YOG

After so much hype, how can I not blog about the much crazed about YOG.. ok, so it's not the Olympics but for the younger generation it probably means alot.. Singapore hosting the event is really great! It used to be: 'Let's go there for the games, now it is, let's stay for the games' cool :) so the only game that I got to go was the 5th and 6th placing soccer game between the ladies of Trinidad and Tobago VS Papua New Guinea.. Surprisingly, the game was much better then expected.. I was so surprised how determined the girls were with the sport.. I didn't expect what I saw because what I expected was lousy soccer with the girls being afraid of the ball and stuff like that, but nope, they proved to me that the future of sports will prosper.. interesting.. YOG has been great :) well done to the volunteers, the coaches and also the Athletes.. Watching that soccer game really brought back memories to me.. about the days when I used to stand on the racetrack looking up at the crowd............. should i go back to sports again?

hi bye

i just realised my previous post was about perth, it's been 2 weeks since i return, and i'm having fun i guess? hmmm, I've been in and out of tekong until i'm so freaking numb, but i'm learning how to manage my life better now :) I just can't wait to ORD and school will start! woo hoo! when school starts it's gonna be a new chapter of my life.. ok I don't really have anything to blog about, popping to say hi then bye?

Just saw shali's invite for some track event on the 18th sept and 19th.. having commissioning on 18th so maybe i'll head down earlier and 19th? ok whatever, dad's in US and freaking used FB to communicate to me, shock as you are, I am.. ok chao!

Perth, so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! argggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yo babies, i'm back ;) ok i've been back since tuesday but i had to book in so i didn't had the time to blog.. so check out the photos!!! it's been such a refreshing trip.. I have always loved travelling and this trip just fueled the love.. This short trip was mainly for wanwen's 21st birthday.. it was themed Hollywood so we have to go as someone from hollywood, so I went as harry potter.. hhahahaha, i know i look funny, but it was fun! Costume parties are so fun :D This trip also gave me a chance to visit Aunt Margaret and Uncle James in Perth.. damn cool!! arhh, if only i could have stayed longer.. o well, take a look at the photos, it's been a great great trip.. hope to make another trip somewhere soon again.. ok nuff said, just check out the photos :) cheers!

tomorrow's gonna be 3 x 21st birthday parties to attend so advance Happy Birthdays to Tian Shui, Sarah Jane and Vanessa Poh!!! :D

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going going gone

so remember how hard it was to get all my visa and ticket and passport settled before travelling.. yay it's freaking done and i'm flying off tomorrow.. yeah baby! Aussie-tralia here I come :) sadly i'm gonna miss the opportunity to go YOG.. so many chances to go help and stuff yet i'm always always busy.. damn.. o well, in life you make choices and you live by it.. no worries.. experiences can be gained anywhere ;) woo hoo! byebye, see you when i get back.. damn excited..

i just realized something and I've been wanting to blog about it.. why is the army getting softer nowadays?? or are parents getting too irritating to handle? We have to release 'drama' shows on youtube to ease enxiety, we have to conduct roadshows/talks to parents to show them about the army.. why do we have to reassure parents so much? is the system getting too much pampered ppl?

The army/NS is all about growing up, about giving your sons and children the chance to finally experience first hand the true meaning of growing up.. to give them the chance to learn for themselves that daddy and mummy will not always be there.. I was blur before NS, so were my parents, being the only son.. but my mum or dad didn't cling on me.. they trusted the system so why shouldn't the many others? thousands have been through the system so why??? Personally, from my point of view, sure we have to be responsible and accountable to parents for their new blur sons that come into the army, but still I really believe that these sons should also tell their parents that, 'Hey, it's my time, it's my chance to grow and learn already, mummy and daddy i'll be fine'..Don't parents realize that, yoo hoo, we're the army yo, not a childcare centre.. I really don't understand why we're always trying to please parents.. I understand the part where we have to protect them but I don't understand why we're made to respond to their whining and crying over nothing that has even happen to their sons yet.. damn.. ok post done.. yay, said my piece.. time to fly.. woosh!

Happy Birthday

So today, Singapore turns 45.. We've gotten stronger in GDP growth from last year's mess according to PM's message.. So this yr, National Day feels a little different because I'm in the army.. the fact that I am playing a part in our nations' progress makes me feel that today is a day that we can relax, have fun.. it's like a well deserved rest kinda feeling.. nice.. to my comrades in camp due to the adjustment week, HAPPY NATIONAL DAY :D

heading down under ;)

finally I've received my ticket to collect my passport ;) yay!!!! mwahahahaha, this means that i'll probably be heading to Perth next friday :) we'll see... Booked out so super late today all thanks to mum not being able to pick me up on time.. anyway, i spent the time wisely doing the minutes to a meeting, so not really complaining :)

it's kinda a boring weekend.. but i like it that way.. slow and boring.. kinda nice..

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sharing session 2: MI-kids these days

Hello, i'm outta camp today for a special reason.. Had to go back to MI for a sharing session with the students about NS.. This si my 2nd sharing session to mass audience of students, first time being in Tekong itself.. I was appalled at the weird questions they dared to ask.. Questions like : 'What if diplomacy and good relationships between countries don't last, won't we be doomed?' and another 'Why can't NS be voluntary?' OMG. Questions I clearly wasn't expecting.. Thankfully I had LTC Razali, no idea who he is but he was the senior officer there for that session.. I only answered the noobie questions like 'Is the food in Army nice?' and 'How do you get selected for OCS?'.. O well, bottom line, WEIRD and it felt rather scary on stage in a sense that I was afraid I would say the wrong things hahaha .. Kids these days, or is it Kids in MI these days?

Going back to MI was rather interesting.. It's a blast from the past.. The first thing I did was to go to General Office and from there The senior officer and Myself were kinda 'looked after' by VP and OM. Principal Mr Tan came once in a while to speak to us.. simply sitting in a spot exposed myself to so many teachers that recognized me.. haha, a little funny to be in uniform and seeing them but ya it went well.. The whole process made me feel like I was some big shot.. Entering the MPH, and already all the students were ready just waiting for us to start.. cool..

Today's been a rather disturbing yet interesting day.. NS really brings you to places and you do things that you will probably never get to do again.. O well, my next sharing session is in a few weeks time to another group of JC students.. hopefully, I won't feel so awkward anymore :D