One of the rare times i'm updating.
Projects have been a pain in the ass for weeks now. 2 more weeks! and i'm through with all my projects.
But can't get too complacent yet. It's FOUR projects due in 2 weeks mind you.

Ian got into his Clearance Diving Group (CDG) unit. And he's so ecstatic, you'd think he won the lottery or something. Haha.
Also known as Combat Diving, their trainings are gonna involve depper dives of up to 50m, and longer time out at sea.
How that is fun i guess i can never understand.
But he's happy. Haha. And that's all that matters. :)

So, out of a batch of 60 odd people, only 13 were chosen to be in CDG.
Heard it was quite in demand these places in CDG. Yet only 6 of 13 were handpicked by the instructors, while the others got in for reasons like, didn't pass underwater demolition so cannot be in Underwater Demolition Group (UDG), got injury so it's either Out-of-Course (OOC) or go CDG, etc etc. What kind of reasons are those? Where's the prestige in that?

So anyway, as CDG's operational, he's on an 8 to 5 shift. Hooray! Cos that means i'll get to see him everyday then :)
Plus no field camp, no room for them in camp so they HAVE to come home everyday. It's no wonder everybody prefers CDG over UDG.
But the downside is, if his unit is sent out for missions, it could be for months at length.
The ship goes to France, you sail with it to France. And i don't wanna guess how long that kind of journey will be.
Oh wells, guess you gotta give and take.

And says who only girls are bitchy? Turns out this spliting between CDG and UDG produced some drama between 2 guys, which later involved 3, then finally the whole team got dragged in. Some wanted in, some wanted someone out, some wasn't ready to sacrifice their place in CDG. Vote here vote there. Wasn't a pretty sight.
See, you guys have politics too.

The weekend's coming! Yays. i haven't seen my love for so long.
Preparing a surprise for him but it's hardly ready! Project, school and tuition are taking up too much time!
Then again, it all boils down to time management, prioritization, and personal responsibility.
Unfortunately, i have none of those.

Okay, Miss Procrastinator, time to get down to work again.

Projects, here we go.

How's training?

Was thinking of you in class today.
We've been together for quite some time now. 26th marks our first anniversary. Sadly, i've a feeling that day itself's gonna pass by pretty insignificantly, with you in camp and me in school. Still, :) one year, wow. Love you as much as always baby. Haha.

i was also thinking, of how our "honeymoon" period is almost over. We're moving onto more serious committment issues now. You have ndu and i have school. At night when we finally have our little 10mins together, both are too exhausted by their day's activities to say anything more than how's your day?, take care, i love you and bye. No more do we have the luxury of time and energy to do anything and everything at a whim's notice like how we used to. Things have changed.

Yet, i do not mind, for, like the cliche, people change too.
Now, i am more than satisfied to just spend time with you, even if it's just doing nothing. Chilling on your bed, in your arms, watching dust specks float by. I like that. Lying on the floor, feet on the chair, debating with you about politics, religion and other nonsensical rubbish. I like that. Dinner dates at home, lily allen crooning "fuck you(very much)" in the background. I like that. The song!, not the.. Ooo though that i like too ^^  Hey shhh. HAHA.

I'm sorry about saturday. At least it lasted only 15minutes. Still, it was one of the worst 15minutes of my life. When i was sitting on top my kitchen counter eating my ice-cream not actually tasting it, i strained my ears to catch any tingle from the chimes that hung behind my door. The wind kept making a fool of me.  Glad we resolved it, still i'm sorry i spoilt your surprise.

The road ahead for us is gonna be rocky as hell. But since we're going to hell anyway, might as well practice. Hahaha.
You ready baby? i am. :)
Hold my hand. I promise i won't let go.

O my. i've not posted for the longest time.

Has anybody seen MR.Brown's interview with this year's NDP Guard of Honour?
Hilarious.
  (ah i think they took it off youtube)
"Nothing stands in our way. Who stands on water anyway?" CLASSIC.

Ian's going through his dreaded hell week now. I've not seen or heard from him since sunday morning.
Hell week sound terrifying and horrifying. U.S. Navy Seal style.
A grueling 5.5 days, 90 percent mental and 10 percent physical, the continuous training ultimately determines who has the ability and mindset to endure.
Trainees are constantly in motion; constantly cold, hungry and wet.
Mud is everywhere–it covers uniforms, hands and faces.
Sand burns eyes and chafes raw skin.
Medical personnel stand by for emergencies and then monitor the exhausted trainees.
Sleep is fleeting–a mere three to four hours granted near the conclusion of the week.
They consume up to 7,000 calories a day and still lose weight.
i simply can't imagine how my baby would look like when he comes home.
At least he's coming home pretty soon. 2 more days.

Time flies. Cliche, but seriously. It's what now, july?
Where have these 7months of 2009 gone? Hell, i can barely remember anything significant.
Well, there was sab's 21st. That was... Hell, 2months ago!
Whatelse? Oh i'm going back to school. Cool.
Then? Not much else. Hmmm, this has been a very insignificant year.

Oh, i shall make an officaial vow here. Just in case 2 months down i feel like fucking school and projects, i shall come back to this page and remind myself why i'm doing this.

I'm doing this because, mom's spending $25k of her hard earned money just so i can further improve myself and get a good job in the near future.
I'm doing this because, ian's going to SMU and the (slutty) girls there would come up to him and say "Oh come on, why are you going out with a boring SIM girl? DATE US." Fuck off.
Ok, these are just superficial reasons.

I'm doing this really because, nothing comes without hard work and a really strong will.
i've wasted the past 3 years of my life. Or rather, i've not spent them well.
So, i'm making the next 3 years of my life count. I will look back one day and say, yes this was a good choice.
Nothing nobody says can help you. This is MY life, MY responsibility.

Therefore, 

I hereby vow that no matter how completely crazy school's gonna get, how bitchy my future project mates may get, how i may have to spend even lesser time with ian because of school work, i will suck it all up, and perservere.

Yupps.
I'll edit my vow when i think of something better.

And as far as i know, nobody else i know has it. Muahahaha.
Then again, this new phone of mine isn't anything special.
No i didn't get the Blackberry STORM in the end (i cant quite imagine messaging on a touch screen...), instead i got the Sony Ericsson W705.
Unfortunately (or not), it was just an alphabet different from ian's brother's G705.
Looks-wise, it's pretty simple. Function-wise, like i said nothing special.
At SingTel i was asking the w704 promoter girl,
"So, is this phone good?" (A pretty straight forward question. Or so i thought.)
In a reply so soft i had to strain my ears to catch what she was saying,
"Errrm... Ook la."
"So how is this phone different from the rest of the phones SE has comed up with?"
"Oh err, same lo."
Hmmm, right. That's not very helpful. "Sooo there's nothing special about it la?"
"Erm, okay lo. Just... *mumble mumble*"
"Huh? Sorry? Okok so do you think i should get this phone?"
"Err, ya." That was all she had to say?
Geez, if all i know about the phone was based on what she said, i would NEVER buy it. Seriously! You're supposed to be promoting your phone! Stand there earn money only. Even i also can do.

So far, i'm having fun with my new toy. Oh oh and it has 1000 songs pre-loaded into it! From elvis presley to the killers, akon to muse, and what have yous. Ah pity they didnt include the veronicas.
Ooo but more importantly, ian downloaded Pokemon into my phone and damn! i'm hooked onto it.


Thanks baby, for the weekend. :) One more week to your block leave! Mmm can't wait!
Good night sweets.
Good night world.

BACK TO MY POKEMON!

We will pull through this mess together. And every sort of shit NS throws our way.
I will be strong for us.

Love you baby.