shopping, then the dinner. and finally, reality.

i'm lazy to blog. aha. probably because tomorrow's a (most likely)guaranteed day of hell. then you get the sian feeling. not good.

thank you dive school for the long break given to us after graduation. it was most certainly needed. yup. so there's a wealth of time for me to settle stuff and take a break from the arduous journey that is the CDC. wednesday was great, everything fell into place, went smooth, no hiccups. hooyah. then there is that feeling you get after everything's over and done with. you start to miss it. i miss the rehearsals. the fun we had doing ridiculous stuff at the 6m end, the jokes we shared, not forgetting the relaxed pace at which things were carried out. it was probably the best 2 weeks of the entire course. i'm sure the land display peeps share my sentiments.

wednesday, thursday and friday were spent in preparation of graduation night. trips to town were frequent, to comb through the numerous shops in search of the ideal outfit for the night. the memorable stuff were only a few - the apocalyptic 2012, the mind-blowing nasi ayam at lucky plaza(yum), the late night on the ps3 at yuan hong's, and the newfound joy of trying out clothes(HAHA).

saturday night was a blast. i owe peejay a load of thanks for being my partner, for being someone i can comfortably talk to(thank you pj, once again!). i didn't really get to taste all the food there, especially the fondue(damns). the emcee was good, albeit abit fierce, and the place wasn't bad at all. ours was a lucky table, 2 of our ladies scored prizes in the lucky draw. woo. and i think we clicked pretty well. graduation night ended off with a session of extensive phototaking. the flashes were okay at first, then they started to slightly impair our vision. now i know how movie stars must feel. following that our table got down to starbucks at raffles city for some coffee and a bout of heart-to-heart-talks till late. then daryl goh got his car and drove us all home. yup that was about it. i had a great time.

so now its sunday. right smack back into the reality. tomorrow's monday. i'm still in NS. LCT is still ongoing. it's already afternoon. AAAAAH. sigh. graduation is something us trainees have been looking forward to since we enlisted. now that its over, we're lost. a new goal is needed. what about the end of lct? maybe. but then there's still unit training. another big SIGH.

when will it all be over!?

Shane

hole in the leather

i wish i could spice this blog up with more relevant pics to each post, but i don't have a bloody camera phone. speaking of which, after seeing instructor puy's PSP camera attachment, certain new possibilities are beginning to unfold in my mind. Hmm...

well anyway, i had supper this week with the water boys(thank you, pj) on Friday night, as usual. and i thought. and thought. about what? i thought about my life. i thought deep. what was the trigger that night i do not know, but we're talking about real in-depth stuff here, so much that i think i'd probably have significant trouble expressing it in words. it was sort of a self-initiated wake up call, by the subconscious. and then i had this realisation, a certain type of shock. neurons flared. i should do something with my life. all this while i've been wasting my life away, making empty self-promises, forming plans that stand like buildings without pillars, forgetting my goals. well i'm going to make up for this. definitely. go me!

saturday was rather fruitful, i met ryan at city hall and we caught up with each other's lives. a valuable exchange of feelings and personal thoughts, over a rocking cup of Yakun tea(Yakun>Starbucks). which i think was time well spent, even though there wasn't the usual visit to the arcade or cinema. such quality time with friends is hard to come by, and should be treasured.

last night i went to my family chalet over at NSRCC. it was nice to catch up with my cousins, seeing them only that few times every year. i stayed over, forgetting when was the last time i actually had one. time is cruel. it goes by so quick, you'll somehow want it to miraculously rewind, so that one can dwell in the good ol' past. but that is merely a thought we can only relish.

yup, the good ol' past.

Shane

this is it

caught 2 films this weekend. one of them, a trashy, horror-comedy flick, that only sells because of Megan Fox, and the other, a compilation of clips showcasing the late King of Pop's rehearsals. the former was really bad, despite initial thoughts that it was good, looking at the trailers a couple of months ago. "This Is It" was kinda average, not very exciting either, but i like how they remade old music videos like Thriller and Smooth Criminal, bringing some fresh elements into the show. Its sad that MJ had to die so suddenly, i would've been at his live concert, given the chance.

speaking of This Is It, we're(31st Batch) graduating in 10 days! Hooyah! the road that led us here has been long and tough, torturous and seemingly never-ending, looking back, it was really one helluva time. U-N-F-O-R-G-E-T-T-A-B-L-E. No words can ever fully describe the tedious journey to this point in time, to know how it feels like, you'll have to go through it yourself.

so now i'm stuck at my computer at this very familiar moment every weekend, the time where its too late to do anything before book in and you just feel like staying home, grounding yourself to a chair, and shake your legs to a particular song in your head, on playback. life has become such a mundane affair.

"why, why, tell them thats its human nature" - its in my head at the moment.


Shane

(maybe) the last week

this week was another Friday bookout, so hooyah to that. but alas, i find myself with no plans for the weekend. okay not that there are no plans, it should be said that i need FRESH plans. the recently formed supper-on-friday group(SOF) is something to look forward to at the end of every week, somewhat a goal for us dudes stuck in the prison that is NS.

saturday was shopping, ARMY shopping prior to actual shopping for clothes. the stalls at beach road were half-opened when we reached the place but we managed to get everything we wanted anyway. bought jeans, an accompanying tee, and some sneakers, with songhon, daryl and jared forming up the rest of the shopping gang. (mini-digress) - starbucks coffee is officially <>starbucks coffee(okay maybe only java chip hehe). - (end of mini-digress)

met with the dhs peeps after that at Ion. woo, big place i must say, with all the right shops. we headed to plaza sing and hit the arcade straight. it wasn't a pleasant experience. you know why? BECAUSE A TRANNY CHALLENGED ME AT TEKKEN 6. she, i mean he, or she-he, he-she whatever, wearing a pink dress, sat beside me, CROSSED HER/HIS LEGS, popped in the coin and pressed start. i swore my hair stood. the opening round i won, and it was amusing to see him/her ram the buttons in sissy-like agitation. HAHAHA. i thought i could make her/him waste another token but i got beaten the second time round. damn. i didn't dare look and scooted off after that. what an experience hehe.

thats this weekend for now!

Shane

so little time, yet so many things

This weekend's a sad one, considering the absymal book-out time. A mere 12 hours to breathe and enjoy the freshness of civilian air. Ahh.

Which leaves even less time to blog - DAMN. Okay okay, down to business.

Technically i had a 12-hour weekend this week(actually my weekend's only 10 hours old at the moment). So nothing much to blog about. Yup. Well i should still write something. Here goes. I started out taking a cab home with my army mates. Got home, changed, bathed, rushed out to catch Surrogates with the dhs gang. Nice plot idea, poor development, slipshod ending. Then i got my 8 gig mem-stick for my PSP(hurray to more space), and (cheap)earphones to replace the spoilt ones that i have. They cost me 14 bucks, the low price probably because SonicGear's a local product. I hope they don't fail my expectaions. Heh. Well i guess thats all folks, an interesting 12-hour weekend AKA a day-out from camp.

Till next week comes(quickly please),

Shane.

still in existence!

I've just discovered that Kraft's Chicken in a Biskit, HASN'T GONE OUT OF PRODUCTION AFTER ALL! (Squek you must be happy to hear this)

Hello people, again

First of all, many apologies for my recent blogging hiatus. I haven't really been habitually updating this space every weekend like i used to, i don't know why, sometimes its just that nothing's worth mentioning from the past week - typical of a Singaporean male serving NS. Sigh.

Okay, okay. So new blog template. It isn't anything fancy, i just chose another of those simple, clean ones that's already been provided by default out of pure laziness to hunt high and low for another visually pleasing skin. So yup, here it is, hopefully a fresh change after months of seeing the previous one which i've grown sick of. Heh.

For the moment, off to gaming!

Ciao.