This afternoon was our final day for ORD training. Initially, we were supposed to do 8klick route march followed by missions and casevac but because of the rain, they shrink it to 6klick instead. So we began our morning at 0500 hrz. Well, our bunk is so immune to alarm that when it rings, you can expect no one to wake up. However, there will be this guy called ‘Mao’, a human alarm; he will wake us all up with the switch of the lights. Some will grumble and some will in fact, continue to sleep and that would be me. Back to the olden days of BMT, I remember Justin will be the one waking us all, making sure we fall in on time at the basketball court. Well, during BMT, I’ve this strength to push myself unlike now. Delta … See how much power you have there ?!

Anyway, we woke up and proceeded to cookhouse. Lemme tell you something. Breakfast was DOPE. Bee hoon with some HOT ‘ngor hiang’. Finally, they decided to look at our schedule and prepare some dope shit for us to start our morning. For drinks, I’ve chosen Tea. It wasn’t long before I’ve to visit the toilet. Squatting on top of the toilet bowl – priceless.

Soon after, we began to fall into Platoon Level. My platoon consists of 25 people. I’ve the luxury to have Khai, Terance and Boo with me. And Terance, I seriously think it is fate that whenever you go, I would definitely have you on my team. Anyway, before we set off, I felt this eagerness to do the route march. It is back to BMT again but just that, the songs were all screwed up. We sang along with us while some remained to keep their golden mouth shut. Oh well, expected. The best thing of all is to have Terance , Boo and Khai by my side when we were walking in the jungle. Soon after, back to back missions came pouring at us. As usual, Adrian will shout at people that move slow. Sigh … It is a disease man. I’ll try to tone down, I must.

So the finale wasn’t long before it struck us with Terance and 3 others being ‘injured’. And goddamit !! Terance weights a TONNE even though he is just 65kg ? We ‘transported’ him using groundsheet with bare hands. Now then I know why W.Zul INSISTED we bring our glove along. Anyway, time wasn’t on our side. Boo and I passed our belongings to Khai and took the front and 3 random guys took the rear. We moved him like carrying a coffin and it was heavy. Very soon, distance was our enemy. We were moving way to slow. Then, Boo got pissed off. He fireman-carried Terance instead. Trust me, he looked like a fireman when he did that. I was so damn impressed. This is what I’ve been waiting for. The cohesiveness, bonding, endurance and Mind over Body. I goddamn have to do it too. After Boo got tired out, I freaking took over his role and piggy-back Terance all the way back to Command. Trust me, I couldn’t do without thinking of Delta. I can do it AND I will do it.

When we reached the parade square, W.Zul came over and started to mind-fark me. He keeps f**king me and shouted, “You better cross the line at the cones. You better f**king do it.” All I did was to shout back “Yes Sir.” It was so loud that Terance asked me to relax. Oh C’mon …

So there we go, we’ve completed the final phrase of ORD training. After the briefing, the parade square was flooded with water. W.Zul got drenched by all of us. Luckily, Mish told away his phone just in time for the bath of his life, with his uniform on.

We had so much fun even though it was shaggening. I still remember the instructors told us that it is gonna be a memorable one for us. I seriously thought it was bullshit. Well, guess I’ve to take my words back. After the whole thing, we were given half-day off. Great. Godwin, Boo, Terance, Edmund, Pee, Alvin, Drake and I went AMK to play LFD2 and followed by dinner at some S11 coffeeshop. I ordered my favourite ‘Meat-Shield’ Chicken Cutlet. God !! It was DOPE !! And with the amount of sporty girls around the area, the dinner was simply superb.

Here I am, back in the state of I’ve-nothing-to-do-after-book-out. Other than training for my upcoming 25klick passion run and Tribob Triathlon, at the end of the day, I realized there is simply nothing for me to look forward ; not even May when I’m going to ORD. I think most likely I’m feeling like this because I haven’t enrolled in NTU and I REALLY REALLY wish in get into NTU. And if I don’t, I’ll pursue freelance and apply again. And if that fails, *touchwood*, I’ll wrack freelance till I’ve a production house to work with.

Two days ago I went to Pasir Ris Park to try out Hash’s aerobar. I’m so looking forward for it to be installed on Bro-in-law’s bike. That will make me look like a Roadie but riding on a Mountain bike. 14th march was my Tribob Duathlon. Trust me, out of 100% bikes out there, 90% of them are all road bikes and the remaining 10% are mountain. So, needless to say, I belonged to the 10%. It was a sunny Sunday morning at Sengkang. Oh ya, S.Hong … Thanks for the overnight parking of my competition bike at your house and … the shampoo. The day before the race I actually cycled from Paris Ris to Punggol. As usual, I ‘holan-ed’ and ended up at Sengkang instead of Punggol. Oh ya ! Everytime when I wait for the traffic to turn green, either drivers or pedestrian will look at me. I’m goddamn sure that they had NEVER seen a wet chicken wearing a white-turned-black tee on a bike. Just to add on, I was freezing out there.

Anyway, the Duathlon was great. I’ve no idea that John, a close friend of mine, is actually all the while beside me with his tag 2067. Last race, 2067 actually occupied my space. I was swearing “ Na beh ch** by* … your things come over to my space liao loh.” I saw John after the race but didn’t know he is 2067 until Duathlon. Nevermind. So now at least I’ve a companion for the upcoming Triathlon. John … Lets complete and not compete for the race. 

And after the race, seeing those male participants with their sporty girlfriend beside them, I bet they must be damn fortunate to have them around. I’m sure their girlfriend presence made the race so so much meaningful and worth it. I’ve always tell myself, how great would it be if my girlfriend is at the finishing line waiting for me, cheering me on. At the end of the day, it is not the finishing tee, not the medal, not the adrenaline rush during the race … but … the smile and words that came out from her mouth “Well done, Adrian.”

Well, though I don’t have one but it is always the adrenaline rush that keeps me saint and demands more of such races. I don’t want to compete but I will finish the race with my best effort.

Friday, 23th Oct, after my bookout, supposed to meet up with Jeremy, Nica and Brendy but it turned out just Brendy alone. Initially, wanted to go SP and swim before meeting him. So I decided dropped Ah Na a message whom I think she might be in school and indeed, she was in school to check out the Cat Status of the weather. And it was Cat 1 : Stormy Weather. Great. So I’ve missed a total of two trips for swimming. Contingency plan is to meet Brendy for dinner but he told me he had to fly off to China the following day. And then, he said both of us meet for jogging then dinner. I thought he is joking but he isn’t. Anyway, I jogged with him from his house to the canal, Jurong East then back to his house again. We clocked 5 Klick and after that, a sumptuous meal at Ajisen. While waiting for the food to arrive, we played Airhockey on my Itouch. We made so much noise and practically everyone was kinda distracted by us BUT we don’t give two shits about that.


After that, we headed back to his place to pack his stuff for airport. Luckily, I brought his DS along. So he can enjoy ‘shaking earth’ with Dynasty Warrior and ‘beat some eggs’ with Mama. Anyway, I got a ride back from Chinese Garden to Bedok from Brendy’s uncle, Uncle Teng. He drives a 2004 3-Litre Nissan Cefiro and of course, the ride was smooth. I will be looking forward for your trip back from China Brendy … Lets go Kayak !!!


The next day, it was Family Dinner at Chin Lee Restaurant. And because Dad couldn’t make it for dinner because he has to work, we changed to Lunch. Kor was late after his busy work and we changed again to Dian Xiao Er at Tampines 1 instead. Just to add on, I woke up pretty late too. We ordered a total of 7-8 dishes and trust me, I’m so goddamn full. Hmmz, someone came up in my mind. Nevermind. After that, I’ve received this damn good news from Tong saying that we’ll be meeting Donald for dinner at E-Hub. Great ! Long time since I’ve seen Donald and Giap.


So we had dinner at 85 with Tong, Giap, Tong and Judo. Oh Damn ! Speaking of that, I’m hungry now. Anyway, we headed to Giap house to check out the movie slots. Sigh. No good movies and no good slots. In the end, we filled our stomach once again with Giap’s Mum specialty – the Dope Ribena. That hit the limit. I had to flush it out else, the pub session which we plan to have will be a disaster. We headed down Changi Village to chill out at this pub called … Uh … Damn I forget the name !!


I order Heineken draft and shared with Tong while the rest got Coffee and Tea. We had an awesome time together and trust me, that puffer fish never fails to attract Giap. When you take a North pole and a South pole magnet and you put them together, you get Giap and that puffer fish. After the drink, Judo and I felt a little hungry. So we went to Tampines Mac and fill up our stomach. Before that, I received a message from Ferg saying tomorrow meet for cycling. OMG !!! This is the second best weekend I ever had !!! Back to back activities. Please make my weekend busy by asking me out. I’m always free. Just drop me a message. I’ll definitely make it unless I’ve a girlfriend who is Active, Tanned and Sporty.


Anyway, they sat on Giap’s car but I decided to pillion Donald’s 1,000 horsepower bike, the legendary Honda Ni Nao Hia. Yup. 1,000 horsepower indeed. I nearly broke my neck when he throttled down when the light turns green at every checkpoint. Just to add on, he didn’t speed at all. Even when he’s traveling at 70, it feels like 180. I love it. So the night ended with Giap’s ride back home to my doorstep. God I like the smell of the freshener in his car. Until now, I still miss it though …


So the following day began in the afternoon. Woke up at 1200 hrz and give Sonia a pump of air, check my speedometer, wear my gloves and helmet and headed to East Coast. Once I reached, I waited 20 minutes for Ferg and JT. If I knew it would be like this, I will take my time to cycle from home to East Coast. Anyway, that wasn’t the deal. We waited for Kim and WJ to arrive. Wait … Still got 1 more, Darren. We waited like fark, he still hasn’t arrived yet. Fine. If you have the courtesy to let people wait, you better farking let people know where the fark you are and you farking take the farking intiative to farking tell others what fark time you’ll meet the people and let them know your farking location. So, we all went on to get our bike. We cycled from East Coast to Changi Village. JT had improved a lot since the last time I saw her at the FOR. Oh ! That reminded me of the punctured tube that WS rode during the night cycling. I can still recall his face when he told me the tyre was gone case. I knew he was feeling wtf-ish so I lent him my Sonia instead.


We had subway at Changi Village. Gotto thanks Ferg for tanking the meal for me because I had only 5 bucks in my cycling pouch. I’ll treat you some good shit next tym kkz !! Anyway, when we headed back, it was already 2000 hrz. WJ and Ferg had to rush back home and get ready to book in while Adrian can slowly enjoy music pumping into his ears with this Itouch because …. Monday is off day !!! HAHAHZ !!!

Friday, 11th Sept, Thambi along with SQ and I, we headed to Timbre to have a drink. As usual, we’ll order one dozen of Lime something for starters. Then came a dozen of that but this time round, we had one dozen of something else which I’ve no idea what’s the spelling for that. We thought by ordering the items in the list ‘should’ be considered under “Happy Hour” and we’ll pay lesser than expected. So we intoxicated ourselves with the drinks on our table, chill out with the people around us with that magnificent band playing on the stage, look at a few hot chicks, felt heart-broken, and then the bill came. Our jaw almost smacked straight down on the table. OMG, I’m gonna be so broke for the rest of the weeks ... Anyway, it was worth it though.


Then on 25th Sept, it was Mass-Unit Cohesion at Ubin. Wan, S.Hong and I were so proud that our beautifully designed Posters were pasted all around the Camp. And our achievement was the Banner. Hanged gracefully 5 meters away from the gate, anyone who enters the camp would be able to see it. Our work is being displayed man. So damn happy !! All of us were allowed to book in straight at Changi Ferry Terminal. Drake, Boo and I were ‘selected’ for advance party dictated by S.Ivan. So early in the morning, Drake and I got Boo’s ride for breakfast in Pasir Ris than down to the Ferry Terminal. Boo’s Nissan Blackbird has 2000 horsepower and travels from 0-100 in 6 mille-seconds. We had peanut-pancake along with vegetarian noodle and the most dope drink every created - The Kopi Gao.


After a sumptuous breakfast, we had a neck-breaking ride down to the ferry terminal. When we alighted, the regulars were having briefing. We attended the briefing and god, I swear it was motivating, partly because we are the Organizing Committee for this year cohesion and CO says we have no reason to lose because our best 2 teams all ran 10 flat or gold timing for our IPPT. But something I must comment, Boo, Drake and I felt the same way as when we look around the surroundings at the ferry terminal. Memories of the days in BMT all came back to us. I can still vividly remember that particular space that I sat down waiting for the transport to come, complaining why that damn bus is always late, hungry for MacDonald, sweating in my No.4, hoping to see sporty girls at Pasir Ris when we debus and most importantly, to take us back home. The organizing committee was the last to take the last fastcraft to Ubin. Once we reached there, less than 20 minutes, the race is on. All the games were quite similar to the FO games I played during Poly BUT this games involves a lot of co-ordination and strength. Other teams were jogging from stations to stations. Our top 2 teams were running 2.4 pace from stations to stations. We were shagged out. There was this part where we need to hike from bottom to the top of the quarry. That was the climax of the race I think.


After the whole thing, we went back to wash up at the toilet and headed back to the meeting point. The music stopped and the MC started to announce the winners. For the non-competitive, training school managed to secure the top 2 positions and hampers were given away. Next, he announced the winners for competitive. Second position, training school got it. We thought we’ll be able to grab the top 2 positions but after hearing they got the second place, we got a bit disappointed. Then the drum roll came, “First prize goes to …. MPEU !!!” I swear the whole place roared with excitement. The tent almost collapsed when we all rushed to the front and received the prize. And on top of that, we all got this medal with ‘1st place’ engraved on it. The trusty loud-hailer was sling on my back. I took it off and switched to Siren-mode. I blasted it in the air and the whole team went berserk and it almost turned into a sacrifice cult ceremony. W.zouk was so happy that he just can’t take that happy face off him. He knew we had done him proud. I must say, I FUCKING enjoyed myself to the max on that day. I’ll never forget the amount of sand in my shoe, the sweat, the freaking maths question, that stupid quiz and the esprit de corps in us. Overall, must thank S.Hong for this event. I think he be so touched to tears if he sees this. Hehz …

Sunday, 6th Sept, woke up at 0600 hrz. I wasn’t quite prepared for the Yellow Ribbon Project Run held at Changi Village. Though is just merely 10 klick, my body tells me I can’t run for shit this time. So I tried letting go a bit of ‘weight’, and yeaaaa , indeed I felt good after that. I took train to Expo and when I reached, I saw this queue in front of the taxi stand. God ! The queue was insane. At least 50+ plus in front and the time was 0630 hrz. Alright. Maybe still got time to clear and deposit my baggage. But I was wrong.
It took the transport 30-40 mins to reach Changi Village. My time was 0710hrz already. And it had this massive jam in front of us. Outside the transport on my left, those people participating 10 klick started jogging to the start-point while the rest of the people on the transport still stuck on the transport. Great. 0730hrz flag-off, we’re still stuck. Oei !! My baggage how ?! Its still with me lehz !!


Luckily, 10 mins later the transport FINALLY reached the drop-off point. Everyone rushed to the start point, baggage area, toilet, etc … That scene really resemble like ants – with their ass on fire. I rushed to the baggage and wat the fark … another long queue. 10 mins left to flag-off. Siao liao, haven’t warm-up lehz.Suddenly, they were more people to help out in the baggage area. Thx god ! I managed to deposit my baggage in 5 mins. So, 5mins to rush from baggage area, warm-up and proceed to start point. When I gathered with the rest of the runners, I immediately felt the ‘engine’ vrooming everywhere. I was kinda psycho-ed to run fast. After that I realized it was a wrong choice. I can’t time my breathing and I was actually breathing heavily when it was only 2 klick ?! Wa liaoz, 8 to go … Siao liaoz.


But luckily, the 2nd part of the race started to slow down. After the race, it was FREE FLOW of milo, mineral water and of cos, SPORTY GIRLS. So instead of standing, I went to the shelther to enjoy the show put up by the ex-offenders. God ! They sure can play and sing well. So i guess what’s this Yellow Ribbon Project is all about. Unlocking the 2nd prison, giving the offenders a 2nd chance to redeem themselves. The organization was awesome. Apart from the rain and baggage cockup, everything was a success. Oh ya, that was when I saw someone familiar… JASON !!!


Jason is my BMT platoon mate. I knew he went OCS and he graduated as Signal 2lt. The first thing he asked me isn’t my current Camp but “ ADRIAN !!! How come never go OCS ?! “ Hmmz … So I told him like what I told the rest. “ I failed my FFI becos I HATE ADMIN.” Then he said, “ No wonder, we were hoping to see you in OCS but luckily you never go. Indeed a lot of admin need to do.”


So was that a good or bad thing not going OCS ? I still can’t answer that. I still can’t.


Anyway, after a damn nice chat with Jason, I collected my baggage and took the transport back to the Mrt, then home. At night, managed to hook up with Zudo. Guess you can’t just smoke your way through your best friend. Sigh …


Had Pastamania with him. That waiter made me waited 10 mins for him. I cursed and swear of cos. After that, we headed to Tampines1 for dessert. Damn the yogurt is damn UP LAHZ! Anyway, during the whole night, he told me a whole lot of stuff that I should have done but, I didn’t.


Sometimes, there’re things that appears to be on the right track, fine and dainty, everyone says it will work out fine, don’t worry, don’t need wear body protection because you don’t NEED to. All of a sudden, you realized the bag that you THOUGHT you’re holding on, has is a hole beneath it. Sand starts to fall out from the hole. No one knows what happened. No one punctured a hole in the sandbag. Out of nowhere, there’s this hole and its getting bigger without your knowing. The bonfire that you tried so hard to construct, began to fade off. You began to start spamming solid fuel, kerosene, liquid propane, hoping the fire will burn brightly back again. You desperately struggled to dig out your matchstick and pray it will not extinguish. You pulled out the last matchstick, stroked it against the box and thought you’ve this last chance to bring back the fire and the irony came, a gust of strong wind came your way and there goes your last hope. Helplessly, in front of you the bonfire got from fiery to pure smoke.


There are so much ‘should have’ to think about. SQ said it well. I shouldn’t have ‘should have’ because simply it was too late. Apparently, the smoke acts as an SOS. Zudo got that almost immediately. So nice of him. Thank you Zudo.


R.I.P both of my Grandma. 13th Sept, the 16 klick is for the both of you. It will definitely be a good one.

Saturday, 25th August, we had this Unit Cohesion again at Orchard, Lido. We were told to gather outside the cinema and wait for further instructions. And then, we proceeded to Hall 1 to take a seat. And movie for that day is G.I. Joe. Great ! I wanted to watch/stream it but ended up I can watch it in cinema. Saved me all the hassle. When i’m about to take my seat, the person who sat beside me was S.steve along with S.sooltap. 5 minutes before the show starts, S.steve and S.sooltap turned over and told me they’ve watched it already. Then, they started to leak a bit of the story. That’s when I told them, “ Wa liao, must like this mah ? It’s like when you’re about to kiss the girl then the girl start to tell you how fascinating the kiss was when she kissed her ex-boyfriend.” Well, that did the trick. They laughed and ‘enjoyed’ the show because they’ve already watched it before. Finally, I can watch it comfortably with no spoilers.


Comfortably? Well, not really though. Drake and S.steve legs are so long I’ve to adjust in order not to hit them and to make myself comfortable. And next minute, my ass went numb.


Storyline is quite decent. Effects is awesome. 3D scenes some look quite fake, maybe because Media student tend to have this ‘Job-illness’ in them. There are 2 things that make me remember this movie. The Jumpsuit and the Main female character. The jumpsuit test-out on the streets must take a helluva time to animate. I can foresee there’re tons of green screen all over the set. Headache. The female lead character is damn CHIO LAHZ and her name in the movie actually carries the same attribute to the owner that has this name too.


After the show, it was soccer time. Wait, its Futsal at East Coast. I thought it would be a good time to have everyone playing at the cage-soccer court at East Coast. In the end, only 9 attended, including regulars. We booked the court for 2 hours but changed it to 1 instead. It was way too shaggening to play another hour. However, we had so much fun. Those who didn’t attend, they missed out quite a lot. Anyway, after that Edwin and I walked to Parkway Parade to take bus back home. We passed by VJC. OMG …


Then on the 27th, finally after weeks later, I met up with my Er Mei and Xiao Mei at Fareast Plaza for dinner. I can still vividly remember the last time I met up with them, they bought me this Cheese cake from TAC. I thought it was just some regular Cheese cake that taste like regular Cheese. They told me it’s different. Ya right. The milk is from a MALE cow right ? Anyway, they told me to eat it as soon as I returned back to camp. But that dinner with them weeks ago was so filling lah. How to stuff the thick Cheese cake down ? Then they told me to have it for Breakfast.


So for that whole journey backed from Orchard to Yew Tee, Xiao Mei insisted that I must hold the Cheese cake upright so it wouldn’t topple over. As instructed by her, I held it upright, with pride and religiously. It was as though I’m holding a Grenade. So the next morning, I took my beloved BMT fork and tasted it. No wonder they said it is different. The cheese isn’t those thick and having that nauseating feeling. The cheese actually melts in your mouth. Well, I felt the love in it. Breakfast was just way awesome but dammit, got 16 Klick after that. Luckily never puke.


Before we met up with Er mei, her bf and Yizhen, Xiao Mei asked me to accompany her to go shopping for her Top. God I HATE SHOPPING. It takes them 10 years to look around, 10 years to decide the color, 10 years to compare with another something that they’ve just spotted, 10 years to choose the size and finally, 10 years to queue in line to make the payment. Then it’ll take another 20 years for the cashier to tell them the one they’ve chosen, ITS OUT OF STOCK.


Anyway, all of the above didn’t happened. Xiao Mei marched in, grabbed the top, matched with her jeans, choose another Top to check on color, dropped the unsuitable one, asked me whether that looks good with her jeans, I said “Hmmz … It goes … “, before I can even finish my words, she said “ My taste not bad right?”. I smiled and said yes. Well, the Liu/Liew people have this straightforward character don’t they ? It’s in our blood I guess.


Dinner that night was splendid. Er Mei and her bf look very loving and stable to me. As her Da Ge, I felt happy for her. Well, at least both my sisters are attached and their bf takes good care of them. And if they don’t, I’ll burn their house down. That night ended with so much laughter that my stomach nearly cramped. And I’ll never forget what Xiao Mei said when I told her “I provide the distance”, she said, “I take in the distance”. HHAAHAHAHHA !!


The next day, 28th, met up with Fukie and Justin at City Hall. Both of them wore long pants and I wore shorts. Oh ya. Before I stepped out of Sis’s house, Mum actually stopped me and commented on my dressing. She said, “There are different occasion for different dressing. Don’t mix them up. And your dressing now is unacceptable for Town.”


Yup. Even Mum couldn’t hold it anymore. I need someone to dress me up. Who’s willing to do it, drop me a sms.


We headed to Carls Jr and had our dinner. Shortly after, I saw someone so familiar that it has this Retro hairdo, not very tall in height person that resemble like Kellyn. Apparently she was so occupied with her friends conversation that she didn’t even noticed I’m staring at her from the time she came in till she finally settled down on her seat.


After bidding farewell to her, it was time for movie – Final Destination style. We watched the 3D version. If you like things flying across the screen with people kicking behind your seat when they got a shocked or something … This movie is for you. You’ll like it. This movie got no damn story at all. I have to give it to the Effects and the 3D itself. Very real and very nice cleanup of the Green spills ESPECIALLY the hair area. The animating of the Nascar Cars is simply great. The transition from 3D to real cars burning without the audience knowing, very very well done.


Overall, it’s a very fun movie to watch. I laughed instead of being intimidated by all the not-human livers and blooding splattering all over the whole screen. This show actually psycho-ed me after the showing. It seems like if you’re fated to leave this world, you will and regardless how you try to evade it, it has already been written in the book of Fate that you must, leave this world. So, this tells you, you better farking cherish your life and most importantly, your loved ones. Cos their love to you is gonna save you when their gone. Their love will watch over you. Their love will give you strength when you’re not strong. Tell them you love them EVERY single day. Whether they appreciate or not , fark it. Just tell them. Whatever things you wanna accomplish or do, do it before your Final Destination is here.

Saturday, 16th August, all the Command Physical AHM training came to that very day, the Army Half Marathon a.k.a Shears Bridge Run.


We have been running 12 and above for the past few weeks. And then came 18 Klick. It was damn taxing on the knees. Timing to meet is 2hr 30 mins and I came in 2hr 45 mins. Partly because I walked with Alvin and Mao for 3-5 consecutive times. We stopped at every water point to hydrate and relax ourselves. However, Edwin wanted to push himself so I joined him. My heels hurt damn badly and the knees … the knees … my god.


Anyway, it was Alvin who dropped me a hint that Drake and I were selected to run the full 21 Klick while the rest were selected for 10 Klick and below. That’s good news eh !! I’ve always wanted to complete AHM and thought I can run at my own comfortable pace. Then, the HOLYSHIT news came to me. I was chosen to run with this very well respected, wise man. He is running 21 Klick and rumour says he is constant jogger – he is fast.


Great. “ So Adrian … 18 and 21, shouldn’t have much difference to you right ?” Everyone giggled in the office. Drake and I exchanged looks. We just couldn’t find the correct muscle tissue on our face to smile. I crossed my fingers and prayed damn hard that Sun everything would be fine and I can keep up with him. The more I thought of keeping up with him, the more my heart raced.


Yup. As you expected, Adrian couldn’t get to sleep at night. His heart pumped so hard and fast that he can only turn around on bed to find that comfortable position and go to sleep, no avail. Then, the alarmed rang at 0200 hrz. Everyone was so zonk-ed out. However, Drake was so energized. You can tell from his face.


Then we all geared up waited for transport to take us to City Hall. I got less than 3 hrs of sleep but I don’t feel shag nor tired. Partly because before I make my leave, I decided to drop Ah Na a message and told her to pray for me that it all goes smooth for AHM. Before I could even close my metal cupboard, my handphone vibrated.


Wait, don’t tell me she replied me arh? 0215hrz in the morning lehz, siao bo? Indeed ! She replied. She was studying for her ‘MADS’. Then, she replied , “jia you”. God. That really did the trick man, even though it was just 2 words. I swear I felt A LOT A LOT better after that. Deep inside me, I knew it is gonna be just fine. And well, it all went flawlessly well. I even got a thank you and handshake from the wise man. That made the 21 so memorable. Thank you Mr. Wise man. I had an enjoyable time running beside you and ultimately, my honour to run with you. I know a lot of people don’t have this chance and I had that very chance. I must say, I’m very proud of you Sir and myself too. Next year, after ORD, I hope I can participate in AHM and run beside you again.


And lastly, thanks Boo for carrying my Axe oil for me, S.Steve that jaga my Asthma inhaler and breakfast and Drake, we jogged 21 Klick and we survived. WOO !! Oh ya ! Not forgetting Ah Na for her ‘jia you’ too.

Saturday, 15th August, Mum and I along with Sis’s family attended her Company Family Day function at Pasis Ris Park. The weather was good until when Sis came over to fetch us from Bedok to Pasis Ris. It began to drizzle.

God ! It was all so sunny and suddenly dark clouds began to form. I wanted to take tons of pictures to improve my hands-on on the D90. Oh well, I can’t escape the fact that I’ve to waste 100 bucks for just 1 shoot during DMIT Talentime huh … But luckily, it stopped drizzling a while later. Time to whip out the D90 with Fukie’s 70-200 2.8G lens that costs him 3k. I realized they had only 1 event photographer for the whole thing. I caught a glimpse of his sore-eyes when I stood beside him taking pictures of the show performances. He didn’t smile to me at all. I can tell he isn’t very happy with Fukie’s lens. I swear he isn’t. But frankly speaking, I was laughing inside. There were a few photographers around the place too but they all thought I’m some weirdo that carried a bazooka around. It was an eye-opener for them. Fukie, you should feel proud of your lens.


It was when I saw someone familiar … Serene, Wan’s gf was there too. The first thing we saw one another, the same question was fired. It was so co-incidental. Anyway, should have asked Ah Na along to Paris Ris so they can LES with one another. But too bad, she couldn’t make it. Anyway, the food was great and I bet Eisten had tons of fun too till he fell asleep in the car on the way back home. During the journey, I started to think whether the event was a success. That reminded me of Wan’s Talentime event on the 13th of Aug. Yup, as usual, everyone had orgasm when I whipped out Fukie lens attached with D90.


So that was my virgin practical on Live-Stage photography. It was good … and … bad. That was the very day I collected the D90 from the rental shop. I’ve no idea how to operate it. And damn, some of the shots were blur and wrongly focused. And the best part, pictures of that particular person I WANT IT TO BE GOOD but it turned out to be UBER underexposed, blur and I took 3 pictures only. Wa liao wtf Adrian … Seriously … But hey, I promised I’ll do a photoshoot for you … Personally.


So after Talentime and Sis’s Family Day, it was time to return the D90. Seriously, I still prefer 40D compared to D90. I tried Param’s 40D and I swear I immediately felt the grip, that solid grip you feel its durability in your hands. Next in line for test out will be the 50D – I can’t wait any longer.


But most of all, Fukie, really thanks for your lens. I know that lens cost a BOMB but you still lend it to me. Trust me, I hugged it like a baby whenever I go. Even if I wanna visit the toilet, I’ll zip up your lens in your lens bag, carry my bag to the toilet, *censored*, when I’m done, unzip the lens bag and attach the lens back to the D90 again. Anyways, I really like the lens a lot, A LOT. Many people had their jaw dislocated because of your lens. We’ll have a crime scene if you lend me 200-400. I think Justin can second that. Thanks Fukie !!!

Wednesday, 29th July, we all went for this thing called ‘cohesion’ at CCK Stadium. Great. So what is there for us to unite in such grassy environment? It was DDPM vs SAF FC. Hmmz, So they want us to be spectators huh. We were told that there will be refreshment before the match but as usual, it was expected last minute of changes. No refreshment will be served and dinner is on your own. So the whole SSP Man went for their dinner at Yew Tee. I ate this Duck Rice with added rice. God! I swear this is most special duck rice I’ve eaten because it tasted just like Chicken. On top of that, it is only 3 bucks. It is MUST TRY for Chicken lovers but a NO for Duck lovers.


After that meal, Boo drove us to CCK stadium. The ride was superb. Now I know the feeling of a patty being ‘nicely’ squeezed in between 2 breads. I’m the Patty for that day, Bingz and Terence are the lovely bread. The journey is supposed to last around less than 5 minutes but it took us 10. Why? Because not even a single one of us inside the car know how to go to CCK Stadium from Yew Tee point. Lovely. We missed one of the turn and we ended up going one round but finally after a call to Mish, we reached there safe and sound. When I walked up the flight of stairs, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was Eugene and Zong De from BMT !!! They were forced to watch that match too but I must thank the organizer. Without this match, I wouldn’t be able to see Eugene and Zong De on that day. God I miss them.


Anyway, ‘shortly’ after the wait for the gates to open, we sat down at the seats and waited from the game to start. Alvin sat beside me and next to Alvin is Edmund and in front of me is all the Malay Kawan. It was so boring until someone on the field just tackled and laid on the ground. That was when the game actually started. Someone shouted ‘MEDIC !!’. Then suddenly, everyone started shouting ‘Medic !’. It was orderly chaotic at that time. To be frank with you, everyone was OVERLY reacted. The player merely fell on the ground, the Medic ran over and next minute, the player is back in the game. But it was fun shouting for the Medic. And few minutes later, someone got injured and the whole crowd began shouting for Medic. Someone actually shouted, ‘AH YOU WALK !! What time already ?!’ We really laughed like #%$#$%. I laughed so much that I coughed like @#$@#$ too. My asthma almost reactivated but not at this time, not this time.


Although the game ended with no goals BUT we laughed and enjoyed ourselves so so much that I think this cohesion was worth to go. Too bad Drake and Mao got duty and had to stay in Camp.


On Friday, wanted to go back SP and swim but Brendy got released early from Camp and well, postponed the swimming to next week. Met him at Yew Tee Mrt and we headed to Bedok to meet Marky for dinner. It was Brendy first time to eat at 85 so I suggested we had our dinner there. When the train reached Dover, I got this feeling that I hope someone that will make my heart race will appear … but it didn’t. Anyway, dinner at 85 with Brendy and Marky was awesome. After that, we headed to Marky’s house … no wait. It is an apartment.


We stepped out of the lift and the door lock IMMEDIATELY caught our attention. No keys. Just buttons. Marky approached the keypad with caution. Punched in the key combination. He was sweating like mad. He failed at the first try. Brendy and I exchanged looks. This isn’t happening. Marky, time is running out. C’mon Marky ! He tried again with haste. He heaved a sigh a relief. The door lock ‘clicked’ and we were in his apartment. The furnish, the spotlight, the couch, the OMGWTF enormous HDTV, the PS3 beckoning you to switch it on, its just … simply ... perfect. Marky’s brother wanted a Hotel style apartment and I can tell you, I would want my house to be like that in the future. And of course, it comes with a price. Anyway, we played SF4 and Marky is quite good at it. Though I’m shagged due to the 18 Klick in the morning but I can tell you, I don’t wanna leave his apartment but I have to. Saturday is NDP preview day. Sigh … So we left his place and waited for a bus at his busstop. Fearing there will be no more train left, we decided to take a cab because it was already 2330 hrz. Great. Not even a single taxi were seen. Then the bus came. Phew. Brendy got his train back and so do I.


So Sunday I woke up around 1300 hrz. The weather was good. It was Sunny and not that warm. Wanted to go Paris Ris Park jog but I’ve still yet to recover from 18 Klick strain on the heel part. Perhaps, cycling would be better. So I geared myself up and headed for East Coast. When I passed by the Skating Arena, I slowed down for a while. I watched the people inside doing their Drag and outside, practicing Slalom. Hmmz .. Not bad. Can pick up skating though. Maybe after I get my Itouch. Before reaching Bedok Jetty to emo myself, I saw Janielson, then Cheryl, then Ericsson. Got that zhun mahz Adrian ? Anyway, I called out Ericsson’s name when Cheryl turned over instead. This couple is damn funny. When you call out for Cheryl, Ericsson will react to the caller and if you call for Ericsson, Cheryl will react instead. Chatted with them awhile and I congratulated them for the 13th place in Poly 50. I’m so #$%^ing proud of you guys man. Can I have the Poly 50 jersey with the word ‘Mutu’ behind ?


The actual NDP is coming and I hope everything goes well especially the part where I can get my goody bag. No one touches my Goody Bag goddamn it !!!

Saturday, 25th July, after an afternoon jog at the reservoir, I felt my body temperature was way off the norm. Normally, after a warm down, my body temperature should go back to normal but it actually went up. The first thing that came to my mind was could it be Asri or Drake that fell sick this week and now I’m the next ? Hmmz … No way.


Many had fallen ill these few weeks. Some geng themselves just to skip training while some are really sick. So the geng-ones will follow the really sick to see MO which is so obvious. I think they can really do better than that to smoke everyone that they’re sick than they really are. Asri came back from MO and he was given ATT C. Wanna guess what’s his temperature on Thursday ? It was 38.5 degrees. He looked damn sick and he could barely talk. And the very next day, Drake fell ill. Normally he has tons of things to talk to me but he said nothing but laid on his bed and rest motionlessly. That means Adrian had to settle all the paperwork alone. Luckily, Friday was pretty smooth.


After book out, we took train down from CCK to Jurong East. Fine. As always, we have to bash through when the door opens. I just don’t get it why can’t they let people inside the train OUT first then proceed moving into the train. Some people just don’t have brains huh. Anyway, we managed to make our way out of the train and went into the East Bound train.


Edwin and I alighted at Dover while Alvin and Hanafi alighted at … I fergot. I followed Edwin to his playground – The Squash Court. That was when I went to basketball court where not only Basketball-ers but skaters were there too. So that means, Ah Na will be there too but she wasn’t.


As planned, I went to swim at Fc 5 when I saw Xuan Jun and Hui Xian and a few whom I’ve no idea who they are. Hui Xian said Hi to me and I immediately smile and wave to her. You know why? Cos few months back, I went to FC6 for Wan Ton Mee along with Ferg. She saw Ferg and I and she waved at us. Ferg said Hi and I looked at her and looked away. She began to say something which all Staff and Master Sgt like to say. I wouldn’t dwell into that. My head cranked backwards, very stunned. So I smile at her and said Hi after that. I’ve learnt my lesson that she is special, Jan … All the best.


So now I know if you swim 1 lap in SP swimming pool, its 100m. If I were to join the HTO Ultimate Challenge, I’ll have to complete 4 laps and jog 4 Klick. But damn ! I missed the application date and I hope HTO organize it again man. Anyway, to condition myself, I swam 3 x 4 laps with rest of cos. It was shaggening. Just that I’ve to visit the toilet twice. And coming up from the pool means, pulling my trucks so my little brother wouldn’t seem so obvious and ultimately, fighting the cold with the Aircon coming out from the Gym.


After the swim, on my way back to find Edwin, I saw this car that looked soooo familiar that resembles Ferg’s car. So I called him and INDEED, he is in school. Well, if it isn’t for JT, for me mehz? Eh hehez. So I had dinner with him at FC5 along with the others which I’m too lazy to tell you. I ate chicken curry with an option of ‘ALL IN’. It sounds like Fall-in to me but I think they jack up the price already. Anyway, it still taste that good.


So we headed back to Squash Court because I left my bag there. We chatted and watched Edwin played until Ferg asked me to try out the Commando Standard Pushup. Its kinda strenuous partly because I did some PT before I book out but 30 within 2 minutes is still possible. Shortly after that, Ah Na came along with her friend and approached Ferg and I. She asked me why I’m in school. I should have told her because I like the fan at Squash Court that’s why I’m in school. Well, I told her I came because of the pool. I don’t know why I can’t answer her like how I usually do. I think I’m way too tired to even think straight. Anyway, after that, they went off to eh … I’ve no idea. Frankly speaking, see them disappearing in distance, I did felt a little … uneasy. No wait, I felt weird … jealous … that sudden urge to pickup skating … Or is it I should say something before she leaves ? OH GOD!! Adrian ah Adrian … why like that ?!


Anyway, Army Half Marathon is coming real soon. I can’t wait to try how shag is it to run 21 Klick. And I’ve still yet to complete that 16 Klick in order to participate in the AHM. Well, this Friday SHOULD be able to taste it. And GOD I want that Adidas SUNDOWN Tee …