I Surrender...

Dinner 141008

Pasta Salad

Rosemary Roast Chicken

Separated at Birth?

Haha.. I can't help it. Everytime i see the NDP logo when on patrol in the airport, I just think of the Planeteers..

Relient K - Must Have Done Something Right

If anyone can make me a better person you could
All I gotta say is I must've done something good
I came along one day and you rearranged my life
All I gotta say is I must've done something right
I must've done something right

The Square Root of 3

Went out went Kian Siong, Melvin and Pin yesterday. Had dinner at the shokudo food market in raffles city (2nd time there!! 1st time was with Janice).. Anyway, we just kept ordering food, cos as KS put it, end of the month govt giving money already(GST offset package).. So the total bill amounted to a grand total of..... $119.11!!!

After that we went to watch 'Harold & Kumar - Escape from Guantanamo Bay". Super funny show anyway.. There was this poem that kumar used to get his ex gf back:-

I’m sure that I will always be
A lonely number like root three

The three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath the vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nine

For nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmetic

I know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321
Such is my reality, a sad irrationality

When hark! What is this I see,
Another square root of a three

As quietly co-waltzing by,
Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integer

We break free from our mortal bonds
With the wave of magic wands

Our square root signs become unglued
Your love for me has been renewed.

Melvin and I thought it was nice and i think that cos it was so super geeky, makes it even better
Ah Pin said it was "ok la" but so cheesy
Ks did not even understand the poem, because he did not know root 3 x root 3 = 3..

Took lots of pictures but i cant post it up cos i dun have them yet. Was too lazy to go online last night to get them from Pin...

Random

It feels good to be at home on weekdays.. starting on my shift work already.. hope all goes well..

Random stuff i have learnt from the army so far..
1) Black tape fixes everything (and i mean EVERYthing including watches, door knobs, specs..)
2) Kiwi cleans anything (besides boots, it cleans anything else that is black too..)
3) It seems that all SAF commanders have really strong grandmas ("my grandmother can shout louder than all of you..my grandmother can run faster than that..") I think our army will be a more formidable force if all their grandmothers were enlisted too...
4) "Garang" is a synonym for "stupid" ("garang soldier run in the mud not walk on the road"(?!), "be garang no need to bathe la!"... sigh i rest my case)
5) Tekong is under a weather control dome, it always rain when activities are outdoors and can't be stopped (e.g. field camp, route march) and is always bright and sunny when there is PT.
6) According to KS, SAF stands for "Serve and F**k-off" too

sigh

Going back camp in less than an hour.. feeling super siann.. this weekend i had too many things happening but too little time (as usual)..

It's funny how throughout the whole week i long to go church.. to worship, to fellowship and have fun with my church friends.. but when i am there, i find myself spacing out during worship, stoning during sermon, falling asleep in class.. today, i walked out in the middle of sermon cos i really wasn't listening.. Hope this improve cos i am not really enjoying myself in church as i used to..

Looking forward to a better weekend, i hope..

Dear God...

It has not been an easy time for me recently. Much as i know i shouldn't feel this way, i can't help but think that You have let me down. Since the beginning of my MP basic course, I been praying that i don't get posted back to infantry but there i am again. What's more i have to spend my sunday doing guard duty just because that JI guy escaped.

I can't help but wonder where have You been and why have You like ignored me out of the sudden. Lord, i know I have been feeling very resentful towards You, I really spent alot of time wondering and demanding answers on why i have been placed there.

As for today youth service, i admit there were too main reasons why i didn't want to go, 1) i wanted to spend time with my mum as my weekend is shorten to 1 day. 2) I admit it was partly because i was just angry at You and just did not want to go.

Lord i ask for forgiveness and wisdom to understand.

But I thank You for people You have placed in my life whose prensence just makes everthing now seem better.

For dad: who i can rely on for transport no matter how far my camp is away from home or what time i need to book in, for always picking me up no mater how last minute my call is and for his words of encouragement even though he is not the kind that talks alot.

For mum: who is always there when i need to complain, for insulting the commanders just so that i will feel better when i complain, for always praying for me, for taking the time to cook some weird herbal tea or tonic soups every weekend.

For janice: who always remains rational and calm no matter how crazy i sound, for setting things back into the right perspective when i lose focus, who never loses her temper no matter how often i repeat the same complains over and over again, who always goes the extra mile just to make me smile and for reminding me that You are always there even if i can't feel it.

Even though i may not understand everything now, I ask for courage to trust, strength to press on and wisdom to understand. I know that You will not shortchange me, but Lord, help me to believe it..

Amen..

Shopping Spree

Ever since i enlisted into thearmy, i came to understand how retail therapy really helps to relieve stress... Indeed, food nourishes the body but shopping relieves the mind :P... This is what i have bought since my enlistment:

Red long sleeve with blue stripes Topman Shirt
Green long sleeve with black stripes Topman Shirt
Black and white stripe Giodano polo tee
White long sleeve Bossini shirt
Vest from Bossini
Yellow, green, black and blue stripe Topman polo tee
Black and grey Topman Cardigan
White Giodano T-Shirt with polo tee design drawn by Janice
Red Giodano T-Shirt with polo tee design drawn by Janice
White Giodano T-Shirt with shirt/tie design drawn by Janice
Navy blue Giodano T-shirt which i painted "I Beat Anorexia"
Black and grey stripe Giodano T-Shirt
Pink and grey stripe Topman vintage polo tee
White long sleeve Zara V-neck tee
Grey long sleeve shirt from Fox
Black belt with lines from Bossini
White belt with blue and black prints from Topman
Navy blue Topman skinny tie
Grey Skinny tie with stars from Topman
Gold Topman skinny tie
Grey ankle socks with blue stripes from Daiso
White ankle socks with lines from Daiso
White berms with black vertical stripes
White loafer shoes

Yup thats all..
For now..

Give Them All To Jesus

Are you tired of chasing pretty rainbows?
Are you tired of spinning round and round?
Wrap up all those shattered dreams of your life
And at the feet of Jesus, lay them down.

Give them all, give them all, give them all to Jesus
Shattered dreams, wounded hearts, and broken toys.
Give them all, give them all, give them all to Jesus
And He will turn your sorrows into joy.

He never said you only see sunshine,
He never said there would be no rain.
He only promised a heart full of singing
About the very thing that once brought pain.