Nothing much this week... A few lessons about RP. PT in the morning and drills in the afternoon. Oh yeah, we booked out to run 14km at east coast last wednesday. Even that was nothing much, just ran with a better scenery and environment with the cool breeze against you. Quite enjoyable actually. But still, nothing much... We went back camp as soon as we ran finish.
Well, after I booked out camp I straight away went to novena for Race 6 organized by NUS. Well, it was like amazing race actually. LOL, we were the 4th team to be eliminated. Haha, don't know whether to be happy or not because we got eliminated quite fast. I really got to apologise to wq and the rest of my team members nury and julitta for not being more pro active, but I was really shacked after a tiring week at camp. But it was fun, I got a new t-shirt, I got to fish again!!(WTH!), met new people and I got to do route marching...LOL. So it wasn't so bad except for the part of fact that we had to hitchhike.
I was very skeptical of the idea of hitchhiking. And yeah I was partly right as it was very difficult for our team to hitchhike a car. And I don't blame Singaporean drivers for being selfish as I know with the price of oil increasing exponentially it isn't easy for someone just to pick up four strangers and bring us a very great distance which is very much out of their way. Even so, it doesn't really mean they have spaces enough for us to hitchhike. Imagine 4 people and 1 very big bag..LOL
But still, I still count ourselves very lucky as to get to hitchhike 3 lorries, and 3 cars. I find that it was a great achievement for our team even though we lost lol... and it kind of changed my mentality as there are still a few kind souls in Singapore..
Well, I had fun... but i was seriously shacked out by the end of it... Really sorry my teammates! I just felt like I let them down.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
The Dark Knight
First of all, I just have to say this!! WOAH!! The dark knight was a really good show!! Seriously, It is really good if you like action, suspense, mystery and superheroes in costumes. But even if you don't, you might start to.I watched this last friday after book out and I have to admit, this is the best film of superheroes to ever come out!
Plot: The plot was very much intriguing. You will always be eagerly anticipating the next scene as to what is gonna happen as it is totally unpredictable and exciting at the same time. It is very much like a mesh between thriller and mystery. Something very new and different.
9/10 stars
Music: The music was really good. When the action starts or whenever the climax was gonna happen there are always this up-tempo music you will hear in the background as to get you really excited.
8/10stars
Cast and Characters: A strong cast including Christian Bale as Batman, Heath Ledger as Joker, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman etc... But hands down goes to Heath Ledger for his superb acting. He gave me the shivers and goosebumps whenever Joker appeared as you can never expect what he is gonna do. His acting will make this movie legendary.
9/10
Design: You have got to admit when you think about design the first thing that comes in my mind would be the automobiles and not too shabby I would have to say. The batmobile was of course ever so gorgeous but the batcycle was out of this world! Besides vehicles, the costume design on batman and joker was magnificent. The batsuit looks cool as always but the Joker's costume really reflects him as a person. Bravo!
10/10
Filming: The action scenes were splendid and the stunts - jaw dropping. A stunt man even died in the process of the film. What do you have to say about that? The shooting locations were also just awesome.
8/10
Overall it was a great film. Great mystery and a suspense thriller. This film achieved it's goal to potray batman as a detective and that it really isn't just about a simple fight between good and evil. Simply splendid. Well done.
Final Verdict: 8.8/10
Btw, my mom bought for our family the great Fujifilm Finepix F100FD. Really nice Digicam!! WOOT!!!
Plot: The plot was very much intriguing. You will always be eagerly anticipating the next scene as to what is gonna happen as it is totally unpredictable and exciting at the same time. It is very much like a mesh between thriller and mystery. Something very new and different.
9/10 stars
Music: The music was really good. When the action starts or whenever the climax was gonna happen there are always this up-tempo music you will hear in the background as to get you really excited.
8/10stars
Cast and Characters: A strong cast including Christian Bale as Batman, Heath Ledger as Joker, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman etc... But hands down goes to Heath Ledger for his superb acting. He gave me the shivers and goosebumps whenever Joker appeared as you can never expect what he is gonna do. His acting will make this movie legendary.
9/10
Design: You have got to admit when you think about design the first thing that comes in my mind would be the automobiles and not too shabby I would have to say. The batmobile was of course ever so gorgeous but the batcycle was out of this world! Besides vehicles, the costume design on batman and joker was magnificent. The batsuit looks cool as always but the Joker's costume really reflects him as a person. Bravo!
10/10
Filming: The action scenes were splendid and the stunts - jaw dropping. A stunt man even died in the process of the film. What do you have to say about that? The shooting locations were also just awesome.
8/10
Overall it was a great film. Great mystery and a suspense thriller. This film achieved it's goal to potray batman as a detective and that it really isn't just about a simple fight between good and evil. Simply splendid. Well done.
Final Verdict: 8.8/10
Btw, my mom bought for our family the great Fujifilm Finepix F100FD. Really nice Digicam!! WOOT!!!
at Tekong
This week, we went to Pulau Tekong for our stage 1 evaluation against 3sir. My convoy's objective was simple: "Go the specified route and just die. If we reach our destination then they must be stupid and should just shoot themselves." That was what I was told anyway.
During the actual fight, our convoy stopped when we engaged with the enemy. Then my officer ordered for my gunner and me to dismount and practically flank them. I was like " WTH!" So me and Jiebin dismounted the 6kg gun and bashed through thick forest only to find out our gun didn't work. So we retreated back to our vehicle and were suddenly attacked by enemy from a hill to our right. I wish I did not report what I saw to my officer as he told us to clear the top of the hill. Again I was like "WTH!"So me, Frois and JB went up the hill to find out that there was a platoon waiting for us there.. LOL After intense fighting, the umpire declared all of us dead.
Phew... If every stage 1 was like this, I think there won't be a difference between stage 1 and 2 anymore.
Anyway, after that we had to sleep overnight at the training shed near the jetty. I was kind of bored that night, so I went around bmtc school 2 to find my friends. Lol.. Guess who I met up with?? Swee Siang and Saifuddin! They were in the same company. Haha... it was nice catching up with them and seeing their botak heads.. LOL
After that, I called Jon and two other guys from sispec, nazrul and Idaly. Had a fun nice long talk with them. Haha, they always make me laugh. Just so happens that Nazrul is the section commander of the guy who recently died in bmt. WTH!!!
Well it was nice meeting up with my friends but I had only time to meet up with them for 1 night. As I said my goodbyes to all of them, I realized how fun going through sispec with your friends is... LOL.. Till this day I never did regret putting yes to command school.
During the actual fight, our convoy stopped when we engaged with the enemy. Then my officer ordered for my gunner and me to dismount and practically flank them. I was like " WTH!" So me and Jiebin dismounted the 6kg gun and bashed through thick forest only to find out our gun didn't work. So we retreated back to our vehicle and were suddenly attacked by enemy from a hill to our right. I wish I did not report what I saw to my officer as he told us to clear the top of the hill. Again I was like "WTH!"So me, Frois and JB went up the hill to find out that there was a platoon waiting for us there.. LOL After intense fighting, the umpire declared all of us dead.
Phew... If every stage 1 was like this, I think there won't be a difference between stage 1 and 2 anymore.
Anyway, after that we had to sleep overnight at the training shed near the jetty. I was kind of bored that night, so I went around bmtc school 2 to find my friends. Lol.. Guess who I met up with?? Swee Siang and Saifuddin! They were in the same company. Haha... it was nice catching up with them and seeing their botak heads.. LOL
After that, I called Jon and two other guys from sispec, nazrul and Idaly. Had a fun nice long talk with them. Haha, they always make me laugh. Just so happens that Nazrul is the section commander of the guy who recently died in bmt. WTH!!!
Well it was nice meeting up with my friends but I had only time to meet up with them for 1 night. As I said my goodbyes to all of them, I realized how fun going through sispec with your friends is... LOL.. Till this day I never did regret putting yes to command school.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
A Relaxing Week.....
Well, after tuesday, the rest of the days were quite slack. OC suddenly wanted to go fishing with the commanders on thursday and we were like ".....". So random...lol. Well, after pt training we straight away book out that thursday and went to pasir ris to fish. There, to fish, super damn EX!!! 38 bucks to fish and rental of rod was 10 bucks!! So effectively we had to pay abt 50 bucks. Haha, the sergeants just watched oc, staff jo, and the officers, fish. It was not until 2lt michael caught a fish that sufiyan and fadhil suddenly wanted to fish. So me, sufiyan, fadhil, frois, leon and shalihin pooled our money together to fish. Haha, it was a funny sight to see 6 ppl sharing a rod. What was even more funnier was seeing us throwing the line lol... Mine was not bad, but it was not far. I think shalihin's line got stuck up on a tree... haha.... Although we did not catch any fish, I realized fishing was not bad. I mean, it was kind of boring but the scenery was nice and the environment was quite windy, perfect place for a picnic..lol... So i had a really relaxing time with my friends...
After 2pm or so, for our so called nights off(lol so early, i think can call it afternoon off), we left for orchard to watch Hancock. It was nice but I think it's not worth the money...lol.. We walked around orchard after that... Haha.. it was funny walking around town with army friends... they tend to look at the people more than the things in town. Haha... A couple of times my group was led blindlessly by mak, our CQ, just to realize that he was leading us to follow some girl... so we walk in circle quite a number of times... HAHA
Then on friday, after booking out at 2pm, we watched red cliff. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed the movie. It was well worth it as it was funny at times and intriguing at other times. LOL.. Well, that's it... Really enjoyable week.... I hope for more weeks like these but I don't think I am gonna get my wish... haha.. Stage 1 evaluation coming this week at tekong..LOL
Update: I think the videos work now... do give some feedback if they still don't.
After 2pm or so, for our so called nights off(lol so early, i think can call it afternoon off), we left for orchard to watch Hancock. It was nice but I think it's not worth the money...lol.. We walked around orchard after that... Haha.. it was funny walking around town with army friends... they tend to look at the people more than the things in town. Haha... A couple of times my group was led blindlessly by mak, our CQ, just to realize that he was leading us to follow some girl... so we walk in circle quite a number of times... HAHA
Then on friday, after booking out at 2pm, we watched red cliff. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed the movie. It was well worth it as it was funny at times and intriguing at other times. LOL.. Well, that's it... Really enjoyable week.... I hope for more weeks like these but I don't think I am gonna get my wish... haha.. Stage 1 evaluation coming this week at tekong..LOL
Update: I think the videos work now... do give some feedback if they still don't.
ATP SHOOT
Well, I had my ATP shoot last monday and tuesday. I'm glad it's over. For the benefit of those who don't know what ATP shoot is.... It is just like a shooting test that is supposed to be held every year, and it is a requirement for you to pass it. Don't ask me what it stands for.. I really have no idea, I usually call it range.
Anyway, my ATP shoot was quite bad. I had to reshoot a couple of times. Maybe because I didn't zero my weapon properly? (Zeroing= Calibrating the shot to where u aim) I was always able to fire the fig. 12 but never the fig. 15(smaller target). Anyway, it was not until Leon, Frois and Sufiyan told me that I was too "kan chiong" that I realized what was wrong with my shooting. Haha, I don't know why, no matter how many times I handle live rounds, I still shiver whenever I try to fire one. Oh well... that just shows I am soooo not suited for the army.... Yeah!
Anyway, my ATP shoot was quite bad. I had to reshoot a couple of times. Maybe because I didn't zero my weapon properly? (Zeroing= Calibrating the shot to where u aim) I was always able to fire the fig. 12 but never the fig. 15(smaller target). Anyway, it was not until Leon, Frois and Sufiyan told me that I was too "kan chiong" that I realized what was wrong with my shooting. Haha, I don't know why, no matter how many times I handle live rounds, I still shiver whenever I try to fire one. Oh well... that just shows I am soooo not suited for the army.... Yeah!
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