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I reached Tekong at 8:30pm and walked to my company line. Up in my bunk, all our food and my liquid shoe polish were gone. Luckily a friend brought cup noodles; only 12 of my platoon turned up.
On Saturday I visited my grandfather and auntie in Toa Payoh, months since I last did; I miss them. We had kway chap for dinner, cheap and good at $7.80 for four.
On Thursday I had my Pass Out Parade, and everything went smoothly, with human traffic far better regulated than on parents' visiting day. Afterwards all of us from Pegasus formed a huge circle around our OC and 2IC.
On Saturday I booked out my earliest yet, reaching Singapore by 8:30am. After breakfast at Hans with my parents, I met Li Xiang for The Terminal at GV Marina, a good film based on a true story.
I booked out last night. I was meant to book out again tonight, but the schedule changed: Live Grenade Throwing moved to Sunday, so I book in later at 8:15pm. A very short weekend, under 24 hours.
On Saturday I reached Singapore around 12:30pm. I wanted The Bourne Supremacy but couldn't make it, so I had the Depot Road laksa with my family at Alexandra Village. I was so thirsty I drank four different drinks.
On graduation day Thursday I went back to school for breakfast at FC6; it felt weird being the only one in uniform, until more NS guys turned up. Lunch was wanton mee and seafood soup.
My platoon commander must have been in a good mood. My graduation ceremony starts tomorrow at 2pm, but he let us book out today at 8pm and back tomorrow at 8:30pm, more than a full day off.
On Saturday I reached Singapore around 12:15pm. My mom finally tracked down the Depot Road laksa, now at Alexandra Village Hawker Centre, stall 01-75, so I had my favourite for lunch. My mom also bought a Toyota Vios.
Happy 39th Birthday, Singapore! On Friday I booked out at 8pm and had dinner with my parents at Changi Village, the famous nasi lemak. Back home I uploaded the site to the new server, hitting some SQL problems.
Since 1st August 2004, this site was down for migration to our new server, an Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz housed at the Pacific Internet data centre. I finally uploaded everything yesterday, so it should all be up and running now.
On Saturday I booked out early at 9:30am to beat the parents' visiting crowd. I had the famous minced pork noodle with my parents, then met Li Xiang for lunch at Ngee Ann City's MOS Burger.
On Saturday I reached Singapore at 11:30am. I'm just not fated to eat Depot Road laksa: the West Coast Block 501 branch was shut, so we had roast meat and duck there instead, which wasn't bad.
On Saturday I wanted Depot Road's claypot laksa but couldn't find it. The new McDonald's at West Coast has a nice ambiance. I met Jackey, Li Xiang and Laily to shop around Orchard, and got a 256MB drive.
On Saturday I booked out, taking the 10:45am fastcraft instead of noon since the instructors had a specialists' parade. I wanted Depot Road's laksa for lunch, but the whole stall had vanished from the coffeeshop, likely being torn down.
Wednesday, 30th June 2004. Army management is a mess: only at 8pm did I learn I was on the 9pm fastcraft. I'm booking out to attend World Skills Singapore 2004 on Thursday and Friday.
I've been posted into Pegasus Company, Platoon 3, Section 1, Bed 7. Two-plus weeks flew by and yesterday was my first book-out. My platoon was last for everything, last to see parents and last to book out.
I have to wake at 6:30am, leave by 7am for breakfast, reach Pasir Ris by 9am for the bus to the SAF Ferry Terminal, and arrive at Pulau Tekong by 10am. I'll miss my coloured, long hair.
Yesterday I had Depot Road's claypot laksa with my mom, then met Li Xiang, Laily, Jackey and Suqin at Bukit Panjang Plaza for steamboat ingredients. Serene and Georgina joined at Laily's later for a wonderful steamboat and slideshow.
Yesterday I met my secondary school friends, a last gathering before NS. Around ten of us guys made it; six girls were meant to come but bailed. We had lunch at a crowded Orchard, as Jolin Tsai was around.
I'd forgotten my home's electricity would be cut from 8:30am to 5pm; I only realised mid-sleep when the air-con went off. I still slept until noon. I really can't imagine life without electricity for a whole working day.