what happened during duty

well..i caught a couple of productions from Dream-works (pun intended) while on duty heh.

*plays the Star Wars theme in the background*

they were:
Part 1: The Dream Menace
Part 2: Attack of the ZZ Monsters
Part 3: Revenge of the Sleep
Part 4: A New Awakening
Part 5: The ZZ Monsters Strike Back
Part 6: The Return of the Sheep



lol...! =D

serving the nation on duty..

well tmrw or rather today or rather later, i'll be back in camp to do my monthly regimental duties. kind of sucky, ya? sighh owells..can't really be helped. anyways my plan was and is:
1930-0100: pool
0100-0300: supper/friends
0300-0400: packing up
0400-0530: games/tv/net
0530-0630: nap
0630-0730: breakfast/go to camp
0750-0800: take over duty
0800-1130: zzz
1130-1200: lunch
1200-1630: zzz
1630-1700: dinner
1700-0800(mon): zzz

hahaha..please please let there be no calls and no one sent to hospital so i can sleep :P btw..if you guys see any good shows on tv, tell me so i can watch and if you're bored and lonely, calling me would also be fine. butbutbut plsplspls don't rub it in thanks ^^

oh ya and i'm on amber alert too -.- *which means if there's a mobilization, i will need to be back in camp in an hour (which i will already be) and start calling NSmen to go to their mob centres.

GOOoooaaallllll.....!

played soccer this evening with those old guys again..

guess we didn't really get off to a good start getting knocked out twice very early. guess we weren't that used to each other's game and stuff. then we sorta discussed what we would do and where we went wrong and guess it must have worked..we won like 5 in a row (:

then our young legs gave way (actually not very young, i have a torn ankle ligament, terence-my as1 had prob sth do with his ankle as well, and brandon-my ops spec has/had back problems, my ops clerk had a knee op) and we bowed out graciously. quite pleased la..scored think twice through out that run of games (: prob assisted a few and definitely made a couple of saves.

well..think i need to train up kenneth haha..i wanna play upfront and well i'm no longer the keepr i was in sec sch leh (boy that was a long time ago.. sheesh!)

and yes i still think of playing soccer 5 times a week :P

blehh

played one of the worst games of pool in a looonng looonnnggg time. excuses i could give were probably not used to my cue, too dim, too little practice and i boil down to the only other logical reason, i'm not good enough ):

sighhh

chalk! 2nd tournament

me and my guys are running our 2nd chalk! tournament on the 4th and 5th of Nov. Details are at the chalk! website (available from the "chalk!" word at my aboutme or here. if you've got any queries, feel free to ask! thanks!

and p comes before q!

yes sarah, at least you got it after some time. i tell you army dulls the mind..told my campmates and most of them didn't get it la. =/ toots.

yay! tennis today was quite fun, though its quite hard to teach when i'm like so lousy. well at least two things came out of that. 1) i think everyone had some fun at least, 2) we got to play soccer with some old men. hahaha..we were like leaving then i was like asking my friends, "eh want anot? just ask lah, no harm..!"

so we got to play like 2 games with them, first one we totally were all over them, but the second..well, i think they knew how to control the game and we were all so tired by then lol. yes, we got owned but i think we played well :P got an invite to come down every wed to play with them, which i would prob do from now heh. think have to tape + ankle guard my ankle haha..will play like max of 5 times in a week lo.

and yes, p comes before q like i before u! :P

a note for some "duh" people.

if i block you from my msn, what the hell has it got to do with you? my msn or yours?

grow up.

silly notes of life in the army

like duh?



this one's better. "weak lamp posts" ROFL! :D

hungry cats in camp

yeap you got the title right. see, when i was having ICT on friday and looking after the food for the NSmen, there was this cat which snuggled up to me. guessing it was hungry and stuff heh. was kinda docile (right word?) too. here's some pics:




and then today while having lunch there was another one and boy was it hungry..










































check out the claws! *gasps*


and in (less) hungrier times (:

if i'm not alone, why do i feel so lonely?

i think i live in a world of pain. physical-emotional pain. maybe its what keeps me going, maybe its what keeps me awake and aware, maybe its just there. maybe.

good news is that i don't have to take ippt anymore. bad news is that its because i've somehow managed to tear both ankles' ligaments. prob a minor tear but bad enough to give me pain. and really i have had no idea why its like that or how long it has been or what caused it, i'll just take it along as i go.

counting back 6 months ago. i guess things are completely different. back then, i was just looking forward to turning 21 and then right after that, i guess things really move along differently. back then i had many more friends or 'friends' then i do now. back then i believed in a lot more things then i do now. back then i guess i was more foolish then i am now. back then was in the past, i'm living in the present now.

maybe its a set (and sad) formula, that you have friends = you are popular + life is blessed. and maybe if you choose to follow your dreams, dreams = -ve friends - populuar - blessed. is it always true? maybe if you add success + dreams = many more friends + more popular + more blessed. well it seems to me its true, not ranting or anything but it only feels so superficial to me.

4 mths ago i embarked on a path that certain pple were not happy nor comfortable with. many have asked, 'whats wrong with you?' or 'its bad' or 'you had better stop' but no, i persevered on. i still stand firm on that. its never wrong to chase your dreams, your ideals but never lose hold on your beliefs. you can compromise on your work, you can compromise on your time, you can compromise on your rewards but never compromise the very essence of your beliefs.

i'm sad at times when i think about these things, to think abt just giving up when it gets tough, but then i realise that if i do, i'm just bowing to 'popular' pressure. i don't have to be like anyone, i am myself and there isn't another me. i want to hold my head high and say, thank God for giving me enough. enough to fulfil the path You've chosen for me. not too much that i may think it comes from me nor too little that i fail to see Your providence. but enough.

i'm not alone, but sometimes it feels that lonely. maybe its the weather, cold/chilly/rainy that reflects my thoughts. maybe i'm just thinking more and looking less. maybe its just me. maybe.

eeeshh outrunned........by a pretty girl!

for all those in NS and in Singapore. yes, AHM was yesterday. felt i wasted my sunday morning on the padang/esplanade/sheares bridge, running when i could have been comfortably tucked in bed sleeping.

so okay no big deal, its all part of serving your nation. i mean like walking 6km shouldn't be a big problem..ha! then the problem arises when everyone ard you starts running. -_-" so you're being overtaken and finally you can't take it and then you run yourself!

ok knowing me and my schedule..i didn't train, nor do i run 6km on a regular basis sooooooooo i'm in trouble. alright the first 1 km was walking (there was hardly any space to run) then the next was spent zipping in and out of pple, the real running came after the turn towards the sheares bridge. somehow in the midst of my zipping-in and out, i ended up behind a pretty girl (who was running more steadily than me -___-") and after pacing her for a bit, overtook her. now usually the case is that after you overtake someone you USUALLY don't see them again on your run. but noooo, she caught up with me somewhere on the descent from the bridge and overtook me, so i was pacing her again and then overtook her and then it was like a you overtake-i chase thing all the way till the turn to padang.

yes and silly me thot once you turn into padang it'll all be over. so only after i turned into that stretch than saw "600M" i basically gave up. hahahaha..while she carried on running. and yeah the whole time i was huffing and panting and dragging myself thru, the way she ran was like effortless la. -_-" sickening.

owells. at the very least i got one day off. quite tired since i went to play soccer in the evening somemore. (sounds like i can go take ippt already) slept 12 hours and gonna cook breakfast soon :P

645i & some other stuff

just had a ride in a friend's 645i with the top down. *beams*

3 break clears in two weeks. last time i bc-ed was almost a year ago.

things have been popping up. thank God (:




and yesh. "in a world where money talks, there is no such thing as free speech."

The Final Analysis

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centred;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of having selfish ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world your best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world your best anyway.


You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
it was never between you and them anway

this is one quirky look of the recent NKF debate

Warning: You are reading an extremely infantile blog.: NKF vs SPH Court Saga

heh cool link.

lost time.

btw don't ask me what about day 2, i was too tired and busy to write on my trusty palm.

AND those who are into pool should check out my new site, http://chalkbilliards.multiply.com
forgive me its a lil outdated. still trying to catch up with my articles and write-ups. it should catch up to current life within the week! (thanks to being understaffed and overworked)

and yes. thanks for the sms and msns (:

kl day 3

100705 03.39

still approx 400km away
well guess saying that m'sia is some way behind in the pool scene some what sums up the trip. Visited 4 different halls (reviews up soon) and if they keep it up, soon who knows, i might decide to start one up in kl! That's just for thoughts. Anyway, don't want to wake my two sleeping companions (playing two nights in a row till 2plus from 9-10pm and not enough rest is really draining) so i'll write again on the ride back.

1502 STILL approx 400km
on the bus back, waiting for it to move off. Hopefully will be back in time for the WPC finals at 1930. Hope Kuo wins. But kudos to Rodney "Rocket" Morris and Marlon Manaloj they played their heart out but well their taiwanese opponents were just better.

Played 2 great days of pool up here in kl. Learnt a great deal of my game here too. Pity i didn't get to do a lot (other than play pool) but it had been fun to travel, even mimicking the life of a road player.

Besides that, the other reason is that i needa get away from my life back home. I'm too caught up with the nitty-gritty and all the unwanted details and lose focus on my objectives and the reason of my exsistance.

Quite tired already. write when i wake later on.

1711 approx 140km
had quite a good sleep. Was raining while i was. Still kinda lethargic though.

Was wondering, should a Christian ever have stress? Logically speaking, since knowing that God is over all and everything one goes thru is set there by God, whether good or bad. Yet sometimes i find myself complaining. Why?

Though i suppose i don't have the charm of living that "perfect" life with no flaws and hiccups, not being smart and having to deal with various expectations. Why can't one be a God-fearing pool player or run a pool hall? Can one not be a Daniel in Babylon? A white sheep amongst the black? To say, oh that was becuz he was Daniel and a man of God, then am i not a child of God and human like he is?

kl day 1

10.10 - approx26km away
coach ain't too shabby, comfortable but certainly not the shangri-la either. Driver's showing an old james bond movie, "Octopussy" what a name for a movie. And it's lame, the first 5 mins have already convinced me to go to sleep or read.
1) paratroopers do not always carry their chutes with them.
2) you can't possibly fly a plane thru a crowded hangar
3) you don't fill up at your local pump station when your plane's tanks are empty.

Anyway, thank God for keeping me safe thus far. Immigrations was smooth, thank God for that too! (: barely 50km into m'sia. I'll write later.

1950 approx 400km away
it's 10 mins before we're supposed to meet for dinner and the games begin. Afternoon at Pro Billiards quite enlightening.

going the distance... away.

sometimes, when someone does something, there's always some reason for it. It's just that as humans, caught up in our worlds and lives, that we stop caring enough and just point that accusing, or rather, un-understanding finger and judge that they are wrong.

Who gave you that right to judge? Does being rich/going to church more often/being smarter/being more sucessful give you that privilege? Say what you want, call me jealous, whatever. I'm just so sick and tired of living my life based on people's template, especially those who don't deserve to be followed.

If i'm truly in the wrong, show me what is the mistake. Show me that you are deserving of that respect, show me why i have to listen to you. Show me all of that before you try to tell me what's wrong with my life. It has been done before.

Lately, i've been stressed, emotionally and mentally. I've not felt this drained for some period of time. Hopefully, over the next few days and a short trip to KL, should solve that. Thank God for a chance to distance myself from all that is going on. Pray for journey mercies.

the things we say

actual real life conversation,

mother ordering pizza from pizza hut, giving an additional instruction,

M: can you help us cut one of the pizzas into 20 slices?
PH: erm..they all come in 10 slices? why?
M: cuz your knife is sharper
PH: ah? *stunned silence*

me sitting infront listening to the conversation, rolling in laughter :D

stroke

think my stroke is a bit screwed up. i'm quite confused really.

i'll prob have to make up for that by training and pushing myself hard these couple of days when i still can. sigh what great timing huh?

anyways, some of my stuff's, the tip tools and shaft care stuff, coming in 2 days, the rest an It's George case in maybe 102 weeks, and well possibly another custom cue soon. or in planning at least ;)