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| Thursday, November 12th, 2009 |
resiliang
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10:47p |
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| Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 |
drgnfirez
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2:07p |
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| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 |
resiliang
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12:46p |
we were both young when i first saw you
Ugh, today was a mix of awesome and crap. Crap is, went for the interview and realised that the pay was for the HIGHEST qualification, and without job experience it would probably mean about 1.5k pay for me, which is enough, EXCEPT for the fact that it's all the way at Tuas. TUAS?!? No thanks, this is not for me, obviously. If they contact me with anything lower than 1.7k, I'm better off finding another job anyway. AWESOME IS THAT I FINALLY GOT BAND HERO FROM MY FRIEND. Yay, now I'm going to go unlock Taylor Swift and Gwen Stefani. There aren't a lot of songs though, they have Love Story and Pictures to Burn and You Belong with me, so it's good. YES! KL trip in 3 days, booyah! ---------------- Now playing: Taylor Swift - Love Story http://foxytunes.com/artist/taylor+swift/track/love+story |
| Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
lowjh
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10:47p |
if i take a picture with the wax figure of a famous celebrity (that looks exactly like the original), and place the picture in front of my shop, does that count for dishonest marketing? |
resiliang
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10:27a |
it's hard to say that i'd rather stay awake when i'm asleep
Hello! I submitted my resume at about 10PM last night and immediately got a call at 10AM in the morning. Very prompt reply. She also wanted to set up an interview today. TODAY. Which I obviously amn't particularly prepared for, as such, I have rescheduled it to tomorrow. MORNING. Which is still a very short notice, as far as I'm concerned. They also want me to start on the 17th, so I think they really need/want me. I think it was the slightly imba and awesome resume that I sent in. It's a rather well-paying job, I hope I get it. ---------------- Now playing: The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition http://foxytunes.com/artist/the+temper+trap/track/sweet+disposition |
| Sunday, November 8th, 2009 |
resiliang
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11:21p |
Suplex, suplex, suple backbreaker!
Yes, this song is freakin' awesome. Go check it out if you haven't already! I am full of this 小笼包s that I ate earlier on at JP. I love that stuff, it's like portable soup pastry. whoever thought of it is a goddamn genius. I accomplished a couple of things today! I shall recount them in reverse-chronological order! Just came back from the gym a while ago, I'm running and gymming alternate days to get rid of the post-ORD fats. Legs ache, but it's totally worth it. Before that, was L4Ding with the girlfriend at Clementi. Tank pwnage is FTW. And before before that, I had 小笼包s at Ding Tai Fung. That stuff fucking owns. Was at Jurong Point so I could take a photo for IC and resume submissions. Submitted my resume when I came back! I hope they employ me, or something! I want to remake my IC because I look terrible in it, and I want to change my signature into a more atas looking one. Was at Boon Lay before that looking at KL bus trip prices! Going there on 13th Nov for the weekend with the girlfriend. Berjaya Times Square Hotel ftw! Finally vacationing in ages, thanks for ruining my life, National Service. But the future is bright, and I shall carry on. Carpe diem. ---------------- Now playing: Fight Like Apes - I'm Beginning To Think You Prefer Beverley Hills 90210 To Me http://foxytunes.com/artist/fight+like+apes/track/im+beginning+to+think+you+prefer+beverley+hills+90210+to+me |
chendabao
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6:24p |
Dreaming
I remember last year, when our physics tutor, Ms Emily Li, told us that one of the questions in our test paper was actually from her dream. That time, I was quite amused by it. And last night, it happened to me. ( The questions. ) Current Mood: WTF? |
lowjh
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1:55p |
秋天的初恋
The Nanchang tattoo has been a surprisingly eventful event. Surprising because it is incredibly backwaters, despite being populous and a province capital, and abysmally boring. In chronological order, -The flight we took, China Southern, was crummy. There was no blanket, no pillow, the headphones look like stethoscopes with dubious hygiene, our in-flight entertainment consists of Clarence chio’s ipod and the airline is possibly the only one in the world that subscribes to the one-playing-deck-per-flight policy. -En route to our hotel, our bus was stopped by the military because some guys on our bus were taking pictures of what was ostensibly a nuclear base. There was a confrontation, tensions mounted and it seems like we were on the brink of war! (remember, we’re considered representatives of the army too) However, thanks to the collective diplomatic efforts of those on the bus, the citizens of Singapore can enjoy yet another night of undisturbed sleep, blissfully unaware of the unseen dangers that lurk just beyond our shores. -The liaison officers attached to us were supposed to follow us wherever we go, purportedly for our own safety, but considering the absence of any obvious signs of crime and the largely docile, though occasionally impolite, nature of the people, the whole endeavour smells NK-ish. Of course, being the intrepid spirits that we are, members of our group are soon found mingling amongst the general population. -Everyone there seems to think Singaporeans are incapable of speaking Mandarin. While embarrassing and probably true more often than not, it seems to serve as an excellent icebreaker when conversing with attractive strangers. -We set off firecrackers at 1am in the morning and ran as soon as people came to investigate. Never felt so much like a delinquent, but it was deliriously delightful. Also, I am becoming desensitized to people visiting prostitutes. -One of the places we performed in was called the Jiangxi Agricultural University. At least they are being honest. =p True to the agricultural nature of the place, the toilets did not have pretentious electric lights and instead utilized the much more reliable and romantic moonlight, so we peed in the dark a la field camp. This is juxtaposed against our buffet of beef kebab, sirloin steak, blue mountain coffee in the brightly lit, air-conditioned cafeteria reserved only for guests and teachers/professors. -On the second last day, we watched fireworks that seemed to last forever. Note to self: too much awesome is boring. I would like to thank the peasants who starved so I can look at pretty lights. -The airport customs there utilizes cutting edge technology. To identify dangerous liquids, they used the obvious, tried and proven method. Yep, they lit it up to see if it combusts/explodes. Our guys in blue have lots to learn from them. The reason why the trip was so much more enjoyable is succinctly captured in a quote by our liaison: “华人之间讲华语比较亲切”. |
resiliang
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2:06a |
Kua simi kua?!
Eh. I collected my pink IC on Friday, which didn't really take as much admin time as I expected it to, I guess they're done and thoroughly sick of us as well. Fair enough. Let us go, then. Bought the ORD shirt from Daryl and proudly paraded it around, it's an achievement, but not one that everyone would talk about very proudly. I hate how NS has disrupted my otherwise relatively undisturbed life. After lunch with Daryl, I went to the salon for a haircut, but later also decided to dye my hair. Did it a little brown. Was quite unimpressively dark at first, but it has taken a lighter shade as of today. The girlfriend is literally screaming at me to dye it back black because I look like a chao ah beng. I'm not particularly attached to it, to be honest, but to me, it's a declaration of independence from army life, so it does have some significance. Plus I'm too lazy to dye it away. Yet. Spent the better part of Saturday morning doing my resume, going to be applying for jobs soon. Night was spent playing Ghostbusters and Rock Band with the girlfriend. Band Hero is really coming along slowly, I've about.. three days more to go if I'm lucky. I can't wait to play it, seriously. Today I'm going to try and get a passport sized photo taken so I can use it to (potentially) remake my IC and for part-time job applications. I think my resume is nicely sized. We'll see how many responses I get. Wish me luck! I realise that I'm posting more often. This could be good. Also, I've taken to gymming alternate days, so I have to make time to get down today as well. Go Liang, go. |
| Saturday, November 7th, 2009 |
dnwq
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3:28p |
crumbs crumbs everywhere
The British apparently like their pastries and bread crumbly - all the loaves I buy here invariably shed crumbs everywhere, even from just removing a slice from the wrapper. Bread in Singapore and Malaysia tends to have larger and fewer crumbs. I can't imagine why, honestly; just a difference in flour sources, perhaps? |
| Friday, November 6th, 2009 |
drgnfirez
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6:55p |
586: blitzrosa
December, I can't wait!  Current Music: Orchestral Fantasia - Mizuki Nana |
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kaiyang
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2:56p |
how on earth did i get so jaded
six hundred and sixty-eight days, and i have gone three days without sleep gone three days without food walked thirty-two kilometres while carrying a third of my weight hallucinated marched and run till the arches of my feet collapsed broken all my toe nails run half a marathon fed thousands of mosquitoes, sandflies and other blood-sucking creatures cursed grown fond of the smell of cigarette smoke; a comforting man-made familiarity amidst the bleak wilderness, repels horrible insects too lived through a typhoon been bitten by a scorpion learnt to kill experienced suffering; i used to think studying was suffering, but it is nothing compared to real physical pain, hunger, thirst, the discomfort of being filthy, the scream of exhausted muscles, extreme heat and cold, the battering of the elements, the large gaping hole vacated by hope become jaded lost innocence carved painful self-inflicted scars on my heart despised found out what a terrible monster i really am despaired been treated like an animal behaved like an animal fought hated killed survived i need to forget, forget what i have lost and missed, forget what i have become, to find myself all over again, to change from a battle-ready soldier who would not hesitate to kill when ordered to, to being human at last. i need to seek help for my anger-management issues. i need to find my place in the world again, a world that has moved on without me for the past twenty-two months. i need to learn to trust and love again. Current Mood: so happy i could cry |
resiliang
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11:13a |
ORD
Bad News #1. Mr. Sung just contacted me, HR wouldn't let me go back for assistant teaching because I couldn't commit myself till October, so no 4P for me. I am still available for jobs! Please contact me! Bad News #2. I just found out that the clothes I checked out for the Halloween Threadless sale were not registered. Need to check out my bank account to see whether they deducted any fees or not. But most of all, ugh, no shiny new shirts ): I'm ordering during the End of Year sale though. Feel free to drop a comment here if you want a mass order and I'll contact you when it starts. Good News #1-670 days of military torture. Is over. I fucking ORD. I win, assholes. Suck on this, 48. Current Mood: ORDCurrent Music: I FUCKING ORD I DON'T NEED MUSIC |
akyd
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12:07a |
No more excuse for inaction
I believe I have acquitted myself well enough, but still ... Such costly wisdom, or perhaps, mere cynicism. Goodbye. (And good riddance?)[exeunt |
| Thursday, November 5th, 2009 |
cjqsg
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11:26p |
ord thoughts
When I was still in school, I thought that National Service was a waste of time. I thought that people like me should not be required to serve 2 years of military service, for couldn't we better contribute to Singapore in other ways? Spending 2 years in the army will necessarily mean spending 2 less years of our prime outside, 2 less years to study, work and pay taxes. Surely the costs of NS were too great to justify conscription - couldn't a regular army do? I don't think NS helped to change that. In 2 years, I haven't felt the existential threat to Singapore's survival that many say we face and I am not convinced that this is because of the strong SAF that we have. Indeed, although as an AI trooper I learnt how to do fire movement and clear trenches, it never occurred to me that I might one day have to do it for real. If I was a soldier, I was a soldier by name only. But if NS did not convince me that NS is necessary, it taught me many things about life. NS forced me to interact with people of different educational and social backgrounds. I grew up in a well-to-do household and attended only brand-name schools. In 12 years of formal schooling, I hardly met anyone who speaks Hokkien, much less smokes and sports tattoos. NS allowed me to step outside these gates and meet other people. For what it was worth, I thought it was a good experience. As I got to know my platoonmates better, I learnt to step into their shoes and see the world from behind their eyes. Regardless of whether I agreed with them, I came to appreciate how they thought and why they believed what they believed. Interacting with my platoonmates has made my worldview more sophisticated. It enriched my life and made it fuller than before. NS also taught me to take responsibility for my own actions and put in my best in everything I do. Unlike school, I struggled with training initially and got very frustrated as a result. I remember being the last person in my BMT company to pass my M16 technical handling test because I just could not assemble the rifle parts. I was also repeatedly shouted at for failing to coordinate my fire movement with the rest of the platoon. My failure to meet standards and persistent poor attitude must have resulted in my posting to 41 SAR after BMT. Thankfully,as I adjusted to army life with the generous support of fellow platoon mates, I learnt to take charge of my own duties and perform them well. Whether it was doing sentry during laager or cleaning arms after exercise, everyone needed to do their part to make things run smoothly. Although I do not have a natural affinity to army stuff, the tasks that I perform can mean so much to so many people. From there, I learnt to take pride in my duties naturally enough, if only to live up to others and myself. NS taught me to take a healthy and positive attitude towards life. Too often, we, rightly or wrongly, hold on to our viewpoint stubbornly and try to destroy every other position. Many try very hard to down PES and/or slack as much as possible because they are convinced that NS is meaningless and a waste of time. I learnt that this tendency to tear down everything that we disagree with is unhealthy. Even if we disagree on the necessity of NS, we can agree to work towards a more effective AI company and a more effective SAF. Even if we think that we can better contribute to Singapore by not serving NS, we can still try to create a positive NS experience for ourselves and our peers. I learnt that our perceptions and beliefs interfere with and influence our experiences in profound ways. NS, like life, can only be as meaningful as we allow it to be. Reflecting on the past 2 years, I feel very lucky to be posted to Glory despite all the training and saikang. At the end of the day, our NS experience is not judged by the number of field camps we have been through or how slacky the training was. We remember NS because it has made us fitter, stronger and better people. We remember NS for the 2 years of memories in the field, in the office and outside camp (during cohesion). We remember NS for the many wonderful people that we have met and the number of lives we have touched and changed. On these counts, I think Glory provided me with a meaningful and memorable experience; one that I am grateful for even as I feel relieved to move on with life. (26 October 2009) ... Several people commented that their problems with NS stem from their lousy superiors. I must say that the vast majority of my superiors have been pleasant to work with. Superiors cannot be expected to be perfect/most efficient. If they screw up and need help, naturally you are expected to help them. I think I have done a fair bit of such work in army, not to mention routine rounds of paperwork. I don't particularly dread them, because I know that if I screw something up, my superiors will try and help me out of my mess. Treats and good welfare now and then do not hurt too. For me, it works well both ways. |
resiliang
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8:57p |
New layout. I'm not sure about the font though, should take some getting used to. |
resiliang
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11:54a |
dead disco
Ugh, why must every post start with frustration! I'm waiting for my stupid Band Hero to be downloaded while I tap frantically on my keyboard, bursting at the seams. I want to play as Taylor Swift omg (OMG. Okay sorry.) and danananana to the TV. Can you blame me? NO YOU CAN'T. Met Foo on the bus yesterday while on my way to camp. He was going for his driving lesson, I haven't gotten mine done yet. Shit, 2009 is almost passed. Well all the busy parts of the year anyway. I haven't accomplished much, in terms of... well, accomplishment-worthy things, but I DON'T CARE. The future is bright and shiny now, and best of all it's MINE FOR THE TAKING. Ahaha, so forward-looking, I know. Because tomorrow, I collect my pink IC. Yes. |
| Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 |
resiliang
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10:28a |
Gimme hope, Jo'anna
I've been stuck on Eddy Grant's "Gimme Hope, Jo'anna". I think there's this small part inside me that's actually a rabid reggae fan, I mean, I love songs like Pass the Dutchie and other reggae stuff at certain points in my life, as long as I don't keep listening to them over and over. I think it's all about how relaxed and chill it makes you feel, I don't know how they manage to keep it up, you know. I guess it's something Singaporeans will never understand. Anyhow! I'm going back to camp for some pre-Reservist talk or something. Achievement unlocked. i never thought this day would come. Poor juniors still going through this torture, I hope Leyou manages to make it through this unit in one piece. Peace. |
| Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 |
dnwq
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6:37p |
an observation
The same economists who promote rational-choice theories of politicians - i.e., the idea that politicians only act in a manner that furthers their material self-interest, and any aberrations from this can be discarded as empirically insignificant - never promote rational-choice theories of economists, who would logically be sucking up to aforementioned selfish politicians. Wonder why! |
chendabao
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7:55p |
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resiliang
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3:34p |
Boomz. Haven't been doing much these days, returned the costumes with Amanda yesterday and that was the highlight (sad, right) of the day, butyes, lately I have been doing nothing but sticking at home, playing and downloading songs. I need to get off my ass soon and do something cool, yes I do. I need a new layout... steel. Need to start gymming as well, reading ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) disconance's journal is making me feel fat and slobbish. Go Yi Liang go, you pig. Bryan's been coming over quite often to play Rock Band, I need to get my rhythm improved to play Expert, also been playing a bit of Rock Band: Beatles. Oldies are totally FTW. But I wish they had other awesome tracks like Bananarama. You know, you know. Anyway, if you guys want to come over and jam on the Wii or something you can beep me. I've downloaded many songzzz. Aiyah nvm. |
| Sunday, November 1st, 2009 | |
kaiyang
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10:09p |
five days left and i am bouncing around gleefully like a crazy excited lil bunny on a sugar rush. i know hyping myself up so much will only lead to a greater fall, depression and withdrawal after the initial giddy euphoric high, but i don't care; i've waited two bloody years for this and nothing is going to spoil my party |
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