Good evening. Yes here I am with another post. This week in camp has been quite good, nothing much to do except the occasional vehicle maintenance with my dear driver Raj. Darn being a driver isn’t easy man! So many things to maintain! I was covered in all kinds of oil….from the contaminated to the black types. Real headache man! Damn those vehicle technicians…claim they are under staffed when I see them strolling to and fro. Real understaffed huh.
But thank God some bugger was away for some course…it was real peace and quiet in the bunk. Hope that bugger disappear man!
Yesterday…went to Japanese Matsuri festival held at Central, located above Clare Quay. There was a cosplay competition held there in conjunction with the festival. What’s Matsuri? Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_festivals for better understanding.
Took lots of pictures…will be posting them once I get them from my friend. Yesterday…was quite a sad day. I don’t know what my friend is going through, I don’t know what his pain is…I just want to help… Please my friend, don’t be like that…seriously…if you are like that, how are we going to help you?
God oh God…teach me how to help him. Give me the strength to overcome the demons. Man I was really saddened but what my friend did yesterday…he seems to be in sooooo much pain but I couldn’t help him much…
Sigh…
I went to church today and pastor delivered a great message during this time of economic recession. I will shine for God man! That will be really in effect once I leave the army. Sigh…still roughly about 7+ more months to go…I hope I can adjust back to school life well man.
Alright I got to go and get ready to return to camp now…till the next post, God bless!
Thursday, October 02, 2008 ♥ 10:54:00 PM
Greetings! Yes it’s been more than a month since my last post! Gosh…times do flies when you’re busy, especially when I only have Saturday and Sunday. Where should I start man? Ok…let’s start from early September. My battalion fought ATEC Stage 2, an evaluation test on our combat prowess as a battalion whole, for about 4 days 3 nights. Man…those 4 days are really shag for me. I have to carry the signal set, up the hill and down the hill. I almost died on a few occasion. Tried to die but couldn’t, LOL. Anyway after that dreaded ATEC Stage 2, which we won and passed by the way, the tempo in my company started to die down pretty quickly even though we are 6-7 months away from ORD. I hope it stays that way till I ORD man!
Anyway on the 21st September I went to our locally hosted Games Convention Asia! It was my very first time as I had missed it last year. It was cool, but not as cool as the one I had pictured in mind. I went with my platoon mate CC Toh as he was the one that mentioned about this convention to me. There were lots, and I do mean LOTS of games being displayed by every publisher imaginable. What I noticed was there were quite a number of online games developed by Malaysia. Malaysia man!!! What the hell is Singapore doing?!?! Or are they waiting for me to arrive? LOL! There was a cosplay event going on too and my dear friend CC Toh and I was busily taking photos of them. I even managed to pose with some of the cosplayers! As for those photos that I’ve taken, I’ll post it in my Facebook account, so check it out.
A week after the horrible ATEC Stage 2, we had to prepare for a change of Commanding Officer parade. Damn it was tiring and sickening. I totally collapsed onto my bed once practice for it was over. But I thank God that now it’s over. There is always a light at the end of the damn long winding tunnel. I heard a song called Voices That Care during one of the slide show depicting the time spend at my unit by my Commanding Officer. I was curious about it and went to look for it. Now I know why. It was a song to motivate the US soldiers during the 1991 Iraq War. Now the same song is use again to motivate the Commanding Officer and perhaps, us. Here is the video from Youtube, which I guess was the original video produced back in 1991.
Interesting huh?
I bought my long awaited Company of Heroes and the expansion, Opposing Front! After 2 years of waiting I finally laid hands on this award winning real time strategy game. It is one of the finest games ever made by Relic man! Guess what, I bought it only for $19 at the convention! PRAISE THE LORD!
I also bought another long awaited game, Call of Duty 4!!! Man 2 blessings in one month! Guess what again! I bought it for only $35 instead of the $50+ at retail! Thanks to my best friend Gabe for scouting such a good deal!
Gosh now I am currently hooked to this 2 games. But I think I play Company of Heroes more than Call of Duty 4 due to its strategy and thinking involved.
Oh yes not forgetting about Facebook! My friend Bing Lu introduces me to Elven Blood and I was hooked to it and its other variations! Darn I can’t stop playing it man! Although you just click and click and role play as the various person in the various worlds, it is quite fun as there is a storyline and the pictures are beautiful. The items are cool looking too! I’m doing my best to collect EVERYTHING.
Man!!! So many things to do yet so little time! Thank God that I am on a long weekend break! Trying to catch up on the games and things I’ve missed! Man it isn’t easy when you only have 24 hours. Darn it! I got to go, thanks for reading and God bless!