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Qifa.Commonwealth.Hwa Chong.
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Ren.Ray.Jan.Yu
Woon.Zing.Ner.Aili.Re.Ngai.Li
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For 2007, I hope to...
:Enrich myself as much as possible before Uni:
:Do well in Uni:
:Visit Hong Kong or Taiwan:
:Learn hip-hop dancing:
:Not involve my car in any accident:
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So anyway I had ECL (dbl degree) interview in the morning. And I was almost late cuz the palce is like so inside and the registration is slow... ok nvm. But luckily the interview went well i think. Had 2 interviewers and one was very frenly (ok maybe polite la) and the other is just KL (kl face, kl qns, kl mood). Asked me about why I wanna do law, and also asked abt the Argentinian Currency Crisis (cuz I told them I did a project on it during econs S which really sparked my interest in econs) and THANK THANK GOD TIMES INFINITY I could still remember the happenings in that incident. If not I sure kenna exposed and die... Phew
Then went for some job briefing... as a tuition coordinator... sounds a little too good to be true. Roping Janelle in as well... hope it's not a scam
Then went to Sim Lim to shop... and saw Lincoln there. Had a brief but enjoyable chat. meet sometime soon ya?
Then went back to NUS for the ECL/Law written test. So surprised to see Peh, Becks (and Peh said he saw Kay Kee) there. I tot our class nobody want to do law wan leh... end up still have... be classmates next time again haha. Test was ok... I think. Well at least I had no mental block and could finish in time la... so I guess it is NOT bad...
Then went to give tuition. Just got back at 10.
Long day huh? Haha. Tml going Kbox to sing all my stress out!! CAN'T wait to hear Ray Jan and ren sing. Like I SOOOO CAN't wait haha....
Terence pens his legacy at 10:48 PM Another day... spent whiling away...
Acty not so bad liao... cuz the whole group of lobos (16 of us) were broken into 2 groups... 11 were attached to Pierce Ammo Depot (just further up Rifle Range road) while me, the i/c and 3 others were kept back at School of Ammo (SoA).
And so when the 11 came back for lunch, heard from them that acty their sai gang over there is much worse than ours... they had to go into the forested areas to clear up the drains (cement? dirt? i dunno) and apparently i think they had to deepen the drains through digging... under the hot sun in the humid tropical setting... not too enticing eh?
Not like mine which is more of like wayang-ingly sweeping yp dead leaves from the backyard and court areas... wayang that is... with lots of intermittent naps haha
So I guess life isn't so bad after all? Oh and CSM said I may be attached to our OIC (overall in charge) when he comes back... apparently it's supposed to be good cuz ppl will start to po2 u... but not confirmed la... see lor
Terence pens his legacy at 8:50 PM Today was a really bad day for me. Period. Got me damn bloddy pissed and tired and made me use so much vulgarities (note the word used: much not many)
Anyway our CSM gave us unfinishable sai gang la. So sorry, I have reverted to the use of sai gang cuz it is both easier and shorter to type and also becus I am now back in the army. :S
So ya we had to like clear the whole camp compound of dead leaves. yes, our camp is damn small... but u noe ar, the amount of dead leaves is... aiya u noe la. In the middle of the jungle where monkeys jump from tree to tree (with every jump sending more dead leaves on the ground), haiz...
So means we cannot rest at all. Of course we tried to play cheat la, then kenna caught, so kenna gan-ed too. But army la... expected.
Our CSM not so bad la, acty is our 2IC (who is a warrant) that gan the CSM then the CSM gan us.
But u noe wad... I can't be bothered anymore. I have reverted back to the 2 years swee swee "serve and fuck off" attitude.
And the reception there is quite bad. If CPF happens to want to call me and my recpetion is zit then i also suck thumb.
Gosh do I love the army life! Viva la Army!
That's not all. Bus was fucked up today..... wait so long. Idiot. Hai me had to rush thru dinner or else would be late for tuition.
Got pissed. Think I vented some on tutee. But he was very lazy today too. Sigh.
Terence pens his legacy at 9:58 PM Yay it's a stay out unit!! So at least from now till june 25 or july 11 I can come back home daily. After the training course there we will be posted to new units. So maybe will have to stay in... I dunno...
In any case I'm glad now is not stay in. But travelling time is not very short for me too... cuz we have to take this shuttle bus from bukit timah to the camp which is somewhere up in the wilderness of bukit timah hill, which is about 20 minutes I think. SO bleah. To think I would have more time at home compared to when I was at AFS.
Hopefully lobo-ing at Ammo Base will not entail too much fatigue duties, but I doubt so. :`(
Terence pens his legacy at 10:12 AM Sickening... typed an entry yesterday but when wanyed to post then blogger koked up.
Anyway yesterday was an off day for me! Yeah!
Went to watch The Interpreter... wasn't as thrilling as I expected... very few high tempo scenes... and the climax was... disappointing. But nevertheless it had a good plot I feel, and I overall still did enjoy it. But if u guys wanna watch, my advice is, unless u like guessing plots and mysteries (like in Alias), you wun really like the show... it works ur brain la.
Then I went cheap CD shopping at Bugis haha. The $7 kind... bought 3 albums. Hope they are nice.
Anyway next Monday gotta report to Ammo Base liao. Not very excited about that prospect.
Going for CPF final round later. Hope I dun screw what seems to be my closest chance to a scholarship yet. *Please?* Haha
Terence pens his legacy at 9:56 AM Today is a really suay day man... for a looooong looooong time
Having done sports yesterday, I decided to give myself a break today and dun do sports, so I din bring my PT kit. Then turned out a staff asked us to do fatigue duties, and need PT kit, so I went to buy a whole new set including brand new PT shoes. Ya I noe we got credits and all but it's kind of a watse lor i think... Oh and turns out all the TMS instructors had a loooong meeting so end up we din have to do the work and I bought the kit in vain.
Also today we knew our posting. i was supposed to be an armourer at the "T Ammo Base", wherever that is... heard some ppl say it's at bukit timah. Ya... remember pak doing armskote duties at bukit timah ard there, so i think it's near dunearn road and should be very convenient for me to access. The upside: It's much nearer to my house than AFS, and I only need ard 20-30 mins to reach. The downsideS: I think likely have to stay in (cuz army mah, not air force), thus destroying all my tuition plans. Also, cannot wear the nice AF No.3 and must wear the irritating No.4... wth la so hot and ugly! Also, it would be much more regimental there lor, again army mah...
Sux leh... now my second income is being threatened...
The only good thing is that MSG Robert gave us an off tml (he kept his word WOW) cuz of the duties we did last year. So I think i gonna watch The Interpreter... yay. At least sth to cheer me up...
Maybe like Quan Ning says they wun make us lobos (slackers) stay in (oh btw our arms support assistant course starts june 25) cuz we are doing nth at all and they will have to pay for our 2 extra meals and find extra bunk space for us...
HOPEFULLY...
Terence pens his legacy at 9:56 PM I wanted to blog so badly last night upon returnign home but my eyes wanted to shut so badly last night sue to weariness.... and my eyes won la.
So anyway here I am now. After a long tiring morning of replying to PSC's long list of qns and also trying to think of qns to ask CPF during my interview with them this coming Friday.
So anyway, yesterday's fatigue work ended real late and I got home totally exhausted cuz as usual it involves a lot of manual labour. And yes, I have decided not to use the term sai-gang anymore, thanks to staff vincent who gave a long preaching, and also thanks to the wonderful officers and specs in the air force.
It was wonderful doing the work yesterday because of two words: Recognition and Appreciation.
Yes. The officers there actually came up to us at the end of the whole combined mess event (where all the air force lao jiaos gathered for beer, chatting and dinner/snacks... and yes by lao jiaos I mean all the crabs and stars. So many LTCs and COLs lor... and I even saw 2 BGs and the CAF who is a 2 star GEN) and THANKED us for our hard work. Ya, it was easy to spot us because the whole night we were the only ones opening doors for distinguished ppl, slogging behind the bar counter to wash used mugs and cups and help the bar girls serve drinks, collecting empty mugs/cups and returning to bar, cleaning up the rubbish at the tables etc...
Ya, you read right. They thanked us. The warrant officers and captains came upt o us, gave us a pat on the back and shook our hands saying, "Thanks guys, good job. Thanks for all ur hard work."
I felt so appreciated then I dunno how to describe.
Back at Tekong where got such thing? The instructors there expect u to do "work" and take it for granted, even always scolding u for being slow.
A world of difference I say.
I am so proud of the Air Force instructors because they recognise that "The commanders provide the direction, the men provide the thrust." Without the men, the SAF would collaspe.
And because of their attitude towards us, I found a whole new great sense of respect for the instructors in the Air Force. They truly epitomise who the ideal SAF instructor should be.
And so, I now serve with a very open and proud heart. I hope that the instructors in the Army will also be like their counterparts in the Air Force, because they will not only make the SAF a better organisation, they will also INSPIRE their men to want to serve their nation with all their heart and soul. Like this, no one, or at least significantly less ppl, will complain about NS.
Maybe this is just me having a visionary and idealistic view of things, but I definitely think there is some truth to it.
Terence pens his legacy at 11:30 AM I'm in a dilemma now... I dunno if I want my body to recover soon or not.
Recover soon is good cuz I will not be in this zombie-like state constantly feeling weak and tired (also partly due to drowsiness cuased by medicine) and cannot do anything, Even tho I got MC and am at home the whole day today, I only turned on my PC now... din play PC games at all but was more of sleeping the day away.
Abd why dun want to recover soon leh? Cuz tml at AFS the lobos (the nth-to-do slackers) have to do sai gang till rather late at night, like 9 plus, so when I get home it would be like 11pm liao. If I still got fever, I'll probably be able to get an MC tml and then can go home and sleep more! Heh
I guai guai take the prescribed medicine liao. Now it's up to my Lord and my body.
PS: I can't find the address of 86 Abingdon Road on can.com.sg! Anyone knows how to get to Changi Prison by public transport?
Terence pens his legacy at 6:12 PM Sick... again.
Seems my body has something against me... always like to fall sick. High fever summore. 39.2 degress C.
Two days MC... was hoping for 3 days so that i can rest all the way till next monday, but MO give 2, so bo pian...
"drink lots of water" he says but i drink a lot liao lor...
WTH
Terence pens his legacy at 8:03 PM Here I go again... ranting in "cyberspace" (what a name for a computer lab sort of) in AFS due to the overwhelming boredom and stiff/stale air in the AETI room I have to be confined in for the whole day unless I sneak out.
Tt was such a mouthful. Anyway, I'm rather glad the day is ending soon... well at least the day in AFS la. Cuz I have to go give my first tuition lesson to this kid (I dun even noe his/her gender and name!) living in Jurong West EXTENSION. Yup, Yay!!! I got my tuition assignment... means mroe chi-ching for me, tho I promised i will put the extra money to good use. I'll try to be a good boy. ;)
So anyway, it's such a bother for it to be at JW Extension lor. I mean... WTH I still have to trek deep into the ulu urban forest to search amongst a sea of apt blocks to find that one... I noe... the online map doesn't help much.
In any case, I'm still glad God and AM Tuition Centre gave me this opportunity. Hopefully it will be a tripartite win-win-win situation for all of us.
And we'll (the OOCs) probably noe our posting by tml, or this week latest (or so MSG Yin claims, but judging by the inefficiency of the SAF... hmm... I wonder)
Oh and CPF called me today to tell me to go for another rd of interviews. The email Tek Lee (from CPF) sent said it was the FINAL round! *Gasps* Now I really have to dig deep into their company profile and try to ask intelligent questions.
And along with that comes serious considerations and thoughts into whether a scholarship with CPF is what I really want... considering the 6 yr bond and also the recent news article on bond breakers and their sad stories.
Oh... and I settled the PSC pscyh interview. Turns out there are many centres conducting psych interviews for PSC, and one of them is at Changi Prison (inside it), and guess what? Smart! I am slated to go for an interview there! Randomly allocated, the CSC rep told me. Thx... certainly takes very little time to get there. :D Oh well... looks like 2 more days off my annual leave which leaves me with a depressing 5 left. (And i initially wanted to leave 3 for my Bday celebrations, now have to ration...)
Terence pens his legacy at 4:07 PM
| Your Inner European is Irish! |
 Sprited and boisterous! You drink everyone under the table. |
| Your Irish Name Is... |
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Terence Mingsheng Ang's Aliases |
| Your movie star name: Chips Ang |
| Your fashion designer name is Terence Dresden |
| Your socialite name is Fatso Paris |
| Your fly girl / guy name is T Ang |
| Your detective name is Dolphin Commonwealth |
| Your barfly name is Chips None |
| Your soap opera name is Mingsheng Toh Guan |
| Your rock star name is Strawberries And Cream Lightning |
| Your star wars name is Tersun Angnon |
| Your punk rock band name is The Good Funny Stuff |
| You Are 55% Normal (Somewhat Normal) |
 While some of your behavior is quite normal... Other things you do are downright strange You've got a little of your freak going on But you mostly keep your weirdness to yourself |
| You Are 22 Years Old |
Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax. |
Terence pens his legacy at 6:49 PM I love the weekends man... really then have a whole lot of time to do wad I want. Went to watch The Pacifier today... quite nice la actually... but not as funny as I thought, like a lot of the jokes are quite lame and not really ab-stimulating but i just laugh to ying4 chou2. Hah. Not like House of Fury which was much funnier.
Hmm I've been really weary these few days... no idea why. Body slept so much on its own last night... a real bad sign. Maybe Vit B would help. Maybe less stress would help.
Argh! I wanna just slack at home with my PC and not in some AETI room with no hp reception, no desk/lap-top and no source of entertainment.
And Robert's pissed off attitude isn't helping.
Did I mention he WILL be doing spot checks and we now can't sleep in the classroom now? Maybe it's not so bad to be posted elsewhere now...
Terence pens his legacy at 9:30 PM Hey hey blogging from AFS again heh... just came back from AM leave cuz I had a psychological interview at the Civil Service College... for CPF la...
So anyway, I think it went rather well... probably i din get the same psychologist that woon got for her psych interview. Ya. My psychologist was very frenly la... made me feel rather comfortable in sharing stuff with her. Ya... I guess maybe I kind of divulged a little too much sometmes cuz even if she din ask, sth I will like elaborate a little extra on some things or digress...
I think she also kind of felt I talked a little too much but hey... the more she knows the mroe accurate a report she can write right??
And I think she scribbled kind of like wad? 7, 8 pages of stuff? Ya... she wrote a lot!
And I wouldn't feel too comfortable if those 8 pages are read by other ppl. But hey... I trust the CSC la...
Anyway the AM leave id making the day so short! Before I know it I think I will be ending my day soon heh. *grins wide* I love AM leaves... can wake up a little later (which means can stay up later the ngiht before) and when u arrive at AFS and have a (free) lunch... like half the day gone and the rest of the hours would seem short.
Or maybe becuz I'm just in a good mood today.
I noe I noe... I'm talking too much.
Laters.
Terence pens his legacy at 1:03 PM And I quote MSG Robert today at his twenty odd minute speech before releasing us from AFS, "Life is very... fragile. Like a glass bowl blah blah blah... pft!" Uses his hands to shape a glass fruit bowl or sth... Who says he can't speak or coomunicate well? Hmph! The usual thinks he nv study a lot then now quite successful (or is he?) and thinks that educated ppl are not much superior than he is that kind of attitude... think eugene from section 2... now don;t even get me started.
And I couldn't agree more. With the quote that is. My dear friend for now wad? 6 years and counting liao lor... ya got hospitalised and was op-ed on yesterday morning due to stomach ulcer. Doc listed a few probable causes. We all noe well what it was. But I guess Jan and I din want to add on to the "nagging" and we din really say it in his face. Which better is the case cuz he looks so tired and weak esp yesterday and nagging will make him feel worse. Maybe when u are better and are reading this u shld go easier on the hard liquor ya. Not want to xin zhai le huo or anything ya... it's wei le ni hao.
Ya was saying life is so fragile. It came so suddenly. Sunday midnight the pain just came so suddenly... got so bad at ard 3am his dad had to send him to A&E. Then Monday morning had to go under the knife liao. Got so shcoked when I just found out.
Take care ya and you will be in my prayers.
Everyone please take care of yourselves too ya.
His dad claims pineapples does the trick in clearing the digestive tract of toxins. Try that too. And papayas and bananas too.
Terence pens his legacy at 10:07 PM my post which i have just typed din get posted... WTH
anyway just wanted to say today din kind of go too well
morning excitedly wake up early to make for time allowances
took MRT al the way until bedok then rain damn heavily... wasted 4 bucks taking cab to the place... :S then still kenna rain cuz had to stop at pass office
then started doing tests and saw some f*cking B*TCH there... damn my luck man... keep wanting to snatch stuff from me... Best in English in sec 4 and now the SIA scholarship
so anyway after finsihing all the tests... expected a good interview
had 2 lackadaisical interviewers who bascially asked qns for the sake of asking... recycled form the appl form.
Wadeva...
Tml go back to AFS to slack again. New posting coming soon! Oh No!!!
Terence pens his legacy at 9:01 PM
Hmmm today's SIA scholarship interview....
I went into today brimming with hope and excitement... after all SIA mah... my top choice. So I woke up rather early today and gave myself a lot of time allowances for any emergencies cuz dun want to be late mah. So anyway I took the MRT happily towards Tanah merah, and when the train just left Bedok stn, guess what? It poured. Heavily. So I had to take a cab from TM MRT and wasted my 4 bucks. :S Baaaaaaaaaad start. Plus I still had to ling2 yu3 at last cuz I had to stop at the pass office to get a pass and then from the office run to the main building. Thx.
So anyway I was doing the essay and critical tests and all and getting like all focused and concentrated and all and then I saw someone who kind of spoilt my day. ergh. So suay... sec 4 snatch Best in English from me now still want to snatch SIA scholarship from me u B&I*T$C%H! I seriously dunno why they chose her cuz she only got 3 As and 1 S paper... over others who have 4 As and 2 S papers... how did she bluff her way thru???
So anyway nvm... she finished early and b4 my interview... so I was getting ready and psyched up for the interview rite. And was like thinking of how to tackle tough qns and all... even went to do research last night on the firm and all... then guess what? Was faced with 2 lackadaisical interviewers who seemed like they wanted to go home because the other colleagues were all like knocking off liao (at 3 plus only u noe???) Ya. Basically they just asked qns that were already asked in the application form.... and like there were so many moments od akward silence... sigh. I felt like they were asking qns only for the sake of asking qns... they din even ask me abt my interest in german unis la! WTH
So.... hmm... I guess I wouldn't say that it went very well?
Wadeva la... I shall await further news from them and other ppl....
Tml start NS again.... so sian u noe...
Terence pens his legacy at 8:45 PM
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