im sorry if i appear boastful in the next few paragraphs, im just a little overjoyed and beaming with pride with our achievements and heritage. i love my platoon and my unit! :D


the mortar platoon of the first battalion singapore guards achieved an outstanding grade of 97% (!!!!!), REDCON 1 standard in the atec stage 1 examination this week; much like your continual assessment in school before the big one at the end of the year, which for us will be done in australia come october. (boo.)

but being awarded redcon 1 is not enough for us. the battalion also received a plaque for the best unit competition from the chief of army, and this award don't come easy for we are only a first year battalion competing with other second year soldiers for the coveted medal.

like our big boss will say, the moral of the story is "don't mess with 1 guards".


but this good news also come with some bad news which im not at liberty to share with you here. let's just hope that the h1n1 flu will be behind us soon, even our courtesy meow is taking precautions!



1 jul

it's my buddy's 20th on the fourth, and being kind as always, he insisted on no celebration or gifts for him so bo pian, i must plan one in stealth.

the outcome? a smashing good time in camp!


happy birthday, ah tan! :D


my buddy and me
at first it was just logical groupings to take photographs...


mortar detachment 1 & hq


det 2


det 3


det 4


the commanders


the mortar platoon!
but soon it went spontaneous, or out of control if you want the truth.

"arh lai, all the no. 2 men take pictures!"
"eh, then no. 1 3 4 5 6 all also need to take!"

"ok, now the drivers!"
"yeah, now the non-drivers."

"smokers gather!
and so on so forth.

but mingfeng really takes the cake with...

"okok now all handphone no. start with 9 one, come take photo!"

LOL!


the smokers


this is one good example of dunno what combo come take photo that is making everyone laugh. hahaha.



everyone loves the choco banana cake from secret recipe but as with all birthday parties...


there are bound to be casualties when there is a surplus of cakes. hahaha i love my mortar platoon.


3 jul

today we meet as a continuation of sean's birthday celebration. though sean is born here, he spent most of his life in new zealand so his knowledge of singapore is confined to orchard road, bugis, and bedok camp. lol.


with that in mind, we decided to go ubin! woo hoo!



all in all over half the platoon turned up, a good effort on our first self-organised platoon outing.



meet michael schumachxiang, one of the mortar drivers


man-u fanatic. to death all liverpool fans!


toast bread


inside joke: "you know why? because you're black"


lewis hamilthun


ah tan


tay tay


bensen button and toast
all was well until michael schumachxiang derailed his bicycle chains and made it impossible to cycle anymore.


being kaypo i offered to longbang him back to the jetty but less than ten metres into our journey we both...


and he landed on top of me. thank you arh!


next it was lewis hamilthun's turn to kaypo, and they are both laughing at me falling 5 mins ago.


but unknown to them 50 metres is all they need to suffer the same fate and laughters. LOL!


taking a break from all that laughters


welcome to chek jawa!


pointing and admiring the creatures,


while some prefer to take action by bringing them home. haha.



apart from mud skippers and crabs (look at the blue one!) we didn't spot other creatures around. next time must bring magnifying glass.


guess what tree is this? and what fruit does that red thing produce?

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it's the atap chee tree! you know that sweet gray oval thing in your ice kachang dessert? wah i never thought the fruit will look like that. don't bluff you also never thought so i know.


soon we were back to civilization. slurp our favourite mocha frappucinos, read my favourite torque mag and check email! wah, life's good.





dinner was a bad four course affair at minds cafe, which we overcame with loads of laughters and shouts.




wei quan you still owe me two forfeits!

overall it was a good week, especially with that ndp preview yesterday. i absolutely love this year's show! makes me so proud to be a singaporean. but for now i got to go have my hair cut before booking in for guard duty later.

and i nearly say i love my vocation. ZZZ.



recently im in alot of unnecessary pain. i fell and nearly bled to death last week and this week, i checked myself into the medical centre for an iv drip. the senior medic specially gave me an extra large needle for a quicker relief. oh thank you so much.


that's right, a satay stick into my veins. woo hoo!


and today i sought more (future) pain by attending the dental studio's braces forum.

close friends know that im a sucker for people with nice teeth. in fact let me burst my own bubble here, i dig ladies with braces. no, nothing naughty here, im just special i guess. mwaha.

looking forward to a painful consultation with the orthodontist come 25 july! but before that, let's find out your opinion on which braces suit me better...


metal braces?


or ceramic braces?
i think at my age i should do ceramic cos its less obvious and two years of looking ugly is a really long time. haha. but metal braces are cheaper, stronger and can get the job done in a shorter time. how how how?

oh yes im a vainpot. help me out here people, use some imagination!


19 jun

today i met up with the ambassadors for shuann and joshua's joint birthday celebration. cake is again brought to us by aunty lisa of awfully chocolate, and for a change the presents were from build a bear workshop. i still don't understand how come the shop hasn't close down yet. opps.

after that its another who-shout-louder-competition at the minds cafe!


can you spot that huge lump of blue black on my face?

tell you a little secret, its here to stay! till now i still cannot get rid of that lump, however unobvious it is i don't care i don't need another ugly protrusion on my faceeeeeeee. arrgh!

:'(


26 jun

this week really alot of dai ji. incurred the wrath of csm and got fished left right centre upside down. very unhappy, spoke to pc about relinquishing my appointment as the drivers ic and requested for less driving duties. turns out ps is thinking of sending me to 5-tonne drivers' course. cheered up a little by that prospect but it's still not confirmed. hopefully they will be wise to send the best driver (ahem, me) for this humongous task. :DD

signed my first extra for reporting back to camp 10 mins late. was actually due to be done today but thankfully kumar agreed to replace me. thank you, prem. and thank you too, sean tan sean tay tengkiat kenneth and sengyong for helping me with the 100 lines. (:

so with a lousy week over and no guard duty, the belated birthday picnic with peifen was finally fulfilled.


thank you jie for lending me your car, thank you kumar for standing in for me and all the upstair kaypos for not ruining my plan. oh no this would better not be seen by any of them hahaha.

food was bad but as peifen puts it, its the company that matters. no moon cloudy skies plenty of stars zero breeze but cool weather, thank god for that perfect retreat. (:


27 jun

after the information-overload presentation on everything about teeth (even teaches us the correct technique of brushing teeth lol) at the dental studio, we withdraw to coffee bean for my favourite black forest ice blended.




its a huge relief just sitting down there bitching about anything and watching the world go by. i realized singaporeans really lead a fast-paced and stressful life. walk cannot stroll, drive cannot slow, wah super benson can be a poet! hahaha.

after a hundred and fifty years we decided to give up our seats for orchard central. kaypo time!



this is the view from the seventh storey of orchard central. can't really tell this is somerset can you?


next we were stunned in our steps with this ingenious rock climbing facility within the shopping complex. other than that we were both not impressed with this newest shopping joint, they need to work on organizing space and tenants properly. except for its first floor, the rest of the building was just wrong.


okay i should stop bitching. recently im hooked on this drama series.


war is really terrifying. please the north koreans you please listen to instructions, you're not welcome on our docks. make yourself scarce or the guardsmen will help you with that. we're on standby damnit, such excellent timing.


found time to watch this movie with charles' recommendation. as coolus tonne tan bing zhuuuuu will say, god damn it!

sorry, inside joke. basically, don't waste your time on this.

i want to catch these movies soooooooooooooooon!



looks good! i need more bookout time. nine mone months!

ok before i go, all guardsmen you've to watch this! LOL.





something moving from kim's blog:

One day, a son asks his dad "Daddy, would you like to run a marathon with me?". The father says "yes". And they run their first marathon together.

Another time, the son asks his dad again "Daddy, would you like to run a marathon with me?". The father says "yes son".

One day, the son asks his father "Daddy, would you run the Ironman with me?" The Ironman is the most difficult triathlon ever (4km swimming, 180km biking, 42km running)?

And the dad says "yes".

The story looks simple until you watch the following clip. Just amazing, how much can love be....?


happy daddies day to all the fathers in this world. (:



humpty dumpty sat on a wall,
humpty dumpty had a great fall.
all the king's horses, and all the king's men,
couldn't put humpty together again.
oh no it's been a painful and sick week for super benson! i fell hard while i was running around the camp compound and wounded (in order of severity) both my knees, my left shoulder, and MY FACEEEEE! AHHHHH! i punched myself while i was trying to protect my face from the ground.

ironic.

but thankfully i had a near miss with the concertina wire; had i not swerved left while falling i think i can just retire my body into the dustbin with all that nasty wounds. zzz. still, it was bad. after i was treated by the doctor, my platoon mates commented that i looked like i just came back from war.

and now i've even more victory scars to show off to my future generations. hurray.






images by maxim.
click last picture to kaypo interview
and what have we got here? gaga will be coming back to singapore on 12 aug for a concert! wah 1 album and she's trying to cash in on us already! i really want to complain lo, fort canning park open air yet the tickets still can sell $97! like that how i go? how how how how how? :(

behold, there's hope! there will be limited pre-sale tickets at $77 which includes priority entry into venue and also free entry to zouk on 12 aug itself! hmmm, should i apply leave? should i break the bank (again)? should i should i?

for the benefit of other gaga fans, tickets will start selling from 24 jun onwards at sistic. tay tay teng kiat how how how?

aiyo.



it's one busy week! yucky outfield and a mad rush to prepare and rehearse for our very own dance, skit and song item for bedok idol. those soldiers slacking their 2 years away in the air-conditioned rooms really have plenty of time to even come up with this. but thankfully, we're involved and again we made a name for ourselves, the 120mm mortar platoon.

now we're really famous in the guards' formation. haw haw haw.


the main song and one of the dance items. imagine the roars and laughters! it was one great night and the credit really belongs to sengyong, who has such a flair for this kind of dramatic things. lol.

and the best thing of all? our oc was so pleased with our performance we get 3 days' off! woooooot!


6 jun

its cw's 23rd and we wanted to do something that he'll enjoy. the verdict: plan a surprise bbq. we invited only our closest friends and had a good time catching up the night away.


thank god for the perfect weather, and my superb phototaking skills. blah.


over here is bring your own pit want, and they still dare dare charge $16. might as well go and rob!


as you can see, being the organizer is really no fun.


the early birds get to help out with the chores so the ones that arrive late can just start eating. lesson learnt: don't be the organizer, never arrive early, and don't kaypo! hahaha.


yeah the pork leg is here!




the party has just begun.


makan cake time! and precious minutes left for the host to still remain sober, just look at his face! :D



heng we have the wisdom to start cutting the cake now. bigger smiles here means increasingly intoxicated, not necessarily happier. good luck ah wei! mwaha.



hahaha happy birthday chee wi! :DD



it is times like this that i wish im an ask, or ah sia kia, which means being born with a silver spoon in the mouth. yeah, you learn something new on my blog again. boo baa!


i so want to go to this place the soonest i can! this place is known as autostadt, which means car city in german. the brain child of volkswagen group (my favourite beetle car!), it has seven pavilions dedicated to each and every brand under its charge.

for the uninitiated, it is simply a very exciting prospect. imagine getting to know (and see) everything you ever wanted to kaypo about these ultra desirable marques, such as audi (wooo), bentley (hmmm), lamborghini (wah!), and also bugatti (think 1,001 crazy horses under its hood).

sorry i know im overtalking but i can't help myself. let's look at more photos but before that, make a guess what that bright bright twin tower is.

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office? let's be a little more original.
hotel? no but they do have a five-star ritz carlton in their premises.

the answer...


what's that? look again.


WAH LAU! exciting or what?! this is actually their super high tech twin 20-storeys housing facility. woo hoo new toy!

over 550 cars leave this factory which churns out 2200 golfs and 800 tourans daily. like WTF?! stunning!

i want to be an ask! i want to be the head of volkswagen group. grrr mwaha!


the lamborghini pavilion. so hao lian to put $1m on their walls.

yeah sour grapes so what?


and then there is the challenging all-terrain track for the adventurous in you and the better driver in me.


car city also has something for the little ones! no licence, underage, childish? no problem! you'll still get to drive a beetle (!!!!!!) which travels up to 5kmh (lol). still, it's a dozen times more fun than our road safety park la! hahaha.


one of the signs found in car city. its true! this place is about the size of ang mo kio new town and has its own ports and railway tracks for swift transportation of its cars to its dealers and showrooms. wah up there lah.


WAHHH I WANT TO GO GERMANY NOWWWWW! nabei.



let's have some fun this beat is sick,
lady gaga is coming to singapore with her disco stick, hey!


let's play a love game
play a love game
do you want love?
do you want fame?


AHHHHHHHH I WANT TO GO! but it seems the only way to win tickets is via singtel, which is totally dumb! sigh. love game love game are you in the game? dans the love game. gaga love game!

benben also love game!
14june, 6.30pm at the dome@merchant loop. any like minded stalkers to crash the event together?



phew!

it's been one hell of a week! underslung trainings tuesday, wednesday and livetask on thursday! ippt test on friday and 24 hours guard duty on sunday. what a week. it doesn't help that the weather has been so really unkind lately, more of it to come ladies and gentlemen- june's coming.

oh nooooooo.

and again super benson has got himself an mc for his foot rot, and he hears many of his platoon mates' grudges on his lack of creativity when visiting the doc.

but my case of persistant foot rot is geniune what!


23 may

being super and living up to his name, benson braves another physical activity despite having a rough week...


在一个风和日丽的XX早晨XX下午。。。

supposedly meet 12pm. then postpone to 1pm. then 2pm. in the end might as well all come late at 3pm. 这样的默契哪里找？ lol.


超人小丰与他的部下莅临狮城最高峰，准备迎战！


小猴的命运如何？它们都开心地为超人小丰效劳，成了他美味的午餐。


其它的猴儿们闻到此讯后都想开溜，可惜引擎无法启动，惨遭开动做buffet。


nabei, typing chinese IS really a chore! welcome to bukit timah hill base camp!


开始咯！


aiyah we also know!


哇。


最后的冲刺！同自们，加油啦！


任务成功！小丰万岁，万岁，万万岁！


请切记： 此人因不遵武吉知马山，下山时看电影已被乱树倒下压扁。


HAHAHA my foot rot is driving me crazy! nabei. AHHHHHHH.




awww..



hello world!

life's been good to me the past fortnight. trainings have been slack, i'm still growing fat, and i've been emptying my bank account with much glee. hohoho. check out my latest toy!


NICE RIGHT? now this two powerhouses can work hand in hand to help manage super benson's super busy schedule, and make me pay two bills every month. mwaha. but on a much happier note, my first ever mobile line with m1 has given me a mobile number i've been lusting forever; and thanks to jeannie i got the number for FREE! yay.

i've got two phones that i really like, and a number that i really desire; oh im such a happy boy! :D


5 may

it's family day today! i love family times. yay.


you like family day too don't you little saige? yeah yeah!


bet not many of you know this place exist. check out the photos below first, then beg me for the address. eh don't cheat, cannot use streetdirectory.com hor.


woah super nice right?



the threat of h1n1 is very real! :(


again, im the official photographer of the event. haha.






mazeee! i hate mazes! eh sounds wrong. mwaha. anyway this is such a delightful place don't you think? you can't find similar playthings here elsewhere! wait, there's more.


ahahahahahhaha so cute!


jiejie, can you give me some water for the plants, please?


back in 1942, people queue like this to get water. this is known as water rationing. yeah my blog's so informative!


"yeah the bushes are happy. im done with this!"


im just a little scared...


are you sure the water won't bite?


woo hooo!


and it's time for my mum's album.




mummy's happy.





byebye, playground!


10 may


it's mummy's day!


thanks to peifen's treat last wednesday at ding dai feng, i decided on the same restaurant for mummy's day dinner.


happy mothers' day, mum and granny. (:


16 may


happy 23rd, hongtat! and thank you sean tan, for being ever so kind to lend me your condo pass. we enjoyed ourselves tremendously. thank you! (:

so that i know someone's reading my blog too

you know you want to see them (write)!

i don't know these people, but i frequent their blogs anyway.
eh no, that's not considered stalking hor.

the past, etched into my heart

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♥ October 2008
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♥ January 2009
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