There comes a time in every man's life.. when you just gotta learn to let go of $$.. examples of such times is when you're sick, when your fren's bdae is coming.. certain BF/GF issues.. when frens are in trouble.. or when your wardrobe has nothing that fits your figure anymore =X
and now, i can add a new one to that list..
When your handphone doesn't show anything on its screen =X
WTF?! its almost like the dreaded blue screen of death on a PC, with the words "All data deleted" flashing in the center.. except that interestingly, the phone still works.. i could still make calls to ppl, but its by feel cuz the screen doesn't show anything (so lets see.. navigate blindly to your address book.. then pray you rmb how you spelt your fren's contacts as.. then press dial) though heaven knows how you're gonna read sms-es like that =P
initially, i didn't think it was such a big deal.. but when it came to receiving vital information about where to meet for a friend's suprise bdae party (elaborate more later =P ), replying missed calls, and being stuck in camp on a weekend with little entertainment.. I probably can't survive long without a properly working phone!! T_T
in other words, while i was stuck in that office with nothing but a draggy LoTR extended marathon to watch (not saying LoTR is bad.. but 1 of their extended movie is enough for me a day =X ).. i started banging my phone in hopes that it might revert back to a working state.. miraculously after abt 15 mins of trying, it did.. and light was shed on what i missed out on abt 12 hours of phone inactivity =P
Usually, hardly anyone contacts me out of the blue.. but this time arnd, its a pleasant surprise! haha.. gonna keep my little secrets.. cuz i'm graduated alr =)
actually, another reason why i kinda want to spend $ on a hp, is cuz i'm kinda overspending at this point of time in outgoing calls =O like, last week it was just 180 mins all in one nite/morn.. hehe.. GG la.. that's enough to erupt my hp bills.. So perhaps its time i got a prepaid card from m1, which i think has one of the best plans for outgoing calls? =P
going out to search for an interesting non-camera phone soon =)
So.. friday.. lotsa stuff happened, but the most significant would be coco's little birthday dinner =P HAPPY BURRFDAE YARONG!! haha.. special thanks to June too, for making it all possible by getting THE Gundam Meister Cake, and contacting everyone who was to come =D and oh, thanks jovi for being my contact when my phone sorta dieded and i didn't know where was the meeting place, and also for repairing my guitar string so that i could do the impromptu Happy Birthday on it xD
okies.. gtg now, if i really intend on getting my phone before returning to camp.. Cyas!
just when i thought that my bunk had too much clothes occupying my locker..
INTRODUCING.. The latest in army apparel!! super torn pants, courtesy of "Teh art of Flying-ppl making", a.k.a close combat training
nopes.. its more than your conventional tears at the knees or heel area.. but all the way from where it splits for your legs, to pretty much 3/4 of the way to the left knee.. guaranteed to draw attention your way in any crowd.. and cool your lower body.. proven and tested by mua'self!!..
why?..
Simply cuz i torn my own pants throwing someone during training =X
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Anyways.. this week at camp was just like any week.. cept that v'day happens to fall on the thursday.. i took half day leave (though i have no idea for what since i have no one special to ask out..) ended up in NUS walking arnd a bazaar.. and meeting random ppl whom i msg-ed kinda last minute =P
Not too bad.. managed to meet up with Twins Yulin and Yusu.. QuhynAhn.. Ximin, and yarong.. would have loved to meet more ppl, if not for the time restrictions and if only i could grab hold of those ppl..
well, it felt sorta nostalgic.. even though i've only experienced it twice in my entire sch life.. all about was the air of valentine's inside a sch environment.. students carrying flowers/chocolates/balloons while walking to and fro from lessons.. something you probably won't experience in 09 or 10.. simply cuz v'day falls on weekends then xD
at the end of the day, i guess i'm kinda glad i went out.. painful though it was initially..
one day perhaps.. this date wouldn't be so lonely.. but 1st, perhaps its time i graduated from all these childish feelings i've been keeping.. after all, who has the time to babysit a dreamer-boy?
would anyone miss me if i'm gone i wonder?
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Though unconfirmed whether i'd be going yet.. i got a reply from UNSW that my application for Engineering/Commerce has been accepted.. i've yet to reply them..
seems like lotsa ppl are going to australia.. Kris, Eileen.. now i know Yanni is too..
and S'pore is a unforgiving place in terms of education..
I might be better off over there after all...
How was CNY you ask?
Other than being an extended break from army.. i guess it was simply... boring =X tried asking ppl out, but in the end went to the movies and cybercafe alone.. but at least, the arcade was fun.. Tekken 6 is now out.. and Asuka is back cuter than ever.. although some of her combo list is changed, its nothing too drastic..*sniff* T_T But at least her throws are improved (i'm even learning some of those throws now! xD ) and the graphics are more breath-taking than ever..
and it seems they've added special effects to the environment as well (i slammed this other guy.. and suddenly, the ground gave way and we all fell into the sewers =p ) cheesy i know, but it's a start..
well other than that.. i've finished some of my animes alr.. and now half-way through Nodame Cantabile the drama.. well, its my 1st experience with jap drama.. but even being a 1st, i bet this has to be one of the most exaggerated ones around xP
oh wells.. Happy Chinese New Year everyone!!
The weekend seemed to have passed by pretty quickly..
It started thursday night.. When there was a cohesion to send off one of our commanders.. Went to tampines safra Sakura for buffet dinner.. though its a little painful on my now dwindling funds, its good food nonetheless.. and i'd go back again if anyone's interested though not anytime soon =D
Well, there's this run that was happening friday morning at someplace i wasn't familiar with.. but thankfully jon opened his doors for me to stay overnight at his place.. thus saving me time for sleep, and effort to find the place xD
after friday's run.. came home quickly to change a new set of clothes.. then rushed off to NUS hostels to meet pok to re-stock my dear November =P gosh.. now she's really full.. but the gd news is.. I now have Nodame Cantabile!! both the anime and drama!! woohoo!! xD gosh pok seems really talented.. though he has weird ideas sometimes (such as balancing his laptop on a colour-pencil set and his textbook to improve ventilation to cool it down).. I was dem shocked to see a piano keyboard inside his room!! waaa... and its right beside his bed.. the place looks even bigger than coco's when we bunked there! haha.. but then that might've been because of overpopulation inside that room =P
anyways.. ate a quiet dinner at Astons over there.. had a craving for pasta recently, those side dishes/appetiser kind.. then proceeded to find my way to the performance venue.. which was like on the opposite end across campus.. i wonder how life would be like, if i end up studying here next year =P thank goodness for their bus services
Met jovi for a brisk moment before the show started.. so sad, all our seats were dispersed abt =T
Anyways, yarong's play was pretty decent.. makes me wish i had the chance to perform again.. all the thrills of being in front of a receptive audience.. oh how much i miss it..
After the play.. my night wasn't over yet.. i made my way to Changi airport to stay there overnight.. Sounds a little crazy huh? hehe.. actually looking back now, i guess it is.. but at that point of time, it seriously seemed like the best idea out of all i had.. after all, i was still kinda sick.. so its unlikely my parents would let me leave so early in the morning just to send a fren off.. 2nd-ly.. Changi and my place are quite distant.. and with them planning to meet at abt 7.30 ... it means i gotta wake up 2 hours in advance.. with yarong's play ending abt 10.30 at Jurong and it taking abt 1hr+ to get home.. it doesn't leave alot of time for sleep too.. so.. xD catch my drift?
Anyways, i wasn't the only one spending the night at the airport.. at the macs where i sat down to have supper before sleep, there were students as well as travellers with luggage sharing the same thoughts as me.. it was a little hard to get to sleep though.. with the air-con near freezing, and the sleeping posture a little awkward.. i sat through 2 episodes of Heroes on my psp before my body decided to hibernate till morning..
amidst all the times i woke up, the last 2 were by frens sms-ing me to check where i was.. quite funny, their expressions.. "Are you there yet?" "yes dear, i was there since 11.30 last night xD " "WHAT?!" haha.. thank you ximin and steff for waking me up though.. it'd have been dreadful if i overslept the timing when i was alr at the venue =P
Eileen sure seems to know alot of ppl.. and all those present were those that could be bothered to wake up to see her off.. there's even a guy who woke up to drive her and her luggage to the airport too.. I wonder if i knew ppl like that arnd..
anyways, after seeing her off.. a group of us went back to the macs i slept at to have breakfast.. can't help but feel a little like an outsider.. cuz 1, they're mostly her classmate, and i'm not from their class.. even though i know most of them there.. its still a little awkward..
anyways, after we parted ways.. i made my way to Calvin's place to dump my new stock of animes on him.. and get some new ones too.. perfect, now i can sit in front of my com at home, and not move an inch for days..
So yups.. that was pretty much my weekend.. probably the most "drama" i've had in a while =)