Sunday, July 12, 2009

I try alot of things...

Singing, writing, poetry, computer art, photography... etc etc

But what am I really good at?

Lots of time to discover, too bad cameras are banned in army camps or I'd have a ball. =D

(And I wish I could bring my iPod in too.)

Speaking of wishes... Why can't human hair grow faster?

Unravelled from the Chaos at 6:41 PM

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Back from Training to be a Soldier

Ha. I'm planning on reviving this place, but I can't think of much to write. For now I'll do a short one.

Basically I've completed BMT. I'm now a private and I'm in a trade course now. Learning about the SSPH-1, aka the Singapore Self propelled Howitzer or the Primus. It has its own wiki page, go read about it if you're interested in war vehicles. XD I'm in the 3rd Division, 21st Batallion Singapore Artillery, Charlie Battery, Syndicate 2.

I was supposed to be a gunner assistant, which is also an artillery vocation, but there was some kind of manpower transfer and now I'm in Kranji camp II. (Its very near to Clementi, so I'm happy in that respect too.)

One phrase to describe my new job scope: "Arty arty arty!"

All the cows in New Zealand better watch out. ;)

Life in my new unit is fun so far. The discipline is quite strict but the course is very very interesting and a good 90% or so of the people there are quite lively and fun to be with. The sergeants are fantastic people generally, and they do discipline us sometimes although its often for a good reason. And they're enjoyable folk and fun to talk to.

Ok, so what's happened since I started NS?

1) Bought a new iPod (Its purple. >_<>pay allowance.)

2) Started singing alot more. (I'm taking part in my unit's Talentime. Don't ask, I was sort of arrowed.)

3) Started listening to a whole lot more music. (Thank the iPod.)

4) Learnt how to use various army equipment.

5) Touched things THAT CAN KILL!!! (Technically a knife can kill too, and so can a bottle of floor cleaner, but you get what I mean.)

6) Botak. =/ I think I looked better with long hair but the bald look isn't completely horrible on me either, so I don't mind.

7) Did my first pullup! And following that, many many more came. (A few at a time, of course.) Now I'm stuck at 5 pullups though and you need 6 to pass IPPT. That and my standing broad jump score is horrible. Other than that I can pass, yay.

8) Lost my phone, got a new one that actually displays the names of people who SMS instead of just their numbers.

That's about it... I don't think a soldier's life is very interesting. There's not alot to blog about, and the bulk of worthy material is classified apparently. Aww.

Unravelled from the Chaos at 8:33 PM

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Hai.

Work is getting quite horrible. =/

Basically what I've been complaining about, except I feel that its getting worse and worse.

The good news is, I'll be out of it in a few days.

The bad news is, my NS enlistment date is coming soon. XD

2 years ain't that long. Hopefully time will pass quickly... It seems sad that my teenage years are gonna burn away soon though. D= I'll seriously miss being below 20.

Unravelled from the Chaos at 6:55 PM

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Omg...

This week was so hectic. Working in a childcare center is so stressful, cos you have to keep your eye on the kids all the time. Even if they get a little cut or what, it has the potential to turn horribly nasty and it can get you into trouble... And I don't mean an infection. Not to mention when there are like 9 of them in a class and they all ask for the teacher at the same time. Even with two teachers its nearly impossible to cope... Ugh. Its totally not like school where like, the students come to the teacher and the questions are done generally... You have to attend to each of them and its totally like a 9x individual tuition rather than a group tuition with 9 people... Hai.

Not to mention some are quite naughty... There's alot I could elaborate on here, but I don't really want to. >_< There are some good students, though. Like some of them bought Teacher Sasi a drink and they even walked a little further to get it to her at a cheaper price, which I found very cute. XD

But my boss is ok. Her name is Pauline and I guess she's quite understanding I guess. My colleague (actually she's like, way more experienced than me) called Sasi has been very very very very very helpful, helping to supervise with lessons and showing me the ropes. Without her I would've died already, probably literally. -_- And the chef/cleaner aunties called Zainab (I think) and He Li are very nice and polite, its good to chat with them sometimes.

I always come early for work to photocopy worksheets for my tuition classes (Monday-English, Tuesday-Maths, Saturday-Creative Writing) but everyday there's usually something that prevents me from using the copier... Either some technical problem or someone else is using it. But I manage to get by by staying back and photocopying or with Teacher Sasi's help, lol. I've grown to hate photocopying. =D

And also alot of parents have been giving feedback... They said that I gave questions that are too easy and also that I photocopied the worksheets untidily... I hope next week is better. And I honestly can't wait for the 20th... Being a primary school level tuition and childcare teacher is horrible... At least for me. Its extremely taxing; physically, mentally, emotionally. I guess that's how most jobs are like.

Unravelled from the Chaos at 2:35 PM

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Childcare

My job is super tiring. XD

Have to look after kids for 5 hours. The good part is when they're playing. Can play Uno with them and they're quite cute. Noisy but bearable. I like the P1 and P2 kids, they're so adorable and comparatively well-behaved when you look at the P3 and P4s, who are quite rowdy. And there's this very rude boy. But ya... nevermind.

The bad part is when you have lessons and five of them ask questions at the same time. Even with 2 teachers its difficult to answer 9 students' individual questions. And the chorus of 'Teacher teacher!' makes me feel very stressed. =/

And also I have to do admin work sometimes, like photocopying worksheets and sorting them. Its rare that I have to do that though, but I hate it to the core. Its tiring both physically and mentally... (You have to lug Geog-sized files around and also sort them by level. And my Geog files were huge, mind you. Those big ring folder type. D=)

And alot of them commented on my acne. -_- But I guess they're just kids, can't expect them to be tactful... Its started peeling off already, like scabs. I think it'll look better after its done... Sorry if that made you feel disgusted. But I hope my face gets better. I'm bloody sick and tired of hearing relatives' commenting on it. Especially my mum... She won't stop telling everyone and reminding me that my face looks so horrible. Jeez.

Anyway, right now I'm considering if I should go gym or stay at home and slack until 11 or 11.30pm.

Simple life, I guess. Monotonous and quite boring also... Stupid A level results, why can't they come sooner? Cliffhang me lor. Grr.

Unravelled from the Chaos at 3:38 PM

Monday, February 2, 2009

Job extension

Remember my last post? More specifically, when I said I now work in a tuition center?

I was offered a job at that same place from the 3rd of Feb to the 20th, only on weekdays though. 9am to 2pm, I'll be looking after kids. Doing stuff like art, writing and helping with their homework. And just taking care of them in general. It sounds a little like a job I can't handle (In my opinion anyway) but I'll try my best and hopefully nobody will... Okay better not say, its Chinese New Year. ;)

Oh and also those two remaining creative writing lessons. The Math lesson tomorrow is considered within my new job timing. I'll have to teach more students Math. Yay. -_-

I deliberately wanted to keep my late afternoons/evenings free so I could go jog and go gym. And use the computer, of course!!

I hope I don't regret taking this job up. XD

Today I did nothing much. I played an MMORPG called Perfect World. I stayed at home. I didn't exercise. I'm going to have to go to bed soon because of work tomorrow. D= Goodnight!

Unravelled from the Chaos at 8:38 PM

Sunday, February 1, 2009

After a long long time

Haha, thanks Geetha, Radiah, Nicholas, etc etc for forcing me to blog again. -_- And I think Mark/Ben also? Can't remember but basically alot of people who went like "Omg your blog died."

Okay ya.

So now, I'm slightly fitter. I can jog (jog ah, not sprint...) about 5km now without stopping/walking at all, but the pace leaves something to be desired. XD My timing sucks la basically. But still, greater endurance is always good. >_> And also I feel more fit. I think I'm healthier. And stuff. Have been taking less meat and more veggies and fruits. I feel alot better about life and myself in general, I guess. And no I'm not dieting, I'm just cutting down on my excess meat and candy consumption. I'm actually quite happy with my weight, I think I'm 57-59kg (it fluctuates quite abit) and 170cm. Its a good height-weight ratio. ;)

Yeah and I got a job. =D I'm teaching kids at a tuition center. Pay isn't that good for tuition but I guess you can't be picky if you're a student waiting for your A level results in the midst of an economic crisis... Tsk. Each lesson is one and a half hours in the mornings. Creative Writing on Saturdays, Maths on Fridays. One Maths lesson left, and two for creative writing, then I'll get my pay and I can stop working there. Its actually not a bad place to work, the kids are alright, quite well behaved if not restless and somewhat hyper. But they are very hardworking, especially the two girls who I tutor for Maths. They don't even want any breaks in their lesson and they keep asking me for more work... ._.

And I got new glasses. Its the thick thick black army kind. I think I look better in them actually, more mature or whatever shit. -_- Oh and my acne got worse, but now its getting better. I think. Its peeling off. Sorry if that was disgusting but its a good sign that its healing. It looks utterly horrible when its peeling though, almost everyone commented on it and I'm quite unafraid to admit so myself. But things can only get better, acne-wise at least.

In the end I didn't dye my hair, and its too late to do that now cos I'm going to NS in about a month and a half, so yeah. No point dyeing after so long. Its still black. And its very long. By my standards anyway, my hair has never been that long... I also have a fresh appreciation for black hair now. ;) Ever notice how it shines so lustrously under strong lighting? You don't get that with other colours, or at least not to that extent unless its treated somehow or something. Now I sound like a bloody bimbo so I'm gonna stop. Oh but before that, I plan to grow my hair until I have to shave semi-botak for NS. Let's see how long it can get. XD

Yep and I went to karaoke yesterday. Before that we had Pepper lunch at IMM. Saw Geetha, her hair seems longer now. And its so curly. XD And she has no acne, grr. =P Took photos which I'll send Geetha later, then you can go to her blog and see I guess. I look quite effeminate in them. -_-

Yep then karaoke. I think my singing is better now. I can't handle very high or very low notes, though. But I think I'm quite nice to listen to...? I hope so, haha. If not this will all be empty self-praise. And mind you I've been practicing quite alot at home (hours and hours), if I didn't improve its quite sad. But am a little soft sometimes, and other times my voice quavers cos of nervousness or breathlessness, and my breathing could still use some work. I learnt how to stomach-breathe but I find it unnatural still. But there's time to change that. XD I learnt that Qingpei, Wenjie and Radiah all have their different styles of singing. Radiah's is very emotional and high, Qingpei's is pretty similar. Wenjie's fluctuates alot. O_o But all three have great voices, they've been singing for way longer than me. Mine is probably like middle-range in terms of the deepness/highness and less emotional... I need to work on that too, its very hard for me to fake out emotions so they have to be genuine to carry over into the song. Blah blah rant about singing.

And then I had Japanese food again for dinner. Unagi+Tamago= Unatama I think. With sticky Japanese rice which I love alot. It was pretty tasty for a dinner but also expensive. But that's Orchard Road for you. And we went somewhere which I don't wish to talk about here.

Haha, a photo. With me inside. =O Isn't that amazing? I'm posting my own photo. Omg. And so on. Yes I look quite... noob. XD I'm the guy with the acne, the red shirt and the thick black glasses (not Wenjie who has white glasses). And my hair is kinda bad. Improvement over centerparting but whatever. And I smiled too much but anyway I don't care for that. Okay. XD Done. That wasn't so hard! (Blogging, I mean. Posting my photo was hard. >_>)