Tan Zhi Keng(Vern)'s Funeral

just came back from Vern's funeral at sembawang close... its the 1st time i see my own frend laying inside a coffin... feels kinda weird n sad... having a frend just past away like tat... heard from his brother... he died in pain... well at least he's resting in peace now... also got to know tat the medical expenses were really beri high... over thousands of dollars per weeks... as it says: it's better to die than to fall sick.

went there wif ee, yong n dan... the rest would be going there themselves... i didnt dare to tok much wif vern's brother... cause i scared would say the wrong tingys :P hai~ there goes a frend... wonder when it would be my turn to go...

Bad News

just got a bad news from Ee CS, my bmtc platoon mate / afs classmate... our section mate Vern had just past away 2day... suffering from leukaemia... we would be attending his funeral 2molo at sembang close... it feels so awkward knowing a frend just past away... went thgrh so much during bmt... who would know tat a slightly obese yet healthy n fit guy would die just like tat... its kinda scary since its the 7th month... n a guy wif a long future ahead of him just died like tat... leaving his family n frenz behind... i dont know wat to say either... i just feel kinda sad abit it...

its been more than a week since i last blogged... cus notingy in particular had happened throughout the entire week... only some problems at work... it wouldnt had been of tat a big deal untill the management stepped in... hai~ dont wanna go into the details... 2 words would sum everytingy up... Stupid Management!!

watched War of The Worlds few days ago... knew it was abt aliens... kinda science fiction tingy... but after watching it... i felt tat i would rather rate it as a thriller/suspence or even a horror movie :P not tat i dont liked it... i like the movie... but it kinda scares me after watching it... dont know y either... i just felt wat if sometingy like its the end of the world... can we really do sometingy abt it like wat Tom Cruise did in tat movie? also the thgt of losing those tat i love... those who r close to me... it just kinda freaks me out... i would be lost if someone i love pass away... *touch wood*

i watched tat movie after 1am cus i was working PM shift tis whole week... i couldnt put myself to sleep after the show... tink i slept at nearly 5am...

kinda bored now... since ndp is over... now all my saturdays r just boring weekends or duty at CABeast... back to square one again hahaha :P kinda miss those days when we had ndp rehearsals... at least there's sometingy to do rather than staying at home... i could go out... but not much places for me to go... since i hate crowded places... especially orchard road... i have my reasons for hating it... plus... i still gotta watch wat i spend... i feel like i'm gonna have a financial crisis again... hai~

sian... 2molo still gotta go CABeast to work... cant rest or swim or play bball liaoz... gotta wake up early n take taxi to work again... hai~ but its ok... only abt 3months more to go till i ORD hahaha... tat is only after i minus all the leave n time offs i could take haha but 3months fly pass just like tat... beri fast n i would be out there in the world looking for a job... working to survive n support a family just like every other person here in singapore...

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I'm sick... on NDP...

my temp. after came home from NDP

ytd was feeling kinda sick already... was having soar throat n coughing... slight body ache... took 1 panadol b4 i went to slp... cus 2day is NDP... if i dont get better... i would haf a hard time working there...

but the medicine was of no use... maybe not strong enough... tis morning i wake up... body really aching loh... feet touch the ground oso abit pain pain... but still gotta go 4 NDP... cus if not there then the ration support wont haf enough man power... so 2 make my throat feel better i bought the small packet orange strepsils n a pack of orange+chamomile streps... but i was shocked to find out tat the pack of streps had past its best before date... which was on 2nd aug 05... i was stunted... i even shared it wif some frenz b4 realising it was expired... but notingy bad happened 2 us... lucky nv kana food poisoning.. if not i sure feel guilty... i wanted to tell the shop owner after NDP... but figured it would be too late... so dropped the idea... so next time anyone of u guys n gals buy any tingys... remember to look at their expiry date b4 purchase...

anyway... i continue to cough after taking all the orange strepsils in the other small packet... worst was... it started to rain again when the contingents were coming in... luckily it wasnt as big as last time... but i did get caught in the rain... wif some other frenz... while pushing ration... maybe it made my sickness worst...

then i started coughing some more... had no mood for the NDP sia...didnt even really eat for the whole day... only had red-bean bun for lunch n 3 nuggets n whipped potato for dinner... i even threw away the 2 piece kfc chicken... sorry man but i really no mood to eat... but i did went onto the padang wif some frenz to watch the marching n airplanes fly pass... it was nice... but we left when the armor vehicles started to roll in...

luckily we were given 3 days off-in-lieu... so i could rest at home 2molo... but falling sick on my day off.. not worth it man... but i already applied the off wif encik chow liaoz... so dont wanna trouble him anymore...

then while going back... had to stand in the mrt all the way back to bedok.. well i expected tat... but i was really really tired n sick then... legs were aching... but still manage to stand till bedok... then quickily walked to 7-11 to buy some drinks n panadol... cus i was really thirsty n lips were kinda dry too...

then waited to 225(green plate) to go home... cus white plate already stop ferrying after 12midnite... was really really tired loh... legs damn pain... finally got home... was so tired tat i didnt even reply my mom when she talked to me... sorry mom... n happy belated bday... really gotta go rest liaoz... i wanna get better by 2molo...

how i wish someone would be by my side taking care of me now... but tis would nv happen to me... would it? hai~

too much ndp? haha...

man... i tink i do too much ndp stuffs already lah... everyweek at least twice... fatigue work then rehearsals... now even in my dream i oso dreamt abt ndp... haha :P but the dream kinda short lah... only remembered abit... i was walking through the parade ground... pass the centre stage... looking at ppl rehearsing hahaha :P hai~ must relac abit lah...

then woke up tis morning feeling really tired... but gotta go swim wif rudy at TP at 9am... n was too tired... untill i reached bedok interchange then realised i forgotten to bring my goggles... :( sian man... ended up i swam without 1 n my eyes were kinda dry after 30mins dip in the pool... but tis time swam less than 30mins... cus cant really see n concentrate without goggles hehe :P

after tat we went down to bugis temple to pray... cus rudy said his exams/interview coming up... n i realised one tingy... y i shouldnt eat fastfood... not only becus it is kinda fattening... oso becus of it's price... rather expensive especially BK meals... althgh it might make u feel full... but i would rather go 4 a $2 chicken rice or $3 noodles... which whould be enough to make me full too... hahaha but once in awhile eat fast food is ok i guess... must reward oneself once in awhile mah :P

later we went back tampines... rudy went photocopy some notes... i went there to look for strings at the spotlight... but once again... spotlight closed down... it changed into gain city... y is it tat those tingys i wanted to look for would no longer be there... it's like trying to hint me sometingy or wat... trying to tell me to do watever i wanted to do fast b4 its too late or sometingy... haha or i'm just too superstitious :P

hai~ then went to popular n other gifts n cards shop in TM n CS... but still cant find any strings... all they got was just ribbons... maybe i could only use ribbons 4 a substitute... but it must be those small ribbons...

anyway... we went back to bedok after tat to search again... but wasnt able to find any... so just went home from there... cus we were kinda tired already... n later i still gotta go out wif my family for dinner... to celebrate my mom's bday in advance... cus her bday is exactly on NDP... n i gotta help out at NDP on tat day... so cant celebrate wif her tat day.... so we decided to bring the dinner forward to 2day... tink we would be going down to interchange for the dinner... exact location still unknown to me :P

so i gotta go rest liaoz... hahaha :P

where all the bookstores go?

tis morning went to CABwest to take ippt... n as uaual i fail again hahaha :P then after tat went to tampines central, cus i took off for the rest of the 2day... wanted to go there find some color pens n design paper... but too early liaoz all the bkstores in TM n CS not yet open... only those small bkstores near S11 were opened... so bought some pens from there 1st... then came back to bedok by no.18 bus... went to the bkstore near blk512 but its gone... its changed into a shop tat sells flowers...

then went to the 1 beside sing seong supermarket... tat 1 oso gone... now dont know changed into wat... only saw a few batminton rackets n bball hanged on the window... had a peep inside... the shop was empty... maybe still building up bah...

y all the bkstores i know in bedok all closed down already... then not even a popular in bedok... hai~ but nvm... will carry on searching for the color paper 2 complete my 'mission' :P hahahaha