happy new year guys!

its 2009 now. haha.

the economy sucks. i'm not sure if its a blessing in disguise, but i find myself lucky to have a "iron bowl rice" for the next 1 year and 9months or so? yes, the SAF is gonna be paying me my pay for the next phase of my army life. so its sort of like a secure job?

unless i do some stunt and get myself into trouble.

first day of 2009. i woke up have breakfast blah blah...

oh dear, i'm gonna be booking in later! =(

hopefully 2009 is gonna be better. i don't know for you, but 2008 hasn't been a pleasant year for me.

let's see....

1st quarter of 08. i was wrapping up my studies at Singapore Polytechnic. obtained the best GPA of my 6 semesters in SP. but overall GPA might or might not get me into a university. that's okay, i can still go to work. (but given the economy now.. not looking good for the next 2 years or so...)

found my first office job in pricewaterhousecoopers. a very nice working environment with nice people.

attended my first graduation ceremony. lol. i graduated twice, once from secondary sch and once from poly but the secondary school's ceremony was LIKE SHIT ahahahaha.

2nd quarter.. hmm. was mostly work. and went for a holiday with mini, kelvin, ek and benji to tioman island where SOMETHING STUPID happened heh heh i guess only the few of us know..

met this amazing girl from work. was nothing like before. unfortunately she's leaving overseas. i wish her all the best. she's a strong girl.

3rd quarter. enlistment into national service! this was the most memorable part of 2008 as my life was turned upside down and inside out. i had to change from being a civilian who had almost total freedom in whatever he does to a soldier who had to take commands from the top and train physically and mentally.

of course, i trained and served with some of the best guys from BMTC 1 J Coy Platoon 1 Section 3 =D

4th quarter. HELL YEAH NO MORE P-PLATE! lol. but i've no car at home =( also i was posted to a unit called SISPEC where we trained to be the backbone of the SAF by becoming a Specialist of the rank 3RD SGT blah blah blah...... and the bottom line is that our training just got tougher.

pretty much sums up 2008.

of course, there were many times of unhappiness and moments of despair but luckily i've pulled through.

so. hopefully 2009 will be a better year and everyone stay healthy.

AND PARTY ON!