It has been topsy-turvy in regards of my inner emotional self for the past few days. I made a mistake by allowing emotions to rule over my sanity once again. Tears just flowed uncontrollably.

Anyway , the top priority thing in my mind now is tomorrow's IPPT. I will do my very best to clinch a silver. I want to get a day off , the IPPT badge and 100 bucks.

Wish me luck for tomorrow !

Boring sunday night when the main channels aired on TV has the same person preaching the same stuffs. With no disrespect intended , but I think I will fall asleep if I chose to sit on the sofa and watch TV. Political apathy ? Nope , not really. I prefer to read the excerpts on newspaper the following day.

I had a good rest and workout this weekend. Have decided for the sake of my fitness , I gotta be more self-disciplined and not sink in indolence by finding excuses not to workout. I went to jog/run around the neighbourhood on an early saturday morning and hit the chin-up bar to train. Actually I made it a point to mount the bar near my place when I passed by it on the way home everyday. Am determined to ameliorate my fitness condition.

Finally met up with Fel on saturday too. My good friend cum great partner of mine back when working for Singpost last time. She was feeling down the previous time I chatted with her and I was suggesting that eating ice-cream can cheer a person up (applies to me to some extent , so I thought it may be of help) . I jokingly said that I will treat her to eat an earthquake at Swensens provided she can finish it and she said she can ! Of course , we were merely bantering with each other. We are not insane to order an earthquake and try to polish the surfeit of food besides our main course. Though is just a short few hours spent catching up over some light shopping and dinner since she has to go off early , is definitely great to see her again after so long.

I finally bought a silicon skin for my baby ! My baby = my Zen V Plus. I bought my mp3 player about 5 months ago and it has been quite sometime my baby has gone without a protection eversince the plastic foil peeled off. Is good to see an item being ticked off my wishlist. It gives me a greater satisfaction that I am paying my own pecuniary wants using my own $$. Not that I am rich or anything , but I always believe that whatever stuffs I want , I should try to achieve them myself. Only then do I appreciate them. Moreover , I feel that I should not add burden to my parents by demanding them to buy additional stuffs for me. I have been training myself to be financially independent ever since I graduated from college.

I saw fireworks when I was on my way towards MS alone to buy the silicon skin. However I didn't stop by to look. I can eat alone , watch movies alone , shop alone but I cannot watch fireworks alone. It will get me into the emo-state which I abhor alot.

It has been a busy week partly due to it being the National Day week.

August has been the traditional peak period for crane operations. No surprises that it's again free sun-tanning session out at the wharfs. Missile loading and unloading for two days including live rounds that required all 6 of us in action. One can really see the camaraderie among us , despite the toughness and pressure , we helped out with each other. It was great team effort to see out the success of the operation. Our section is small but we shoulder the responsibility of supporting the entire navy crane ops. At times despite some petulant displeasure that may involved withering invective being shown among us or directed against each other due to misunderstandings or miscommunications , at the end of the day we know full well that no hard feelings were intended. It does not affect our friendship and the bond we have. I am glad to be part of the team and I wouldn't swop any of the lads with anybody even if given a chance.

National Day was a rest-day for me and I stayed home because there was the possibilty of being recalled back but in the end it did not happen. I caught NDP on television and it was spectacular , especially the fireworks which were breath-takingly awesome. Actually , I had wanted to ask a person whom I valued to see fireworks but I supposed my intention proved to be redundant. Anyway , the Rigid Hull Inflatable (they are known as Rhibs as well) by NDU's performance on this year's NDP are some of the many items that we helped to lift sometimes in camp.

This month will be quite busy. Schedules are filled up fast week by week and anytime there may be recall. I am already super tanned now and looks like this month I can forgo wearing contacts because of the ugly spectacle lines that are palpable from being under the sun for hours. I hate wearing specs , if I had the money I will go for Lasik.

I met up with Pam yesterday ! I have known her since the good old Cold Storage days and she is like an elder sis to me , someone whom I turned to advices on stuffs like studies and relationships. It has been eons since we last met up and I am the guilty one because I am always not free. Am glad to see her doing well as an accountant and she treated me sing K ! So nice of her. I treated her dinner in return. She shared with me her own undergrad experience back then and she was sighing that being a student is so much better. How true. Being a student is something fortunate because everything is planned and the responsibility is just to study. It beats working but I rather study or work than being bounded to a regimental military life. It's 5 months+ from now to regain freedom. I wish time will pass faster.