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Name: Sabree A. R. Location: PTP, S'pore, lives opp. a-now-supposedly-exhumed graveyard Occupations (so far): Student, Condo Facilities Officer, NUS event facilitator, Exam Invigilator, WARRIOR (sai kang), HQ AMS Medic (Overseas). Fav Quotes:
"There is no wealth other than knowledge, There is no poverty other than ignorance" Ali-ibn-Abi Talib
" Willing Obedience Beats Forced Obedience, at anytime.."
" Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime"
" Give a man fire, and you give him warmth for a day. Put a man on fire, and you give him warmth for a lifetime!"
Home
Gut Feeling
4:13 PM 20081031
12 hours after being out and finally I can rest on my bed with my com beside.. Had alot of fun celebrating glady's birthday at fish n co. followed by the halloween tram ride at the night safari (which sadly, put a dent on my wallet).
Due to the lack of sleep/rest the events of the night before midnight felt like a dream to me now and if it WAS a dream, it definately was a good one.. haha
After a being caffeinated and re-energized at cineleisure (it was 2am), shan, wyn and I watched the recent horror flick: The Coffin. Interesting insight on buddhist rituals in my soon to be new home of thailand..
Hmm.. Seems I'd have another location to find throughout my time there other than: Sai Yok Waterfall, Tiger Temple, Pattaya Beach, Hellfire Pass, 3 Pagodas Pass... and the list goes on.. Anything to keep me sane and not thinking of singapore...
After what-seems-to-me a rushed ending, I brought up the idea of waiting for the first public transport.. All because I saw the "24-HR" sign at the coffee club opposite cine.. hehez.. Cuz if it weren't for the outing, I'd be having coffee with another bunch of people at the Hotel Rendevous' Coffee Club instead..
Reached home at 0630 approx. and as tired and dry as my eyes are now, I can't seem to get some shut-eye.. It's cuz of the gut feeling I've been having recently. It's harder to psych myself that whatever I've been doing recently for the past, erm, years of my life, is going to undergo a drastic change after the next 10 days... As fun as it seems moving off on my on, doing ALL my chores by meself, it's kinda depressing that I'll be leaving everyone I know behind.
Like I said to shan at the coffee club, when I touch the Thai soil on the 11th, the closest person I know is 3,500+ km away from me..
Mixed feelings from my gut... Depressing thoughts that I'll leave my family & friends behind for a long, long, long-ass time. Ecstatic that I'll be like a "pioneer".. moving off alone, to unknown territory, and setting up a home...
Gut feelings... hmm.. must be coming from the fish & chips from the night before... Maybe after I'll crap it out I can get a restful sleep...
haha..
To Remember Better Times indeed... Frame it, don't flame it... haha
Goodbye My Love, Goodbye My Friend...
7:00 AM 20081028 I'm so going to miss my W580i... Having to decide on whether to take the risks of smuggling such a beautiful thing has been on my mind lately. And I've decided not to. So after 1 year, 1 month, I'd to part with it. Giving it to my eldest instead cuz his wife needs it more than I do.
To part with this piece of hardware which has so much sentimental value to me is hard enough. What will I do if I have to part with more in the coming 2 weeks...
It's 4 weeks since the outing with my blood brothers and I still feel as if I haven't seen/meet all of my friends...
The Value Of Time
4:28 AM 20081027
Time seems to be rushing. A month ago would be my 2nd last day of my fast, and I'd meet a bunch of nigerians who made my 1/2 hr trip to get my laptop into 3 hrs long.. 3 weeks ago and I'd be preparing to spend the next 5 working days at logistics assistant course. 2 weeks ago and I'll be preparing to take mc to "justify" and celebrate the end of the course. A week ago and I'll be bitching about the army/navy "thing" and the 15 hour medic cover on tuesday.
Today, I'm wasting the day away lazing around at home, planning my itenary for my 1year plus tour of thailand. It's not easy.. I still have to get X 2 GS/TRADOC badges, my medical gown, and a whole bunch of toiletries... Not to mention the padlocks, bag locks that I'll need.
Time, it's certaintly something I need right now but can't seem to get a grasp at it..
On Leave... And nothing to do
2:00 AM 20081023
My leave technically begins tomorrow but I was given off today to wrap up my overseas documentation at CMPB. It turns out documentation can be quite a bitch really... So far, I've submitted 12 passport sized pix, filled in 4 types of forms in triplicate, went to and fro from home to cmpb, cmpb to ICA and vice versa, and still I've yet to complete my documentation as I'll have to go back there to fill in my Visa application... Zzz
I feel as if I'm migrating to thailand... Haha
As to the thought "will I miss my family/friends?" My answer is: it's not that I will miss them, it's that I'm already missing them even before I go... Haiz...
On leave and everyone else is either bz with uni or in camp... shucks...
Today is a winding road, Tell me where to start and tell me something I dont know. Today I'm on my own...
Make It Mine
7:19 AM 20081011
Jason Mraz - Make It Mine
Wake up everyone How can you sleep at a time like this Unless the dreamer is the real you Listen to your voice The one that tells you to taste past the tip of your tongue Leap and the net will appear
I don't wanna wake before The dream is over I'm gonna make it mine Yes I... I known it I'm gonna make it mine Yes I'll make it all mine
I keep my life on a heavy rotation Requesting that it's lifting you up Up up and away And over to a table at the gratitude cafe
And I am finally there And all the angels they'll be singing Ah la la la ah la la ah Ia la la la la love this
Well I don't wanna break before The tour is over I'm gonna make it mine Oh yes I... I will own it I'm gonna make it mine Yes I'll make it all mine...
Timing's everything And this time there's plenty I am balancing Careful and steady And reveling in energy that everyone's emitting
Well I don't wanna wait no more Oh I wanna celebrate the whole world I'm gonna make it mine Oh yes I'm following your joy I'm gonna make it mine Because I... I am open I'm gonna make it mine That's why... I will show it I'm gonna make it oh mine Gotta make gotta make gotta make gotta make it make It make it mine Oh mine... Yes I'll make it all Mine
Left, RIght, Left, Supply! Medics!
5:28 AM 20081008
As of the 071008, I am on supply assistant course at Sembawang camp and as logisticians, much discipline wasn't really expected of us.
I just want to get through the next 5 working days so that I'll be done with all this supply a.k.a. logistics a.k.a. storeman stuff.. It's only my 2nd day today and I've already begun to miss my medical center.. Haiz..
Next wednesday is my HRSC documentation which means 1 day off for me (yippee!!!). I've already planned to "fall sick" on the thursday till friday and thus begin my block leave the following week. Which all sums up to not having to go to work starting from next tuesday! hahaz
Next weekend my NUS pals will be coming over and I do hope everything planned will work out fine. Plus, we'll be celebrating xy's and ws's birthday at the same time.
Besides that, I haven't really planned out anything much but all I want to do before I leave singapore: have a last meet up with my family, followed by my close circle of friends.
I guess that's that..
Driving Cross Country
8:03 AM 20081003
Today was my first solo medical cover and it turned out to be GREAT! Great I tell you!!
Firstly, the driving instructor came late and thx to that I'd enough time to catch some ZZZs before I head out.
Frankly, I was kinda nervous as it was my 1st solo cover and 2nd overall cover, which meant that if anything were to happened, I'd panic...
Thankfully though, it wasn't even a platoon level exercise, juz a group of 8 driver trainees undergoing their off-road, cross country driving assessment at Lorong Asrama.
The first thing I did was SOP: Open up stretcher... and the next thing was to treat this trainee who was complaining of headache/drowsiness. I'd inkling that he was ck-ing but wth, just gave him panadol and rest.. After all, wut else can I do (and want to do)
When the instructor for the safety rover wanted to do a recce before the event started, I'd ask for a tag-along and it was WORTH IT... Driving off road is damn shiok... It's like being in those war films and u're in a jeep driving way way way fast trying to outrun smth... Fking fun man...
But it was a lousy trade-off.. for that 15 min of joy ride, I had to sit around and wait until their exercise was over 7 hours later... Zzz..
To put it short, I kinda enjoyed my first cover and will certainly look forward to the next one in a few weeks...
Few weeks... Damn, that's all I'd have left in sg...