The Starfish Story
As the old man walked the beach at dawn
he noticed a boy ahead of him picking up starfish
and flinging them into the sea
Finally catching up the with the boy
he asked why he was doing this
The answer was that the stranded starfish would die
if left until the morning sun.
''But the beach goes on for miles and there r millions of starfish,'' said the old man.
''How can your effort make ani difference?''
The boy looked at the starfish in his hand
and then threw it safely into the waves
''It makes a difference to this one,'' he said
~ by MOE
In life, a small gesture to a small matter may means a big difference
Monday, October 31, 2005
In Civilisation
Survive thr the 7 days and 6 nights field camp...
Though it rains at least for 4 of the nights,
making the ground sheet wet,
the solid soil muddy,
the diff insects crawing ard
and centipide being one of the most frequent
visitor during the day,
it didn realli dampen my mood to sleep..
thus i mam being labelled as one
able to sleep wherever i go..
and is instantly kinda..
Day 1 of field camp bascally started off wif the road march
to the 1st camp site
and the first event has alrd taken half of
our breadth away...
was taught to set up our basha(tent)
wif a bit of tekang and a lecture
and a training ends the day...
sky was alr pitch dark at 7pm...
Day 2 was kicked off wif mi
staring at the starry night which cant b seen in Singapore
and mi wondering off
there's many more days to go b4 end of field camp..
and hw to survive wif the combat rations
provided and moreover
mi haivng one of the worst menu...
i longed for Mac breakfast..
Day 3 was the day tat many dreaded
tat is i finally decided to do my 'business'
in the man made hole...
(cant believe that some of my platoon mates can
lasted for 7 days)
Mayb once u do it b4
u get the feeling to do oit again..
did my 'business' once a day
for the remainig 4 days...
day 4 stars appear
so beatifully to mi...
almost the whole of the sky was covered by the stars..
and im not kidding here...
Day 5 was the day for the 3rd camp stie
and is the day whereby
i missed my wild boar sighting
coz the onli time u able to c 1 is at the
2nd campsite
once u missed it..
forget abt to c 1 again..
Grave digging started on the 6th day..
and thankfully we din have to spend the night there
wif the centipide
as we r allowed back to sleep in the campsite...
and i told myself
I wanted to ave a good meal when i bk out
Ended the 7th day wif the legendary leopard crawl
whereby we doeged the MG..
but it seems tatthye have used up all their ammo..
fr when it comes to our platoon turn, there's doesnt
seems to b ani bullets flying above us...
7th night was spend back in the bulk
bulk sweet bulk compare to outfield..
since was a Sunday..
tekong cookhse is not open..
whole COmpany opted for KFC
but ate Candian Pizza due to the
big order...
imagine whole company there's 200 pple
and each had a 2 piece meal...
they cant conjure up so many at such
a short time.. zzz
aniway was glad tat there's sth better dan the combat ration
sth to share...
once u r in a more worse situation
u will tink tat the previous is better
this applies when we r in field camp...
we realise tat our bulk beds beats the
wate leakage tent we had..
the same old menu of the cookhse in tekong
beats the combat ration...
this is speaking from
the live experience of a soldier...
time to enjoy my public holidays.. yeah..
and 5 more wks to POP..
yeo roared at
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Live Range
Had my first expierence wif live bullets tiz week
in the army life....
the experience ican b summarised in 2 words
cold and tired...
dun realli undestand hw some of dem can get xcited abt shooting
live rds..
mi still prefer the ones i had in the simulation rm
wif computerised rifles and targets...
went to the live range early in the morning..
woke up at 4 in the morning to do preparations
the first person fired the first shot at 8am...
having ard 200 pple in then company..
it takes a while before my turn....
had the range test on Tues...
rained for a while and was wet throughout....
den stone till the sun set
for our night shot...
(did i mention tat the shot test is
carried in day and night)
reached back to the bulk at ard 1 plus in the following morning..
hehe... first time Lights off at 2am since my
days in army..
and woke up at 5am to continue the shot
in the live range...
and basically tat concludes the 2 days le...
cant imagine tat having shoot some
target nid so many days... zzzz
into the 6th wks of army life
section mates r getting used to each other
complaining abt sgt...
section mates or can say company mates
are getting tired of the tekan stuff le....
section mates are nw reciting those
commonly used phases by Sgt...
"still taking your time rite...
nvm... drop 20..."
"are u trying to test the water"
wad makes the part more sensation
is tat one of my section mates wil
play the role of recruit, the other
as the SGT...
me as always join in the fun and
also nag abt at those unbelievable
tasks and tekan sessions offered by our Sgt..
one task is tat
SIr asked our platoon to write 3 bad points on
our sgt and him.... zz..
such a task is a feat..
coz it makes us wonder to write the truth anot..
aniway i crap it throu..
by saying the jokes cracked by them are cold
and the tekan sessions are unbelieable and wadever...
glad tat we r nt required to put dw our names
on the paper we wrote...
training has become to sth
tat i cant almost breathe normally..
the training has nw stretch to running
rd the track 3 rds wif our sbo and doing pull up wif it..
zzz... realli veri tired after all these stuff....
field camp rd the wk...
will b in the jungle for 7 days
without bath i tink..
zzz... imagine tat...
~ wif a good mind, one can survive it thru ~
yeo roared at
Saturday, October 15, 2005
ARMY
been rattling abt my army life in here
since i enlisted
bt wad can u xpect from some1
who stayed away from Singapore 5 days a wk..
army is realli a fanscinating profession...
it can realli make u like it and hate it..
hate:
the many of jumping jacks to jump
the tekang stuff...
the admin(free) time
whereby is nt free at all..
coz after a while, the sgt will ask u
to do some stuff...
the marching to the cookhouse..
the warm up b4 physcial training..
the cool dw after the training..
the many other types of training followed by
the phsycial training...
the garang platoon mates..
the 'dao' platoon mates...
the tekang sgt...
and more....
take my hat off the sgt..
coz there's always the few sgt
who is able to keep majority of the
platoon to hate them and if given a chance
wont hestiate to blanket party them..
tink onli tekong sgt have tiz ability ba..
cant believe tat i got the infamous
tekong cough too..
tink been eating too much biscuits
during the limited free time...
more and more of my section mates
r dw either wif flu, cough or fever..
hope can get well within next wk...
yeo roared at
Sunday, October 09, 2005
GOAL!!!!
A veri touching and fabulous movie...
reallii... 4 STAR..
realli touches my heart..
almost bring mi tears of admire
it tells of a youngster who persue his dreams
of playing for the renowned football club
regardles of his father's disapproval...
wif his flair and hard work..
finally made it from a trainee
to a reserve den
to the first team reserve
and finally to the first team..
and scored the winning & crucial goal for
the club entrance to the Champion leg...!!!
catched tiz
if u r a soccer fan..
if u like Newcastle
if u like beckham..
if u like real madrid
if u like Liverpool
and
if u like the story of 1
who dares to persue own dreams..
to sign on or nt to..
tink i have a decision in my mind somehow...
yeo roared at
Saturday, October 08, 2005
The Signing On Decision
I once say i wont consider to sign on
for the SAF..
But now i'm considering to
sign on for SAF
Air Force..not pilot la...
but AMS...
specialist in logistics..
put it more crude.. its storeman...
starting pay wif $1.8k..
a min of 5 yrs commitment
8 to 5.30pm job....
many perks..
overseas training opportunities...
ahhh!!!!!
and i can do a part time Studies
after the work...
can ani1 give mi advice on
wad to DO~!!!!!!!
PTP has ended
BMT has started....
those fit recruits who passed their
NAFA are joining us the botak gang
from today...
start of BMT!!!!
tink will b busier le...
Master the present skills and dominate the future
yeo roared at
Saturday, October 01, 2005
CORPSE BRIDE
caught up wif an old friz of mine today..
glad tt she is on her way to fulfilling
her dreams...
mi.. zzz..
has 1 yr and many months to go...
b4 completing NS..
has to take real gd care of myself
coz din buy ani of the insurance
offered by those insurance Co..zzz..
caught corpse bride wif the big gang..
been some time since all the botak went for a gathering..
a fore warning for those who wanted to catch tiz movie
its a touching story which is worth to catch
but onli worth for the wkday price...
dun even tink of watching it on wkends..
coz let mi warn u..
its onli an hr & 10mins show..
not worth a price of $9.5..
the shortest movie ever watched
r 1hr and 30 mins..
this movie greatly broke tat record..
but there's isnt much choice for a recruit
who has onli wkends to spare...
so caught tiz movie at $9.5
zzz....
songs thr the movie..
juz like Nightmare b4 Christmas...
2 thumbs up for the animation
which has the classic look in it..
makes it worthwhile...
~ does u realli have to lose it den u know hw to treasure it ~
yeo roared at
+ The small Lion +
Simple name: *Yeo Jian Yong*
+ The heart +
A Thousand
A thousand miles travelled
Simple age: Magical *21*
Simple first roar: *15/06/85*
by many adventurers
juz to complete their single journey..
A thousand roses bought
by many
juz to humour their single love..
A thousand paper cranes
folded by many
juz to realise that single wish ..
A thousand smiles
appeared on mi
juz thinking of that single her..
A thousand days or years
I shall wait
juz for that undying single love..
Let it not be like the parallel lines
So near yet never cross each other..
even if its a thousand wait
or an infinity wait..
~ by JY
Mel ~ Doc soon to b 2
yeow tuck ~ man of own thinking
shawn ~ TiNkER
FadZ ~ modern poet
KonGYee ~ bespected tall guy
xIuYun ~ chubby nice lady
ShIJiE ~ PrI sCh FRiz
liLIan ~ good SeNioR oF SP
MelIsSA ~ kind SeNioR oF SP
PeiYing ~ Lab analyst
TeCk Wee ~ NS man
elaIne ~ woman wif ambitions