photographs

damn. how time flies. its been close to 9 months that we have been in the army alrdy. funny how time seems to pass by so fast when u think about it like that but somehow crawls when you are stuck in camp.

and now as our favourite chix is going away, i cant help but rmbr the gd times that we all had. going into cheong's lesson after lunch at j8 with chocolates in 1 hand and big gulp in the other... skipping recess just to play gai qi in class and playing mind games with each other... zeng caught slping in wei ling's lessons and STILL continue to slp even when hes fa zhan at the back.. and our weekly wonton rushhhh. hahaha.

CHICKY WE WILL MISS YOUUU. =) and heres a song that all of us should listen to when we need that little reminder of the gd times that we had:



"Photographs" - by Nickelback

Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red
And what the hell is on Joey's head

And this is where I grew up
I think the present owner fixed it up
I never knew we'd ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneaking out

And this is where I went to school
Most of the time had better things to do
Criminal record says I broke in twice
I must have done it half a dozen times

I wonder if it's too late
Should i go back and try to graduate
Life's better now then it was back then
If I was them I wouldn't let me in

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, god, I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.

Remember the old arcade
Blew every dollar that we ever made
The cops hated us hangin' out
They say somebody went and burned it down

We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we know
We said someday we'd find out how it feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel

Kim's the first girl I kissed
I was so nervous that I nearly missed
She's had a couple of kids since then
I haven't seen her since god knows when

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, god, I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.

I miss that town
I miss the faces
You can't erase
You can't replace it
I miss it now
I can't believe it
So hard to stay
Too hard to leave it

If I could I relive those days
I know the one thing that would never change

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.

Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
Everytime I do it makes me...

errm... some parts may not be so relevant but yea... its still a nice song to listen to when you're feeling nostalgic =)

oh and guess what i found in my drawer yesterday.. it was this bookmark that the ri teachers gave us before we left. its nice and laminated and on 1 side are pictures of all the gep classes and on the other side is this nice poem:

May you always
by McGuire Sisters

" May you always walk in sunshine
Slumber warm when night winds blow
May you always live with laughter
For a smile becomes you so

May good fortune find your doorway
May the bluebirds sing your song
May no trouble travel your way
May no worry stay too long

May your heartaches be forgotten
May no tears be spilled
May old acquaintance be remembered
And your cup of kindness filled

And may you always be a dreamer
May your wildest dreams come true
May you find someone to love
As much as we love you."

Your Teachers, RI 2004

okay chicky best of luck in England, May you bring back hawt and chio ang moh chix to make us jealous =P.

p.s. hopefully me and zeng can fight for nights out to send u off at the airport. but if not.. have a nice and safe flight!~~

hello

where has everyone (who were in sispec) posted to haha

Army Daze

To all NS men:



That vid damn cool right? Hehe.. hope we all get through NS smoothly sia.

nothing much

just popping by heh...

anw, i hope everyone's making good use of their time heh! i know i hafn't - far from completing some of the things i have in mind...

been going out quite often for all sorts of (social) things + invited to xmas church services & xmas (and a cum-new year countdown) parties = going out for many days in a row @.@ what a draining experience it's going to be! haiz just as well, i dont have much to do at home anyways...

i need to be introduced to a game that i can get addicted to w/o feeling any regrets after playing it HAHAHA! is there such a game?

ZoukOut!

keke i went to ZoukOut with a couple of friends (from chorale)! believe not?

ok let's go straight to the fun:



ZoukOut's basically Zouk expanded, and throw in tents housing stalls that sell food and products and even competitions like DJmix (PSP game) and counterstrike (i think), so it's a carvinalistic kind of thing... too bad i didn't bring my camera into the venue, scared i lose it, so all the pics here were taken wif my lousy camera phone...



the stage (there are 4 of them playing different music)



lousy camera phone's fault, smoke + dry ice + light = red flame. but it does look quite nice, i think.

can't imagine the siao people who club for anything more than 3 hours!! too long!

more than 2 weeks since my last paper, quite satisfied with the amount of things i've done so far!

The day before NS!

Dear friends,

(This is a combined post between me and ahyong, we are alternating the paragraphs so go figure out who's who haha)

I remember 4 years back, in a inconspicuous classroom inside ri’s block A there stood a short inconspicuous guy, my lit teacher. It was one of his usual boring lessons, but something that day he was talking about caught my ears. Colin Cheong was going through a poem about some guy enlisting the next day, and that guy was describing his feelings in the poem. So I remember very clearly Colin Cheong asked us how we would feel the day before enlistment. And I wasn’t very sure then how exactly I would feel.

Okie its my turn, but my memory has been degrading since 11 am on the 24th of Nov, exactly 1 hour short of two weeks to my enlistment time – 10 am on the 8th of Dec – and I simply can’t remember that particular lit lesson (On the other hand, it could be because I simple didn’t take lit with colin cheong). I had promised to myself before the start of ‘A’s, that I will make sure I spend these 13 days and 23 hours fully and not waste them away like I always do. After all, these are my last days in civilization and even my procrastinating nature has kicked in – the last 13 days out of 18 years and almost 3 months of my life so far. I wanted to make sure that the last feeling I’ll bring into Tekong chalet is regret, and I can enter NS refreshed, renewed and ready to face anything that the harshest PTIs and PCs can throw at me.

I don’t really know what to write next. There are many many worries that are flowing through my head, some I cant even express in words (okay lah my English lousy I know). First and foremost there is the worry of what to expect and what not, then there is the worry of loneliness and homesickness, then somewhere in my head there is the worry of the stupid Harvard rejection that I am going to have to face up to ALONE and many many many others. For me, NS has just come up probably at the wrongest moment, when I have so many things unsettled and undone. Im not at all ready to face it all.

Now, hours before I step into NS, I’m glad to say that while I did not eventually manage to do everything I wanted to before enlisting, at least I completed a whole long list of stuff that ranges from eating a whole KFC buddy meal alone to playing casino royale style poker. I have really enjoyed myself these last two weeks before NS and I really want to thank all of you guys for making this possible. I would probably say that these last two weeks have been my happiest weeks for a very very long time. Of course, being me, I didn’t manage to finish my uni applications and various other small stuff here and there (actually I wont consider 8 undone essays small stuff). But I’ll say that I’m not bringing any regrets into NS and I’m really kinda looking forward to it, as a change in lifestyle, a chance to finally shed the extra weight I have put on over the years, and an opportunity for personal growth. I am ready to face it, although I would really like another week in civilisation for me to settle the loose ends I’ve left behind…

Its 1am now, I have just transferred all my contacts into the old china phone, and mmsed all my precious pictures I have taken (you know) over as well. In another 11 hours, I will be on way to BMTC school 1, and accepting my new destiny. I have no idea where fate will lead me or what it will do to me. All I know is that time is fleeting and only memories are permanent. And I know, these memories will be the only things will keep me sane in that godforsaken place. I will cherish them very well, I promise.

Yeah, memories of the fun times, they’ll definitely keep me going for a long time, and of course, my mp3 player (I hope they allow it, I’m bringing anyway). Don’t forget that while I’m physically out of civilisation, communication technology has enabled network coverage over tekong, so PLEASE DO SMS AND CALL ME NOW AND THEN, though I prolly wont be able to reply that much hahaha.

With a gagging stone in my throat, I bid you farewell. I wished it could have ended differently but… I just wanted you to be happy. Take care and I love you. Yes, you. I do, k.

Okie I’m not gonna say all that mushy stuff haha, but do enjoy urselves and ur last week/month/3 mths in civilisation and make sure that you enter NS with no regrets I suppose. I think the most important thing is to go in with an open mind, and I’ll definitely strive to achieve that, hopefully I’ll survive to come out and tell the story. Please pardon me for the incoherent ramblings and the corrupted sentence structures, I’m kinda writing this with 2 hours to go to NS after 4 hours of sleep and am very very very blur now… Aiyah, the rest, wait until Christmas then tell u guys lah…

Oh by the way, how would you feel, the day before your enlistment?

With much love,
Spaced and ahyong.


P.S. Additional good luck goes to Kenny for his newfound interest :P

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