Night at the Army

Booked out today. Got a bit of scolding when we were dismounting, and as a result our book-out was delayed, but this is small matter. Went to eat Pizza Hut and watched Night at the Museum 2 with my friends at night. Actually, I seldom go out with my army friends, and since I had nothing on today I thought it would be good to go and hang out with them.

The movie was quite nice. I watched Night at the Museum several days ago, and I can say that the content was as funny. However there were also significant differences between the first and the second movie. The first one more of a pure comedy, while the second one comprises more romance and adventure. And the second movie was more predictable than the first, as we already know more or less what's going to happen. Nevertheless, I feel it's a movie that everyone will enjoy, and I would definitely recommend it. Go and watch if you haven't! You can learn some history too!

This duty cycle was quite smooth. Nothing major happened. On some days I did more duty, but I still tried to go and exercise every night. Otherwise I will just keep on growing fatter... There was once when one of the NSmen was talking to us about our officer. He said when you scold people too much, people will definitely take revenge on you. Usually I would agree with him, but at that moment I seemed to sympathize with my officer. He wasn't doing anything wrong by scolding people. Those people getting scolded were doing the wrong things in the first place. He was merely asking them to be more by-right, i.e. do the right things. However in this society it seems that asking people to do the right things, or even doing the right things seems to be wrong... What has happened to all the traditional values we believed in?

The more I stay in army, the more I learn about the ugly side of life... Oh god, why is the world like this?

Reporting Sick

Yesterday, I reported sick for the first time in my army life. Before that, I have never seen an MO (Medical Officer) before, neither have I been to the MC (Medical Centre). Actually I didn't want to report sick initially, but I said I'm not feeling well and my superior forced me to go and report sick, so I had no choice...

I didn't like to report sick, because I was afraid that others might say I chao keng. I didn't want others to have this kind of image, because I'm not the kind who see doctor even when I'm not sick. But now that I realised everybody does chao keng in one way or another, why should I be left out? Yes, nobody wants to do work and want to push all the work to others. That's how army is.

Anyway, so I went to MC to see the MO, and was prescribed some medicine for slight flu. I had this flu for several days already, so it was good that I could get medicine for it in camp. At least I don't need to go and see a doctor outside. And it's FREE! Hmm, I have a feeling that I want to visit the MC more often in the future...

Going back to camp tomorrow... Hope nothing bad will happen in this 7 days...

Always with me (Piano) ~to my dear mum~

いつも何度でも (Always with me)

Music From "千と千尋の神隠し" (Spirited Away)
Composed by 久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi)

This is the piano solo version of this song. It can be found in several albums, one of them being "Piano Sings Japanese Animation Themes". Honestly, I like this piano version a lot, more than the original song. The movie is also one of my favourite Miyazaki Hayao Movies.

I slowed down the pace a little so that it's easier to play and I won't rush at the later part. Still, I made a lot of minor mistakes here and there (minor based on my level). I also tried to bring out the dynamics, but I guess this is the best I can get.


昨天是母亲节。在上个礼拜，我一直在想要给我妈买什么礼物，要怎么给她庆祝，但怎么想也想不到。到了礼拜天了，我还是没有主意...看来我平时留意她留意得不够啊~于是最后，我决定做一顿饭给她吃，然后给她买了一块蛋糕，算是尽一点孝心吧。

蛋糕是在Break Talk买的。前几天我有看到一个更好看的蛋糕，一小块一小块那种，有点像Strawberry Shortcake的，不过我礼拜天去的时候已经没有了。其实我以前无论买什么东西，总是会被我妈说一顿，说什么太贵啊，没必要买啊，为什么没有先问她啊之类的。所以这次呢，我也有点怕被她骂...但后来还好，她还是吃得挺开心的，毕竟我也附了一张写了贴心话的卡片。

我做的饭是咖喱饭，因为不需要炒很多盘菜所以很方便。我用的是日本的咖喱。费了我们九牛二虎之力，终于完成了。但可能水放少了，所以煮出来的咖喱味有点太浓了。不过第一次做成这样，也算不错吧。以后我可以自己做了，也可以做给别人吃了！Yay!

亲爱的妈咪，我希望您以后永远身体健康，过个快快乐乐的生活。上面的这首曲子，也算是我给您弹的！让我再跟您说一声：“母亲节快乐！”

呼んでいる 胸のどこか奥で
いつも心躍る 夢を見たい
かなしみは 数えきれないけれど
その向こうできっと あなたに会える

Reasons Of Extra Confinement

This mounting had been very peaceful and smooth. Not only do we mount one day less, the first 3 days are either public holiday or weekend, so there is much less duty to do. There was one day when I slept the whole morning and another day when I slept the whole afternoon! It's that relac... Furthermore a new batch of Sea Soldiers just joined us during this mounting, so we have more manpower and hence less duty for lao jiao like me. However, just when I was enjoying my time here, the worst thing happened...

It happened on Monday night. Suddenly I realised something is amiss, and I immediately went to check whether it's still there. To my horror, it wasn't... I've lost it... I've lost the most important thing one can lose during mounting, other than rifle and rounds! OMG...

I've almost lost it before. That time my platoon mates helped me look for it, and it was eventually found. But this time, I couldn't find it anywhere... I searched all the places it could be, all the places I've been to and walked through, but it was nowhere to be found...

I'm very sure I placed it in my pocket. Even though I changed uniform on Sunday, I definitely transferred everything to my new uniform, unless my memory fails me. Due to my previous experience, I even buttoned up the pocket to prevent it from falling out accidentally. Therefore, it couldn't have been an accident... At least that's what I think.

Of course I told my immediate superior about it immediately. He asked me to go and search for it first. After another day of fruitless searching, I gave up... The next day, I told him it cannot be found anymore.

I did an incident report, and my other superiors knew about it as well. Currently I'm still waiting for my sentence, as they need to wait for the investigation report to come out first. I don't know how heavy it could be... Probably can put me inside for many many days...

Why am I so suay? Why must it happen to me? If it was someone who took it, I don't think there would be any use even if he returns it to me now... I will still be punished... But still, I want to know who. Why do you do this to me? Do you really hate me that much?

And me getting confined isn't my own problem alone...