Got Milk?

Have a sudden craving for milk.

Have had two consecutive weeks riddled with countless 'night-off's. Caught Firewall and The Inside Man. Firewalls a B-grade but Inside Man came close to entering my list of fav movies if not for the uneventful ending sequence. (I want my bloody turban!)

In a perpetual state of disbelief. I'm flying off tmr morning?! Won't be back for close to a month. No more local fare. No more waking up at 0530... daybreaks at 0430 there... Cookhouse food replaced by .... yet to see what a bunch of NSF 'ah-beng'ish amatuer cooks can whip up.

Just heard some pre-recorded msg by PAP wailing throughout the neighbourhood. And some kid, around the age of 12 was under my block blasting the party going "Stupid PAP! Shuddup LaH! You @#$%!"...

Kids these days... tsk tsk -shakes head in dismay-

How did their object of hate change from the notorious "Weekend Homework" to the People's Action Party?...

I'm not really into politics. But from what i've seen in the news lately, the opposition doesn't seem to have much of a chance. With that SDP dude making so many dumb accusations, think all the opposing parties have lost credibility in the eyes of those who aren't politically enlightened, that includes me.
Never knew exactly how many opposing parties there are.. still don't ...and frankly speaking... don't give a shit. Just like many of my fellow computer-gaming, Greenday-listening, slacking peers of average intelligence, I really can't be bothered with politics for a couple of reasons.
I know they're dumb reasons but as i mentioned before... I'm politically unenlightened...
Firstly, it just isn't a really cool subject. (no offence Blue Van)
For someone my age, you don't just start a conversation about politics anytime unless your job calls for it, you're one of those brilliant fellas in the youth arm of a party or you wanna impress someone really bad...
Secondly, even if I desperately wanted to impress someone with political savvyness, it'd mean i'd have to do some research. We're just too lazy for our own good...

Maybe the govt should replace Moral Education in schools with Basics of Politics. They say that the youth in S'pore are oblivious to the political scene. I say drop Moral Ed... it's useless anyway... can't rem anything that was taught.. can't even rem WHEN we were taught that... was it pri sch? But I DO rem that ME lessons were periods of R&R... our minds would just switch off and we'd just stare blindly at the overzealous teacher like sleepy zombies.

Why i mentioned the opposition doesn't have a chance?
They don't wear white. It makes one appear honest. Like you've nothing to hide.
The opposition always looks so desperate. They go around frantically handing out pamphlets, shouting slogans, making a mockery of themselves.
Yes.. i know... you have a grudge and have some points to communicate to the public but you could do so in a more professional, stylised manner. Maybe donning a tux, hiring a professional image consultant and getting makeovers would do you some good...
The critics might say that your party's just a big show and there's nothing credible behind the black suit but you've got to remember that it's the politically unenlightened, middleclass, non-critique-reading, can't-be-bothered-bout-anything-but-our-bread-and-butter youth that will eventually hold the most votes...

Just my thoughts...
may all be bullshit to those really into politics.. >.<

I'm leaving on a jet plane...

Flying off to Taiwan on sunday morning. Have a vague idea of what to expect. From briefings i've had so far, have a a rather bad impression of the country though. No portable water, lousy flushing systems, jerks who deliberately walk along roads with plenty of blind spots with the intention of getting run over so they can subsequently squeeze every penny out of the poor driver for compensation. What's there to buy in Taiwan? Is taiwanese culture similar to that of Singapore's chinese? What should i get as souveniers? been asking myself these questions. Was with Shawn at the money changers today. Think i'll probably be spending most of the 'ren min bi' on gifts. I don't really earn alot so i'm just getting my relatives stuff. If you do get anything, it's probably cheap and you should consider yourself lucky... lucky that i found something worth buying in bloody Taiwan...

Today was a drag. Spent the morning listening to briefings. The rest of the day was spent cleaning the bunk, slacking and basically waiting for dinner. We were supposed to book out around 3 but the CQ screwed up and indented dinner by accident...

Tired. Off to bed.

Can't find my camera cable

My room's in a mess. Can't find my camera cable. Have a cold. Slept alot today. Wish everyday was that relaxing.

DATE ME!

(please)

GUY: Mommy I don't have to go potty anymore...

GIRL: hmmm... I'm in a warm spot!

!@*&#! Someone glued eyebrows to my hat!

Where are my eyebrows?!

www.thebubbleproject.com

On my shopping list

Atticus tee

Vans Tony Trujillo III

Vans Take No Heroes Shorts
Sweet...

Photo gallery

For all the pictures i take, http://community.webshots.com/user/tbarkp It's easier like this then sending them to you personally...

Waiting for retirement.

Can't wait for retirement...
Dream of a home with a glass encased balcony. I'd relax on my easy chair, sip my home-made smoothie, listen to Oasis while watching the rain fall randomly on the glass ceiling. Pure indulgence...
Once again i'm waiting to book in. Our weekends are simply too short.
Listening to 'Sway' by Liz Phair.
Have a slightly runny nose now.
Gonna pick up some stuff from ntuc later. Chips, lunch and some cup noodles.
So much is spent on snacks now...
Getting my next pay in 8 days time.
Army life is such a drag.
They should play some radio in camp.
Route marches would be so much easier with Lenny Krevitz or Aerosmith.
Nightsnacks of pizza and rootbeer would be great morale boosters.
Can't wait for all this to end.
Want my Life back...

Coffee addict

I'm so tired.

Listening to Jack Johnson's 'Sitting, Waiting, Wishing'...
I'm sitting infront of e screen.. waiting for my creative engines to churn out something for me to type.. trying hard but to no avail.. -knocks head- ahh... Wish i didn't have to return to camp in a couple of hours time...

So very tired... could fall asleep playing DOTA...

Had a really long week in camp. Had a longer week before that week. The week ahead's gonna be worse. Can't concentrate in camp. In a perpetual state of 'blurrness' everyday. Have that feeling you get before a flu every now and then. No matter how much i try, can't seem to catch what people are saying. It's like my rate of deciphering lines in a conversation has drastically dropped. NS has Zombified me.
~A cup of coffee a day keeps the Z monster away... and the sergeants off your back~
Not crazy over the taste of coffee.. Love the aroma though.. 2 cups in the morning does wonders.

Have some pictures from months ago when i had my much needed break.

Personalised watermanship training. Teaching 'Bulldog' how to doggy paddle.

Personalised Water Confidence course.

Listening to Michael Buble's 'Home'...

Back in camp, the lyrics ring constantly in my head at night just before i knock off...

back

looks so gay...
my new hair... courtesy of aunties who cut your hair for 2 bucks looks so les...

I POPed...

My 13 weeks of perpetual torture, humiliation and sai-kang have ended...

Now for the next phase... more torture...

More sleepless nights...

More pushups...

More everything...

but at least i can console myself with the fact that i'll be getting a new menu... and hopefully bunkmates who don't snore at 2 in the morning to the tune of 'Smells like teen spirit'

Got kinda cranky during my stay... think it was probably the food.... or maybe the lack thereof... it did something to our heads...

2 shirts were designed for my company..

In my opinion... think even the most fashionably impaired ah-beng would find the designs disgustingly distasteful...

One's a black polo tee with some yellow bad-excuse-for-modern-art-design at the right hand corner... has an uncannily striking resemblace of a Macdonalds cashier's attire.

The other is hideous beyond description...

One meets all kinds of people in the army...

Some come with bad attitudes and senseless aggression = the ah-beng wannabes...

Some come with blatantly fake foreign accents and dumb hand gestures = the Ang Moh wannabes...

Some deliberately lower the tone of their voices and try to present an aura of superiority (like Stalone in his movies)= the Officer wannabes...

Not everyone's so fake though... those who don't give a shit as to where their going tend to be more honest with you...

My last hours...

Going off tmr... Lots of things have happened these past few days... have been out everyday and now i'm shagged... have been eating out alot and i'm kinda sick of good food now... -slaps forehead- don't really care bout going in... just hope i don't mess up... Thank you everyone for all the tips and advice... thanks for all the msgs of encouragement... Hope i survive the 2 weeks.... but if i don't...... Adrian: you get my skates... Andy: my deck of cards.. -does murder impression- Amelia: you get my taboo cards.. Blue van: you get my camera... Cal: you get my ibanez Daryl: guitar pick Debbie: you get the 50 bucks gavin owes me.... and btw...tell him i'm gonna haunt him... Charlie: my Bible.. Cheryl: my pink wrist band.. haha! Dillion: a pat on the back because you're in it too.. :D Donald: you get my movie ticket stub collection.. heh Emerald: you get my cd collection... Jane: you get my laptop bag... Janis: you get my dead bird tee shirts! hah! .... and the kit kat i owe u... Julienne: you get the punk wrist band... Joce: you get my bike... Joel Lim: u get my Marvel card collection... Joel Boh: you get my book collection... Running out of stuff to give away... Matt: you get my wallet... Mich: you get my keyboard haha! Nick: thanks for the watch. you get my Risk set... Paul: the bottle of wine in the fridge... room warming gift.. Paul [yag]: more dead bird t-shirts just in case Janis doesnt wear hers.. you can tease her. haha Pearly: don't think i have anything u'd like... my guitar book? Sarah: you get my blue guitar! Sharon: you get my cook book... Shuhui: you get my phone... Stacy: you get my wrist warmers and stuff... all urs... Ter: my memory verse card. [edit] Trisha: give you something? but i dont want to..... =x Tai Vie: my computer.. Teng Ngan: my laptop! :D xinyi: my cd player.. For everyone else... it's not that i forgot bout yall... i just don't much to give away... you get to rummage through my stuff like a flee market for whatever... it's like some buffet -italian hand gesture- Can't wait for the first day to be over... can't wait till everything in there's monotonous and routine... Think i look stupid in the black specs... Goodbye sanity... hello free gym

Nick

This is nick... Isn't he adorable in this pic? Don't be deceived... he's doing his version of my puss-in-boots impression... he calls himself a genius now and then... think it seems alil arrogant at times but nonetheless true.... He's some physical training instructor for officers in the army... mean's he's really fit... can run the 2.4 in less that 8 mins... >.<" never heard of that b4... till yestday... here he's havin the banana choc cake from blue van's bday... Sarah's mom likes banana choc cake.... why did i write that?... i'm a lousy blog writer so excuse me when i type out what i'm blabbering... it's just to take up space... going for a dinner at paragon later... i'm sleepy... i like cheese

Joel and Daryl

Joel's on the left... He's my bridge teach.. he's quite brainy and talkative and teases vegesaurus alot.. he's like gotten everyone on his side against her except for Matt... he has this arsenal of bridge strategies and he can tell what card u'r holding from just a few plays... he likes avril lavign songs... -_-" Daryl's really talented...plays the guitar and piano... he keeps comin up with all these theories of...whatever..... for....... whatever... i never get any details on them but Joel keeps talkin bout them... Daryl's in SMU ... don't know what's he studying.... don't know if he ever is.... they're both always talkin bout Guild Wars and theories or playin bridge... never talkin bout how gruelin sch work is... Think they make a formidable team at Murderer and Bridge... not sure bout guildwars though... heard from another friend that that game's a lousy World of Warcraft wannabe... just that it's free...

Vegesaurus!

Vegesaurus is on the right... her real name's Trisha but everyone calls her that coz she's a vegetarian.. not by choice btw... apparently, she's alergic to meat or sumthin.... She's also called the 'I-Don't-Want-To' girl... she turned down a 4-5k job.... or according to her... she didn't even apply for it cos she didn't like the environment or didn't like work as an engineer.... even though she knew she'd easily have clinched it... -slaps forehead- -_-"

Can't rem exactly how it started... or who said wht first... but now she's officially the

I-Don't-Want-To girl...

This is a tribute to the I-Don't-Want-To girl...

Any Last Words?

Going in on thursday... Some people say it's gonna be fun... some say it's hell on earth... I say relying on God in every situation makes me a stronger christian so bring it on... My webshots account is full.... gotta start a new wun now =( So tedious...