"WAH! stay out vocation!! so good ah?", they said. at that time, i was grinning from ear to ear. get to meet girlfriend everyday, sleep on nice bed, watch the television, play computer.. bla bla bla. good life you might say. im afraid NOT so..
im currently posted to navy. vocation: sea soldier. yes navy.
right now im going thru a regimental police course. course duration: 2wks. stay out; meaning i get to go home everyday. the thing is, the course is conducted at clementi camp. seng kang to clementi. tts approximately one and a half hours to travel. this equates to waking up at 0530hrs. get out by 0600 and reach camp by 0730hrs. lectures end at 1730hrs which might even drag till 1800hrs. by the time i get home its already past the time for break-fast. though its just lectures and lectures and lectures and some practicals, the waking up and travelling already tires me out.
once when i get to the train, i do not sit. firstly i need to change from the lrt to mrt as quickly as possible so that i will not waste any time. and then when i get to the mrt, i have to stand and give others a seat. this is to uphold the image of the SAF and to show that i am a disciplined soldier. though there are others who cant be bothered and just have the seat to themselves. there was once i saw a 3rd sergeant sleeping on a train; his mouth was wide open. he could have been stomped.
after the long train ride comes the bus ride. the bus stop outside clementi mrt is jam packed with soldiers. when the bus service comes, everyone will rush and squeeze in. imagine a bus ride in bombay. yea its like that.
going home.. the same way, same scenario. when going to camp, they go to work when going home, they follow suit.
by the time i get home, i feel dead.
though i do get to sleep on my own bed, sharing the room with my brother instead of 6 other "brothers"... i believe there are pros and cons.
compared to the bmt days, i get to atleast meet the girlfriend during the weekday. though we dont meet everyday because of her school, im contented with being able to spend quality time with her. i get to spend time with the family and have some time to myself. but that with the expenses of waking up extra early, standing on the public transport and also spending more on public transport.
4 more days to the end of the rp course. back to bmt part 2 as people call it. thought itd be at a new setting, more regimentation and of course more siong. thought i did average for bmt, im going to give my all for this sea soldier course and hopefully get the 3rd sergeant. atleast life would be better and of course $200 more every month!
The Naked Truth
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- th3nakedtruth
- September 18th, 2008
( MY BMT EXPERIENCE ) 
the block leave has been spent wisely with the family and my one and only =)
friends will come tomorrow!
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- th3nakedtruth
- December 20th, 2007
'morning-rush' is inevitable in singapore due to the fact that majority of us take public transport such as mrt.
visualise this: every morning (okay okay) everytime the train comes, people in smart shirts with ties, dresses and blazers and whatnots into vicious fox with a napkin around their neck, a fork and knife hungry for a seat. if happen a tourist pass by them he would exclaim "my what big and sharp teeth you have!" "tututututu" the train opens and the hordes of foxes rush in knocking down the other former foxes, who have somehow reverted back to human form, exiting the train.
to avoid this morning rush, lazy people including myself who are fortunate enough to live in the 2nd last stop,hence making getting a seat with the help of a in-genius methodology called 'bounce'. by the time the train arrives at seng kang from punggol (after 'bouncing') there will usually be 1 or 2 seats available. hungry foxes rush for their sheeps(seats). its very funny to see how they react when they cant get a sheep. there was once this 2 vixen - (a female specimen of a fox breed), an old and a young - was rushing for a sheep. the younger one won and the older one turned and muttered 'chee bye'. what a sore loser. i chuckled to myself.
half way thru, that particular journey, i thought, what if.......
haha... dream on.
during one of my lessons in shool, i was given an article by my lecturer. "EXPECTING A SEAT? FAT HOPE" was the tittle. its so true. even if i ask myself deep inside, honestly, if it was in the enactment above (morning-rush not $10), id not give up my seat for and elderly or a pregnanti woman. either id be catching up lost sleep or pretending to sleep. however there are good samaritans out there that i have seen for myself who does.
i personally feel that its singapores upbringing that is to be blame. this isnt kiasu-ism, its center-rism. we believe that we are more important than a pregnant woman or an elderly who has a single knock left in him. according to the article, the interviewee believes a pregnant woman will go into labour before she is being offered a seat, and sad to say, its very true. im gonna change starting the next train ride.
can you see me?
the other day (i forget when la) went out with 3 outrageous ladies. in search for a guys birthday present. is it so hard to get a birthday present? this is the only pic i can find with a me inside it. and by the way vans is not for matreps like what the hell. do you call a chinese or ang mo lang (pardon me if im wrong) wearing vans shoes matreps? stereotyping sia.
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- th3nakedtruth
- October 15th, 2007
we all make regretable mistakes at one point or another in our lives. when you were a child in kindergarten, an eraser would solve the problem almost immediately. all there was to do was to give a good rub on and its gone. how i wish life goes beyond the trivialities of a five year old.
as much as we hate to admit it, life is about making choices. every little thing we do, we do it because we choose to do so. the choices we make are ours and ours alone. there is no one to blame, no one to become our unfortunate scapegoat. the choices we made have brought us this far. far enough that we shudnt be regretful be it a good one or a bad one.
there are some who choose to live in the past, always looking back at the junctions along the way and when they make a wrong turn, they lament their stupidity and choose to be stuck there refusing to go on. in my opinion, they are actually not afraid of their own inadequancies or fallacies but rather they are afraid to move on into uncharted territory; aftraid of the setbacks and hardships that will accompany such a choice.
there are others who choose to wait at the junction for others to pass before them. not willing to commit nor admit their mistakes but follow the crowd like flocks of sheep. they blame their own misfortunes on the people who have gone before them but in actual fact who are the ones to blame for their plight except for them? unwilling to chart their own path, they are like leaves on a pond; going wherever the current takes them, discontent, but unwilling to help themselves.
however, there are a precious few who walk their own path with no one to guide them, with neither complain nor regret. they have made their choice and are not afraid to pursue their ideals. charting new territory for others to follow, they are doing what they feel is right and are on track to achieving their goal in life.
i believe everyone has has the right to choose their own path. the path in life is neither right nor wrong. each one of walks a different journey but the difference lies in whether you choose your own destiny or youre just a follower. doing what you think is right might not be what others feel is right but your life is yours to chart and whatever decisions you make, you make of your own free will. if youre stuck, move on. dont take that chance to look back and wonder endlessly about 'what if'? for me i know i wont.
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- th3nakedtruth
- September 26th, 2007
loved
even though we have been meeting up alot this few days, i find that ive been think a lot bout her. A LOT. im missing that special girl, that only girl who rightfully belong here - in my heart.
though far, shes near. heck shes part of me. part of me which makes me whole.
shes everything that im not. everything that i can never be. and i want to be with her forever.
words are words. but words from the heart gives a whole different meaning to it.
33 months have passed and a lifetime left to love, miss, cry, fight and laugh.
(id nvr b emo with u arnd)
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- th3nakedtruth
- September 22nd, 2007
annoyed
imagine paying 70% for 'something'. 'something' which you really want. suddenly someone who doesnt even have a single share but a senior relationship with you comes to seize control over it.
its plain obvious that you SHOULD be having complete control over that 'something'. its the same principle as running a business. the more stake you own the more say youd have in the business.its juz not fair. luckily its not man u vs chelsea tonight.
away from the topic: i want vans slip-on, a nice short sleeve shirt, white plain vee neck. please give me money for em and id do anything you want me to! okay not to that point of desperation.
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- th3nakedtruth
- August 24th, 2007
- LOVE
i love the way you make me so happy,
and the ways you show you care.
i love the way you say, "i love you,"
and the way you're always there.
there is no corner, no dark place,
YOUR LOVE cannot fill
and if the world starts causing waves,
it's your devotion that makes them still
so thank you my love for being there,
for supporting me, my life
ill do the same for you, you know,
my beautiful, darling girlfriend...
HAPPY 32ND MONTHS BABY!!
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- th3nakedtruth
- August 2nd, 2007
You know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
you see I feel sad when you're sad
I feel glad when you're glad
if you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you
you came along just like a song
and brighten my day
who would of believed that you where part of a dream
now it all seems light years away
and now you know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
you see I feel sad when your sad
I feel glad when you're glad
if you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile
now some people say happiness takes so very long to find
well, I'm finding it hard leaving your love behind me
and you see I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
you see I feel glad when you're glad
I feel sad when you're sad
if you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you