merry christmas and a happy chinese new year!

its been ages since i posted but i'm gonna try and start again!

almost 8 months in the army! yay yay yay! looking forward to that june mark when i'll be one year done.

christmas and chinese new year seemed to have flown by. it was really enjoyable, spending countless hours (what did we do? i cant remember!) with melissa and treasuring her by my side.

its great. :)

booking in!

watched tropic thunder and went wild wild wet this weekend. caught up with alex abit also. everythings going well outside of army!

Deepavali was spent watching matrix, x-men and eating sundae. wah. shiok.

Melissa was asking me whats the date today. "27th." then i paused. "ITS THE 28TH TMR! 11TH ANNIVERSARY."

OMG. time flies. happy 11 months, melissa! 1 more month and its a year together! wow. loved every moment and it has been a fun-filled ride of awesome memories. i know that nowadays the pissy monster rears his ugly head but i'll do my best to control him :) thanks for enduring my nonsense! i love you! since we found out so late, let's have a celebration this weekend to mark our anniversary! wooo!

11 months with Melissa. Hehe, time flies!! I swear i just blinked my eyes and its 11. BUT THEN ONLY 4 MONTHS OF NS PASSED? ALREADY FEELS LIKE A LIFETME.

conclusion: time is cheating me!

okok. whiney bernie :P

fen!

thank you for another great weekend. it makes my sweat and pain during the week well worth it. i wouldn't want to spend it differently. ah i love it, just watching movies and eating ice cream with you on a lazy sunday. bliss.

so, sleep early and rest well for another gruelling week at school. i'm supporting you, as you support me.

:)

love you.

to the world's most hardworking girl

thank you on behalf of everyone.

being a wonderful girlfriend,
being a great sister, a daughter and grand-daughter
being an awesome group member who has so much creative ideas and initiative (what a huge loss to me when i don't have you in much of my poly work groups)
being a listening ear to your friends, my family and i

mabye you feel that you're over-stretched and under appreciated, with regards to candle and doing group work. well, to me it feels that you're so over-worked. you need a vacation.

but don't worry, your effort and time spent on these assignments are not going to waste. i love you for doing your work so diligently and selflessly. keep it up and its not just me who's keeping tabs about your dedication. the peers on your left and right, including me, and the ones above. everyday, i love you more.

thanks for being my support through these times.

love you, melissa :)

got my vocation

Alright. My posting is a Sea Soldier. Shall not say more about the vocation because I really don't know what to expect. I'm just imaging it to be tougher than BMT both mentally and physically. I guess this means that I'm no longer in the army but am now in the navy.

Melissa, thanks for the really enjoyable time since POP! It has been damn fun. I can't believe the leave was only for 1 and a half weeks because it felt much longer than that. Not that it was torturous but it was just so pleasant! Enjoyed every minute of it. Singapore Flyer, Snow City, lazing, walking around, errands. Wooooo. I can only smile at the thought of not having NS. Studying really seems to be something from another lifetime.

I remember a few days ago when I helped Maria double check for some sources on her project. It felt familiar, all those times researching for coursework, yet so far away, because my eyes could no longer look out for those key points. Haha. I actually can't wait to study again. I want to study. I want to be free. I want so many things.

I was reading one of those spam horoscope and it said that Sagis like me, hate being confined, like tight spaces and tight clothes. How true, I hate confinements in the army and I feel the whole NS life is one big confinement. Going home only on weekends. This is the biggest challenge to anyone and I myself am still struggling against it.

Abit off topic, but back to Melissa. you know.. sometimes when you love someone so much you really think that this person is the one. Although you might say I'm still young, at only 20.. But I feel she's really the one. The one I wanna live with for the rest of my life. I'm damn serious about this relationship and when I look at her (her side view is damn cute btw), I can imagine living and doing everything with her for the rest of my life. If you think I'm insane or what, relax. I'm still me. Just, more serious about my relationship, and life in general.

I want to make up for my 2 years loss doing NS. Haha, can still remember Melissa and I talking about setting up businesses in the future.

BMT's done

So I passed out of Tekong yesterday. 10.09.08. Just like a countdown. Looking back, it was fast. 3 months but it was filled with so many memories. If I can write the BMT chapter of my life, the sub chapters would be:

1. The Longest Day
2. Lowest Period of My Life
3. Dreams and Reality: The Real World and Army
4. 6 Days Without Bath
5. Marksman
6. The Loudest Boom
7. 24km Route March
8. Turning down OCS
9. 3rd In The Platoon
10. Passing Out Parade

Thank you, Melissa, my family and friends who have helped me through this period. I believe I've become stronger. I'll take this one and a half week break well and recuperate. I don't know where I'll be posted to since I turned down Command School. I'm definitely not prepared but I'll do the best that I can.

melissa

Thank you for walking this path of BMT with me, supporting and cheering me forward. The 13-week long journey is almost over.

So many ups and downs! I can't believe I've only been meeting you on weekends since June 13. But I'm glad that I can finally spend time with you, doing stuff we always wanted to do before I enlisted.

I don't know what the next phrase of my ns will present but I'll do my best to spend much more time with you. And don't worry, I have no regrets turning down command school.

Sleep well these next few nights without me because like I promised you many weeks earlier, call for me anytime and I'll be there :)

I love you. Your, my priority.