ORD Approaches

Its 16 days to my ORD and believe me people out there who have still long way to go...ORD is really not that happening after all. Not that i am not excited to leave this damn lifestyle but then, the eager of reaching day 0 is not as significant as expected. Was super high in the past...perhaps 3 months mark but then....now as the day approaches, the excitment wears off. Went to do dental FFI ytd, it was fast. The female dental officer just checked for not more than 10seconds and i am done. Including the queue time, it just took me half an hour. Went back to camp afterthat and slack since i did not apply off for that day. The medical centre is much more quieter than before. The contrast is significant as compared to when i first entered. Perhaps its due to the different batches of medics present. Had been taking things slow these days. Even my clearance form...i had no idea when and how to start. So hopefully taking things as it goes proves useful. This sunday i will be attending my snr medic 2ic wedding, will be seeing the other ord-ed medics. My first personal wedding invitation. Haha...(look into wallet)....ok. Hahaha. Later going gym. To escape RT in the future i.e. Oh well. The weather is moody. Waiting for breakfast to be ready. Bye.

Today I Built A Bookshelf

This morning, i bought a new bookshelf from IKEA to replace my existing one that is in extremely chwee condition. Its the same design but its longer in width. Anyway, after lunch, i spent an hour trying to fix this thing. It is one of those things MAN has to learn how to do you know...like getting things fixed here and there. Despite failing my D&T exams during sec 1 and 2 days, i managed to comprehend the idiot-proof instruction manual and get the bookshelf fixed:

The box opened out to be like that.

Idiot-proof instruction manual which i followed.

Almost done !!! (After all the hammering and screwing)

Ta-dah !!!

Okay, so at least i CAN do this on my own. See girls, who say i aint gonna be a good husband in the future? Hahaha. I felt an instant sense of manliness. Hahaha. =P

终于下雨了！

轰隆一声，我视线顿时离开电脑荧光屏转向左侧的窗口，外头乌黑一片，值得庆幸的是，老头终于下雨了！热浪来袭，相信国人一定吃不消。最近本地天气干旱，已经好几个星期没下雨了。不知从何开始，应该是新年前一个星期吧。在外头走，炎热的天气真让我烦感，一头好想跳进泳池似的。除此之外，外头的草地都干得发黄，一头路过一片草丛森林还发现有被烧过的痕迹，连树上的叶子都被火烧的痕迹，相信应该是天气太干热而引发的火灾吧。河里和溪水池里的水位也低到见底。据报道，这段时期是新加坡罕见的干旱期，相信会维持一段时期。这怎能让人吃得消啊？不止呢，在世界各地如澳洲和中国也面临天气干旱。澳洲森林大火火势无法控制。中国当局还得向天空发射火弹来摧雨。上个星期天，我国天空也一度乌黑，整当以为大雨将来临，洗涤本岛，但是雨没下几滴就停止了，隔天还放大晴，真是气人。如此，希望这场雨能够下久一点，下大一点，灌溉本岛的草地、树木、森林，也为本岛将一将温。

人是“犯贱”的

曾有人告诉我，人是“犯贱”的！听了他的一番解释后，认为“犯贱”这个词太强烈了，但我很同意他的看法，只是觉得“矛盾”是个比较适当的词汇。从何说起哪？之前我军营里医疗中心是得入住（stay-in）的，就是说5点放工后不能回家，得在军营里过夜，只有周末才能出去。当时，同事们都强烈反抗，认为放工后留下来没什么意义，也强烈请求上司考虑让大家放工后能够回家（bookout）直到隔天早上上班时才报到。果然，这项请求被批准了。我们也成了军营中唯一可以朝九晚五，傍晚回家，早上报道的一群士兵。可是，大多数的同事都选择“stay-in”，原因是懒惰回家，隔天也能迟一点起床。这还搞得医疗中心里不够床位给入宿的人睡。既然这样，起初为何要求“stay-out”哪？真是矛盾。

当我们同事还在德光岛或医疗总部学院受训时期，都得吃食堂供应的免费餐点，即使食物再不符合胃口，都得应承把它吃完。当时，大家都很希望有机会到canteen还是mess购买食物，那应该是给受训者（trainees）很大的优待了。可是毕业后，到医疗中心或其他的部队工作后，大家仍然选择吃食堂的餐点，原因是省钱，不需要付费！

从上面两个例子可以看出，当我们没有选择，被硬逼时，都很渴望得到更好的福利的优待。但是一旦有了选择的权利，我们还是会做出最初已经拥有的唯一选择。人太矛盾了。

说说自己吧，一直说他人，有如自己也没有过这样“犯贱”。记得上初院和到德光岛受训时，都很讨厌上体育课。因为自己身体不强壮，也不喜欢运动，常常被体育官逼得死去活来，有如逼一头猪上树，真是活受罪！体育老师和体育官做的一切都是为了让我们跟强壮，达到应该有的一个体能标准，自己却不愿受惠，坚持拒绝与体育健身有什么来往。但是现在没有什么老师或体育官来督促我，强逼我运动，自己却开始加紧运动，希望能够达到一个底线的标准，让将来身体少一点毛病，也让以后的体能测验能够通过。大家看，有机会在适当的环境和设备训练体魄时自己却不以为然，当自己已经“重获自由”时却开始注意这一点，你说是不是“犯贱”呢？

I Toured NUS Today

After having a simple breakfast of bread with omlette this morning, i walked to YY's house to use his computer for applying my relief teaching thingy online. I have totally no idea why everyone's internet except for mine can access to the online application. But its okay, i've settled it within half an hour.

After i settled my online application, i accompanied YY to NUS coz he wants to buy books. He didnt buy any in the end but nvm. We took a bus down and when we got there, it was 1.45pm so we waited for mk's lecture to end at 2 before having lunch at Arts canteen. With limited funds in my pocket, i settled for my lunch with just $2.60 and an additional 75cents on drink. At least i was consoled that NUS food wasnt as expensive as i think it should be. We walked around aimlessly at Arts Fac until mk's next lesson was bout to start.

Then, we took a shuttle bus to Sci fac and we toured the bookshop. I personally feel the books sold there were much more expensive than NTU. The range was also quite limited. In the end we didnt buy anything. Hmmm.... It started raining and YY, who had many experience doing sch lab attachment there brought me on a tour of my future sch. The layout was messy and i often find myself arriving at dead ends. Old can be a word used to describe the sci fac. Disappointment set in coz i am supposed to spend my next 4 yrs there. The canteen, as known to all, was the worst of all in NUS. Oh man....

As the rain subsided, we went to SRC. I wanted to see the free gym and swim pool i can access to when i am a student next time. The gym i saw was utterly small and there is only 1 competition pool to support the entire varsity. Abit disapointed really. Hopefully there are other bigger gyms in the school that i have yet to come across.

I took a feedle bus out to buona vista and took a train back home. I will be matriculating soon to NUS sci this yr and hopefully i wont regret my choice. Haha. Though some kinda disapointment has set in already but then...i always hope for the best. Haha. At least thats the only thing i can do.

新年聚会

短短几天就参与的几个聚会，好充实哦。哈哈。就在星期四旁晚，与其他三位BMT认识的好友聚餐，真难得我们四位全都能在时间上配合。星期六早上到了朋友的家拜年，一共有我们五位从小学就认识到现在的好友。午餐时分，他们就到了我家。我们就一直在打麻将，还教了其余两位不懂麻将的人怎么打。旁晚时分，我也到初院同学家参加同学聚会，有火锅晚餐也又有麻将打。今天星期天早上和军营里的一些前同事聚餐，好多曾一起工作打拼过的前同事都出席了，真难得。希望以后还能有这一类不同的聚会聚餐，大家叙旧一下。