Chalet @ Chervons

Just got back from chalet @ Chervons Jurong East. Chervons is a clubhouse for SAF warrant officers and specialists. I did not sleep a wink the entire night. For the past 72hrs, I slept not more than 6hrs, turning into a zombie soon. If you think I'm heading for bed straight after typing all these crap, then you are wrong, I've got to be in school at 1000hr for Unit's AGM. Hopefully it will end fast, so I can catch up on some sleep.

Tonight is Melissa's birthday party at The Wine Arcade, which I have no idea where. Judging the current state of mind I'm in now, I'm still comtemplating between attending or not.

Went to Outdoor Consultants for an interview yesterday evening with Sq4 peepz. It was an interview for us to be engaged as Instrs/trainers to run commercial camps and get paid for it. Quite good money I think, plus all we do is have FUN!!! Thank you Karen for the lobang. Tmr, we will need to attend a 1day course for us to qualify, Great! Time to do some rock climbing, belaying, low and high rope elements again!!! All courses we attend are paid for by the company, so we actually earn cash, to have fun, learn more outdoor activities for free, and of course gains great exposure in handling people in a less regimental way.

Its NPCC nite tmr. 1900hr at NPCC HQ. Our training is 9am to 6pm, so we got to rush down after that. What a busy schedule I'm on...lolx...

I'm so sleepy....tired...yawnz...

Merry Xmas everybody!!! Happy birthday MUM!

Once again the season of greetings and joy has arrived. Wishing one and all a very merry Christmas and a Happy Boxing day! This Christmas seem pretty much boring to me, not in a festive mood, probably due to my results which is pretty much screwed, and also pretty worn out after all the mental hectic-ness of my HO course and my unit's stuff.

Everything seem to be pretty much in a mess, the dust has yet to settle down, and now I have to start worrying about modules bidding yet again. It just seems to me like a never ending cycle, sinking in ever deeper.

Speaking of results. It was an over estimation of my capabilties and also a under estimation of the exams. For those who have seen the prediction of my grades after my exams in a post some time back and still remembers, I would have been the butt of this joke. Reality struck a far cry from hope. The saying goes: Aim for the skies, you will land among the stars if you fail. Well, I did aim for the skies, but I landed back on the ground. So hard, so painful, so real. Lesson learnt: Aim for the skies only when you know how far you can fly, there is really no point forcing yourself.

Alright lets compare my prediction and my results:

Psychology: Predicted A-, Got B+
Economic: Predicted B+, Got B+
Singapore Society: Predicted B+, Got B-
Malay Studies: Predicted B+, Got B
Japanese: Predicted B, Got C+
Predicted CAP: 4.0, got 3.40.

Other than my econs, the rest all fall short of my prediction. My Jap suck big time. No way am I gonna take a language module ever again. Totally Disgusted!! I wouldn't be so affected if there were no Cs on my transcript. Now, I've to face the fact that studying is not my forte and it never will be. I was born to mediocrity and I just have to accept the fact. Now that I know how far I can fly, I will fly as far as I can fly. Good Riddance...

Later I will be meeting up with S4 peepz for breakfast at cityhall before the Games day. An annual event, the friendly battle of games between NUS NPCC and NTU NPCC. Last year NUS NPCC won, well this year WHO CARES?! As long as we all have FUN!! The main objective would be meeting up with S4 peepz, its our 1st meet up after the course.

Last Friday, accompanied Ah Lian AnQi to the dentist early in the morning. Then we went shopping the entire day. Supposed to get present for dear, but ended up buying nothing. Just walked and walked the entire day, from SGH to HongLim to National Lib to Bugis to Taka, all on foot! As if I've not walked enough during army days..lolx...but walking is the best time to talk and gossip, esp with that Ah Lian and all her gossips..lolx....Oh..Gossip is a negative word, its "heart talk". hahax..Met dear in the evening for dinner, and dear got me a wallet for Christmas. Thanks dear! I like it alot!

Went to town today to get another wallet with dear. 25th Dec is my mum's birthday. Got her a wallet as her birthday present. Happy Birthday Mum! I love you!...

I had the time of my life...

Yesterday marks the end of the 29th HOBTC. Amidst the joy of graduating from this course which has been taking its toll on my health, I've been sick for a week now and thats its not getting any better it seems even though I've seen a doctor, there is this sudden sense of loss.

Having mixed around with the same bunch of people day in and out for 2weeks straight, there is this attachment grew unto each other aleady and its kinda sad to be parting so soon. "Parting is such sweet sorrow" as shakespear said, is it or is it not? Of course, the friendship that we had bulit upon would not end together with the course. Promises were made to keep in contact and stuff but judging from experiences drawn from CI course, schools and Army, these promises were often left to the back of the heart as time passes, nothing pessimistic, its just a phase of our life.

On a happier note, the ATC was of great fun excluding the mozzies, sand files and ants bites of course. The campfire was especially memorable for it was the sow of what our squad had reaped.

The course on the whole had widen my persective about life yet again, it had allowed me to sociallise with more people, learn more about interpersonal skills and also leveled up my proficiency in handling hard people. The soft skills learnt are life long and are definitely not bounded to only NPCC context. On a personal note, I've just passed another phase of my life leading me on to be a better person. I really had the time of my life.

Sick!

Well, My immune system succumbed to externalities again. I'm down with a fever, cough and flu. Most likely due to the late nights and early mornings for the past 2 weeks of the HO course. Feels like shit. Not the best time to be sick! There is never a best time to be sick though.

I'm going for Adventure Training Camp (ATC) tmr. 4days 3nights, until Sunday. Hopefully my illness will recover. Not very prospective though, considering the minimal sleep I will be gettting during the camp. I think the camp would be fun. This is my 1st time camping at the new NPCC campsite at Pulau Ubin, heard that its now like a chalet, very much unlike previously, when I was a cadet and a CI, the old campsite was nothing better than a shithole. Looking forward to seeing the new campsite and it is alot bigger too!

My entire squad had volunteered to be in the campfire committee for the camp. Lolx.. No doubt we were all seperated into different groups during the camp, but we still made the effort to be together again! Thats the kind of bonding we acheived in the past week! Outstanding!! Our dear "Ah Lian" HO Anqi had even set up a blog for us to post entries. And so we lift up to our name of slackers squad. Check it out @ http://slackershos.blogspot.com

Shall update again about the camp when I'm back on Sunday. Till then, so long...

Phew~~So shagged....

Alright after a hard week, I am back blogging. Lets see what happened since I finished my exams 1st Dec.

3rd Dec: Went Esplanade's Haggen Daz for Ice-cream with Angel, Shawn and Dear. Angel's treat cuz she said she will give me a treat when she gets her pay! lolx! Thanks alot! After which went to Orchard to find Mr and Mrs Fax, shopped around and we had our dinner at Ah Meng's Cafe down at Cuppage. Ice-Kachang BOMB for dessert, it was so big, 5 of us cant finish after our hearty dinner.

4th Dec: Went out with Mr Wee and Co. Had Haggen Daz Ice-cream again at Junction 8. After which headed for JB at night, the Jam was horrendous, got home only at 1+am.

5th-9th Dec: Monday was the commencement of my HO Basic Training Course at TraCom. The course is generally quite slack. To me its just a recap of skills learnt before and of course there are a number of new stuff learnt. Although it was quite slack, but we got to report at 745 every morning and I got to wake up at 545 every morning and will only reach home at around 7+pm. Thats the tiring part, I need SLEEP!
Got to know alot of people in this course. The Squad I am in has a bunch of real jokers, real entertaining and enjoyable to be in their company and not forgettting I am a joker myself. Lolx..
5 days of the course has passed, 1 more week to go. Cant wait for it to be over. I am going to Pulau Ubin for Adventure Training Camp (ATC) next week for 4days 3nights, following that marks the end of the course. Looking forward to ATC, where all the fun, dirt and sweat begins, rather than all the lectures that we have been attending every day and there are more to come. Don't I have enough of lecture in school already?!

Tommorow is Saturday, there is nothing to be joyous about, cuz I still need to go for course but tmr is only a halfday event. Tmr TraCom (Police Academy) is having an exhibition "a walk down memory lane" from morning till 5pm, it will be open to public. TraCom will be moving to Home Team Academy this end dec together with NPCC HQ. It will be located at Old CCK Rd. The current site has been used as training ground for the SPF since 1929 to 2005, a long long time already. My course is going to be the last course conducted at the old HQ.

Yawnz..Im so sleepy..I needa sleep already...update again when I find time. Later....

I've finally decided on my Major.

Was thinking about my major the whole, finally decided and declared it. I am a Psychology Major as of now on. The comtemplation between Psychology and Economics has been bugging me for the whole semester already.

I realised that I have alot more interest in Psyc than in econs, and i would probably do better and be happier if I do psyc. No, it did not take me a semester to realise my interest. The thing that is weighing me down is prospect. It has just incur on me that going along that line would bring me no where and I should decide on which path would bring forth a happier Wei Wen in the next 4 years. This path that I have chosen today will also push me harder toward my honours because to attain a BA in psychology is as good as having nothing at all.

Bachelor of Social Sciences with honours(2nd upper division) in Pyschology would be my goal at the moment.

Wish me Luck!

Hohoho! exams finish loh...

I think my Biological Clock is really defective. I was so tired the entire day and I fell asleep at around 11pm just now and I woke up at 0230 a while ago. Wake up for what?! I do not know. Couldnt get back to sleep thereafter. So here I am exercising my fingers again.

Anyway, I finished my last paper yesterday. Finally man..It has been dragging for so long that I wanted to die. lolx. Putting the trivialities of examinations aside, now I've more pertinent problems at hand; my future.

This weekend, I doubt I'm working anymore, my boss said he will arrange for my schedule and let me know again. So I gotta use it to think of my modules next semester and also my Major Declaration and Modules preference exercise. Life aint that great after the exams though. Its just a transition of the stress factor to another area of our life.

Hohoho...Good day ahead! Cheers!