26th - 27th May

26th May (Saturday)

I woke up with a flu, which lasted the entire day.

Basically i slept til pretty late, 13 hours to be exact, and woke up feeling kinda bleh. Eventually i decided to meet Edward up, since i got nothing to do, and went over to Expo.

Walked all the way to the end of the halls, bleh. Not in the mood to write for some reason, i'll carry on some other day.

Friday The 25th. Navy Open House

Woke up at 5:am by Edward, he wanted to give me a morning call cause he thought i needed to be at Expo by 6:15. Fact is i needed to be at TMC by 6am, quite a difference.
Slept on, woke up at 5:20, showered, ate a bit, then tried to hail a cab to work.

Hmm, funny how there are no cabs when you need them. Though i only waited for a few minutes, i thought they would be everywhere. *shrugs*

Irregardless, i reached, and then took the ambulance with Mitchell, onwards to Changi Naval Base. The sun made the sky look good.. the shade of blue contrasting with the whiteness of the clouds, and the yellow of the sky.. it almost made me remember my sailing days, when i was looking at the same sky.

Reached Changi Naval Base, then ate SAF breakfast, consisting of one fish fillet burger, and one hot dog bun. Then had some cheapo brand sugar cane juice.

Well, i found out that i was to be deployed at the Medical Post, which i later realised was at the 185 Sqn Building. Me, KC and Rongming took the buggy over. My! Its the first time i've ever set on a buggy~ It was pretty cool~

We occupied a small room in the building, and quickly set up the room so that everything was in order, should there be any casualties.

Technically, we were in an air-con room, but we couldn't really feel the cold air. Anyhows, it was much better than to be under the blazing sun outside, which i tried for a while during lunch time. Me and Yunxiang just swopped with Fidelis and Samuel.

Right, the Navy Open House. Somewhere around 3pm me and Yunxiang took a walk around. I managed to walk the entire open house. FIrst off, there were around 3-4 rows of food stalls, distributed evenly. There were also various game stalls, which i didn't really look at, and many exhibits under one big tent. There were 3 games there, one of them was to control a gunner, sort of like a shooting game. It was really quite lame. The other one was as a navigator, and i missed the third.

All the types of navy ships were also on display, namely the PV(patrol vessel), MCV(missile corvettes), MCMV(mine sweeper vehicles?), the LSTs, and the Frigates.

The frigates are the latest additions to the Navy. They don't have windows, and are supposed to show on the radar as a fishing vessel. I mean if everyone knows that, than i'll probably scan all the fishing vessels, especially when i'm attacking in a war. haha.

There were also many sea activies, like allowing you to pillon ride in a Jet-ski, riding in a banana boat, sitting in the navy's very own version of the 'Singapore Duck Tours', and smaller boats from the LSTs, which were released into the nearby waters.

There were also 2 other First Aid Posts, that were out in the shelter.

A stage was set up in front of the main command building, and activities ranged from Choir singing by our very own SAF song and dance, to choir performances from Compassvale Secondary School, to performances by NDU.

Yeap, it was really quite happening.

There wasn't a lot of casualites(thankfully), just a few minor ones.

The base ceased operations at 5pm, and at around 6:30 we were waiting for our last parade at Changi Medical Centre. At 7pm, a few of us took rides home.

I forgot to mention, at around 12+ i received Jek's sms saying that his dad has passed away, so i smsed Weixiang and asked if he wanted to come with me.

He was at the libary, so i headed over to JE library at 8pm, read a bit, before leaving for Jek's place.

It was nice catching up, he looked okay to me actually... and we left after a while.

I slept til very late the next day...

22nd May - 24th May

Tuesday was a lawless day.. our 'bosses' were on leave!
Not to mention it sort of rained in the afternoon, so we didn't have a lot of people coming in.

A relatively relaxing day, minimal amount of stress~

However, i had to meet Jason at night to get the batteries from him. They've been chasing me for it ever since i went to walk in the morning.

Somehow i was pretty tired by the end of the day, so i tried to nap a bit, only to be waken by the phone... and i didn't even want to pick it up, since it isn't for me anyways.

Eventually we agreed to meet at 10pm, @ Buena Vista. I have no idea why we're meeting there, and i thought he'll just pass it to me and then i'll be off.

He told me Alex would be there too, so i called him, only to find out that he'll be reaching there at around 10:30, so i decided to play with Rain a bit first. I brought bro along with me, and left him with Rain while i went to meet them.

When i reached, Alex told me that we're meeting Jason at TCC, Holland V. I was actually very surprised, because i seriously thought i would be able to go home quick. But bleh, since its like that, just go lor.

Ended up me and Alex had a milkshake each, and shared some wedges. I actually saw Johan there too, what a coincidence.

We talked from around 11 to 12, then decided to leave. Jason came at 12+, citing reasons like he left his wallet at the cab and he had to chase it.

I don't know lar, seriously i'm very sick of his excuses and his constant lateness. He even wanted to ask us to go to Blue Blazze, the ktv pub that he keeps going.

I told him he's crazy. I still have work tomorrow, and Alex has his driving test. So i just walked and walked with Alex til we reached Dover ITE, then took a cab home. Ended up spending around $14 for the night, and that's because Alex treated me to wedges.

Sigh, this is ridiculous. I'm spending so much whenever i'm near him. Not just that, i feel like i'm being used. Considering i finally got the assignment done. Aargh, the more i talk about him the more dulan i am. On to the next day.

Wednesday

Didn't do much in work, but went home and took a shower while i waited for Noel to call to let me know he's free. Yeap, had to go to the library today cause Tomithy dumped two books on me, i think mine was overdue too, so i decided to go today.

Went to Jurong Library, and received a call from Jason again. Once again he wanted me to do something i would never have done if i were alone, something along the lines of going to Far east and buying something.

Really ar, i feel like i'm being used. So of course i said no. I like helping people, i enjoy it. In fact i helped some people with their bags when i saw them struggling. But try to take advantage of me and you see what happens lor.

Supposed to meet Noel at 8:30pm, but i knew he'll be late, so i just slacked around at the libary. In the end he came at 9:30+ cause he actually went to JP instead. Ah well.

We tried After burner Climax, and after spending a few minutes on it i was KO'ed, and we went to KFC for dinner.

He talked about Daphne and the issues that are facing him. Daphne's friends all seem to think that he's a 'typical chinese guy', some of them think he's 'dangerous', and some think he's 'scary'.

Wow. I think they're crazy. I believe that as long as a couple is happy. Why do you have so much comments? Can't you see they mean so much to each other? At least Daphne's family is supportive of him.

Reached home at about 11+, and completed my resume, sent it, and slept til 2:45. Champions League Final!

Interesting enough match between AC Milan and Liverpool, but i think Liverpool played much better. However, AC milan won in the end. Good match!

Thursday
Almost couldn't wake up today =_=.
Luckily bosses not here again, all preparing for the Open house, so we were able to take it easy.

At lunchtime the NS man doctor brought some food in too. Some D-24 Durian puffs "Ultimate!", some chocolate durian puffs, and a box of er, chocolate moouse?

It was really good! They were from Emicakes as well. Phew, it couldn't be cheap.

Yeap, shouldn't describe how we slacked in the afternoon. Haha..

ANd bleh, tomorrow morning i'm waking up really early cause i need to reach camp at 6am, then reach Changi in the ambulance by 7:15am. Sigh.

I'm feeling pretty lethargic. Yeap, i will definately sleep early tonight. Will be reading a bit first though.

oh, regarding my Resume, Jiahui said she'll talk to her ex-boss about it and try to grant me an interview. Thanks Jiahui!

Time to rest... zzz.

21st May 2007 (Monday) - Sis' graduation ceremony -

21st May 2007 (Monday)

Woke up at 7:15 despite it being an off day, and despite the fact that i don't want to wake up at all. Showered, dressed, waxed hair, wore watch, packed bag, and left with mom... to TP!

TP! The land of joy and peace!(Hah, i can say that now only because i'm no longer a student~). We took the train over, then bus no.69.

Things doesn't seem to have changed much. There were still so many students waiting for the bus, and the bus still came pretty late. Which means all those having lessons at 9am will be late, as usual.

We reached TCC at 915, amidst a flurry of activity. There were people everywhere, ushers, guests, graduates, everyone was walking around everywhere.

We walked into the LT 59 and 60.. (Didn't it just used to be called TCC?) and got seated in the above seats. The lower section was reserved for graduates. It so happened that they were showing a flim done by one of the students. About instead of just preaching love, one can and should show their love..

And 'face' is just crap. Its what inside that counts. Let them talk all they want!

There were the usual opening ceremonies after that. The speech by Boo Kheng Hua was unimpressive and boring (Boo!), while the speech given by the CEO of Keppel Land was inspiring and quite highly charged. His two words for the graduates was "Go International", somewhere in the middle he said "get your hands dirty", and i totally agree.

Hmm, then there were the presentation of all the graduates, which took more than an hour. Ah, what happened next was the presentation of 4 special students, together with their parents. These 4 achieved the Lew Kuan Yew Award (x2), some guy's award, and an all rounder award.

Basically they just stood on the stage while the Emcee just heaped praises on them. They just had to smile.

But really, i think they deserved it. Its really, really not easy to do what they did. Especially the ITE student who did so well to get a perfect 4 in ITE, and a 3.92 in TP.

Its amazing! Just reading their 'biography' sounds amazing. Truly.

There was a light reception outside TCC after that, and we had some food before i took some photos for sis. Actually managed to see auntie li kiau there, and i took a photo of mom & sis, li kiau and daughter. Among alot of other photos.

Truly, i've never seen so many poly students gather in a place looking so happy for a very long time... haha..!

After that, we went to SGH to visit grandmom. To cut things short, she had a heart attack and will be having an operation tomorrow... I managed to meet Edward up since he happened to be at the hospital, listening to his friend's lecture.

I took a walk around his ward, drank a bit at the cafetaria at the same floor, then we headed over to Tiong Bahru to watch 28 weeks later, and also caught dinner and walked around a bit.

The show was pretty good. I think the reason why everyone's saying it sucks is because they're expecting Resident Evil, or Dawn of the dead style. They're not catching the character & moral parts of the story.

Anyways, dinner was at Grillers? And i had pizza. It wasn't that bad as compared to The Pizza Place @ JP. Much better actually, even though its more expensive.

One thing to note, Tiong Bahru plaza was full of kids! Secondary school... lower sec.. kids everywhere!

Went home afterwards, had to finish the project, but i just couldn't start.. sigh. In the end i went down to find Rain. Found two other cats before i found Rain.. she's still as affectionate as ever.. but she seems to have changed her hiding spot. Probably because of one of them evil cats that's posessive.

This time i forgot to bring water down, so i asked bro to bring some down for me. I think Rain throughly enjoyed our attention.. hee~ She's so pretty!

Then came back, typed a few emails for dad, then tried to do a bit of the thing again. I'm counting on you edward, i'm bushed...

To a better tomorrow..~

Cat Welfare Society Talk

19th & 20th May

Saturday
The only thing i did today was to attend the Cat Welfare Society Talk..
They taught us how to use a very big cat-trap, to neuter the strays or abandoned cats that hasn't been sterilized yet.

It was at Alice's house. Alice is a middle-aged woman who houses 4 cats and a wounded abandoned dog, and is a feeder of 10 cats below her block.

She's a very outgoing woman, and chatted alot in the time that she was free. Around 10+ people attended the session by Cat Welfare, and after Rebecca showed us the trap(i swear the last time i heard that name was from Resident Evil), Dawn started talking about the advantages of sterilising, working with town councils, etc.

It was innovative, and i received alot of brochures on/about cats. Most of them were from Cat Welfare themselves. In short, i got alot of stuff to read up on. Haha.

Bought some cat food and some human food afterwards, then went home to eat up, watched some Code Geass, then to sleep.

Nothing much for the rest of the day

Sunday
Only event was ktv with the guys. It was just like old times actually, just that the location changed from Paradiz centre to Cineleisure...

Me, Zacky, Kher Wei & Yenting.

I passed Kher Wei her present and card, and got presents from her to pass to Jiayan, who didn't come cause she wasn't feeling too well.

After the ktv, 3 of us went to Taka and had dinner at ... Macdonalds! Bleh!
We talked alot too, about our plans to further our studies..

Now i'm back home. I haven't seen Rain for 2 days... coincidentally, there's a wake at blk 309, block 307, and also a couple of neighbouring blocks. I'm thinking that's why i don't see Rain around..

Anyways i think i'm going to do some work that Jason has brought to me. 14 pages of questions, and i'm supposed to answer all of them. The sample he gave me was 30 pages of answers.

Wth!?

I'll just see what i can do.

Your Birthdate: October 14

You work well with others. That is, you're good at getting them to do work for you. It's true that you get by on your charm. But so what? You make people happy! You're dynamic, clever, and funny. And people like to have you around. But you're so restless, they better not expect you to stay around for long. Your strength: Your superstar charisma Your weakness: Commitment means nothing to you Your power color: Fuchsia Your power symbol: Diamond Your power month: May

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

18th May Friday

Today, as i was walking to the bus stop, i was actually hoping to see the same girl i saw 2 weeks ago, but atlas, no such luck.

Work in the morning was pretty slack, meaning to say its a pretty peaceful morning.
I won't elaborate much, but alot of my batch people aren't here today. Most of them on off/leave/dental.

I went for an xray at sembawang camp in the afternoon. My hip has been giving me problems, especially after that IPPT =/

YOu know, at this rate i would most likely need to take RT, and take IPPT in my own time outside. Bleh.

This is the worse case scenario i suppose. Actually it could be worse. I need to find out what's wrong with me hip~

It took me 2 hours to get there, and after i was done, i was so tired that i just decided to take a cab home. Don't feel like spending that 1 1/2 hour taking bus/train etc.

Slacked a bit at home, played a bit of my psp, then slept for an hour odd before meeting Edward and Tomithy for dinner at JEC, before heading over to Chevrons.

Edward went to his workplace and drew his uniform, signed the contract and everything. Ah yea, it was Tomithy's first time singing. wee~

Well, back to Chevrons ktv. I swore that i wouldn't be back after that horrible experience 1 year back, but i think its better now. First of all their uniform is rather.. well it shows a lot of legs, the service personnel aren't all that old, they aren't that rude or anything.

We were supposed to sing for 2 hours, but we ended up singing for 4.
Phew, i'm actually quite tired now. Guess i'll just watch some anime before heading to sleep.. there's a TNRM session tomorrow at 11... need to wake up and be in time!

You Are a Visionary Soul

You are a curious person, always in a state of awareness. Connected to all things spiritual, you are very connected to your soul. You are wise and bright: able to reason and be reasonable. Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings. You have great vision and can be very insightful. In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself. Visionary souls like you can be the best type of friend. You are intuitive, understanding, sympathetic, and a good healer. Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

The True You

You want your girlfriend or boyfriend to be more relaxed, calm, and composed. With respect to money, you spend carefully and save your pennies. You think good luck might come your way, but if it does you'll be so surprised you'll burst out laughing. The hidden side of your personality tends to be a little selfish. You only do what interests you. You are the type of person who assumes that the world revolves around yourself. When it comes to finding a romantic partner, you don't have any particular type in mind, but you are inclined to look for someone who will say yes when you ask him / her out.

Who's The True You?

17th May Thursday - Dinner with Edward, Tomithy -

17th May Thursday

For some reason i woke up tired again, and this time my joints were aching! bleh!
Managed to get to work on time... ate an extremely hearty breakfast consisting of a drumstick, an egg, some sweet & sour pork, and a fish fillet.

Well, i Was hungry..~

But thanks to that, i managed to skip lunch without feeling hungry. In fact i was so hungry that i slept the entire lunch~

Didn't do much after lunch. Just did the usual walking around, talking around, work a bit, and oh yea, did my ORD medical clearance!

Finally! Its been long enough!

After that Tomithy, Edward and me went to IMM for dinner. It was supposed to be a congratulatory dinner for us as we all passed, and Tom got silver, but bleh, since i failed, i changed it to a consolation one. Haha.. Not that it matters.

Edward had a simple pasta, while Tom & I shared a Seafood platter for 2.

Whew, its been a long time since i had it, and its still divine! I was pretty full after it too.

Went home after, and confirmed that Rain was there before i went home, showered, and brought food for her.

I decided to pour the rest of the cat-food i had left for her, and then saw another can of empty cat food after she ate only a bit. She finished the rest of the foot licking(which i learnt from Karen was a sign of 'marking' me. In her exact sms, "She just wants to tell you she likes you and leaving her scent on you. Sweet Rain wants to own you :U)

Aww.. i want to own her too! She's so pretty! I have no idea why anyone would abandon her actually. I think i'm falling in love!~

Incidentally, someone saw me playing with her(or her playing with me?), and decided to strike up a conversation. Turns out Rain sometimes follows his daughter up to his house, and during the evenings they'll feed her. That's how she never goes hungry i suppose. Haha..

Rain is pretty resourceful it seems.

I found out his name was Ishak, and it seems that i don't have to worry about Rain being hungry that much anymore. That's good stuff.

Anyways, going for xray tomorrow afternoon. *Yawns*, i need to catch up with my reading. But i haven't been doing it for a few days. Right. Need to catch up with my animes too..~

Til tomorrow then~

16th May 2007 - IPPT @ Sembawang camp - Nicholas's bday -

16th May 2007

Woke up at 6+am. Whew. Didn't feel like waking up at all~
Sigh.

Ate my normal pills, then went to sembawang liao.
Phew, was almost late. Reached at around 7:30. The unit bus was supposed to arrive at 7:30 you see.

ANyways, met the rest up and took the bus in.

Okay this is sounding boring even to me, so i'll just cut it short.

I just wasn't in the mood. I think i did everything half heartedly. I almost didn't finish 40 sit ups in time. In fact i think i was the epitome of lethargy. Sighs.

I only did 7 chip-ups for some weird reason. I couldn't even do 8... what's wrong with me sia.

Standing broad jump i also didn't make it. Actually... i think anyone can see that i'm having difficulty.. shuttle run i was also quite out of it. Sigh.

I think by right i should have failed SBJ, but they decided to add a few cm in so i could pass...

I did my 2.4km in 11:46 minutes...

I passed everything! I passed!

It wasn't until later that i thought about it, and realised that i may have scored 1 point less than the required to pass.

Sigh. I don't know whether i'm angry or disappointed at myself. But my attitude today really sucks. Towards IPPT, physically and mentally. What's wrong??!

Anyways we had lunch at subway before we went back to camp. Managed to wolf down a footlong and my stomach still felt empty.. phew.

Took the bus back to camp, then acted like everything was normal.

Right, forgot to say that it's Nicholas's bday, so we actually had a cake for him, not to mention some 'surprises'. At last parade, we tied him to the BCU(Body cooling unit), and sprayed him with mist, water, gargle, gel, and whatever excess stuff we had. Haha.

Then cut the cake and everyone left. I forgot to mention that Fidelis's eye was injured by nicholas when he was defending himself... he squirted something into his eye. Bleh.

I decided to walk home from lakeside cause i wanted to think a bit. In the end i just played "Wo Ke Yi" over and over again, and i had a mini KTV session.

Decided to cut my hair too. That's when i started thinking about the issue. No conclusion though, but my hair feels very short now, compared to a few hours ago. Damn, i think they over cut it!

Reached home, watched tv and read abit before meeting up with Karen to feed her cats. Whew, the cats actually followed her when she beckoned.. how cool is that!

Anyways she feeds about 12 cats in total around her 3 blocks.. and i must say the cats look like they really like her(okay, knowing cats, they probably recognise her as their primary food-giver).

Subsequently, i walked back home and managed to see Rain, the cat that i had sterilized the other day(remember?). I petted her for a while, before i realised that she would probably like something to eat, so i brought down some food and some water for her.

I think i spent close to 45+ minutes with her, and you can tell she was pretty contented, the way her tail was swishing along. The last 5 minutes were a bit weird though. She started licking and rubbing her face along my right big Toe. And slowly she licked a bit of my slipper as well.

A foot fetish i'll say!

I actually had a very tiring day, so i'm going to end off here. My phone didn't receive any SMSes today at all! Somehow that felt kinda weird, so please feel free to sms ya?

Til next time~
Aaron

Today was a normal enough day.

Just that i was watching the channel 8 show @ 7pm. You know, Yuan Dian.
I'm starting to feel like the guy Yucheng(Eh, i'm not talking about his looks or money). You know the 3 of them are together, but Yucheng could never join in.. its like he's always supporting in the background.

He likes the girl, but the girl don't like him that way. Maybe cause in the sense even though all 3 of them grew up together, Tie-Tou and Felicia Chin were together cause they played together more.

I feel like i'm always looking from outside in a relationship. Don't think it has to do with guts to confess or not, more like i'm just generally not regarded as boyfriend material. In fact, i think i make a much better friend than a boyfriend.

I'm not good with expressing my feelings either. And this sucks. When something emotional happens, i don't know what to do, other than to offer the practical or logical solution.

Heh, i guess i've guarded my emotions so well that i don't know how to express them anymore.

Can anyone teach me?

Okay, i'll log off before i start getting too emo. IPPT Tomorrow! Need to pass at least! Phew..~ Waking up at 6:15 like that =_=

9th to 14th May (Wed to mon)

Had this 'life run' in the morning, and for the rest of the day i felt so nua.. phew. it seemed like quite a distance..~

Was so tired at night that i slept at 8+, only to be waken up at 1+am. Slept again at 3+4, watched 1st half of some soccer.. man utd vs chelsea. Thought it'll be a good match, but they're fielding reserves cause man utd has already won the cup. Bleh.

Ended up being a most boring match.

Woke up again at 10+ by a phone call. Settled that and went to sleep only to be awoken by another phone call.

I think i got no fate to sleep in. Always got people call in one... like i'm some kinda radio =_=

Thursday night i met up with Jiayan. We caught up.. and chatted til 11+. It was quite fun i guess..

Friday i stayed in all day cause i couldn't find anyone to go out with.
Saturday i had this mothers' day thingy.. basically i ate alot of fried chicken!
1x Chicken Thigh, 1x Chicken breast, 2x chicken wings(home cooked) some popcorn chicken, a couple of nuggets. Phew.

No wonder i got sorethroat on sunday huh?

ANyways on sat night i decided to go out, and since i got no one to ask out again... everyone is either attached, busy studying, or just attached..

I took an hour 1/2 walk to weiquan's place. Thought a lot... no conclusions though. sigh.

I had fun at quan's even though i didn't join them in the mahjong session. We chatted a bit, then talked about ghost stories... seems there really are quite alot of ghosts at CCKSS huh?

Sunday i met up with Tomithy to discuss about some stuff... we talked for quite some time..
Then met up with Zacky.
Don't want to go into details cause i'm quite tired today... but yea, it was fun.

Its really nice to meet people up and talk i realised.. i'll be doing it more often~

Today Monday, i did fumigation... read quite alot of book 3 Terry Goodkind! Played a bit of my psp...

The afternoon passed by pretty quick too. No life! today..

Went to JP with Tomithy and Edward for dinner. Ate at the Pizza place 3rd level. Since there was a combo promotion, i got the first one which comes with a mini pizza, soup and an iced tea.

The food was just... okay. Company was good. As i told them, Tomithy and Edward are really quite opposites. Many times one of them talks and the other don't get it. Its very interesting actually..

Didn't do much after that, and now i'm at home! May be sleeping slightly earlier tonight... i don't know why i'm so tired...

Jason jioed me to go out... supposed to go til 3am. But no mood lar, so tired =_=

Tomorrow will be a better day!

8th - 9th May

Monday and Tuesday so far

Monday was the day i went back to work after a 9 day break. While i want to say i'm glad to be back. The truth was there's a lot of tension in the air.

Have you seen someone who's usually so strict and strong drop tears?

There was a mess up at the end of the day too, so ended up the doctor and all of us had a short 'sharing' session.

Also met up with Ryan, and talked about the MLM stuff. Basically told me why some companies cannot be trusted... whew. He can really talk.

After that, went home and watched a bit of anime, almost fell asleep cause i was so tired! But after the phone call with Tomithy about thoughtscape i 'woke up' a bit, and started to read a bit before sleeping.

Tuesday:
Normal enough morning, Tomithy filled me in more with thoughtscape. I had counselling in the afternoon and even though it ended early, i managed to lose my sense of direction and took the bus in the wrong lane =_=, ended up taking a train from Tiong Bahru instead of Commonwealth.

Its fine though, i did reach home at around 3:30+.

Watched a bit of tv & anime, before sleeping at 5. Got woken up by Karen's message about the cat being released, and i went down to meet her and the cat for a while. She just released her, fed her a bit, see that she's alright, and we left.

Then i commented about seeing another cat who's not been sterilized. She said it could be a house-cat, and the only way to know is to scare him/her so that the cat will go back to the place its familiar with.

My first detective work!

The cat did run up to the second floor, so we know that at least its being fed.

Pretty cool stuff. I got a packet of kitty food so that i can feed the cat if i see her the next time(the one that got sterilized).

Slacked around at home after that before Benson called and asked if i wanted to meet up. It just so happened that i msged him earlier in Msn, asking the same thing. Haha, quite ciao.

We went to the coffeeshop nearby where he had dinner, then we walked around the canal. We talked about anything and everything, and boy, does it feel like old times... i do miss the times where we did that back then a few years back..

Yeap, i'll try to hang out with him more since Noel here has gotton himself pretty busy lately. (I hope you're reading this Noel, but since you're so busy you probably won't.. hah!)

Tomorrow there's a life run in the morning.. yawns. Have to report earlier for work. But i'm not sleeping so early i think. I Am off on thursday and friday..~

Life seems to be looking up!

Summary of week (9 days leave)

Highlights of the week:

As most of you may know, after i came back from the Taiwan trip, i went back to work on friday and had leave from Saturday all the way til now, Sunday.

I've met up with Jason and Alex quite a few times, went down to Blue Blazze at least 3 times. The last one being rather bizzare, the event with Kelly. See, this Kelly was in the toilet when this guy started kicking the door, asking her to hurry up.

That's the worst thing for him to do, cause Kelly is a 'gangstress' of a sort. To cut things short, Kelly made a lot of noise, and this guy happened to be an acquaintance of mine(somebody introduced him to me in the pub). So Kelly was making alot of noise at the table beside us, and eventually the guy left.

Kelly came up to me and told me the entire story. Tugging on my arm quite a few times. Her bf tried to intervene, but to no avail. Actually i kinda pity her bf.

I've also met up with Kaili & Chiman. Spent a very nice evening and afternoon with them. Thanks for giving me the chance to catch up!

I was supposed to meet more people, but because of my late night KTV; i actually sang from 12am-6am cause Jason wasn't exactly in the mood to sing. Its a personal record~
I missed two appointments. Guess i'll be seeing them soon..~ Sorry Gerlind! I haven't slept for 3hours for a very long time.

I also met up with Noel... Now this i have a lot to say. It seems that when i was gone, he went and got himself a girlfriend! I'm happy for him. I really really am. But he's a changed person now. In fact, he smses Daphne so much that when you talk to him during a sms, its like talking to a blank wall.

I met him twice in a row on friday and saturday, and i actually got to meet up with Daphne on Sat. Now, you should have seen the look on His eyes when he met her, and the conversations after they met.

Phew. We actually met up at the National Library, and had dinner at sketches. But he wanted to meet Daph before he left, so we went over to Borders.. or rather Fish & Co. I saw her for a while, then took a walk at Taka, trying to look for someone that i've seen once. Didn't quite work out, so went back to the 2nd level and waited for him.

Even the book i was reading was touching on love at the very point! This is almost too much..~

Anyways, in midweek I professed my interest in becoming a member of the Cat Welfare Society, and i've been exchanging alot of emails with them.

On Sunday i met up with Karen, who's sort of in charge of our little area, and we trapped two cats for sterilization. One of them was at 309, just beside my block.
That cat was very guai... she didn't meow much except when i meowed back at her.

The other one they caught was one raised from the wild, so he was very apprehensive at being caught and keept mewing pitifully. But they had to be sterilised you see, else they'll cause a lot more problems.

I remember Karen asking me twice if i'm alright, cause i'm being my normal quiet self today(slept pretty late, did another midnight jog for the week. Twice i've jogged midnight for this week).

I came back after 2 hours for my afternoon nap, just wasn't in the mood to do anything else. Probably thanks to Noel's influence, i had weird dreams of Karen.

Nothing really special, just kinda weird. No i don't quite remember what happened either. But it seemed like a long dream.

By the way, you won't hear me talking about the PS girl anymore. I think she quit =/
I kinda miss her actually. Past few times i've been at JP the first thing i do is see if she's there. Now something feels missing somewhat.

Ah well, just when i finally mustered the courage to ask her number. Atlas, there will be other chances that i will cherish..~

That's all for the summary of the week..

I've been really busy this week. Going out and meeting loads of people. I've also joined the Cats Welfare society in case you're wondering(Finally!).

I don't think i'll change my blog layout anytime soon as i can't find a better one for now, but i will try my best to update my blog and upload the pictures. Soon.

Take care guys, and miss me!

12th Apr

Started day with colours. Then the divers started diving. Went for a hospital visit to the nearby army hospital, then to their City's General hospital. The facilities were very extensive. Their big hospital was like CGH, but their main hal lwas kinda quiet.

Went back at 1340, just in time for the opening Ceremony.

15+ people from each ship went. We walked to a nearby building, and sat down in a hall, where they introduced all the big shots in the navy involved in this exercise. They made their opening speeches, we made ours, then all that's left was some 'light' refreshments, which consisted of 18+ types of finger food and a few varieties of drinks.

Some of them chatted us up. Mainly talked a bit with a 'Corporal' and a lot with a 'LTC' 2 stars. Basically learnt that their NSFs term is only for 1year 2months, but their average pay is 5-6K NT, which is around 250-300 bucks. I then commented that stuff was generally more expensive here. Hah.

(AN: it was hard trying to hold a converstation with them. You know how Singaporeans like to put in english words even when we're speaking in chinese. And there's alot of things i don't know how to speak in chinese. Phew.)

Shore leave was at 1530.

I walked with Kf and the doctor to various places to shop.
The places we went do for that day was:-
A 3-storey stationery shop
yes, they had a lot of things to sell apparantly. Unlike our popular which spans lengthwise, their buildings tend to go up~
12 Level Isetan
Just one of their many multi-level departmental stores.. they really have alot of stuff in there.
Night Markets
I went to quite a lot of these. Basically its like a giant pasar malam. Alot of stalls on either side, and we just keep walking straight. Some of the night markets focus were on food, some on clothes, and some a mix of both.
Dinner at a 'Huo Guo' restaurant.
It wasn't too bad, initially there were quite a lot of people inside, but they slowly trickled out until only the 3 of us were left. Even the music stopped, so it was really peaceful. The surroundings were pretty mild and made you relaxed enough to enjoy your meal in peace.
Smelly Toufu
Yes, i tried it together with my friend. The smell is bad enough, but the taste of it is overwhelming... its like a horrible stink in your mouth, and you just want to puke it out. Nope, smelly toufu is not for me~

I'm finally writing this~ My sailing to Taiwan which spanned from 6th of April (Good Friday) to the 26th.

Regarding the photos, i've decided to put it at imagebucket. Its supposed to be faster than putting it here, and i don't really want to put that many pictures here (70+ from my camera, 300+400 from my other friend?)

I'll let you know the link when i'm done, or i'll probably post it in my links page.

Will be changing my entire blog as well, but for now.. let me just post what i wrote down, ON the journey there.

11th Apr

Sailed on the 6th of Apr, 5 days since then.
Sea-state has been bad since slip-off, all the way til we reached Taiwan. 4 days of sea-state 3-4. The night before reaching Taiwan was the worst. I was practically hopping & rolling on my 'bed', so bad was the sea-state.

(Aaron's Note <"AN">: Sea state refers to the condition of the sea, the State of the sea. In RSN, Sea-state 0 or Mirror state is when the sea's so still, its like a mirror reflecting your image. 1 is slight rocking, 2 is rocking now and then, 3 means rocking every few minutes, and 4 means you better hold on to something, for it rocks every few seconds.

The last night before reaching Taiwan was the worse, because we were entering their straits. Many things fell down, and its like being in an earthquake inside a house with a richter scale of 7)

I've only charged my PSP once. There isn't enough power slots in the ship i think. Hah, so much for bringing so many games here. I did finish reading the 2nd book of Terry Goodkind. I'm starting to like him a lot.

Okay, my living conditions. Started out with 3 divers and me at the Gunbay, but on the 2nd day when the gunbay was flooded(i mean literally), we lost much of our eq and well, stuff to it(loads of it were wet), my diver sleepmate Woon left me to sleep at the electronic room, since its less rocky and dry. It doesn't drip there so its better, however the only thing is that its colder there.

(AN: Yes, there was literally a flood. It seems a pipe burst, and it started flooding. The water reached up to my thighs. My life jacket got activated, my shoes were all wet. I lost a sock in the process, and my medical equipment got wet. It wasn't fun at all! Not to mention the constant dripping... ahh!)

I sorta enjoyed staying by myself for a while, until i came back to discover my blanket missing. To stop the chills, i'm wearing my coveralls together with my socks later. Sigh, i miss the other ship. Everything except the Coxn seems better there. What an ORD trip this is turning out to be. Heh, i wonder how Kefeng is faring.

To top it off, it doesn't look like we'll have more than 3-4 days of shore leave max. Think the next time i come will be in a plane. I'm starting to miss home already. Bah, i'll survive. Somehow.

(AN: note the dismal state of conditions and my morale =_=, however, things got MUCH better after we reached.)