Leaving for Japan tonight

Last minute post!!!

I seriously should kick this bad habit of doing stuff at the very last moment. Oops

Anyway, I am going for a 8 day overseas vacation to Japan. Popping down to Tokyo, then moving on the the more rural regions for sightseeing. I HIGHLY doubt I will have much spending money this trip round, since I need to buy a few souvenirs back for my commanders and fellow colleagues, plus the fortune I recently squandered away on.... ahem, the PS3!!!

Yep, you read me right. I just got myself a frickin' 3rd generation console; a Playstation 3~!
The price for the set wasn't too bad - $555, but I got myself a few games to go with it...
Let's just leave it to your imagination on how much the total cost went up to. It ain't pretty. XP

[below] white ps3 and a bonus carrier bag to go with it

[above] three titles, all rpgs... the only genre I play nowadays

Hey, I got to pack my bags for tonight's flight. Last minute AGAIN, grrr!! Laterz~

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Mini-Recap of 01 Feb to 01 Mar'09

Sorry about not updating for the last 40days (or more?). Was just too busy, haha.

I am trying to change my style of blogging, by having more pictures and less heavy on words. I believe this way it will help me cut down on blogging time, and make my posts look less like essay compositions. =_=

Here's a few photos from three camp-related events that took place somewhere between Feb to early March. Courtesy of my good Staff Toh for the photos, again.
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Dragonboat near Singapore River:

^A few of us from the Logistic side; the rest are no shows

I mentioned this one on my previous post... I think. Basically our 23SA decided to have an outing that involves paddling down the river. I wasn't actually in the mood to row a boat so I just went over and showed my presence. And eat free lunch. The whole event lasted one Friday morning.
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Lunch at Northpoint's Swensens:

^Camera trick #82: leaning to the right

^Speak, hear and see no evil (by the Malay "monkeys") =P

^Go! 23SA Logistic team!!

Our good S4 wished to reward the hard work of our logistic group after the grueling audit period, and what's better (and easier) than to treat the whole team a set meal of your choice over at the nearby Swensens? It came with a half-day "deal" too, so everyone was definitely cheery on that certain Friday.

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Lunch Gathering at Chevrons:

^the very infamous Eugene (shown with gun pose) xP

^23SA signal store!

This gathering primary purpose was to serve as a final coercion for the last mono-intake men who were to ORD in March. This one in particular had our unit's CO as the main organizer for the event. An entire karaoke lounge was booked for our use, and we were allowed to sing and/or have free flow to drinks. The (abovementioned) Eugene decided to make a greater fool of himself in front of the CO. Hilarity ensued.
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That's all for now. More photos for other events will be up - when my photographer have time to send them over, of course. ^_^

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It was a relaxing week~

Last week went by like a breeze, I say.

I was back in my unit and resumed normal working days for Mon, Tues. The difference however, was that much of the battalion were going to ORD (in a week or less) and thus very little work needed to be done - except signing bazillion clearance form.
My 2IC was on off, and my IC got his personal stuff to settle, so us storemen were left to our own vices. Needless to say.... SLACK!!!

Then came Wednesday, which the HQ side (including me) went over to Changi Chapel for NE tour. A very sudden visit for me, so I knew nothing about it until the very last minute. Quite a nice place to be in, and free admission too! Peeps should check it out if you are near Pasir Ris/Changi area.
Was a half-day outing, and we got the rest free to ourselves. PROFIT!

Thursday was our QM coersion day. Slack for most of the morning, then we shoved our lazy bums over to North Point's Swensen for lunch. Meals on the house, in courtesy of our good ol' S4. Under a limit of S$17 pax, of course though. I had Chicken Mushroom Spaghetti, I think. Oh yea, did I say it was a half-day, too?

*We took numerous photos, and I DID told my IC to send me the pics... but I guess he forgot about it. Haha..... sigh.

And there was Friday. Our entire QM applied for OFF. Woots~!

Though, all things will eventually come to an end, and that include the good moments. And so I am BACK again in camp, on a Sunday morning - because I got duties to settle. Cheh.

Hmm... time to play on how to use my 14 day leaves + 20 day offs. I want to go Japan to watch Mizuki Nana's live concert!!!

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Back to work

I officially completed my SA Comms course last Thursday. I was supposed to return to unit on Friday, but there was a half-day coercion and I ended up going to Kallang for some dragon-boating. I will therefore be going back to my daily work routine starting tonight.
Ah~ I miss my slacking days in course already.

Chinese New Year went by just as quickly as it came. Out of the first two days of house visiting, I accumulated a total of S$700+ worth of HongBaos. Almost twice my monthly pay from NS. =P

^live fighter~!

My ordered package for Mizuki Nana's latest single Shin-ai, as well as Live Fighter DVD arrived too. I only had time to watch the first half of the concert though - shall save the rest for the next weekend. =D

It's getting late. Better wrap up my other stuff before reporting to camp.

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Happy 29th Birthday, Nana-sama~!

It is the 21st of January, and it's that time of the year..... my favorite seiyuu/idol Mizuki Nana's birthday! Woo~hoo

In all honesty I almost missed it. With a stroke of luck, or some sort, I decided to check up on Nana's blog and fansites after ignoring them for a whole month long, and bam! Instant enlightenment. =D

So I thought I would commemorate this special day by ordering her latest single "Shin Ai" over the net. Unfortunately every decent site I know (barring YesAsia) have crazy shipping fees which goes up to like, 2000 yen. Darn! That's almost equivalent to S$30+, just for the cost shipment! And my cd only costs around 1200yen.

The thought of pricey fees shafted my intitial plans. I will just make the order tomorrow though, along with her Live Fighter dvd. Might as well buy something else too, to make up for the already outrageous shipping cost. =P

Oh, and onto my "real life". SA Comms course is actually fun, and SUPER relaxing/slack. Ah, how I wish the rest of my NS life would be this easygoing. I think I am getting too comfortable with my current stay-out entitlement.

And I just completed Persona 4!! AWESOME~!

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