Something Different

Monday, September 25, 2006

My life now. . . dull and boring. . . Time past too slow and i don't know how to describe this feeling. . . perhaps one word. . . sianz!!


My everyday's routine. . . reveille, breakfast, sleep, PT or games occasionally, lunch, sleep, dinner. . . it appears to be a life that every soldiers want. . . but no. . . sometimes it's better to have something to do. . .
Sleeping in the day is just not part of the programme inside my brain. . . As hard as i tried, i just couldn't get myself to sleep during the daytime. . . All the while that i'm lying in the bed, i was just flipping about, my mind is just always filled with many things that i can't seem to get myself to sleep. . .
Since i can't sleep in the day. . . i'm really desperate to occupy myself with something to learn, to enrich myself. . . and so far. . to no avail. . . How i wish someone can give me an idea what i should do. . .


Everyone now slept so much that it was though part of the routine order. . . and if it really is, then it will be a joke. . . We were caught by the csm. . . red handed for sleeping during office hours. . . Out of nowhere, he appeared in our bunk, sitting on one of the guy's bed, capturing the scene of many of us sleeping. . . I wasn't among the one sleeping. . . just lying on the bed, reading my newsweek. . . his presence did not caught my attention until one of the guys alerted me. . . I turned my head towards his direction and got a shock. . . There he was, sitting quietly, looking at everyone sleeping. . . Without a delay, i shouted to wake everyone up. . . But he remained silent, even when everyone were up. . . Loss of words, our minds were having the same thought. . . "We are doomed, how many extras are we going to sign. . . " The silent continued for another 10 minutes as everyone stared as one another, expecting something bad to happen. . . It didn't. . . we were relieved, as he simply walked out of our bunk without a word eventually. . . But the fear of any possible punishment tormented us for the entire day. . . It was supposed to be our book out day and all of us were worried that it will affect our chance to go home. . . Eventually such fear prove to be unnecessary. . . and again. . . our CSM proved to be a magnanimous guy. . .

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Saturday, September 16, 2006

"One more time i caught you speeding across the zebra crossing, i'll make sure you repeat your lesson for another 10 times. . ." a stern warning from the instructor. . .
I like speed. . . i enjoy the feeling the wind blowing against my face when ride, and that's why i thought riding on a bike was always an enjoyable experience for me. . . I was really eager to get my license. . .
It's gonna be dangerous. . i knew. . once i got my license there will be high tendency that i will speed. . . but i can't help indulge in speeding. . .
Not only on a bike, when i was driving my bronco, the vehicle commanders and passengers too complained that, i drove too fast. . .
Well. . . Fast and furious. . .? Or i call it. . .More speed. . . more luck. . .
Anyway, i've managed to progress to lesson 4 already. . . it's still a long way to go, but i thought i'm now very good at the vehicle already. . .


Another match for Tat Ming's team. . . or i should call it now. . . my team. . . i'm now officially part for his team, got the jersey. . . a orange nike no.2 shirt. . . It was quite an easy opponent i thought, but we only managed to beat them 3-2, after going 1 goal down. . .
My performance. . . i wouldn't say i played well, just up to the standard perhaps. . . I was involved in 2 of the goals, but of course such credits won't go to me. . .
Playing for his team. . . there's just something that was not right. . . something that restrict me from performing to my best. . . The answer. . . the only person that i really know in the team was Tat Ming himself, the rest of them are mostly no different from strangers to me. . . or perhaps i should say, merely hi and bye. . . Playing in a team with so many i don't know, it restrict my performance. . . Back in v3, i would often play it to my maximum ability. . . Every were old friends, good friends, good buddies and we know each others for years. . . the feeling is completely different. . . We bond well, played well together, shout at each others mistakes. . . it's fun and you enjoy. . . v3 will just always be my team, whether we still play anot. . .
I joined Tat Ming's team with the objective to play soccer, to have more chance to still stick to something i like to do. . . Whether i managed to bond with the other players or not i didn't care to put in much concern, most of the time i just finish the game and go home. . . somehow couldn't summon the energy to talk much. . .
But now, i hope i wouldn't lose the heart to play for his team so quickly, it's been a slow slow start. . .


It's been a long long week. . . Time past really slow. . . It's because that we are so free in camp. . . No outfields, no exercise, no course. . . simply nothing to do except for PT. . . and the number of PTs we had. . . it's enough to count with one of my hand. . . Slack. . not that i don't like, but time flies so slowly when you do so, especially when you are not allowed to sleep. . . you can only idle, but not sleep. . . isn't it a form of torture. . . sometimes i wish we have got something to do. . . and when there's something to do. . . we got. . . sai gung. . shitty works. . . because we were the only platoon with nothing to do, there we go, force to do all these digusting jobs. . . cleaning up the washing bay, sweeping roads that don't belong to our company, cleaning up the CQ store. . . Enough! but more to come next week. . . next monday will be store maintenance week, as declared by the CSM. . . As the commanders go for their ATP, we will be staying in the camp, and expect more shitty works ahead. . .!

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Sunday, September 10, 2006

This is my 100th post. . .


I did it. . I've finally got my ippt gold. . . celebrate. . .? all the effort, all the hardwork put in in reaching this objective has finally paid off. . . and well. . . a symbolism of success. . ? probably. . or not. .
Success don't come from nothing. . . All the while i've been training, working hard towards this goal, this objective. . . and i thought i nearly couldn't make it. . .
For a point of time, i thought heaven is playing a cruel joke on me. . . i had been looking forward to the ippt test for so long and then, i found myself feeling sick the night before the test. . . Things didn't get better on the morning itself where the test is conducted and i was on the verge of giving up the chance to take it. . . Luckily i didn't, though i was sure that i wasn't feeling well at all, i chose to let the thermometer decide my fate. . . I measured and realised i haven't got a fever, and with that, i decided to endure through the test. . . It wasn't easy. . . especially when the first station i took was chin-up, my weakest link. . . There i go, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. . . . . . and 10. . . i struggled, and the 10 took more of my mental strength than physical. . . By the time i've finished my 9th chin-up, there was left with little strength to go for the most decisive one. . . in fact, i almost couldn't make it. . . it was left with pure determination and mental power to bring me up to the last one, and once i did it, i knew i was very close to the gold. . . . In fact, i managed to clear the rest of the stations with ease. . . then came the final lap, 2.4km. . . Down with a flu, there was much difficulty for me to breathe in and out through the nose. . . but i wasn't prepare to let this affect me. . . i've did it before and i wanted to do it better this time. . . so, i ran, endured and got back in 9.1 minutes, created another personal best and got my much anticipated ippt gold. . . .


I've been selected to train in the armour formation soccer team, and now my objective is to make it into the first 11, and hopefully bring back some glory. . . i must prove that i can. . !


A much awaited secondary school class gathering. . . . Not everyone came, but still among those who were there, i could discover that many have changed. . . I wouldn't comment whether it was for the better or worse, but well, it just look and feel different. . . There was feeling of unfamilarity among some, especially with some of the girls. . . but overall, it was like just another casual dinner, the feeling of class 4A last time wasn't there and it was more like a gathering for those different clique in the class. . . anyway, i thought this was unavoidable, it's been long since we last met and it's difficult to find a common topic to share. . . and probably, i've lost much memories about my secondary school life as i discovered yesterday. . .


I was there playing a match for Tat Ming's team hours ago. . . I sucks. . . played extremely badly, lost count of the number goals that were conceded by me. . . why. . ? i'm not in the condition, not in the mood. . . i'm still not feeling too well, panting and feeling slight chest pain after running. . . i'm just too tired and emotionally handicapped for the game. . .


i'm ending this week feeling down. depressed. tired. my mood is going from one low point to another. . .
ironic it is, there has been so much worth to celebrate after all i've said. . the ippt gold. . . the recruitment to formation soccer team, the much anticipated class gathering. . . but no. . . blog don't tell everything, and perhaps some things are better keep to the heart. . .

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Saturday, September 02, 2006

Pretty good life huh. . ? Sleep, eat, sleep, eat, sleep again. . . Is this army. . ?!!


This is gonna get into my history book, once of the slackest army week i ever have. . . Except for the only physical training we had at the start of the week, there's actually no other programme for the week. . . Simply too relaxed, i'm not used to it. . .
Obviously most the troopers are enjoying it, isn't that the kinda life they've been looking forward to. . ? the siw's life, the paradise where they did their 1 month spike course. . .
Next week, another four troopers are going for the 1 month relaxation course, and we can look forward to add another few more slacko into our platoon. . .
Spike. . . The most popular platoon among the battalion, the tankees, the AIs are all drooling once they heard of the kinda lives we are leading. . . Understandable. . . I can't help feeling sorry for them everytime i saw them in full battle order, preparing for another outfield again. . .
Glen and Chuan Ming. . i felt guilty whenever i see them going outfield while i'm there in camp, resting on bed. . .
The sergeants are mostly in ORD mood now. . . They don't seem to pay that much concern to our basic discipline anymore. . . That calls for a celebration. .? Not really, i'm not used to it, or maybe i feel we need some discipline inside. . . control is needed. . .


Where's my ippt gold. . .? They didn't even conduct, thanks to the fine weather we had on the day where it's supposed to take place. . . Blessing in disguise. . ? My chin-up number often mood swing. . . sometimes i can do 10, sometimes 8, sometimes 12, sometimes even only 5. . . looks like there's still much more training before i'm really ready for the test. . . Do it not for myself, do it for somebody. . . motivation. . .


Time past so slow when you are doing nothing. . . I tried to kill my time through various activities. . . Carrom. . . I must admit that i suck at it. . . there's something wrong with my finger that i can't seem to be able to hit straight and always end up the loser in the game. . . i guess i've resign to my fate. . . Chess. . . I started off feeling noob and didn't care about winning at all. . . but yet once i've won a few times, you expect yourself to win all the time. . . the feeling of losing begun tasting more and more bitter. . .
A game of chess can define your personality. . . Impatient. . i'm impatient. . . that was the culprit for my downfall. . . in chess. . . once you are impatient you are unable to analyse the opponent's move accurately. . . Tactless. . . A game of chess need a plan, a tactic to see you to victory. . . i don't play with tactic, but simply work my way out from step to step. . . In life, you need a goal, a tactic, you needa plan your life and work towards something you wanna achieve. . . somehow i felt i don't have a tactic in life too, i still haven't got an idea of what i'm gonna do in future, i've only got a tactic for the near future, to study and get a degree in university, not future, not what i've wanna be after university. . .


Guitar. . . i'm a slow learner. . . i really don't have musical talent. . . So i have to work harder than other people. . . Till now, i'm still struggling to strum a song. . . Haiz. . . i really wish i can manage to play a song and sing it to somebody man. . . Someday i can. . . i just have to work doubly hard. . . it's worth it. . !


Sometimes i felt maybe they just wanna earn your money man. . . Lesson 3 this evening and i thought i've did enough to get through. . . once again it was a letdown. . . leaving the driving centre feeling pissed for not being able to progress to the next lesson. . . arghhh. . .

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Name: Chen Zhicai (Call me Keith!)
Date of Birth: 3rd January 1987
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