stabs.of.reality

Saturday, January 24, 2004

heyhey... like the song playing? ha... i do! thanks edna... [and i shall try to cut down on my qn marks!] anyway! 4 days have passed by! SO FAST! i'm booking in again tmr night! arrhhhhhh... so fast so fast! irritating... anyway... did nothing much lah... just slept alot... ate lotsa ice-cream... strawberry walls sensation or smth? yeah... think i'm gonna gain weight... i've already 5kg heavier? ha... went for breakfast on wednesday at bt batok... i tell u ah... my ex-neighbour has a stall there... my mom's friend's sister-in-law has a stall next to my ex-neighbour... and next to her stall is my mom's sec sch friend's! ha! connectivity? yeah man... love love love the chicken pita... yummy... oh well... went town today... apparently my friend was super super late cuz of the stupid SAT? and he had to leave at 3.45 so i only met him for 45 mins? wah lao... wth lor... seriously... wanted to meet up with mel to like bridge the drift? right... we agreed to meet initially but somehow she said no need liaoz... mel i knoe ur reading this... heck. ha... and so i ended up going to orchard alone! how sad... told u i saw a nice quik tee last wednesday or smth right? i seriously forgot how it looks like? so was combing the whole of orchard road... went to heerens first cuz tt was where i i first saw it... it wasnt there... or at least no tees which seem familiar to me... so i went to wisma... also dont have... went to quik@pac plaza but also dont have... went to rip curl... saw this nice white tee which costs $52. i swear i almost wanted to get it... think it goes well with either my levis or corduroy! yeah... but i just remembered i hadnt been to the quik shop at paragon... so i made my way there... and saw the tee which i wanted... they didnt have S size but whatever? since i've gained 5kg... ha. and it seriously didnt look familiar or anything? hai... and its white... hopefully its not another case of impulsivity? yeah... went home right after tt... this lady! wah lao... i think she works at far east level 5 there? those eateries? cuz she boarded the bus at far east... she smells of food can... and its unpleasant. god. i just faced the window throughout the whole journey? what a day seriously! 45 mins with a friend whom i havent seen for half a year, shopping alone and now this! great... kk... i shall treasure my last free hours b4 book-in tmr... =\

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

hey man! that's it... i'm an enlistee now? scorpion company... platoon 4... my 4D number's 4202... platoon 4, section 2, bed 2? ha... it wasnt tt bad as i thot it'd be lah? yeah... my parents sent me off... felt nice? ha... anyway we had this oath taking ceremony there... then must sing the national anthem? felt damn good singing majulah singapura can? like suddenly patriotism was infused within me? ha... saw alot of familiar faces? shyful and nadjmi are in my company too? my classmates ryan and taihong too? got some other jjcians also lah huh? yeah... anyway anyway! after the oath taking ceremony there was this farewell sorta dinner? then i was telling my parents i saw nadjmi? and they happen to knoe his parents too u see... so like... hello-once-again cum farewell? ha... saw garrie's parents too... ok... then we had to say goodbye to our parents lah... kinda sad at tt instant of time? but oh well... everything else was a mad rush later on? had to get our duffel bag which is like half my height... field pack? i still had my civilian bag? like how heavy sia... FIFTH storey can? mad rush lor... perspiring all? after checking our uniforms and everything we then went for THE haircut? ha... still must pay can? 3 bucks man... and the woman (or is she a man?) was telling me... "no gel for 3 mths ok..." thanks? shave shave... 6-7 cm of my hair was gone... think i dont look good botak? my section mates... very cheena speaking... 12 in a section... and our ic numbers are quite close! the person sleeping next to me? i'm S85xxx26I right... he's 85xxx21? wah... 5 numbers away only? yeah... our birthdays are all near2 one lah huh... i'm the only malay... there's a sikh in there too? and there's this guy from srjc whu looks like mr leng! serious... i'll take a pic with him soon and show k? then there's this guy from my platoon whu looks like garrie? garrie's from platoon3 btw... gosh? so scary? and there's this guy whu looks like aloysius also? ha! serious! this chinese guy... super cheena? duh? chinese = cheena? anyway! he looks like the neighbourhood jc sorta guy? HCJC lor... stunned? ha... and its sooo hard to recognise pple when they're botak? everyone looks the same? so when u fall in u might fall in with the wrong platoon or smth? ha... oh! did u knoe? my friend said in my company there's some MP's son or smth? so yeah... kinda slack? not really lah? but slack abit? my OC and PC are funny people? seriously... they're damn nice? feels so lucky to be in scorpion coy? yeah man... my sergeants too are kinda nice too... we have this SBO thingy to wear? like something strapped around ur waist sorta thing? so needa adjust2 mah... and mine was kinda high? one sergeant said its like a bra? wah... thanks? ha... oh... there are like sooooo many water parades? and almost zilch toilet breaks?! wth. we dont have super bladders k? went on a 3km route march on monday i think? with 20kg load k... M16, field pack and tt SBO thingy? i sooooo had to PE? it was already the 4th bottle they made us drink then? i just had to tahan lor? only like 30 mins after enduring they had a break? everyone was peeing like mad? felt so good immediately? ha... oh... we had a swimming test on sunday i think? u have to swim 50m frogstyle... i was kinda nervous eh? cuz if u pass this swimming test when there're swimming lessons u'll have free time sorta thing? so yeah... and havent swam for so long! i almost gave up? breathless and all? gosh... then held onto the side for a while cuz i was super breathless? then swam again... luckily the sergeant didnt see? ha... whew. over man... the food's ok lah huh... can see quite a few pple when at the cookhouse... keep saying bazli... he looks happy... he looks good with his hair? ha... saw chiyu too... oh u knoe we have lectures over there too? bahhh... so boring? wanna sleep also cannot? yeah man... my bunkmate? happily "u guys heard any girl crying last night? i saw her sitting there!"... then another bunkmate? whenever he closes his eyes he'll hear the shuffling of feet? but when he opens them its gone? so scary? i havent seen anything yet? maybe i'm those kind whu cant see ya... the shower areas there... got cubicles lah... but no doors? so ya... ha. and there are like 3 meals a day... the portions are kinda big i think? not for me? ha... and i think i've grown bigger? how? satisfied anot mel? ha... anyway those whu enlisted around the same time as me kinda lucky ya? we dont have 2 weeks confinement cuz of CNY... and not forgetting there's hari raya haji too... so its like 5 days in camp... then book out last night and book in again on sunday night? shiok or wad?! woo hoo... yesterday was super slack? then had foot drill lah... and i wasnt raising my leg 90 degrees? i was lor... just tt how the army did it is different? 90 ur head lor 90... then called me wad? sharizan [the closest is shaziran but he's in another section?] or smth? i purposely didnt turn to look at him tho i knew he was calling me? hmph. get my name right first lor. i'm so gonna correct u next time. had circuit training too and ran 600m ONLY? i thot we'd run like 2.4km or smth? ha... grossly overestimated? ha... after lunch was like some lecture... then had to put up some CNY celebrations for the sergeants [cheap labour?] guess wad job i was given?! ha! 7 of us had to insert chocolate coins into hongbaos? 800 of them? in my platoon's office! air-conditioned and everything?! 2 hours there? sooooo slack... so relaxed... ha... the sergeant in charge of my section's a nice guy? malay guy lah... he's only a year older than us? and guess wad! he was the TK DM? whoa... then he was asking us the other day where we wanna go after BMT... and i said band? there i hinted u already. pls? ha... nice... had fun slacking... had fun stealing chocolate coins to eat too... BMT's not tt bad actually... or is it my company? ha... there's this guy i absolutely loathe from section1? and my bunkmates loathe him too? pls lor... so action leader? ur not even the platoon ic sia... and look at ur filthy face lah? ur acne problem... is in dire need of a dermatologist k? i'm serious. u shud have low self esteem k. bugger. so yaya can? cuz he's apparently in charge of clearing the dustbin lah? and he was saying "wanna clear clear at night dun clear in the morning. if u all clear in the morning whus gonna clear? fuck lah!" wth? U CLEAR LAH! since ur in charge. duh. at most U get punished wad. not us. bugger. go get a life lah. go get a fresh new face rather. ha. and yeah... vulgarities galore ya? tho one of the don'ts is no vulgarities? ha... like they HAVE to fit fuck into any sentence? and yesterday the sergeants were using vulgarities on us and their superior scolded them i think? cuz after tt they asked "whu here dusnt like us using vulgarities?" ha... good. dont anyhow use excessively use? ha! book out time last night was 8.45pm... so late? but morale damn high everywhere? cuz its book out time! ha... ran to the ferry somemore? and was sitting next to this platoonmate... he's from vj? anyway he was asking me whether i'm from NCC anot... knoe why? cuz his drill isnt very good mah... so he'll always stand next to me? i'm tt good? ha... no lah... lolz... my mom's first reaction "u've grown bigger"? serious? i have? i dunno! my dad said i've grown darker? i have? oh no... thats it? and yes... i need to get caps soon k... different colours to match different sets of clothes? and i wanna get tt quik tee! heh... okok! quite a long post eh... heh... happy 19th mel... =)

Thursday, January 15, 2004

pre-enlistment post.
ahhhhhhh. oh man oh man oh man! the future which seemed so distant then is finally here! gosh... my thoughts? thoughtless actually. [twiddles hair] just hoping everything'd be a breeze... i wanna get over today asap... cuz i need sleep? ha. oh oh oh! i'm seriously hoping they'd release the muslims during CNY too... please? i'm serious... i dun wanna be in camp during CNY doing night guard duty or smth? oh man! i'm a recruit and wont knoe how to do night guard duty or anything ya?! grr... [twiddles hair again] and i hope training only goes full-steam after CNY cuz i seriously havent been doing much training except for this week? yeah... of cuz training wud be good... hoping to see my new body yeah? haha... ok... hope i'll make new good friends today! hmm... hope to see baz, taihong, junhui, jinli, qj, jody and of cuz garrie around in camp! [thinks and twiddles hair simultaneously] oh oh oh! my frd whus enlisted already? he called me last night... he thinks i might be in scorpion company? white horse company? where all the rich pple's sons, ministers son go? hahaha... and where they're taken care of? not over-treated and all? wah... i seriously hope so... ahhhhhhhhhhh... we'll just see how lah... meanwhile keep in touch yeah... will miss u guys... but wad the heck... its only 5 days in camp! [cmon... lets think positive ya? -twiddles hair again-] byebyebyebyebyeeeeeeee... =\

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

hey... pre-pre-enlistment post? bahhhh... so fast... went gymming on monday morning with darrell... aching all over now... but good lah... thanks for pushing me further huh... ha... this rj guy... so yaya one... rj rj lah... so wad. ur white pe tee looks yellowish lor... still wanna yaya. anyway have been going town for the past 3 days... am i bored or wad... went with sarah on monday... since we wanted to exchange the gifts we bought overseas... oh... saw quite a few pple? jem with ahem... ha... next day was with terence since he wanted to treat me to sakae buffet! ha... havent had fried gyoza for eons? went to the one at wheelock... i saw claudia... then eh? clive was next to her... cheeky smile all... ha. yeah... and guess whu we met?! xiaoxin from holland v! wah... he was like 2m behind us? super starry encounter k... ha... tall and handsome... yeah... went around to look for terence's shoes... saw this real nice adidas one... kinda vintage i think? but the grey one didnt have size8 or smth? sad... if not i'd have bot it... the puma one looks nice too... goes well with the jeans i bought in UK... met his mom later... and she thot i was the staff working at adidas? "ur jackson huh?" i was stunned? ha... but she's nice lah... good luck for NS all... nice lady... gave him his present b4 we left for home... went running after tt to kinda get things out... ha... sporty me? wednesday morning... woke up late... supposed to meet darrell at 9.15am at bt gombak... but woke up at 9.15am instead... thanks body clock... ha... have been sleeping late... like real late? cuz yeah... talk on the phone mah... ok anyway... gymmed for only an hour yesterday... but kinda intensive... it wasnt subjected to the law of diminishing returns lah huh... i wore the saints pe tee... ha... then was walking to my grandma's from the gym... this ac guy whu was running gave me some look lor... tt ac-and-sa-are-rivals look? ha... innocent eh? haha... my grandma wasnt home so yeah... went home slacked abit... got ready to meet steph and choo at town again... bummed around at town... crapped as usual... oh! met russell heng! my p2 to p6 classmate i think? wahhhhh... havent seen him for so long? didnt get to talk to him lah... just smiled? and i smsed him to confirm its him? ha... and he smokes? oh man... oh well... i ordered beef kailan lah... i seriously did... the woman gave me fried rice sia! wah lao... i also didnt check? hmph... mom picked me up and sent me to my grandma's place since she wanted to see me b4 i enlist... lolz! u knoe wad she said about me? she said my body looks big! haha! like just after 2 gym sessions and 1 run around the estate? ha... nonsense... mel wud be so happy lor... righto? ha... saw this real nice quik tee at flashnsplash... its really nice? maybe i'll buy it next week... botak and all. its really nice... but $42? normal quik tees cost $29 only? its white and kinda scribbly at the top? nice... man... i miss sch... not lessons but my friends? miss secretly laughing at ms tie whenever she says funny things or scolds pple funnily tt sorta thing? miss crapping with friends... miss band... miss hearing the teet-teet when tapping my ez-link... miss feeling the sense of satisfaction when getting my maths questions right... oh man... sigh... mel's not sending me off on friday anymore... man... spent like $35 on toiletries and everything for tmr... i bot facial wipes too? ha... secret? oh well... see ya soon k... i shall post my last entry as a civilian tmr noon... =\

Sunday, January 11, 2004

hello... happy happy day? ha... i dunno why... but i feel kinda alrite? heh... i totally slacked the day away lah? woke up at like 2pm... had lunch... online abit... back to bed? gosh... i've been sleeping alot these few days and i still can sleep lor? oh man... gotta start waking up early to prepare for national slavery. heh... talked to isaac this afternoon... he was saying i can book out on tues and book in again the following monday? tts like almost a week of slack time! wahhhh... but well... i dunno how he knew but yeah... at least it makes me happy? ha... went to bt timah for dinner... i think its sad cuz my bro has to have monetary rewards to sorta spur him to finish up all his food? ha... then he wanted to cheat? purposely threw some of the rice on the floor... think i dunno? ha... oh... i told myself i wanna run around the estate and do some chin-ups at 9 tonight... but i guess not? i just ate dinner eh? oh man... i keep procrastinating? i only have 5 days left! but nvm... i'm going gymming tmr... 9.30am can? havent been waking up so early for eons... and i mean eons ok... i think i shall start talking nonsense in my blog like wad mel did? ha... maybe thursday night? pre-enlistment thoughts ok? ha... nights~

Friday, January 09, 2004

heyyyy~ havent been updating cuz of the stupid bug tt hit blogger? irritating. oh well... had this tuition treat by our physics tuition teacher on monday at hotel miramar... i was the only jjcian and the rest were all saints... but nvm... i had fun still! ha... made a new friend too... oh... my tutor was so nice? he was afraid the buffet wudnt be halal so he bought nasi lemak for me? ok... tho i cant imagine myself eating from a styrofoam box while the rest eat from nice plates and all, he's still nice? ha... i ate the buffet anyway... it was nice... then hmm... 5 of us walked to chinatown since we didnt wanna go home tt early tt sorta thing? met hanee there... talked to her for a while... then went home with darrell... got home quite late eh... but it was nice... slacked the day away on tuesday i think? yeah... went out with my bandmates on wednesday! funnnnn~... angel edna jem clive and me! lings cudnt make it cuz she works at night hence she was tired? yeah... watched love me if u dare... french flick... makes me wanna take up french? ha... i dun quite understand the ending tho? oh well... i wanna watch the last samurai too? but its CNY then... means if i really wanna go i'll have to go botak. ha. anyway... took neoprints too... nice nice... then just bummed around... till about 9? yeah... had fun... its been long since i last met up with them also! heh... slacked again on thursday... went out yesterday... went to sch at noon to collect my GPA with sharon and diana... the canteen looks abit smaller ya? tho its not so gloomy now... oh we didnt meet ms tie? ha... went home after tt... slacked a while... then got ready to go out again... choc buffet @ century roxy park hotel... met angel (aloysious... ha) at paya lebar at 5.30... went to parkway parade first to wait for siew... we reached parkway at like 5.50pm or smth? and the buffet didnt start till 8.30pm lor? and we were all hungry... walked around... siew came at 6.40 liddat? stoned around... ate yakun kaya toast! nice! just to fill our stomach? nice man... siew and angel shopped... i just sat and stoned? god save me? ha... ok... the choc buffet wasnt tt fantastic ya? the variety so little lor... and those around us whu went for the choc buffet started ordering thai food? so we also? not full lor... we had otak2 and traditional thai fried rice... we shared lah... nice! $26 per person? the buffet itself was $17+++? not bad lah... kinda filling too? cuz i think we ate quite slowly... yup... while on our way out of the hotel we saw PM goh! in real life ok... ha... think he saw us too? ha... siew and angel then went to the toilet... i waited at the lobby lah... and his bodyguards gave me some look? wah lao... like i'm some terrorist lor... no i'm not wearing a turban. hell no? ha... went home... yeah... tts it... i feel like going to east coast b4 enlisting just to look at the stars and talk? so nice... and the sky's been quite clear nowadays too... oh... i counted? BMT lasts for 10 weeks... i'm enlisting NEXT FRI. so i counted... will be out on the 26th of march? not bad lei... i get to see jem clive and everyone else enlisting? ha... fun fun... i'm looking forward to tt tho not the training? ha... i was told first week and last 2 weeks kinda slack cuz its mainly admin stuff? so i guess we'll go full steam after CNY ya... oh... mel wants to send me off? ha... not bad... ha... okay! i'm going gymming next week? ha... with a towel around my neck? lolz... bye!

Sunday, January 04, 2004

aarghhhhhh... i cant view my own blog lor? some of my friends' one also i cant access? bugger. izzit the song? hmm... guilty is guilty? lolz! anyway... i think my skin has gotten better... no more peeling and stuff man... it was so bloody dry lor when i was there? must be the winter weather there... sooo dry... and i had no moisturizer or anything like that... glad its fine now... ha! vanity to the max? lolz... have been sleeping late the past couple of nights... i dunno eh... my mom also? i think the feeling of jetlagginess is still there? yeah... slept at half past 3 this morning... woke up at 11 sadly... quickly got ready cuz i had to send my cuz off to the airport with my mom... again i felt like going overseas? man... my mom was asking me whether wanna go malacca anot during the CNY break... but i dunno whether can leave the country anot lei? hmm... oh well... i wudnt mind doing some CNY visiting here either... with a cap that is. lolz... oh... went to this perfume shop at the airport just now... while i was at heathrow i sprayed some perfumes on... cuz i thot of getting the kenzo one since i had spare pounds left... anyway tt salesgirl bugged me lor... like give me tt ur-a-student-and-hence-cannot-afford look? whatever lor. wah lao bugger. says whu i cant lor... hmph. i immediately left of cuz. lolz... but i really like the kenzo perfume eh... anyone? heh... oh... my cuz is 12 u see... and when children below 15 go overseas alone they have this thing such as unaccompanied minor... so my cuz was one also lah... then we had to go liaoz mah cuz my mom has to work... and u knoe changi airport has beefed up security right... only passengers can check in and get their boarding passes and everything (before immigration)... so my mom wanted to go into the check-in area and tell the garuda stuff tt we're leaving and my cuz will be alone... this policewoman! bitch lor. i bet u dunno wads UM sia! i mean... need u be so rigid? my cuz is 12 for god's sake. we're just gonna tell the garuda staff to take care of him wad. bugger. pls be more sympathetic lah. argh. i hope when ur kid goes say hongkong or smth he'll instead end up in sri lanka! HA! good for u. asshole... make some exceptions lah. like my mom is some terrorist sia. bitchhhhh. oh... this kid or whoever was supposed to go to indonesia or smth but ended up in thailand? ha... or either way lah... appeared in the news? lolz... sri lanka off u go. i have buffer dinner later... at some hotel... ha... my phy tutor's gonna pay for us? i feel so guilty... ha... i dun think there's halal food but i shall just eat wisely... ha... it was the same thing while in UK also... eat wisely tt sorta thing... but well... we had halal food half the time... brought rice cooker and all lor? spices all? ha... oh... there was like asian street (tho tts not the name) in cardiff... had all the asian food shops lah... halal ones also got... so difficult to find ketchup... u knoe? black soya sauce? they keep thinking its tomato ketchup lor... and yes... they dun have chilli sauce there... i love the corned beef pasty! i dunno why its pasty... for us its pastry right? ha... oh well! today was my first day going adult on ezlink? ha... and the bus driver gave me tt u-better-not-cheat look lor... pls lor... i wanna cheat also cannot sia... not like i'm some cheena beng whus using an indian primary sch kid's ezlink sia! serious... i saw it before? lolz... think some might knoe... ha... oh well... oh! read the new paper today... wah lao! the reporter spelt disappointing as diSSapointing... pls lor... and this ad read privedleged or smth? anyhow only... and there was this article on singapore idol also... i think singapore's just too small lah? we'll see... american idol's back! jan 22nd! i'll be out of camp then... but i dun think i can watch it... oh carol's back too... ha... so fun... but all these series came back at the wrong time. urgghhh... oh well... i think i wanna rest now... byeee~

Saturday, January 03, 2004

heyhey... this was supposed to be in the previous post? yeah... but anyway! watched the last few episodes of pop idol on the telly while i was there... michelle mcmanus won... beating mark to become the winner... she's this hugggeeeeeee lady... but has a great voice... there was a long wait b4 the results were announced? and they showed some audition clips lah... damn funny? this britney lookalikey sang sometimes for her audition (coincidence or what?) and anyway... she sang... it was just so funny lor! the words just didnt come out right? the tune was there? but the words were barely decipher-able tt sorta thing? i laughed till i teared and all... my mom too? ha... and after the results were announced... michelle sang again... it aint over till the fat lady sings remember? ha! i'm so mean. but yeah... she can sing... and has proven tt talent isnt all tt matters... oh u knoe? i dunno why... but brits... they bet on everything? like they also bet on whus gonna win pop idol? wth... there was world idol on christmas day... winners of their countries' version of pop idol? 11 contestants in all... kelly clarkson sang real goodddddd... love her man... she sang natural woman? amazing vocals she has... this polish judge is such an ass? he cant speak english u see... so he printed a list of comments (in english) and will just any one after the contestant has finished singing? and he dissed all contestants? go get a life lah u filthy animal... ha. oh anyway... the norway guy won... he looks like a hobbit? tts wad one of the judges said? ha... dunno why he won also... i think they shud televise it here man... and pls televise the video recordings of pop idol 2003 auditions? hahaha... damn funny... oh... i went to pop idol official website just now hoping to dl those funny auditions clips for free... have to pay lor? US$6.95 per month... so i told my mom lah... and my mom just laughed over the phone? cuz she was reminded of 'britney'? ha... she said she dusnt mind paying... but the thing is... cannot download also lei... just click and view on realplayer... how to record u tell me? anyone knoes? then i can burn and show all of u? ha... so freaking funny... ok... slept at close to 5am last night? this morning rather... and at 3+am my cousin and bro were still awake? jetlagged. so irritating... i need my privacy? anyway.. was hoping i'd wake up in the afternoon but woke up at noon... did nothing... wanted to go to lot1 to buy some toiletries but too lazy to go out... oh well... heard zara has a sale or smth? apparently alot of those deparmental stores too? cant wait to get to town... i wanna get a white tee from zara? nice... it'll go well with my new jeans... oh i wanna find a cap too... no prizes for guessing why the sudden urge to get a cap? haha... oh well... i quite like my hair colour actually... so dunno whether want to dye it again anot... oh well... vanity forever? ha... been downloading some dancey tracks and i'll just dance at home? ha... to err... make up for my not dancing at embassy? haha... right... oh well... i dunno wads up tmr also! so i'll see ya around? =)

Friday, January 02, 2004

heyyyyy~ heh... what to blog about? ha... duh. ok... my flight from kl reached singapore at 12.50pm (after a FIVE hour transit at KLIA... paid S$70 for a room at the transit hotel for like 3 hours there?.) and when i was at the aerobridge... i was like whoa? so hot? freaking hot lor... not saying tt i've adapted to the wintery cold of UK or anything but it hasnt been this hot has it? oh well... hate it. so freaking hot. cant we have an in-between? didnt get much sleep on the plane... signs of jetlag cuz it was noon UK time tho the sky was dark... tt sorta thing? anyway... lets start from the 19th of dec? ha... the day before my flight i sooooo couldnt sleep? gosh... its always the case? too excited or whatever lah huh? went to town with adit and family... met mel for a while since she wanted to pass me my eons-belated bday prezzie... i wanted her to meet adit! but circumstances didnt allow it? anyway... thanks for the gift... ha! ok... where was i? yaya... went town... was like some tourist lor? bum boat ride all? ha... got home real late... not home but my uncle's place... at like 11+? went to take my cousin's luggage... and i kissed adit goodbye (sigh?)... sad eh... went over to my place and took my luggage then to my mom's... did some packing and slept... well i tried to? hmph... so freaking cudnt sleep lor? and bjorn called me... so ya... talked abit... then it was 3am... bathed and got ready... fast forward abit... oh wait... i have to give u a lil insight? ha... its SIN-KL-LHR ya? since its MAS... so yeah... had to transit (any word such as transited? =x) at KLIA for a good 3 hours before our connecting flight to london heathrow? bugger... KLIA is like so not sleep friendly lor? once again... forced myself to sleep... yeah... time on the flight went quite fast actually? its like looking back i was at KLIA now i'm in LHR? tt fast? reached LHR at like 4pm UK time? and it was so dark by then... waited an hour for my stepdad? yeah... then took the bus to newport which is in wales... yeah... before boarding the bus i had a taste of the winter weather? yeah... oh! my place there in wales (MY place? ha...)... its SUPER nice! not super lah but yeah... i like it? hope my mom took photos of every room... nice? just nice... its this 2-storey semi-d... 276, bedwas road, caerphilly, wales... tts the address? ha... and unit 270 is where my stepgrandparents reside? nice pple... the weather's nice... WITHOUT the gales. its bearable without the gales... but with the gales... my hands and everything become so numb? wearing 3 layers doesnt help? duh its winter. ha. and yes! i dunno why but tears will start streaming from my eyes? the strong winds whatever my eyelids or smth and my tear ducts will start producing well... tears? ha... yeah... everything's there so ex lah? partly bcuz of the appreciating (ahem) sterling pound? bugger... its like u can get a quik tee for 30 bucks in singapore? but one quik tee there costs 20 pounds which is 60 sing dollars?! wth... i only managed to buy 2 tops and 2 bottoms... and lots of gifts lah... hmph. ha... oh yes... the tabloids there are like super porno? not super lah... just super porno comparatively? to singapore of cuz... they have women openly showing their boobs? yeah... and the news... posh and becks... phone sex? gosh... and lee from blue? he's such a horny ass? ha... super porno... and their FHM there SUPER porno ok... singapore's FHM is like nothing? and they have gay mags too... ok... liberal society ya... i like shopping at cardiff? which is the capital of wales... 40mins bus journey from my place... oh yes... speaking of bus... u knoe how much it costs per person to travel to lets say cardiff? 3 pounds?! 9 sing dollars?! wth... super ex rite? so wad if its a return tic... dusnt help. wah lao... and meals there dont come cheap... oh! i had this doner kebab... in singapore its all done properly right? meat + vegies wrapped nicely inside the bread? there... ok... imagine this ok? a bread on the plate... meat on top... then coleslaw on top of the meat... wth? no nice wrapping?! and the serving was like WHOA? for 3 pple lor. serious mel? ha... and tt was just a regular size u knoe... oh! had a wonderful xmas dinner there... tho its more like lunch? ha... had err... turkey steak or smth? nice... i love the baked potatos... wonderful... super homely environment? ha... i didnt quite like the xmas pudding tho? its like burnt sultana cake with whipcream on top? err yeah... burnt? ha. nvm... just try try ya... the leftover turkey meat was used for turkey stew (NICE!) and some other turkey stuffs lah... super recycled? ha... amazingly 2 weeks there seemed quite fast now tt i'm back in hot singapore... oh! i loveeeee going to the pharmacies there? shampoos and everything? hairdyes? so cool... i like? they had this dye+highlight thingy for 10 pounds? quite nice... but yeah... ex... i really wanted to get this FCUK travel bag... kinda cool? ha... but it costs 10 pounds... i was hoping they'd have it discounted for the post-xmas sale but no they didnt. sad... i just wanted the bag and whu cares about the toiletries inside? they dont smell nice anyway. its for men btw. ok lah... confession? whenever i go overseas its more like to shop and not to sightsee? ha... sorry? we went to cardiff castle tho... so pretty? like then i only saw castles on tv but last week i was in one? a real one? yeah... oh guess wad! ms tie called me while i was there? it was 11pm there but 7am singapore time... i was about to switch my phone off and normally i'd have slept by 9 or smth but was watching cast away... anyway she called... was at the room below my room? then i heard smth vibrating... so quickly rushed up... ok! its as if ms tie's phone call is super impt lor? why was i looking forward to it? ha. right. anyway yes... it was 7am for goodness sake! and its the holidays?!? workaholic or wad sia... she went "hafissaan ahh... ms tie here whoa... regarding ur cca record ahh... blah3"... the call lasted 32 secs? ha... wth... and i have to be prepared to pay quite abit for my next phone bill... sent quite a number of sms's? i dont even knoe how much one costs... die die die... nvm... i'll just use my NS pay... NS. gosh. 2 more weeks. i'm gonna dye my hair again ok? haha... and really go out these 2 weeks... oh i was reading edna's blog... wads a fifi tan sia? gosh... stunning. oh... i got this SMU thingy? which i thot was some NS mag? ha... i wudnt mind doing a degree in business... then can work in a bank or smth? but piloting will still be my top priority? ok! gtg and enjoy my last few weeks (2 in fact.) of civilianship? ha... right... great to be back tho... =)