Sunday, July 16, 2006
jus had my breakfast... =) woke up at like 10am todae... walked out sleepishly to the dinning area and found macdonald's big breakfast on e table... cosumed it while reading the papers... breakfast was good... mac big breakfast plus a glass of master's pura fresh milk... =)
hmm... slept at ard 5am yest... came home at ard 4am... was out for a midnight show... pirates of the caribbean... erm... not as nice as i expected it to be... so much hype abt e show... i saw e making of the show... looks cool... but when i watch it yest... wasn't as fantastic as what ppls make it out to be... haha... should have watch the R21 italian movie instead... =)
was out yest with my sec sch friends... wen ktv-ing... haha... to me... i think its abit boring... cus i dun know much chinese songs... and k box has mostly chinese songs... actuallie i went because they ask me to meet up... and i had not met them for quite sometime too... haha... as usual everyone was still the same... and i get asked the usual question by them... ".... ur attached ar?"
dinner was at nydc wheelock... there was a long q... wait for so long jus to get a table tt could sit all 8 of us... i was famished by the time we started to order... luckily i bought an old chang kee curry'o puff on the way to wheelock from one of those street side stalls... =) if not wait until mi "er si le" (die of hunger)
went to e crumpler shop and suddenly this girl was like looking at me as if she knew me... it was a familar face to me too... i was trying to recall who she was... den i remembered... she was the one working at billabong sentosa jus beside sakae sushi where i used to do part time... haha... she was now working at crumpler... she says will be going back to sentosa to work after quiting crumpler... and she also told me e assistant manager at sentosa sakae is now posted to wheelock sakae... haha... so i wen to e sakae to say hi... chated with him for a while cus it was reallie bz yesterdae at sakae... the usual long q snaking outside...
cool... hmm... feel like working part time again... haha... maybe tis time at the bikini bar at sentosa or coastes... i still like the beach working environment... =) oh... also had tis tot of becoming a barista at starbucks... pay is pathetic at i think 4.50/hr... haha... but i wanna work at starbucks cus i like starbucks... i read tis book on starbucks tt i bought from kino... kinda inspired by the way they started the company and also the values of the company...
hmm... was shopping online tt other dae and yest i jus receive e stuff tt i bought on ebay... e parcel finally arrived from australia... in good condition too... haha... kinda pleased with my purchase...
okie... army life... hmm... i guess time will fly pass soon and i before i know it i will ord and continue with my studies... =)
i jus jumped off e plane on thurs... haha... on e day pior to my jump i was quite aprehensive abt the jump... cus its been sometime since i last jumped and tis time i was jumping with combat gear... so it will be slightly different... it will be heavier... and i wondered how it would feel like... its like throwing a blob of weight off a flying plane...
on the the dae of the jump i went to paya labar airbase early in the morning to board the plane... was all para-fited up and boared the plane... take off and flying in the air... all ready to jump off the plane... den due to strong winds the jump was canceled...
we wen back to the airbase again in the evening... and this time the jump was on... while e plane was flying... suddenly the door opened... wah... e view was *phew phew!!* haha... u can see all the hdb blocks all so small... the car like ants... everything is so small below... and u can hear the roaring of the air sweeping past the aircraft door... den everyone stood up... and orders were given for us to move to the door... we waited for the green light to light up and as soon as the green light was on... everyone jus jumped off the plane... haha...i still remember my friend was standing there telling me his legs was shaking... i wanted to reply him... but before i could ans him the green light was turned on and we had to jump off the plane liaoz... surprisingly i din felt any fear... i tot i would but there wasn't any fear when i reach the door and it was my turn to jump... infact i jump off confidently and positively...
before the jump... while i was on board the plane i remembered smth a friend told me e nite before... "be of good courage"... as i remembered tt i was surprisingly calm and positive...
while i was parachuting in the air after i exited out of the plane i saw e sunset... abit of it... it was a nice golden hue in the evening sky... the view was quite a pretty sight... den i looked down to find my landing spot... i was aiming for the grass patch as it would offer some cushioning as compared to if u were to land on the runway which is tarmac and hard... but the winds took me to the runway... i looked down and tot to myself... "shit... mus prepare for a hard landing liaoz..." i brace myself for the impact when i was going to land... but reallie luckily i landed without much impact... reallie lucky... it felt as though nth.... even better than grass... haha... i was reallie luckily... cus runway landing is almost 100% hard impact... i quickly got up and packed up my parachute and walked towards the regrouping point... thanking God for the safe landing too...
on e way back to camp... it was already nitetime... i was quite tired but i din sleep on the bus... i looked at the busy roads... den i tot of my jump jus now... i tot to myself... y was i doing all this... risking lives jumping from planes... staying back on weekends for standbys... suffering in the jungles of brunei... den i look at the cars whizzing pass... the roads seems busy but one element was there... they are safe... we are safe... singapore is safe and sleeps soundly at nite because of us... once i think... y am i chosen to be part of this special elites of the saf during my enlistment... y did the government choose me out of so many... am i like so suay? my other friends are like having a more relaxed ns life... y am enlisted into commandos?
our motto which e saf gave us "to the the most highly trained elites of the SAF... to be a leading special force in the world..."
its for our peace and security... we have a sacred duty... we are e sentinels of singapore...
