630am to be in camp.
Took a cab.
Cab driver told me, "haha, take it easy, you are paying your debt to the nation"
A few minutes later, I heard "Majulah Singapura" on radio.
What will i gain in these 2 years? Nothing much i guess.
They say they want us to be good in our job, but i thought the government always says you need competitive pay to attract top talent and to reward capable people.
But why am i given a peanut allowance?
But i think im actually quite lucky, at least i got more money than somone on PA assistance, getting only $290 per mth. How to survive in Singapore with $290? Dont need take bus ar? Dont need to eat? Strange man . . .

Burn everyone's weekends, burn, let it burn, 一直“吃”我们。天理何在？

les

little miss sunshine

I managed to catch the movie, "Little Miss Sunshine" at my friend's house this afternoon. It is quite a unconventional movie about a dysfunctional family and the many problems they encounter while on the journey to enter their daugther in a pageant called "Little Miss Sunshine" in California.

It has an indie film kind of feel with its hilarious dialogue and story. And I thought the soundtrack was quite nice too.

You can see the trailer here.





les

windy rainy afternoon

How i wish i could just sit beside the window the whole day and watch the world goes by.

les

Visual DNA ?

Here is something I thought was quite interesting . . . my visual DNA.

Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

les

a year to ORD, lousy service from cartel and more . . .

On Friday, 20th of April, I officially declared myself as now a 2nd year soldier, one year left and counting towards ORD. Anyway, some of my seniors are going to ORD early next month and there was some sort of makan session organised for them in camp, they all look damn happy as they received a sqn plaque from our CO. You can see the joy on their faces, smiles and laughters were everywhere. I think I'll probably shed silent tears on my ORD date, a sense of liberation will overwhelm me as memories run through my mind. Lolx.

Now I move on to talk about my dinner at Cafe Cartel just now. The service was practically non-existent. I should have thought so when I saw banners of "No service charge" hanging around in the restaurant. No one came to ask us for orders nor any attempt was made to pour us drinks. In the end we had to DIY. The food took quite long too and one waiter even disappear and we never saw him again after we asked him politely to help us to refill our drinks. My friends even overheard customers at the nearby tables complaining about the services. One even said, "Are we at subway? Everyone seem to be ignoring us . . . " The coupon they had on their table had ambiguous instructions and in the end the offer was not what we thought it was. A marketing ploy perharps?

Luckily I still had a wonderful time hearing from my friend his recent ROC experience and his many hilarious stories. Too bad daily life isn't as fun . . . It was nice to see everyone again, to talk nonsense and have a good laugh.

To lighten the mood, here are 3 songs . . .

张韶涵 - 其实很爱你



阿沁 - 其实还爱你



Incidentally, the above two songs are both written by 阿沁.


曹格 - 背叛



les

我

五月天-我
词 曲:阿信编曲:怪兽 阿信

还记得小时候
作文簿上的志愿
那天真的幻想
如今都到哪里躲藏
走出网咖凌晨的三点钟
过天堂世纪帝国直达战栗时空
看不见的世界里我是英雄
然后回到没有目标的活著在现实中
oh my god,oh my god who am i
我的外号是嘴上乔丹
oh my god,oh my god who am i
座右铭是我混故我在
也曾开心的耶耶耶也有失落的我我我
蝴蝶飞出了潜水钟我却还在原地停留
留不住时间耶耶耶总是后悔的我我我
我不要一生就这样到最后一生就这样
这样的我
这样的勇敢的我单纯的我
复杂的我冷的我热的我
无聊的我懒惰的我总是怀疑的我
讲了又不听听了又不做做又做不好的我
买一个梦五十块钱的梦
期待五百万分之一的奇迹降落
从此以后想要什么喜欢什么就有什么
但是我的人生还可以努力追求什么
have you ever wanna be a spaceman?
have you ever wanna be a president yah?
or you're still a daydreaming make?
have you ever wanna be wanna be
还记得小时候
作文簿上的志愿
那天真的幻想
如今都到哪里躲藏



As you grow up, people(elders) start giving suggestions on what to pursue in the future. Be a doctor, lawyer, engineer they say, they earn alot of money. You will have a good future. Study this course they say, that's the area the government is heavily promoting. You will have a good future. You yourself also starting considering, reality or dreams? Passion/interest or money?

还记得小时候
作文簿上的志愿
那天真的幻想
如今都到哪里躲藏

les

苦中寻乐

Felt very disillusioned these days with life inside. I had burnt my weekends, and more is to come with more exercise coming up. I got threatened by the "management" , threats to delay your promotion, make you stay-in, extras, all kinds of bullshit started coming out nowadays.

Got regimental duties to fufil, burn weekends it did, no more leave/off application they said during exercise period.

They tell you you are doing a noble job, protecting the nation. Its a honour they say. I tried to "psycho" myself, Hey dude, its your national duty! But to no avail. I dont care about all the honour/pride bullshit. Im just a normal young man, I just want to get out and enjoy my life.

I guess my situation is still considered mild compared to others.

Maybe I will recall in years to come with nostalgia, but for now Im waiting for april 08 to come.

*les

days go by . . .

"Days go by and we hardly notice them. Life becomes a blur. Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we've made. But it's too late to change anything."

les

逆光

是我一直害怕有答案
也许爱情仅仅在风裏打转
离开 释怀
很短暂 又重来
有时候自问自答

我不要困难把我们击散
我责备自己那么不勇敢

遗憾没有到达
拥抱过还是害怕
用力推开你 我一人留下

有一束光 那瞬间 是什么痛得刺眼
你的视线 去谅解 为什么舍不得熄灭
我逆着光 却看见

那是泪光 那力量 我不想再去抵挡
面对希望 逆着光 感觉爱存在的地方
一直就在 我身旁

我不要困难把我们击散
我责备自己那么不勇敢

遗憾没有到达
拥抱过还是害怕
用力推开你 我一人留下

有一束光 那瞬间 是什么痛得刺眼
你的视线 去谅解 为什么舍不得熄灭
我逆着光 却看见

那是泪光 那力量 我不想再去抵挡
面对希望 逆着光 感觉爱存在的地方
一直就在 我身旁

我以为 我能后退 反复证明
这份爱 有多不对 背对着你
如此漆黑 感觉疲惫
挣开眼 打开窗
才发现你就是光芒

有一束光 那瞬间 是什么痛得刺眼
你的视线 去谅解 为什么舍不得熄灭
我逆着光 却看见

那是泪光 那力量 我不想再去抵挡
面对希望 逆着光 感觉爱存在的地方
一直就在 我身旁



我从广播，听到了几首孙燕姿的新歌，还不错 。 。 。 蛮好听的。我觉得她这次的新专辑蛮值得大家去买的。

les

children of men

I had an off on friday, quite shiok. I could stay in bed and sleep till late into the morning, a luxury for a nsf on a weekday. Later in the afternoon, I went to my friend's house to watch "Children Of Men"

The whole theme/background of the story was a very interesting one. The story is set in the near future, 202x where the human race had somehow gone infertile and it had been 18 years since the last baby was born. And the world is now in chaos, with environmental destruction, social problems everywhere. Finally a miracle happened, a lady got pregnant and the main character must now escort her to safety away from all the political terrorists and the government.

The movie although set in the future, is a departure from the usual high technology gizmos you see normally in sci-fi movies like i robot, minority report and the island. In the movie you actually see subtle technological advance in the world inside, there are still cars, look closer and you actually see a "head-up display" on the windscreen, displaying all the information.

Plot wise was quite cliched like some standard action movie, and the ending was left hanging. But the theme, setting of the movie made up for it.

Anyway John had his usual "impromptu rantings" again. You know john always call or sms you suddenly in the day and tells you that he feel like having lunch/dinner or come out later. Then expects you to organise everything and ask the respective people. Well it flopped this time round. And I was talking to Ds about it, that our usual impromptu things to call 3a people out always flop, if not it's always a tough and tedious process to ask everyone. Sometimes it's the place that is not confirmed, sometimes the time, otherwise some guy refuse to reply or some other shit happens.

Usually impromptu gatherings with my other friends have a higher success rate compared to 3a gatherings. Even Ds agreed with me and it seems that he also has a easier time calling his friends for spontaneous stuffs. People like ds, marcus who organise stuffs for 3a people should know . . .

les