Ok ! So I met DS on one of my 2 OFFs last week, we decided to get some at Paragon (my initial plan was Da Paolo Gastronomia), but that was a flop cause it turned out to be a bakery/take out cafe. We nearly gave into Thai Express (was working on a below $15 budget). But decided to walk around to look for more food.

One of the worst things I honestly HATE about meet ups is finding for food places .... Granted, I've eaten at many places which are commendable, but at that PRECISE moment, I just cannot remember which places to go for off hand (especially if there are parameters set in like budget, a/c, good service required etc.) I decided to go for the "cannot fail" option, which is ION Orchard basement food court, but that failed too .... (sometimes I think that perhaps I'm over reading into peoples body language. I could not tell exactly what he liked, every suggestion was replied with a - "ok, no problem"). Anyways, I was also on OFF on that day, and I did not wanna "risk wasting it" eating expensive food court stuff.

Just as I was about to think of another place to head down to, this Go!Go! Curry ! popped into mind. Had walked past it several times, but never had the chance to get in.

The curry was thick, rice was solid and the pork was tender (some places [like the NP canteen tonkatsu] serves like SUPER thin pork which has been fried till its tough as hell !), luckily for us, this was not the case. The restaurant has 3 different serving sizes available (which I am told is basically more or less rice, no change in meat quantity). There is a selection of Pork, Chicken or just plain curry - not much of a choice, but I guess its better to specialise in somethign and be good at it, then be jack of all traits, master of none. I wouldn't say this restaurant has MASTERED curry katsu, but for the price and friendly staff, I'd say give it a shot ! Besides, in the whole time I was there, 3 of the 4 sets of customers that came and went were Japanese - that pretty much sums up what I have to say !

After a delightful meal at Go!Go!Curry!, we walked and talked for abit before heading down the basement of "HMV" building for some dessert. Its called "Sweet Spoon" or SOMETHING along that line, located opposite the Macdonalds, and Subway. I ordered Orh Nee (Yam Paste), DS ordered Almond paste. Now, I've tasted some pretty nasty Orh Nee before, this one just FAILS ! Flat on its face ! Why did it fail ? Taste was average (maybe cause I opted not to add in coconut milk), but the thing that really eerked me was the layer of oil (LITERALLY oil) on the surface of the dessert.... I tipped the bowl (like in the picture), and it did not take long before the oil flowed and collected at the tip of the bowl.... Guess the only saving grace for this stall is the SUPER friendly old ladies working there. They asked me how was the dessert, made some recommendations and all. They gave A+ service.

very "sad" this week
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I signed up for this mentoring programme with MCYC, went through the selection interview, but like 3days from then I've not received any calls... ...

Emailed UNI-Y orientation camp organisers TWICE but no reply either.

Emailed the RedCross camp organisers as well, guess what ? - NO REPLY...

I'm beginning to think ... is charity really SOOOO hard to do ... getting frustrated cause I seem to be leading towards nowhere (in my efforts to join the Orientation Camps).

Attended RCIA yesterday, I actually had a SUPERB time ! I thoroughly enjoyed it. To think that only 5 hours before, I was complaining and ranting (bitching if you will) to BS about how I dread RCIA.. the 2.5hour sessions, the care group sessions with their "overly friendly" people (YES ! I'm not exaggerating. I felt they were just overly friendly... its me .. not them ... I'm just not THAT easily trusting.) I like know BS for 13+ going 14years now, and I only began sharing REAL personal stuff with him in recent years (like maybe the last 2 ???)

I read somewhere that I needa build "a strong social support structure" like a "HQ with high ranking generals I can confide in", on my way to achieving a more "WHOLESOME and well rounded lifestyle". Sometimes, reading too many self help books (I've just been reading 1 actually...) can become a scary thing, cause I began to learn alot about myself (some of which I've tried very hard over the years to bury, under lies, ego, "fantasy believes", and even religion !) It's like they say - The Truth Hurts ! But unlike the accompanying line and I quote "You can't handle the truth !" , I believe I can AND will. With the help of God, self and the "HQ general staff members" !

damn man ... its like 3am now and I cannot sleepzzzz.... Was watching "Step Brothers" with JK in the bunk like 7hours ago ? That was when I fell asleep for about 2hours in the most peculiar manner on the office sofa ! If there's anything I've taken home from the army, it's the ability to sleep in nearly any location and at any time. It's never a matter of if I'll sleep or not, it's a matter how comfortably and when. AND I kid you not - there was once when I was supporting some kind of live firing exercise (like I could here rifles, GPMGs, grenades) going on around me. All I had was the cabin of my 5TON, and I still managed to sleep soundly ! It would have been perfect if I could have left the A/C on, cause then I would not have to deal with mosquitoes.

Today I caught up on sleep at the medical centre while on standby duty. (the weird thing about this place, is that I kept having the "conscious sleeping" or "paralysis sleep" episodes !) I awoke 3 times, thinking that JK had returned with NL and was calling me to wake up, only to realise I could not cause i could not even move my body (its like being trapped in your head ! ) THREE TIMES ! The 4th time, JK was really by my side and nudging me to wake ! He actually told me that he had same experiences ..... and that all the drivers who had slept at where I slept had had that experience - which they attributed to the place being haunted (like thanks for telling me that only after my 1000000th time being in there....) I on the other hand don't really believe in that lar... it's probably the sleeping posture or the room temperature or something.

As I near the end of my NSF journey, I'm thinking "what would I have done different".

1 - I would have made it more clear that I wanted a combat posting (apparently telling my PS and PC was USELESS. ... ) Obviously, now that I've enjoyed the good life, I would not say the same thing again.

2 - I would have worked harder for IPPT (at that time I was just content with getting Silver for running, losing weight and failing all other stations . SBJ and Chinups are a bitch)

3 - I would not have f*** NL (the ITMS room, thats the only clue) over when we first met in LTO.

4 - I would have tried to treat Cheeks and Koh better (Cheeks was a btich after C3 course though)

5 - BMT ... 2nd BMT was unjoyful for me, I guess I could have been nicer to the people.

6 - A few more I cannot think off hand

When all's said and done, I would not have given up this experience (with Clem, JK, Nick and the bunch) for anything in the world ! [YES, not even a Leica M9 .... 13,000 can be earned. The exp, the interest vested in running, the friendships and the Polar watch (or rather the circumstances in which I got it) cannot be bought]

SMU starts in August, July will be pretty busy for me - packed with orientation(s).

I signed up to be a mentor with MCYC. I hope I passed the initial interview.
Sadly, I just realised (actually I had this inclination for a long time now) that I'm a "baby" in comparison to my other friends, interms of maturity and life experiences. In this aspect, I hope that I can gain back on some lost time through this mentorship program and through being more in touch with God and people. I need to find wholesomeness !

The interviewer actually asked me "think of someone who is a role model in your life" - sadly, I could not. (in this respect of ROLE MODEL, I mean someone I can really confide in and would like to become/ follow) I got "parts" of people whom I would like to mould after [like a jigsaw puzzle], just that noone I know whom I would like to COMPLETELY follow after.

I could get into deeper details, but then I would began to sound gay ... so tts that for now !