Monday, December 27, 2004

and so, 2004's nearly over and 2005 beckons. 2004's been a year of joy and sorrow, tears and laughter, and blood and sweat. here's the review. by the way i didnt make any resolutions for 2004, so i cant be accused of not following them hehe.

january
started playing for the saints. finally able to play weekly after my knee injury from oct 2003. hmm and this was the month you suddenly appeared in my life again. numerous pool/movie outings. just enjoying each other's company, no strings attached. and i didnt expect or hope for anything to happen between us. just glad you were back in my life. even worked together for a while.

february
feb was all about working. pretty routine. fun though, learnt lotsa stuff on-the-job. great fun sending you home after work or meeting before going to work together. v-day spent skiving off work early for a football match, before heading back to town for dinner with may haha. she's just a colleague btw dun have any wild ideas guys. quit godiva at the end of the month. started to think about what's gonna happen to us.

march
a defining month of the year. days were spent fetching you from school, and sending you home or to driving lessons. feelings started to grow between us. days spent with you was bliss, every single second of it. never had so much joy in my life before. thank you for the joy that you gave me. nearing the end of the month, what i never thought would happen happened. we got together :)

april
nearly everyday was spent with you, fetching you from school and all. everyday was joy, still remember the yoghurt? celebrated your birthday at where we went when we first met, piazza at the atrium. finally received my long-awaited enlistment notice. and you told me i had to pass my napfa so i could enlist later and spend more time with you. but you started to have doubts about us.

may
another defining month of the year. you left me early this month, saying you wanted to be happy. the rest of the month passed in a blur of tears and missing you. and dreading the thought of spending my birthday alone without you. in the end it was spent clubbing with shuhui my twin, phil, melissa, qianning etc. here i have to give thanks for the friends i have. friends like my dearest princess, who was there when i needed someone to listen to me rant, whine, sob and cry my eyes out. i dunno what would have happened to me if u werent around princess :) and also celest my dear tumei, u were around for me too. i've never met u(yet), but i just feel so comfortable talking to u like an old friend everytime. im glad to have found a friend like u thru toe. and elise, u're the little sister i never had. u were there to offer a listening ear too. often when i needed someone to talk to in the wee hours of the night, there u were on msn. im thankful for having u as my friend. take care of urself in the states. and here's a surprise mention too. dalena, u're probably one of my best online friends. although i've only bumped into u once in town, and u probably cant recognise me now, i can talk to u about anything and everything. and u never fail to put a smile on my face when i talk to u on msn with ur impossibly girlish-bordering-on-bimbotic wisecrack replies. u're definitely someone im looking forward to meeting up with someday :)

june
i finally enter the service of the nation on the 7th of this month. didnt bother to take the napfa test, since there was no point for me to stay out longer. mom cried when it was time to for parents to leave tekong. and the lil one was just bewildered as to why his kor kor wasnt going home with him. ptp was, in a nutshell, boring. it was physical training everyday. mom, grandad and uncle visited on the 2nd week, with the lil one in tow. he was overjoyed to see his kor kor and so was i. first book-out on the 3rd weekend, happy like siao.

july
ptp ends and bmt begins late this month. nothing of note really happened in this month, other then some new platoon mates who filled up the empty beds in the platoon.

august
had a 7 day field camp early august. totally new experience for me. had to book in early on national day becos of this, and subsequently missed the saints match when lee sharpe came to play :( the week after field camp was sit test. i thought i didnt do too badly. finally saw you again, the first time since mid-may.

september
first part of the month passed by fast, and after that it was passing out parade rehearsals, and route marches. 24km was pretty okay, finished it easily with nothing more than blisters on my feet. passed out of bmt on the 23rd, i will never forget the feeling i had when i tossed my cap high in the air and screamed "POP LOH!" 1 week plus of block leave, hard-earned and well-deserved.

october
met up with you on the very first day of oct, accompanied you to look for a case for your laptop. received posting on the 1st as well, posted to provost, disappointed like hell. block leave ended on the 3rd, reported to SAFPU on the 4th and began the basic course. hated it. applied to sign on with the army, looking for ways to get out of provost. and somehow you and i started seeing each other more often. felt like old times again.

november
still in the midst of the MP basic course. and still hating it. had no interest at all in being an MP. went back to tekong for a 2day exercise and surprised myself with my powers of staying awake. had no sleep at all for 46 hours. RTU-ed and crashed on the bunk. at the end of the month, finally decided to start moving on from you. memories will probably stay as memories.

december
in a flash, the last month of the year's upon us. passed out of the MP basic course, and posted to ceremonial platoon. hell loads of drill waiting for me to learn. and change of guard ceremonies at the istana on the first sunday of every month beginning with february next year. when u get huge bruises on ur arm doing drill, u know the ceremonial platoon means business when it comes to drill standard. R E S P E C T. xmas was spent at phuture till 6am. came home plastered and didnt sleep before heading to aunt's place for baby joshua's birthday party till midnight. will be doing guard duty on new year's eve, gonna miss the countdown with my pals. that's the downer of the month, and probably the year too as well. wishing everyone an early happy new year!

hmm. so that's 2004 for me. full of ups and downs. well, at least there were ups and not just downs. and as usual i aint gonna make any resolutions for 2005, cos i'll probably end up not following them haha. 2004's been an interesting year for me, full of significant events. may 2005 be as interesting, if not better. happy new year to one and all!