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Monday, July 31, 2006

of the week past

from the moment i left college, i was deliberating between heading straight to mug for tmr's bio test, or come on to the net to blog, and now yu can obviously tell how much willpower and determintation i have when it comes to studying. haha

but i mean, since i have to burn pictures from the exchange with meiden high for some people, i might as well blog right?its almost been a week since the last post anyway.. (ok i realise im trying to justify my online presence which shouldnt be, just to alleviate some of the guilt,heh.)

so the past few days have zoomed past without relative hype, especially after the departure of our newfound friends from japan, although in actual fact much has happened. there was 1] the vocational assignment at semb naval base on thursday, 2] juling's birthday chalet on friday, 3] scholarship seminar/preview at suntec + dinner with sarah&family on saturday plus 4] a recent breakup of pretty close pals over the weekend, which turned out to be quite drama (but we'll save it for another time, off the net(: )

so ive had a busy week flitting from one activity to the next, and finally im getting my head above water again. studied the whole of yesterday, and i swear after this entry im heading straight back to the notes.

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so yeah, after sleeping like 4 hours plus on wednesday i had to wake up 530 in the morning to meet jasmond and head down to semb naval base for the NDU vocational assignment.

for the uninitiated,this stint isnt an enlistment, just a sorta gauge whether yu're suitable for the job to be a navy diver. it just happened that i was in the very first batch of 800 shortlisted to report for the assignment, so its really just coincidence la. no need to sound so shocked and secretly think, fabian got so fit meh, cuz im not.haha

for the people who're also down for it, and are piqued with curiousity, brimming with questions thats all NDU, please, i dont work there!haha. its not that i dont wanna be a nice friend,but i've repeated myself at least 10 times over already, so cut me some slack, alright? =)

so im gonna put it up here and if yu have eyes to read, i hope this satisfies yur queries.

here's what i had to do there, and i dont know if it differs with every batch.

IQ, cognitive, personality tests (that stretches 2hours plus, i think)
an extensive medical screening
a 10m chamber dive (to see whether yu can take pressure on the ears)
swimming test (just a 100m)
selective napfa tests
an interview, which really isnt anything much

so there, questions answered? =)

and curse my needlephobic self when i heard that we had to take blood tests for the med screening. i cringed when i saw the needles and fuck i swear i cowered into my seat. it didnt help that one of the three 20-yr-old-looking medics claimed "KNN, first one miss!" - meaning that his first patient of the day had to take the blood test twice cuz he missed the vein on first attempt. it only made me more jittery.haha. thank my lucky stars i didnt get that medic,and when the-medic-with-better-aiming actually drew my blood i felt nothing. its not that it hurts(didnt hurt at all,really), its seeing the needle pierce through the skin that makes me feel like puking. injections are really REALLY SICK ok? ( and dont laugh, its called a phobia).haha.

ok back to where i was, for those of yu who've got to report too, dont worry la. its really nothing much. half the time was spent waiting around cuz its quite inefficient on the admin side, i gotta say. waste time. i left the camp at 845pm la. still thought can get a half day and sleep at home.haha!

i think the only part yu have to consider is the interview segment. the interviewer (a SSM) will ask yu whether yu wanna be a diver, so just be honest la. (training is apparently tough and damn xiong, so see whether yu want it or not)

want say yes. dont want say no. never thought about it then say dont know. simple as that.

i said i never thought about it, but wouldnt mind giving it a try since from young i wanted to be in the navy, for all the wrong reasons of course.heh. cause i wanted to be the submarine captain that looked through the periscope to spy on enemies above water. being a diver is just as good as fulfilling the chilhood dream :P

for those who really dont wanna get in, just tell him NO, straight in the face. and when he says, "if given an oppotunity?" just tell him no, yu wouldnt consider it anyway. but no one can guarantee whether this means yu really wont get into NDU also. cuz after all its mainly based on yur medical history, and not so the physical aspect of the tests or the interview.

besides, the clerk bringing us around told us that those who intentionally 1] swam super slowly, 2] pretended they couldnt see clearly, 3] did zero chinups or 4] jumped 1.65m for SBJ even though they can jump like rabbits, still got into NDU. ultimately its medical so dont try too hard to show them yu're not fit.haha. for all yu know, if they seriously consider the results from the vocational assignment, yur chances of getting into other units (e.g. OCS) might be equally screwed. yu know how anal the army can get right?haha. plus faking it would be really apparent.

thats it.hope this would help and save me on repeating myself again!

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as the week came to a close on friday, we all headed down to downtown east for juling's birthday chalet!!!! (not after a 2 hour nap first la, i was SO tired!).

it was a chummy reunion, ok not so much of a reunion, cuz although the seniors have all graduated we see each other so much! thats the reasion why i love the band even more, the alumnis are so united and supportive, returning for every single event that the band still has, and even when there isnt any event at all!haha.

ok i have a problem of rattling off to irrelevant sidetracks. anyway, it was a chummy reunion and i thoroughly enjoyed myself! there was a pillow fight, and lots of other stupid things stupid people like us do. so ya! we really had fun la. plus as it got later and later, we got crankier and crankier, so it was pretty amusing, heh.

anyway blogger's being a bitch now so i cant upload the pictures from that night. shall post it sometime this week then. =)

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then on saturday, sarah and i headed down to the scholarship preview at suntec where we got complimentary tickets, which turned out to be pretty much a waste of time.

there was this panel, where 5 scholars were seated with the host - 3 rjc scholars, another one from national and hwa chong.

so the host turns to the woman from rj, and asked " so how did yu do for yur A levels?"

to which the pissy prissy arrogant little bitch replied "oh i didnt get straight As, just A A A B only" *smiles in the most hypocritical fashion*

the host followed up asking, "so what did yu have to do to get yur scholarship then?"

and that stupid woman, who obviously wasn't giving any sound, useful advice to people like me still scoring DFF at midyears, retorted in the most unbelievably nonchalant manner, " oh i didnt have to do anything. after i got into nus, the scholarship offer came and all i had to do was to accept" *flashes another smile* - cringe

BITCH! hope yu get fucked by a horse and tear yur labia into shredded petals. okay, pardon the obscenity, but that obnoxious arrogant woman who's probably a half-breed with an elephant for a mother, deserves it. skin so thick, shameless! granted, she has the brains, but to that extent? pui! we(my classmates went too) were relating the incident to ms gill and she said that when yu go to uni there're bound the be people like that. bleagh. annoying brats.

okay, i know i really went on a tirade against rj the last time. that was in a moment of fury, and i really have nothing personal against their school. but this time the bitch deserves it. just happened that she was from rj again. too bad.

but all wasnt lost at the preview.. i picked up an application for the sph scholarship for journalism, though i probably wont get it la, and im quite sure because of an extremely "insightful" interview with smelly-labia scholar. but oh well, hope for the best la eh?

headed for dinner afterwards and i swear i will get lardier, after just losing weight over the holidays. ate at this hongkong teahouse place at bugis street, which served really yummy chinese food at reasonable and relatively cheap prices!whee! plus i still ate supper at newton la! confirm put on the pounds one!haha. on the flip side thoguh, im extremely content,heh.

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ok that abt sums up my entry for today, shall post the pictures from juling's bday soon, as well as blog abt the exchange programme with meiden high, which i think have to be split into 3parts at the very least.

back to the books...

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