ending soon...yay!

Recovering from a illness is the worst thing ever. Having no voice, with no sore throat is weird. Green phelgm and mucus but no fever...how bizarre. I seem to be suffering from some half-baked illness that chooses to just pester me incessantly and yet refuse to strike me a devastating blow...it is almost like it knows that to pester is a worst fate than letting me rest fulltime in the sickbay.

Anyway, thanks to my wonderful Medical Officer, I'm ono my way to recovery. R & R is tomorrow and I seriously hope nothing cocks up. It is a great feeling knowing that by the week's end I'll be back in Singapore, my home. Yes, I do miss it...and all the wonderful friends and things that come along with it. I'm glad I'm going home soon. The past few days have been hell...I was running all over the place when I should have been resting in bunk...as such, I made no improvement. But that couldn't be helped...I mean, some things only I knowq how to do, so how do I task someone else to do it? Not possible...

On the bright side, I will be flying back to Singapore First Class this time round...I've never sat in First Class before...haha...should be a blast. Perks of being an officer..hee... *cough*

Whoa, a lot of phelgm...ugh... Okay, I should stop grossing people out...I hope I improve by the time we hit Taipei, so that at least I can enjoy my trip there...so many things to buy for so many people...dunno where to start though...

Okay lah, see everyone back home! Ciaoz!

Smoke+ninja bombs = freedom for 4 days

toiling through an exercise for the past three days have been terrible for me...had to climb this continuous stretch of mountain tracks for a good 16-20km, and even then it wasn't enough. then had to do a stupid day attack (not that i fought), but it was stupid nonetheless. I mean, who does an attack in the middle of the day which results in numerous soldiers falling out due to the noon day heat (guess that's why it's called EX HIGHNOON, sheesh). As I have been saying the past few days, the entire thing was a FWOT (Fucking Waste Of Time)!!!

anyhow, i have escaped the terrible fate of 4 more days of boredom doing impractical things by saying that i have important things like inbound flight stuff to do. ok ok, a few half-truths here and there eventually allowed me to power my way to an excuse to skip the rest of the exercise. it's crap anyway, and i'm glad that i'll be done with it soon. in less than a week's time, the entire battalion will be on R & R and everyone will be happy... i'm quite looking forward to this trip and i hope nothing will ruin it for us.

there have been talks of social/political unrest in Taipei, but i really hope Taipei holds it together and comes through for us lor...if not it will be too sad man... the men have been here for TOO long for something like political unrest to spoil their entire trip here. Already, the exercise is pissing everyone off, so please Taipei, hold it together!

now i will go and enjoy the rest of my evening...seeya

boredom...

morning wait for lunch, afternoon wait for dinner...too exciting man..

most fulfilling thing i did today...gym...hurrah for l'il ol' me...

whatever...

too much time...

here in Taiwan, you only have to pay NT$10 to get half-an-hour of Internet time. anyway, I was thinking of using only NT$10, but now I've just plonked in my second NT$10 coin, so more time to talk rubbish and such.

To be absolutely honest, this isn't the most appropriate place to blog. There are too many people staring over your shoulder, and usually you just feel uncomfortable an everything. Most of the Battalion and going crazy over retro games of the past like Diablo2 and Warcraft3. Not the newest titles, but good enough for a crumbling old camp in the southern most part of Taiwan..haha

anyway, I'm waiting for a debrief to end so that I can get on with more admin work which I have yet to complete. I still need to complete my planning for the Battalion's R&R planning, so that everyone can be happy and everything. My fingers are quite cold now (they keep on missing the keys..so watch out for a typo filled entry today)..brrh...

Last night, went for a nights-off to a nearby town...totally boring and uneventful. Some of the others patronised a strip club, and realised one of the strippers looked alot like one of our friends (he's been getting flak the whole morning)..haha...I realised that you can really only visit that place only once in your entire life...anyway, I'm waiting for Taipei to do some proper retail therapy...heh

okay, think i'll go send out some email to those who have yet to realise I have a blog...ciaoz

First Post after ATEC.

Finally managed to post something...I've been wanting to use the Internet after ATEC for so long, but just never got the chance. It was a fast three days in the field, but finally got through it. My birthday wasn't too bad...my fellow officers bought a cake and celebrated for me. Like I was seriously touche by the gesture man. It really came as a surprise. THANKS GUYS!!! All of you are really the best!

Anyway, now I'm just waiting for the next exercise to start lor, then I can almost call it a day already, haha. Can't wait to get back to Singapore and see all my friends. Really miss my mom, brother, dad...everyone.

~ Jeff-> must play deck when I come back ok? Really miss playing deck, and stuck in camp all day long is too sian...haha. What do you want from Taiwan? SMS me yah?

~ Jianhong -> what did you want me to buy again? SMS me soon k? Need to know which brand and type of liquor.

~ Paul -> hope you had an eventful 21st as well, wish I could have been in Singapore to celebrate it with you. Go out when I get back from Taiwan. Will Nic still be around?

Seeya all soon! 17 more days to end of ROC training! Woohoo!

Birthday in Taiwan...

Good morning peeps!!! I'm now in Taiwan, using this terminal which is in Chinese. Lucky it's not that counter-intuitive, so I can still find my way around the programs. Anyway, it's my birthday today and it's totally sucky that I'm here...but I guess I can't complain too much.

The past few days have been crazy for me. Even though I didn't have to go outfield, I still had to assist in doing up all the administrative stuff, like planning for the flight back to Singapore and the end of trip R & R. Quite crazy... At the same time, I still had to help my boss prepare things for ATEC. All the S1 cell thingies...

Anyway, I only have 20mins left (you need to pay NT$10 for only half and hour of Internet usage), so I'm going to carry on and enjoy what's left of it. I haven't spent that much yet, somehow, I think I won't be spending that much.

Thanks everyone who have wished me Happy Birthday already, really appreciate knowing that you remember it's my birthday!!! ^_^