Tuesday, December 23, 2008

I wonder whats the criteria for becoming a singaporean citizen?

I know of a Chinese National, who has ZERO education in Singapore, speaks very little english, and isn't even near rich. He is here, serving NS, and when he finishes, he gets his citizenship. The best part, he's a storeman.

Yet another one; Father works here, not even near rich, once again, speaks no english, has not studied in any schools here, has no wish to study anymore. He gets his citizenship once he finishes his NS liability.

First example plans to go back to China to work after he gets his citizenship.

They all have no skills useful to society, but they're coming in droves, and flooding the streets.

Yesterday, i went to the subway at Tampines. There was this bitch working there. Her attitude sucked. She acted like i owed her money, and she was damn rude and impatient. Its fine if she doesn't kneel down and worship her customers, but at least try to be polite. Its because of customers she is able to prevent a hopeful local from getting that job. Or even displace a local, although generally, locals aren't all that hardoworking too. But i'd take a rude local vs a rude foreigner anytime.

Guess her nationality?

Yes you got it! Bitch.cn

Tsk, just serve your ns, with NO education requirements, and you get your citizenship.

And i have to live in Australia for 5 fucking years before i'm eligible for PR status, and thats only because I'm studying chemical engineering.

Singapore should have stricter import rules.

Anyway, merry xmas to all.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Xmas is a trying time i tell you. Every Xmas is a trying time. Then, when i had a car, it was still a trying time, now, when i have no car, its even more of a trying time. What with the presents and what not.

Tsk.

Every single day, i am tested.
Every single day, i have to restrain myself.

I have, $110 left for the month. Not much. That means i have only about $20 to spend per week.

Trying times, trying times.

Without a car, i have no choice but to bus/mrt/walk. I can't walk home from camp, well i could, but that would probably take awhile. Price of bus/mrt is skyhigh, even though i believe oil prices have dropped more than 50%, but the price of transport still remains.

Tsk. And i heard there are now less seats on the MRT. To pack more people for profit maximising. I know.

6 more months before i'm gone from here.

So, in these trying times, does anybody want to donate money to me? I accept any amount, whether large or small. This money will go towards funding either a skyline r33 gts-t or a 180sx. I'm ruling out any convertibles because, no money, unless someone wants to sponsor.

What benefits? One might wonder.

Benefits you say? If a donor comes down to melbourne, i will personally drive you around. Benefits!

HA.

I love my girlfriend. Lest she complains there is no love.

Oh yeah, and i caught twillight last night. Tsk, nowhere near Alucard.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Today, i went with the girlfriend to the new japanese buffet restaurant near my place for dinner. It opened today. And my good friend's one of the chefs there. So i went to "gao guan" a bit.

He was previously from hanabi and the style of the food there, is around there, the style of hanabi, but with some new fusion dishes such as the mentaiko spaghetti, which was very good. No pictures though, because they're like understaffed and we had to wait very long for our food. Was rather annoyed.

The girlfriend and i agreed that we should wait till the restaurant management has hammered out most of the issues before re-visiting the place again.

But on the bright side, i can order cheap chilled nz ribeye and other beef cuts again. 80$ for 4kg hmmm =D CHILLED, not frozen.

17 31 28 31 30 31 15

183 days more before i can kiss the army goodbye, and kiss singapore goodbye not too soon after.

And my savings are slowly increasing, with that, i can get myself either... 180sx, 200sx, r32 gts, r33 gts, mx5, or an mr-s.

The last 2 cars are convertibles. Good stuff, but the girlfriend hates mazda cars, so the mx-5 is probably out. The s2000 is pretty too, but outta budget. I'm actually most interested in the 180sx, because theres bang for buck, other than the lights being ugly, i don't quite mind the car.

=D

Oh australia, i love australia.




Thursday, December 4, 2008

i am craving for the tanjong katong steamboat =(

and i'm in no mood to blog happy things, since i'm rather UNHAPPY.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Sigh.

I'm highly anticipating my ord and flying over to australia to study.

One wonders if i'm able to save 10k within a year. One wonders.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

The army has successfully wasted my time again. Suddenly, leave that was applied, was CANCELLED because there's some parade going on and i was informed only at the last minute that i was involved in the rehearsals.

Wanna know what i think about parades?

FUCK!

Thats what i think about parades. Sluts carressing balls.
One day,Adam asked God:''What's harder than Rock?''

The Garden of Heaven shook and a deep echo was heard saying:''METAL!''

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

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Friday, October 31, 2008

Okay!

I'm back from Rockhampton, Queensland. Its a nice place and all, but i only got to see civilisation for about 2 days in australia. The rest were spend in the bush, grassland and whatever one would call the australian wilderness.

And while out in the field, during endless dry powerpoint presentations in the day, and enduring the bitter cold with insufficient clothing in the night. Our tents back in the base camp burnt down. 20 tents to be exact. Everything not made of metal or stone turned into CO2 and various other gases.

Everything burnt down so quickly. In some places, it took as long as 5mins!

ACE SETS THE BLAZE!

Needless to say, everyone was upset. Expensive bags, pricey shoes and belts, Ipods, mobiles, wallets, cash, credit cards, items of sentimental value, and ONE portable dvd player. Why was there a dvd player, i don't know. But he's a funky guy. The one who brought the dvd player.

Till now, there's no word about any compensation for the lost items. No speculation was allowed either. Draconian but thats the army for you.

And priceless quotes such as "Lucky your tent burn down ah, not mine, i feel so blessed."

Coming from quite a high ranking officer, imagine the blow to everyone's morale. Of course, the offending person shall not be named to protect myself from the Army's underhanded way of treating people who say bad things about them.

And now that i'm back home, the smell of this country has ignited a quest to quell the little demons in me. They're called, "Food Cravings". Quest is in progress currently.

Out.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

And so, i'm back from ex wallaby.

All i can say is, ACE SETS THE BLAZE!

Sunday, October 12, 2008

I have decided to stay with my love.

New friends can be made, and my love should be made part of my life.

Looks like i cannot be stone.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

I don't know what to feel. I'm jaded, i'm irritate, i'm angry, yet, i'm also very sad. So many conflicting emotions. Angry at myself, angry at my situation. Yet helpless in many ways, due to the nature of my location, and also the nature of the Army, all in all, the nature of my situation.

Yet, i cannot blame anything else except myself. I caused this. I made a decision i'm starting to regret. But i cannot change my mind. I'm too ashamed, and i'm also too jaded because i'm stuck in between. I hate choosing, because i want everything. I'm also willing to throw away everything.

But now, i look back...

I wasn't sure. We were happy, i was happy other than the fact that i couldn't meet my female friends without her, and i hardly had any time alone. I enjoy her company, but suddenly i see my friends disappearing.

I'm just selfish. I feel like crying.

18 days left till my reappearance in singapore. Thats if nothing goes wrong. I should set everything back in place. I should make everything be right.

if you wondered why i don't want to bring you on outings with my female friends, thats because sometimes we will talk in a way that you might not like, i shouldn't have to restrain myself when i'm with my friends right? Yet, they're just friends. No matter. Now you know.

i don't know what i want now. conflict. somebody tell me what to want. sms/tag/email.

But i wonder if people are still trying to visit the xiew.blogspot.com . Oh well, no way of informing the uninformed now.

If i had a rifle and rounds now, i'd go shoot kangaroos.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Currently in SWBTA, Samuel Hill camp. Also known as Sam Hell Camp.

Its dusty, and there are some giant biting flies known as march flies.

I hate it here. 23 days left.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Its like i've quit blogging. Well, almost. I've been so busy that i've got no time to even look at the computer for more than an hour.

So, i'm leaving for australia on monday on a lousy army exercise. Waste of time i'd say. Waste of time.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

I'm confused as to what am i now, i don't even know if i'm currently attached or single. I think, i'm single, yet i also think i'm attached. Although its more plausible that i'm single.

That aside.

I've loaned the TV in my bunk to some other bunk for the housing of a VIP. And because of that, my bunk has no more TV. Quite an annoying thing don't you think. Fortunately, we haven't gotten the fridge, the microwave, and the electric stove yet. Otherwise those things would be borrowed too. I think.

And i doubt i've mentioned but, i'm planning to get a fridge, microwave, and an electric stove for the bunk.

Why? One might ask. This is because i stay in every night, and home is a far away place. I wouldn't go home even if i could. Because, its a good almost 40km away. At my stupid cycling pace, it'd take me just under 2hours. Which is rather slow. Yet still faster than the public transport unless, i go to woodlands to take 168. But getting to camp is another matter.

So, since i'm going to be in this camp for yet another year, why not make it comfortable. An air-conditioner would sound good.

Mandai Hill Chalet.

So, a few weeks back, probably two or three weeks back, i saw this girl, she was barely 15, maybe 16. Yet she was pregnant. I don't know how this can happen. Maybe she's trying to cash in on the baby bonuses the government is giving? I wonder.

Actually, i don't really care about the incidence of underaged couples copulating, its because they're not using contraceptive methods that annoys me. These couples are NOT FIT to be parents, mainly because...

1. They're lowly educated.
2. They earn shit.
3. They're young and most probably stupid.
4. The boy will be in jail.
5. Previously, before the boy went to to jail, he, and his band would have been one of those screeching monkeys on the buses/trains.

When there's no product, there will be no one who will find out, but once the belly gets big, you go to jail, bad boy.

So, the next time you think about bedding your 15 year old sweet young thing, please reconsider the consequences, or at least get a pack of condoms.

That aside, its been a long time since i blogged, so i'll fill anyone who's reading in about the useless details of my life.

I went to watch the movie, "Death Race" with the S3 branch guys. They're also known as my bunkmates. Hot chick, pouty face, every boy's wet dream. Well, sort of. Only if she wasn't so tall. Not a bad movie, rather exciting.

Thursday is supposed to be a stay in day, but since there is NO TV in the bunk, we got permission to go out and play. Unleashing me, upon the general populace, and two taxi uncles get to make 8$ and 6$ respectively.

End of useless fact, i'm going to bed.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

My mom just said "hungry? go open abalone?".

Unfortunately, i'm not hungry yet, so no abalone. =(

Monday, August 11, 2008

The girlf has left for melbourne. Unfortunately, i will miss her for the next 3 weeks or so. My weekends will thus involve my computer, and i. Meals, will involve instant noodles, my computer, and myself.

Camp life is getting busier and busier, quickly approaching hell month of some sort. When i'll be stuck in some queensland desert for a month. No emails, no phone network, nothing.

We've recently bought a new car, my mom, my sis, and i. Its a black renault clio, small nimble hatchback. I quite like it, as its the first renault with a decent sound system. And it handles quite well. BUT.

My favourite is still my dad's car. Of course its gonna be my favourite. Especially with my darling in it.

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i'm going to go sleep, after tossing around in bed for an hour or so. I need to wake in an hour. LOL.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

So, today, it shall be an angstless post. Oh, there is such a word as angstless, but thats not the point. I think everyone knows i'm a spoiled impatient brat. So, there's a person i need to thank for being patient with me and tolerating my nonsense.

YOU, have been doing all the uni stuff for me, because i'm hardly pro-active enough to do these things myself. You have been tolerating my nonsense, my temper, my sloth, my childish moments, and many more. Yet you still haven't given up.

So, please stand by my side even through my tantrums and stuff.

I love you.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Okay, my previous post was slightly annoying to readers. Which is good, because thats the effect i was trying for. Its all in jest ah, you can hate me for this but it doesn't really matter. Although i really almost got killed a few times on the road, the previous post, was all in jest.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

These days, i've been riding to camp. Most of the time from balestier though, so it isn't too far. Well, right? 1hour of riding time isn't exactly very far. Its about the same travel time by bus/mrt. So its good to have a work out on the way to camp too. Can lose weight, can keep fit, blablablabla.

Can also fear my chain snapping because the chain is kinda old. And when it snaps, i'm screwed.

But those are small issues. There are more pressing issues, like how i'm sometimes invisible, especially to women. I've lost count of the times i've almost been killed, by a lady in a car bigger than what she can handle. Its almost as if they were ignoring me, my hand signals, and my existence.

Just yesterday, was this bitch. The light was green, in my favour, but the the bitch insisted on turning, just as i was crossing the junction. Fuck, i AM a vehicle. And she even dared to give me that look of annoyance. The lights were green, in my favor, and i hope the bitch hits an expensive car. If i were driving, she wouldn't even dare look me in the eye (partly because of what i'll be driving la).

Ah, and ladies in big cars, don't even check blind spots when filtering onto a main road. Fucking bitch just cut 2 lanes. 1 foot from my front wheel, almost mowing the great me down, but i'm lucky. I survived. I even got to kick her car! Once again, if i was driving, she wouldn't even dare. Because a car hitting another car, is not very pleasant.

Then, pedestrians are another matter. There are many varieties. Like the bunch of i donno whats, occupying the whole space, walking slowly or even just standing around, blocking the path out of spite perhaps? At least these will move, even though the lowly educated kind would try and stare me down.

The legendary ones would be those that can singlehandedly or rather those that can block an entire roadside pavement all by themselves! They're not uncommon nowadays. I fall into despair when i hop onto the pavement to escape crazy cars and then i'm faced with these, for want of a better word, cows. To my left is a big deep drain, and to my right is the crazy busy road. Jing tui liang nan!

2 to 3 ft wide, i dont really know how they achieve it. But a surcharge should be imposed on public transport for those chronically obese people, because they take up more space, and require more fuel to transport. I'm not being mean, because its THEIR fault that they're this size, unless one proves he/she cannot lose weight by exercise and are trying their very best. Or one is genetically obese, then thats just too bad.

But usually, obesity, is caused by laziness, a sedentary lifestyle, and a general unwillingness to move. So, fuck you obese people. FUCK YOU.

Yes, i'm mean, so what? Been close to a grossly overweight person? Notice the stench? Now imagine being downwind from this animal for durations in excess of 10mins. Fuck.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Happy National Day, 1 month in advance.

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It reflects my general sentiment towards everything right now as well. I hope everyone is happy struggling to make ends meet. Happy getting bled dry. Many good years ahead.

Monday, July 7, 2008

They're building more and more gantries even in the face of rising Oil prices! Not that i care, i hardly drive anymore. But still, there will be 16 gantries on the KPE alone. Ridiculous isn't it. 16 gantries on a 12km stretch of road. Imagine each gantry charges 50 cents. And you have to pass through all 16 of it. $8 bucks to use 12km of road.

EIGHT BUCKS! Thats 4 liters of petrol dude! I can travel 40 kilometers with 4 liters of petrol. Its suddenly easier to just go ride a bicycle, which is what i'm doing. Although the travel time is long, about 1hour from lotte's place and 2hours from mine. Its worth it. I get to exercise too.

And because it's all getting so expensive. I'm not going to buy a car for myself in singapore anymore. There really isn't a point to it now since i have 11 months left and i CAN cycle to camp. That ban on cycling to camp for SAF personnel seems to be a hoax. I'm still saving for a car in australia though. Its too much of a waste not to drive there.

So, just now when i went out for dinner. I experienced some ridiculous happenings...

I'll tell the story tomorrow. All i can say now is that, some women are incredulous. Women belonging to the special group called incredulous revolts against common sense just by speaking. A feat unachievable by most. I felt, intimidated.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

I heard that a certain organisation has banned their personnel from cycling to their camps. Quite ridiculous. Public transport is a royal pain in the ass, especially from bedok to mandai road. Without a car, and now i have my right to cycle taken away from me. With my meagre allowance. WTF?

The bike helps me remain fit and helps me get to camp at NO extra cost.

I will continue to cycle until i am told personally that i am not allowed to cycle.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

As everyone knows. I'm broke now. So, i'm requesting for donations to my buy car fund. If everyone donates maybe 1$ or something. I might have something substantial for a form of transport in Singapore. I can't give much la. Maybe a strand of my hair or something.

Heh. Oh well. I should go drive a taxi. Ha.

Please donate.

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Hmm. 2nd day here in taipei. Pretty interesting place how its all so organised and stuff. Food quite rocks. Thats all. No pics. =D

Friday, June 20, 2008

I'm now going into hiding. I won't be contactable. I won't come out. Well, you can try contacting me. If i reply, you're in luck. I can also be found at certain places. Close friends would know.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

This, will be a dissing post. I will diss a lot today. I will diss a lot in this post. I'll even diss the act of dissing itself!

First of all. I know its late, but i've got to say my piece. I believe that one should just apologise if a mistake is made. It annoys people when one just carries on blindly charging at the wrong direction. It erodes your credibility further and it makes you look stupid. Not to mention, it also increases the stress level of a poor boy who lost his car. If it causes me mental pain, its bad. Stop it.

I know its been stopped. I apologise. I meant. Don't start it again.

And now, MOST if not all of those who still bother reading will know that i've lost my car. My dad scrapped the car. Don't ask why, don't even speculate. The car is gone and asking me about it will depress me further. But i digress.

So, without a car. I can only rely on public transport (other than on nights when my dad is around). Sometimes, the bus route takes a million years. So i need to rely on an alternative form of transport. Widely known as TAXI.

As one knows, it is rather difficult to get taxis at certain timings of the day. And there are always shameless people around who WILL, for want of a better word, steal the taxi you've been waiting for the past 10mins from you under your nose. These people have no pride.

When events like these happen. I am embarrassed to be serving my NS. I'm working to PROTECT these people. Like hell i'll be proud of my NS now.

Foreigners, who insist on NOT integrating with the population here. Foreigners are bad, period. I have no proper reasoning, and i am going to be irrational, but today is Dissing Day. They just bring their culture here. And US, the people who were here first have to tolerate them.

Stuff like the whole lot of them sitting by the pavement drinking, and eating peanuts, leaving a mess when they leave. Pissing wherever they want, like the cows do in india. Things like those. The authorities should do something about it. Repatriate sounds good.

No, the argument that we were once immigrants does not stand. We were here, FIRST! Thats most important. I know a dude from china, he's cool. He's totally integrated. He's so integrated that i think any random chinese indoctrinated singaporean can own him at chinese.

On the MRT. Old wobbly lady/man comes in. People fall asleep. Old wobbly lady/man continues wobbly. People continue sleeping. People WILL continue sleeping until the old wobbly lady/man topples like a tower uno-stacko blocks. But that hardly happens. So people just sleep. *shrug* Thats life.

Okay, i've dissed enough. I have nothing else to say. Other than the idiots loitering at cineleisure and walking slowly across that road that leads to the carpark. GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY WHEN I'M DRIVING THROUGH BECAUSE ITS A ROAD FOR CARS AND THERE'S NO ZEBRA CROSSING.

I'll slap the first bitch that shows me the finger.

Friday, June 13, 2008

I want a

Toyota mr-S
or
Nissan 350z

Both in lime green!

For my birthday next yr!

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Its tough without a car.

I cycled to camp last night. The feeling was pretty intense. Good stuff. It probably helps with my fitness, i should be glad. Excuse to get fit.

Friday, June 6, 2008

My car got scrapped today. A rude shock that was delivered to me. One day after my birthday. Its pretty much the best gift ever. I'll be car-less come Monday. Fucking hell.

So, i need to raise at least 4k. So that i'll be able to afford the 10000$ starlet. That car will just be used to drive myself around. Heh. Aiyah. I'm annoyed. I shall go to bed.

22nd birthday wasn't too bad. Its just that it sorta plunged into suckiness after 8pm. Fuck.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Alvin loves lotte. And its going to be his birthday in like 2 days.

Please send all presents to -undisclosed-

Sunday, June 1, 2008

been fishing more and more lately... largely due to it being easier to get fish these days.

heh

Sunday, May 25, 2008

5 months? Is it 5 months already? Its been 5 months since we got together. Of course, its officially 5 months. Its longer, i reckon.

So, we've been through quite a lot. There were incidents that can only be described as "backside itchy" on my part. Doing what i was told not to do. Doing what i promised what to do. But magnanimously, she still forgave me. Love.

At this moment, its 4.21am. Its nostalgic. It feels like friday nights when i was still single. When i would come back from THE ride, and sit in front of the computer and just vegetate. Blogging counts as vegetating actually. There's no intellectual or physical betterment to myself just sitting here, pressing random keys, dissing stuff.

There's this sudden, huge influx of cars with extremely bright headlights that look like they're perpetually on high-beam. Is this even legal? Its a danger to other road users. Namely. Me. Its a pain in the ass because every time one of these idiots are on the opposite side of the road, i cannot even see where i'm going anymore, with all those lights in my face.

Even the super-beams reflecting off my side/rear view mirrors blinds me momentarily. Unless the moron decides to stick behind me and continue illuminating the rear of my car and inside my head. During those encounters, i always feel like slamming on my brakes because i cannot see shit.

Tailgaters.... I never tailgate. I don't like the idea of slamming into the rear of some moron who decides to suddenly brake because he wants to put his cashcard into his ERP reader thingy.

But there are people who tailgate people because they're going too slow. Apparently 110km/h is too slow for these guys with flashy cars. So, they love to stick really close to the "road hogger" and high-beam the poor guy relentlessly until the poor guy has to give way to the loser.

I'm different. I NEVER give way to these pricks. I let them overtake me if they can. And. When they show me the finger. I feel like i've won.

*shrug* Cheap thrills.

Motorcyclists. They and their precariously perched girlfriends love to whiz in and out of traffic. Of course, if they suddenly ram into me. And get paralysed or die. Its my fault. Because i'm unable to avoid a homing missile.

I'll sue the fucking shit out of ANY reckless motorcylist that rams into my car, and wastes my time. I don't care if he's paralysed or maimed. I will fucking sue the bitch to kingdom come. Their genes need to be stomped out.

Youthful bravado needs to be nipped in the bud. Sheep need to act like sheep.

I don't know. I can harden my heart and become less than human if i need to.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Ha, pedra branca belongs to singapore. Horsburg Lighthouse is now safe! Go there dont need to chop passport.

oh yes, and one more thing, since, there's really nothing more the doctor can do about my shoulder, since nobody really knows what's happening. It's just loose. Then, a tear in the ligaments, or crack in the bone shall happen really soon.

Since the army provides free medical. FORWARD! LEARN THE SKILLZ!!! PRACTICE! PesCmorejialatjialat.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

I washed my car by myself today. Now, i'm going to start saving for a full overhaul of the car. The engine is complaining pretty badly. Maybe i'll get sponsorship from my dad if he sees that i'm taking care of the car. Now that i've got some time. Might as well do it myself. Anything to keep that car. In fact, i think i'll get the exact same car in melbourne. In diesel.

And so, recently, some guy got jailed for making some incendiary comments against the most protected group of people in singapore. But i doubt that action will be taken if that same sheltered group started spreading hate against other groups of people. Thats life isn't it. We don't want anybody bombing anybody.

The line between race and religion has now blurred. When one speaks about a race, it automatically includes the assumed religion too.

Then again, the guy who got jailed was making some pretty outrageous comments.

I wonder if one purely states facts, would he be charged for sedition? I wonder. How far is the government willing to go?

I think the population in general is mature enough to ignore all these taunts. At least, i believe in our singaporean people. The singhs can tolerate turban jokes thrown at them, the indians even use keleng on themselves. Chinese guys get called pigs all the time. I have full confidence in the maturity of the people in singapore.

There is absolutely NO agenda in this blog post. Don't sue me for sedition.

3 days 3 days.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Has it ever happened to you?

When you're about to brush your teeth, the blob of toothpaste on your toothbrush falls off, into the sink. I bet it has happened before.

Now, has this ever happened to you?

After applying the toothpaste on your toothbrush, some of the bristles in contact with the rim of the toothpaste tube flicks toothpaste into your eye. It happens to me. Often.

I hate brushing the teeth with minty eyes.

Monday, May 12, 2008

time flies, its almost been a year of the army..

13 months more. I look forward to the end.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Previously. It was random ramblings. Now, its actually rather hard to string together coherent thoughts due to the fact that there are about 6 people talking to me on msn. Swamped i tell you. Swamped.

Without straying off the topic like i usually do, i shall now embark on commenting about some scenes i noticed which exiting and entering Singapore.

As we all know, to go on a holiday, or rather exit the country on either an airplane, or a ferry, one must endure a process commonly known as, immigration clearance. This immigration clearance involves queueing up, and letting the stoic faced guy at the counter stamp on your passports.

In singapore, and some other countries i reckon, you just scan your passport, and poof! you're through. But, you still have to queue.

Its not the scanning or the stamping that gets to me. Its how, some oldies, just cut in the queue in front of you. And act like its their right to do so.

Upon reaching the scanning machine, they suddenly realise. They don't know how to use the thing, in spite of instructions being available. Not words, but video. I'm being spiteful. I know.

And, despite all the self righteousness seething from the ang mohs, they're just about as kiasu as a regular singaporean. To board the ferry, they jostling with the so called uncouth asians too. And they too, let their unruly kids run around the ferry, and cry uncontrollably. The only difference between their kids, and ours?

Their kids might grow up to shoot everyone in their school.

In case, some mal-informed richie seeks to judge me again, i hereby declare, that i'm writing everything in jest. If you're offended, go someplace else.

Rural, rustic places are good. Well, sometimes.
And thus, this shall be the new location where one can catch a glimpse of whats happening in my life. I should revive how i used to be in days of old. But then again, contemplating anything is pretty difficult with so many distractions hanging around.

First off, here's an update on my life for the time i've been missing.

The bananas were harvested, and have all been distributed. There were comments like "your bananas like different leh, very sweet" and "my turtle likes your bananas".

There was KL, i believe i didn't mention much about KL other than driving up. There was no roast goose, and adam, lotte and i were disappointed. Adam + Nat in the backseat makes for good comedy.

Boat trip on 14th Mar. Good trip. Got sunburnt. Catch fish. At the end of it all, i met my unit commander, and now, the entire unit knows me as the fishing guy.

And, trikora, we just returned last night. Good stuff. Fishing was bad, it rained for a bit. I didn't sleep much. I learnt to net fish. And i failed to net a dead fish. It isn't easy ah. (those who've been with me+adam should know) And lotte got sunburnt.

Thats about all. Brief updates. I haven't been writing much. Cannot blame. No time. In the army, i'm too busy sleeping to bother.

Up next, old people who cut queues, and end up holding up the queue because they're foreign to technology.

Monday, April 21, 2008

testing testing i love lotte i love lotte