An Endless Stream of Consciousness

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZONGHAN!

I guess this entry is a few days overdue, but nonetheless it doesn't hurt to share with u all the pics from this cute toddler's birthday party that happened this past sunday.

Baby Zhonghan with his mom Yinwei

Being fed with some yummy apple by aunty Ivy.

Baby ZH's birthday cake... yummy!

Went for results collection yesterday at PLC. Our Battalion got a redcon 2A for our ATEC. So much for our CO's dream of achieving the almost impossible Redcon 1. Apparently in the entire history of the SAF, only 5 battalions have ever achieved Redcon 1. The last one being in 2002, when 1st Commando Battalion got it. 3 Guards won it too, during the 9th mono, when it was headed by the late COL Bernard Tan.

Regardless of the result, we are all pleased of the achievement. Redcon 2A is still a very good result imo. And i am personally pleased that myself and my signal platoon got Redcon 2A as well, considering the fact that in SP Coy, 2 other platoons got 2B and one even achieved a 3. As much as signals is not highlighted during the brief, my OC Signal told me "in the area of comms, no comment is a good comment". On hindsight, i couldn't agree more. People tend to take things like comms for granted. just take our handphones for example. we never appreciate that it works till it stops working. I am proud to say that comms was a success for ATEC, and my platoon made sure of that. I am proud of all my men who had to endure the sufferings and discomfort of carrying their heavy loads /signal sets and walking over 15km through challenging undulating terrain in rather extreme conditions, and also, none of them were shot by the enemy.

Well done Signal Platoon, you have done our formation proud!

ATEC is here.... ARRGHH!! it's make or break time for me and my battalion this week. will keep u all posted on the results :S

By the way, congrats jie for ur scholarship. i always knew u had it in u. u see, now u even get more money this year than me even tho u r not working :PPPP lucky lucky. i guess u deserve it cause of ur brains. :)

Man Utd. 2 Arsenal. 0 .... Woohoo! this game brought a bit of cheer in this stressful week for me. Good to see Rooney in such form. hope he brings it all the way with him to the world cup in june.

ATEC is just around the corner, i can start to feel it already. Oh God pls help me do my best and I know you will take care of the rest. somehow i always have this sense of fear that something may go wrong. but may whatever you will be done. I'm heading off to bed now. there is platoon cohesion in orchard in the morning at 9.

The Five Love Languages

My primary love language is probably
Quality Time
with a secondary love language being
Physical Touch.

Complete set of results

Quality Time:		10
Physical Touch:		8
Receiving Gifts:		6
Acts of Service:		3
Words of Affirmation:		3

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Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.

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BIRTHDAY SPECIAL??

My birthday this year turned out to be rather fun. And it is all thanks to ppl like my platoon sergeant Kevan, and my coy 2IC Jason. And it was rather unexpected as well. of course to say that i totally did not anticipate any tricks up their sleeves would be a lie. But still, the way it was pulled off and the timing was well planned.



after our 3km run in camp, Jason gathered our whole coy for a cool down. After which he made everyone form up a circle and publicly announced that it was my birthday. So there I was standing in the centre of the parade square in full view of everyone, and our coy men in a circle, singing happy birthday. Embarassing? not quite. funny? well... that's a matter of opinion. as if that weren't enough, they resorted to emptying their water bottles all over me right after that. I was lucky enough to grab hold of kevan in time to use him as a shield. Although I was still wet from head to toe after that.



in the afternoon, our coy went for cohesion bowling at ECP. That was when the next surprise was sprung. My PS had gone through the trouble of getting a cake as well as preparing a gift basket with two bottles of wine, a helluva lot of chocolates (tim tams included), as well as having the men from my platoon write their names and wishes on the plastic wrap. As if that were not enough they resorted to singing "happy birthday" again at my bowling lane. After the bowling, plus a sabo session where i was forced to sing a song, i went to meet Cathy for dinner in the evening.



And my better half, as ever so thoughtful, had reserved a place at One Fullerton restaurant. One that is called "Black Angus". Don't laugh. I know it doesn't exactly sound appetizing, but the food there is really nice. And it is one classy place with a nice view of the Singapore River, very romantic. :) Thank you dear. And your present is nothing short of sweet. All in all, a special day for me, and it will be remembered for a long time to come. Thanks all u guys!