Nice Talk

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oday had to settle some more insurance thingy for the Car. Apparently the other party is claiming damge from ME! He is claiming that I hit into his Van...So things are getting messy. Basically he is lying through his teeth and Oh well, looks like we are preparing to fight it out in Court. Hai~ So i went to the accident site to take pictures to add to my Report. So sianz, Why are there such people in the world? Anyways, I know even through this, God wants me to keep my heart soft and open for him, So I'm not going to get mad or angry, even though inside of me feels very Unfair.

Today more or less wasn't that much, so I went out cycling in the evening since I wasn't really in the mood for a jog. Met up with J.D. Half way and yeah, just nice, my Chain broke so Went to some bike shop. Guess what, Saw the Colonel who interviewed me yesterday there. Hahahahah. What a coincidence. I know he likes to ride bikes too, but didn't expect him to be at that particular bike shop at the same time.

...So I'm not going to get mad or angry, even though inside of me feels very Unfair...

Oh~ which reminds me that I need to talk to my Boss to see if he is comfortable to release me after Brunei. Maybe Give me 1 week to settle my Admin stuff and fully handover the Platoon. I would like to go over to my G2 side to understudy the outgoing guy, appearently there's alot of things i need to get to speed when i get there and he is leaving soon. Don't want to be lost in transition

Anyways, I thank God for Brothers! Just so nice J.D. also xian, and I'm also xian, so meet up and cycle and grab dinner and coffee. Than cycle back. Nothing much, but cool, Feeling better liao. Maybe I'll run tommorrow Morning, THe last time i Ran....hmmm, was prob Sun hahahaha :P Better start training up for 21km!

BTW, I realized why people say Dog's are a Men's Best Friend, Whenever I come home weather i'm feeling happy or sad, Oreo and Ritz are always happy to see me. Even if its 2am and they are sleeping that kind. ALWAYZ happy, and somehow, I cheer up too when i play with them and start fussing over them. Dog's can sense when you love them, and they will love you back like Unconditionally. =)

Tml, Nothing much, just preparing the last min Paper works for CSB, than... i'll be gone to Tekong all the way till Sat. Hmmm, I hope i'll be able to make it for SVC.

CWO, Interviews and Fellowship of the PCs

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ust Had my CWO training on Monday. We were suppose to do this Combat Skills Badge thingy, which included a river crossing and Range, but Becuase someone forgot to indent ammo, we weren't able to fire. So we just did the River Crossing thing like over and over again. Ah well. Wet Boots, Wet Socks Wet Underwear Feeling again. But I think Timing Wise, we're pretty ok, did the crossing in 29min, but that's in Local waters, without the Current, so back to Brunei will have to try again.

...Maybe its True, Guardsmen are just different...

I went for another interview with another possible Boss. Gosh, There's so much things in Army that i do not know yet. In his words...Truely I'm such a Greenhorn! But Hey! I've only been in the freaking army for 1 year, training 1st year soldiers, of coz i haven't had the chance to go for Exercises and overseas exposure. Sigh` you think i won't like to go? SAF doesn't give me the chance mah. OFE, I volunteer go also didn't get to go :P

Tonight, Went out with my Fellow PCs of Charlie Coy. We have developed such a close bond with each other, I mean All the PCs in 3Guards who went through GCC together are really really close. We will stand up for each other and Do things together, this is something i'll definately miss when i leave this place. We can Talk and chat about everything under the sun and laugh about it. Our Ups, and Downs. Sometimes, like Relief Therapy just to Kao Bei about all the unhappiness in our lives. Hahaha, like Girls, but hack man, We're confident enough in our manhood to know that when a Brother is down, We are always there to support him in whatever way necessary.

I know my new place won't be that close, Sounds like a place with more Politics and stuff. but well at least i hope that I'll be able to keep in touch with the Guards Family, hopefuully they'll be willing to take me back as an OC for my OC tour. I don't understand why some people don't want to go back to their Formation and do their OC tour??? Maybe its True, Guardsmen are just different.

I've completed SOL 1 Woot!

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oot, I've completed my SOL 1 (It's Discipleship lessons by the Church lah)

Anyways, God is Great man, Last night, I found out that I had to go to to SOL this this morning and I was like.... Shucks, Like that how to run?? Must wake up earlier liao... Worst, I had Red Wine that night.

...God, My life is not mine, but yours alone...

So yeah, In the end decided to wake up earlier, Run than go SOL. Well, it never happened. I woke up like 8.45 (15 min b4 Class starts)... Shucks! how? than look around...Eh, how come so dark? Ah hahaha! It's Raining!!! excellent, No need to think, just go SOL first without feeling so Bad. Best! Managed to reach there just 10min late and the class haven't really started somemore. =)

I've been a Christian for a while now, alot of these lessons, i've kinda like covered before. I mean... I went through Sunday School, Bible Study Groups, In Church, In School (Anglican High mah), In Canada also had my Bible study group. So... Yeah, some topics are really quite basic.

But I guessed God knew that i needed Today's lesson. We talked about Overcoming Obstacles. Sounds Easy, Not so... Especially when you're the one facing it in your face, (You see SOC wall from far doesn't look too high right? But when you run towards it to try and clear, The Wall like gets higher and higher as you come closer to it that kinda feeling...). For those not in ARMY, SOC= Standard Obstacle Course. The Wall is the First obstacle you face and you're suppose to run towards and jump up and clear it.

The word came from Deut 8, Just reminded me That even when things don't happen your way, God is Faithful. When we Genuinely can Sacrifice our Isaac's upon the altar and say "God, My life is not mine, but yours alone...so take it and use it for thine purpose", The Lord will Bless ;)...

Okies, Going to play with my Dogs now, Their Fur is growing, so that beautiful Mane on Shelties are coming up. My Dogs look SO Handsome man. But hai~, their ears keep sticking up now, Must keep Bending them give them that tipped look. But I think Ritz's Ears...gone case liao. Stick up permantly liao haha.

Boys Brigade, James Tan, Cell grp and Dempsy

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t's going to be a more personal blog today. I think today is such a typical Sat for me. Nothing much Army Related, but just how i spend my weekends ;)

Morning, 7am wake up, Head to Jurong for BB
Come back home, play with the dogs
Do some Training with them
Bring the Dogs to James Tan (The vet)
Went to Svc
Cell Group
Than special for today. went to Dempsy Road for Wine
ahaha so nice

...today is such a typical Sat for me...

So that's my day in a nutshell.

Anyways.... During the Wine Session with J.D and Gin Hin and the rest, we were just talking about possible Honeymoon Destinations (Thanks to J.D. lah)

So here's a summary

Vancouver (Nice Weather and Mountains, Well developed)
Czech Republic (Romantic City, Cost, Exotic place, But a bit must rough out)
New Zealand, South Islands (Beautiful Nature, Expensive and might get boring)
Turkey (Exotic place, Interesting food and culture, Must Rough out at times
Greece (Very beautiful,Price and Airfare!)

Oh~ for the last Post....I apologize for the French, Apparently Some of you were smart enuff to use some Google Translation or something to decode what i was trying to say...

For those who did, I Salute you.... got potential hahahaha

Oh~ Today, went to Dempsy Road for some Red wine. (Actually I just got back)It's a really really nice chio chio place. (Great for Dates) hahahaha. But today went with a group of Couples lah, Both were nice, Didn't make me feel out of place at all.

Which Reminds me. Alcohol converst to Fat. I NEED TO RUN.

Can't keep giving myself excuses man. Although I'm still abit sick, I think drinking all that water has helped me enuff so I'm going to Run tommorrow! Yupz yupz! Even if its a short one, better than nothing....

Oh~!!! Oreo has started running on a leash already!!!! Hahaha, maybe i'll start by bringing him on a short jog around my estate! hahaha =)

Its in French!

I'm going to do something special here, I'm going to Blog in French! So only Me can understand. (of Coz if you know French....than don't say lah)

Il est été un jour moche, je suis bogue en difficulté de with flu. J'ai ai bu 6 x 1.5L=9L de l'eau aujourd'hui et ma gorge juge toujours que drôle et moi tousse partout. Autre que la grippe, quelque chose a été sur mon esprit récemment trop.... ainsi je ne suis pas vraiment focalisé au travail. Comme aujourd'hui, décidé pour prendre le déjeuner plus long dans la ville avec Bryan. Nous tous les deux avons entraîné une réduction à l'endroit de Raffles pour fournir quelques formes d'assurance et avons pris le déjeuner dans la ville. La chose étonnante est, nous tous les deux étions dans le vêtement fonctionnant ainsi il était marche assez drôle autour du tout ceux habillés dans les costumes et le pantalon

Yes, that's my life today...

"Dieu, me prennent dans votre jardin, et régénèrent mon âme,
I longtemps pour que votre présence me couvre de nouveau.
Laissez-moi toujours être fidèle en période du bonheur et de la douleur
I longtemps pour voir votre visage de nouveau"

Bang Bang...announcement time

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ental Appointment today, so my Front teeth is hurting again. Uncle Jonathan was very kind, He said, "No pain, No Gain"....diaoz. But yes! I'm going to see him every 3 weeks now since it's nearing the final stages. Finger's Crossed, my Braces will be out by Christmas!!! WOoooot!

..."Its only the end when the Fat Lady Sing"...

Today was Platoon Cohesion day, so basically, after lunch the whole platoon went down to Jurong Swimming Complex with all the slides and stuff to "hang out" and have cohesion, wasn't that bad, quite fun actually. I realized that i will miss so many of them when i'm gone. I've kinda reached the stage where My men know that i'm leaving soon so we really start talking as friends to friends now. It's not that good a thing, but it's a nice feeling for me anyways. I've decided that before I leave, I'll write each and everyone a personal farewell letter to encourage them and hopefully inspire them to give their best not only in Army, but also in Life. Heh, dreaming only, they willing to keep my letter i'll be happy already hahahaha.

I've recieved a call from the Boss of my Next posting and I'll be meeting him tommorrow for him to get to know me better and in a sense gauge if I'll be a fit with the new appointment. It's a sign that things are moving along, I'm going to be in Transition once again...Going to say Bye bye soon. I really wonder when I'll be able to be in a Command Appointment again and have Men Under me. I bet I won't be used to not having a whole List of Sargents to call and help me get things done :P hahahaha.

So anyways, here comes the sad part, I'm thinking of closing this blog..

Cos the Blog suppose to be a collection of memories of my Guards PC tour and it's coming to the end so in a sense, i feel this Blog should also end with similar grace. Ah~ Sad huh? Worst, It's highly unlikely that i'll blog about my next posting...But i'll try to keep this online somewhere for personal reference.

Anyways, It's not yet the end.

"Its only the end when the Fat Lady Sings"------- Maj Fahmi

Oh~ I'll be away in Brunei from Oct 8 to 25th, Don't expect anything updates from the Jungle (unless they have upgraded the connectivity there hahaha)

And yes, I'll still be RUNNING in Brunei (Will bring my running shoes), So all you peeps in Singapore have no Excuse at all. :P

Buena Vista Social Club

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oday went to watch the Buena Vista Social Club. Very Very nice, especially seeing all the old old legends on stage playing and singing. Like the 87 year old Singer who could still dance slowly without has walking stick. Wah... Impressed man! Really shows you what a Jest for Life can do to you. Music can really bring joy to the soul ;)

BTW, so stupid, I went to Esplanade to meet my Friends, WHo knows, it was at Victoria Theatre, Piangz, had to run over and they all had to go in already because the 2nd bell had already rang. Thank God, I'm used to Running, so i basically ran over, No sweat. Just in time for the show to start and I really didn't sweat! I knew all those running had to pay off in someway... hahaha

Surprisingly, My platoon doesn't seem to mind so much about the rest going to DB, not sure if it's a good sign or bad, but.... Yeah, most still managed to remain pretty ok. I'm going to take it as a good sign.

So yeah, Tml, i'll probably head down to the Dentention Centre to visit them. From What i heard, by the 2nd Day, most people will seriously regreat whatever things they had committed.

Brain dead liao... Going to sleep.

Met shin shin by accident After the show while having Post Show Makan. Hahaha, we always seem to bump in the wierdest of times.

Another Week begins

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oday is Mid Autumn Festival, Where Chinese people come to celebrate the end of Harvest on a night where the Moon is at its brightest. They "Appreciate" the moon and its beauty and the fact that the work is done for the year and your prepare for the winter months.

For Me, Today just jolts me to think how fast the year has passed through. Although there's no 'real' Autumn here in Singapore. I'm reminded of the times in Canada where you get to fill the nip of northern winds, The Changing of Colours, the shorter days, Mist start coming out from your mouth as you speak.

The changing of the seasons really show how the year can just pass through. It brings Variety, and you can't help realizing that time really waits for no one.

...Today just jolts me to think how fast the year has passed through...

So...How's my Harvest this year? Looking back through my Blog, I think it's been a pretty fruitful year thus far, I've learnt alot (not in terms of Academic). I learnt about lessons in Life, The Joy and Burdan of being a Leader, The importance of looking into detail. How to deal with people at different levels. I'm also learning more about myself along the way, I realized i'm not a confrontational person, I talk too much haha (blog too much too maybe?), I'm Last min at times(not good).

All in all, Not too bad... heh =), Yes, I can kick up my legs, drink tea and eat moon cakes HAHAHAH :P

Oh~ i think it'll be a better week ahead. After Last week... Yah, definately will be much better. Ah~ I started the week with a 10km run tonight. Woot! Clap clap clap. but yeah... I need to get new running shorts. I keep getting abrasions from the current Army issued one. something must be wrong somewhere....otherwise, maybe it's my thighs too big, rub against each other....Hahaha :P

BTW, Oreo is abit sick, He has been dripping muscus, and has Vomitted twice today. Hai~ if he continues, i'll bring him to the Vet. Ritz, ah~ still as Dizty as ever, slow abit, but looking at his mother, i think he'll grow up to be a very beautiful Dog, Actually, both Oreo and Ritz will look beautiful man. Hahaha, can't wait! but they are going through their "naughty" stage now...so yah, always rip newspaper, fight alot and also don't listen to me at times. Naughty Naughty. Thank God we are starting Behaviour classes soon. And oh~ we are thinking of expending their play area to include the Garden and the Living Room... but no rush, got to make sure their Potty training is dead accurate first before letting them run haha :P

Oh~ CFA trainings begins

A painful Defining Moment

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don't really feel like talking about it, But I'll write it in for posterity Sake. Last Friday definately was one of those Defining Moments in my Tour as a PC, it Ranks up there with Yusri... In terms of Hurt and Pain, it's nothing I've felt before.

4 Men from my Own Platoon was sent to Detention Barracks (Army Prision) for Stealing.

Basically, Someone Reported that his Handphone was stolen while he was sleeping. So during the Day while the Men were downstairs training, The commanders went up to the Coy Company Common Areas to do a search for possible hiding place and they did found the phone hidden in one of the Uniforms in the drying area. I told them to leave the Phone there, Planted surveillance to watch if anyone touched the phone. True enough, they did spotted One of my man touching the phone. We quickly cornered the Guy, Interograted him till he admited and also mentioned all the names of all involved.

That's a brief summary of what happened.

I thought it was easy, but it was not.

During the Morning, I interogated them like Criminals, I threaten them, I Dug out everything. Between me and my PS, we both played Good Cop, Bad Cop till All of them even confessed that He was the one who has been stealing things from the Platoon awhile back ago and had sold the stolen Goods to Beach Road. I got all their statements, All admitting to Stealing, and even harbouring intentions to sell the phone for money.

After their Confession, My OC was asking me to recommend a Sentence, One that would be sufficiently harsh to Justify the Wrong, the other to ensure that we do not break them down too much. From here, it started Getting Difficult... I knew that deep down in my heart, All of them had to go DB, Yet another part of me was like how Can?? These men I know are Good, they are not your kind of Criminals. How can i Send them to Prision?? But Finally, My PS and I felt that The right thing was to send them to DB...even though they were good soldiers, They had to learn that Stealing is Stealing.

The Hardest part was being in my OC's office as Each Soldier Marched in to take his Sentence and Orders. They were all very brave, ready to accept their punishment. But you could see tears in their eyes as the sentence was read to them. Thank God I managed to control myself... But After All of their sentence had been read, I could not take it and i broke down. (My PS too, so Phew, I was not the only one) It was a terrible terrible feeling, So so painful. My own boys are being sent to DB, one after another, All of them precious and beautiful, Good hearts even in their playful ways, All being sent to DB because of doing something silly. I felt Like a Dad knowing that 4 of his own son's had wronged the Law and being a judge he has no choice but the ensure the justice system is served.

I wearing 2 different hats, one on Hand, I'm required me to ensure justice is served fairly, on the other, my heart cries out for mercy for I know deep down in my heart these men are not evil in nature, because these were my very own platoon.

...I persecuted them, I recommended their punishment, I concurred with the final sentence. Yet I also cried with them because they were my own Men...

I persecuted them, I recommended their punishment, I concurred with the final sentence. Yet I also cried with them because they were my own Men. 3 of them have been with me since Dec 17th 04. I saw them cut their hair, saw them grow, Saw them get their Berets, Sweated, trained, disciplined them. I remember how some of them would tell me their stories at the Smoking Corner. I saw them through their conflicts. Yet now, I also see them sent to Jail....with my Reccomendation.

I guess God might have felt similiar when he knew the price that had to be paid for Men's Crime. His own creation, Condemn by the Law that governs them... A God of Justice, A God of Love and mercy, Both at the Same time...

I don't know what to tell the rest of the Platoon when they come back on Sunday night...How to tell them?? I just ask for Wisdom to manage the Platoon now, and to prepare for the day when these guys come back to the Platoon, to Ensure acceptence and a fresh start. Thank God my OC promised to be around when i talk to my platoon.

Some more Mundane stuff.... The Driver that Hit my Car, has denied Responsibility, Apparently he Changed the story claiming that he was Stationary and that My vehicle hit his Van while i was making a turn. #$%^&, His Reverse Lights were clearly on and he has the cheek to Lie through his teeth. If I ever see him again, I'll ask him if he can sleep peacefully knowing that he sold his intergrity just to save some insurance cost. He can lie to me, and everyone else. but he Can't lie to his Allah...So I'll ask him how can sleep every night knowing that he'll have to answer to his Allah one day. No number of Haj will help him man...

I mean, if you did something wrong, just own up to the fact and let the Insurance company do the repayment. What pisses me off more is that I actually even tried to be nice by finding a workshop that would do the repair works at a cheaper price and offering them a chance to settle without Insurance. I feel like my kindness has just be spitted back in my face....ARgh!

What a slow day

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oday is Tuesday blues, The whole Company is suffering from it. Its just that feeling after coming back to work from a long vacation kinda feeling. Thank God today was a pretty light day and things got abit better towards the evening. Especially the Vertical Training session.

Lots of people are falling sick, Down with Fever, Down with Sore Eyes, Down with Flu, Down with Back problems.... Tsk tsk, disappointing, But i think its the season bah.

Anyways, I'm feeling better :)

My Claims not settled yet, but Hopefully This will be done by the end of the week. It's in God's Hands.

I've going to interview each and every one of my Men and follow up on their Goal Setting, (again by this week because of OC) at least once more before I hand over the Platoon to Joseph.

There's this hesistation in giving my Platoon to someone else. I worry if the Sect Comds will be able to work with him, Will the Men be able to work with him? Will my PS be able to work with him? It'll definately be a change in Leadership style, i just hope Both sides will be willing to adapt to each other.

Tum Dee Tum Dee Tum! Tml, I'll be running 8km, with my Webbing on... Should be interesting, i'm not sure if i can sustain a 8km run, but I'll try. The timing to meet is 8km in 80mins... .So that's like 1h 20min to walk 8km.... About 10 mins per 1km. Still thinking if I should run hahaha :P

It finally works

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he dang page finally loads.

I wanted to write so much abt today. but now, i think i just want to sleep....

Lets see....

My Car got hit by a van, basically spent alot of the afternoon trying to find out the best way to fix the claim. I've so really lousy insurance cover that somehow doesn't cover for the 1st 2000 dollars just cos i'm below 26....

My friend's Mum starts wondering the streets with sucidal thoughts after discovering she has breast cancer.

The most wierd Conversation i've had in a longest time abt People, life and the Forces of this world.

The really dark and gloomy weather over Singapore.

Is Prozac a prescribed drug here?

I need to sleep

I need to Run

I need to learn to love humanity again.

I need God's Presence to shoulder me for a while.

CFA...and apologies

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6.20am. I just did something terrible, wait, i just "didn't do" Something that's why i'm feeling terrible.

I was supposed to pick up Jade from the airport Last night at 9pm. She just returned from Auckland, But after the run, i felt tired, so i went to sleep at 3pm. Set an alarm for 7pm (just nice for dinner) and Yes, slept through the night. Only woke up at 4.45am this morning. 5 missed calls, 2 from Jade + 1 not so friendly SMS.

Worst, I promised her that i'll be there so she won't have to call her regular cab driver.... How? Have to find ways to make amends man. The reason why i volunteered to pick her up was because she wanted to pass some Mooncakes she bought from HK for my family!!!! I feel like taking the mooncake box and putting my face into it man. :P

Later, will give her a call bah, if she's willing to listen to me, I'll discuss with her the best way to make amends. I pray she'll forgive me, Hai~ maybe a Chocolate fondue treat might work... Need ideas !!!

I've registered from my CFA Level II at 5.23am, Sept 12 2005. So... yes, i'm continuing my Financial Education even though i'm in the Army, My brains are feeling the effects of atrophy and i need to arrest this trend hahaha. Ok.... So June 4th 2006, Colin Chu will attempt CFA Level II! But the Prepartation starts now! Got to take out all my Finance, Econs and Accountancy Text books and start doing revision. Will come out with a study schedule, basically, I want to finish revision by this year, So i'll have about 6 months to study the new materials. =) I bet I don't even quite remember how to use my Finacial Calculator HAHAHAH.

I'm excited, for the first time in my Life, I'm making Plans for what I'll be doing next year. I've went through the BB'06 work plan, I've Signed up for my CFA, I'll be doing 144 Planning in Dec. The only thing that's not yet set is my Next Posting. What an Irony, My job and It's the only thing that i'm not able to control...Nvm, I've already put that in God's Hands, Now.... "just grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change". I Pray that it'll be interesting, Challenging and yet give me sufficient control over my time so i can do other things in my life.

Being in the Army is a job, it's not the ONLY thing in your life.

---- Colonel from the SAF

Army Half Marathon, Touchpoints, Retreat.

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ts been a while since I last blogged isit? I actually got Msged to update my blog :P hahaha.

Anyways, There hasn't been alot of "happening" things lately. Let me just list down some of the key moments i actually still remember

...I unashamedly declare that girls who run generally look good. I mean, they LOOK GOOD...

AHM,
Williams 144,
and erhm... Doggy update. ok, here goes

Sept 11, The date that lives on in Infirmy, 2 towers crashed.

Today, had AHM, but i didn't run a the 21km cos they wanted the battalion to run together (Impossible IMHO)... Anyways, the run went pretty well, Organization was a bit stupid, like the finishing point cut between the holding area and the Startpoint, so people were having difficulty walking over to the Startpoint as the earlier Details were all coming back. There wasn't enuff water points in the beginning. But Ah~ There were lots of nice looking girls. I unashamedly declare that girls who run generally look good. I mean, they LOOK GOOD. So yah, basically, my pace was more of less determined by how fast a nice looking girl was running. HAHAHAHHA :P, Ok, whenever you see a girl running at a faster pace, you generally want to keep up too, Call it man's pride or what lah ok... but you at least want to keep up or not let them overtake you by too far, so.... overall, you actually have a pretty good workout because you're constantly trying to keep pace with the girl in front. hahahaha =)

And, here's my theory why female runners look good, When girls run, they require discipline, focus, endurance and confidence. All very attractive qualities. The Results of running i.e. Lean built, healthy skin tone, tone muscles are all extra bonus. Thus... you get some really really "feel good" hormones when you see a girl run. Oh~ it helps too that they all wear very nice running attire, that "flaunt" their "cough" assets. Oh~ there was this girls Team from Conrad hotel, Lilac coloured top, pony tailed hair, with the word Conrad printed on their shorts. and running at a decent pace, basically paced them for like 2km, than decided enuff "inspiration",time to increase the pace again. hahaha.

...I think today i made a Touchpoint in one of my Men's Life...

Ok, enuff abt Running. After the event, one Joker in my Platoon Called me. "Sir, I think I lost my Wallet or left it in camp... I've no money to go home."

!!!!!!!

Wah paing, I was almost going onto the highway. But suddenly, it dawned on me that he must have been desparate that's why he caleld me! not his friends, but me, so decided to make this a touchpoint for him. Basically, Ke-Blakang Pusang, drove back to Padang to find him, than drove him back to camp to see if he left his wallet in bunk, if it was not that, i was going to bring him to the police station to make his statement, than give him money to sent him home. THANK GOD, he found his wallet in his bunk, so from camp, i sent him to the nearest MRT Station and he went on his way. I hope he'll be Grateful man. No lah, I'm sure he's Thankful.

Ok, This is getting to be a long one again. (Must be talk too much about Female runners lah)

Went for my 144 Retreat on Friday night, i think the 2nd session on Sat was very relevent, it looked forward, it gave guidance, it renewed hearts. So basically, it seems that William's 144 will be working more closely with Debra's side now. For what reason...I'm not exactly sure. So.... Anyways, the whole Gin gang also did BB planning for 06, Excellent, now i'm going to be even more involved in BB, really need to pray that my Next appointment in Army will give me time to contribute more to this outreach.

BB isn't a 1 year PC appointment, It's a long 4 years one where you get to see the boy's grow, from young blur blur toot looking boys into Young Man willing to take up responsibility and Leadership, Walking together with God. SO i just pray that God will have in his divine plan, an appointment where i can also contribute full heartedly into this BB ministry.

Oh~ my Mum just signed up our Pups for Obedience School! Hahahahah =) So... It'll be starting next month, the only problem now is I'll be in Brunei, so... looking around for someone to bring the other dog there. My sis can't handle 2 dogs by herself man...and she already "chop" Ritz, She doesn't want Oreo.... This is not Favourtism, it's outright biasness. Hahahaha

The Highs and Lows

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ts been really busy that's why I haven't blogged. Basically, only slept like...hmmm 2 hours over Monday and Tues because of an overnight "sandcastle" exercise. Basically building structures using Sandbags. This is my 3rd time handling Sandbags, and there's a Skill involved, No joke. There are certain ways to place the Sandbags such that the structure is stable.

Let me draw out a lesson from building Sandbags, If you want something Strong and Solid, You must start from the base and Each and Every Individual Brick Counts! Just 1 missplaced Brick can cause a whole structure to tilt. In Life, Our Lives are remembered by the Small little Bits of things that we do, The accumulation of all thse leads to the overall picture of our Legacy.

Why talk until Legacy such things huh? Maybe cos I'm nearing the end of my Tour and I'm wondering if I'll leave a good Legacy behind haha. Personally, I think my Most Important Step is to ensure a Smooth and Succesful Handover to the Next PC. The Legacy will be fulfilled only after this Mono ends i guess. Than I'll see if my Man will remember me when they see me in town and still be willing to stop me and Say "HI Sir!" hahahah.

...I know this is unbelievable, but I learnt all this from my Dog Training Guide...

After Coming back from that exercise, I basically felt so tired and just slept, but I had the strangest dream that's so vivid. I dreamt that Suntec crashed, followed by Raffles Place...!!! I was Running towards the place, There were taxi's around! all trying to pick up passengers running away! I was running into some underground Carpark, suddenly woke up, whole body sweating. Just nice 5.30am, just in time to wake up hai~
Anyone knows dreams? Can interprate? Why happen to me ah? so dark dream somemore...... How come can't dream of something more pleasent huh? Like say, running with my Dogs in a Park? or walking Hand in Hand with my Loved one? or Eating Good Food with my Cousins? or Going Cycling? Hahaha, I must be dreaming

Anyways, This is going to be a longer blog, just feel the mood has come siah.

My Platoon is Fit man especially Sect 1 and Sect 2.Fit, I'm not boasting, this is just my sense of Pride in them Cos today, I conducted Vertical Training for the whole company to prepare them for their Brunei Trip. It was suppose to be a very boring Walk up and down the Stairs around the Battalion thingy. Like, even I also feel Bored to conduct such training.

Anyways, I decided to Spice things up a little by introducting a little competitive element and practice positive re-enforcement. So, it became a section level race around the Batallion with Checkpoints along the way, Lots of Good Prizes like "4hr Early Bookout, Nights Off and Canteen Break" All Very good Motivators. And Guess What. The Man Delivered, They ran their hearts out, They encouraged their last man. The gave their all. Best thing is, I believed they enjoyed the training.

I know this is unbelievable, but I learnt all this from my Dog Training Guide.

HAHAHAHA.... Hey, but the points are so relevant.

-Make Training Fun,
-Reward them for positive Behaviour, Re-enforce positive action with Treats!
-Don't make Training a Punishment session, but a time to get rewards!
-Your Dog will look foward to the next Session.! :)

And Yes, My Platoon.... Got the 1st and 2nd Prizes hahaha, they really Ran non-stop! Up and down the stairs. But, than again, some cases of sour Grapes between the other Platoons who felt that they must have cheated somehow.

Oh well, I told them, When you can't reach the grapes, you'll say the grapes are sour. I pointed out to them that such things will always happen in life, Even in the Olympics, Once you're the winner, ppl will say you take drugs. It'll never cease to stop, So even though we may win the Competition, We must also win in terms of Character, be a Real Winner. A real Winner is someone who can admit lost graciously. Hopefully, it made some sense to the Man. They were pretty sore that the other sections acccused them of playing cheat when they really ran their hearts out.

Update, Oreo is now 3.8Kg! and Ritz 2.8. They' grown like 0.6kg over the last 1 week. Fast Right? and Oreo is starting to learn HEEL!! hahaha woopee! so it means we can start bringing them out for walks and stuff.Though Ritz almost strangled himself, His collar got stuck in some S hook while he was trying to Sneak out of his Playpen and his Cries woke up everyone, Dad Went down and released him... .Poor Boy, must have had a shock, but guess what! even OREO was CRYING loudly for help for his brother too. I'm touched, this is brotherhood man... wait, Doggyhood.

I think i can start compiling a List of life lessons that you can learn from your Dogs sometime soon. I Realized I'm very good at Crapping at such things man HAHAHA :P

It's THRUSDAY!!! 1 More day to FRIDAY!!! and triple Cheers cos it's "PAY DAY on Friday too! CHA CHING!"

Stealing distasteful!

I
t seems someone has been very naughty. Today, my Platoon reported to me that alot of their stuff were lost over the weekend bookout. Basically, when they came back, they realized things like Goretex Jackets, Boots, Jack Knifes were lost prob stolen. Apparently the Window Panes were removed. This is sick. If the Culprit is ever found, i'll make sure I'll throw him to DB for every thing stolen, down to the Torchlight filters. 1 Count for everyone, all to Run subsequently...

...I want to move on in my Career and start my next journey, and on the Other, I also feel so attached to my Platoon...

There's no space for Theives, definately not within my Platoon. Hmm....maybe we need to impose Syriah Law on my Platoon, and punish the culprit by chopping off their hands. But he'll prob be downgraded from Army than huh.

But than again, all the lost items are also my Man's own responsibility, so it's their own fault for not locking it within their cupboards i guess. Got to see what my OC has to saw anyways.

Today, my Section Commanders said something that touched me. They asked if I was going to Brunei with them and I said that there was a possibility that i might not... In any case, I'll make sure I'll properly handover the platoon to the incoming PC before I leave, get him up to speed on all the SOPs, the little quirks abt the Platoon. But they said,"No Sir, It won't be the same, Can we write Petition letter? get you to stay."

I don't know whether to be happy or sad man.... On one Hand, I want to move on in my Career and start my next journey, and on the Other, I also feel so attached to my Platoon. I've learnt alot in the last 1 year and I'm ready for a change, but again,I've built up a Strong, United Platoon with a Cohesive team of Commanders who can gel well with the man. It's a Good team and I'm real proud of them. They are probably the fittest Platoon in the Coy currently too =) All passed their 10km timing hahaha.

btw a lesson in life, the Men will see the Commanders, if they see them united and in high spirits, it's infectious and they will also be in high spirits, In turn the Commanders will look up to the PC, if he is in high spirits, they will also be in high spirits. In all things, Stay Positive as it'll affect the people around you.

Colin Chu Says " Give off Good Karma! If not Today, When? From Coffin ah?"

Oh, lame joke from my sis again

Confucious says "Man who jump down cliff, jump to Conclusion!" HAHAHAHAHA

A list of Thoughts

S
ome really random thoughts in my head.Don't take Anything Below too seriously.

Why does the brain remember certain things SO vividly and certain things just in passing?

Why do Nice guys end up last?

Why do Humans have Freedom of will?

What is wrong with the weather these few days?

How will people sustain a Car with Patrol prices at almost $2~

Have I done enough to make my Men better people in life?

Should I continue with my CFA exams?

Why do puppies chase their tails?

When will I be Posting out?

Can I got to East Timor??

How to lose more weight? hahahah

Why am i tired?

What is the best way to End one's life? (Tranquilizer + an OD of General Anasthetic)

Strange.....

What Irony

W
hat an Irony, I just contracted Red eye's a few days ago, and now i'm going to watch a movie named "Red Eye" with my fellow PCs. LOL....Joke man, joke.

Anyways, the first choice plan was to watch 3 good Men, but it's not released till tommorrow...and we have a 10km run tml, so some ppl not too keen on watching a Midnighter. Oh well... makes sense bah.

Btw, I just discovered this amazing software called Google Earth. It gives your satallite Imagery anywhere in the world. In some parts, you can even make out the cars. I could actually see my House! and my Camp in the photo. Could even count the number of tonners parked in the Parade square too. I could also see my University, and the apartment i lived in when i was in Toronto. wow, pretty amazing man.