It sucks having to st@y in! This week I actually had to stay in two and counting later, three nights in a row. Not fair leh, we're on lull and I live like, five minutes from camp. Why can't I enjoy my comfy bed?

I wanna st@y out!

And, my sister has given birth! Glory-Faith Chong is her name oh. Haha, is that the new trend these days? Sherwin's niece is called Kate-Sarah Chan. I think I'll name my daughter Carrot-tomato Yeo. And maybe my son will be called Yo-Yo Yeo. Wouldn't that be swell!

Back to Glory. she weighs 2.875 kg, and her head circumference is 33 cm. She was born on the twenty-seventh of May at three thirty or thereabouts. She has the most gorgeous big shiny eyes and enjoys sticking her tongue out at us. Right now though, she has my sister's eyes and nose and Munch's forehead. I can't wait to see what she looks like dry!

I promise to be a good uncle and to play with her and get to know her well. I don't want to be just some relative that she sees twice a year!

Just watched made of honor with andy and douglas. And yes, I don't know why I keep watching romantic comedies with my male buddies. However, I'm now more inspired than ever to own a border collie! I think that they are just the most beautiful and intelligent dogs in the world, and though I know that intelligence is not necessarily a trait of a species, but the look in their eyes really gives me the feeling that it 'gets' me! And for the most part, I think they do. Is it wrong to love animals more than people?

And, I went wakeboarding for the first time today! With andy, douglas, minloong, aijia, chelsea, adelyn, xue ting, a friend of theirs, and another friend of theirs. Took 2 boats out for a couple hours, and trust me, it is pretty tiring stuff. I did however, manage to stand up on my second try! Well done lik! Now, if only rental wasn't so expensive. Still, I would say that it's a very satisfying experience and i strongly recommend everyone to help me pay for another round.

Whoohoo, passed my advanced theory on the first try too! I'm a lean, mean, mugging machine.

Not really, I only read through the book once. Maybe I've just been really lucky. Well, if only I'm as lucky for my practical test.

Caught Indiana Jones today with the gang and two girls i mean women we met at the kelong. I thought it was really good, and it was only through this movie(I never really caught any of the others) that I realised how much this movie has influenced the making of so many other shows. Really cool retro stuff. I love it. Nevermind that the show eventually degraded into some sci-fi shit,(guess its true in both movies and essays that aliens are a no-go, unless the show's title is 'aliens') I liked the whole of the beginning and the middle. Never underestimate the feel-good quotient of sure-fire crowd pleasers! Groin shots and jumping around from car to car, check. Killer ants, check. Plunging down waterfalls, check. Cheesy romance, check. Quick thinking and detective work from retiringly old professor, check. Crazy old man, check. World domination plots, check. Whoohoo, lets rock and roll!

Well, that was fun, and very well timed too. 3 days 2 nights would have been too long! Funny thing is, the best part wasn't spent on the kelong, but on that island we hopped to.

Argh, my advanced theory is tomorrow, and I'm DO. Please please someone help me!

I know what my type is, and they are all the same. Different genes? Or better genes?

Once again, we meet HC at the finals and once again, we lose to them. This year looks to be a repeat of last years top four, with the exact same matches played out in the semis. Hopefully, this time we will be able to win Tj again, cementing this year's team as just that bit better than ours. But I sincerely hope they do, hopefully this would be just what we need to attract more talent to VJ. Well, I have alway wondered how our team compared to teams of other years. If only we could play a juniors vs seniors match, both of us at our peak, and jiao lian divided into two. But that will never happen. So I'm left to wondering: could we have beaten this year's HC?

This year's team had some issues and problems, things that when other people told us, we were quite frankly shocked. Just because of that, we may think that they are screwed up and all. But then again, its not like my team didn't have issues. We had them, just as much as anybody else. We have quarreled and argued among ourselves. We have done things that I guess would be as shocking as any other batch. So even though it may seem like each batch is slacker than before, we are as guilty as anyone else of passing it down. And this batch may just yet prove to be better than we were.

The girls team had it in their hands. It just slipped through their fingers. No aggression? No motivation? I've seen this happen before. Maybe they just can't control their morale. But I guess no one can accuse them of not doing their best on the court. I would say they only lost out on that one thing. Morale.

You know something? I have trouble working in a place where people in positions of power oppress people who are not. I have trouble working in a place where someone who is obviously unqualified or not willing to do the job well is given that role just because of seniority. I have trouble working in a place where efficiency and getting the job done is not the code of the day. I believe in an environment where the leaders are willing to get down and dirty with everyone else. An environment where you can feel free to ask questions and seek clarifications. A place where there are no mistakes, only lessons learnt. Where people bother to justify their instructions. I believe in questioning why this or that must be done. I believe in doing things with a sense of purpose.

And that is why I will never join the army.

But I will never be sad. I will carve out my own slice of happiness, even if it is at the expense of other people's opinion of me. I hope it will never come to that, but as a moist robot with no free will, it is only natural that that is what I will do, and I do what I will.

Maybe I'm an escapist, maybe I'm non-confrontational, but it is true that I will go out of my way to avoid people that make me unhappy, even if they have no intention of doing so. You say that I have to be very aggressive to survive. Well, we'll just have to see how my sense of justice hold's up against my search for happiness, vis a vis my confrontationality and responsibility. In other words, I don't know how I'll react until I react.

Did you know that officers are meant to be hypocrites? Try as I might, I will never be a good one. Maybe that's why I'm 85th!

Kelong later! whee.

I have a pet peeve. I have a pet peeve. I have a pet peeve. Bangs Bangs Bangs!

Anyway what's up with this sudden craze for word games and puzzles? I swear I've heard the same one way too many times.

Just a snip, and the whole world has a different beat.
A stright line that doesn't look very fine.
A horizontal scar that looks like a bar.
Brings out the dirt so cover it with your shirt.

Well, I'm back from my trip. Guess you really do meet the most interesting people in the army. Guess it's a positive experience for me after all. That's because every cloud has a silver lining and if you look hard enough, I guess you can find some measure of happiness wherever you are. And I've decided. If I can find a sponser, I'll go study vet science for real! Please please please?