Sunday, September 26, 2004

after much debate with my dad over my cast. i finally took it off. on my own. even though its suppose to stay on till my next appt which is in another 2 weeks. but heck. got mag to help me get some ankle wrap and now...i officially am able to limp. think i have gotten too use to hopping around so now even though i can limp, i still tend to hop around. but oh well at least i can bathe in peace now.

benson drop by last night to visit. how nice. ha. talk cock a bit and watch vcd. i have watched 7 vcds in this period of time when i was confined at home. how sad. and i decided to try driving benson home since it was late, and i could limp. ha. and i did it successfully. but my ankle still hurts badly whenever pressure is asserted on it. dunno if it was a right choice to remove the cast. but oh well.

hopefully i can make it to the cohesion. hmmm. and hopefully i can go dwn to wildwildwet. cross my fingers. sigh. finally can catch some fresh air out of my house now that i can drive. with pain though. mum's coming back! on the plane now.. and i can go pick her up driving..unlike when i sent her off in cast crutches and all. ha. still feel pretty weak on my right leg though. think too long never use.

was sitting in front of tv(as usual) and i talked to mag a bit. and i came to the conclusion that i am going to rmit. she asked me a very simple question. which state do u wanna go. and rmit naturally became the uni to go to. hmmm why melbourne? i dunno. might be the spelling. ha. it sounds nice. =) and jansen is there as well. and mag will be going there as well i hope. if shes going. alright so it solves my trouble of thinking of where to go and stuff. so in the next month or so i can finalise everything.

2 more hours to the airport. cant wait to see all the chip and dale i told mum to get. ha.

thank you lord for the speedy recovery. pray that i can get well enough to join the company at the cohesion on tuesday. i praise your name and lift it on high.





stay humble. stay true. to yourself. to God.

desmond scribbled at 10:17 PM.
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Friday, September 24, 2004

my days are getting very routine. wake up. hop to the toilet. wash up. eat. sits in front of the tv. getting too warm outside. comes back to room. on my laptop. surf the net. eat. again. tv. laptop. bed. sleep. thats one day. darn the cast. of all the time to get injured i got to get it now. damn.

felt extremely useless. make a hot tea yesterday. and i got a huge problem getting it to the living room. was hopping and controlling making sure it doesnt spill. sigh. no mood to do nothing. cant do anything anyway. woke up to a nice surprise this morning. or rather afternoon. open the door and saw mag standing there with my lunch. she came all the way down from work just to get lunch to me. how sweet. and then she got to rush back to work again. guilty. but really appreciate it.

nothing much to do. just finish writing a song for mag. think going back to winning 11 after this.
sigh. am clearing leave. and am on att c. think am the only idiot that as done this before. clearing leave and am confine at home. how exciting. cant wait to get my cast out and walk. wonder if i can make it to cohesion next week.

lord i pray for a speedy recovery that i wll be able to walk by the time mum comes back from japan and i pray for journey mercies for my parents. i lift your name on high.





stay humble. stay true. to yourself. to God.






desmond scribbled at 4:23 PM.
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Monday, September 20, 2004

yeah. been hopping around much of these two days. think my left leg muscles are growing a lot. and my hopping skills have improve. just tried walking with my cast still on and i felt a sharp pain once again. sigh. hopefully its ok.

today as expected sat in front of the tv the whole day. had to make mag go get the moon cake alone from jh. sigh. felt real lousy. got car cant drive. got leg cant walk. mag really help me alot this two days. like my personal maid or something. really owe it to her. and of course if anything of such happens to her, touch wood, i would of course do the same. realised how lucky i am to have her. thank you lord.

mum finally called from japan. glad that shes safe and sound over there. reminded her to get more chip and dale stuff from disneyland. how cool. shes going disneyland. ha.

got my foxpro from wil this afternn with dad driving me there. done with my red booklet. or rather, done with wadever i can do now at home. which is basically everything less their ippt soc btp and swim. appointment tomorroe, hopefully i can get back to camp. to get my pc interview done and of course help wil with his eoc and stuff. arghz. i wonder how long it will take for my ankle to fully recover. cant wait to kick ball again. leg itchy. literally. with the cast and all.

alrite. back to the chelsea and spurs game. think am gonna to convert to chelsea supporter. just look at the way they play. beautiful football. so adieous liverpool. ha.

lord i pray for journey mercies for my mum as shes in japan right now. pray that you watch over her and keep her safely in your arms always. i pray also that i will have a speedy recovery so that i can get back to camp and settle all my stuff. i praise your name and lift it on high.






stay humble. stay true. to yourself. to God.

desmond scribbled at 1:06 AM.
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Saturday, September 18, 2004

had a great night at zouk on wed. catching up with ocs mates. still remember the times when we last went there. the 4 of us. kenneth rr and kes. pretty nice going back to the same place and enjoying ourselves. calvin and y leong were there as well. think calvin was a bit sian..but then there was always the lecture for him to attend on the platform where all his lecturers are teaching him the moves to the song. ha. somehow the zombies never fails to make me larf. the actions to every single song.

had a game against ninja yesterday. and for the first time in my entire life so far i injured my ankle during the game. when the tackle came in i felt a sharp pain but thought i could shake it off. then it became to feel real bad and had a bad feeling about it. so with the help of lots of people i got to the medical centre. and that was the first time ever that i got to be on the stretcher in my entire army life. having 3 officers carrying me there felt good. ha. and the scene in the medical centre was darn funny with calvin and tay acting like doctors and with me still on the stretcher in pain larffing at them ha.

eventually got sent out to cgh. sigh. and there goes my chance of being the contigent commander for the one last time. sigh. and lots of unfinished business back in camp. the red booklets and the pc interviews and also to help wil with the eoc and ftr. actually got like 1 week of mc to my next appointment but manage to push it to monday. hopefully i can get my cast off by then and be able to at least go back to camp. the feeling of having to depend on crutches is simply sucky. cant even pee properly. sigh. reminds me of morrie in tuesdays with morrie. bad time to get injured. anyhow we manage to win ninja 3-2 woohoo 2 wins in a row pretty good eh. and if its of any good i got ex LL till 26th. hahahaha. and wads on the 26th? ahm...hahahaha not that is on purpose but still.....i would probably faint running the 21 km.

mum's leaving for tokyo tomoroe morning. promised her i would drive her there. now. ha. guess i cant keep the promise. but at least i will still be there. with my dad driving. thinking of it walking around airport with crutches dont really fit. but who cares. she be gone for 2 weeks. hope she enjoys herself there with this well deserved break. think am becoming lots of burden with my leg now in a cast and having problems walking around. arghz.

mag gave a surprise visit this noon. taking half day leave. how sweet of her. even brought lunch over. i dint want to get out of bed this morning. not that am lazy just felt that the other place i could go was in front of the tv. so i would rather stay in bed. sigh. think am getting better. but mag says its cause its in the cast thats why i dun feel it. hmmmz.

hopefully i can be there when they pass out. my last batch.

lord thank you for watching over me all this time. i pray that i will be able to recover in time and be able to be there to witness my guys pass out.





stay humble. stay true. to yourself. to God.


desmond scribbled at 1:09 AM.
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my casted leg. 
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Sunday, September 12, 2004

parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. they move on. they move away. the moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. it is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their live.



mitch albom
the five people you meet in heaven

desmond scribbled at 11:43 PM.
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my last field camp; view from below, the tekong sunrise. 
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one of the most tiring week. back to back of activities. lucky for the long weeked. had quite a fruitful day. met up with sijie for lunch and basically just to meet up and talk crap. and i finally bought my mp3 player. though not the size that i was aiming for but then since i was given quite a good price why not? think got sijie bored by bringing him ard sim lim. and we got lost too. a good place to play amazing race.

had some real nice pasta with maggot today at taka basement. with crayfish and scallops. yummy. 911 today. also our anni. hmmmz and caught a real corny movie. harrold and kumar goes to white castle. had a good larff. good for relaxing and de stressing.

real proud of myself today. i finally finished the book that df borrowed me. the five people you meet in heaven. ha. had a sense of accomplishment. been ages since i read a book. and to be able to finish one. ha. though not very thick. at least i can go ard telling ppl what the book is abt now. intested df? gonna start on the second book from df. tuesdays with morrie. hopefully i can finish that too. ha. considering reading during the time i clear leave.

oscar charlie asked me for my leave forecast. and said to take one month off. ha. if only i could. no rush to show him the leave forecast anyway. and if i were really to take the one month off i would be clearing now. so end of the day i only cleared 8. not that it matters much to me anyway. wanted to finish this batch from the on start. realised that i dont really know my platoon as compared to the 3 of them and also to my past batches. hmm. dint have much interaction with them. but then again. they are not really worth it anyway. 12 more working days.

tekong cup starting. my boots are torn. thinking of getting new ones. but then thinking of saving. cause i guess i wouldnt play much anyway. ha. so dont wanna waste the money. just gonna look ard tomoroe with mag. hopefully i dint get the timing for the game wrong. called liancai today and he got no idea he was playing us in the morning. darn.

my end is near. what to do next? what to do next? got to find things to occupy my time and at the same time hopefully can earn me some bucks.

i praise your name. yesterday. today. forever.







stay humble. stay true. to yourself. to God.

desmond scribbled at 2:59 AM.
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Sunday, September 05, 2004

been some time since i updated this. been in camp the whole week. cocked up the ration a bit. got to ask big favour from pandian to get it done. my fault. and goes my 6 bucks. for his 5 cans of tiger. well. thats work. when u got to have a favour from ppl.

got dad to get web cam for me. finally. and poor him. having to queue for 2 hrs just to pay. guilty. but there was no other way i could have gotten it. went today and it was sold out. wanted to get mp3 player. and guess what. the shelf was empty. should have known. well save some money though. hafent got my bbq and initiation food money back yet. arghz.

cant wait for this week to end. range and hg. hopes nothing screw up. and that william will learn fast. and when this week is over my job is basically done. sept areadi. fast aint it. orange cloth going too. the new csm is in. changes changes. but doesnt affect me much though.

tekong cup coming. played like shit during the friendly. gotta improve. hopefully with ramzy back we will be better.

i am sailing. i am sailing. home again. i am sailing. forever lasting. to be with you. to be free.

father lead me to making the right decisions. decisions that you would want me to make. to where you want me to go and what you want me to be. guide me lord guide me.






stay humble. stay true. to yourself. to God.

desmond scribbled at 10:04 PM.
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