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Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Monday 23rd Feb 2004
Morning Cpt Tng's full band....
went thru mvt 1,3,4 of Beilkis...
Afternoon Cpt Tng took Brass sectionals....
took the shuttle bus to yishun mrt after work to meet Elsie...
took 854 home for dinner.....
after dinner, stoned a bit...
then send Elsie to work then i go back camp...
writing my Blog which is this entry lor...
Bye~! ^_^
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Sunday 22nd Feb 2004
today is Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra concert - An evening of Chinese music.
woke up ard 1pm.... waiting for jinxing to come and fetch me.....
he offered to pick me to vch 2 weeks back...
hehehehe...
jinxing arrive ard 3pm, luckily when we reach VCH they just started on the first piece only... hee~ ^_^
after reh, went to funan to wait for Elsie, she's coming aft PhilYouth's practice....
heard korean bbq for dinner.....
after dinner walk back to VCH, meet peiling - my jr from nypSB...
pass her 3 tics for herself, zisheng n her jr from her sec sch....
concert went off quite fine.....
didnt noe i 1st half only play one piece.... hahahaha cos the 2nd piece is also the last piece of 1st half..... featuring an er-hu concerto with orchestra........
the er-hu soloist for tonite, she is a well known er-hu player in singapore...
after concert, took mrt to yishun, after seeing elsie got up her bus, i took a cab back to camp, going all the way in to whitehouse to drop my instruments.....
sleep~
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Saturday 21st Feb 2004
morning wake up,
took bus74 to ACSi....
today whole day take the sec1s only..
cos the senior band got Founder's day reh, then 2nd half got their own combine reh...
so today, the guy who have the close nasal sound, finally he managed to get an opem sound most of the time now.... but the boy who had a natural sound, he's not focusing on his playing... and his sound is closing up most of the time...
haiz... stress~
took 196 to Chinatown after ACS..... haiz, took wrong bus.... shld have taken 166 instead.... end up have to walk a long way to meet Elsie......
meet Elsie at NEL chinatown mrt station...... going to hong lim building to pick up my wing collared shirt and jacket......
then went to KFC near OG chinatown......
after lunch, took MRT to sengkang and tae bus 159 home...
both me n elsie have a nap... cos she worked the nite b4 and is tired.......
had dinner at home then i send her home.....
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Saturday, February 21, 2004
Friday 20th Feb 2004
Reporting time to work today is 2pm...
cos got Dining-in tonite....
SAF Medical Corps dining-in.... @ Pan Pacidic Hotel.....
ohyah, this my first dining-in entry for my blog?
ok, for those who dunno...
A dining-in is an dinner function of another unit.... where all their own unit officers attends.... it's a formal dinner, where they dress in their no.2...
then normally they will engage the band to perform.......
the dinner went quite well...
CPT Chua was ok with our performance tonite... heng~!
reach by camp ard 1030pm....
unload, pack up...
took a cab home.....
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Thursday 19th Feb 2004
Morning off
Afternoon full band for Fri's dining-in......
went thru 2 new pieces....
after work, took mrt to toa payoh for my weekly trombone choir rehearsal
went to toa payoh mos burger to buy a cup of coffee milkshake
i dunno is it mi or it's the drink....
the coffee shakes sometimes tastes sour..... like it's spoilt milk...?
reach the CC too early.... vomitted out some of the milkshake...
did some warm-up on my trb,....
finally David arrived to open the practice rm door....
we went thru little fugue in G, fly me to the moon.....
10pm after pract, rush back to yishun to see Elsie b4 she board the company bus to work 1035pm...
went to the pasar malam to buy a malay beef burger, and one chicken drumstick for my dinner....
manage to meet her minutes b4 her bus arrive.... the bus was late though.... luckily~! ^_^
kiss her good bye and take care, then i took bus to camp....
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Wednesday 18th Feb 2004
Today is SAF Bands 10th Anniversary Dinner and Dance...
Morning, full band by CPT Chua runned thru Star Wars...
Afternoon we were given time to prepare ourself for tonite's dinner....
i went to NYP to submit my claim form....
then took a bus back home...
online for a while....
then decide to weart a simple short sleeve shirt and jean to the dinner.....
happening dinner.... hahahah 8 courses... chinese wedding style...
the theme of the dinner is Prime-time TV...
so we were encouraged to dress up as tv personality...
so we have someone from MiB, Greek mythology, someone with an afro hair-do, a gang of chinese dressing characters....
hahahaha...
as per normal SAF bands function... starts off with a speech by our C.O.
then some presentation..... i tink almost every function i got something to collect...
the last AD+D i got my grade 8 cert..... sports day i got my 5 yrs medal.....
this yr's AD+D, i got my grade 6 theory cert....
high-lite of the evening is the lucky draws...
everyone aiming for the grand draw....
got 3 holidays - bangkok, genting, desaru.... Xbox, 14" and 21" TV.......
haiz, i only walk away with a stupid cordless phone... ahahahahha
ok lah... better then winning nothing... ^_^
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Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Tuesday 17th Feb 2004
Morning, CPT Tng's full band...
went thru Beilkis, Regina Di Seba....
all 4 movements.....
took off in the afternoon, meet Elsie at northpoint..
she bought a pair of loafers from the shop there...
then we went to NYP,
i went there to find the SDO, Mr Han....
to get a form to fill in to claim the tutor's fees for last sept...
i gave masterclass to the NYP trb section before the Sept concert....
then they owed me the money till...
filled up so many forms and they still haven't pay me yet...
and also no-one can tell us wad's the proper procedures to claim...
the Chair-woman also dunno anything.....
then the vice chairs lagi worse..... can lose the form that i passed to eileen to pass to the chair to pass to mr Han......
but the chair nv come for that pract, so eileen pass it to one of the vice-chair.... and he lost the freaking form....
irritating~
haiz....
give up~!
that's why i took off this afternoon just to go down and find the SDO myself, get a fresh copy of the freaking form and find out what's the procedures and how long i need to wait somemore after submitting the form....
Had japanese lunch at the Food Junction in NYP.....
then walked to AMK central POSB, to get them to verify the inter-bank giro form for NYP....
took bus73 home....
reach home, Elsie took a nap....
cos she worked nite shift..... then this morning sleep half-way, come out n meet me liaoz.....
did some pc work.... then i also took a nap.....
wake up, have dinner...
then took a cab and send Elsie to work before i go back to camp....
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Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Monday 16th Feb 2004
AM - Cpt Yusri's full band, i'm not involve in those pieces....
PM - Brass Sectional taken by Alvin again.....
after work, went out to get some stuff then went back camp...
so sleepy, i fell asleep ard 6-7pm....
woke up ard 11pm by zhongqing to play game...
writing my blog now...
Good nite~! ^_^
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Sunday 15th Feb 2004
Mabel and Geraldine's birthday
Elsie came to my place to take her Elink card, she left it behind last nite...
bought chicken rice for me.....
After she left for PhilYouth practice, i took a shower then headed for my BHSO's reh.....
at BHSO, went thru some of the pieces for the coming 22nd feb's concert.....
took 315 home.......
had dinner at home...
then went back to camp....
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Saturday 14th Feb 2004
it's Valentine's Day
730am
R.T. , did some running and chin-ups....
took a cab to ACSi,
900am - took the trombone seniors some basics, and music for a festival...
1100am - took the sec1s, went thru the 1st 3 notes of Bb scale...
both of them their sound is still not coming out nicely.....
drilled them some basic exercises for trombone, and took them on pages 4-7 of their exercise book...
Elsie came to ACSi to wait for me after she went to La-salle to sign back her ITE trombone...
took bus74 home.... so sleepy, i fell asleep on the bus...
went up to my house to put down my trb and change to a fresh set of clothing...
then my dad fetch me and Elsie to my uncle's place in sengkang...
cos my uncle's son's first month birthday.....
after makan, took LRT to sengkang, walk walk ard Compasspoint...
took 159 home,.....
watch GetBackers anime...
didn't really get to celebrate valentine's day with Elsie, cos her mum insisted that she be home for dinner...
haiz..... mums.... hahahaha ^_^....
Send Elsie back home, then i took Tibs854 back home....
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Friday 13th Feb 2003
Full Band in the morning,
After lunch, brass sectional taken by Alvin......
meet Elsie after work....
send her to work, then go back camp.......
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Thursday 12th Feb 2004
Full band in the morning....
did some self practice after lunch.....
after work, went for trombone choir rehearsal.....
went back camp........
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Thursday, February 12, 2004
Wednesday, 11th Feb 2004
I'm SAF Bands, Company C, Duty Specialist today....
morning had theory lessons...
preparing to take 7 end of this yr....
last yr finally took my 6 after i got my 5 in 1999
hahahahaha.....
then after break, i joined in the cpt lee's full band for concert...
rehearse in the miller mood.....
lunch...
after lunch, band having sports and games...
assign my store assts from to label the locker keys in the instrument store.....
then i went to attend the dinner n dance briefing for 18th feb, our 10th anni. dinner...
after tt, relax for awhile then book out...
went to bras basah to pay a bill, went to meet benny for dinner..
during dinner i asked him abt his life in nafa now..
and took him abt my thinking of going into nafa this yr too...
then now i weighing the pro and cons lor...
after dinner took tibs980 all the way to camp...
sleep................
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Tuesday, 10th Feb 2004
my RSM called mi into his office, to clarify of a complain he receive abt my tuition happenings yesterday,....
no need to say, u guys shld noe who complain...
then i explain to him at it...
although i didnt book in on monday morning...
but i stayed in on sunday nite cos i needed to get my exam scores from my office at the white house....
then b4 i go tuition, so many pple call me regarding job related matters....
luckily my RSM is very understanding, n he told mi to inform my tt warrant, if anything, say i explain to my RSM and he's ok with my timing thingy liaoz...
hahahahah~
:) 3 cheers....
after work, meet elsie at yishun, went to orchard walk walk....
went to far east plaza basement, eat ramen n bento....
then gelare for waffles ice-cream...
then took mrt to toa payoh to collect my monthly comics craze...
took mrt back to yishun, see elsie up her company bus, then i took bus back to camp...
sleep... zZz...
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Monday, 9th Feb 2004
tuition at David's place....
frm 8-9am so many phone calls to me asking mi how to do this, how to do that.....
disturb my sleep.....
930am took a cab to accent to send my personal trb to service...
1030am bought breakfast for myself and david, took a cab to 11am his place...
1130am during tuition, we also discuss abt my future, and paths that i'm going to take for my future...
1245pm took bus to clementi, took mrt to jurong east, 1.15pm change train to yishun
reach yishun at 2.15pm, bought sushi for lunch cos no time for a proper meal.....
reach camp ard 2.35pm at the gate.... while walking to the white house, i didnt even stop at the bunk to shower or rest...... that warrant of my unit called my hp and nagged at me for why my tuition take so long.....
i take him i took this amount of time to get back to camp.... cos i dun own a bike like kay lim(my sl)...
then he switch and then say i should have reported to work at 8am tt morning, then leave for my tuition at 9am....... (erm, wad to u tink?)
hello.... if i didnt stay in, tt means i need to waste money go camp in morning, change to my uniform just to fall-in and at 9am, change back to my own clothes and go to my tutor's place? mental rite?
i would rather have my tuition starting at the 1st session instead of the last...
cos my tutor is very good.... although saf is paying him per hour per student.....
he always spends more then 1hr with each of us...
so when it's my turn, i always start ard 30mins behind schedule....
anyway...... when i reached back camp..... he continue nagging again...
ass...
didnt go out to meet elsie after work cos she not feeling well...
ZQ bought dinner for me, then we played game till nite...
sleep...........
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Sunday, 8th Feb 2004
Elsie came by..... bought breakfast for mi...
ate fried carrot cake and shrimp dumpling noodles...
watch a bit of tv...... morning cartoons....
took a little nap, checked my emails....
send elsie back very early today, cos she needs to go home for dinner.....
went back to camp after that.........
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Saturday, 7th Feb 2004
after R.T., took a cab down to ACSi to tutor the trombone section....
today, a sr n jr from ACS-barker came over and joined in during the 11am slot of the sec1s....
my 2 sec1s, now i still teach them to concentrate in getting a correct tone n sound for Bb 1st...
one of them can get a natural Bb, but he sometimes forget how it sounds like....
then i have to refresh his ears a bit then he remember liaoz...
this one got piano background, so i expect him to learn a bit faster then the other..... no music background..... like me, when i join band in sec1....
after he got the sound for his Bb, i showed him te positions for the next 5 notes, then told him to go on and practice this notes, holding long notes, and listening to them for the sound...
the other sec1, i have to spend sometime with him a bit more..... his lips somehow or rather, when he put his mouthpiece on, i cant find his lips liaoz.... his lips tooo small?
wad to advise him? go find a gf n start practicing kissing? no, not a correct method anyway.... not even unorthodox..... haiz.....
so far taught them and keep reminding them abt sitting posture, the way of holding the trb, and how to set up n keep their instrument....
after ACSi, took bus74 all the way back to home...... got locked out of my house, cos i lost my house keys somewhere in the house on thursday nite.....
luckily my family came back from lunch 30mins after i reach.......
Elsie came over......
spend some time together, just doing nothing...
hee~
after dinner sed her back, went back home n stone tll abt 3-4am n fell asleep...
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Friday, 6th Feb 2004
took off today..
stayed at home to rest.....
Elsie came over to sleep after her work, and to buy breakfast for me....
watch internal affairs 3(wu jian dao 3) - a chinese movie starring andy lau, leon lai n tony leung...
woke up ard 3-4pm....
watch somemore animes...
send her to her workplace...
go back camp to stay in... cos sat got R.T.
sianz~! :(
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Thursday, February 05, 2004
Thursday 5th Feb 2004
reported sick in camp...
started having runny nose last nite....
got 2 days light duties only...
haiz the m.o. in nee soon bery ngiao(stinky)~
nv give MC
haiz.....
took afternoon off to rest at home.....
take care everyone, drink more water....
the FLU bug is back~
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Wednesday 4th Feb 2004
Full band for concert.....
CPT Tng...
went thru Belkis, Queen of Sheba.....
horris from band B help me to trim my hair......
went out to dinner with SSG Ridwan at the coffeeshop outside camp...
met the contractor for the whitehouse project...
there, MR Wong and SSG Ridwan tok cocks and drank quitea couple bottles of Tiger beer......
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Tuesday 3rd Feb 2004
Full band for concert......
CPT Chua....
went thru star wars, high on the hill and nightfall in camp.
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Monday 2nd Feb 2004
Public Holiday - Hari Raya Haji
continued watching those animes...
^_^
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Sunday 1st Feb 2004
Public Holiday - Hari Raya Haji
slept in at home....
Elsie came ard noon....
and she bought lunch for mi again~
^_^
watched Johnny English VCD.....
and animes tt i downloaded....
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Saturday 31st Jan 2004
Went to tutor ACS(i) trombone section.....
after lesson, took bus 14 to plaza sing.
meeting elsie at Plaza sing....
walk walk ard....
then finally we got to Snoopy's place for lunch...
cos when i bought my Nokia N.gage, it came with a free meal at Snoopy place for one....
after that, we took the NEL...
Elsie went to my place first while i head to St. Andrew's Sec Sch for a combine(SAS, SPS, SAJC, CSS)
took a cab back home after that and bought dinner for my family....
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Friday 30th Jan 2004
Suppose to start work at 2pm today.
but have to be in camp at 10pm, cos of some briefing on the security system at the Whitehouse....
after the briefing, rested for a while, then start work again at 2pm.
full band till 5pm....
then all change into civil then reported back at 530pm for a BBQ session....
the BBQ is meant as a farewell gathering for Col Richard.... the head of music board SAF...
he's the 5th and the longest serving head music board.... for 5 years...
Col richard is a very appoachable officer who does not play rank or seniority....
one example was during the france trip.... The band had to march down several streets under the hot sun..... he and another Col(head JMPD) went round buying bottles of ice water, carrying them and followed behind the band.... everytime there's a stop..... they would pass us the water to cool off...
That i salute them.....
1 of SAF core values huh.... care for soldiers~ ^_^
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