Watched Harry Potter just now and it somehow didn't meet my expectations of the show. True enough, the cinematography was awesome, especially the opening scenes. However the connectivity wasn't there; it seemed like too many details were forced into 2 hours, thus making me find the film too rushing. And to top things up, the casting for Cho was a disappointment. But at least Harry's not as angsty as he is narrated in the book, that's the salvation part.

Re-reading Half Blood Prince now and can't wait for the last book next Saturday. Guess I'll head to sleep, it's already 4.30 as I'm typing this. Night.

Current Mood: tired
Current Music: 西界 - 林俊傑

Saw new recruits coming in last Friday, like what happened to me 6 weeks ago. Sitting at the pavilion waiting for their names to be called and the shaving of the heads.

But while they start their suffering,

I'M PASSING OUT TOMORROW LOH!!!

Current Mood: giggly
Current Music: 珊瑚海 - 周杰倫 & 梁心頤

I've never thought much of the infamous 'Tekong Cough' before, but now I finally realised how infectious and irritating it could be. It started last Tuesday with a mild sore throat coupled with some mouth ulcers that fettered my ability to talk without feeling pain. Thinking that it will heal after a while, I apparently was wrong thinking so. The deadly combination of potato chips and fried food has merely exacerbated my condition and before I actually realise it, a whole truckload of green flams have engulfed my throat area. Add a persistent cough and running nose together with the fact that no polyclinics operate on Sunday has made me pay 70 dollars for a normal medical consultation with some medicine thrown in.

Seventy dollars. I swear this will be the first and last time I will visit that clinic. And just taking 1 dosage of the course of medicine has weakened me both physically and mentally. Not to add that the 1-day MC given is redundant  since I still have to book in later. Damn.

Looking from a more positive perspective, at least this will be the second last time I will have to book in to Tekong for my BMT. It has been hard to believe that I've already completed 5 weeks for my NS life. True enough, time passes damn slowly in there. But it's the friends I've made there that made this BMT an enjoyable experience. Next week will be the graduating route march where I hope that the entire Pegasus company will take part in as a company. And with just 8 days left to POC, I'm starting to think that I might actually miss life in there. But again, I really want a rest and mingle back into the civilian life. There's so many things I want to do but are restricted by the lack of time. I miss the 'friendless' clique and the XaviX people dearly, especially since we haven't met regularly since my enlistment and respective work commitments.

Anyway after so much advices and thinking, I've decided to go for SMU business for my tertiary studies. Although NUS is more established and prestigious, but I believe that the way SMU models themselves was the deciding factor. Yup, that's about it.

Current Mood: sick
Current Music: 藉口 - 周杰倫

Finally back from Tekong after 15 days of confinement. But in less than 5 hours time I'll be at Pasir Ris Interchange taking the ferry back to that dreaded place, until my passing out on 12th June.

The regimentation has settled in well for me and life in camp is pretty standard - the standby area and the scanning of 11B for meals we have everyday. Platoon mates have been pretty nice to get along with and the training being different from what I once expected. From the numerous regulations that we have to abide by, I've actually felt that this is a course for making oneself independent. For instance, maintaining one's outlook and washing dirty clothes, it's a total different experience from the outside world.

Booking out on Friday night seemed to be a liberation. I didn't recognise my own room when I got home and when I did, it felt like heaven to me. The feeling of getting to see my family and close friends again after 2 weeks is simply ineffable. Guess army has made me think about appreciating things I have taken for granted.

Bought a white PSP yesterday using the money I earned from working in the holidays. I've actually planned to bring it into camp, but the prospect of a PSP without memory stick has made me change my mind. Think it'll come in useful if I get a stay-out vocation after my BMT. And both NUS and SMU has sent me acceptance letters for Business Admin and Business Management respectively, still don't know which one to accept. My heart slants towards SMU and also I feel like applying for double degree in the university next year, but I want to experience the hall life and campus feel in NUS. So I'm kind of stuck in a dilemma now. Any opinions?

Want to watch Man Utd versus West Ham tonight, but I'll be in camp. Damn

Current Mood: blank
Current Music: What I've Done - Linkin Park

It just had to come. It was only 6 months ago when I received the letter from CMPB for me to report for NS on 27th April 2007, and it seemed so far and distant at that time. But these 6 months has passed really quickly and in less than 14 hours time, I'll be reporting to Pasir Ris Interchange for my next phase of life. But instead of feeling nervous and fearful, I'm actually relaxed. Except deep in my heart I know that I will miss a lot of people - my family members and close friends especially.

I know my dad and mum dotes on me a lot. Their actions these few days have really touched me and it will be especially hard for me to say goodbye. Like simple actions like words of concern actually melted my heart, just that the brave front of my self-conscious refuses to show. Similarly for my sis, she's been so nice these days.

Next up will be my JC friends. I really miss them lots and now starting to regret not having more outings this year. People like Ryan, Karen, Darren, Fengru, Vincent, Justin and CK, hope in the future we can meet up more often. The days we play Mahjong in the school library(oops) to the small quarrels we've had along the way, I'll miss them. Also I'm really touched by the farewell party organised by Ed and gang last Sat. Especially Bev who took the time to bake the cheesecake for me and purposely wasting your beauty sleep to accompany me to do those silly things and the wee hours of morning and the dinners at night. Thanks and don't say I never get for you that hor!(and don't shout into my ear everytime, it hurts la, dumdum!) Haha.

The next group of people that I'll miss a lot will be the XaviX people.You guys have been great in these short 3 to 4 months we've met. Starting from Nic who always seem to have so many things to say and George, Huimun and Weizhen for always being there to talk cock with me. Perhaps the one I will miss most will be RL, the neverending conversations about almost everything to the crazy things we do at work (i've never worked and end up with turtle scribblings on my arms la!!). But most vivid will be the myriad time we eat. Haha. Fish & Co, Manhattan Fish Market, HK Cafe, Pastamania, Pizza Hut, Cheese/Choc Fondue, Honey Sticks, Cheese Tarts, Potato Chips and the many snacks we've eaten.(we must have chalked up at least five hundred dollars on food la!) These days are really the most memorable ones I have in my mind. And we still haven't had steak yet! Perhaps after my BMT. Thanks RL and I won't forget your 'Rui's logic'. And don't think so much about your hair, it'll be long and you'll be prettier (not paw hor) the next time I see you.

'We shy away from sentiment, for fear of being sentimental. We save expressions for the heady realm of romance. Or moments of crisis. And as for the love we hold for our friends, we are totally unequipped to express that in any way that adequately conveys just how much they mean to us.'

This is a quote that I like a lot. And I think I'll end here, After a good night of sleep I'll be in Tekong, most likely until Labour Day. And lastly, pardon me for being naggy, thank you guys for everything.

Current Mood: indescribable
Current Music: 淘汰 - 陳奕迅

My SMU law interview is seriously screwed up. Before that, I totally forgot how my handwriting was like and it seemed like I was scribbling an alien language on the essay question, and it wasn't an easy one either. The questions are more or less literature-styled and I ended up writing something that I seriously think didn't link to the question at all. To top things up, I had to be stuck in a question the interviewers asked me about some free speech stuff after the candidate before me has already said everything I knew about the subject. Maybe I don't belong to the requirements of this discipline, my fellow candidates all seemed to be the types you will see receiving scholarships. And I actually feel one day I may see them in one of those higher echelons of our society.

On a lighter tone, I started reading on this book by Canadian author Rohan Candappa on 'Autobiography Of a One Year Old'. Bev's recommendation. It's kind of hilarious and engaging, as well as being refreshing as it's from a young child's viewpoint. A pretty good continuation from 'Freakonomics'. Contrary to Adrian Mole series, this focuses more on the formative growth of a young child who calls his dad 'Hairy' and his mum 'Smooth' rather than puberty issues. Hope I can finish the book before my enlistment on Friday.

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Music: 岚 - Tank