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Saturday, November 19, 2005

Wants

posted by tristan @ 11/19/2005 09:11:00 AM

Its year end again, and I've been busy compiling my wishlist. With so many wants and with the minimal pay a month, it might take years to fulfil them. lolx.

1) Re-furbish - I've been talking about this re-furbish thingy since god knows when. I wanna get a queen size bed and start getting rid of the kiddo furniture. Might be heading down to Ikea next saturday. I'm always excited whenever I get a chance to go Ikea because there's so many interesting things to see and buy! haha!
FYI: Just to share a piece of good news to shoppers: Courts, Ikea and Giants are building a hypermarket warehouse in Tampines in years to come. Yeahh...

2) Digital camera, as discussed in the previous entry, am still deciding which one to get.

3) Short overseas trip - I've visited places twice this year with my friends, and I hope to set sometime during my block leave (happening in 2 weeks time) for a short overseas trip with my family. Be it KL or BKK (I had love to visit Bangkok again), I need to collect as much info as possible.

I guess that's all, the 3 BIG wants I wish to fulfil before 2005 comes to an end....

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Less than 24hrs

posted by tristan @ 11/19/2005 08:27:00 AM

It's just sooo rare to book out on a friday evening, and i bet it probably happen only twice during my stay at BMT. Anyway, booking in tonight again for live range tomorrow, so kind of moody actually. But hang in there, 1 more week and everything will be through!

I've been quite busy lately, especially with such short book out and book in timing. Thus, I guess its been long since I last catch up with my pals. Not to worry, next saturday I will be booking out in the morning, thus I've ample of time head to town and chill out. So for hui's Ben & Jerry's treat, next saturday okie?!

Digital Camera, still considering which Digital camera I should get. I love Casio digital camera, however, it seems like Panasonic always produce good quality pictures upon uploading or developing. There's a price difference in both camera, but for the core components, they seems to be the same:

Both cameras comes with anti-shock function, and casio have a higher pixel level than the Panasonic one. However, asthetics wise, Panasonic definitely have a winning move with 4 different choice of colour to choose from, breaking away from the usual silver coated digi-cam. Another thing that pretty much attracts me is the large 2.5" LCD display that Panasonic FX-8 offers. Casio has the usual 2.0" LCD display.
FYI: Panasonic FX8 and FX9 functions are almost the same except the pixel leve. FX8 offers 5.0 while FX9 offers 6.0. And FX 9 is currently selling at $749.

Obviously Casio has a better price offered, as it has almost all the functions I want. So which one should I get? Casio or panasonic?

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Sunday, November 13, 2005

shag. cannot think!

posted by tristan @ 11/13/2005 12:38:00 PM

Happy! Applause! I've completed my SIT test held outfield for 3D2N. Surprisingly, this outfield is more tiring and tedious than my 7D6N field camp. We were screwed like nobody's business, screamed, shouted, push up and more push up. Shag, real shag! And unfortunately I got a sergeant who's so "garang" --> army term means like to act, ended up my whole uniform turned ORANGE colour, as we leopard crawl in mud, do RT drills, have to carry like 3kg of stores, run and run, and sometimes even have to carry casualties using groundsheet! The past 3 days have been raining "meow & woof". And I really envy all the other teams, because my team was the only team who crawl in mud, their uniform were as good as NEW!! totally max out yesterday. The first day wasn't that bad, but yesterday was total madness! I passed my mission as an i/c but the feeling is neither here nor there. Its like "pass also like that, fail also like that".

My medical appointment has been fixed, 9th Dec at National Heart Centre. And particularly last week, I nearly broke down. Was down under extreme pressure, from my mum who's worried sick and keep forcing me to see the MO in camp, but I refused as I don't wanna missed the SIT test outfield for 3 days, else I'll be attached to the other company and have to re-test on other dates. What for right, might as well go through it once and for all. And the worst thing that could ever happen, heart cramp is back, for everyday I experienced more than 5 times everyday. You will just feel like you're dying any minute man! 2 more major activities and I'm done! Hip hip hooray! Can't wait for the day to let my parents, lil' cousin see me throwing jockey cap in the parade square! 3 more weeks to POP!! *screammmmm*

I know its weird, but some of the days these week, I suddenly begin to miss those days when I was in Primary school as a relief teacher. Though it has been almost half a year, still its sooo fresh in my mind. The days when I get to converse to little boys and girls, teach them the various subjects was really memorable. And you must agree this - In life, there are just things which you do that will stay with you for life and often its those meaningful ones that are kept forever in our heart! - A self thought quote from tristan. =P

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Sunday, November 06, 2005

1 more month

posted by tristan @ 11/06/2005 10:11:00 AM

1 more month to POP. Just can't wait for that day to come. Like what ting said, happy days always pass with a blink of an eye, but for days filled with agony, it seems like no matter how many times your eye blink, its still there. hahaha!

Went shopping with mum and dad at Raffles City SC yesterday. And 1 thing that catches my attention is all the christmas decoration is already up! Christmas has always been my favourite holiday season. There's this indescriable warmth and festive mood! Best if I can celebrate in those westernize countries.

With regards to my health, I don't know what's up next. The doctor in Tekong is a pain in my a**. When I went to submit my letter on friday, he uses this tone as if they're integorrating prisoner. Yes, I know recruit have the lowest rank in the SAF, but that doesn't mean you have the right to talk to us as if we're like dogs. If the doctors in the aeromedical centre didn't diagnose with problem, I won't even go and see his f*** up face. Right now, I'm just waiting to pass out, get all the necessary consultation with EXTERNAL doctors and liaise with CMPB directly. Whenever I recall, I'm so angry and pissed. Dad is pissed as well. Let's see how many family member can that MO Ang pissed. You are just an MO, need not be so stuck up with your 3 stripes. When you're outside walking down the street in Civilian, you're as good as nothing!

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Thursday, November 03, 2005

Quote

posted by tristan @ 11/03/2005 12:30:00 PM

"Contentment is not the fulfilment of what you want, it is the realization of how much you already have"

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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

finally, its over!

posted by tristan @ 11/01/2005 06:26:00 PM

Hello, how's everyone? Its been like almost 2 weeks since I've last log into blogger.

Field camp is over, and that's something worth to call for a celebration! And with wet weather, on the first and the last night during the 7 days outfield, it sure dampens everyone's mood! And the very last night was the worst. There's no basha or shelter on top of us, all we could do was to wear our gortex (rain coat), sat there while letting the rain hit us. I think I've hit one of the lowest point and thought "why am I stuck in such a place and doing all this shit?" We were wet, really wet, cold, extremely cold to the extend everyone's fingers were going numb. We had to set up our little fire or even use the pathetic candle flame to warm us up a little. And when I went for my pilot medical checkup on saturday (a day after I returned from outfield, I lose freaking 5kg and at the same time, I grew 2 cm) I'm really going vertical! Anyway, been diagnose with some heart problem after the thorough checkup on sat, and now i'm undergoing further medical review. I'm not going into detail bout it, but more or less, 3 doctors are quite sure that its the problem that causes constant chest pain. haix, suddenly, I just find that life's indeed unpredictable and vulnerable.

A quick recall about the field camp and what I've found out...
- Some of the combat ration are really nice (noodles & pasta) but some are horrendously awful (rice). I took a bite and decided to munch on biscuit instead. The dessert pack always tasted good. =)

- I saw the legendary Mr Super Duper BIG centipede on the last day of field camp. OMG! Goosebumps.

- A small centipede dropped from my pants the moment I release my gutters when I was back in bunk. Woo!!

- Tekong has one of the most amazing star gazing spot on a cloudless night. Its breathe-taking and I just wished singapore can offer such fantastic view. The scene still remains vivid in my head!

Hmmm, can't really think any other happenings. But it was a memorable one. Like what others said, the tougher it is, the more memorable it will be. Yes, I do agree!

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Anyway, its so good to be back home after a straight 2 weeks of confinement. The feeling is even better than the first 2 weeks of my enlistment!

Oh, I have enormous appetite after a week of outfield. I simply hate the fact that I lose the precious 5 kg again and I'm on food fest now. Met up with Esther yesterday morning for breakfast at MacDonalds. Had Hotcake meal with additional Sausage egg with McMuffin. Later she accompanied me back to Saffron to take my pay, good to see all my colleagues again, but too bad I can't lunch with them. There's always another chance! =) Don't worry guys!

Its shopping spree at Orchard again! Bought a belt and adidas bag for $49. Also bought a wholesale price Paul Smith Extreme perfume for only $30 as en is working with Luxasia. Erjie joined us shortly after we reached orchard. Went to eat the Sambal Chilli fishcake. Can't really get Esther's winter wear in Orchard, we then decided to head down to Suntec instead. Ah wei finally got her $200 worth of winter goodies with a complimentary toiletries bag from Cold Wear! haha! We had Prawn Noodles for lunch and I had 2 additional char siew bao. Thereafter I was tempted by the raisin roll and portuguese egg tart at Crystal Jade Cakery, ate that again and we had our dessert at Ben and Jerry. Ben and Jerry's ice cream taste really good, especially the Coffee flavoured one. Surprisingly, erjie said it taste better than Haagen Dazs. So its for you guys to find out! It was indeed a non-stop eating session with ah wei and erjie!

In the evening, celebrated Agnes's belated Birthday at Marche. Had Crepes and Pizza and shared some other light dishes with the rest. Had fun catching up, as we haven't met up for long. Too bad hui can't join us as she's having a bad stomach. Nevermind, there's always another day.

Its been long since I had sooo much fun on a single day from morning till late night! Thanks to all my wonderful mates who make it happens!

Tomorrow is wednesday again. Time passed exceptionally fast when we're having fun!!

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