hie...

saturdae...

morning had oral...aiyohz...my conv was horrible...but my pic n reading was ok as da pic was abt smth regardin ncc, war n so on...
den had nc...

had marching...marchin w msg again...rox man! n den had lessons on IFC by kelly n wai man...dey were quite good la... i tell u arh...learning lesson w msg again...rox!!! n den we all had a mock test by msg, n we all turned it into an open-bk test..hahaz...den she made us do squats w our hands on our ears like kindergarten kids lidat...hahaz...she rox!

den our ncos came baq n took ovr...den had marchin...marching rox!
n den i had to leave at 2.30 pm as i had to go fer dance class...
dance was fun! learnt new steps in jatiswaram...gonna finish it very very soon...den aftr tt had a bath...den kena stomach ache sia...i wasnt feeling well at all...i juz went to bed straight away...

sundae...

morning woke up quite early to do my number 3 uniform...luckily i had oredi dun mi collar 3 dayz baq...

den went to mobil to meet pltn mates...den fell in at da bus-stop
aftr sum tym...den went to da SAFTI MI...horrible sia! kena stomach ache sia...den i really cldnt take it...den sum corporals, n mi pltn mates asked me if i was ok n aisyah asked mi to report sick...den ma'am gowri asked mi to sit dwn dere...den when it was almost tym, i went baq to da pltn...den had da ferz rehearsal n i was hving da stoopid stomach ache through out lorh...den cpl zuraidah, aisyah, cpl yi zhen, fengy n sum others asked mi to squat dwn...

den a sir came n asked me "nivetha u ok onot?" i was shocked to daeth man! hw ds he even noe mi name? ppl if dey usually c da name tag, only deir surname will b dere...but in my case my surname is ferst la..but still hw ds he noe tt tt is mi name? i think he saw it during da camp-feast i think...cuz i saw dat sir in camp-feast...anw...he so mean lorh! dunno if he meant to b mean or funni la...he said "last nite u went dicotheque isit? mabok seh..." i was like...OMG! y is he sayin dis n malu-ing me in front of so many ppl? lidat lorh...he said dis cuz my eye balls were rollin badly under mi eye-lids lorh! (smth like professor mad eye moody's magical eyes in harry potter, hahaz...) i was feeling very very giddy la...

den he gave me sum water to drink...n den ma'am gowri oso was giddy n evry one went to her n attended to her...i hope ma'am gowri is alrite...den she brought me to da grand stand n made sgt li ping sit b side me to accompany mi...ma'am is so nice! she rox man! she was da one hu convinced me into ncc! i still remember wat she said while recruiting me "dun wry...i will be dere through out to guide u in ur 4 yrs..."hahaz...she is soooo nice! anw aftr tt staff su ngin, sgt huey ying, sgt anita, sgt xin yu n
sum othr sgts i think, came n asked mi if i was alrite...

n u noe my hair stood up when i saw da crescent flag being carried by da parachute-ppl(my own invention of werd) clapped n cheerd like xiao can...my hands b came red n i lost mi voice...i was so proud, so honoured, so happy, felt da commitment to ncc...
i had a feeling tt my pltn has oso contributed fer da achievement of da best unit...tho it may not b ture or wad la...aiyah dunno la...

n den joined in for da second rehearsal...was quite okay la... den got up da bus n went to redhill mrt station...da bus went past
da area where i live...it was in a walkin distance lorh...budden i cant ask dem to drop mi dere wad...den went all da way to redhill n all da way back to clementi...

anw...i wld juz like to thank all da ppl hu took very gd care of mi n made me feel comfortable...thankyou ma'am, sirs, staff, sgts, corporals n most impt of all...my dearest of dearest platoon mates! i m greatly indebted to u all!

i still had da stomach ache...so was roamin abt here n dere, restless, not noeing watta do...n den at night went fer a walk w my family...n my mum had given two punjabi suits fer stitchin fer me n two fer herself. dey loook da same...uniformity between me n my mum...thz mum! dey hv also bought me anthr punjabi suit n a shirt worn on top of jeans...thz mum n dad!

mondae...

had sch todae...morning recieved my councillor badge frm mr gau. he tried to pronounce mi name properly on da podium...

my week ends were totally gone...so i cldnt do mi history hw...so todae hadta do dem during recess lorh...hurried to go n buy a cheese sandwich n den was eating while doin my hw...farz helped me...b cuz of her, i was able to finish dem juz b4 ms audrey neo came lorh! thz farz! u had prevented a maluation for mi...thz!

den had lessons n den came chinese period...i wanted to go to da study pavillion...budden since had ppl dere, we went to da tables in front of da staircase dere...den rushed fer lunch n rushed home...hadta go fer physiotherapy at 3.20...

reached hme at 3.00, had a bath n den rushed fer physiotherapy...
saw dr benjamin...juz came to noe tt he was da UDI of bukit panjang secondary school lorh! he asked me how i got da permanent injury last tym n i said it was during ncc...so he knew my cca...
todae he asked me abt ncc n ended up tellin me he was da UDI lorh...n den dere was anthr guy hu was in da nxt bed of mine while doin on of da physiotherapy la...

den he said "alo"...i tot he was sec 4 or jc 1 la...den he said "guess mi age?" i said "16 or 17?"...n den he said "wow! i look so young arh? d u noe tt i m 22?" i was like "OMG! really? okay...glad to noe tt..." his name is Khairul or smth lidat...he looked so brotherly...u noe hu eva i c rite, dey seem so brotherly or sisterly to me lorh...den i asked him wad had happened to his knee...he said "soccer" ...den i nodded la...n den i asked him wad he was doin n he said "NS" den my level of respect fer him b came v high lorh..i had a feeling tt i m supposed to maintain a dist w him n cant tok so freely lor...

den he was tellin me tt i shld treasure my sec sch life n i wld hate it when i go jc or anywhere else...he was advisin in da way my elder bro wld advise me if i had one lorh! elder bros r usually
very protective ovr deir sisters...i can only trust oone of my elder cousins to b da typical elder bro...tt is da one hu got state 3rd in india...

den he asked me if i had completed mi part b camp n i said yes...n
den he asked me i was a lancecorporal n i nodded...i asked him wad was his rank n he said none n said tt he juz had joined NS...

den he hadta go n he said bubbye n i said in reply...den now at home...hvta do maths if i m feeling alrite cuz now still hvin stomach ache...

bubbye...

posted by battle between mind and emotions at Monday, July 12, 2004