Party frenzy

Alright, I've been to 2 gatherings/party just over a short weekend like this.
Friday, 10th Oct was Daniel's birthday and he invited us, Delta Dogs of Platoon 10 over to his place for BBQ and swim. Unfortunately not everyone turned up, but the main characters are there: Ah Soon, Daryl, Euston, GL Tiong, Teck heng, Ham ham, Daniel, his cousin and myself. Euston and Daryl marinated and prepared the food while I cook 'em. The mediterranean seafood platter made by Euston always tasted the finest. Even the marinated Salmon that's grilled tasted so good. Followed by consecutive waves of chicken wings and franks. We had some whisky and gin to go along with the food... by the poolside... superb...
I asked Daniel to bring us shorts so that I could have a dip in the pool while drinkin' my whisky cola in there... Spendid baby!

11 Oct, Saturday, my buddy Anna invited me over to her humble crib at Admiralty. It was her brother's place though, but she held her Hari Raya party there. Her brother's place was sexily renovated and the apartment look sophisticated. I did not show up for 2 consecutive years since 2006 which makes me kinda guilty as she solely invited me only from the whole damn gang whom she accquainted with back then. Well what can I say, she's my buddy and she always wanted me to come over and join her and her family for a meal at a special occasion like this. Finally got to see her mum which I almost asked her to cook some mee goreng on impulse... LOL... Her mum's cooking is awesome! Even snacks made by her taste exceptionally good! Was hanging around and observing her besties, friends and her brother. Seems like I'm the only Chink there but that don't bother me much... I was entertained by the good food and her warm hospitality though she's damn busy. Well thanks bud for the sumptous food and drinks ya :)

Small world

Lately I've been meeting people whom I've had not met for many years on the streets or at some very unforeseen places. Everybody's response was somewhat the same like "Oh my god! Ah pang! What happened to you? You looked like you've lost lotsa weight!" I will give the usual puzzled look "Oh have I?"
Yesterday I went for a long awaited swim at Safra Tampines and met Rocky my BMT platoon mate in Tekong. I was heading to the life guard room to get some 20 cents change and this guy came out and said, "Sorry we've ran out of 20 cents." And he started scrutinizing me up and down and focus on the tiger tatoo on my right arm and said "Tiger Pang!(that's what people used to call me in BMT then) What the hell are you doing here? You ho seh boh?!...." and stuffs like that... He was a part time life guard there...
Prior to that I saw Ashwin my poly classmate, riding a bicycle down the pedestrian lane... He was kinda far away for me to even say "Hi"
Next up went to meet Caleb in Bugis. I saw Weijie the Canon promoter which was kinda a usual regular there but I saw Man Ho Ki as well... That cranky fellow who never fails to pull stunts during my days in Delta Coy, 30 SCE.
After our usual KOF games, me and Caleb head down for some desserts and drinks. We talked for almost the whole night about his personal stuffs that I shall not disclose for this journal is not totally password protected. We had a drink or 2 and head home after that... He had many thoughts in his mind yet to be cleared but it will take some time...
Back then in secondary school, we share common interests in games and hobbies. Right now, both of us had something new that bonds us together... Chicks and more chicks... Cheers to the evolution of heart-broken boys to nonchalent men...
Saw Elaine and Cara while working at my booth at Airport T1. Elaine and Cara are Jessie's friends. They called me from the back but it took me quite sometime to recognise them and recall their names. LOL. Can't be helped, just acquaintances...
Its a small world after all... its a small small world...

Bad market

The economy is goddamn bad... My payout is getting more and more like "ice cream" despite aggressive work performance. And my morale very low low low low low.... Well can't be help. Seems like the market gonna get worse...
I'm starting to miss the food at Zion Road. Though the food at airport staff canteen is cheap... But the food at Zion Food center is so much exotic... I miss the days of being aggressive due to strong competition when I'm with Edmund and 'lady boss' Jolene. The work environment at Airport T1 is so peaceful... Not much challenge at all... I would say... I'm just there to kill time... Sheeeshh...

Nostalgia...

Been catchin' up with "oldies" lately. Met my old NAFA cliques, 2006 1P of 2 years back last Friday 03rd Oct. Daphne, Eileen and Kin actually came down to my workplace to find me. How gung ho of them. LOL! Everyone was pretty much the same... Daphne still had this kinda curfew goin' on for her and she can't really stay out late. Eileen now drives a small lil' Hyundai and workin' for her dad. Kin is still that tall gentlemen who merge well with both sexes. As for Marc, he's very into gaming like always and will priotize gaming more than anything else, that explains why he's late when he met us. Which was after Eileen, Daphne, Kin and me had our coffee/snackin' sessions... Gosh...
Daphne gotta leave first, so they wanna take a group pic, as its goddamn hard to get the good 'O five of us together. You know wharramean... They are thinkin' of ways to get all five into the photo but I just strut my way to a group of tertiary kids and told them that I want them to help take our picture. They said that "Ah Pang is very daring nowadays..." I just shrugged my shoulders and said "Do what you think is right without 2nd thoughts. Procrastinate further, opportunities will just slipped by." Had our pictures taken, left with Eileen, Kin, Marc and myself. And there we go thinkin' of places to go again. I just said go to the nearby 711 and grab some drinks sit around and talk. We need to catch up more than anything else. So we talked till about 12am and Eileen had this kinda curfew whereby its her own self proclaimed curfew. She gotta get home reason being she got work the following day and her dad isn't really happy with her staying overnight out for the past few days. Subsequently, left the boys. We walked to Selegie to have some lan gaming like the good O' days before we head home... It was good...
5th Oct was my last day at Great World Best Denki. From 6th Oct onwards I'm gonna be at the airport where sales is pretty "ice cream"... Sigh... Well seems like I'm gonna leave another place that I've got affections for. Great world was great. I'll miss workin' with lady boss Jolene though she's notorious but she really protects me and motivates me to do sales. I could never imagine how am I gonna hit such high figure without her stringent motivation. And of coz Edmund as well, my counterpart who always share jokes with me whenever there's no customers to hit. Reserved yet very chatty fellow when he opens up. Goddamn nice dude without ulterior intentions. Not to mention the staffs of Great world best denki and the weekly Viera Chicks... The chicken rice/western stall at Zion good center.... Well if fate prevails, I'll see them soon again. Its been really nice...
Met my Delta Dogs again yesterday! Sometimes I'm hesitant to meet them coz they're always very fickle minded when deciding where to go. Met them in Town anyway. After some procrastinations on where to eat and being black listed by some eatery joints. We settled at Hip Diner's USA. Euston gotta look for some coolio shoes at Far East. And after which we head down to Acid Bar, which some of them aren't really keen on live band.
After Acid Bar we went to check out some really sleazy Japanese bars at Meridien and it sucks big time. Japanese ktv with Chinese ladies workin' in there? Doesn't seem right huh? Some of the bars claimed that its for Japanese only. Then... I saw them usherin' a nigger in there. Oh yea... Japanese nigger huh? Up yours... Johan was with us. He just got his hairstyling job and its rare that he did not stayed out late with us coz he mentioned that he can't be late for work. Goodness gracious! Keep it up brudder!
We decide to just leave and they suggested going to another bar again at Prinsep street... Oh well, thank god its my off today and I just kinda agree. Drank till goddamn late at subsequent 2 more places... Ah soon(Guan Soon) was coaxing Daryl and Euston to stay on longer but they said they have driving lessons at 12.45pm today. I was like what?! 12 fuckin' 45pm? Hey c'mon, I've got work sometimes at 10.30 am and I'll just hang out till 4 am. Ah Soon suddenly exclaimed "Yes! During Crescendo, when everybody all knocked out and even the commanders, only Ah Pang stayed up and help me with the charges to detonate the UXO. He pass me black tape and followed me!" They were kinda like speechless... Well c'mon that's some shit in the suck. Now we're outta it. So fark it man... Ah Soon later commented on me... He said that people like me is "steady" and will go far in life. Well... I've farked up life up more than enough. These days I love to win and do best in whatever I do... So yea... To keep myself happy, I gotta win and excel...

F1 fever; Racing forever

My spicy lil' friend and me @ the Motorshow 2008
(damn I looked flustered and stiff)

Been goddamn busy with unofficial and official stuffs lately, damn... Finally I've got the time to put down in summary of my happenings and encounters for the past several days. Here goes...

Last weekend 27th & 28th Sept, J. Alba was here with us again and erm... pretty much the same, met Elgene at Timbre after work and caught the "Goodfellas" in the house again. Sunday that Elgene boy came to visit me at work which was kinda busy but good. At the same time he caught a glimpse of J. Alba and said that she's pretty decent.

Monday, 29th Sept... This mofo, I guess he's Nico Rosberg Williams came into the store which we had an autograph session organized for him and his fans. It was kinda uncalled for. But I took back my words when I saw him and learnt about him. He came in 2nd place for the F1 night race that took place here the previous day. I was thinking to myself if I even have half of his looks, I'll be a chick magnet for sure. Funny thing was the customers in the store don't really give a fark about his appearance and most of the staffs are joining his group of fans taking pictures and getting random items autographed by him. I kinda joined in the frenzy and snapped a couple of pictures. Jolene tried to be funny yet with a hint of rationale by detaching her mobile back cover and let him autograph the underneath. I was like "what the?!?"

Went jamming with Mizie(good 'O guitarist), Timmy and Daniel after work at beat merchants. It was kinda impromptu anyway. I met Caleb with Timmy after the jam at Bugis where we had some drinks and chit chat session till first light... yea no shit... By then I was already knocked out on the table and left for home to try catch a lil' sleep... Yea doesn't matter... its my off day anyway...
Tuesday 30th Sept, Jolene can't grant my off on friday and it gotta be on this day. Sucks dog penis man... Had a few hours of sleep and thought that I should be doing somethin' instead of sleepin' Anyway better head down to the Motorshow 2008 before I miss further chances as I'm a really busy person these days. Like always, I made my way down there alone. Was snapping pictures of some cool rides though most are commercial cars. I heard someone callin' my name from the back and realised its J. Alba! Oh man! She's a race queen for this show! I was kinda flustered and before responding to her, I randomly snapped some really ugly lookin' cars many times and turned around and said "Hey... hi..." She was teasing me if I took an MC today coz she thought that I'm comin' to the show on Friday. So I explained my crappy situation and she kinda like told me how's things goin' for her...
Frankly, the motor show sucks big time. Cars ain't many variety, and like J. Alba said the race chicks here ain't any good. She was browsing my camera if there's any race girl being snapped by me but none... only cars. She was saying that I'm "kns" and wondering if I'm gay... hahaha I don't give a flying fark... So I was tellin' her like "Hey you want me to snapped some chicks pix huh? Let's just start off with you..." Yea I know she wasn't really in a good mood but she did not hesitate havin' a picture with me. Damn I was really stiff beside her... Guess that's the only way to keep my composure... Alright Sky Pang, you ain't a qualified chick magnet yet... face it... Oh yea, till I saw the stunt show by a father and son duo doing stunts on a couple of Subaru Impreza, I was pretty satisfied that the 8 bucks entrance fee was worth the payment. Here's some pics and vids of the motor/stunt shows:
(Be stunned by their stunts!! Only permitted to those with this fluorescent green tag! Anyway I'm home tryin' to get my rabbit to perform some rodent stunts)

Random

Just for laughs: p.s. ladies, this ain't serious... dudes, this ain't totally true.... ENJOY :-)

7 kinds of women that you shouldn't marry.... 1. Air Stewardess: She's always on the top. 2. Noodle stall hawker lady: "I have some more 'mee' down there for you to eat!" 3. Kindergarten teacher: She always says, "C'mon, let's do it one more time!" 4. Nurse: She always says, "Hurry up! Pants down!" 5. Primary school teacher: "If you ain't gonna do it well, I'll make you do it a hundred times!" 6. Bus conductor lady: "Squeeze further inwards... further in... inside its still empty!" McDonald's lady: "Thank you! I'll be done in 59 seconds... Next!"

On fire; fueled by desire...

Alright now's past 12 am, I would say I love my work performance yesterday and I like to keep it up everyday like this. I wanna be humble... just so I know :) Somehow I gotta compensate for the lost I've made 2 days back whereby my sales is at Ground 0. Well I do made up for the lost, with value added on top of it.
Alright lookin' good lookin' cool though I stayed till closing, kinda made that young Canon promoter, Wei jie waited for me for so damn long. I promised I'll give him a treat the day after coz I've got many "fishes" and as an apology for holding him up. We promised to go bugis play KOFMIA2 after knock off. After a game or 2 of challenges by outsiders before we left, I almost whacked a young punk who kinda threw a basketball accidentally at me... Subsequently, he was grinning and givin' me that "Hey what you starin' at!" heads-up swagger. Lookin' for some cheap thrill huh? I walked over and gave him an earful and stared at his whole damn gang all the way as I exited the amusement center. I was thinkin' to myself "Fark it, am I really gonna kill 'em all? I'm gonna get myself into deep shit, I've got a mission for myself and for the future.."
Wei jie told me that they are there always makin' a fool of themselves, just leave them alone. My sentiments exactly... Just as I was like one of them once...
We went on separate ways, Wei jie said he's gonna end the day with supper. As for me I was wondering whether should it be booze or a McDonald's meal. My rumbling stomach kinda urged me to have a meal instead. So yea... A sumptuous McSpicy meal to complete the day and head back home contented... satisfied :)
Oh yea... I'm on the fast lane moving on... further and further away... Somehow I'm kinda like missin' someone new in my life now...

A thin line

Recently I noticed a thin fine line between work and social life. Yea you get up from bed feelin' stoned yet anxious kickin' off the whole new routine which begins for the new day and the cycle continues till your off day. In between you've got friends or chicks callin' you out for a meal or chill out... its always these few activities. I wanna play some sports but can't find adequate time. Yea after work where fatigue level always get the better of me... I could only agree to chill out or a meal or a drink.
This weekend we've got another Viera chick in the house... well not as erm... impressive as J. Alba, but I'm keepin' my distance, lest people might gossip. Even so I've got comments like "Hey Sky! Hey Pang! Didn't you get to know her? Didn't you ask for her age? Hey what does she likes huh? Eh why didn't you go talk to her?" I just rolled my eyes and said "There's been speculations that I can't perform when I do some public relations with models like these girls, and I've been trying to keep my farkin' distance.... so what now? Gettin' me back to action? Or should I say letting them have their way with me like always? Hell no for this week man. I value sales more than anything else at work and erm... not worth my time... I don't spend too much time on something which doesn't guarantees me results.
Yesterday after work... yea it was a Saturday night where Ah Qui and Jessie never fails to ask me out to meet them... for usual chill or meal. Very mundane meet-up routine. Waikian was there as well. Yea sorry guys, was caught up with a customer and ended up late. Got Elgene to come to meet me from Changi Airport after he sees Carol off... Since Ah Qui gotta leave by 11.30pm and its been ages since I catch up with with Elgene who's still in the suck.
Me and Elgene wwnt to Timbre Substation after we parted with the rest. We need some rock tunes with booze and catchin' up to do. Sadly its not the "Goodfellas" playin' in the house, its some kinda 'don't-know-what and friends' band which isn't really our cuppa tea.
Asked me about work and my sales, said that it was smooth sailing except for lotsa politics and green-eyes goin' on. Well what's new? I don't give a flying fark though some might appear to be intriguing. Elgene told me in sales this is normal, just ignore people's comments and do my job. My sentiments exactly. If they're lazy and try saying things like "Hey c'mon, don't be so gungho... are you really that hungry?" or "Hey relax la brother, they day is still young, why so aggressive?", don't be bothered and be pressured. Well, I know that and Elgene's been reinforcing what I thought. I need the money, and earning this kinda keep might been quite rewarding for people like me(without high academic education level), so just keep it up....

Today at work was almost a close shave, thought I gonna take home "Ice cream", but at the verge of ending work, I've got 2 fishes in my net. Phew... thank God. Was thinking of booze or gaming after work before I head home... on 2nd thoughts, just save the money and head home for some music and rest...
The future's hard for us to predict, but if you're willing to do something about it to alter its course, you'll be heading the right direction ahead and you'll be unstoppable.

Busy but fulfilling? Beats me...

Yesterday was my off, I didn't even have the chance to spend much time for myself. After collecting the home theater system for Ah Yong(my uncle) at Bencoolen. I was stucked at home for the whole afternoon trying to sort stuffs out for a customer after sale. Though it was my off day, I still gotta do shits related to work. Was calling Jolene and Edmund at Best and then trying to alias with the fuckin' delivery guy who just try to fool around and at the same time getting a earful from the customer. Though I volunteered service, but the customer was kind enough to said something like he knew that I did my best to provide whatever I could, since its out of my control, he would want somebody responsible to attend to his problems... Somehow the story did not end there, I decided to let it rest for the moment and get back to some stuffs which needs to be done.
I went with dad to register my mobile phone service under my name, meaning to say that the bill will be addressed officially to me... no longer my dad. Anyway I wanted that to be long time ago, just that I was still in the suck then. Bought a phone anyway, its a 3G phone. Kinda not used to the functions as I upgraded from a 1G phone straight to a 3G. The sales girl initially talked me out to getting an i Phone, which I tried and got really pissed off with all that "touch me" bullshit thingy. After some consideration of prices and being disappointed at the model which I always wanted to get being obsolete, I got the Sony Ericsson G900 in the end. Semi touch screen but with buttons like my 1G phone. Alright, my dad offered to pay for me, but I just said its ok, I'll handle it. He saw me swiping my card and he was grinning at the same time. Well, in past he used to buy me phones, but only 2 in my life that's being bought by him. I'm not a mobile phone freak, so a mobile can last me for as long as it don't die on me. Since I'm starting to earn better keeps, and I'm not young anymore, and I know my dad is a poor chap, so yea... Guess my dad feels good to know that he won't have to part with his cash for his son these days.
Alright, my dinner not yet settled. Messaged my homie Daniel who is a Delta Dog with me in the suck, he asked me to have a swim at his pool but I said I just wanna head out to eat. So he said he had already eaten. Alright nvm... Called Okala and Miss XX but both had their dinner already. Alright alright, its okay I just make a dash to the nearby KFC to gorge myself with some succulent fried chicken and cheese fries. Feels good.
Back to home, nothing much... after doodling online, go get some sleep for work the following day. That customer's case.... sigh, my boss adviced me to let the outlet personnel handle. He said it isn't my fault and I shouldn't interfere from there...

Today was kinda a smooth sailing day at work, after interacting with Colin, he helped me out with that customer's case and I believe it was resolved since the customer smsed me with a thank you remark. Alright Miss XX called me and asked me if I'm working and I said hell yea I am, almost everyday. She was asking what time I ended work and stuffs. So I told her and she sounded doubtful and I asked her why. She said since she kinda can't meet me for dinner yesterday so how 'bout today. I told her if she don't mind coming to my work place after her work, she could... and of coz not jeopardizing her rest. As dinner time for me is flexible since my "lady boss" is not around. She said its a deal and that she'll make her way down after her work. So thoughtful of her... lol...
I was kinda busy when she'd arrived so she was wandering around which makes me kinda feel bad, so I faster finished my shit and got Edmund to have his smoke break fast so that I could go have my dinner with Miss XX. Kinda made fun of her if she smells of dough and bread since she's workin' at a bakery doing QA. Eat at that good 'O place I always go to, that exotic hawker area... good food with affordable price. Meals with Miss XX are always something new, so far, we never ate the same stuffs more than twice. We talked about work, she was sayin' how tired she was and how challenging mine was and stuffs. After dinner, I still got like an hour to knock off. Miss XX said she wanted to shop, so I'll meet her again at the vicinity when I'm done. After which, saw her buying some stuffs at G2000, askin' her cheekily if she got any stuffs for me which she simply answered a straight NO. So I said I'm leavin', she just laughed... guessed she know me too well that I won't do it...
Alright, went to have coffee but that damn place was closing, so I had some ice blended shit but she doesn't wanna have any since she hate to be rushed while havin' coffee. After which, took the train back home together. Like always, I accompanied her to her flat after we alighted without fail. Guessed its just a practice for now, though in the past I was crazily in love with her and its kinda a protocol for me. I'll tell her something like "It is my duty to ensure that you're back home safely every time you go out with me..." Bid each other goodbye and like always again, I walked home from her house back to mine. A whoppin' 30 mins++ brisk walk every time...

We Were Dogs

Today's my off day... finally after 10 days of work... mixture of both good and bad. Good: I can finally rest my tried legs and tired mouth and spend some time with myself or with some good O' cliques. Bad: 1 day without work means 1 day without sales. Fark it, anyway my parents said health is more important than wealth... give myself a break. But I think both comes together. Like 'ying' and the the 'yang', LOL.
Contemplating whether to go for a swim after breakfast coz the weather was lookin' good. However the nearest pool wasn't really that near. After doodling around on youtube, decided that I should go for a jog coz I miss PT too much...
Like usual, that maid always packs and wash my stuffs without my acknowledgement. She washed my SBO which is muddy with Thai and Sg soil, in order to be kept in the store room. Well... better pray hard reservist doesn't come so soon. She arranged many stuffs which she took out from my magazine and grenade pouches... Some rusty pliers, a blunt jack knife, markers, umbrella pins, ear-plugs, STB-farkin'-ring?!, RAI?!... and a muddy notebook... Alright, that notebook might be something I've been lookin' for:
It contains a replica of a graffitti journal that I scribbled on the locker many months back when I was at Saiyok Camp, Kanchanaburi, Thailand for Exercise Crescendo:

WELCOME TO THE SUCK

270608: I'm a farkin' Jarhead, deployed to this dog den... The living conditions here ain't as comfy as a dog's kennel. They made us rush to wait and wait to rush. Waitin' for almost nothin', kept us swearing for nothin'. In this godforsaken place where the heat is grillin' bakin'. There ain't no inspirations to let thou jerk off to nothin'. Goddammit, get me the fark outta here!

280608: Endless stores, countless saikangs, thanks to the indecisive force. Canteen good spree ain't enough to compensate my fatigue.

300608: Farkin' Navex! I don't know how many kilometers I've left my footprints around Saiyok. But I know one thing for sure, my limps are multiliated after 7 hours of non-stop farkin' walking/running?

310608: Shove the deployment ground up yours! Gotta hit the shit hours before the rest of the suck arrive. Sleepless night spent providing some cover for their stinky asses. Before you know it, its daylight baby! Out comes the scorching sun! Fark! Oh yea... displacement drill nearly got my balls displaced... sheesh...

020608: Eagle farkin' hill! The descend and ascend on the slope got me wet all over! Yea, farkin' wet. At an acute 75 degree slope, get ready for some butt sliding/mountain skiing. Killing time baby! Blow up some imaginery convoys and shoot some decoys with my antique farkin' SAW. She never fails to IA on me, bitch... Missed breakfast, back to camp to have my Monday brunch. Not bad...

030608: Who takes a dump and keeps his poo back?! I did! Who in the right mind to fill hundreds of sandbags in the sunshine?! I did! Farkin' live demo is one helluva whore task! You blow shits up and then piece everything back again?! Oh c'mon...

040608: The again, numerous saikangs and countless stores drivin' me nuts again. The night boozing keeps my morale high though. Gotta kick some ass tomorrow. Its our 'Big Day'... Exercise Fuckin' SappleStar...

Notice the frequency of 'farks' being used... Tremendous man... In the suck everybody curse and swear like you're breathing. Especially me. From the 5th to the 11th I never update my graffitti coz I've hit the shit. I was the farkin' advance party for the deployment. for the first night, dug 2 shellscrapes and the following morning we got displacement drill, hearsay we got hit by artillery barrage(simulated)... what the holy bull crap.
During the displacement, it started rainin' like free flow orgasm and while proning on Stand 2, I can feel the water seeping right through my SBO and helmet and the sand slowly turns to mud and puddles of water. Well I could considered this as a impromptu shower. Feels kinda good anyway... after 2 days of not having shower in this scorching weather. Cattle dungs are everywhere, but I take care not to prone on them. A dead calf was somewhere near... burnt to remains, but my fellow Pioneer 6, Gu Lat Tiong was unfortunate enough to sit on the skull remains of the dead calf... Sorry, no intentions of marking that area for you... It was dark and wet... sheesh!
The 3rd day we had block mission after the deployment, hearsay we are supporting an infantry battalion to ambush an incoming convoy! Hurrah!! I was given 100 live farkin' rounds for my farkin's SAW! Wicked! Though I dread going down and up Eagle Hill again, but the thought of 100 live rounds firing non-stop got me all pumped up in my already low low morale. After some 'holland' navigation by my PC to Eagle Hill from deployment ground, we marched 7km++ with all the charges and jerry cans. Farked up... But I took back my words when I learnt that I gotta guard the rear of the ravine while the rest go down and plant the charges. Haha! Security is what we SAW gunners gotta provide for the deserving! Alright time to really get sneak some sleep while guarding. During the ascend up Eagle, my 100 live rounds drum mag was loaded but not locked. And it was pointing at an evaluator for this exercise all the damn way. When my saw is resting on a rock, it was still pointing at him and when I removed the drum mag of live rounds, he exclaimed "What?! You mean that SAW is loaded?! What the fark?! Who told you to?!" I explained to him that no one told me to and I know I'm gonna be in deep fuckin' shit. But that evaluator just kept repeating what he said and he dozed off on the rocks... whatever... When the first light came, my PC fired a simulated 84mm down the ravine, and the first charge went off... Somehow.. this live demolition was a total screw up. All the charges didn't fire off in sync. Anyway, after all the charges had blown off, the officers gave orders to expend our rounds. Hurrah!!! I immediately locked my SAW and squeezed the trigger and held it there. Woooaahholy shit!! Every goddamn 100 rounds just start unloading at lighting speed down the ravine randomly, tearing bushes and makin' the rocks down the ravine shatter. It was a really rewarding feeling, without any IA/jam. 100 rounds fired within 45 seconds. I saw brass shells everywhere on my right. It was a farkin' beautiful sight... Not so beautiful when we need to retrograde down the hill with our full combat load... fark... under the scorching midday sun.
Day 4 to 5 was absolutely challenging, I remembered clearing a mine field which got everyone cursing and swearing coz we're just helping the other platoons who are behind time. By then everyone was drained of fatigue and nobody gave a fark 'bout our officers, let alone sergeants. I was kind enough to obey my platoon sergeant to prod the minefield with a couple of gung ho pioneers.
Subsequently, without sleep again, we scoured the Saiyok village to the next check point where we discovered a UXO... UneXploded-farkin'-Ordance... Fuckin' shit man! That ain't our job man! Anyway, my PC began kicking off the work by fillin' the first sandbag, I joined it... with a couple of guys. Most of them by this time had already concussed in the cooling Saiyok moonlight. Dammit... Anyway, you meet all sorta people in the Army. Anyway, I did passed on my crude comments 'bout their behavior, some of them did some self reflections while some are pretty stuck up...
By day 5 I was feelin' the heat rash piercing my back and my butt. Kinda like being butt fucked by many many sand flies. But its because of the hygiene and heat conditions. Dammit, this exercise gotta stop man... So many 'casualties' incurred already. The first light was welcomed with a complexed obstacle, whereby we need to launch a short bridge over a wet gap and breach 4x wired obstacles and an array of abbatis. I was telling myself that we're done for until my PC told me and Cheng Hong to be the front security. Thank fuckin' goodness! That was like a blessing in disguise. Yea, I'm the load bearing mule, and finally I could take a well deserved rest in prone position while the rest launch the damn bridge which is goddamn heavy. So much for being a SAW gunner!
The final burst was us being contacted! Alright! Infantry shit! We were contacted by a buncha mofos not in full combat load but with M16s loaded with blanks. My PC signaled us to take cover. And prepare to do some FCO, lead and bound and flanking. Though I'm supposed to give cover fire, I was darting from tree to tree to advance to the enemy's position! That's what I'm talkin' about! Kill 'em all! Punish the deserving! I saw the enemy straight ahead and asking for permission to open fire at 'em. My PC told me to halt as he saw another wave of 'enemy' flanking us from the right. We immediately opened fire at the threat but to discover that is Sgt. Lu hao's section. Farkin' nut head Sergeant! Anyway, my section commander told me to follow him to check out the bridge ahead of us that's suspected to be laid with charges. True enough, I saw a couple of side charge being tied to the critical joints at the underside of the bridge. Fark 'em. I just took out my jackknife and just slashed 'em off. But the evaluators told me to handle explosive with care. I nonchalantly unravel the contents of the charges to show him simulated explosives in there and strut off... Dogz...
Then came the good fuckin' news, as I thought this wasn't gonna end... Time to pack up and go to harbouring... We will wait for the tonners to pick us up and head back to where we came from. Day 6, the exercise is over, the battle is over, the shit had been cleared. Right then, I took off my helmet which almost never left my head for more than an hour before for the whole damn 6 days, threw my SBO and SAW down and smiled at Sgt Yongheng... "Hey Sarge, we did it, thanks for the Char Mee!" In the morning, there's some villagers coming to our harbouring point selling us drinks and some cooked snacks. Something fresh after eatin' biscuits and powdered drinks for days. I hate combat rations, I hardly lay my hands on them unless its something called Oregano Chicken Frank Pasta. The tonner came, we gathered to do a RAI check and declaration. Even though its scorching hot, I was smiling... Back to Saiyok camp, eat some humane food, boozin' and dessert time =)
The last 2 days in Kanchananburi was spent on E-tour... whatever you call that... We went to some museum on the death railway constructed by POW s during WW2 and then the floating market and then the zoo. The most interesting place was the zoo... So yea... Then went to some shopping, couldn't think of much to buy coz there's absolutely nothing... got a lil' bit of stuffs though...
Back to Singapore flight inbound was midnight. Back in the flight, all of us were heaving sighs of relief that its gonna be the last shit that will ever occur to us... But for me I was thinking like "More shits to come from SAF, but not as shitty as Crescendo.." I grinned at looked out of the aircraft cabin window and observed the Thai night skyline... Beautiful to behold but not so beautiful to hold on to....

Big Fishes; Spicy Chick

Before getting my ass to work today I gotta help Mr Ng collect his home theater system from Panasonic as promised. Almost forgot 'bout it till I saw his invoice... phew... lest I'll risk butter spreading on my butt cheeks. Well that busy and really hip businessman got what he wanted and he might call me again to fix it up at his home... sure thing...
Anyway, was kinda excited yet worried 'bout today's crowd... I expect at least 3 sets to recuperate my lost the previous days... Fark it, I'll be alert and aggressive today... At the same time, playful thoughts are playing back in my mind like erm... "Any hot mamas for eye candy today in the house? Big fishes up for catch in the house?"
And so..... I saw a lady dressed in Viera race queen suit popped by the Panasonic promotional booth... I was like... oh c'mon... Its TV we're putting on sale... not some tuned cars or exotic muscle rides... But hey hey, don't I want some eye candy? This chick might be something for a start. And the song "I Got It From My Mama" by Will.I.Am was playin' in my head. What crap... haha! Punched myself to get me back to reality. Anyway, customers who are within my reach are my main priorty... After some intensive scanning of the AV area for customers, the branch manager caught hold of me, and showed the Viera chick to me... Alright let's call her J. Alba(not gonna disclose her id). He told me to brief her what she need to know 'bout the promotions and stuffs and whatsoever...
I was kinda nonchalent and not very spontaneous at first... coz I'm afraid opportunities might slipped away while briefing her. Fark it, just do it once do it good anyway...
And guess who did I saw? Michelle and Robert! J. Alba was asking me who is she and I said that Michelle's my best bud' sister. She said "Wah she very pretty leh... Eh but hor, you are working and you see your friends shopping, won't you feel sian?" I just smiled and nodded my head... and continued briefing her...
Alright I've done my part, J. Alba asked me for my name... I told her she could call me Sky or Shaofeng or Pang, like what my good O' clique & Delta Dogs always addressed me. She chose Sky... alright whatever...
Subsequently, she interacted more and more with me till people on the floor are curious 'bout our relations. They asked if she's my lady or my friend, I just said I barely known her for an hour.
They told me I seemed to have the words "Chicks Wanted" written in bold on my forehead. Well, I just shrugged my shoulders. She said she will shove customers to me, and I said that would be splendid. True enough, after several attempts, I saw this really "Big fish" who swam by me the other day, caught hold of it, but let it slipped away. He recognised me and he remembers that I would give him best price. So without hesitation, I showed him the good stuffs he's been eyeing and asked Jolene for best price.
Mama mia! Sealed the deal! 2 sets of high end models deal closed! Viola! J. Alba was so happy for me... Well just as I thought, could be a good thing, or otherwise. So I guess saying something like a thank you with a compliment for her would be courteous, so I smiled and said "Yeap, sealed the deal, really really big fishes, seems like you're kinda like my lucky charm huh?" So I'm anticipating something like... "Wah, deal on liaoz, treat me eat something good ok..." Fortunately, she's humble enough to say something like, "Eh later go lunch treat me something to drink can liao k" I was like "Yea sure, not a problem at all lady.." Thank God..... but anyway, I won't feel much pinch even if its a meal...
Yea so as promised, I went for early dinner with J. Alba and showed her where I usually eat at. Even if she's not gonna like that place, I'm sure she'll changed her mind when she reached there. Within very near walkin' distance, won't hurt her feet which had been in heels for hours. Hawker center with exotic local delights everywhere. Everywhere we walked, we received stares... not at me... but of coz... who else? What can I say? Hot chick in the house...
Gossips 'bout me and J. Alba are everywhere on the floor. But I don't give a flying fark...
So kinda have nice day despite the fatigue... *grabs my guitar and took a drag of booze* Chill out time with music....

Memory storage

I like to leave things lying around, at home. Even being the tidiest person back in the suck, I wanna be back to my default self. I found something which I wrote during the days that I meditate in solitary in bunk during the suck and being so emo which got me started thinkin' of random stuffs. And before my piece got hidden away or discarded by the maid my parents hired to take care of my granny who now sleeps in my room... sheesh...
I think I shall use this online journal here to 'store' it...
At the same time, I feel like as if I'm losing emotions... and erm, before I completely lose the feel to compose any of such 'feelin' songs, due to the fact I'm moving on every day, I better write 'em down:

SWEETEST HEARTACHE

I watch her smile every now and then
She fills the empty space in my heart
She is an angel that God send me
She seems so close but far away from me

*bridge*
Oh I miss the times we share
When she calls me I'll be there
Oh I wish I could be closer to her heart
A sweet serenade pierces through my heart

*chorus*
Gimme a chance so you can see
I will love you unconditionally
If my love wasn't meant to be
You will always be a part of me
You're the sweetest heartache in me

It pains my heart everytime she's down
I'll sacrifice just to bring her up
Look into my eyes and she will see
Truly yours and faithfully

repeat *bridge*

repeat*chorus*

Copyright Sky Pang reg TM

If I got a chance to ever do a recording of this piece with my leisure-time-jam-session band, I'll post it up =)

New world?

Being kept in the suck for too long sometimes makes you lost track of changes in the real world. Some of the places in Singapore look so alien to me, some of which look like crap but pretty interesting... Its like right when you are in the suck, time just paused right there, and its been kept like that till you officially leave it.
Just in case you guys don't know, I was drafted into the army with kinda like 2 days notice? This goes to show the efficiency of Singapore farkin' government. And when I'm in the suck, they told me that I gonna be notified of my posting after BMT which I was shortlisted to be a lifeguard. But instead, I became a field combat engineer pioneer who goes to the wilderness like its my 2nd home every now and then. They always lie to you in the suck, giving you false hopes, and change instructions like as if we are characters in the game made to follow mouse clicks... Hence, our IQ deteriorates as time goes by during our 2 years of farkin' good time.
Though during days in the suck where I go exploring around when I booked out, usually exploring alone, but still there are many places in Singapore not yet discovered by me... Back then I just love spending time by myself...
I'm a foodie... so I like exploring new places to satisfy my craving for exotic food.
Being kept in the suck for too long makes you think that you are havin' the helluva life in there, but in fact in the real world... there are other aspects of life much more challenging...
In the real world, people sometimes do whatever it takes for survivability, affecting others. People of all sorta characters roam about the streets. Especially weird people. E.g. couple of months back in a public bus, I caught a sicko red handed getting frisky with a young school girl... and erm... a bangladeshi who can't stand still even when the train is stationary... A buffed looking young chap dashing for any available seat in the train even b4 the doors are fully opened... so on and so forth... too much to mention.
Well these behaviours might be a common sight for people who haven't been in the suck... but for me... it was an eye-opener...
I love the way I am now, though goddamn busy... but every minute of my life is being adequately spent. No more lazin' around, boozing around, bumming around and farkin' around(farkin' around meaning playing pranks, just in case you guys think that I go around asking chicks to get some). Some people just learn the hard way... like me...

Myself to blame or just luck?

Hahaha I don't know why but I always have high expectations of myself, wonder if this is a good or bad thing... Sometimes no matter how hard I tried, I don't seem to get the desired results compared to other's who are just plain laid back. Its like you do whatever it takes to fish a giant tuna but you just got a guppy instead... That sucks like a dick stucked in a vacuum ain't it? Izzit just me? Or izzit just luck? I don't know man...
After reflecting upon my performance at work and talkin' to my counterparts. They told me nothing's wrong with me.... Maybe I gotta be more cunning? I was wondering... 'cunning' could mean many things... Well they shared with me some techniques which I've tried before but... nevermind...
So now I know... sometimes it isn't just you... Even the best falls down sometimes, even the wrong words seem to ryhme...
Somehow I always take every experience as a lesson, everyday I must learn new things, everyday there's something new to see and hear...
Kudos to that...

Brand new you...

Brand new life, brand new me, brand new identity. The suck had brought upon me good and bad. It had made me realized the importance of time management and overcoming adversities. Since in the suck, I've been on my own... livin' on my own income, survivability on harsh conditions, except for the shelter that I'm livin' is bought by my parents.
So far I'm not planning to give myself off for this week. Not enough sales, how to hit jackpot? Everyday sell "ice-cream" how to hit jackpot? Its challenging... mind twisting... nerve racking... I like it... Makes me really pumped up to take on this challenge.
Oh yea... I think I know why I'm feeling kinda dis-orientated. Been missin' out something... not booze, not buffet, not music, not swimming, not even chicks but PT... hell yea... I'm serious...

Liberation or isolation?

5th September, is the day I officially start work but also the day I collect my pink IC, which all NSF boys yearn for. That's right, its the proof of ORD. Well, never really looked forward to it. In fact, before I left the suck officially I've already tasted the harsh reality of adjustment back to civilian life. Sometimes in the army no matter how bad it seems, there's really nothing much to worry 'bout.
Comes the moment of truth, we let the officers and those who claim themselves big shots, signed our clearance forms, followed by the presentation of our pink IC. Many of my platoon boys got their cert of service with their pink IC attached. They touched and carressed the IC like its some kinda chick with killer bod. Not to mention the look of orgasm on their faces... What the holy bull dung man...
Anyway I took my pink IC without any expression, was grateful to my PC for putting on a very good testimonial and rating for me. Returned my camp pass, left the suck officially with hatred yet nostalgic reluctance. When I got into the car(attention: not mine, I do not get rich overnight), as I drove the rest of my clique outta the gate, I looked at the new RP and then beyond the gates... I realised many more challenges awaits me in life for me to overcome..
I've left the suck... officially. No more morning PT, no more area cleaning, no more standby bed, no more outfield, no more blowing things up, no more sai kang, no more COS, no more guard duty, no more cold showers, mo more obstacles courses, no more route marches, no more occasional dog rations, no more 7 mins activation, no more parades. Well sometimes its not as bad as it seems. As much as I might hate it, but I think I'll miss some of the bullshits in the suck. As I was driving down the expressway, and if this was the movies, they'd have this guy sitting in the vehicle on his way back to the world, looking outta the window, and this Green Day song "Good Riddance(Time of your life)" playing in the background, and he's reflecting 'bout the war, 'bout the treatment in the military, about his buddies and their weirdo antics, the funny shit in outfield he's seen and all the life changing experiences and epiphanies that he went through and whatnot but for me it seemed to be the opposite. I was not thinkin' 'bout the times in the suck at all. The only thing that I was thinkin' 'bout was how am I gonna plan my work schedules, capital raising for my biz, meeting new faces and start a new chapter in my now almost dormant social network. All that I was craving for was to speed down to somewhere with good food minus the booze 'cause I'm farkin' drivin'.
Well at least I'll live to tell my children that I was a combatant in the suck. Unlike most people who talked the talk. But I've walked the walk. Goodbye Vipers. Goodbye 30SCE. Goodbye Platoon 10. Goodbye Delta Dogs. Thanks for the goddamn memories.

The last few moments in the suck...

These was quite awhile back ya... dating back to 2 weeks back, say from 21st Aug to the last day of Aug? Lots of the boys were yelling "ORD loh!" I was like "oh well, yea yea I know, there's no need to get too excited 'bout it, 'cause I almost felt like we've ORD-ed." Buncha us were clearing leave and offs accumulated during our trainee to OPs days. We hardly stay in camp for more than 3 days. Then off we go clear those shit and enjoy the tranquility of our own creed or some will be doing stuffs that they always wanted to do when not in camp.. Makes me wonder sometimes what they are up to during offs. Yup I know then... the future's(now) nearing, things are gonna change. I know that the army is a buncha bullcrap, everything sucks big time there. The only thing cool is unloading 100 rounds down a ravine with a single trigger squeeze and lighting the knoll up. Damn right, liberation soon. Hurrah!
Nevertheless, I'm beginning to feel kinda nostalgic at this point of time looking at my equipments that I've packed up... I looked at that cosy corner that I once dwelled makin' 10 mins phonecall during trainee days... looked at the 'no men's land" that we once did intensive training...

Nothing?

Well well well, seems like nobody gives a flying fark 'bout this autopilot thingy... seems like we've failed... Well its okay, at least I've tried, at least Ah Tiong had tried... Time to move on to increasing our financial literacy...

Something which I would like to share with you guys..

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