Pre - NS Occurance

In 2 weeks time i will be embarking on my journey to a new way of life - the military life. Yes, i will be enlisting in 16th Mar so those of you who want to send me my last journey (haha...choy !!! Touchwood) juz be present at Pasir Ris Bus Interchange 8am. Hahahaha. Well, i am not really excited about enlistment, neither am i anxious, worried or scared. I shall leave the fear and worry for this friday when my A lvl results are released bah. Anyway, starting a few days ago i've been shopping for some items that i may want to bring to camp tekong. Though i've not bought all the essential items recorded in the "unofficial guide" to newbies passed down verbally by seniors, relatives and peers currently serving the nation, i think it wont take long for me to finish my shopping list, hopefully by this weekend (that is, if i am not overly depressed over my A lvl results)...




Anyway, above are the items i've purchased. Lets see...
1. Hangers: for hanging uniforms of coz
2. Shower Lotion: for bathing of coz
3. Soap: Can be used to wash anything from body to clothes to even the floor.
4. Plastic Basket: To put small items like polish, handphones, etc so that they will not end up everywhere inside the cupboard.
5. Toothbrush: to brush teeth lah
6. Plaster: i dunno why i wanna bring that but my father insists so...
7. FM Receiver a.k.a radio: Of coz i hav to bring that, i cant live a day without listening to radio, and of coz my fave station radio 1003. Hahaha.
8. Fragrance Packet: To be hung inside e cupboard to prevent the worst smell that kills every insect within 10m radius.

Anyway, i think this is a norm, and that is my parents were more worried than i am. It is as if they were the ones serving the nation. I mean, come on, give me a break, you no need to be that worried. Well, i understand why they were so worried but if you compare their level of worry with mine, it is like 100 000 : 1? Everytime they have a chance to talk about NS, they will start nagging and nagging about this and that like how i should act, about how harsh the situation is and how i should endure, blah blah blah. My father still thinks the current NS system is similar to the time when he serve his NS donkey years ago where human rights is a question mark to the sirs and recruits back then.

And for their constant concerning naggings, i can tabulate a list of the top 20 most common statements they made with regards to the number of times each statement was said. And i must emphasize, the statements were repeated word by word! Exactly word by word. I think i can even memorize them. Can you imagine how fustrated i got everytime the topic of NS was brought about? Hence, i've constructed a chart of the top 10 things they've always not fail to repeat:

1. You dont worry too much lah (looks whos the one that is worrying). I last time skinnier than you only dunno how many pounds also go in then come out safely like that. See your that friend that friend (he is making comparison b/w me and someone else) also skinny skinny go in then also no complain...blah blah blah...you must be mentally prepared (looks whos the one that should be mentally prepared)...blah blah blah...no matter how tough it is you also must carry on (contradicts with statement no. 8) blah blah blah and if you really meet any trouble...you must tell me, i got a friend who works as a regular blah blah blah (spare me the trouble and embarrassment please)... (5024 times)

2. You dont have time to wash clothes one. So everytime when you bathe/shower, shun bian wash your clothes there...blah blah blah...wash clothes finish le then bathe...do everything in the one cubicle...blah blah blah...then can save time... (i assure you if i do that, the long queue behind me waiting for shower will kill me instantly one k.o) (4021 times)

3. Remember to drink alot of water...blah blah blah...coz weather will b very hot...blah blah blah (3677 times)

4. You cannot be scared of insects one. There alot of insects like beetles, cockroaches, centipedes, etc (wadeva hell insects) then you cannot take gun shoot them bcoz you are afraid of them blah blah blah ...(like i will make a fool out of myself liddat) ... (3591 times)

5. If got any items you lack or use finish alreadi can buy from the canteen one...blah blah blah...the canteen will be open until dunno wad hell time and at that time i always hungry then sneak down for supper blah blah blah...(3046 times)

6. Last time we must polish our boots until clean clean shiny shiny one...blah blah blah...then to prepare for our POP we will light the candle to polish our shoe wif a spoon blah blah blah...then seargent see not shiny enough throw it down from 3 storeys (2877 times)

7. No need to bathe in the morning. You dont have the luxury to. (Like i will in tekong)...you need to be quick. If the next morning the you need to wear wad outfit you just wear it to sleep the night b4...blah blah blah (2314 times)

8. If you cannot take it anymore (during running / training) you must stop and tell your officer. They wont force you to continue one. Last time during SOC those very obese one cannot climb over the wall blah blah blah then the sir finally just ask them to walk by blah blah blah. (2003 times)

9. Remember to powder your feet and else where blah blah blah coz you will get dirty and sticky after training and blah blah blah...you only get to bath once...(1953 times)

10. The food there was horrible. I actually got to eat a piece of pork with a thick layer of skin blah blah blah...and the bread is made from changi prison...blah blah blah...so hard that it can rebounce when hit against the wall. (1874 times)

(All statements are written in first person p.o.v, i.e. my father's. Everything in brackets and italics are my p.o.v.)

Anyway, one other thing is that my parents like to make comparison with me and one of my childhood friend (he was enlisted in jan) whom i've not spoken to for decades...i mean years. Yah...and then they will start to hear news and details from anyone they can get from and start re-iterating it to me. Like for example, "eh...that who who who hor say this this this leh...". And also, they will deliberately go ask my that childhood friends' parents for details...like my father telling my mother "hey, rmb to call xxx's mother and ask her bout this this this...", then hours later 'hey, also can you call xxx's father to ask him bout that that that...". Waseh...such pre-NS occurance. Haha. I dont know whether to laugh or cry. Thats why i've told my sister "thankgoodness you no need to serve NS". The meaning is not that she does not need to go through the pain of NS but the pain of parents nagging to you. Haha. But then i must emphasize that my parents dotes on me alot and they are extremely worried that their only son is gonna serve the nation. Alright, i shall be a good boy (i mean MAN) and look after myself. Dont worry bout me too much yeah!

CNY Cookies Part 2

Yay !!! I'm back for more cookies baking. This one that i've made is some butter cookie. Well, i wont describe much the entire procedure coz its more or less the same. Here are some pictures taken during the process.


Cookies shaped and chocolate chips placed at the top, all waiting to be sent into the oven.

This is the dough or mixture at which the cookies were made. Haha. This much mixture can make a total of 70+ cookies.
Cookies placed inside the oven baking. Can ya smell the aroma of the butter cookies? Hahaha.

So yeah, all you guys out there hungry already? Haha. Come visit me ba, then maybe you can try the cookies i've made for cny. Hehe. (Provided they are not eaten up before you arrived)

A Trip To Chinatown

Ok, chinese new year is arriving and one of the pre-cny activities on the "to-do list" of most Singaporeans is to visit Chinatown. Lol. Well, i see no other practical reason to visit that so called "conserved heritage" place other than to feel that chinese new year atmosphere. In fact i think most people go for the atmosphere. But we weird people are real weird coz we enjoyed "atmosphere" by squeezing through big crowds, getting their sweat "accidentally" smeared onto us, pushing our way through shouting "Oei !!! Siam zeh arh!!!" yet walking at a very slow own pace. Weird isnt it. But thats part of our Singapore culture i guess.
Anyway, walking through the streets of chinatown with my family, i did not fail to capture some photos throughout my journey, especially some on the well debated and criticised CNY decorations and lightings. Yup, i've witnessed these decorations for myself and i can really conclude that they are...well...unique, to put it in a better way, but more often than not, weird. Haha.

As you can see this is Eu Tong Seng Street and New Bridge Road.
They sorta erect a stage in the middle of the road for some countdown thingy i guess. Behind the stage is the famous bridge.

Further down the road is this weird looking artifical tree that looks like a rotten withered tree stump decorated with disgusting ribbons. Seems more like the living tree monsters in fairy tales to me rather than a festive tree. Haha.
Heard that the deco committe spent 1.8million on the whole decoration. So much money on this weirdo tree that is fake somemore...pple nowadays do hav "great" taste .

This is the street along the chinatown market that is closed for renovation. If i am not wrong, its smith street. Yah, we hav lanterns zig-zagging across the roads. Simple isnt it.

Walking along the old shop houses one can see these lanterns on sales hung high up there. Thankgoodness they r hung in bundles if not one may mistake the shop as erm-herm...haha. But then on the other hand, these lanterns seems to be leftovers from mid autumn festival or something...doesnt seems cny-ish to me.

Year of pig got piggy ballon baton. Haha. In fact if its displayed at night i think i might be scared by its bobbily motion. Lol.

More decorative stuffs on sales.

This is south bridge road. The well debated ugly deco where firstly we hav brothel laundrys pink in colour hung out to dry. Then they take them down after much protest and put up some bak kua look-alike thingy up there. Haiz... pple run out of creativity sia.

The front view of the bak-kua deco hung across the streets. Lol.

And back to the small streets. This is sago street i believe if i am not wrong. Yup...more lanterns...

Look, they even sell flowers here. Chrysenthimum (paiseh, my spelling sala). By the way i hate chrysenthimum...i dunno why.

And more lanterns zig zagging across the small streets...

I happened to walk past this antique shop where this signboard caught my attention. It says "remove sale"...can anyone spot the english error in it?

More lanterns... this photo seems very dark coz i went chinatown in the afternoon and my cam is heading west when i snap this foto. As the sunlight is coming in my direction from the west, the effect of the foto will b very dark. Yes...some camera tips taught to me in sec sch.

More lanterns...more pple...

After like walking for an hour or 2, i bid farewell to chinatown...going home le. haha. This foto is taken in my father's car as he is turning into Upp cross street from new bridge road so that he can enter CTE n stuff....yah. Haha.

With all these fotos, hope u guys out there reading my blog will experience some cny mood...and finally, wishing all of you...