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24.6.06
Rag, Arts Camp, O Week/ 8:58 PM Had an enjoyable Rag outing yesterday. Indeed, I'm raggerfied. :) Since the day I stepped up, I've been trying to find out what is it that made raggers come back year after year to serve. Sorry, but for a very long period of time, even till now, I've been thinking that rag = sai gang... :P Now, I've finally found the answer... "passion, friendship, triumph" Its a feeling that's hard to describe, you really have to experience and feel it for yourself... For those who haven't been doing their part for rag, you sure are missing out on a large part of what makes up the Arts Club... One thing for sure, I'll do my very best to prevent what happened last year happening again this year. Oh shit! I remembered that yesterday I promised Lionel that next year I'll be coming back to do rag with him!! Another year of bangla le... Hahas... Arts Camp coming in 2 days time!! Time to get into the ra-ra mode again! Frankly speaking, not really very excited for Arts Camp like many others are feeling. To me, its more of a job to be done... After Arts Camp will be O week... Like what I told Lionel in the cab yesterday, O week experience was what made me run for MC last year. In my heart, it holds certain importance. Furthermore, it concerns and link with other FOP projects as well, thus it must be handled carefully. Hmm, will blog more about O week in time to come... :) Oh, on this note, I wana kaobeh a little: There are a few people getting on my nerves recently. You people better watch out, I'm not always in a good temper and nice... Phew, feels better... :) |
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20.6.06
PUI PUI PUI!!!/ 2:38 PM Bit was really damn f**king pissed yesterday night! How could someone, who had gone through more than 10 years of education, been through army, say something like that?!!!! Grrrrr..... |
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19.6.06
Another moment of sian-ness/ 3:55 AM Hmm, haven't been taking a lot of initiatives last week, simply put, I was just following through the motion. And that's bad... Felt less disturbed after a short talk with Meiyi that night at chijmes before the Holland match... Thanks Meiyi! :) But I haven't fully sorted out my thoughts yet, too many things come to my mind every time I think about it... Decided to put everything on hold first till the time comes. Really hope to go somewhere away from the crowd one day, by the seaside, river, or reservoir, just to spend time for myself and/ or with a few friends, to think, read and reflect on myself and everything from past to present. |
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Learn from the army?/ 3:28 AM There's this story that I wana share here: It happened when I was in the army... There was this regular (signed on) platoon sergeant, who was all the while in charge of the platoon. However, he had very bad relations with his soldiers and with the rest of the commanders. As such, there were tons of complaints against him from everyone. I happened to be the opsspec that time and mingle around in HQ, where the CO, S3, RSM etc are in, and thus got to hear about it. Things went on, negative remarks about him rose from platoon level to company level. Finally, just before ATEC, the final test for the battalion, this regular was swapped with a NSF. I asked my S3 why such a decision was made since he was judged as rather capable (with his experience etc) when the battalion started off, and why the sudden change in command just before ATEC. He said: "Well, his soldiers don't like him. On the battlefield, every soldier counts. What's more, its ATEC and it concerns the whole battalion. You can't have a platoon sergeant who's not working or where his soldiers don't listen to his command right? In such a case, I might as well appoint a new PS, rather than having a PS by name there who's not performing his duties, isn't it? Its ATEC here, the final leap, we cannot afford to take any risks, esp when its so apparent." I don't know if that's really a very wise decision, what I know is that our battalion was the best infantry unit in that work year. |
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15.6.06
lost?/ 11:35 AM Heard a few remarks, talked to a few people these few days... Confused,undecided, scared, honoured... Realised something yesterday, which made me ultra disturbed for the rest of the night. Am I lost? Haiz, I don't even know it myself... |
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13.6.06
Japan vs Australia.../ 12:50 AM OKOK!!! 我不赌了!!! |
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12.6.06
Da Vinci Code, Gossips, WC, I'm the BEST!!/ 9:33 AM Ok, I know I'm a bit slow here, but I just watched Da Vinci Code yesterday... Hmm, think that movie was over-rated le... Was thinking about some religious issues as I was watching the movie, esp the issue on which is more divine, God or humans... And I finally understand why Langdon didn't say out that secret: put it simply, for the sake of everyone, sometimes we should just keep our mouths shut! Hahas... Aiyo, you people out there ar, don't anyhow spread rumours/ gossips ok, 会闹出人命的!! 我 kena 就算了，反正我的名字早就臭了. hahas, :P But 连累别人性命和声誉， 那就不好了嘛... And whats more, the rumours/ gossips are getting more and more absurd... WAHAHAs!! Yeah, World Cup has started!! Its always fun to watch soccer in a big group!! Hahas, and the group is getting bigger!! (now got hock + jasmine, rol + nic, peiyong, meiyi, hey hey, jj, ah leng) I believe the group will get bigger and bigger, esp with arts camp coming up! Weeee~ Ohh, before I end off, I've made a compilation of comments about myself! lets see, there are Hum sup lo, lao uncle, cockroach etc etc... Of all comments, I love this: "last amongst the good guys, best amongst the 人渣s!" (proud of myself) :P I'm the BEST!! WAHAHAHA!! |
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8.6.06
3 stories/ 10:18 AM I was flipping a Chinese book that my sister borrowed yesterday at home, and I saw this statement by Han Fei Zi: "楚王爱纤腰，野有饿死女" The story was that King of Chu had a fetish/ preference for girls with nice waistline. He proclaimed it and showed it openly about this thought of his. And in the end, there were females dying even in the countryside where the King is far away from. The moral of this short story is that every word and action of a leader carries weight and has lots of direct (eg: new orders, rules, working methods) and much more indirect impacts (speculations, rumours etc). Thus, he/she must speak or act with lots of caution. In short, he/she must reach the extent of 喜怒不形于色. This is not 虚伪 or wearing a mask, but a simple sense of professionalism as a leader. Well, that was what the writer of the book said, not I say one. :P 2nd story: I was nuah-ing at home on the sofa after pre-camp on Wednesday night. My mum came and wanted to chase me away, asking me to sit upright. So, as a usual practice, I ignore her "nagging", "scolding" and "threatening" and continue to nuah, nuah, nuah... My mum got real pissed with this slacker son of hers, and started to raise her voice. Yet, I did not move. At this moment, my sister came out and told my mum this: "Ma, you miss the chance to discipline him 20 years ago when he first started out to be like this. Now, its no use to scold him, beat him or discipline him anymore. It has already become a habit in him, and he knows exactly what you can do to him. Moreover, he's already a grown-up now. Too bad for you lor, when everyone was telling you about him in the past, you neglected it, now, you get it yourself..." 推己及人, 自有一番领悟 3rd Story: My dad sent me back to RH on Sunday afternoon. When we reached here, he came to my room to take a rest. Hmm, Lao Bit looks real old that day, old and tired. Many thoughts came to my mind when he was resting in my room. "one day, lao bit won't be there for me and the family anymore. Am I prepared to take over his role to head the family?" "My parents had fought hard to raised us up. What else should I do to let them worry less?" For many years, I've been working hard to show it to my parents that I'm one who can handle situations, one who knows what's right and wrong, one who's strong. It's all done so to win their trust. Its not easy, coz my parents are very cautious in granting freedom. Thus, I have to do it step by step, bit by bit. Along the way, if serious mistakes were made, I'll have to start all over again. Its arduous, and sometimes I ask myself why I have to do this. But, somehow rather, there is an inner voice that tells me that I have to carry on with it no matter what. Just hope that all my efforts pay well. Anyway, 时候差不多了... |
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What happened from Monday till now.../ 9:42 AM Arts Camp Pre camp is finally over! Phew... Well, Team IR is fun, this is the first time I had so much fun doing log! Just that I always kena "niao", haiz, and there will always be people there to count my sins of sabotages and dragging them into shitholes... Hahas... Hmm, something happened to me personally a few days ago... It made me wonder: "How did things turn out to become like this?" Hmm, haven't I tried hard enough? Hahas, and I went zouk the 2nd time yesterday! Went with rol, hong, kay, jingheng, lay lay and bobs, and I love mambo!! Wahaha!! Not bec Phuture not good, but its too packed inside le... Was quite satisfied with myself coz I getta learn a few more mambo moves! Hahas... |
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5.6.06
Walau! kena tagged again!!/ 2:56 AM Okay, Each of us have to: 1. come up with 8 points of our perfect lover 2. have to mention the gender 3. tag another 8 people to do it. do leave a comment to let them know. 4. tagged 2nd time,you dont have to repeat it 5. have FUN! Wa lau, I'm a homophophic leh, so of coz the gender of my perfect lover must be a female la! duh... 8 points ar... wait ar, must think... 1. must not be a feminist! 2. someone who is smart, not in terms of academics but in terms of 人情世故 3. someone who loves her family and also my family... (Though I always rebutt my empress dowager, but one thing she said about girls is what I believe in: "a girl who hates her own family will not be a good daughter-in-law") 4. someone who knows what I'm thinking without me saying... 5. someone who loves me for who i am. 6. someone who is afraid to lose me, yet allow me to have my own freedom. 7. someone who trusts me and my decisions 8. someone who is matured, rational and supportive. hahas, where got this kinda "perfect lover" one? talk cock ley, dream on man Tan Chuan Bit... hahas... Now its time to pass this SHIT to another 8 people!!! 1)ELAINE HEE YEE LING 2)GOH GHIM SONG 3)HUANG YUCHI 4)ONG PEI HONG 5)ZHANG YIYANG 6)GOH CHEE MING 7)back to you HAIR GEK KNG!! 8) Whoever wants to do this thingy |
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4.6.06
Bit's BACK!!/ 5:42 PM Wahaha!! Bit's Back!! 这个世界少了我和我的笑声，岂不寂寞?! 有我陈泉成来大闹一番， 这才有趣嘛! ICT was quite boring and tiring, got outfield, meetings, tying down of SOPs etc... and as usual, the playing around with bureaucratic system... But, its really fun to be able to see my good old friends again, and meet up with the HQ men! You can really see the transition in all of us in this first ICT, one simple example is that in the past, we exchange msn address in JC, come army, we exchange numbers, now, we exchange name cards! hahas... the 2nd good thing is that its really a good feeling to let out all the vulgarities that's kept in me for almost a year!! It's been one long year!!! Erm, but that's the only good thing about ICT le... The 3rd good thing about ICT is that it's a good break from everything... :) Haiz, 就连在 ICT, 你们也不肯放过我!! Hahas... Oh yah, one more thing to comment about ICT... I can finally feel how Djohan was feeling last time when he's the opssgt le... Somehow rather, I really missed him, there's so much I wana share with him!! Hahas... Celebrated Bobs birthday yesterday!! Sang KTV!! weeee!! I LOVE OLD CLASSIC CHINESE SONGS! Back in hall today to check my email... WAH!!! 40 over mails!!! Plus lotsa work to do!! Read a few blogs, hmm, so many things happen last week... You all must update me ley! Hmm, got back results last week... It disappointing, but luckily, the worst didn't happen, hope that my CAP won't drop any further... *Pray* *Me just came back, gimme a couple of days to get back on track k... relac la* :P Just some thoughts, proverbs actually, that came to my mind yesterday.. 战战兢兢，如履薄冰 世间本无事，庸人自扰之 end off by quoting 苏东坡's poem... "回首来时萧瑟处， 也无风雨也无晴"... What a meaningful statement. Those who are nostalgic and had many life experiences will understand it best... If you don't understand what this statement means, feel free to ask me! |
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