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skin by: Jane
Sunday, February 24, 2008 | 10:35 PM
as the dust settles

as the dust settles . .

looking back at the past four months, i can proudly say that army life has been good to me thus far (heng ah!!)... bmt was extremely enjoyable and though life as a trainee was fraught with irritating people who were getting more irritaing and stupid people who got increasingly stupidier towards the end, i sure had some great moments during the 9 weeks.

many of those centred around the people in the pictures below and them i'm extremely thankful for, as i couldn't have made it out in one piece and retained my sainity without having them around. (okay, maybe i'm exaggerating a little but it was that bad at times.)

to celebrate the completion of our training and the beginning of our unit lives, a dinner was organised. what started out as an intimate gathering of about 5 people turned out to a not-so-intimate (that's an understatement) gathering of about 15 guys. yours truly suggested dinner at vittles as i had a great time there during my bro's bdae lunch and missed the nachos like crazy.


-jia xing giving the camera the finger while the rest were busy ordering-


-ah ngoh! my close buddy of 16 weeks and counting. gonna miss having ya around!-


-jx, resident cartoon and all around great guy-





- the gang -

after weeks of going without, i was dying for a k session and finally got my wish fufilled. i've always found it interesting k-ing with different groups of people as you often get to see another side of them that it'd be hardpressed to find otherwise. this time proved no different for who knew that sy could not only talk in chinese, but sing it too! amazing! :P -no offense though- yy, expectedly, was a great singer (duh. he's trained. lolz) who was pitch perfect and hit the high notes effortlessly. yours truly tried to emulate him but "i have no professional training!" (just quoting a certain mr hung.)

after k and bowling (which the rest went), we met again for supper more like drinks at hans (our original venue - prata house was unfortunately not 24 hours like we thought.) it's kinda disturbing (yea right.) how bitchy and gossipy guys can get for over teh-pengs and snapples (and an odd plate of beef hor fun), grudges and stories flowed easily. me being me, enjoyed myself tremendously and even contributed my fare share.


-us at some unearthly hour, this time with yy and darren zhong-

we only broke at around 4am since most of us couldn't hardly keep our eyes open. and with "see you soons!" and "all the best in your new units!", a group of strangers who bonded over the course of 9 weeks and became more than friends bade their farewells.

at the bottom of my heart, i know that this is only temporary for we part only to meet again.

take care guys, and keep safe.

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