Please can i have one too?

la vie en vert

It's been 2 weeks already, so 7 more to go. POP is a long long time away but we are growing as a section. Our platoon's alright but right now is the time to step up. Pull ups are always good, there is a slow and steady improvement, but Iylia's still the man. Wanted to watch Geisha today but the poor response meant that it's postponed to the next book out day. Book outs are always the happiest days in army. Wonder what the others are doing. Could have gotten home a lot earlier yesterday if not for me forgetting to bring back the home keys and having to go Beach Rd to get some army necessities. Heard that our first income is already in, nvm, will check it for certain later. Must pack for book in soon. Ronald also happens to be armskote i/c like me. HAHA! What coincidence. Sometimes meal times are just like ri reunions. I hope we get more admin time, more pull ups, and earlier book out slots. Solat is not a problem. Jamak and khuf are really beneficial. I only wonder whether the others solat too. Aye. Army really destroys your english, so must keep myself mentally stimulated. I'm bringing The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon this time, so I hope i'm ok. and good to go!

except for the tekong cough!

hair today gone tomorrow

The best of 2005. The personal hat-trick against CJC with only 20 mins left that won us the game after going down 2-1. And the 4th place finish. numero dix-sept, c'est moi.

The best of 2004. Lifting the Police Cup after 5 years of nothingness. Long live the Green Black & White!

7 Jan beckons

The latest edition of Time is indeed a genius. It is going to analyse what AMBITION is, using science and so on.

My AMBITION right now is to be a good soldier. Haha.

And I must also remember to always SOLAT!
SOLAT IS POWER, BROTHER!

the good fight

2006 beckons! Resolutions? Not for me. I think it is a little way too phony to make resolutions. Sounds like you've been living the past year in regret, like many many things didn't work out for you. I think whatever happens must have happened for some reason. I believe we must continue to fight the good fight and not just succumb to little distractions, such as minute failures, to deter us from ever reaching all those goals we so proudly proclaim to everyone. However one chooses to think that the good fight is all airy-fairy and stuff that belongs to kids, I believe the good fight is there in all of us. We must learn to like what we already have, not just want to have all that we like. We are humans; God is the miracle worker and has set us on a path to achieve His grand scheme of things. Appreciate your religion, Muslims, it is after all the greatest gift that God has given you.

Also remember that time does not dictate you, you can choose to completely ignore it. You are the essence here, not time. You set the pace. You should endeavour to do all that you want right here right now in this God-given wonderful world. But on a sidenote, even if you believe with all your heart that noone's watching, God's eyes are fixated on you, just so you know.

Ayye

What an encounter yesterday. That person (and her clique) was so crass and rude, it's a good thing I am with these friends that I trust, not them. May God shine the true light on you.

rain

Haven't hit the gym in like 4 days. Too much rest time, feel like the body is wasting away. I need new protein shake. Shall check TSW asap, maybe they have xmas offer. I hope they do. But yesterday was quite good in the morning. Played soccer with Raihan and Adil at yishun. Very far and had to wake up super early too. But the game was good. I scored.



Something I recalled from Annur.

Teacher: What is a zebra, class?
Pre-schooler: (puzzled)....(long silence)....A horse wearing pyjamas.
Teacher: (equally puzzled).... Then what is a horse?
Pre-schooler: A naked zebra.

dumbstruck.

SOLAT

the seed exercise? i say it's rubbish, maybe not rubbish to Paulo Coelho, since he's a best selling author. it's not real to me.

wanna know how to let your innerself grow?

SOLAT brother, Solat! Solat is power, brother!

let your innerself groww

Want to try yoga but can't afford the payment? Try this for yourself, (though what I have here is not exactly yoga.)

The Seed Exercise

Kneel on the ground. Then seat yourself on your heels and bend forward so that your head touches your knees. Stretch your arms behind you. You are now in a foetal position. Relax, releasing all your tensions. Breathe calmly and deeply. Little by little you will perceive that you are a tiny seed, cradled in the comfort of the earth. Everything around you is warm and delicious. You are in a deep, restful sleep.

Suddenly, a finger moves. The shoot no longer wants to be a seed; it wants to grow. Slowly you begin to raise your arms, and then your body will begin to rise, straightening up until you are seated on your heels. Now you begin to lift your body up, and slowly, slowly you will become erect, still kneeling on the ground.

The moment has come to break completely through the earth. You begin to rise slowly, placing one foot on the ground, then the other, fighting against the disequilibrium just as a shoot battles to make its own space, until finally you are standing . Imagine the area about you, the sun, the water, the wind, and the birds. Now you are a shoot that is beginning to grow. Slowly raise your arms toward the sky. Then stretch yourself more and more, more and more, as if you want to grasp the enormous sun that shines above you. Your body begins to become more and more rigid, all of your muscles strain, and you feel yourself to be growing, growing, growing - you become huge. The tension increases more and more until it becomes painful, unbearable. When you can no longer stand it, scream and open your eyes.

Repeat this exercise for seven consecutive days, always at the same time.


Look out for other exercises in the future.

apa?

current read: Boy Meets Tekong (NS Guidebook for Muslims)
hahaha. Jau says it's only 16 days left, i.e: 2 weeks and 2 days before enlistment. Ayye.
Pavilion was a letdown. Lousy lousy, boo.

I want to swim. Maybe tomorrow.

And mats come on, we should do it this fri. Cannot delaydelay anymore man, coz ppl have to enter bmt soon, and... dunno. I will message. Last time from Ronald's house tak jadi. So this time mesti.

Rudy nak pergi cycling at ubin tomorrow. Haha. Don't want la. Vee

monish and myself, at prom and at PM book prize Award ceremony in 2004.

pancit

St Wilfred Field is not the ground it used to be. It used to be soft and nice. Today it only gave me blisters. 4 blisters in total. And an astroburn. Thanks.

My head is still spinning after today. But hey, we can still outplay the ngee ann boys, no problem.

This is a grand view of RJ at night, although "grand" is not a word i like.

all things are one

Current read: Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
I finished The Valkyries last night after watching SAW2, a wonderfully gory thriller with the mats. Paulo Coelho is brilliant, though his is something Mrs Albar wouldn't recommend reading back then in RI. Things like this, one should never say whether one has truly enjoyed it or explore the reasons that make one enjoys doing it. The joys all evaporate and will leave the person with an empty nothingness.

Meanwhile, Adz came back with the goodies. Kops is back too. And it's football time tomorrow.

some things money just can't buy

current read: Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch
Gotta find my Kazuo Ishiguro book, Monish says it's very good.


This entry is a tribute to the Mats (MAT-RI-X, Team matland, etc). I love you.

and the morning after. if people went to sleep tired of prom (or clubbing), we went to sleep after we tire of XBOX!

half of the team that lifted police cup 2004. lovelylovelylovely feeling that is irreplaceable.

the firstest people we ever saw when we entered RI... all of us pissed the shit outta kwa beng hong and edwardo

all the glitz and glam... nothing like the mud and the rain and the smell of the green green grass (and of scoring hat trick)