my home, my family members who loved me so much and most of all.....the girl i love....
several of my bunkmates has good chance of disrupting.... and i congratulate them for being able to do that...
In another few more hours, i'll be booking in....thus ending my 3rd week in the army.. time has passed by so fast, another few more weeks, my other friends will be joining me in the army and we'll be going through BMT(Basic Military Training) together....
Went to support my friend in the Channel U idol contest, although he was eliminated, he wasn't performing at his best and i believed he had the potential to win....unfortunately last night wasn't his night.... thought i'll be able to meet "her" there and cheer for our friend together, in the end she couldn't make it...
although we had alot of fun later at boat quay, i still feel much disappointment that i didn't get to see her on my book out day... anyway the opportunity has gone now, i can only look forward to the next book out day(sat 18th sep) that i might be able to meet her again...

gotta go pack my stuffs and get ready now...

Sunday, September 05, 2004

BOOKED OUT!!!!

hello! I'm BACK!! well..i miscounted my book out day that night.... and also due to the Five-day week announced by the Prime Minister, the civil servants get to work only for 5 days, therefore every friday night i will be out of TEKONG!! yeah~~ Hurray!! hehe....
By right i should have blogged on Friday night...but i was too tired..and also sicked.... had been coughing for the past 2 weeks....life was really hell during this time...imagine training intensively while you're coughing....every minute feels like days to me.... i did report sick but the medicines given by the medical officer were useless! so immediately after i book out, i went to the nearest clinic for a checkup...the doc was shocked when i told him i haven been coughing for 2 weeks... couldn't sleep well every night becos of these coughings....
it's hard to describe how tough it is to get accustomed to life in the army(first thing is the haircut! haha).... everything must do yourself, canot afford to dilly-dally.... up till now...the 3rd week already i dun think i've adapted to the army life yet... still need some time....

phew! i visited "her" at her workplace yesterday....bought some of the things she recommended along the way... she still look as good as before... i've been thinking of my family and her during this 3 weeks confinement in the camp.... sort of a motivation for me so that i won't feel lost..... after seeing her smiles yesterday, i feel myself lifted once again.... now that i'm able to book out of camp every week, my spirits will be higher because there's something for me to look forward to!!

feeling kinda drowsy now after taking my medicine... gonna go pack some stuffs and take a nap.... Zzzzzzzz