Burning the Midnight Oil

Ginway happily popped by my house yesterday, to do some powerpoint presentation on shooting which an officer has to do. After bugging Eddie and I, he decided my house is the closest location to do some decent research.

Being a nice host that I am (sarcasm), I provided Ginway with the basic necessities; a sleeping bag, free dinner and a laptop to surf. Obviously, he must have felt that he needed my gosu web-searching skills to find some photos for his presentation. In exchange, he gave me two packets of protein shake. 42g of amino acids in a power pack!

Took the whole night plus a bit of morning. In intervals, we played DoTA masquerading as each other's account and surf some interesting blogs (with my huge array of stored html).

Damn. Range tomorrow. Im gonna smell some gunpowder and experience the acrid tinge in my eyes.

Here's a picture of Ginway's Q&A last slide:
Any Questions?

Ginway:" Here. Protein Shake. Tastes funny though. Put in either milk or cold water. My friend says don't do anything funny (to your body) when you take the shake. If not 42g all wasted..."

Me: -.-''''

Harried Post

Currently only have around 15min before I have to go to camp to clean up my bunk. Hence, I shall spend my creative juices in camp thinking of the conclusion of the DoTA mini-story.

A bit of changes here and there. Currently, Ginway and I are in armour camp. Hence, when he has nothing to do, he will bug me to watch TV and whatnots (or nights-out to eat). As an officer, his life now is comparatively slack, even more so than mine. The one bar on his epaulette makes him nearly invulnerable to funny errands from sergeants and warrant officers. If only Eddie Cai can join us.....haha.

Tonic Water

A fine morning. As usual, I was busy trying means and ways to escape from work at base. So when my PC asked for volunteers (for despatch), immediately, a hand shot up eagerly. What a convenient way of wasting time. Sat in the air-conditioned cabin of the 5 tonner truck and went to Nee Soon Camp.

After 2 hours of sorting out stores, I (together with my fellow slacking 3SG) took a well-deserved break at the famous canteen of Nee Soon, which sells non-Singapore Food Industry (read=edible) food. Went to the drinks stall after buying a sumptous meal of nasi lemak.

As I was in the queue, I noticed that two fellow soldiers in front of me buy 3 cans of tonic water:

"Uncle, wo yao san guan Tonic Water."

Hmm. I thought to myself. If the corporals in front of me seem to find tonic water nice, it should be quite a refreshing drink after all. Also seems to me like a healthy drink. Tonic. Wow. So I decided to follow the clouds:

"Uncle ah, same. YI GUAN TONIC WATER!."

Feeling happy that I bought something new today, (I always fancied eating new and delicious gourmet food; cost is not the issue) I went back to my table, thinking that the tonic water can complement my heavenly coconut rice, ikan bilis and fried chicken....

Bad mistake. At first, I tried to put up with the ...unique taste, eating my nasi lemak in between sips. Soon later, my sergeants noticed a change in face colour.

"Bwwaaaaaahhhh. WTF was THAT! @#$#@$#$@. HORRIBLE!"

Decided to take a look at the contents. water. ok. sugar. ok. added sweetener. ok (actually I can't tell the difference).............and quinine hydrochlorate. Took me 3 s to register. Quinine Hydrochlorate?!!! All this while, I was just drinking a can of glorified acid, while my friends are happily sipping their grass jelly+soya bean combo.

Returned to camp feeling extremely dulan(not a proper English word, but who cares), because 1)I am thirsty, 2)that I could get the same solution from Dr Chan. 3) and my damn nasi lemak which was supposed to be heavenly became hell. Oh ya, plus money wasted.

Moral of storey: NEVER buy Tonic Water. Or anything that contains hydrochlorate. Which I think coke or pepsi have.

Driving down the expressway...

Civilian drivers automatically signal right when they see two things: an accident or an SAF vehicle. In the past, I used to think that 50 kmph is reasonably fast (compared to 10-45kmph for first time drivers).

It is a sad sight to see so many vehicles zooming past you. Even the garbage truck and cement mixers had an ego-boost going past my vehicle. The SAF vehicle is like a monorail in the fast lane expressways of sonic trains. So pitibly slow that I could see bushes in detail. The SWD (speed warning device) is like a muzzle on a dog's mouth.

7000 km is an impossible target. By the time people clock 1000km in camp, it would be ORD loh. Next week should be quite a hectic week. Going to have range. It's been a long time (1 year plus) since I shot any live round.

Marriage jokes (negative)

A laughter a day keeps a doctor away...hence, here is it again. =D. Enjoy.

• Marriage=Love

  
  

Love=Blind

Therefore, by Mathematical Induction, Marriage=Institution for the Blind.

• Married life is full of excitement and frustration:

In the first year, the man speaks and the woman listens.
In the 2nd year, the woman speaks and the man listens.
In the 3rd year, both speak and the NEIGHBOURS listen.

• Love is one long sweet dream....and marriage is the alarm clock.
• Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want and when you see what the other person has, you wished you had ordered that instead.
• When a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a 10-year married man looks happy, we wonder why....
• 80% of married men cheat in America.......the rest just cheat in Europe.
• It's not true that married men live longer than single men; it only seems longer.
• They say that when a man holds a woman's hand before marriage, it is love; after marriage it is self-defense.
• Son:How much does it cost to get married, Dad?

Dad:I dunno son, I'm still paying for it.
Son:Is it true dad, I heard that in ancient China, a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her.
Dad:That happens everywhere, son, EVERYWHERE!

• When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one thing--either the car is new or his wife is.
  

Health and Fitness

Days seem to pass very slowly in my camp. Find myself often asleep in the air-conditioned signal store. Either that, or I would be at the back of a 5-tonner enjoying the breeze of Sungei Gedong.

Would you be healthily unfit, or fit but unhealthy? I would choose the former. I firmly believe that as long as you eat in moderation, dieting is unnecessary. (which explains my constant mass from sec 2-jc2). Of course, laziness comes at a price. Now, I cannot even run 4km (while singing stupid army songs at the same time) without panting. Slower than normal, I trudged along the path trying to catch up with the rest.

I wonder how Hotseat managed to complete AHM. I take my hat, and socks as well, off her. Maybe I would start to slowly jog after Pinnacle, since starting now would be futile.

Got a humbling experience at Paradiz yesterday. Despite using our best heroes, Ginway, Ivan, Eddie, zx and I were soundly trashed by a group of gangsters. :S. Their teamwork was impeccable. Together, they were unstoppable.

The worst part was that after getting soundly trounced, all of us missed the last train. Waited for the Nightrider for ages, before finally reaching home at 2am.

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