Ninja.

During one of the nights in camp I had to get out of my bunk after lights out to do smth (basically eat and then brush up cos i'm so hungry, as usual). Then my buddy is like "OMG don't suicidal. Get caught = die". Then I'm like "I'll ninja there." And I did.

It totally reminds me of the last day of field camp...

At the wee hours in the morning, a few of our rifles were taken (either stealthily or by force) by our sergeants. Fearing confinement and all the shit (for me I was pissed cos we were told there was going to be a dawn attack and I wanna rambo them with the rifle and blanks), 3 of us - my buddy, another bunkmate called Wei Jie, and me, decided to steal back our rifles.

Before the field camp we were told about rifle stealing and we asked if we can steal our sergeants' rifles, they said ok, as long as we can find it. Hence, we started our movement, at 5.30am when its still dark. We applied all the tactical shit we learnt and crept all the way down to their tents. The prowlers and sentries on duty (fellow recruits) didn't even notice us rofl. Once I even had problem locating my buddy to pass down a message (I was the "front scout" cos I was like the most experienced amongst the 3 of us, I knew all the stuff they taught on the first teaching =\).

When we reached their tent, we peeked in and looked around for shiny objects (our blank attachments on our rifles were silvery). I saw one but when I was about to peek closer, I realised the sergeant was sleeping on that object, and he was turning around. Basket. So we continued searching.. Just then, the alarm clock rang. WTH.. Siao liao, then we retreated and fell back.

All the while, Wei Jie was damn funny.. My buddy and me doing all the tactical shit so as to avoid detection, then Wei Jie WALKED openly on the open road. Rofl.. Then he even dragged his feet, causing all the sandy sound. Bah.

Anyway, feeling pissed at failing to get back our rifles, and feeling useless during the dawn attack, we decided to contribute in our own way - set up a early warning system so the rest can be prepared and choing at the first sight of enemy.

The plan:

- I set up a solo listening/observation post some 50m from the sergeant's tent. When I see people carrying weapon walking towards us, I'll cover the lightstick on the tree I'm hiding behind.

- Seeing that, Wei Jie hiding halfway to our harboring (ie camp) site will cover his lighstick

- Then my buddy Justin will sound off to the rest (ask them wake up etc) and choing down to attack or smth lol

It sounded damn cool and good and we carried it out. But on second thoughts it was quite funny and stupid lol..

Anyway, I camped there till the sun came out and I was caught by a sergeant -.-"

No more concealment by the dark, and the trees at our campsite are all lik 15cm in width. So even if I was proning and stuff, they could see me from 100m away. Rofl.. And Justin told me Wei Jie was sleeping while I was keeping a lookout. Basket.. Lol.

Looking back I think it was quite dumb.. But a very interesting and funny experience haha.. Ninja skills put to the test, though we failed XD

Happy CNY!

First day of CNY.

Went to visit relatives and get ang baos (i.e. red packets), aka pai nian...

This year was quite interesting. 2 things happened.

1) First blood

On the way out of our house to our first destination, we bumped into our neighbour living 4 floors below. We greeted her happy CNY, and then she gave us ang baos. On the spot. No cue. LOL. Unexpected first blood.

2) Taxi?

Before we left our grandpa's house to our grandma's house, my sis made an argument that we should take the cab. When asked who will foot the crazy bill, she said "Use ang bao money la! Kor (i.e. brother, i.e. me) and me split lor. You see ar.. We pay like $8 each, you all (refering to parents) fill up the remaining few bucks. Then we go there earlier, we catch those people visiting ah ma (i.e. grandma) before they leave, then we get back more than $10++. Its a great investment!"

Rofl. Best argument she ever given in her entire life that I've heard.

Tagged by Hakeym

Lol this is so retardedly funny. Its like fill in the blanks and you end up with a retarded message XD

Dear Qian,

I don’t really know how to tell you this, but I’ll join the monastery. I think I realised it when I quoted Santa in your camping car and I saw you sit on my avocado plant. I’m sure you’re frostbitten enough to understand how awful I’ve felt.. I’m returning your ring to you, but I’ll keep the oil stocks as a memory. You should also know that I never will forget our friendship. Greetings to your frog Leonard.

Love,

Davin

P/S: You’re so lifeless, Smelly Armpits Hakeym.

RULES:
#1 Do the “Letter MEME”.
#2 Tag no less than 5 other people, and leave them a comment, informing them that they have been tagged.
#3 Copy the “How-to” Letter Meme, and finish your Journal entry. How you do the Letter Meme:
Dear(the last person who text you), I don’t really know how to tell you this, but __1__. I think I realised it when/on __2__3__ and I saw you __4__5(1)/5(2)__. I’m sure you’re __6__ enough to understand __7__.. I’m returning __8__ to you, but I’ll keep __9__ as a memory. You should also know that I __10__11__. __12_.Love,(your name).P/S: You’re so lifeless, __13__ (the name of person who tagged you).

1. What’s the colour of your shirt?
Blue - Our romance is over
Red - Our affair is over
White - I’ll join the monastery
Black - I dislike you
Green - Our horoscope doesn’t match
Grey - You’re a pervert
Yellow - I’m selling myself
Pink - Your nostrils are insulting
Brown - The mafia wants you
No shirt - You’re a loser
Other - I’m in love with your sister

2. Which is your birth month?
January - That night
February - Last year
March - When your dwarf bit me
April - When I tripped on sesame seeds
May - First of May
June - When you put cuffs on me
July - When I threw up
August - When I saw the shrunken head
September - When we skinny dipped
October - When I quoted Santa
November - When your dog ran amok
December - When I changed tennis shoes

3. Which food do you prefer?
Tacos - In your apartment
Pizza - In your camping car
Pasta - Outside of Chicago
Hamburgers - Under the bus
Salad - As you ate enchilada
Chicken - In your closet
Kebab - With Paris Hilton
Fish - In women’s clothing
Sandwiches - At the Hare Krishna graduation
Lasagna - At the mental hospital
Hot dog - Under a state of trance
None of the above - With George Bush and his wife

4. What’s the colour of your socks?
Yellow - Hit on
Red - Insult
Black - Ignore
Blue - Knock out
Purple - Pour syrup on
White - Carve your initials into
Grey - Pull the clothes off
Brown - Put leeches on
Orange - Castrate
Pink - Pull the toupee off
Barefoot - Sit on
Other - Drive out

5. Boys: What’s the colour of your undergarment? Girls: You have 2 parts(1) What is the colour of your bra(2) What is the colour of your panty?
Black - My best friend
White - My father
Grey - Bill Clinton
Brown - My fart balloon
Purple - My mustard soufflé
Red - Donald Duck
Blue - My avocado plant
Yellow - My penpal in Ghana
Orange - My Kid Rock-collection
Pink - Manchester United’s goalkeeper
Beige - My John F. Kennedy-statue
Other (please state) - The crazy monk

6. What do you prefer to watch on TV?
Scrubs - ManO.C. - Emotional
One Tree Hill - Open
Heroes - Frostbitten
Lost - HighHighHouse
Simpsons - Cowardly
The news - Masochistic
Family Guy - Senile
Top Model - Middle-class
None of the above - Ashamed

7. Your mood right now?
Happy - How awful I’ve felt
Sad - How boring you are
Bored - That Santa doesn’t exist
Angry - That your pimples are at the last stage
Depressed - That we’re cousins
Excited - That there is no solution to this
Nervous - The middle-east
Worried - That your Honda sucks
Pathetic - That I did a sex-change
Ashamed - That I’m allergic to your hamster
Cuddly - That I get turned on by garbage men
Over joyous - That I’m open
Other - That Extreme Home Makeover sucks

8. What’s the colour of your walls in your bedroom?
White - Your ring
Yellow - Your love letters
Red - Your Darth Vader-poster
Black - Your tame stone
Blue - The couch cushions
Green - The pictures from LA
Orange - Your false teeth
Brown - Your contact book
Grey - Our matching snoopy-bibs
Purple - Your old lottery coupons
Pink - How awful I’ve felt
Other - Your memories from the military service

9. The first letter of your first name?
A/B - Your photo
C/D - The oil stocks
E/F - Your neighbour Martin
G/H - My virginity
I/J - The results of your blood-sample
K/L - Your left ear
M/N - Your suicide note
O/P - My common sense
Q/R - Your mom
S/T - Your collection of butterflies
U/V - Your criminal record
W/X - David’s tricot outfits
Y/Z - Your grades from college

10. The last letter in your last name?
A/B - Always thought of
C/D - Never will forget
E/F - Always wanted to break
G/H - Never openly mocked
I/J - Always have felt dirty before
K/L - Will tell the authorities about
M/N - Told in my confession today about
O/P - Was interviewed by the Times about
Q/R - Told my psychiatrist about
S/T - Get sick when I think of
U/V - Always will try to forget
W/X - Am better off without
Y/Z - Never liked

11. What do you prefer to drink?
Water - Our friendship
Beer - Senility
Soft drinks - A new life as a clone
Soda - The incarnation as an eskimo
Milk - The apartment building
Wine - Cocaine abuse
Cider - A passionate interest for mice
Juice - Oprah Winfrey imitations
Mineral water - Embarrassing rash
Hot chocolate - Eggplant-fetishism
Whisky - To ruin the second world war
Other - To hate the Boston Celtics

12. To which country would you prefer to go on a vacation?
Thailand - Warm regards
USA - Best regards
England - Good luck on your short-term leave from jail
Spain - Go and drown yourself
China - Disgusting regards
Germany - With ease
Japan - Go burn
Greece - Your everlasting enemy
Australia - Greetings to your frog Leonard
Egypt - Get away now
France - In pain
Other - Greetings to your freaky family

13. What is your favourite activity when hanging out with mates?
Gathering for drinks – Ugly pig
Football – Silly duck
Shopping – Kisser
Indulging for food – Cranky banana
Movies – Smelly Armpits
Snacks – Horny wolf
Snooker – Tiny stuff
Bowling – Sexy grandmother
Outdoor activities – Vain pot
Having a long talk – Nose picker
Taking pictures – Dumb person
Other – Burn yourself

Persons who have to do this:
1) Gorden
2) Qian
3) Winston
4) Fawwaz
5) My sis

Field Camp Loh.

Yup. Field Camp just ended.

6 days of no bathing, brushing teeth, washing face. 5 days of no shitting (gave up on the last day lol)

Perma hungry. Perma thirsty. Perma tired. Perma camo on.

Been eating both my and my buddy's combat rations almost everyday cos he has no appetite and i'm perma hungry.. I spend half the time (literally) in field camp eating whenever i'm awake. I took snacks from everyone who would spare haha.. Best meal still had to be the KFC on the 2nd last night. All thanks to BMTC Sch 1 being in the festive mood. Heh.

High points:

Battle courses

Where they test us on the combat skills and techniques through a simulated battle route and objective). I don't know why but I can pick up, understand the rationale and memorise the drills and techniques just on the first teaching during lectures. But apparently a lot of people around me are struggling with basic routine stuff =\

Can drinks in Accessory packs

The best thing ever in field camp. Seriously, whatever you do, try to gather so many as you can and avoid trading them away lol.

Low points:

Tekan

Well, obviously.

High kneel

Out in the field camp, whenever we're not walking or moving, we have to stay in "High Kneel" position, where one of ur knees is on the ground while ur other foot stabilises you. Both legs have to form 90degrees. Try it on grass, you can probably last a good 10 minute easily. Try it on rocky sandy area like our camping (ie harbouring) site, and you'll cry.

Overall reflections:

I still feel the same about "Things will come, its just how you react to them that will determine the outcome". Some people really buay tahan all the crap we're all getting and break down mentally. Others start f**king each other for every single small thing, and it kinda gets on my nerves seeing everyone doing it to each other when we're all in this together.

Another thing that I always believed in also cropped up - "Everyone makes mistakes, give them chances". Since we're been tekaned and f**ked by our sergeants and sirs, almost everyone gets all pumped and flared up. When one person screws up something, no matter how small, everyone else will f**k him. I mean c'mon la, no one's perfect. Not everyone's born a perfect soldier. Even the OC made minor mistakes during the field camp. There was once when Platoon 2 was being scolded very badly by their PC because one guy screwed up. It resulted in the whole platoon hating him, even his buddy turned his back on him. I was like WTF LA! YOUR buddy and YOU turn your back on him. Well apparently, not only I felt like that. Their PC felt the same way and he got f**ked soon after.

The past 6 days (ignoring the previous week which we were confined before the field camp) have been pretty meaningful. Learnt quite a lot of stuff. Though physical fitness wise, probably would have deproved due to lack of PT, but our mental fitness definitely improved. For those who are afraid of the field camp, I got 2 things to share:
1) Dont worry, I heard most Coys slack off. Their field camps are like picnics, unlike ours.

2) You'll get shit anyway, just adapt and face it. Take it on like a man.

P.S. In NS, f**k means screwing him over like scolding and abusing him mentally via verbal and/or physical methods.

You love guns? Wait till you enter the army.

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To all CS and action-movie lovers out there,

Sure, its cool to shoot and stuff. You might even imitate characters and run around with guns, hiding behind pillars, etc. But once you get into the army and lug around a weapon (at least 4kg, depending on what kind of weapon you get. But in BMT you are only assigned the SAR21).

You cannot (you're supposed to, just don't get caught):

- drop it

- dirty it

- leave it unattended

- aim at things with your weapon (not even the bird sitting on the ledge)

- cock your weapon unless you're told to do so

- fire unless you're told to do so

You'll soon find that having a weapon is a chore than fun... At least until you get to shoot.

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Sorry. Just ranting about the extra load I have to lug around and take care of =\

The going gets tough.

Cougar is starting to show the siao side liao.. So far, it has been quite slack in comparison. The first 2 weeks were the "adjustment weeks", then the week after there was a COC Parade (Change-O-Command) and our sergeants were mostly involved, so we were quite slack. The true meaning of Cougar has just begun, apparently =\

Today was book-out day but out of my platoon 3 of 50 people, 21 tio confined.

Most were confined till 10pm (instead of 6pm) for failing the Show Parade (attire check in lame man term). While some were confined till 6pm the next day for losing their Jockey Caps, etc. My heart nearly popped out when one of the PC was reading out the people who would get confined. Siao siao, dont play play liao... The confinement has started man..

Some daily stats

Average hours of sleep a day: 5 (6 if I'm lucky)

Number of push-ups a day: At least 100 (during PT we do up to 150 push-ups in a shot, thanks to LT S M)

OTOT Training (Own Time Own Target): Everyday, for my Platoon at least (there was one night where we did over 200 jumping jets, 80 push-ups, 40 crunches, 200 Buddha Claps, 80 Flutter Kicks, and many other siao exercises)

Admin time (Time to brush up, bath, wash stuff, call, etc): 1minute ~ 45minutes (average was about 15minutes, the 45minute one was once off)

People who suffered from Flu, Cough, Sore Throat from Cougar, out of 170: Almost all

People who reported sick today: Over 50 (the company ran out of ATT B, ie light duty, tags, LOL)

We got scolded for not enduring and blah blah blah, so from now on, we can no longer report sick for flu, cough and sore throat supposedly. Can only report for stuff like fever, vomitting, diarrhoea, and other serious stuff like heads rolling on the floor, etc. Haha..

Ok la, the training itself is tough, but I think its worth it. If you put in the effort that is. If you do...

"Tough Training + Effort = Rewards" (in terms of a stronger you)

At least that's my philosophy. It's been working out quite well so far. In less than 1month, the number of pull-ups I could do increased by 5 =\

Another army philosophy I stand by is that "You'll always get shit no matter what, it all depends how you react to it. React positively, treat it as a training and you'll feel fine. Whine and complain and you'll find it torturous." Wah, suddenly so philosophical hor? No la, army too boring, only work body out, my brain like go on holiday liddat. I scared after 2 years I cannot study anymore >.<

The only thing I can't tahan (and loathe) is anything to do with load. Like running with the LBV (light battle vest), field pack, etc. I'd rather run twice the distance without any weights on me man.. Maybe its because my build is "cute-size" (quoting PTI Sunny, who always replaces "small" by "cute-size" haha).

Seen many friends enlist between 06/01/09 to 07/01/09. I even saw Justin and Terence cut hair. They're both in Taurus. Lucky sia, at least they got someone they know. When I entered Cougar, I didn't know anyone, had to make friends from scratch >.<

Anyway, I had a good chat with Justin after I booked out and reached home, via the phone. Told him some stuff he should look out for, compared Taurus with Cougar (then again, its his first 2 weeks..), answered some of his doubts, clarified some terms he's unsure of, etc. Was good. Always liked to chat with good old friends, but hardly had time since I was enlisted =(

DHS Homecoming 2009 + Section Outing!

Went to DHS's Homecoming 2009 today in the morning. Mis-timed and left my home late, ended up sitting at the upper gallery as the seats ran out. The performance was quite good and funny in fact. Wen Quan's drum performance is 10/10. Too bad he didn't tell me in advance he's gonna do that funny stunt (where he faked an accident of him throwing one of his drumsticks all the way to the back of the stage, and then pull out 2 more spare from his pants, stretching out his hands and giving the audience a wierd ass smirk XD)

After that, we (Justin, WQ and me) went to Cineleisure to have lunch and hung around till my Section/Bunk mates come at 2pm. We were supposed to meet at Somerset MRT at 2pm then proceed to Cineleisure. Ziluo joined us before 2pm.

Apparently, out of 12 people, only 4 people turned up. Yi Hong, Corn and CS said they cant make it at the very start. Justin went out with his other friend at Cineleisure (we bumped into him at the E2MAX @ CINE-L9 lanshop playing console games with his friend. He later went to catch a movie with his friend). Nich Eng wanted to spend more time with his GF (who wouldn't =\). LY and SX, our 2 china buddies, probably didn't understand my SMS and hence didn't reply lol.. So end up only 5 of us - Weijie, Wei Zhong, Nich Yong, Ip (our Hong Kong friend. Yes, our bunk got a lot foreigners haha ) and me.

So 5 of us + Zi + WQ + Justin played CS 4v4, then played Left 4 Dead VS Mode. It was damn fun haha.. And Ip is some secretly imba shooter la! He say he never play FPS for 6 years or smth, but he was like the top 3 fraggers while Justin and me fight for the top spot >.<

After that WZ gtg and the 7 of us went to play pool on the 8th floor. And I met Darryl at pool! Lol... Apparently he's in Raven. After around 1hour, everyone went home. Justin and me went to eat at Subway, before Bing Xu, Ting Wei, Sin Chin, Wei Cheng came to catch "Yes Man" at Cineleisure with Justin. Since I watched it already, I gave it a pass and went home.

Ting Wei's also in Raven. And from his description, his training seems tougher than Cougar leh.. Which is kinda wierd since the craziest companies in BMT are supposed to be Ninja, followed by Cougar. Bah.. Maybe Cougar is just being nice this batch.. Or maybe hell is just building up slowly.. Probably the latter bah. Before the first book-out it was the first 2 adjustment weeks. Before the second book-out (which is the current one), it was spammage of COC (Change Of Command) Parade and rehearsals, which meant Area Cleaning time for us to slack off. Let's just hope it doesn't get THAT crazy THAT fast, anything's fine as long as I can take it =P

Overall, today was quite fun ^^

(then again, tmr is book-in day.. more hell. Heh.)