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It's been a month, well, almost a month since I last blogged. Plenty happened between then and now, and then again, nothing happened. The army happened. Nothing new there.

My relationship with Jun underwent some serious testing, and I'm forced to reflect on whether the army made me a different person. Anyway, things are fine now .. and for that I'm glad =)

I've been reading Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series. It rocks. Honestly.

I think I'm growing a tummy .. wtf.

My room's in the midst of some major revamping. Updates soon.

I went climbing once.. kinda suck. Haha..

I'm trying to read up on programming .. and finance.

I'm sleepy. IPPT tomorrow..hrms

science center! 

taken at the carpark under my block. looks like winter, no? =D 

Depressed?

I did a couple of tests that Jun got from her psychology class that were supposed to assess my intelligence, hardiness, stress, and mood level.

The intelligence part wasn't much, just showed that I'm mostly interested in "existential" matters, in other words, I'm very religious. Hrms.

The hardiness test shows that I'm of moderate hardiness, which I liken to being the wooden house in the "Three Little Pigs" story. Rough me up a little and I'll stand, hit a tad harder, and I'll collapse.

Doing the stress test was a no-brainer, I basically chose all the worst options, indicating that I'm bloody stressed up *grin* Blame the army, seriously. Restriction of freedom, forced hiatus of my plans, problems everywhere. No control over what happens in my life, as how Jun puts it, can be extremely frustrating, especially for a "Type A"(took another test to proof this) person like me.

Depressed. That's what I am. That's how I feel and that's what the test results show. "Moderate Depression". Again. I blame the army. I'm not shifting responsibility of what happens in my life, but it's hard to blame me how what I have little control over. There are so many things I want to do. So little time. I don't even spend enough time with Jun as it is, but I'm happy that I'm actually seeing my father more now since I enlisted then when I was in poly.

I need to actively work on self-improvement, increasing my knowledge, and fight to retain what I already know. Six months into army, and I've forgotten most of what I studied in poly. Access Control List. Forgot how to do. Brought a Cisco networking book and NSC networking notes into camp last week.

Is this blog entry very boring? I kinda think it is.

God help me.

Anyway, check out Stephen King's Dark Tower series. It's a fantastic read.

The Return

Paint my world, Paint my life - part 1

Walking along a dusty path, hands dug deep into pockets, shoulders hunched against the bitter gale. Clothes exquisitively tattered rages of black and dirty grey pressed against a scrawny frame. Hair long and unkempt, fluttering in the wind with sand and dust caught among jet-black locks.

Note: The above's just something I wrote while being extremely bored on duty

Hey .. I'm back to blog a little. Hrms, well, I bought a blue ipod-mini, 4GB, for $364.50 at Sim Lim Square. I love it.

Army sucks. What's new?

Jun and I are great.

My mum was very ill .. now on the road to recovery. Praise the Lord.

I've skipped church for at least a month. A little hard to go church when I booked out only one day a week and it's either on a sunday, or I had to book in on sunday. That was during my on-job-training, and when I started on the shift schedule, fate had it that I had weekend duty that week, so I skipped church again. THIS WEEK I'M GOING!

Be back soon .. booking in tomorrow 730am. Blah.

Earthworm Shaun

I'll be going to Tekong, the initiation location of my national service for 3 days, starting tomorrow morning. Exercise Earthworm - trench digging and war games under the hot sun and little sleep.

Course ends this friday.

I miss you guys.

Oh and I had a fantastic weekend with Jun! =) Went blading! Now waiting for my dad to come pick me up for a super fast dinner. Booking in at 8pm. Sigh.

Outzzzzzzzzzzz

I'm still alive.

Yep, I'm still alive, just have been to busy to blog. What have I been busy with? Army and Jun. Haha, Jun being the pleasant times and Army being the disgusting ones. What's new right? Oh and I'm still watching Naruto and Smallville.

I'll give REAL updates soon yeah. Anyway, 2 more weeks till end of course. Perhaps then I'll blog slightly more substainial stuff.

Be back soon folks

my ever cute darling .. tell me, how many girls look cute with a tissue to their nose? =) 

jun made me breakfast this morning, delicious, delicious breakfast. she keeps complaining that it isn't nice, but i think otherwise, i think its yummy!  

i would love to blog .. but im really tired, and feeling very restless. a photo will have to suffice for now. i'm to lazy to log into blogger. haha, anyway i had a wonderful breakfast today, courtesy of jun..hrms, i should post a photo of it..ok, coming right up. oh and um this photo is me being lame in the mrt. tired tired tired, had a route march in e morning, sat morning. 

jun with a nicer smile, and me with the same expression. sigh im depressed at the thought of going back to camp 

Christmas eve, photographer was woonchy, jun's sister =) 

Christmas

Christmas came, christmas went, and I am left wanting. Going back to camp now, I miss my freedom. I miss Jun. I miss my friends, especially jm and gang whom I didnt get to meet. Next week guys, next week!

Sick and Loved =)

Hey guys, it has been a long time since I wrote anything substantial here eh? Busy, busy. Weekends are spent with Jun, and weekdays in camp. First, it was BMTC at Tekong, now it's Paya Lebar Air Base.

Those who have been following Jun's blog would know that I've taken ill, and have been resting at home for 2 days. Fever, cough, and a very, very, bad sore throat. It hurts when I swallow, eat, and drink water. One's supposed to drink lots of water when one has fever, but it gets really, really discouraging when every sip of water causes my throat to burn.

Jun has been taking care of me for the past 2 days, while I lie semi-comatose in bed and demand for water, wet towel, food, and complain alternatively of it being too hot, and too cold. I've never been so sick in my life. I get so cold I shiver, and wearing 2 layers of clothing while hiding under the blanket is useless. Then after a few hours, I start getting hot, and end up stripping everything off. Okay not everything, down to t-shirt and shorts.

My throat is killing me now. Everything I eat seems bland and tasteless. The fish porridge that Jun bought me for yesterday's and today's lunch was tasteless. So was the hor fun that my dad bought me for dinner today. Sucks not being able to enjoy food.

I'm actually pretty glad that I'm sick though. I get to stay out of camp, relax, type in my blog, watch anime, and spend time with my darling Jun. Although I think she's falling ill too .. worried for her but she refuses to see a doctor. She's one stubborn little girl =)

Anyway, for those interested, I'm a Regimental Policeman, but at an Airbase, so that sets me apart from the other RPs at army camps. The normal RPs go through a 2 week course that consists of mainly lectures before they start work. Airbase RPs are called Airforce Troopers, and we're the only fighting unit in the base. That means we have to know how to handle all the section weapons such as GPMG, SAW, LAW, M203, and also learn how to set up field defences and fighting in built up areas, aka, urban warfare. Sounds fun? Crap, it means 2 weeks of normal RP course for me, plus 10 weeks of FDC, or Field Defence Course, that involves training with the above mentioned weapons, doing section/platoon movements and live-firing and not forgetting trench digging. Crap. Crap.

However, after I'm done with the course, I'll be doing shift work. 2 weeks of my schedule goes like that:

week one:
mon, tues: work
wed, thurs: off
fri,sat,sun: work

week two:
mon,tues: off
wed,thurs: work
fri,sat,sun: off

Doesn't sound too bad eh?

My headache's coming back, I think the medicine's wearing off. And poor Jun's so tired she knocked out in my bed. Going back to camp tomorrow at 2200 .. hope I get well by then.

We survived BMT..

We're a beautiful couple .. Hrms, I could do with more hair though. As a side note, notice that this is an old photo, I have longer hair now, but it looks messy, wiry and messy.

I'm leaving

I would be leaving for Paya Lebar Air Base in 20 mins. I'm nervous. Will I be able to fit in? Will my commanders be bastards? God help me.

I promise to type a more substantial blog entry when I book out for the weekend =)

Mixed Emotions

Now, seriously, is being a Regimental Policeman a good thing or bad thing? I shall find out on Monday. Now at least I'm happy that I'll stay safely clear from mud, forests and shellscrapes. Thank God =)

my love 

hm..basically the two tables switches positions, the bed was wiped down, all corners of the room ridded of dust. Jun rocks. Er, of course I did some work too.. 

forgot to take a "before" shot .. but trust me, it was bad .. really bad. I don't call my room a Shaun-sty for nothing!