Falling sick on a weekend is totally not fun, especially when it takes up your book-out timing. but as you've probably guessed, i'm on MC today, so i can't really say anything about it. anyway, i've been throwing up quite a fair bit (thank goodness that's stopped) and generally feeling more dead than alive. still, i think i'll make it back to camp tonight with no major mishap.
so, as my previous post said, i'll be blogging about quite a few things today. first on the list is evan almighty. it's not a bad movie, but i still think its prequel was better. maybe it's because bruce almighty referenced more biblical stuff, whereas evan almighty only took material from the noah story. nevertheless, it had its good points (like the 40 year-old virgin reference), and i really enjoyed seeing morgan freeman play god again.
next on the list is victor's. while i did go for the party, i didn't bring a camera with me. luckily, one of my seniors did, and i may upload some of the photos that were taken once i get hold of them. i think the organizers did a great job with the whole event, because they did it in such a way that it focused on remembering the good times, rather than on the sadness of the place closing. there was a nice powerpoint presentation, with music and commentary, a fun bowling session (moonlight bowling too!), dinner, and most importantly, catching up with all the staff. it was...bittersweet, in a way, because it was probably the last time everyone would be gathered together like that. though it may not be physically there any more, victor's will always be special to me. as a commemorative token, i took away a bowling pin with several signatures. i can't decide which is the most important (as they all have sentimental value), but i think the FIQ president's atuograph ought to rank up there somewhere, no?
demolition live firing this past thursday (my mistake for saying wednesday in the last post) was kind of unspectacular, mainly because i spent most of my time at the waiting area. even though i was so far away, i still felt the shockwaves from some of the explosions. this particular live firing was harder on me, mainly because i had to lay lines since radios weren't allowed. and i learnt a very important lesson, which is to tape up all joints properly, because getting cut on D-10 cable really hurts. but it was a good experience, as i got to fully unroll all 4 reels of line and to check them for faults. it was fruitful too, as i did manage to find and repair a break in the cables. so now, all my reels are fault-free. yays.
mahjong night got cancelled under fear of possible confinement, so there's not much to say about that. only thing worth mentioning is that there'll be a potential reschedule to an upcoming weekend in the near future.
september 11 this year was rather unremarkable. maybe it's because we don't really commemorate it in singapore. either that or it's because it's been 6 whole years already. even the newspapers are saying that it's time to let go a bit, like making memorial services simpler and shorter. i'm not particularly affected, so no comment here.
T20 had a dinner/gathering thing this past saturday. only about a quarter to a third of the total strength came. kind of sad, but still good to see old buddies. most of them that enlisted in january have now passed out from sispec and vocational training, meaning that they are now wearing 3 stripes on their arms, and are outranking me by a good 2 ranks. i guess it's the inferiority/annoying thing kicking in again. luckily, they behave the same way as i remember them in JC. it's good to have friends who are serving together with you, though it will suck when they ORD a month earlier. also, i've heard that 2 of them have crossed over from SISPEC to OCS. i swear, they make it look so easy.
well, it's just about time for me to stop. i'm still supposed to book in later, though i'm not sure of the time. the coming week looks ok, though it's next week that will kill me.
so, as my previous post said, i'll be blogging about quite a few things today. first on the list is evan almighty. it's not a bad movie, but i still think its prequel was better. maybe it's because bruce almighty referenced more biblical stuff, whereas evan almighty only took material from the noah story. nevertheless, it had its good points (like the 40 year-old virgin reference), and i really enjoyed seeing morgan freeman play god again.
next on the list is victor's. while i did go for the party, i didn't bring a camera with me. luckily, one of my seniors did, and i may upload some of the photos that were taken once i get hold of them. i think the organizers did a great job with the whole event, because they did it in such a way that it focused on remembering the good times, rather than on the sadness of the place closing. there was a nice powerpoint presentation, with music and commentary, a fun bowling session (moonlight bowling too!), dinner, and most importantly, catching up with all the staff. it was...bittersweet, in a way, because it was probably the last time everyone would be gathered together like that. though it may not be physically there any more, victor's will always be special to me. as a commemorative token, i took away a bowling pin with several signatures. i can't decide which is the most important (as they all have sentimental value), but i think the FIQ president's atuograph ought to rank up there somewhere, no?
demolition live firing this past thursday (my mistake for saying wednesday in the last post) was kind of unspectacular, mainly because i spent most of my time at the waiting area. even though i was so far away, i still felt the shockwaves from some of the explosions. this particular live firing was harder on me, mainly because i had to lay lines since radios weren't allowed. and i learnt a very important lesson, which is to tape up all joints properly, because getting cut on D-10 cable really hurts. but it was a good experience, as i got to fully unroll all 4 reels of line and to check them for faults. it was fruitful too, as i did manage to find and repair a break in the cables. so now, all my reels are fault-free. yays.
mahjong night got cancelled under fear of possible confinement, so there's not much to say about that. only thing worth mentioning is that there'll be a potential reschedule to an upcoming weekend in the near future.
september 11 this year was rather unremarkable. maybe it's because we don't really commemorate it in singapore. either that or it's because it's been 6 whole years already. even the newspapers are saying that it's time to let go a bit, like making memorial services simpler and shorter. i'm not particularly affected, so no comment here.
T20 had a dinner/gathering thing this past saturday. only about a quarter to a third of the total strength came. kind of sad, but still good to see old buddies. most of them that enlisted in january have now passed out from sispec and vocational training, meaning that they are now wearing 3 stripes on their arms, and are outranking me by a good 2 ranks. i guess it's the inferiority/annoying thing kicking in again. luckily, they behave the same way as i remember them in JC. it's good to have friends who are serving together with you, though it will suck when they ORD a month earlier. also, i've heard that 2 of them have crossed over from SISPEC to OCS. i swear, they make it look so easy.
well, it's just about time for me to stop. i'm still supposed to book in later, though i'm not sure of the time. the coming week looks ok, though it's next week that will kill me.
-random thought of the day: 63 more weeks...-
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