Sunday, April 27, 2008
few more hours till book in and here i am blogging again. this week will probably pass by slightly faster thanks to the labour day holiday, which is going to be a much needed break for me. apparently the weekends weren't enough (on second thoughts, since when had weekends ever been long enough? lol)
let's just hope everything can get by smoothly this week.
anyway, i had always thought that my expenses after i enlist would fall due to the lack of time spent in the civilian world as i won't have much chance to spend. i was wrong. it seems that i'm spending more then when i was in jc. looks bad.
the last few weekends were nothing short of enjoyable. it's just simply chilling out with my friends and talking cock. but that was enough to make my day. and those were the things i wouldn't mind burning a hole in my wallet for. yesterday morning was spent playing tennis (finally!) with kaixuan. after that rushed down to plaza sing to catch the forbidden kingdom with a few track buddies (the movie was somewhat humorous but i won't go further on that, i'll leave it to you to go catch it yourself). after that headed down to queensway to help leon get his shoes and had the laksa which was 'up there'. finally we headed over to holland v for dinner at sushi tei and chilled out at indochine for a drink after that and to catch the match between chelsea and manchester united.
yup that about sums up my saturday. most of today was spent sleeping at home but somehow i'm still feeling tired. so i guess i'm probably using this labour day holiday to sleep even more.
on a random note, i just got accpeted in ntu's electrical and electronic engineering (EEE). now i'm just waiting for nus to reply before i start cracking my brain and thinking of which sch to accept.
heard that chi hua passed her driving test! do or die i MUST pass mine next month!!! I DONT WANT TO SPEND ANYMORE MONEY ON DRIVING! (why is it always money...)
i have been wanting to go back to nj to visit my track juniors... wonder when will i have the time. or rather, will i ever have the time. lol.
aaron | 5:25 PM
Saturday, April 26, 2008
my heart skipped a beat when staff (sergeant) koh pointed in my direction and called out "ng!". i admit i was a little hoping that there's another "ng" around me that he was pointing to, but oh well...
so i'm going to have to take over the duties of company ic for the next week, along with ah tuck as 2nd ic. hope we'll do well, though i have to admit that the pressure's there.
don't crack under pressure, that's what they always say, isn't it?
aaron | 11:27 PM
Sunday, April 20, 2008
relationships have always been a double-edged sword - if you know how to handle it, it can be of great value to you. if you don't, it'll just stab right back at you.
lots have happened while i was locked away in sembawang naval base. it's like, i've been cut out from the outside world without much updates on what's going on and how my friends are doing. and when i hang out with them during my book out time, it surprises me to see how so much have changed over the few weeks
i don't like this...
when it happens, it happens
aaron | 12:38 AM
Saturday, April 12, 2008
it's the weekend again! somehow this week seemed to pass by slightly faster (note the word 'slightly') than the others. i hope we get to have more weeks like that, minus the few incidents that almost landed us in hot soup (or rather, the few people)
for those who want to know how am i coping with life, i can only say that i'm getting used to it already. its just that my body seems to be falling apart soon. let's see, today i woke up with:
-muscle ache on both shoulders, both triceps, both calves, left hamstring and lower back
-slight pain in right knee and wierd feeling in both elbows
the others are minor but the knee problem is worrying. i hope i'm not causing too much stress on my left knee for trying to protect the right one, if not... i dunno what might happen
had ippt this wednesday (the ns version of napfa for those who dunno). think it was just a trial run, cos we had to do it after pt? crazy. but i must say i was nothing short of astounded when i heard the timing read out as i crossed the finish line for my 2.4km run. somehow i managed to shave off a good 26 seconds from my previous personal best. i didn't know how i did it but oh well, i did it. but the issue that bothered me more was that i missed diver's gold by 2 pull ups! it's ironic because i was expecting to miss diver's gold because of my 2.4km run, not pull ups!
i shall whack harder and make sure i hit the mark the next time. for now i shall focus as much as possible on whatever recovery time i have xD
aaron | 10:20 PM
Sunday, April 6, 2008
i koped this from:
http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Singapore/NDU/Default.htm"Hell week means a gruelling 120 hours of non-stop physical exertion both on land and in water, with trainees allowed three hours of sleep only on the third day. Only the best will make it."
"The aim of hell week is to let each individual know that he can be pushed beyond his limits. There is a saying that the human brain is about 10 times stronger than the body.
There’s no way you can test a person’s psychological strength until you break his physical strength first"
aaron | 4:21 PM
Saturday, April 5, 2008
swimming has never really been my forte. or should i say, i suck at it. my skills in treading water is simply horrendous. asking me to tread water for an extended period of time would be equivalent to asking me to drown. the last few swimming sessions at sembawang dive pool hadn't been a nice experience at all.
anyway i was telling someone about how it went and this is what i got:
A: i almost drowned! (i believe i wasn't exaggerating when i said it)
B:
but you made it!a simple line, but somehow it struck home. what she said was so true. all along, i was lost in the thought of how i almost fail, how my inability let me down, and i had completely forgotten that i had made it somehow.
it's a just a matter of how you think. people always say, look on the bright side of life. but i guess sometimes one must also know how to do it? haha, i still have much to learn. when i went to the pool again a few days later, a similar incident happened, but when i finally finished my task (again, i barely made it alive) and got out of the pool, i could not help but smile at myself...
oh well, i havent really been looking forward to swimming sessions all this while. i'd rather do countless pull ups and run for endless hours. but oh well, i'm going to be a naval diver somehow! how can i be afraid of the water? haha. "see it as a challenge", that was the message i got from khoo when i was talking to him. honestly, for now, i still couldn't see it that way. because getting punished now and then, being controlled and having to put up a nice show in front of the sergeants isn't something worth challenging. i wonder when will that thought change. i really hope i can see it the way he does too. will i be able to? i'll keep trying.
someone once told me: "ns is really just about when to talk, when not to talk"
is it really the case?
aaron | 7:12 PM