answer for Quiz 3:
2 words: complicate, ample
Quiz 5: ueb
2 words found...
Sunday, June 20, 2004
the dream dream... had longed to had it for ~4 years... not a very difficult scenario to create in my dream, but somehow it had evaded me for so long... but it came...
wasn't really something tt couldn't happen in real life theoretically... but practically, it wasn't likely... maybe tt's y i had longed for it for so long... maybe u might find it wierd y i would have this dream dream... ... i dun really noe it myself too... perhaps it was some strange stubborness within me...
so i dreamt of her... my left hand gripped her right and the other held on to her waist... i looked into her eyes deeply and we danced a ballroom dance...
the atmosphere wasn't one which was happy... there was a tinge of sadness in it... sad tt i didn't tell her i had i liked her earlier, sad about my present state... just sad...
perhaps the dream came at the right time... it came to end the longing tt i had for her through the past years... it was time to move on... to make the last step out of the depression in the last few years... time to move on...
went to see my friends' blogs and read about wat they did after i last contacted with them... many an interesting thing they have done... something inside me stirred... i knew wat it was... the all so familiar feeling of competitiveness... it's back... i also wanna do something... and to excel in it...
wasn't really something tt couldn't happen in real life theoretically... but practically, it wasn't likely... maybe tt's y i had longed for it for so long... maybe u might find it wierd y i would have this dream dream... ... i dun really noe it myself too... perhaps it was some strange stubborness within me...
so i dreamt of her... my left hand gripped her right and the other held on to her waist... i looked into her eyes deeply and we danced a ballroom dance...
the atmosphere wasn't one which was happy... there was a tinge of sadness in it... sad tt i didn't tell her i had i liked her earlier, sad about my present state... just sad...
perhaps the dream came at the right time... it came to end the longing tt i had for her through the past years... it was time to move on... to make the last step out of the depression in the last few years... time to move on...
went to see my friends' blogs and read about wat they did after i last contacted with them... many an interesting thing they have done... something inside me stirred... i knew wat it was... the all so familiar feeling of competitiveness... it's back... i also wanna do something... and to excel in it...
didn't had much of a time last week to blog, so this wk's one would be slightly longer...
was busy maintaining the vehicle last week... pretty tiring job i must say... and it's not over yet... going to clean the vehicles this coming week and even more greasing to do... haiz...
NDP's becoming more exciting as the weeks go by... they've started to throw in more things into the sequence run... for example, there were the 4 songs, GOH inspection, president drive past and i forgot wat... the last sequence run was most exhilarating, seeing the GOH in their No. 1 and everything being executed so gilat-ly...
really could feel tt the dae itself is going to be one hell of an unforgettable experience... the only things tt put mionr negative impacts was tt we had to wear long 4 and not smart 4 as was originally thought... we also had to put on camouflage cream... ah!!!
next rehearsal will be on next sundae... sianz... one whole dae burnt... but heard tt we will hence be booking in only on mon nite... so i guess tt's all right with me...
was busy maintaining the vehicle last week... pretty tiring job i must say... and it's not over yet... going to clean the vehicles this coming week and even more greasing to do... haiz...
NDP's becoming more exciting as the weeks go by... they've started to throw in more things into the sequence run... for example, there were the 4 songs, GOH inspection, president drive past and i forgot wat... the last sequence run was most exhilarating, seeing the GOH in their No. 1 and everything being executed so gilat-ly...
really could feel tt the dae itself is going to be one hell of an unforgettable experience... the only things tt put mionr negative impacts was tt we had to wear long 4 and not smart 4 as was originally thought... we also had to put on camouflage cream... ah!!!
next rehearsal will be on next sundae... sianz... one whole dae burnt... but heard tt we will hence be booking in only on mon nite... so i guess tt's all right with me...
Friday, June 18, 2004
This week's Thursday was the hell day of the week..... Why? Cos everyone is going thru the 1st training phase of the Combat Endurance Test(CET) which is the final test that every single trainees have to pass in order to deserve the harzard pay and the prestigious unit badge... The CET sounds quite easy to me: Wearing MOPP4 (a type of protective posture which consists of the mask with canister and, the green camouflage thick cotton suit with gloves) and go for a route march of 3.7km, den come back to take a 30min simple aptitude test, followed by a mask run of 2 km. The running part is just wif the mask on and PT attire.. Hmmm... i tot 3.7km is quite a short dist marching route to me cos i had marched 24km in BMT..But i was wrong.. TOTALLY WRONG!!!!!!! So wrong that it could have cost me my life...
The weather that day was quite hot and humid... Quite a bad weather for me to wear that suit.. But oh well, 3.7km is quite a short dist, should be able to take the heat built up within, i tot to myself....
Then a long siren sounded... I and my fellow company mates quickly masked on and went on to put on the hood and gloves... At that point of time, i could feel the heat building up very fast, like an oven... I told myself not to think too much and started marching off... It was only abt a minute when i just stepped out of the gate, i felt like taking off the mask and give up the training... But i told myself, WHAT? GIVE UP AFTER WALKING A FEW STEPS??? ARE U THAT WEAK??!!! Hence i went on..
The sun became hotter, shining unrelentingly on the whole company.... The temp within me kept on going up.,.. I felt like dying,.... The caister which is a new one seemed to clogged up, making my breathing very difficult.. The mask strap felt like tightening against my head, giving me frustrating headaches and dizziness.. I fought very hard to keep in pace with my platoon... I told myself: GO ON!!!!!!!!!!!
As i marched, i started to sweat profusely. The sweat kept dripping out from the outlet of my mask as if a water tap went malfunctioned... Sweat started to fill up my rubber gloves until they became so heavy for me to even lift my arm... I COULDNT STAND IT!!!!!!!!!! I felt like ripping off my mask!!!!! I clenched my fist and ground my teeth to endure this suffering... Suddenly i felt that my both hands are like on fire or have been badly scalded by boiling water ... Cos the hot sweat and heat dissipated from the clenching of my fist could not escape, instead it builts up more on the heat which is almost killing me!!!!!!!!
Now i am at the turning point of the marching route and heading back to camp... My Platoon Commander shouted:"We are now on the way back!!!! ENDURE!!"
Now at this moment, the sun's rays are more scorching and enervating.... I felt like i am in the burning fires of HELL....Every step i take brings me so much agony, pain, misery and suffering... It is such a chore for me to keep pushing myself to complete the training.... It is so pressurising that my hair could just turn white on the spot.. it is even more painful and discouraging to see that 3 of my platoon mates could not take it and fell out of it finally.. I could hear a voice in my mind whispering: "Why endure? Give up!!! take off the mask!!! Ur friends have given up, so why continue?" I badly wanted to... Den suddenly flashes of the badge, the 300 dollar hazard pay( i will be getting that pay if i pass this test), the tough training and the nonsensical punishment given by my commanders went across my mind... I asked myself:"WHY GIVE UP??!!! I HAVE ENDURED SO MUCH HARDSHIPS, TOLERATED SO MUCH NONSENSE FROM MY COMMANDERS, PERSERVERED THRU NUMEROUS RIGOROUS TRAINING FOR 3 MONTHS PLUS & NOW I WANT TO GIVE UP WHEN MY TRAINING WILL BE ENDING IN 3 WEEKS TIME!??? WHAT ABT THE BADGE AND THE MONEY THAT I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR??! I STAYED ON IN THIS UNIT FOR THESE 2 THINGS... IF NOT, I WOULD HAVE REQUESTED FOR A TRANSFER.. GIVE UP? NO!!!!! NEVER!!!!!! "
Now i am on the last part of the route march... I am reaching the camp soon... good... all will be over soon... I walked, walked, walked, forcing my exhausted legs to carry me on.. I forced myself awake and sober for i can feel the lack of oxygen in my brain, making me very giddy, making me walking zig zag like some drunkard.
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! Why am i still not reaching the camp? This road that i am walking on is the normal short running route i took during my running exercises.. Now yet it look so interminable to me... sapping my mental strength away...
FINALLY, i reached the camp.. The commanders announced the end of the training... PHEW!!!!!!! I quickly took off the mask and took in a deep breathe... HA!!!!! Never did i knew that fresh air smells so good.. Den i slumbed onto the ground, totally tired and 'crumpled'.. I closed my eyes to rest... the commotion around me became an instant oblivious.. I tot to myself: i have totally underestimated this toughness of the training.... Now is just the beginning of the training and yet i almost couldnt take it, how am i going to pass the test and earned what i truly deserved? I dunno, i just really dunno.... I stared blankly at my friends wearing a shagged out face.... Just too tired to think....
The weather that day was quite hot and humid... Quite a bad weather for me to wear that suit.. But oh well, 3.7km is quite a short dist, should be able to take the heat built up within, i tot to myself....
Then a long siren sounded... I and my fellow company mates quickly masked on and went on to put on the hood and gloves... At that point of time, i could feel the heat building up very fast, like an oven... I told myself not to think too much and started marching off... It was only abt a minute when i just stepped out of the gate, i felt like taking off the mask and give up the training... But i told myself, WHAT? GIVE UP AFTER WALKING A FEW STEPS??? ARE U THAT WEAK??!!! Hence i went on..
The sun became hotter, shining unrelentingly on the whole company.... The temp within me kept on going up.,.. I felt like dying,.... The caister which is a new one seemed to clogged up, making my breathing very difficult.. The mask strap felt like tightening against my head, giving me frustrating headaches and dizziness.. I fought very hard to keep in pace with my platoon... I told myself: GO ON!!!!!!!!!!!
As i marched, i started to sweat profusely. The sweat kept dripping out from the outlet of my mask as if a water tap went malfunctioned... Sweat started to fill up my rubber gloves until they became so heavy for me to even lift my arm... I COULDNT STAND IT!!!!!!!!!! I felt like ripping off my mask!!!!! I clenched my fist and ground my teeth to endure this suffering... Suddenly i felt that my both hands are like on fire or have been badly scalded by boiling water ... Cos the hot sweat and heat dissipated from the clenching of my fist could not escape, instead it builts up more on the heat which is almost killing me!!!!!!!!
Now i am at the turning point of the marching route and heading back to camp... My Platoon Commander shouted:"We are now on the way back!!!! ENDURE!!"
Now at this moment, the sun's rays are more scorching and enervating.... I felt like i am in the burning fires of HELL....Every step i take brings me so much agony, pain, misery and suffering... It is such a chore for me to keep pushing myself to complete the training.... It is so pressurising that my hair could just turn white on the spot.. it is even more painful and discouraging to see that 3 of my platoon mates could not take it and fell out of it finally.. I could hear a voice in my mind whispering: "Why endure? Give up!!! take off the mask!!! Ur friends have given up, so why continue?" I badly wanted to... Den suddenly flashes of the badge, the 300 dollar hazard pay( i will be getting that pay if i pass this test), the tough training and the nonsensical punishment given by my commanders went across my mind... I asked myself:"WHY GIVE UP??!!! I HAVE ENDURED SO MUCH HARDSHIPS, TOLERATED SO MUCH NONSENSE FROM MY COMMANDERS, PERSERVERED THRU NUMEROUS RIGOROUS TRAINING FOR 3 MONTHS PLUS & NOW I WANT TO GIVE UP WHEN MY TRAINING WILL BE ENDING IN 3 WEEKS TIME!??? WHAT ABT THE BADGE AND THE MONEY THAT I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR??! I STAYED ON IN THIS UNIT FOR THESE 2 THINGS... IF NOT, I WOULD HAVE REQUESTED FOR A TRANSFER.. GIVE UP? NO!!!!! NEVER!!!!!! "
Now i am on the last part of the route march... I am reaching the camp soon... good... all will be over soon... I walked, walked, walked, forcing my exhausted legs to carry me on.. I forced myself awake and sober for i can feel the lack of oxygen in my brain, making me very giddy, making me walking zig zag like some drunkard.
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! Why am i still not reaching the camp? This road that i am walking on is the normal short running route i took during my running exercises.. Now yet it look so interminable to me... sapping my mental strength away...
FINALLY, i reached the camp.. The commanders announced the end of the training... PHEW!!!!!!! I quickly took off the mask and took in a deep breathe... HA!!!!! Never did i knew that fresh air smells so good.. Den i slumbed onto the ground, totally tired and 'crumpled'.. I closed my eyes to rest... the commotion around me became an instant oblivious.. I tot to myself: i have totally underestimated this toughness of the training.... Now is just the beginning of the training and yet i almost couldnt take it, how am i going to pass the test and earned what i truly deserved? I dunno, i just really dunno.... I stared blankly at my friends wearing a shagged out face.... Just too tired to think....
Sunday, June 06, 2004
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
guess quite a no. of u ppl out there are just too lazy to crack yr brains eh? aniway, gonna start putting down the no. of words tt i've found for a particular set of letters... so from there, u could perhaps guage the difficulty level for the particular quiz...
this wk's quiz:
Quiz 3: mpl
2 words found so far for this quiz...
and the answer for Quiz 1:
5 words: highly, roughly, thoroughly, highlight, highlander
for Quiz 2, i've found 6 words so far... couldn't be bothered to find more cos i found out tt it was just TOO easy...
this wk's quiz:
Quiz 3: mpl
2 words found so far for this quiz...
and the answer for Quiz 1:
5 words: highly, roughly, thoroughly, highlight, highlander
for Quiz 2, i've found 6 words so far... couldn't be bothered to find more cos i found out tt it was just TOO easy...
burn burn away ah... burn away my weekends! burn away my admin time! had ndp rehearsal at khatib camp last thurs, weekly ndp rehearsal at kallang on sat, live firing on sun, practical test for my OM course on mon, beret presentation parade rehearsal on tues aka yesterdae...
zzz... the last wkend was lamez... booked out at ~2000 after the ndp thingy and had to book in the next dae at 0900?!?!?! well, tt's not the main point... we only started firing at 1630 and returned back to my bed in the bunk at 2300... the no. of rounds we fired? 10... wow...
so tml's the actual beret presentation parade and there's gonna be a drive past... guess wat? i'm driving... hoho... it's going to be a nice experience i believe... can help to prep me for the actual mobile column for ndp next year... cool...
this week's just gonna be burned as badly... booked out only at 2000 yesterday... well, there's supposed to be a battalion long weekend for us after the parade... but sianz... kanna sai-kang duty for saf dae parade on fri... so only will have nitez out tml... and sat's gonna go for the ndp rehearsal as usual...
oh ya, just a side track... managed to saw the paratroopers paratrooping last sat... wow!
back to the main discussion... so i'll be booking out at most likely 2000 again and enjoy a shortened long wkend... well, wth? shortened long wkend? -.-''' will be booking back in on mon nite...
zzz... the last wkend was lamez... booked out at ~2000 after the ndp thingy and had to book in the next dae at 0900?!?!?! well, tt's not the main point... we only started firing at 1630 and returned back to my bed in the bunk at 2300... the no. of rounds we fired? 10... wow...
so tml's the actual beret presentation parade and there's gonna be a drive past... guess wat? i'm driving... hoho... it's going to be a nice experience i believe... can help to prep me for the actual mobile column for ndp next year... cool...
this week's just gonna be burned as badly... booked out only at 2000 yesterday... well, there's supposed to be a battalion long weekend for us after the parade... but sianz... kanna sai-kang duty for saf dae parade on fri... so only will have nitez out tml... and sat's gonna go for the ndp rehearsal as usual...
oh ya, just a side track... managed to saw the paratroopers paratrooping last sat... wow!
back to the main discussion... so i'll be booking out at most likely 2000 again and enjoy a shortened long wkend... well, wth? shortened long wkend? -.-''' will be booking back in on mon nite...
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