EURO 2008: My Prediction

Man.. my two favourite teams are out, Portugal and Netherland.
Nvm.. im supporting Spain now!



I hope to see more of this celebrations from David Villa.
But somehow i have this feeling Germany may nick it in the end.



And this guy, Michael Ballack, will play a significant role to their success. Who's up for it?

NEXT: SISPEC Pasir Laba

Went to my cousin's wedding the other day.
And he's married to a Penang 18-year-old girl, now my cousin-in-law Aisyah.


The Bride & Groom of the day.


My family, without my dad who was on overseas trip.


Yes! I spoilt this picture. haha

I was wondering why he, who is well-built and good-looking working as a SCDF DART team commander, decide to marry a decent, low-profile girl when he can just go for any singaporean girl. No offence to aisyah bcos both of them are perfectly meant for each other. :)
So I interviewed him the other day, and he replied it short and sweet,
"Singaporean girls are high-maintenance. Hard to please them."

haha. NO COMMENT.
But of cos that's only a generalisation. Im sure there's plenty of girls out there who is doesn't fall into that category. No worries.

And man.. I was posted to SISPEC.
My cousins were like "Woah thats good. SISPEC is for those who did well for studies and physical trainings!" and they were explaining to my aunties, before i knew it, compliments and praises coming in.
haha THANK YOU i felt better.
So off tomorrow to Pasir Laba.

*Another shot for that chance*

Quotes from BMT days

Some of the memorable quotes/conversations i'll remember from my BMT days..

"Give a pat on the shoulder of the person on your left and tell him,
'If u cannot sing, don't sing!
Give a pat on the shoulder of the person on your right and tell him,
'If u cannot take it, just fall out. Don't pull down the whole platoon. The safety rover is always on standby. Don't waste its petrol."
- Sgt Joel, during route marches.

"When i ask u all to squeeze, u better squeeze fast.
When your movement is slow, i will be angry.
When i am angry, i will ask u all to squeeze and spread and squeeze and spread.
When u all keep on doing squeeze and spread, u will be tired.
When u all are tired, your movement will be slow.
When your movement is slow, i will be angry..." - Sgt Hozefa, during our routine exercise regime.

"Captain Roger: Is your name really TEA?
TEA: Yes
CR: Yes? that's all you can say??
TEA: Yes INDEED.
CR: So you're saying my rank is INDEED?!
TEA: oh sorry, Yes SIR!"

"You don't want to polish ur boots right?! Nevermind push-up position down! down,down,down,down..
Some of you don't want to count right?! Nevermind crunches position change! up,up,up,up,up,up...
Still don't want to do properly right?! Nevermind jumping jacks position ready! 16 counts of 40!"
- Platoon Sgt Joe Wee, during inspection of attire.

"Look around you now.. sound off if anyone making any pussy sounds or showing pussy faces, just ask them to fall out!" - Sgt Joel, during breaks in route marches.

Just ended our Ability Group Run(AGR)...
Sir: Guys, you all feel shag anot?
Recruits: Yes sir.
Sir: Well, whenever u feel shag, u shld turn and look behind.
We all turned around, and we saw the singapore flag.
Sir: Whenever you all feel shag, just look at the flag. Remind yourself why you are here in the first place, then you wont feel so shag.
Haha patriotism!

SGT Joel: Guys, when you jump off the ramp later, shout a girl's name that you like.
The rest of us: Felicia Chin!
SGT Joel: knock it down 20.
and we've realized that she's was his. In his dream at least.

POP Oh!

Orion contingent arrived.


I was so glad both of them were there to witness it.

I feel a little weird as im typing these words out.
Its been more than 2 months ago since my last entry, and i should say NS made the brain function slower than usual.

Anyway, tuesday ago, it was such an emotional yet enjoyable moment I had as soon the MC officially announced, "Presenting to you, the TRAINED SOLDIERS!" And i knew finally, BMT days are over.

Im glad that i've made it through the tough trainings, long runs, several route marches and going up and down the standard obstacles. Not to forget, the endless 'knock-it down'!
During the 9 weeks being stranded in Pulau Tekong, I've gained (better) discipline, time management, armed combat experiences and of cos.. friendship.

It started with 51 of us in a platoon but 4 got injured and went out of course.

We experienced the ups and downs together, for example. being punished to go up and down the from 1st to 3rd level of our company building several times for falling in late. Countless sets of push-up to crunches to jumping jacks just because the minority didnt polish their boots.

On a positive note, we managed to get our 'revenge' on the sergeants and officers on the last night before we POP. It was like a night war, going on the whole night till 1am, drenching them up with a super-combo mixture of water, camo cream, prickly powder, toothpaste, detergent, combat rations and anything you can think of. HAHAHA.

Some of the highlights of my BMT:

Firstly, i had my rifle stunned by my sergeant during field camp! It was such a demoralising moment for me because i was so tired that i didnt sling the rifle properly before going to sleep. And barely 10mins, i woke up and realized i was hugging nothing but myself. Confinement for the week. Nice..

Secondly, I had the best timing for shuttle-run in ORION company! And I did it consistently thoroughout the 3 IPPT tests. :) Not only that, im happy to announce that im one of the 25 gold medallist for IPPT out of the 200 recruits in the company. aisey man.. haha.

And lastly, im pleasantly surprised that i was selected for the Drill Squad. Basically that's the so-called regimental marching and precision rifling. 60 recruits were interested initally but they wanted only 30. So they cut down, choosing the best 30, and i was one of them! haha lucky me. And you know me.. i was a total noob in marching before this, and to come this far, im happy for myself. To think about it.. the other 29 were previously from various non-uniform groups and i've been living with only soccer and malay cultural society. haha. We did decently well though, came in 4th in the drill squad competition.

The siblings.

Orion Platoon 2.

He's the man. Our platoon sergeant and section commander, 3rd SGT Joe Wee.

Nicely taken photo. We tossed the quietest guy in the whole platoon, Kumar!

Though he can be irritating at times, he is cute in some ways.

AND PRESENTING TO YOU! Army life can turn you gay..

Personal discretion is advised.

Here's a video basically sums up everything on my POP day. Enjoy!

And for now, im having my 2 weeks break before im posted to my new unit. In the meantime, im badly in need for a rest!