For how damn annoying this guys' voice is.. xD His lyrics are legendary.
Have a listen, if you will. :D
I don't put up all these songs on my blog if they didn't mean a thing, really. Each one has touched me in some way and perhaps they may touch you as well! So why not relax for 6 minutes and give it a shot? :)) Even if you've already figured that we don't share taste in music. :P
Yesterday I had the privilege of speaking to none other than the Commander TRACOM, who is basically the biggest shot in our training academy in HTA. It was really quite an experience to just sit across the table from her.. She mostly looks at you with a certain warmth that you don't really want to let yourself be 'fooled' by in case you let your guard down, so to speak, but you can't help doing it anyway. But then once in a while you see a slight frown, once in a while you see tired eyes that are directed at you but not looking at you, and it doesn't help that she's got that intimidating rank on her shoulders.
I can't exactly recall the things she told me and the things I said.. Only roughly. But what I know is that the session was very meaningful, and I think I learnt more from watching the way she spoke to me rather than from what she actually said. That was a half-hour of my life that I really hope I won't forget.
You gotta wonder what it's like to be in the shoes of someone in that important a position in that large an organisation. What more the people higher up..
But anyway. That melodramatic story aside, guess who is FINALLY passing out this week. FINALLY. Omg. xD
12:01 PM and I'm gone again.
Sunday, May 13, 2012,
Bohemian Rhapsody
The thing about having a favourite band and a favourite song is that, at any point in time at all, no matter how you're feeling or what you're thinking or what you're doing, you know you can rely on them to make you feel better, period.
The strange thing is that I rarely ever listen to Queen these days. When Queen plays on my mp3 (which I aptly named 'Freddie' :P), I find that I'd rather tend to just skip it and listen to something else.
But then once in a while a Queen song plays and.. I simply cannot resist. At all. Whatsoever. xD And no other band makes me do that.
And I know, after all this while, despite having heard their songs so much that I can mimic the drum fills, guitar fills, bass lines and adlibs, they haven't gotten old and they'll never get old. Not in my head anyway. They're still my all-time, all-time favourite. :)
I wish I could share this specialty, this magic about the band and their music with the rest of the world but I guess that's not how it works. The more I think about it, though, the more I guess I don't mind - hahah the magic's mine to enjoy. And all I know is that this four-man team of elite musicians is a huge part of me and that I'd be such a different person without them.
I couldn't explain it to another person, hell I don't think I can even explain it to myself out loud. But it's there, this strange special bond between the fan and the band, between the listener and the music. Like a little imaginary companion, omnipresent in my mp3 player or on radio or on YouTube or anywhere that plays their music. XD
Thanks Freddie, Brian, John, Roger.
I love Queen. They're the best. I just had to come here and say it. :)))
10:56 AM and I'm gone again.
Saturday, May 05, 2012,
Where got time
I find myself at risk of having my blog deleted by Blogger so here's a post to save it from that grim fate. :P Also, this is my first time blogging using the 'new' Blogger which makes this post quite exciting!! For me at least! xD
As I sit here I'm 18 days away from passing out of BPT. Leaving the life of a mangkok behind, dropping that T-pass off my collar, unstrapping my drill boots for the last time, and getting a sexy couple of arrows on each of my shoulders. xP In some ways it's felt like far too long. In some ways I just can't wait to toss my peak cap in the air with a tear in my eye hahaha, screaming those 3 lovely letters at the top of my lungs.
But obviously after spending so much time somewhere doing something with some people, you grow attached and it makes you fully aware that you'll miss it when it's gone. Haha I'm gonna miss this shit. As much as I dread booking in and count the days to booking out every time the week starts, I'm gonna miss HTA and my dear dysfunctional squad NS03 and my awesome bunk 31 and my FI and basically all that being a trainee entails. All of it. :)
On a different note, though, I was gonna say something about BPT in a previous post but I either didn't publish it or didn't complete it altogether. Basically, I was gonna say that the thing about BPT was that it felt like it didn't really.. Grow you. If you get my drift.
I mean like, just one weekend I had lunch with a few friends, two of them being Ashraf and Jasdeep - the former a Tekong boy who's currently in OCS (it would have been a crime if he hadn't qualified) and the latter a diver in the Naval Diving Unit (better believe it, bitch). And in every sense, I think, their BMT stories were far more ummm.. NS-sounding. xD
To say that their experiences sounded more memorable would be inaccurate, that's not what I'm getting at. What I'm getting at is that I guess their experiences sounded more fulfilling? I'm not supposed to give any details about what goes on inside that compound in Choa Chu Kang but what I can tell you is that it ain't tough.
I guess it's true, by nature of our actual jobs when we pass out, we don't need that sort of si-bei-jia-lat-ness that soldiers face. Yknow, we don't ever need to go outfield. We don't need to do 24km route marches. We don't need to get confined for getting our rifles taken away. (We use revolvers. :P) Still a part of me just wished there'd be a little more teaching going on. A little more character building.
Since I typed that previous post, though, I started making a conscious effort to not look at my training the way I did before. I realised it'd be stupid to continue hoping they'd grow us through toughness cos they really, really don't do that. XDD And I'm really, really thankful to know that I did manage to find much more value in training in the weeks that have passed since then.
Hahaha it takes forcibly opening your mind, I think, to learn from the sort of things that happen in our training. But I'll spare you the boring reflection ok. :P I'll just say I'm glad to have been in this force since February. Yes, it's chill as hell for an NS experience, but I'm pretty sure I've gained as much from it as my counterparts in green. Different lessons, I'm guessing, but similar impact. From the looks of it. Meh. :)
In the meantime lookout everybody cos 146 intake is gonna pass out and be out there in the frontline keeping y'all safe from all of them bad guys! You're in good hands, we assure you. ^^ Hahahah :D
Aside from NS, I gotta tell you... These guys were BEYOND amazing.
The concert was on a Saturday. The fkin splitting headache I got from it went on and off till Tuesday. XD
R.I.P James 'The Rev' Sullivan \m/
8:45 AM and I'm gone again.
Saturday, March 31, 2012,
Check it out
All credit goes to my awesome friend Azmi for creating this beautiful skin for me. :DDD
THANKS VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH DUDE. I love it. I absolutely love it. :D
And that guitar, boy oh boy, is what you call expensive. xD
9:08 AM and I'm gone again.
Saturday, March 17, 2012,
:))))
I'm grinning like an utter idiot right now. Special thanks to Azmi and his blog. ^^
This seriously made my morning. <333333333333333333
2:00 and 3:20 hahahhahahahhaah oh man......... <3
Hahahah ah sigh.. What to do with life now, I also dunno. xD
One of the things I miss most when I'm camp is good, solid music.
10:22 AM and I'm gone again.
Friday, March 02, 2012,
Learning to join the dance
This song and this video don't really have anything to do with this post, but this video is so high-quality and this performance is so amazing that my blog wouldn't be complete without it, so here it is.
Does anybody remember laughter?
One YouTuber aptly commented on the video, "His guitar solo could end all wars" hahahahhahaha
How..... the bloody hell, do you write a song like that. Seriously.
Anyway yes look who's out of camp. (: Booked out last night instead of today, which was brilliant cos it allowed a few other police guys and me to kill about two-and-a-half hours talking about NS and enjoying good food at Simpang. Really milking every moment of the weekend here. :P
NS has been great! I can't talk about training cos it's all confidential or restricted or whatever the term is, but I'm telling you training's GOOD. I am enjoying myself a lot and have made plenty of friends and have gotten much closer to some acquaintances from school, and I think that's probably the best part. :)
Not being allowed to talk about it means I don't have much to say about it so..... xD
'A' level results day is today. :) For those receiving them, all the best.
I rewatched Pulp Fiction, the entire thing, last Saturday morning. Hahaha it was really 2ish hours well spent. What a movie.. If you guys have time, really please do watch it!!!!
The sharpness of the script, the way each line is so unnaturally deliberate yet comes out as if it were perfectly normal everyday speech, the incredibly natural acting, the way the quietest of the scenes keep you on the edge of your seat, the way the loudest of the scenes make you panic and laugh almost out of nervousness, the scenes with the gorgeously long uncut cameras, the way the non-linear nature of the film COMPLETELY works to its advantage, the AWESOMELY STRANGE SENSE OF HUMOUR, seriously. It's GOOD, guys. XD
But it's not just that, yknow??
It's how the movie makes fun of human nature. That's the thing that really gets you most, I think, if you were to watch it.
It's the smallest things.. The way the characters look at each other, the way they could seem to say the most ridiculous things that you later realise are not ridiculous at all but 100% the way people actually think if not say, the lines that really punch you in the face because you know it's the scriptwriter attacking you.. Some of them come out as damn good jokes, some of them as passing lines you kinda have to pay attention to in order to understand, some among the most epic of lines in the history of movie scripts. :P
I love it. In case you haven't guessed.
Speaking of human nature, another really nice thing about NS is being put into a group of people - guys, rather - whom you have to work and play and live with, and then experiencing all the social phenomena that go along with it. xD
Something I was reminded of, if you don't mind me sharing, was to never take things for granted. Especially people.
Never get so caught up in yourself and your own worries and your own problems that you end up taking it for granted that the next guy's gonna help you deal with it. Never let your troubles be a form of justification for.. Anything. Cos your problems are ultimately your own. And that next guy really doesn't owe you anything. In fact, if anything, you owe him for having helped you in whatever way he could.
I know people disagree but I dunno, it made a lot of sense to me ah. Lesson of the week for me, kinda. :P
It's quite funny how much bitching can happen even in an all-guy environment hahahhaha it's quite embarrassing too.. xD But ah, all in the name of a good, complete, memorable experience with a group of humans. :P I really wouldn't rather be in any squad other than my own and I say that with conviction. :))
One of the best things about being in my squad is that my bunkmates include Fauzan, Fitri and Akid, 2 of whom were my RJ schoolmates and 1 of whom is a bloody funny guy, 3 of whom have already become my closest friends there. :DD Reeeally enjoy their company. :D
2 nights ago we took out our mattresses from our beds, laid them out together on the floor and talked till like 1+am before sleeping hahahhaha is that gay or is that gay?????
I am off soon to go get my results. :D
If you're a J3 and reading this you've probably already gotten your results so here's a CHEERS from me to you! All the best in whatever's ahead for you now. :))
If you've got nothing to do with this year's 'A' level results here's still a CHEERS from me to you anyway! And have a great day ahead. :))))
Does anyone remember this song from Prince of Egypt??? :
A single thread in a tapestry Through its color brightly shine Can never see its purpose In the pattern of the grand design
And the stone that sits on the very top Of the mountain's mighty face Does it think it's more important Than the stones that form the base?
So how can you see what your life is worth Or where your value lies? You can never see through the eyes of man You must look at your life
Look at your life through heaven's eyes Lai-la-lai...
A lake of gold in the desert sand Is less than a cool fresh spring And to one lost sheep, a shepherd boy Is greater than the richest king If a man lose everything he owns Has he truly lost his worth? Or is it the beginning Of a new and brighter birth?
So how do you measure the worth of a man In wealth or strength or size? In how much he gained or how much he gave? The answer will come The answer will come to him who tries To look at his life through heaven's eyes
And that's why we share all we have with you Though there's little to be found When all you've got is nothing There's a lot to go around
No life can escape being blown about By the winds of change and chance And though you never know all the steps You must learn to join the dance You must learn to join the dance Lai-la-lai...
So how do you judge what a man is worth By what he builds or buys? You can never see with your eyes on earth Look through heaven's eyes Look at your life Look at your life Look at your life through heaven's eyes
A lake of gold in the desert sand
Is less than a cool fresh spring
To one lost sheep, a shepherd boy
Is greater than the richest king
If a man lose everything he owns
Has he truly lost his worth?
Or is it the beginning
Of a new and brighter birth?
