Rough ground

nothing was meant to last..

does this mean it's over?


guess the blame's on me...

again..



when will i ever get it right?

bury me.

Wish Upon A Star

A shooting star..

Couple of days back, Brandon called us up for a gathering at Chompchomp. Managed to meet up with MJ, Meifang, KC and Brandon for some satay and drinks. Jolene joined us later after KC left for Changi to watch meteor showers with his pals. Headed off to MJ's place after deciding that we were gonna get another hang over together... again. Jolene stayed fer a while before she left for a friend's b'day party. But Jasmine came over soon after - fair trade, i guess. :)

We were chilling outside on his balcony, having a good load of vodka, ciggs (ermm.. yeah), cookies, prawn crackers, cereals etc. when Brandon and I caught a glimpse of a flash in the sky. Brandon saw the whole thing, I sort of saw it from the corner of my eye. So from then on, we glued our eyes on the star lit night sky, trying to catch the next shooting star that flashed past us. . . and we finally did. My first!

Meifang and I could not get enough of it, so we remained outside catching a couple more shooting stars. In total, I think I caught 9-10 or so falling stars, including one HUGE star streaking above our heads that no one else saw. Lucky me eh?

Sadly someone wasn't there to catch it with us.

Made a couple of wishes..

Hope they come true..

ATW Cohesion Day

It's weird to know that the army can come up with bowling outings for us trainees. Well, I'm not complaining here, just hope that there'll be more of these next time. Won't want to be stuck in that dreaded workshop for the rest of my 2 years, would I?

We were made to fall in at some recreational centre at 0830, and thank god they didn't make us fall in in platoon level and report our strength, which would look VERY ridiculous. Just imagine 4 platoons in civilian clothes standing in sediah position. Ok, never mind bout that. So for the rest of the morning, we were made to compete against one another in a bowling competition. I've never touched a bowling ball since secondary school days? Oh wait.. I did play some bowling in Perth, but I'm sure one game won't matter much. Right, so we played the first round, where the top 5 players from each platoon would compete again in the next and final round. It was surprising that I got the highest in my platoon, but sure enough, the next round confirmed my poor consistency in bowling. But nevertheless, we came in 2nd, and were rewarded with a hamper of tidbits that the rest of the platoon devoured in seconds.

Well, at least we had a great time. Right guys?

ATW Platoon 2.

Yeap, that's us.

Platoon 2 Top 5.
L-R: 2nd Warrant Officer Tay and Khor, Faisal, Me & Muqsit.

Phay, Sia, Sebastian and me.

One more time please..

~

Over and Out.

Ryan a.k.a predx

In loving memory..

Moving along,

But still I wish.

Still I pray.

Still I look back and dream.

It's those moments You spent with me.

It's those words You said to me.

And still I lie here and dream

What could have been.

What was meant to be.

What was taken from me.

...

In Your loving memory

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Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows

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This's one FRIGGIN' good book!

Great ending. Love it.

But damn... after reading it.. it gives you an empty sorta feeling..

Damn.

Think I'll start the series all over agin.

Yeap.

Good idea.

Not again.

Useless.

Wasted.

Broken.

So bury me..

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Another one of those days...

I just feel so ... down.

Out.

P.O.P!

Some couple of hours before our Passing Out Parade (12/06/07)...

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View from Taurus 3...

Awww.. ain't it pretty? Miss falling in and running round that red track..

Welcome to our level (home)..

That's our Taurus helmet n ermm... spear/parade stick??

That's my wife.. Her name's M-16 AR-15 a.k.a Nikki.

WARNING!
The following slide contains NC-16 material for brief nudity...
Featuring...
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Jie Wei's butt:


The dopes of Taurus 3. We've got Alan, Ben & last butt not least... Jie Wei. Sigh...

AND while some people were showering shamlessly in the toilet,
Some hardworkin fellas were tirelessly polishing their parade boots..

And just if you were curious, those hardworking fellas would be Raqib, Yan Jia, Raj, Salahuddin & ME! Oh yeah..
~
Some hours later during the parade:

TAURUS Company! I'm in there... somewhere.

The 'glorious' march past. Ok.. XL look's friggin hilarious with that white condom.. *cough*.. white strap attached to his waist.

YYYAAAAARRRGGGGHHH!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen...

We're proud to present to you, from BMTC School 2...

...THE TRAINED.. SOLDIERS
YYYEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAARR!!!

Taurus 3!

Say cheeeeese! Platoon Sergeant Aidil and ORD-ing Sergeant Nick had no idea what's installed for them...

Fly Sergeant Nick... FLY! now.. that's for punishing us all the time. =P

Platoon Sergeant Aidil, you didn't think we would've forgotten you... did ya?

Presenting....... Father John Jr.!!!!

Man... we felt like celebrities! Everyone was snappin away at us! No kiddin..

Recruits no more.. We're PRIVATES! (L-R: Private Henri, Erwan, Ryan, Rashid & Calli)

The proud privates from Taurus 3 Section 1! Yeah baby!
~

Congratulations fellow mates of Taurus 3!

We're officially Privates!

May we meet again in the future...

It's been a pleasure doing push ups, running and getting tekan-ed with you guys!

Thanks for the great memorable times in BMT..

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IT WAS A BLAST!

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WE ARE THE ONES..

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS..

WE WILL ALWAYS BE TAURUS 3!!

KICK ASS!

~

Peace out.

PRIVATE Ryan a.k.a predx.

=)

The Last Supper

TAURUS 3 SECTION 1

Presents to you...

THE LAST SUPPER! (literally..no kiddin)

The Men of Taurus 3 Section 1.

(L-R: Erwan, Calli, Raqib, Jie Wei, Ryan, Salahuddin, XL, Henri, Father John, Leo, Yan Jia & Raj)

We had anything and EVERYTHING you need! oh.. and that's Father John fer u!

It's Taurus 3 Party Time!

Getting HIGH on Ribena! *glug glug glug*... ahhh..

Leo with his ever retarded look. He doesn't look it, but I and the rest of my section assure you that he's one retarded time bomb.

Me and Rizzwan. Isn't he from section 3?

We're bringing SEXAY back.

Father and Erwan.

Me, Yan Jia and Calli (who's looking pretty retarded as well!)

I take JOY in killing Yan Jia... cuz he stole my name.

The food wasn't enough... so we had to fight fer it.

The 3 ermm.... stooges? just exclude me..

Platoon Sergeant Aidil stealing some of our cookies.. Ha...kiddin.. he was invited.

Mess with one of us, and you mess with ALL of us.

~

OK.. I must admit, it was more of a cam whoring session.

Next post

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P.O.P!

Over & Out.

Ryan a.k.a predx

Shisha!

Shisha.

Last Saturday, Taurus 3 had another "crazy" night out, and suprisingly, we didn't get drunk. Instead, we smoked some shisha along Arab Street. As usual, I was the only one smoking illegally. Ordered apple and mango flavoured shishas, and they were pretty good for a first timer like me. Gotta try better ones next time...

Taurus Platoon 3!

Kelly, Izzat and Rizzwan going bonkers on shisha.

Me, Rizzwan & Izzat/Guardsman. I think i need a cap.. my hair sucks..

Back to camp...

DAMN!!

3 more weeks to P.O.P!

Over & Out

Ryan a.k.a predx

Unwell

Ugh.. throat inflammation again.

HATE this feeling!

Past 2 weeks of army has been pretty boring, given the fact that I've been excused from almost every activity thanks to my ankle. Well, still managed to go for the live grenade throw, and HELL, that was fun! Pity that everyone only gets to throw ONE grenade in their entire time in Army... unless you're lucky. Missed last week's situational test as well, and now I've gotta do it with another company! Damn! It sure is gonna suck. And while everyone was roughing it out, those not participating had to return to company line for more cleaning of toilets, sweeping of floors and last but not least, cleaning 60 over M-16 AR15 rifles from the armskote. That was totally ridiculous.

STILL, it ain't so bad, seeing that we've only 1 month left to our POP (Passing Out Parade). Woot! Can't wait for that! But looking beyond that and we have another year and 9 months to go. SCREW IT!!

Still not sure what I'm gonna become. Hmm, sergeant or clerk? Officer is out of the question... not interested one bit. Aaarrgghh.. choices.. choices..

Missing the life I had in Perth..

National Service is really a kick to the balls..

Over & Out..


Ryan a.k.a predx

Emo-ed.. again.

Sigh..

Definitely not looking forward to this coming week. Booking in isn't the problem this time. First of all there's field camp next Saturday, and that translates into:

• 6 days without bathing (well, they promised us a shower on the 5th day)
• 2 weeks confinement, so we don't get to book out this week.
• Getting hard-to-wash-off-camou-cream on your face.
• Sleeping with my insect friends.

The other thing which I'm not looking forward to the most, would be when my maid of 12 years leaves for Spain. She's been working for us since I was 5 and she's somewhat like family to me. Tasha's also gonna be devastated! She'll turn emo too. Just feel that it's gonna be hard to continue without someone to take REALLY good care of Tasha.. Sigh. Both of them are like best buds, cuz day in and day out Aunty Ele and Tasha are always at home. So yeah.. it's gonna be hard for all of us.

Sigh..

Emo week ahead..

Over and out.

Ryan a.k.a predx

Hmmm..

I You Wanna Mate
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You Gotta Date!

Too much..

What a week it was..

Failed to be a Marksman thanks to my screw up during night shooting. Lost my cool when I wasted my best chance by missing a whole magazine of 4 rounds. DAMN! I'm pissed! Hate night shooting! Dumbass flashing target!!!

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Oh well, tough luck I guess.

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Last night was crazy as well. Met up with some of my platoon mates for steamboat dinner at Marina Bay. It was great despite the fact that only 8 of us went. After that, 6 of us made our way to Taboo. Had 'some' drinks, and I must admit, that was the most I've ever taken. Details will be spared. Managed to hop onto a cab along with Izzat and it was a suprise that I even found my way home. Ha. No more drinks for another 1 month or so. My liver is screaming in protest. Lol.

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Ugh! Hung over and my book-in is tonight. Great. What a way to start another week of 'torture'.

~

Over and out.

Ryan a.k.a predx

2 weeks..

I'M BACK!!! for 2 days

It's great to be home!!

But damn!! I'm sick!! Dunno how I managed to go through 2 weeks of hell in Tekong! Made some new friends in my platoon and especially my section mates. It's gonna be another 2 and a 1/2 months of blood, sweat and tears together with them... and I hope the bond grows stronger after each day of getting tekan-ed together.

Oh.. and hopefully nothing's wrong with my shin and left elbow. Sustained injuries to these areas during my 2 weeks of confinement in Tekong. I've already missed out on 6 days of training thanks to a virus and the 2 injuries. But all in all... It's great to be home. Well, 2 days is better than none! Especially when you get punished for stupid reasons and they make you do guard duties on weekends. That SUCKS!

Hope to be back safely next week for the next entry!
Aiming to be Top Shot in my section if not my platoon!


Over and out.


Ryan a.k.a predx

It's time..

Had a "farewell" party organised by Brandon Sim last friday, and we agreed to have it at my house. Bao, Meifang, Jolene, Jasmine, YiRui, Ivan & Brandon were the only ones that managed to turn up, and it was GREAT to see them again before my enlistment into NS.

Thanks N'DeViLz!

~

Hope to see all of you soon..

and thanks again fer coming!
Good luck fer upcoming exams and everythin else!

~

Ryan a.k.a predx

Oh.. those days..

Man.. miss those days when I could just sit back and chill with all my bros back in Perth. All those badminton "adventures"! All those parties and good times. Sigh. Damn.. I can feel the Perth happiness slowly ebbing away as the days past. Not good. Not good at all.

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Getting pretty bored of watching "Lost" episodes almost everyday. Devoured season 1 and 2 in a matter of days. Not bad huh? Now I've got to be patient fer season 3 to hit the shelves... but by then.. I'd most probably be stuck in the "wonderful" world of National Service. Sounds like fun. Yeah right...

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Ok.. guess I'll be on an extremely LONG hiatus. We'll see when the next post comes..

Prob 4 months later..

Sheesh..

Oh boy.. here we go!

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Ryan a.k.a predx

300!

WOOHOO! I managed to sneak in to catch the movie "300"! IT WAS AWESOME!! Felt this great satisfaction with all that cutting and slicing. Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, "300" retells the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Sounds cool eh?

The movie is rated M18 over here in Singapore.. which is totally ridiculous. Besides violence, MORE violence and.. ahem.. nude scenes, there was nothing else that made it M18. Sigh.. oh well.. YOU should watch it! It's definitely on my favourite movies list and it could well be a classic. One of the coolest movies yet.. amazing!

Here are a few stills from the movie.

It is cool.

You'll enjoy this.

Ryan a.k.a predx