Hiaz... Maia is out! Not the kinda results i wanna see.. And i think the longer Christopher stays in Singapore Idol, the more i hate him... oh, watever!

Anyway, I have 7.5 days of leave to clear by this year!! And the new pc is pressing me to apply the leave fast because they have to plan in advance. Hmm.. i dont really know what they have to plan actually...

So anyone wanna go overseas?? I dont really want to spend my 7.5 days of leave sleeping at home....

I still like to go Seoul. But i guess i will be scolded if i do go cuz that will be my third time. It is unlike Bangkok or KL where u can go many times.. But hey, i do like to experience winter and snow!! Oh well, guess Taiwan is my next choice. At least the weather is cool enough... heh

Ahhh...

Yah, wat an eventful week i had...

But first, on thursday, so we had our exercise again. Went on smoothly as expected. Ha, and we got our nights off. Yeah, it was Wei Long's treat for our dinner at Seoul Garden. And it was the first time, the entire section went for dinner together. Yah, 8 of us. Well, it was a treat cuz Wei Long had actually won $20K+ from online betting of soccer the previous nite. He is insane. He bets so much money and i wondered how rich he actually is... he can place $5k on a single match and lost it. And still bet some more the next time. Anyway, i cant do it..

So on saturday, it was THE Day. After so much planning, it was time for chalet. Yeah.. ha. Quite tiring to organise something like this. Just got to take care of many things. Ahh... but nevertheless, the turn out is good. We had 15 people. But not all stayed. But it was ok.

BBQ was not that bad. Just had too much food to finish. Quite a waste though. Only the drinks were in high demand.. haha

Played majong and cards the entire nite. I didnt sleep despite i was so tired from duty the previous nite, sleeping not more than 4hrs total. After the majong, had a short sleep, probably less than 1hr i guess. Then i was up to pack and wait to check out...

Had breakfast/lunch at Mac's with the remaining 6pple at Bedok before heading home. And im so dead tired that i slept from 3pm to 9pm, only to wake up to have my dinner. Then i just gotta go back camp already, but to sleep again... haha.

Anyway, just as i was looking at the receipt from renting of the bbq pit and stand, i realised at the bottom part was a detachable portion, there was a small print that says

Please detach and return lower portion together with BBQ Pit & Stand to the kiosk.

Unit No: M9
Check Out Date: 17/10/04
To return BBQ Pit & Stand on: Sun 10am
Deposit for Pit & Stand: $ -NIL-

OH NO!!! I think I forgot to return them the pit! We just checked out of the chalet, went straight to the bus bay and waited for the shuttle bus to Bedok and had our breakfast. I just left the pit outside the room and it was there, the same position when we started bbqing and til it ended and we checked out....

There was one clause of the Terms and Conditions at the back of the receipt that says:

3. Rental items returned in exceed the booking date/time or rental period shall be liable to pay rental fee up to the date/time of return from the expiry date/time including staff overtime if beyond operation hours.

Hmmm... hopefully i wont get a phone call one day from them saying, "Hi. Sorry to inform you that you are liable to pay $128.55 inclusive of staff overtime pay and GST as of today for the late return of the bbq pit you've rented from us and that we had eventually found it lying outside your room. Please come down to our kiosk to pay the outstanding balance as soon as possible because until you have come down, you will still be considered to have rented our bbq pit. Thus any further rental fee will still be charged to you. Thanks for your cooperation and hope to see you soon..... "

Ha, i was crapping but nonetheless, they can easily obtain my contact number from Costa Sands since they have my room unit number.... But hopefully that wont happen. =p

Well, we have a new PC... ha, glad that our ex-Malaysian-now-Singapore PR PC is going to ord in december and is clearing leave now. We thought he is going to extend his service as wat he had told many of us. But now, think he is not going to extend. And even if he extend, he will be posted somewhere else..

But then, Ngo told me the new pc is a fren of that malaysian pc. Damn. Pull string here and there again. Yes, this is army.

Our section has been quite unlucky.

Yah, we changed gate A tentage on tuesday. David and Jason were on MC. Amos on overseas leave. And so the 5 of us fixed gate a, b & parade square tentage with those wooden planks placed underneath. This was said to reduce heat trapped under the tentage according to our new 2I/C - a 2nd Warrant officer. Crap. Din actually work. And yes, Section 2 did NOTHING. Section 3 painted all 20 pieces of wooden planks the size of a table tennis table.

Then we had this excercise to simulate bomb blast within camp. Yes, we had 6 different scenarios. Section 3 did the rehearsal on last monday, and supposedly on thursday also for COL Toh to see. But they postponed. So we kena!

We did this exercise on friday. Oh, Amos still on leave. And yes, it was our standby. No rest at all. Exercise was in the morning. And we had debrief in the afternoon after our lunch at 2.15pm!! So damn hungry by that time. Well, the commandants were not satisfied. Signboards were out of place. Signs not secured properly. Blah blah blah.... and so, we will repeat this exercise again next thursday, 14oct. Yes, it is our standby.

Hey wait. Section 2 still has not come into picture yet.....

Ok, so since signboards were not satisfactory. We gonna redo it. And who is doing it? Who else but WE!! Yes, the 2I/C asked us to do either on that friday nite or following monday. Yes, monday we are on standby again.

Then lastly, the 2I/C said, we will do this exercise on thurs. And friday, section 2 will do it. Finally, section 2 has got something to do!

And before the debrief ended, we were yet given another task - to CLEAN the staircase near that OPs room cuz cigarette butts were everywhere. Damn. This is obviously not our problem. Our section has never had any smoker. This is none of our business. I told that 2i/c that we were not the one who smoked and furthermore, we had cleaned and washed the same staircase last time. And he said, aiyah, it's simple job. Just sweep away the butts and also clear the papers littered at the first floor. Damn. And still gave us assurance that next time he sees anyone throw butts there, even if it is the specs, he will punish them. Ha, who believe.

Obviously, all those cigarettes were from the OPs specs. Even section 2 and 3 have smokers, they dun smoke there. It is so far from our bunk. Well, nvm. We cleaned the staircase. Everyone were just complaining. Worse was, sgt kai chong and junior were smoking at the staircase while we doing our job. Crap.

Later when we went back to ops room for duty at 5pm, kai chong gathered us and told us some crap. It was such a pissed off 'speech'. This is army. Not a chalet. You all just have to follow orders. No point complaining and showing ur attitude. That will not gain u anything. Just do ur job and u can get ur nights off. And dun compare with other sections. Fool. I wanted to voice out something during his 'advice', but i refrained from doing so. Nevermind about it. It will just make me seems im showing attitude.

Lesson 1: Showing temper = Showing attitude.
Lesson 2: Voicing our discontentment = Showing attitute.
Lesson 3: Dont compare with other sections. Compare ur rank with ur superiors first.
Lesson 4: Dont complain in the presence of sergeants/superiors. Do in behind their backs. Dont let them hear u. Or u will be labelled as highly attitude problematic.
Lesson 5: Apply leave in advance. MC will be perfect too.

Yes, I dun really care about having nights off or not. The issue is about justice and fairness and not about nights off. Why should we be the one to clean their asses after they shitted?

Watched Singapore Idols and the results show. Kinda disappointed. A lot have been said in those forums and yah, all were about the same - how Jeassea should get in and not Jerry... blah blah blah.

Well, SI had become a popularity show and not a talent one. So i guess next week, either Maia, Daphne or Leandra will be eliminated. Just because they are not guys. Fans of F4, 5566, Energy etc are probably watching this show... haha. And i supposed the rich contestants will probably go far. 90% of the votes probably come from the contestants' families and friends.

You would have guessed - Nana, Shirin, Beverly, Jeassea are non-chinese. Oh, are they still studying? Guess not, so probably they wont have much school frens to support them. I dunno......

Anyway, Im just too lazy to go down to Costa Sands at east coast. I need to book the chalet in person. Still have 14 days to 16oct. Hopefully, it wont be fully booked by the time i go down to book on next monday or thurday.

Hmmm.... sometimes i just have too much thoughts that ought to be written down here. But once i get here, just cant remember any... ha. Especially when i have insomnia, a lot of things just go around my head. Perhaps that explains why i cant sleep.. haha. But i have no problem when i sleep at home... =)