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Thursday, April 26, 2007
[260407] Lost and found
Been a torrid week in camp thus far, luckily it hasnt been that bad for the past 2 days... monday was auditing day or in other words, wayang day... wayang means in layman's terms to put up a show... we were all informed before hand that the auditors would be down but we didnt know what time...
So imagine my dismay and shock when i see them sitting at the training shed that my lesson was to be conducted. There in lies the problem, my PC is on MC, usually the PS would take over the lesson but PS Syarif is on ADO duty and thus unavailable, shit... in the end, i took the theory lesson and chris covered the practical... stunned... conducting lessons aint a biggie but to have your lesson being scrutinized by a kan-cheong CSM and an extreme kan-cheong OC not to mention 3 Captains, you roughly get the stress levels... but fuck it lah, just whack the lesson only...
i've officially lost all sense of respect for my OC, mainly being i totally hate his working style and the way he handles us. The way he gives us instructions makes me feel totally inadequate, to the point that you feel as though you're an idiot and dont know anything at all, he would give that kind of specific and most basic of instructions... geez... an OC that doesnt trust his own instructors...
Wednesday was the day i thought i lost my phone... god damn it, never had i lost my handphone before, really feeling pissed those minutes after i discovered it to be lost, started cursing and regreting why i didnt check my pockets and stuff... coincidentally, a friend of mine lost her handphone on the same day but unlike her situation, i managed to get back my phone, turned out that it dropped on the bus and the company later returned to me... phew... expanses saved on buying a new phone...
just blew $300 on a pair of new specs, a new style, new frame... left eye increased by 75 degrees to 775 while my right dropped by 25 to 525 degrees... lenses alone cost $160... ouch, darn, lenses these days are really expensive arent they? oh well, will be getting them on sunday... im on half day on half day... shiok, work marathon coming up... fri all the way til tues... whack only... work work work.. ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz
Been a torrid week in camp thus far, luckily it hasnt been that bad for the past 2 days... monday was auditing day or in other words, wayang day... wayang means in layman's terms to put up a show... we were all informed before hand that the auditors would be down but we didnt know what time...
So imagine my dismay and shock when i see them sitting at the training shed that my lesson was to be conducted. There in lies the problem, my PC is on MC, usually the PS would take over the lesson but PS Syarif is on ADO duty and thus unavailable, shit... in the end, i took the theory lesson and chris covered the practical... stunned... conducting lessons aint a biggie but to have your lesson being scrutinized by a kan-cheong CSM and an extreme kan-cheong OC not to mention 3 Captains, you roughly get the stress levels... but fuck it lah, just whack the lesson only...
i've officially lost all sense of respect for my OC, mainly being i totally hate his working style and the way he handles us. The way he gives us instructions makes me feel totally inadequate, to the point that you feel as though you're an idiot and dont know anything at all, he would give that kind of specific and most basic of instructions... geez... an OC that doesnt trust his own instructors...
Wednesday was the day i thought i lost my phone... god damn it, never had i lost my handphone before, really feeling pissed those minutes after i discovered it to be lost, started cursing and regreting why i didnt check my pockets and stuff... coincidentally, a friend of mine lost her handphone on the same day but unlike her situation, i managed to get back my phone, turned out that it dropped on the bus and the company later returned to me... phew... expanses saved on buying a new phone...
just blew $300 on a pair of new specs, a new style, new frame... left eye increased by 75 degrees to 775 while my right dropped by 25 to 525 degrees... lenses alone cost $160... ouch, darn, lenses these days are really expensive arent they? oh well, will be getting them on sunday... im on half day on half day... shiok, work marathon coming up... fri all the way til tues... whack only... work work work.. ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz
Sunday, April 22, 2007
[220407] highs, lows, a heavy heart
the weekend's finally over... been over a month since i've worked all 3 days during the weekend... bottomline is, i cant sustain this kind of life, 5 days in camp, 3 days working leaving no time for myself... firrdaus worked his first 2 days at marche, guess he's doing fine, with so many former colleagues of his at marche, really shouldnt be much of a problem...
Friday was surprisingly quite ok, wasnt too many people but one thing had all the guys talking, it was an exceptionally good looking crowd on friday... there were many and i really mean many, eye candies that night much to the delight of the wolves behind the main island... lol... straight forward work... saturday came and gone, reached outlet and was informed of Raymond's chalet to celebrate his wedding... no choice, most of the crew going so after work hopped onto our convoy of 5 volkswagen taxis and headed to Paris Ris Costa sands... which turned out to be wrong... alamak, salah address, sianz... walked back out to NTUC Downtown East...
close to 20 of us reached Block J #1916 and immediately the festivities started... Poison available: Tiger Beer, Johnny Walker Black Label, Chivas Regal 12 years, Chivas Regal 18 years and finally an assortment of red and white wines... i just picked up the green tea and drank myself silly... didnt touch the alcohol nor the food.. just sat there and chatted with Auntie Alice, Raymond, Jeff, Jaffery, Jimmy and Raymond's wife... halfway through, kenna hushed by the people in the unit above us... then security came down asking us to lower our music volumes and noise... geez, who ever books a chalet and then goes to sleep? crazy people... oh well... left early and concussed for 5 hours before heading to work again...
been such a long time since i did Sunday Brunch Shift... crowd wasnt too bad... 2 hours before knocking off, bumped into her... kindda stunned for like 1, 2 seconds staring at each other before acknowledging and exchanging pleasantries... she's still the same i guess... lost all mood for work after that... started to feel down and heavy hearted, so that's how it feels like seeing ur ex with somebody else... ouch. there's a kind of awkwardness in the short conversation that we manage to engage in, a kind of awkwardness that shouldnt exist between good friends, erm... wouldnt exactly be able to confidently classify her as a close friend nor a good friend seeing that we are seldom in contact these days... an acquaintance of sorts? It would then be too drastic a drop in the relationship, hell i dont know where it stands... a close acquaintance or a friend? perhaps in this context, FRIEND. it'll do... it'll have to do...
luckily only left 2 hours of work, last 30 minutes was a killer by the time i left marche dressed in my civies, felt so drained... emotionally and physically... concussed on the train and decided to pay a visit to tcc seeing that i had time to kill before watching the Chelsea-Newcastle game, met up with Maria and just chatted away with some old colleagues, the 45 minute chat made me felt alot better, brought the focus away from my lingering thoughts.
The match gathering was a much needed pick me up... excellent turnout of over 30 lads and lasses with a great atmosphere to boot, great resilient performance from the lads to hold chelsea at bay even managing a few good wasted chances to win the game ourselves... been too long since i've lost my voice singing during matches, yep, this was a gathering to remember, if it's the last of this season, we definitely went out with a bang.. cheers to all who came...
now i need sleep, stray thoughts be gone... i just want to sleep, rest and forget... that im still lost in transition...
the weekend's finally over... been over a month since i've worked all 3 days during the weekend... bottomline is, i cant sustain this kind of life, 5 days in camp, 3 days working leaving no time for myself... firrdaus worked his first 2 days at marche, guess he's doing fine, with so many former colleagues of his at marche, really shouldnt be much of a problem...
Friday was surprisingly quite ok, wasnt too many people but one thing had all the guys talking, it was an exceptionally good looking crowd on friday... there were many and i really mean many, eye candies that night much to the delight of the wolves behind the main island... lol... straight forward work... saturday came and gone, reached outlet and was informed of Raymond's chalet to celebrate his wedding... no choice, most of the crew going so after work hopped onto our convoy of 5 volkswagen taxis and headed to Paris Ris Costa sands... which turned out to be wrong... alamak, salah address, sianz... walked back out to NTUC Downtown East...
close to 20 of us reached Block J #1916 and immediately the festivities started... Poison available: Tiger Beer, Johnny Walker Black Label, Chivas Regal 12 years, Chivas Regal 18 years and finally an assortment of red and white wines... i just picked up the green tea and drank myself silly... didnt touch the alcohol nor the food.. just sat there and chatted with Auntie Alice, Raymond, Jeff, Jaffery, Jimmy and Raymond's wife... halfway through, kenna hushed by the people in the unit above us... then security came down asking us to lower our music volumes and noise... geez, who ever books a chalet and then goes to sleep? crazy people... oh well... left early and concussed for 5 hours before heading to work again...
been such a long time since i did Sunday Brunch Shift... crowd wasnt too bad... 2 hours before knocking off, bumped into her... kindda stunned for like 1, 2 seconds staring at each other before acknowledging and exchanging pleasantries... she's still the same i guess... lost all mood for work after that... started to feel down and heavy hearted, so that's how it feels like seeing ur ex with somebody else... ouch. there's a kind of awkwardness in the short conversation that we manage to engage in, a kind of awkwardness that shouldnt exist between good friends, erm... wouldnt exactly be able to confidently classify her as a close friend nor a good friend seeing that we are seldom in contact these days... an acquaintance of sorts? It would then be too drastic a drop in the relationship, hell i dont know where it stands... a close acquaintance or a friend? perhaps in this context, FRIEND. it'll do... it'll have to do...
luckily only left 2 hours of work, last 30 minutes was a killer by the time i left marche dressed in my civies, felt so drained... emotionally and physically... concussed on the train and decided to pay a visit to tcc seeing that i had time to kill before watching the Chelsea-Newcastle game, met up with Maria and just chatted away with some old colleagues, the 45 minute chat made me felt alot better, brought the focus away from my lingering thoughts.
The match gathering was a much needed pick me up... excellent turnout of over 30 lads and lasses with a great atmosphere to boot, great resilient performance from the lads to hold chelsea at bay even managing a few good wasted chances to win the game ourselves... been too long since i've lost my voice singing during matches, yep, this was a gathering to remember, if it's the last of this season, we definitely went out with a bang.. cheers to all who came...
now i need sleep, stray thoughts be gone... i just want to sleep, rest and forget... that im still lost in transition...
Saturday, April 21, 2007
[210407] isolation
so another weekend has arrived, another week is about to pass... nothing changes, work still beckons at marche, tiredness threatens to overwhelm my mind and body and my life in camp is still as untenable as it was... life really is boring for me... been ages since i've actually met up with the yishun kakis to walk ard town or just hang around...
firrdaus has joined the marche crew and i realised that marche's turning into a mini TCC of sorts mainly due to the influx of former tcc crew, at last count there were to be 9 tcc crew formerly of Cineleisure to be working, either starting today or have already started... Arif and me makes 2 from AT, Sulaiman was supposed to start and to top it all off, Siti and Jason - Former management staff from TCC... hope they bring some much needed laughter and fun to the workplace... work begins again...
Chris Daughtry - Home
I'm staring out into the night,
Trying to hide the pain.
I'm going to the place where love
And feeling good don't ever cost a thing.
And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain.
Well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
Well I'm going home.
The miles are getting longer, it seems,
The closer I get to you.
I've not always been the best man or friend for you.
But your love, it makes true.
And I don't know why.
You always seem to give me another try.
So I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don't want.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all, yeah.
Oh, well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old.
I said these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.
so another weekend has arrived, another week is about to pass... nothing changes, work still beckons at marche, tiredness threatens to overwhelm my mind and body and my life in camp is still as untenable as it was... life really is boring for me... been ages since i've actually met up with the yishun kakis to walk ard town or just hang around...
firrdaus has joined the marche crew and i realised that marche's turning into a mini TCC of sorts mainly due to the influx of former tcc crew, at last count there were to be 9 tcc crew formerly of Cineleisure to be working, either starting today or have already started... Arif and me makes 2 from AT, Sulaiman was supposed to start and to top it all off, Siti and Jason - Former management staff from TCC... hope they bring some much needed laughter and fun to the workplace... work begins again...
Chris Daughtry - Home
I'm staring out into the night,
Trying to hide the pain.
I'm going to the place where love
And feeling good don't ever cost a thing.
And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain.
Well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
Well I'm going home.
The miles are getting longer, it seems,
The closer I get to you.
I've not always been the best man or friend for you.
But your love, it makes true.
And I don't know why.
You always seem to give me another try.
So I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don't want.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all, yeah.
Oh, well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old.
I said these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
[150407] somewhere in the middle of this
ever had a particular moment where you felt like a total dumbass or a jackass? If you're shaking your head, you're lying obviously... well, this afternoon, i had one of those moments. not particularly enjoyable but i still manage to have them every once in a while and it just leaves you feeling so dumb that you'll have no problems beliving that your IQ is on par with that of a nim wit...
it all started with the CD case/voucher singtel mailed me, proclaiming that with the presentation of that voucher, i would get a $200 discount when i purchase the Sony Ericsson W880i handphone with a 2 year contract... so i ASSUMED prematurely that it was a direct discount thingy and with that phone being advertised at $468, a $200 discount made it immediately within the budget i was willing to pay so off i went to Woodlands only to realise as the lady at the sales counter patiently explained, the advertised $468 price was already taking into account the $200 voucher... darn, that felt dumb... i sheepishly smiled and declined the offer explaining that i probably would wait til my contract reaches the 21 month period or the phone value drops...
so never ASSUME my friend for when you break the word down, ASSUME actually makes an ASS out of U & ME... so never assume... always clarify and ask if and when in doubt... sighz... so i still gotta wait to buy my new phone, it's not that i cant afford it but im just not willing to pay $600 for a phone... geez... that's waaaaayyyy too much for a phone...
air conditioner at home broke down and so after over 10 years of examplary service to the PEH family, it has finally decided to call it quits... bad news for my wallet, gotta chip in for the new set if we're getting one... poof! there goes $500, oh well... guess, that's the grown up thing to do... haha...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW-XLLlmuOE
Dishwalla - Somewhere in the middle of this
I was out the other day
and I saw you in your big black car
and I was waving as you were passing
cause I know who you are
you had this look that of an angel
it was such a bad disguise
did you think for second I would not realize
tripping hard falling down onto the ground
cause I can't stand up
and I can't fall down
cause I'm somewhere in the middle of this
I was out the other night
and I saw you so we had a fight
it was late and I was lonely
and its such a long way home
so I asked you if you'd join me for a single last call drink
so you turned and bought us 2
and you didn't even blink
you had this look that of an angel
it was such a bad disguise
when you drink it makes you angry
when I drink I want you more and more and more
tripping hard falling down onto the ground
cause I can't stand up
and I can't fall down
and I'm somewhere in the middle of this
well I find it hard
I always tried to find the sane life
but I don't like the way things are
and I keep falling to my kneess
omewhere in the middle of this
ever had a particular moment where you felt like a total dumbass or a jackass? If you're shaking your head, you're lying obviously... well, this afternoon, i had one of those moments. not particularly enjoyable but i still manage to have them every once in a while and it just leaves you feeling so dumb that you'll have no problems beliving that your IQ is on par with that of a nim wit...
it all started with the CD case/voucher singtel mailed me, proclaiming that with the presentation of that voucher, i would get a $200 discount when i purchase the Sony Ericsson W880i handphone with a 2 year contract... so i ASSUMED prematurely that it was a direct discount thingy and with that phone being advertised at $468, a $200 discount made it immediately within the budget i was willing to pay so off i went to Woodlands only to realise as the lady at the sales counter patiently explained, the advertised $468 price was already taking into account the $200 voucher... darn, that felt dumb... i sheepishly smiled and declined the offer explaining that i probably would wait til my contract reaches the 21 month period or the phone value drops...
so never ASSUME my friend for when you break the word down, ASSUME actually makes an ASS out of U & ME... so never assume... always clarify and ask if and when in doubt... sighz... so i still gotta wait to buy my new phone, it's not that i cant afford it but im just not willing to pay $600 for a phone... geez... that's waaaaayyyy too much for a phone...
air conditioner at home broke down and so after over 10 years of examplary service to the PEH family, it has finally decided to call it quits... bad news for my wallet, gotta chip in for the new set if we're getting one... poof! there goes $500, oh well... guess, that's the grown up thing to do... haha...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW-XLLlmuOE
Dishwalla - Somewhere in the middle of this
I was out the other day
and I saw you in your big black car
and I was waving as you were passing
cause I know who you are
you had this look that of an angel
it was such a bad disguise
did you think for second I would not realize
tripping hard falling down onto the ground
cause I can't stand up
and I can't fall down
cause I'm somewhere in the middle of this
I was out the other night
and I saw you so we had a fight
it was late and I was lonely
and its such a long way home
so I asked you if you'd join me for a single last call drink
so you turned and bought us 2
and you didn't even blink
you had this look that of an angel
it was such a bad disguise
when you drink it makes you angry
when I drink I want you more and more and more
tripping hard falling down onto the ground
cause I can't stand up
and I can't fall down
and I'm somewhere in the middle of this
well I find it hard
I always tried to find the sane life
but I don't like the way things are
and I keep falling to my kneess
omewhere in the middle of this
Saturday, April 14, 2007
It's been over a month since the musical is playing and still i've yet to go and catch it.. darn it... the show's made its final extension of show dates, so it's until May 15th! Anyone wants to go and catch it? ANYONE?!?!? Guys need not reply... lol... hahahaa...
Music of the Night
Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation,
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defenses
Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour,
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender,
Turn your face away from the garish light of day
Turn your thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light
And listen to the music of the night
Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams!
Purge your thoughts of the life you knew before!
Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar!
And you'll live as you've never lived before
Softly, deftly, music shall caress you,
Hear it, feel it, secretly possess you,
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind,
In this darkness which you know you cannot fight
The darkness of the music of the night
Let your mind start a journey through a strange, new world!
Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before!
Let your soul take you where you long to be!
Only then can you belong to me
Floating, falling, sweet intoxication
Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
To the power of the music that I write
The power of the music of the night!
You alone can make my song take flight
Help me make the music of the night
[140407] Day of boh jeng hu
The title means day of no govt... the govt in my instance refers to the management level back in camp... yesterday was the first time that the upper 6 level tiers of management were all occupied with something else and thus not in camp... Commander, DY, CI, OC and CSM... only left with the RSM in his office...
Do not fear! Benson is here! 100th intake Best in Battalion aka too hot & kilat to touch
This picture sums up the feeling of all the instructors in the featured organisation 
I leave it up to you to formulate your own opinions... firrdaus mate... god damn! 
PTI Din, probably the most loveable and funniest PTI you can find among the 3 services
Faris Alias, the admin f*cked up PES C dude whose locker got blanket wrapped for bday
Not the kind of expression you were expecting from a platoon sergeant were you? 
Hey Thambi! Just because im the onyy sergeant in the company, doesnt mean you dont have to greet me!! yook at me when im talking to you! 
This is what happens when indian cow gets angry, he man handles pes C dudes... nice indian cow, good indian cow
The title means day of no govt... the govt in my instance refers to the management level back in camp... yesterday was the first time that the upper 6 level tiers of management were all occupied with something else and thus not in camp... Commander, DY, CI, OC and CSM... only left with the RSM in his office...
So what happens when there's boh jeng hu? total anarchy? no no no... order and discipline still rule the day but procrastination and slacking becomes an innate thing... when will you ever have all the NCOs slacking in the office? we were playing RISK at the back, some were sleeping... i was, after 2 tiring rounds of RISK... haha... it was a good day... so imagine to my surprise after reaching the work place that Josef was also not around... and when dery left, it was only left with Siti, Jaffery and Kelvin to run the store... haha.. weight lifted off shoulders... slack... a day of NEAR anarchy...
on a solemn note, found out that Jaffery's leaving at the end of the month, this makes him the 5th crew member to leave during these 2 months after Uncle Yong Kee, Jess, Owen & sze Wei... god damn it... everyone's leaving, it's kinnda hard to accept when you see a good team leader leaving especially one of Jaffery's stature... easy going, understanding and close to the ground... unlike some... whom i shant name... *cough* josef *cough* jansen *cough* obviously... seriously hope that no body's gonna leave anything anytime soon...
ever wondered what we instructors do during our free time when we're all relaxing and not being strict, uncompromising and unrelenting? heh
Thomas in the infamous porkstar chair affair
in times of crisis, one can always look to other instructors for support!
Thomas in the infamous porkstar chair affairin times of crisis, one can always look to other instructors for support!. . . .
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(all in unison) orhh!!! THOMAS, YOU BROKE THE CHAIR!!! yes, that kind of support...
Do not fear! Benson is here! 100th intake Best in Battalion aka too hot & kilat to touchThis picture sums up the feeling of all the instructors in the featured organisation I leave it up to you to formulate your own opinions... firrdaus mate... god damn! PTI Din, probably the most loveable and funniest PTI you can find among the 3 servicesFaris Alias, the admin f*cked up PES C dude whose locker got blanket wrapped for bdayNot the kind of expression you were expecting from a platoon sergeant were you? Hey Thambi! Just because im the onyy sergeant in the company, doesnt mean you dont have to greet me!! yook at me when im talking to you! This is what happens when indian cow gets angry, he man handles pes C dudes... nice indian cow, good indian cowSo now you know... i'll have to kill you now... ok, that was lame... haha... cheers!
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
[100407] we've been stomped!
i've passed my basic theory test! haha.. this, after much last minute studying this morning while waiting at the MPH... it was surprisingly simple and straight forward though there were a few tricky questions... guess it was good fortune on my part that i passed without actually really studying hard so you can probably imagine how baffled i am at my friend for failing his BTT not once but twice when he supposedly studied... oh well, final theory's booked and it's on the 7th of June, more than 2 months to prepare...
kinnda tired now, didnt sleep enough after the newcastle arse game yesterday night, a decent turnout of around 20 lads and lasses considering it was on a weekday night, like what john said, it was refreshing having a match gathering after a day's work... cheers to all who came!! HOWAY THE LADS! a decent performance from the lads on the pitch, could have won it had Milner's shot not bounce off the crossbar... oh well, it was great to see nobby do a double block to deny the gunners the match winning goal, all in all a vital point gained... we're featured on SPH's STOMP website! free publicity for us... haha... TOON! TOON! HOWAY! HOWAY!
http://epl.stomp.com.sg/offpitch.php?offset=0
i've passed my basic theory test! haha.. this, after much last minute studying this morning while waiting at the MPH... it was surprisingly simple and straight forward though there were a few tricky questions... guess it was good fortune on my part that i passed without actually really studying hard so you can probably imagine how baffled i am at my friend for failing his BTT not once but twice when he supposedly studied... oh well, final theory's booked and it's on the 7th of June, more than 2 months to prepare...
kinnda tired now, didnt sleep enough after the newcastle arse game yesterday night, a decent turnout of around 20 lads and lasses considering it was on a weekday night, like what john said, it was refreshing having a match gathering after a day's work... cheers to all who came!! HOWAY THE LADS! a decent performance from the lads on the pitch, could have won it had Milner's shot not bounce off the crossbar... oh well, it was great to see nobby do a double block to deny the gunners the match winning goal, all in all a vital point gained... we're featured on SPH's STOMP website! free publicity for us... haha... TOON! TOON! HOWAY! HOWAY!
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Sunday, April 08, 2007
[080407] oooo, ahhhhh.....
yesterday was the most sickening day since i started work at marche... so much to clean, so much to do... never have i had to do closing for 2 counters... and never have i seen everybody staying back to peel potatoes before we can go back.. yep, all the above events occured yesterday... surprisingly,the saturday crowd was quite sparse, must be the fading of the novelty of dining at marche...
2200 hrs and off i went to start peeling potatoes for this morning's brunch, raymond scared the hell out of me when he mentioned that we die die also need to peel finish 12 inserts worth of potatoes for rosti... i almost puked... so for the next 90mins, i just stood there and peeled potato after potato... meanwhile, dery was briefing kelvin, jaffery, jimmy and the raymonds on some new protocol thing... seems like some major changes to the work stations... started cleaning my station then halfway gotta clean up the paella station as well... felt so drained lah... fast fwd fast fwd... by the time the main island was finished, the cold island side and bakery were all sitting around peeling potatoes, peel peel peel... luckily, kelvin said the 7 inserts of peel potatoes enough, otherwise god knows til what time we would had to stay...
for some reason, the crew all felt very on after work... probably they felt the need to relax and chill after a hard day's work... so off they went to boat quay... all of them.. well not all, kah wah, arif, chandra and me elected to do the sensible thing - go home and 'party' instead... party in our dreams that is... ke li, azmi (malay dude at bakery), jaffery, jeffery's gf or wife, raymonds and their respective halves, ah lim, some new gal i never seen before and even auntie alice... haha... all went to drink themselves silly i reckon.. haha.. reached home at 0316 hrs... booted up the PC, before concussing in bed....
barely 6 hours later, woke up to go and YUM-CHA with bro, cousin grace and her fiance... been years since i've seen her... haha.. and she's getting married.. next year.. ah... a joyous occasion... an excuse to buy a suit from G2000 to wear.. heh... and finally, a trip back to indonesia... been years since i've been back... proceeded to J8 before heading down to the new AMK hub, it's huge and it has alot of the nicer stores as well as the good makan places... definitely a place to visit again especially with the cathay cinema opening soon... shld head down there again sometime.. hmm.. anyone up for to go kai kai? hahaha...]
hmmm... marche's cutting back on the part-timers but i'll be retained, one of the few to be retained.. but i've learnt of a distubring fact, arif who came in the same time as me is paid $7/hr... this after he complained... well, axel promised us the same pay... that was i believe to be $6.50.. i think it's time i brought this issue up... geez.. let's hope i get the pay raise too.. arghh... BTT on tuesday... and i've yet to even read one page of the book... wish me luck people...
yesterday was the most sickening day since i started work at marche... so much to clean, so much to do... never have i had to do closing for 2 counters... and never have i seen everybody staying back to peel potatoes before we can go back.. yep, all the above events occured yesterday... surprisingly,the saturday crowd was quite sparse, must be the fading of the novelty of dining at marche...
2200 hrs and off i went to start peeling potatoes for this morning's brunch, raymond scared the hell out of me when he mentioned that we die die also need to peel finish 12 inserts worth of potatoes for rosti... i almost puked... so for the next 90mins, i just stood there and peeled potato after potato... meanwhile, dery was briefing kelvin, jaffery, jimmy and the raymonds on some new protocol thing... seems like some major changes to the work stations... started cleaning my station then halfway gotta clean up the paella station as well... felt so drained lah... fast fwd fast fwd... by the time the main island was finished, the cold island side and bakery were all sitting around peeling potatoes, peel peel peel... luckily, kelvin said the 7 inserts of peel potatoes enough, otherwise god knows til what time we would had to stay...
for some reason, the crew all felt very on after work... probably they felt the need to relax and chill after a hard day's work... so off they went to boat quay... all of them.. well not all, kah wah, arif, chandra and me elected to do the sensible thing - go home and 'party' instead... party in our dreams that is... ke li, azmi (malay dude at bakery), jaffery, jeffery's gf or wife, raymonds and their respective halves, ah lim, some new gal i never seen before and even auntie alice... haha... all went to drink themselves silly i reckon.. haha.. reached home at 0316 hrs... booted up the PC, before concussing in bed....
barely 6 hours later, woke up to go and YUM-CHA with bro, cousin grace and her fiance... been years since i've seen her... haha.. and she's getting married.. next year.. ah... a joyous occasion... an excuse to buy a suit from G2000 to wear.. heh... and finally, a trip back to indonesia... been years since i've been back... proceeded to J8 before heading down to the new AMK hub, it's huge and it has alot of the nicer stores as well as the good makan places... definitely a place to visit again especially with the cathay cinema opening soon... shld head down there again sometime.. hmm.. anyone up for to go kai kai? hahaha...]
hmmm... marche's cutting back on the part-timers but i'll be retained, one of the few to be retained.. but i've learnt of a distubring fact, arif who came in the same time as me is paid $7/hr... this after he complained... well, axel promised us the same pay... that was i believe to be $6.50.. i think it's time i brought this issue up... geez.. let's hope i get the pay raise too.. arghh... BTT on tuesday... and i've yet to even read one page of the book... wish me luck people...
Saturday, April 07, 2007
[070407] A case of mistaken identity
Fridays and saturdays mean only one thing... work... and yep, it was back to work yesterday on good friday... what's so good about the friday that they had to name the holiday good friday? hmm.. i wonder... anyways, only regret yesterday was that i forgot that yesterday was a public holiday and hence would be able to work longer hours... oh wells, 5 hours worth of double pay is better than none i suppose...
So in i came at 2000 hrs, to much cheers from the folks at the main island, quickly settled down into cutting of 1/2 kampung chicken and pork knuckles... work was well, work... nothing interesting there except for one disturbing sight... this lady who was iterally skin and bones and i really mean it... geez... she looked horrible, wonder if she's yet another victim of anorexia? Ladies and gents, never and i mean never ever deny your pallets and your body from the joys and pleasure of food ya? U eat too much, you work and exercise hard to compensate, not starve yourself! moving on....
Jimmy managed to siphon off a jug of sprite for us to drink as we were clearing up and off i went to the bar counter to get some straws, "Hey bro, can pass me some straws?" he took the straws and in a very serious tone and manner replied, "Don't call me bro, call me da-jie" yikes!!! *stunned* dont know whether to laugh or cringe... hahah.. ok, fine.. da-jie it is then from now on, whatever makes u happy man, erm.. girl... whateva... well, she's/he's one of those who's comfortable with his/her sexuality... i say good for him/her... but what's most hilarious was when jimmy asked why must address adam as da-jie and she/he replied, "cause if you want to get to know any of the girls here, you must go through me... im the mama-san" and it brought about another moment of laughing hysteria...
the interesting people at work indeed... so updates, siti's got her own bike now... wheet! biker chick! hot sia... minah motor!!! Susu (sulaiman) is starting work on the 14th so it'll be another former member of tcc joining us... coolness.. haha... it's becoming a mini tcc over at marche's! haha... wonder if matt or mummy ever gonna join us? hahaa... that'll be a blast i'll say... guess that's about all the time i have, gotta start preparing to go off to work again.. ciao, ppl...
Hinder - Better than Me
I think you can do much better than me
After all the lies that I made you believe
Guilt kicks in and I start to see
The edge of the bed
Where your nightgown used to be
I told myself I won't miss you
But I remembered
What it feels like beside you
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
While looking through your old box of notes
I found those pictures I took
That you were looking for
If there's one memory I don't want to lose
That time at the mall
You and me in the dressing room
I told myself I won't miss you
But I remembered
What it feels like beside you
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
The bed I'm lying in is getting colder
Wish I never would've said it's over
And I can't pretend... I won't think about you when I'm older
Cause we never really had our closure
This can't be the end
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
(And I think you should know this)
(You deserve much better than me)
Fridays and saturdays mean only one thing... work... and yep, it was back to work yesterday on good friday... what's so good about the friday that they had to name the holiday good friday? hmm.. i wonder... anyways, only regret yesterday was that i forgot that yesterday was a public holiday and hence would be able to work longer hours... oh wells, 5 hours worth of double pay is better than none i suppose...
So in i came at 2000 hrs, to much cheers from the folks at the main island, quickly settled down into cutting of 1/2 kampung chicken and pork knuckles... work was well, work... nothing interesting there except for one disturbing sight... this lady who was iterally skin and bones and i really mean it... geez... she looked horrible, wonder if she's yet another victim of anorexia? Ladies and gents, never and i mean never ever deny your pallets and your body from the joys and pleasure of food ya? U eat too much, you work and exercise hard to compensate, not starve yourself! moving on....
Jimmy managed to siphon off a jug of sprite for us to drink as we were clearing up and off i went to the bar counter to get some straws, "Hey bro, can pass me some straws?" he took the straws and in a very serious tone and manner replied, "Don't call me bro, call me da-jie" yikes!!! *stunned* dont know whether to laugh or cringe... hahah.. ok, fine.. da-jie it is then from now on, whatever makes u happy man, erm.. girl... whateva... well, she's/he's one of those who's comfortable with his/her sexuality... i say good for him/her... but what's most hilarious was when jimmy asked why must address adam as da-jie and she/he replied, "cause if you want to get to know any of the girls here, you must go through me... im the mama-san" and it brought about another moment of laughing hysteria...
the interesting people at work indeed... so updates, siti's got her own bike now... wheet! biker chick! hot sia... minah motor!!! Susu (sulaiman) is starting work on the 14th so it'll be another former member of tcc joining us... coolness.. haha... it's becoming a mini tcc over at marche's! haha... wonder if matt or mummy ever gonna join us? hahaa... that'll be a blast i'll say... guess that's about all the time i have, gotta start preparing to go off to work again.. ciao, ppl...
Hinder - Better than Me
I think you can do much better than me
After all the lies that I made you believe
Guilt kicks in and I start to see
The edge of the bed
Where your nightgown used to be
I told myself I won't miss you
But I remembered
What it feels like beside you
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
While looking through your old box of notes
I found those pictures I took
That you were looking for
If there's one memory I don't want to lose
That time at the mall
You and me in the dressing room
I told myself I won't miss you
But I remembered
What it feels like beside you
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
The bed I'm lying in is getting colder
Wish I never would've said it's over
And I can't pretend... I won't think about you when I'm older
Cause we never really had our closure
This can't be the end
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
(And I think you should know this)
(You deserve much better than me)
Thursday, April 05, 2007
[050407] Alpha-ians!
Waiting patiently for the food to arrive... firrdaus always up for a pic... cheers mate!
Soup's up! notice the soup on both of the dude's noses... must be a pes C thing.... 
we want food! we want food! we want food! erm, syarif, we eat pizzas with fork and knife, not soup spoon...
Eat well, Alpha-ians! for tonight! we dine in HELL!!!!!
now you see it, now you dont... burrrppppp... Soorryy... 
this is what happens when you've got too much pizzas and too few mouths to finish it... not that we're complaining... 
3 stuffed dudes.. what more can i say? thank you, SIR!
So the new OC decided to give his entire company a treat as a sort of welcoming, well of course the entire company was game... date was set: 050407 time was set: 1900 hrs venue: Pizza Hut Jurong Point (mainly because most of the guys wanted to check out the minahs working there)
Day passed pretty quickly with the pes BP guys finally passing out... great bunch of recruits, great attitude and great spirit.. wish them all the best whichever posting they get... blah blah blah blah... fast fwd to Pizza Hut JP... we got seated at the corner of the outlet, with a long table... well, i'll just let the pics do the talking...
All in attendance, members of the Kilat Alpha Coy... well almost all...
That, my friend... is scaree... what's up with that look man?
All in attendance, members of the Kilat Alpha Coy... well almost all... That, my friend... is scaree... what's up with that look man? Waiting patiently for the food to arrive... firrdaus always up for a pic... cheers mate!Soup's up! notice the soup on both of the dude's noses... must be a pes C thing.... we want food! we want food! we want food! erm, syarif, we eat pizzas with fork and knife, not soup spoon... Eat well, Alpha-ians! for tonight! we dine in HELL!!!!!now you see it, now you dont... burrrppppp... Soorryy... 3 stuffed dudes.. what more can i say? thank you, SIR!Great fun, though it was mainly our corner just entertaining ourselves silly with our wise cracks, lame jokes and continous photo taking.. nobody paid us any attention and operation Heza was underway... heh... congrats to moosa for getting the number... hahaa... go indian cow! MMoooooooo... lol... decent food, decent service, decent ambience but great company... Alpha Lead the way... Hoo YA!
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
[030407] i got the fever, im hot, i cant be stopped
as the title suggests, im down with fever... had a torrid time last night, kept on tossing and turning on the bed... and i even shivered uncontrollably... this occurred even when i covered myself with a blanket and wore my hoody to sleep... and the worst part was the fever... kept on waking up, tried sitting up and my head felt like a ton of bricks... headaches and bodyaches... finally managed to go and see the MO in the morning, got 2 days of MC...
my fever was 38.5 degrees, doc dignosed it as flu... geez... come to think about it, this is the 1st time i've fallen sick since over a year ago... the terrible 4 days fever just before i started work at TCC... im feeling drowsy now... must be the medication... but at least im feeling better now... think it's time i go and concuss... zzzz
as the title suggests, im down with fever... had a torrid time last night, kept on tossing and turning on the bed... and i even shivered uncontrollably... this occurred even when i covered myself with a blanket and wore my hoody to sleep... and the worst part was the fever... kept on waking up, tried sitting up and my head felt like a ton of bricks... headaches and bodyaches... finally managed to go and see the MO in the morning, got 2 days of MC...
my fever was 38.5 degrees, doc dignosed it as flu... geez... come to think about it, this is the 1st time i've fallen sick since over a year ago... the terrible 4 days fever just before i started work at TCC... im feeling drowsy now... must be the medication... but at least im feeling better now... think it's time i go and concuss... zzzz
Sunday, April 01, 2007
[010407] song stuck in my head
A song that's stuck in my head for now... haha... what happens when a song has the following? Acoustic guitar strumming, slow rythmn, great lyrics and nice soothing voices? They become an instant favourite and get stuck in my head...
Innervoices - Baby Girl
There are times when i look in your eyes
i see the love that we shared
i see the joy inside
but i didn't see the feelings you hide
and now you're saying goodbye
because your love has died
And all i can think about is you
the way you say you love me too
and everytime i close my eyes i see your face
my love can never be erased
and you can never be replaced...baby
baby girl
why don't you come back to me
why don't you love me anymore
baby girlyou know i still care for you
you know i will love you forevermore...
you know i will love you forevermore...
There are times
when i kiss you goodnight
I feel the love that we shared
I feel the joy inside
but I didn't feel what you tried to hid
eand now you're saying goodbye
because your feeling has died
And all i can think about is you
the way you say you love me too
and everytime i close my eyes i see your face
my love can never be erased
and you can never be replaced...baby
baby girl
why don't you come back to me
why don't you love me anymore
baby girlyou know i still care for you
you know i will love you forevermore...
you know i will love you forevermore...
And all i can think about is you
the way you say you love me too
and everytime i close my eyes i see your face
my love can never be erased
and you can never be replaced...baby
A song that's stuck in my head for now... haha... what happens when a song has the following? Acoustic guitar strumming, slow rythmn, great lyrics and nice soothing voices? They become an instant favourite and get stuck in my head...
Innervoices - Baby Girl
There are times when i look in your eyes
i see the love that we shared
i see the joy inside
but i didn't see the feelings you hide
and now you're saying goodbye
because your love has died
And all i can think about is you
the way you say you love me too
and everytime i close my eyes i see your face
my love can never be erased
and you can never be replaced...baby
baby girl
why don't you come back to me
why don't you love me anymore
baby girlyou know i still care for you
you know i will love you forevermore...
you know i will love you forevermore...
There are times
when i kiss you goodnight
I feel the love that we shared
I feel the joy inside
but I didn't feel what you tried to hid
eand now you're saying goodbye
because your feeling has died
And all i can think about is you
the way you say you love me too
and everytime i close my eyes i see your face
my love can never be erased
and you can never be replaced...baby
baby girl
why don't you come back to me
why don't you love me anymore
baby girlyou know i still care for you
you know i will love you forevermore...
you know i will love you forevermore...
And all i can think about is you
the way you say you love me too
and everytime i close my eyes i see your face
my love can never be erased
and you can never be replaced...baby
[010407] Aprils Fools Day
April's fools Day.. i wonder whoever came up with this dumb notion of a day when they decide that on this elected day, pranks and tricks are to be played and carried out on family, loved ones, friends and just any one around you.. geez.. grow up fellas... the best example of this was when i logged into my NUFCsg site and guess the shock (some relief and joy as well) when i saw one of the topic heading as Glenn Roeder Resigns as NUFC manager.
Only for me to later realise it was a fake article with fake BBC news credential some more.. chey... make me happy only... thou shant fool around with people's emotions ya? ah, my 20 seconds of hope.. faded...
http://bbcsport.atspace.com/Roeder.htm
Yesterday was a landmark record, i actually reached home shortly after 0130 hrs... wow! yeah i know... yesterday was an okay day at work.. not as packed as usual and i actually met 2 friends whom i've not seen for quite some time... small world indeed... well obviously, we are living in singapore... but the same questions were posed back to me when they knew i was still in NS, "then how come, you're here?"
Im at marche masquerading as the Kitchen staff! cool huh?! DUH... of course im working lah... it seems everybody's always asking me about how come im working when im in NS... oh wells.. obviously, the pitiful allowance that the force gives me is hardly enough to sustain myself especially when i dun get handouts from my mum no more... so yep, i had to work to make ends meet so to speak.. Norman's first reaction was, "What the f--k u working for? Stay home and relax lah! Enjoy ur weekends!" erm... norman.. it's not possible...
speaking on allowance, a fellow instructor has embarked on an epic quest to better the livelihood of BRTC instructors with a proposal to be submitted to the management... as grand as the scheme maybe, im afraid it will just fall on deaf ears... we are just pitiful insructors... no welfare, no benefits and no previlages... if they could justify denying us an allowance in return for a 'better' testimonial, i hardly think they would ever consider looking into the rest of our concerns... we are just NSFs... really sad to be the wet blanket but yep, that's what pessimists and realists are there for... it's all delusions that we hold - delusions that the force does care for its own... yeah right...
DELUSIONS
There is no greater Joy than soaring high on the wings of your dreams, except maybe the joy of watching a dreamer who has nothing to land but the ocean of reality.
we all dream of a better future especially in camp... i guess in camp, i need only to live by 2 philosophies, "Be chill, Be cold, Be cool" and "suck it up"... no point going against the system or fighting to change it for good cause it'll never work especially when the culture is deeply embedded in a NSF/regulars conflict....
DREAMS
Dreams are like rainbows. Only idiots chase them.
Dreams will forver be what they are. Dreams.
But i do hope he succeeds, afterall who wouldnt want to work in a better paying environment with more recognition? I would.
April's fools Day.. i wonder whoever came up with this dumb notion of a day when they decide that on this elected day, pranks and tricks are to be played and carried out on family, loved ones, friends and just any one around you.. geez.. grow up fellas... the best example of this was when i logged into my NUFCsg site and guess the shock (some relief and joy as well) when i saw one of the topic heading as Glenn Roeder Resigns as NUFC manager.
Only for me to later realise it was a fake article with fake BBC news credential some more.. chey... make me happy only... thou shant fool around with people's emotions ya? ah, my 20 seconds of hope.. faded...
http://bbcsport.atspace.com/Roeder.htm
Yesterday was a landmark record, i actually reached home shortly after 0130 hrs... wow! yeah i know... yesterday was an okay day at work.. not as packed as usual and i actually met 2 friends whom i've not seen for quite some time... small world indeed... well obviously, we are living in singapore... but the same questions were posed back to me when they knew i was still in NS, "then how come, you're here?"
Im at marche masquerading as the Kitchen staff! cool huh?! DUH... of course im working lah... it seems everybody's always asking me about how come im working when im in NS... oh wells.. obviously, the pitiful allowance that the force gives me is hardly enough to sustain myself especially when i dun get handouts from my mum no more... so yep, i had to work to make ends meet so to speak.. Norman's first reaction was, "What the f--k u working for? Stay home and relax lah! Enjoy ur weekends!" erm... norman.. it's not possible...
speaking on allowance, a fellow instructor has embarked on an epic quest to better the livelihood of BRTC instructors with a proposal to be submitted to the management... as grand as the scheme maybe, im afraid it will just fall on deaf ears... we are just pitiful insructors... no welfare, no benefits and no previlages... if they could justify denying us an allowance in return for a 'better' testimonial, i hardly think they would ever consider looking into the rest of our concerns... we are just NSFs... really sad to be the wet blanket but yep, that's what pessimists and realists are there for... it's all delusions that we hold - delusions that the force does care for its own... yeah right...
DELUSIONS
There is no greater Joy than soaring high on the wings of your dreams, except maybe the joy of watching a dreamer who has nothing to land but the ocean of reality.
we all dream of a better future especially in camp... i guess in camp, i need only to live by 2 philosophies, "Be chill, Be cold, Be cool" and "suck it up"... no point going against the system or fighting to change it for good cause it'll never work especially when the culture is deeply embedded in a NSF/regulars conflict....
DREAMS
Dreams are like rainbows. Only idiots chase them.
Dreams will forver be what they are. Dreams.
But i do hope he succeeds, afterall who wouldnt want to work in a better paying environment with more recognition? I would.