Kena Force

I got the shock of my life when I went into my ICT ard 3 wks ago...

My NS unit actually won the Best NS Combat Unit for 05/06... They put up a banner in the camp (see picture) to "motivate" us....

I must apologise... This picture is not very clear since I took it with my handphone and it was taken in the middle of the night - for obvious reason. The part which I circled in smaller print actually states: "Force of Choice" - and they actually gave us a T-shirt which has these words printed on it.

I find it quite funny...because, deep inside me... i thought...: no lah... we are no "Force of Choice"... we are actually "Kena force, no choice"




And you know what?

We did quite well for ATEC. Redcon 2A overall. Someone's gonna have another crab on his shoulder liao. Of cos... not me.

Bom - Bom

Dear Rayden,

I think you quite enjoy your "Bom-Bom" time. Well, Papa's going for ICT and will not be able to bathe for you. You be good and don't be a fussy baby when Mummy or 外婆 bathe you, ok?

Love you,
Papa

Final High Key ICT

It's ICT time again tomorrow and it'll be (hopefully) the final high-key one - with an ATEC thrown into it as well. So, it's a very high, high-key (tomorrow till 30 Sept).

It's a chore to pack for ICT. You start to realise that you are short of singlets, shorts and socks...etc. You start to call up brothers asking whether they have extras... well, if have, the size may not fit.

It's also quite funny when you start to take out the fullpacks and SBOs. You start to dig out funny stuffs in the SBOs (which, by right... supposed to be cleared long time ago)... e.g. tissues, insect repellant, some extra ration which was brought along for the previous mission of the previous in-camp. Disgusting.

What's my feeling now?....

Meeting up with old army friends is actually quite an enjoyable experience, but I just hope that IPPTs and 3 days - 2 nights tour in the jungle are excluded in the package. Age's catching up and it's no laughing matter. Hope I can survive this in-camp...

Suggestion for LTA / Taxi Operators

Have you ever jammed brake your vehicle because the taxi infront decides to stop suddenly to pick up passengers? Damn #@* right?

Maybe the authorities should considering waiving off the adder for calling a cab. Imagine if it's free(the dial a cab service), I think most of the passangers will probably choose to call a cab rather than stand at the road side on a hot morning and flag at whatever vehicles that looked like a taxi to them.

Does it mean that the cab drivers will earn significantly less? I don't think so... since the taxi company will probably take some percentage off their earnings from the add-ons anyway. It could even mean an increase in the drivers' earnings. Why? Well, if it is not expensive and convenient to be driven around in well kept taxis, why not right? Convenient in the sense that I pick up a phone, dial for a cab, cab comes within 10mins, I hop onto the cab, cab drives me to my destination (don't have to "geng" how to get from point A to point B)... safely(since there will be less taxis fighting for customers at the road side)... at the end of the day, maybe can save money somemore... You think owning a car in Singapore is cheap huh? Petrol... Carpark... Road tax... loan payment...

What you say?

Boy, you can drink!

Dear Rayden,

It seems to me that you have quite an appetite. It took your sister's whole life's effort to even go anywhere near to how much you are taking now. You're taking in around 100ml per feed (formula milk - Similac) and it'll only last you around 3hrs (max). If it's on mummy's breast milk(we don't know how much is it - since you latched on; and we still yet to have another breast pump - since the last one was not functioning anymore), it'll probably last you an hour and a half (max). Boy, you can drink!

Mummy's recording your "Ins and Outs" using a record book (which mummy used to do for your sister as well) and we realised that Rachel's mummy is doing that too.

Ok, that's all for this entry.

Love you,
Papa

Keys

As the responsibilities get heavier... your bunch of keys seem to get bigger.

Useless signs

I think there are lots of useless road signs in Singapore like this one. "School Zone - Drive Carefully"






If out of school zone? Drive recklessly?

.... "加讲" - in hokkien

Been working - non stop

Sigh...

Been working non stop recently. Our new retail shop was Officially opened on 27 Aug 06 (we have been operating since end July but since it was 农历七月, we decided against doing the official opening ceremony. ) See, I have the honour to remove the red paper...

We are opened from 9.30am - 6.30pm, 7 days a week - at least for now till the retail business stablized. Ok, the timing is abit rubberband timing (i.e. can stretched both ways.)

I hope the business will pick up soon, else we may have to start selling icecreams, stationaries, provide photocopying services, sell Newpaper, provide massage and hairdressing services... etc instead of supplying beauty and hair care stuffs (since day 1, we have queries about all the above trade)

And I have noticed that my parents have aged alot since. Stressed, I guess. I would like to improve the situation quickly so that they can really relaxed and do stuffs like play with grandchildren or go on holidays instead of worrying about paying the bills. I am not worried. I know it will improved... yes, it will.

Chong Shi An, Rayden 钟世安

Dear Rayden,

Your chinese name is 钟世安. We want you to be 一世平安. It's a very
平凡 but meaningful name. Hope you'll like it.

Love you,
Papa