I think i better do something about it.

It doesn't help that i have 2 Guard duties before ORD.... like WTH....... bully ORD personel. What bitches.

Ahh.... considering that we don't do much GD usually.

I shall PROWL for the last few times.

Everyone seems preoccupied.... with what i dunno. But everyone seems busy.

I miss going out with friends.

=(

By the end of this week....

Its like a mini-journal for my personal development.

I was just feeling abit ... tad peckish... restless.

Ah... i just think that i can't wait for ORD.

I was drawing a cloud eating a rainbow...

No idea why... but ... oh well...

These days i just contemplate about my direction in life....

Camp has been.... fine. 

I kinda miss my friends as well.. but everyone seems sooo busy.

I was bored.... especially after coming back from camp.

Randomness struck me...

I just went to search youtube for sad commercials....

Hahahaha.... i actually cried watching some of it.

I guess it still proves that i have a human touch. 

The singapore's commcercial on family.... you know, (Im not impresonating ris low), funeral.

For once, a decent singaporean TV advert.

Then i saw another.... looks taiwanese/PRC... but its a rather touching piece that...was about a laptop..... 

Seriously, i do not see the laptop as a focus in the commercial... it just makes people want to fall in love...

Theres one... a thai one... some insurance company... really well made...

It was about a mother who just needed to give birth 2 weeks earlier... so that her baby would get to see its father...(the father was suffering from brain tumour)

But if you asked me which one was the major tear jerker... i would stick with the taiwanese one....

Ahhh but i cried...

And... i realised that crying is quite liberating. =D

I actually felt good after that...

Hahahahaha.... try it guys.

In the mean time... a tribute to Ris Low...

Boomz. (Gawd i love the way she says it)

Going back to camp is never a nice feeling....

This camp just feels sooo.... lonely?

Its kinda hard to forge friendships in such a short period of time.

And now that my schedule isn't exactly the ideal 8-5 job....but i guess i should count my blessings that Im still a stay out personnel.

The travelling time is killing me though. Damn. Getting there everyday is a chore....

And on days with HLS.... OMG??!?!?! Its like freakin early la... not that i have a choice...

But I still thinking its the right thing to head back to SG earlier... and for good. 

Brunei was passive.... but it was much funner i guess.... i had more friends. 

The new environment.... i guess its the camp... its rather... lifeless?

Hahahhahaha...

Yeah, thats the apt description.

Its going to be a long 3 months...

but i will survive!

Thanks to the new mates today!

I think you two are like the heroes of the dept.

=D

Well, its a nice respite from all the crappy heat that I have been enduring since i came back...

Now that i realise it rains ALOT in brunei... its raining everyday =D

Its only in heat like theses that you start to relish the rain that pours.

Anyways, I went out with Kiat and his friend yesterday. Incidently, now he is my friend as well. =D 

Glad to see kiat being... kiat. LOL i miss his crap. 

I FINALLY GOT THE EP-1 TWIN LENS KIT. 

And yes, they only had 30 in stock. =D

I cannot believe that I just dumped 1.59k into olympus's coffers for this camera. 

But then again, ITS ONE SEXY BABY!

I just love the smooth dials and lenses. Hmm but the auto-focus seems abit slow though.... but it MIRACULOUSLY take leet pics. 

Having fun with all the apertures and macro functions. Still dun really know how to shoot totally on manual mode... (Yes, im a pnshooter)

Ahhh and kiat got some ruggedized olympus camera. Hmmm, are you seriously going to throw it on the ground to test its shock absoroption??? 

had a meal at Fish n Co.

Realised that alot of people take biz degrees cuz they don't really know what to take...

Kinda.... Hmmm weird? Why biz?

Ah well, another point to ponder.

Then i had a meal at holland v.

Ate thai express with carm n an.

Hmmm omg carmen is a DEAN's LISTER

congrats.

I want to be dean's lister too..... i shall size up the competition in school. =P

And the hall room is sooooo small..... ahhhh...

At least its cozy. But i don't see myself being in hall. 

Apparently jia an told me Archi is trying to get out of SDE to form its own faculty.

OOoooo

I wonder when will it take place. 

I think its a good thing? 

Hmmm...

In the mean time, time to text my SEXY camera!

Really lovin it.

Heheheheheeh

It has been SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long.

I am just happy to be back.

Met up with plenty of people.

I <3 all of you.

Everyone is growing up as well...

hehehe

It seems that many people expected me to be a lawyer...

Hmmm 

Sorry to disappoint?

But i guess i found my love for pretty things that can influence.

I want create a cult brand. =D

I wonder if i can make it. 

Hmm

I need to get my driving license.

I need to go for a holiday.

I need to get my wardrobe done.

Haircut!

So many thing i need to do....

So little time. 

I heard from my ex-bunkmates that ION is spectacular. Hmm hahaha like this phrase from "The Fear" by Lily Allen. 

"Im a weapon of massive consumption."

Hahahahahahhahaaha. Oh well....i can't wait to head back to my house, my bed, my family, my friends. Too bad my maid has changed. =( I really liked my previous maid... she was wonderful. Haiz.

Till i come back.

I love reading Five Foot Way...

it cements my faith in the industry im entering. =D

I must admit...

Im getting lazy... in updating... and attempting to find to a credible internet source..

Brunei's internet is just.... stifling.

Ahhh... more or my friends just left the place...wishing all the best for their future endeavours.

Looking at the clock... its ticking...soon enough i will see myself packing and leaving this place forever. 

Scary thoughts.

I wonder if i will miss the people/place/things.

Hmm

After all... the simple, slow-paced living does clear up my mind for other things...

It is also now that i finally see the other side of the story.

A world ahead from my ivory tower of academic excellence.

I guess there are more people out there that actually survive in this world despite not being the creme ala creme of society.

Wealth, education, family, connections. We cannot take such things for granted... It is here that i witnessed people that didn't seem to be endowed with any of the before-mentioned. 

But one thing... i have witnessed.

No matter whatever upbringing, class, background............ everyone has friends. =D

Thats what i have noticed!

Friends really makes life much more livable... easy? No. Livable? hell yes.

So to my friends that matter the most the me!

Thank you soooo much for being my friends. And yes, im missing a hell lot of you guys in Brunei.

Ahhh.... nice contemplative post. =)

Oh god...

 

Its taking sooo long.

And yes, whatever im dreading. It happened.

They have decided to delay me... my tour as in. In Brunei.

Instead of heading back home in Aug....

Looks like we are working towards Sept instead.

Seriously....

Im rather sick and tired of this place.

People change. most of my buddies are gone.

Not that the new people are bad... but i guess they are just different.

 

Recently i noticed...

The weather has changed.

Its becoming like the weather when i first arrived in Brunei...

Cold and wet..

Its still scorching..

I guess the dry season has come to an end.

It sorta signals that my time is up as well...

ha.

It scary to know that i have spend almost 1 year here.

 

Nevertheless, i still miss Singapore.

The people

The food

The labels.

 

Bah....

 

Its the last few months already.

I will pull through..

Speaking of that.. im the guard commander tml...

ZzzzZZZzzz

24 hrs.

God i hate sundays.

Bahhh...

Being stuck in brunei really denies you of your material cravings.

ZZZZzz

Im missing GSS. Sianz

Especially when there are smashing offers around.

 

Im usually bored in camp theses days.

Seriously... life is more than just conducting training frames for training troops.

I want some proper retail therapy.

Sis just came back from Europe...

god.. she just killed her wallet or something..

and now i have to make some reservations...

hahahaha paul smith.

 

Im love the sound of it...

Bah, i haven't really got the time to blog much.

 

Considering utterly unstable internet access as one of the most pressing issues in brunei, hahahaha... i guess its quite hard to even getting online. Time is passing quite swifty... i must say.. even more of my friends are leaving. Their understudies dun seem to make the cut. Hmmm i think the dept is in destruction. But not that i really have time to care.. im fighting another front alone. An endless paper trail awaits me....

 

As the time goes by... god... let is be afew days later... its only 2 months left in borneo for me. =)

 

I wonder how everyone is doing back in sg.

 

My sis just bought lotsa stuff from Europe... zzzzzz im jealous.

I want to go Europe also!!!

 

But first... i think there are quite a number of things i must address once i head back to sg.

 

Driving for example.

God i feel like crappy for not being to mobilise a motor vehicle. I guess its a lifeskill that everyone acquires at a certain age. more like 20-21.

 

For some weird reason, im having some craving for Dim Sum now...... hahahaha

 

And mango sago! =(

 

Curse Ah chews for closing on me.

 

Ahhh back to work,

Till next time.

GOd....I slept at 2 am and woke up at 6....

Haiz...

I guess i just dun want to leave Sg... =(

The thought of 3 months in brunei ... doesn't scare me..but i guess i will just miss my house, my bed, my friends, my family, my maid (yes my maid).... haiz.. i dunno la. Its disturbing.. i just cannot sleep.... flying alone on the plane is just plain disturbing.

 

Oh well... i guess im going off...in less than 8 hours time...

I hope the camp did arrange for transport.... and i need to prepare my accomodation for the day... -.- Ahhh im scared sleeping alone!!!! =(

 

Bah, whatever, you know what yen, you are 20 and grown up now. Act like one. =P

 

OMG AND MAS SELEMAT IS CAPTURED? LIKE WTH.. AND IN MSIA... OMG OPS OVL WAS LAME LA... -.- I cannot believe we did sooo much to prevent him from escaping the country... whatever la.. he is caught.=P

Ahhh ate Tao yesterday with chio and ryan....

Once again, i state again. It has been sooo long. God i miss em.. =D

Updates.... chio is still in the band... having the typical slacky band life. Ryan is having a slacky life in tengah airbase being a clerk/storeman/technician... ok... in simple word... saikang king. Im sooo glad we are having a not bad NS life in whereever we are... its quite hard to ask for that.. and we all never go through much hardship... lol (no BSLC, OCS nonsense) ahahahahaha. Cheerios to the MAN (i really mean men, Cpl and Lcps) of the army. With guys like us serving the nation, how can it fall? (it can crumble though. =P)

We went to Paradiz, now newly christened as Po-mo... prolly taking a jab at post-modernism. As usual, we talked, and talked and talked and talked... chio was acting really retarded at times... and also telling us of some juicy gossips from his camp... ryan on the other hand was just talking about how slack the airforce was..Ooo and the food at tao was great... as always. =D Chio was playing with his food though... (burning toothpicks with the tealight from the chocolate fondue. -.-)

 

And we all notice how we seldom meet up anymore. =( Ahhh i always felt welco was more .... united in some sense?

Ahhhh...

 

Oh and i just busted 400 bucks....on a bag. Muahahhahaa.

Spent monday with my fav lovey dovey couple. Liwei n Hongyi. I guess they never fail to make me smile with their bubbly couple bliss. Sometimes i wonder when am i going to have my own lovey dovey couple time. Hmm thats another story for another day. =D

 

On monday,

I had dinner with the lovebirds (as usual, im the major gooseberry again.) at bugis.... at crystal jade... that crystal jade that welco went the last time.. =/ Kinda weird feeling but oh well.... its sooo nice to see them sooo bubbly and happy. Liwei just finished with the sem + exams and Hongyi just resolved starlight and high-noon. No wonder they are happy... as for me.. i guess just looking at them makes me happy. Im finally home with friends. =) Had tons of little xiao long baos. God i love the vinegar and ginger combination. These little dough things made in SG totally put the bruneian ones deep in gastronmic shame. The dumpling noodles were delightful too...nice crunchy prawns. Mmmm... had nice conversations aplenty. God i miss these guys. Its nice trading insights on recent happenings and musings. And shaken thoughts and prospects. bahbah... the list goes on. Good conversations.. something that my mind has been lacking in brunei. Liwei and hongyi were lamenting/bitching/talking/complaining/bemoaning about many things... from engineering, to cars, to ready to strike. LOL... you get the idea. Upon ending our delightful dinner, we headed to the main reason why we went to bugis. Its was becoz of a secret saccharine craving of mine. I needed some ah chews...!!! We had some trouble navigating around the area. Illuma wasn't help in illuminating our way there... in fact it was more of a hinder block that misorientated us... 3 months that im away and POPs a new building in bugis.. wow. I guess the national development board is overdoing itself. The post-modern look of Illumna was also not in any way endearing to most eyes.... illiciting a "ewww" or "huh" response as a first impression. God i hope my buildings dun turn out like that.

Ok, illuma aside, when we finally did get to ah chews, i guess fate decided to play us out..... AH CHEW WAS UNDERGOING RENOVATIONS.... until friday... which is incidentally the day im leaving. What news! Horrid for my mood and stomach, traumatizing for my tastebuds. I really needed that mango sago... zzzzzzzzz. I gues liwei and hongyi were dissapointed too... but i guess i was severely affect... i came all the way to eat THAT... grrr. Bah... in the end we just decided to settle for NYDC... mudpies... for some reason i still insist that the mango sago pwns those mud pies. there goes my craving... =( Had even more conversations at NYDC... ... until the time was up.... headed to SASA to play with some perfums and scents.. at the same time.. figuring which scent would suit mr hongyi. I guess its time to scent him up!~ Took a long MRT ride home... kinda sad that the outing was ending. =( Its going to be some time before i get to see them again.

 

Sometimes i wish that things can just come to a standstill.

 

Wouldn't it be nice? (no its no a cadbury ad)

Had a nice day with neng.

It has been soo long.

Urgh i think im using that phrase too much. Oh whatever.

Had a nice delectable lunch at Waraku @ Marina Square. He insisted on treating me. Hahaha. I shall not undermine an officer's decision i guess?

It was during that lunch that I realised how old we had become... its already 2 years since JC.... and 4 years since sec 3... hahaha i guess this friendship of mine has come a bloody long way. Its kinda rare to find ppl that have this common understanding. Ahhh... you know what neng? We grew older. Hahaha.. 20 now. Apalling. Shell-shocked that im no longer in my teens. Should that be an issue? Hmm i think not. But i must admit i totally miss the days were we were the go-back-home buddies... god.. since sec 3!!! Nostalgic. BaH. Lunch was great.Chatted about the future and whats prolly the next step in our lives... obviously uni... but i guess i have more plans than just that. 

 

 It soon evolved into a search for a new digicam after lunch. Furious that i have to share digicams in the family, i sorta decided that its time to get one for myself. After all, ever dilligent camwhore here. =P Funan was great!!! But we still remained empty handed. I guess we had too many inhibitions about the prices and value-for-moneyness (should that be a word) Ended up having some kaya toast @ Yakun.. I sorta made a resolution to myself that i had to consume some nice fluffy kaya toast before i embark on my gastronomically-perilous journey to brunei - again. Seriously, im dying from bad food most of the time there. Bidded farewell on the MRT. See you in august! (that if i do come back in august..)

 

Dinner was spent at NYNY with my sec 2 BFF. He recently got revocated at a medic!! tons of horror stories about IVs and more IVs... ahh i think that medics really have issues with that particular part of the course... in any case, congratulations on finally receiving a vocation. The conversations were mainly revolving around military mumblings and talk. Nice mushrooms... hmm i shall make a mental note about it. 7 more months to ORD.. im starting to see the light. =P

 

Meeting more friends..

Brings up a fuzzy feeling.

=D

God i feel soooo alive!

 

I touched down in SG @ 1st may 2100 hours.

 

And yes, the Singapore air is great..... sure beats BSB any day.

 

Started my retail therapy since i touched down..

 

Hahahaha.... it has been a loooong time since i really shopped.

Got a nice scent from issey miyake. Hahaha... i love its androgynous appeal.

Went out in the afternoon to chill on my own...

absorb some city essence... and start to appreciate the urban landscape... its really nice as compared to BSB which is obvious suffering from urban decay. Had chippys and bubble tea... hahaha something that i cannot get in brunei. Went to borders and kino... got 200 dollars worth of books to satisfy my intellectual thirst for knowledge. Hmmm finally getting hold on that book on form and space... scaryness that a small book like that costs 50 bucks... urgh. But oh well... the info is worth it. Hopefully these tomes of expensive information can tide me through university. And hopefully all these efforts in reading and researching reaps its rewards.

 

meet up with my dear 6G peeps.

God, i missed them.

Finally some peope that actually understand whatever im saying. I guess its inevitable that most ppl in camp are totally off my wavelength. Haizzz... The chocolate was good... but i guess some of em just couldn't take sooo much of it... Hahahaha (sorry kiat, i know you didn't enjoy the chocs. =P) Ahhh but i guess that the ambience was worth every nickle. Its sooo... nice and soothing and the constant flow of iced water and tea... along with little delightful chocolates. hahahahaha... the table sorta split into 2 groups... the military group and the uni group... god... sometimes i feel really wedged in between. But its nice seeing people discusssing about their future and inhibitions and worries... and of course the occasional military whining. Glad to see everyone doing well. Its sure a contrast from what i see in camp.... perhaps my uni life will be like that also. hahaha. Hopefully....

 

In the mean time..i need to research more... hmm.. i have this ridiculous gut feeling that im going to do more interior architecture in the future.. or at least theres where my interest is skewed towards. But irregardless... i still have to do the whole package.... which in some sense... is freakin me out. Hahahaha, notes on static and active loads, wind stress, seismic stress... god... its like physics all over again. On the artsy side, we have things like history and colour theory. Hmmm.. i think im heading in the right directions.. or at least i hope so. I guess its a subject for me... for once... i can do a beautiful hybrid of arts and science.

 

Ahhh, busted 400 bucks... mostly on books and a pretty prezzie for my mum. Hope she likes it. =P

 

Hmm life goes on...

Dear people,

 

Im coming back from 1st - 8th May 09.

Do meet up yeah? Although i know most of ya are having exams and stuff...

I hope i still can meet the people that i want to meet yeah?

 

After may...

Hahaha

It would be 3 more months.

 

Omg... i has been a long trip.

I cannnot believe i lasted sooo long..

Life here.. is becoming rather monotonous and ... to a certain extent.... dreadful. =/

Counting down to my departure from Brunei...

Its almost hitting my 8 months mark. Scaryness.I cannot believe it myself...

Every night as i turn in, i flip the pages of my books.. hmm i can't help but to come to this realisation that im in a bunk...in camp... in brunei. Wth. Ahhh... i wonder what the others are doing in Singapore? Looks like alot of fun... based on facebook that is. Read fromt he news that Uniqlo is coming to Singapore...opening at tampines. =/ Awwww, i cannot go...and my Agnes B card is totally under-utilised. Hmmm i want more bags and clothing from there. Hahahahaa.. and of course more books on some subjects. Im missing the life i guess...

 

Should i go back in may?. Hmmmmm...