Rob-B-Hood

Today caught a rare weekday movie by Jackie Chan. SupposedLy to be screened on the 29th but Mom had a sure-win Lucky dip days back. So the preview pass ended in my hands *hiak hiak* ..

The 7p.m show was quite rush .. I brought aLong my civiLian cLothes to the army camp but ended up with not enought time to change at aLL!

Okie 4 out of 5 popcorns for this. AdditionaL haLf for the cute baby that starred. I swear I am gonna have a baby boy in time to come.

Window Shopping Marathon

A week in a new environment, another phrase of the NationaL Service. BMT had aLready been history .. now comes unit Life, and aLL I can say is .. it sucks.

After the morning soccer game on this sunny Sunday with bright sunshine, CarL's Junior was next for Lunch with the guys, foLLowed by a waLk around Suntec City, CityLink, WheeLock PLace, Wisma Atria, Takashimaya, HMV, Centrepoint, Orchard Point, PLaza Singapura and back to Takashimaya (for the ONE Bengawan SoLo mooncake) .. sure is good training for the Standard Chartered marathon come 3rd December.

HighLight of the day was bumping into Secondary schooL peeps - Wen Lai (Brunei), Jia Ling and Baoyu. Not once, but twice. WeLL, Orchard Road, what eLse can you expect other than come across famiLiar faces.

Nothing much to jot ..

To bed for now, as aLL of us embark on yet another week, unsurprisingLy doing the same shit for most, praying for something new to happen aLong the week ..

Come wat may ..

Lost count when the Last time was that I set foot into a cinema but yesterday I did.

BeLieve me, this is worth $9.50 ..

Had neither cLue nor any idea what this movie was about even as I booked the tickets onLine .. untiL the person who got me to watch this, briefLy toLd me Like 30min before screening?

ALright, it reminded me of peopLe who changed once they stepped foot into the working society. Everyone do not reaLise the drastic change in themseLves untiL things they once had started to vanish LittLe by LittLe. WeLL, maybe thatz juz Life ..

Anyway thankew for the nice evening and sorry for being Late .. again.

To aLL you Ladies out there, pLease spend some time to thank your parents who bore you as a SHE. NationaL Service sucks big time .. With $350 per month, I ain sure how Long more before having to face my financiaL crisis.

"I Not Stupid 2"

Ok spent a good Saturday on footbaLL and Lotsa cycLing in the rain aLL around Ang Mo Kio estate.

Was good coz years have gone by since the Last time I took a cLoser Look at the pLace where wonderfuL moments of joy were created especiaLLy the ground which I wouLd cLassify as "hoLy" - MayfLower Secondary SchooL.

As I stood outside the same oLd bus stop and peered into the newLy buiLt compound, memories fLowed right inside my head, the oLd metaL gates .. the "gathering" area where we spent our freetime pLaying chapteh and pLastic baLL .. the parade square, and 45-degrees to the right wouLd be the basketbaLL court where the current crop of Messina Greats FootbaLL CLub pLayers were bred. The canteen is another spot of vivid memories .. juz ask the ex-students. The toiLets are yet another pLayground for the boys ; water hose and taps .. and not forgetting the big fire hose that sprays water across up to three cLassrooms Long! This fact is onLy known to my victims.

Now, it is but an open fieLd ..
Those were the days .. bet u had your share of moments too ..

In Singapore, more often than ever is that for progress, the things that you grew up with are sacrificed. Yes, we are aLL growing up ..

Five Cents Part II

I was having my Lunchbreak with three other coLLeagues from CYC Movers co. over at Lucky PLaza foodcourt. We found a vacant tabLe in the midst of peak hour and as I took to my seat, there on the fLoor Lies a cute LittLe goLd coin ..

*based on a true story

A happy 11th burfday to the LittLe Princess of the house, my adorabLe sis.

Five Cents

A good evening footbaLLing session was spent with the usuaL MaLay peeps in Sengkang, on the basketbaLL court Located right beside Audrey's bLock.

As aLways, every good thing has to end, and it was when 10p.m came. Lights off, foLLowed by appLause and praise from everyone. Then I bade goodbye, and the next thing I thought of was to quench my bLoody thirst, with the onLy product that I Like and wouLd drink - NutriSoy's soya miLk (priced $1.05).

I reached for my pouch and dug out the shiLLings .. 3 ten-cents, 1 fifty and a twenty. Fuck, Im short of five cents! The onLy other stuff inside that pouch was my mobiLe phone and bunch of house keys.

I cursed my Luck, or rather, my own foLLy. There were at Least a dozen five cent coins Left on the Living room tabLe before I Left home. It was another case of so-near-yet-so-far .. under the unbearabLe condition of thirst, I started to understand the true vaLue of five cents.

You cannot buy a tee-shirt of $36 if you onLy have $35.95 .. you cannot run a marathon of $75 if you onLy have $74.95 .. and it goes on and on ..

Five cents, that petty puny LittLe goLd coin which never seemed to be of any importance, has since became a respectabLe icon to my Life that night.

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This morning .. two hours ago ..

Same shit different day it was. I woke up, turned my computer on, and went to wash up. Looked around the kitchen and there was no more bread. OnLy food Left is instant noodLes and no way am I gonna have that for breakfast ..

So, decided to make a trip to the grocery just buiLdings away. Put on my tee, grabbed a doLLar coin and yes, those five cent coins shouLd make up for the remainder for a Sunshine Loaf of bread.

Out of the house, a short waLk and I am there at the grocery. Picked up the bread .. and advanced proudLy to the storekeeper.

"Auntie, how much (for the bread) ah?"

.. "$1.40"

ProudLy, I took out the shiLLings, counted for a moment, exactLy $1.40, and handed to her.

"Eh Boy ah, sorry hor, Auntie dun accept five cents .."

WHAT THE F U C K!

.. had to waLk to NTUC supermarket instead.

Back to square one with my perception on five cents.

Remembering ..












Photos extracted with courtesy from Musarium.com.

Letting Go ..

In Letting go, I found a best friend in myself.

It is something I thought wouLld be the best for you and me. Well datz wat I thought. Have I made the wrong decision yet again?


All I ever wanted was you to be happy ..

FinaLLy something exciting coming my way .. but geezes kriz, itz damn costLy! $75 for the fuLL marathon .. $58 for haLf and $45 for ten-km ..

PLatoon 4 - eLites of the ULysses Co.

Recruit No More

Today was the officiaL Passing Out day. I am now a Private.

It marks the end of the training, and for many of us, it wouLd be the Last time we see one another.

Where therez a start, there'd be an end. But most peopLe dun reaLise that the end is juz the door to a new beginning.

Where do I go from here? I dunnoe .. yet. Gonna take these two weeks for some reLaxation therapy from everything.

Itz surprising to come back home and therez no one ; my parents are in China aLong with my LittLe sis, and my two active brothers are both out to nowhere. WeLL, at Least I have everything for myseLf *grins* ..

..

Too much time wasted on nothing .. Im oredi 22 .. and achieved NIL. Fucking heLL ..

I yearn to be among the best .. and I want to be ..

Coming to a CLose

And so my B.M.T is ending in Like some days time?! Shit .. Life sure goes past that fast ..

Yea it sure did.

This is, to me, not training to be a soLdier, but an experience to remember. My mates, they were once boys .. and after seven weeks of Living together, they are ... stiLL boys.

WeLL, thatz the main objective of the Singapore Arm Forces for the Pes C - not to train, but to experience.


This week was outstanding!

There was Live range where night firing Looked Like those in Star Wars, route march (8km "waLk" onLy as compared to 24 for the rest), the Games Day and Recruits Evening where we partied aLL night Long.

Being the second fastest man in my company, I was automaticaLLy seLected to run in the Chain of Command. It was an honour to run aLongside my company's commanders .. and good thing did not juz end here ; mayB to some it is but excess weight to their aLready heavy FuLL BattLe Order, but nothing beats being the fLag bearer during the route march waLking aLongside the OveraLL Commander.

I wiLL never forget the moments where my 200-men strong company cheered as I ran for 2oom .. I wiLL never forget being among the eLites of the company even though we're aLL Pes C status .. and I wiLL never forget the peopLe who gave me everything I need to be a better man.

ULysses Co. .. U are the best and off the rest.


******************* END OF ARMY WAYANG-ING **********************

Fuck it .. nothing excites anymore.

Tired .. I need a fresh chaLLenge.


.. and I miz you.

180806 Fri 0745 - Book Out

190806 Sat 0700 - Book In

.. and so the great Long is confined for this week for starting a fire without permission from superior at FieLd Camp.

ALright I need some rest oredi .. cya guys next week.

Happy Burfday, EtheL

HighLight of the week goes to EtheL's 21st burfday bash @ East Coast chaLet ..

There were great food, babiLicious babes, booze, same oLd adidas peeps, Lots of Laughter and a goodbye hug from EtheL's feLLow Long-standing fren cum hardcore cLubber, Veronica.

Step out and enjoy ur aduLthood, Miss Dowager!

Cheers.

Basic MiLitary Training

The reLease from Tekong IsLand "prison" after fourteen days made me reaLise how beautifuL Singapore reLi is .. the first step onto the mainLand was Like, heavenLy. The air, seemed to be that of an enchanted garden ..

Looking back ..

On the very first day, with my haversack, I arrived in Pasir Ris interchange. Everyone brought aLong their Love ones - parents, girLfriends and even grandparents! It din reLi bother me much even as peopLe Looked surprised that this boy came aLone. Onto the coach, and to the SAF Ferry terminaL. From there, the fastcraft (which ain reLi that fast), carried the to-be recruits to the IsLand they wouLd caLL "home" for the next few months.

The camp, sure Looked Like a fucking chaLet .. itz juz unbeLievabLe to overhear a retarded remark from a mother who said "I thought got aircon one?" .. wtf .. ProbabLy she havent reaLised that she is in an army camp.

And so, the Love Ones Left after the Lunch, Leaving their sons, boyfriends and grandchiLdren. The recruits then coLLected their miLitary stuff and by dinner, settLed down aLready, aLL donning in Zidane's hairdo.

Lucky me that my company's buiLding faces the sea and right across in a distance is the mainLand .. you can see the Changi Airport tower and even the Suntec City area!

Near, yet far.

So days passed .. and each day is speciaL. You Learn :

1. to accept the reaLity a.k.a "jaiL sentence"
2. to bear with ocassionaL Loud snoring in the middLe of the night
3. to wake up at 0530 and turn in at 2230 every singLe day
4. to cuLtivate an immunity against aLL forms of vuLgarities thrown at you
5. to bLoody teach young boys how to be independent
6. to fuck the bLur cocks before they fuck the whoLe pLatoon up and then everyone end up getting fucked
7. to cLassify peopLe who you can trust and cant
8. to stand as a neutraL and average party who is neither exceLLent nor fucked up

However you get to hear great words every now and then too. An exampLe, in my company, we're Pes C status, which means everyone has sort of medicaL history and peopLe tend to discrimate the group. Thus, the company commander toLd us that physicaLLy we're Pes C, but our mentaLity muz be better than Pes A and that wud shut the fuckers up.

ALso, as a status Pes C recruit, we have basicaLLy nothing to fight for. Thus, aLmost everyone are juz taking things easy and there are zero poLitics going on. What do I mean by poLitics? In miLitary terms, itz known as "wayang", or simpLy buiLding pubLic reLations with the commanders. You wiLL see that in Pes A and B batch, reruits are out to impress to get into the Leadership courses. UgLy reaLity ..

WeLL, fooLs they are. Do they think that the commanders were not once recruits?

Another unforgettabLe image was when my pLatoon marched aLong the coast and across the sea is the mainLand. The pLatoon commander asked "Do you guys know where that is?"

"Singapore!" .. everyone shouted.

The pLatoon commander smiLed back and said "No .. itz Freedom."

Sure is .. especiaLLy every other minute through the window in your bunk you see jetpLanes fLy past the sea and Landing in Singapore and the ferries come and go from the jetty.

It wouLd be juz another eight hours before I am to be back to the IsLand again. TiL then, ciaoz and take care everyone.

SpeciaL thanks ..

To those who have sent their regards for my enListment, thank you so much. Itz the Least expected and Im gratefuL .. Lawrence, Gwen, SheiLey, Joanne, Jaz, DaryL (indirectLy), ShirLey @ adidas and others who Ive faiLed to name .. reLi appreciate.

To you who has aLways been standing by me .. thankew. Take care coz itz onLy two weeks I suppose ..

Cya guys in a fortnight's time. I'LL be back ..

Here It Comes ..

And so my time has come, tomorrow at 0800 hours.

Expecting major changes ..

1. Being baLd.
2. Having to mix with young boys (at 22, I am to be one oLd soLdier in there)
3. A totaLLy different LifestyLe.
4. No punk pLay anymore.
5. Growing up ..

It may be juz three weeks before I come back to the sunny isLand once again, but it'd be two years doing the same shit .. datz it .. goodbye oLd Life .. oLd me.

.. and no more boxers for two years .. wat the heLL .. i am to wear those v-shaped undies again. !@#$%^ !!!

As Zidane hangs his boots for eternity, I hung up my adidas Lanyard as weLL (though the scaLe of attention for each varies).