Party In The USA

Have this song playing in my Ipod for weeks and I am still not sick of it. This is the lead single from Miley Cyrus EP, The Time Of Our Lives. Bottom line is about her heading to L.A from Tenessee, her hometown and what are the changes she goes through and also what she finds in her new home.

I personally find this song quite nice, with a little rock element in it as well.

I know, some of you probably think that “Oh Miley Cyrus? aiya bad influence la. always got this and that”. Being number 2 on the Billboard for many weeks will change your mind about how hardworking she is and how her career in music is starting.  Good going Miley!

Time, finally.

Jeez, time is damn packed for sure. Ok I will just basically update what happens after my BMT cause I didn’t really update.

Congrats to myself for passing out of BMT. My current camp is at Sembawang Camp, somewhere b/w admiralty and yishun. It is not my permanent place though as I am only there for courses, after which I will pass out as a Transport Supervisor, meaning to say I will be taking drivers under me. You might think, aiseh, become leader sia. Oh please, the things I have to do now are crap and I believe will be mega crap when there are people under me.

Glad thing is, 2 of my bunk mates from BMT are with me together on this course and staying in the same bunk, plus my friend Chron from Poly and a guy Sean from another platoon in my BMT coy. Well at least life will be better and more fun knowing that your friends are with you on the course.

Met up with the rest at Alastair’s place last week. Seems like Alastair got lucky and his MC extended to December(chao keng..haha). Seems like everyone there has their own lives now. Guys with NS, girls mostly with studies. Haiz, missed those days in Sec school/Poly when everyone was still in the same class, having fun, skipping lectures and hanging out. But that’s life anyways.

Been looking back at my life and also thinking what I am gonna do after army. Seriously the time in NS really lets you slow down and think what you are gonna do for the next chapter of your life. Here are some of my plans which of course still subject to pending..

1. Work part time for school money/holiday money

2. Study @ MDIS Bachelor in Mass Communications

3. Go on a 2 to 3 months trip to USA, preferably California or Maryland(where my uncle lives)

4. Get Class 2 License by end of 2011.

More to be listed though. For the USA trip, I guess I will be heading alone as no one seems to be interested to be going with me for now, except my dad. It’s either I head straight to study after ORD or I go for the trip first, Which I am saving up now. I have done some research and I can say, I really love the beaches at Malibu, California, which makes me more motivated to save up no matter what. San Francisco is not bad too, as well as Long Beach. If I go for studies first, I will be able to go to Oklahoma City for a 3 weeks intern, though that is not the place I want to go.

Sianz, All my friends are in BMT now, and there is no way we get to meet up for about 2 weeks, which leaves my friday night bored.

All right, gotta zao for now. Got a lot of things to settle before booking in on sunday.

The Climb

This is a song I practically will listen wherever I go, and I won’t get sick it of it no matter what other people say or what.

The Climb

By: Miley Cyrus

I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there’s a voice inside my head saying
“You’ll never reach it”

Every step I’m taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking

But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high

There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose

Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb

The struggles I’m facing
The chances I’m taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I’m not breaking

I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I’m gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on

‘Cause there’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose

Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb, yeah!

There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody’s gonna have to lose

Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb, yeah!

Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It’s all about, it’s all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa

This song basically says about life’s struggles and how to keep going despite all obstacles in the way. In the end it “ain about how fast I get there” but its ” the climb”(journey) that matters. I personally think it is a nice song because life is a journey and after all, a journey is bound to have obstacles. But when you look back, its not really the goal that is important, it is the journey that makes you have a sense of achievement.

This song was sung by Miley Cyrus from the album, Hannah Montana: The Movie. I actually heard this song as a single way before it made its way to the OST, but I didn’t really take notice of it till I watched the movie. I guess in the movie, this song is saying how Miley Steward(Cyrus)is struggling to live 2 lives. Day time as Miley Steward, Night as Hannah Montana, famous pop star.

If you guys want more info about the song or movie, just google em’. You are bound to find it.

Life’s a climb, but the view’s great – Miley Steward

back from somewhere

goodness *cough .. the amount of dust here sure is a lot.

Anyway, sorry for not updating as I was “enjoying life” in Tekong Chalet. Well 4 weeks have passed since I enlisted and the 5th is coming aka FIELD CAMP! Well, most of us are not looking forward to it as it is out in the wild with mosquitoes and bugs and snakes and whatever you can find out there. But oh well, this is something all of us have to go through.

I just booked out today after my photo shoot for passing out and also my IPPT. reached main land around 2.30? I don’t know, but I just have the weird feeling that everything is so strange and different here. Maybe being on an offshore island really makes you different…

Oh wells..nothing much to update already.. will update more when I have stuff..

bye guys..for now

bye guys for now. will be heading to tekong for abt 2 weeks before i come back.

take care and see ya.

after the half year mark

Probably after July, you won’t get to see me around anymore, well at least for the next 7 weeks.

Probably most of you will guess, but yea. It’s time to serve the nation.

Went online to check one day at work and confirmed my enlistment date is 24 July. Well most of you guys will probably think”haha this guy go in so early, cannot enjoy liao”. Big deal. I go in early I get to come out early, not like the most of the others, who enlist in october.

Well work was quite relaxing, except for some customers. Oh wells, working in the call centre industry is always the same. Every call you get is totally different. But since the people you work with are mostly ard your age(esp those temps), it is not as bad as u think.

alright, got to go. Heres wishing all mothers a very happy mother’s day!

21st

A short post and simple post. But..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO NICHOLAS, KAH LONG AND KE WEE!

Esp to Ke Wee. Celebrating our friendship for 13 years.

Over in a week

All right. Training is gonna be over in a week. After that it will be official work! and the best thing about training is time passes quite fast. But there is a lot of things to learn though. Although we do not have to memorise but we have to at least know where and what this feature do like where to activate voicemail, where to see the customer’s plans etc.

Yesterday went to Eliz’s birthday celebration at Hai Xiang restaurant, Kitchener Road. Had quite a lot of dishes and was very full. First time i saw Eliz cry when she is reading her “script”. Anyway after that went to meet the gang at Ann Siang rd, Screening room, the place where Ajit work. Turns out this place is a Rooftop Bar and the second and third floor has a studio and a movie screening room. Good atmosphere too. It was also nice of Ajit to treat us to unlimited rounds of drinks.

Boring sunday…and back to work on monday.

Dust

Dusty man..i mean this blog. Well there isn really nothing much to update ya know. Everyone went for holiday(alvin and the gang to redang and my sch mates to genting). Oh well, who ask me the only one who has no $. I also don really wanna ask from my parents.

Finally like when? I found a job! Well for those who love to call and ask/complain abt singtel…here I am! Got a job as a 1626 Customer Care officer. Officially started training today. It is gonna last for 3 weeks and 1 week of work before I get my first paycheck. The pay isn bad but the location is a lil weeny far, at Ang Mo Kio. Well at least I got shawn’s bike for 2 days. I also figured out the buses to take to reach there. Hell heng got bus to there and the journey is so-so. I realised that taking MRT to AMK and take bus is totally wasting a lot of time because the area where my workplace is is very very near to hougang, which I have bus to go to.

Die die also must weasel my way out during may/june to go for holiday trip with my sch friends. Pray NS letter don come so fast…pretty please!

Jeez

Went to central to eat yesterday. After eating shawn told me teck ming was behind us a few tables away and said he had an accident. I was quite shocked so I went over to talk to teck ming

Apparently his scenario was the same as me, just that the other guy is a taxi driver and teck ming’s bike is bigger. His injuries was also much more. He has severe abrasions on his legs and his lower leg was bandaged as well. He got a broken bone near the collar which almost pierced out thru his body and he suffered a knock on the head which landed him in ICU. When I asked him about the condition of his bike, he said that if people saw it, they thought he was dead. That was how serious it was.

Well no matter what, I would like to remind all riders(even tho I haven’t been riding for a while)that on the road, even if you are careful, others might not be. So be on the lookout always. And a personal thought, taxt drivers pls don think your grandfather owns the road and do as you like. The road belongs to everyone and everyone shud play a part in road safety. Continue ur recklessness and someone gets killed and also, there goes your consience and your license.

Peace~