1 year 4 months down the drain. Had my first fag after a long "break". No diff leh. Nothing special. Though the only time it was worth it was when I was outfield in the freaking mosquito infected, damp jungle. And I only had one stick left. Flarg! (I gave my 2nd one to my signaller cos he was out too.)

Well, reservist is almost over. Nights off today, out-pro morrow. I guess I won't be cmoking anymore after that. This year's ICT was...was...was...I dunno. I just went thru it with a dazed stae of mind. Just stoning my way thru. I can't even remember most of the guy's names or the drills or the commands, but I managed to bluff my way thru and still did my drills and mini-mission pretty well. :P I so rock \m/. I basically went to this ICt with only one state-of-mind. Chill. I did alot of lepaking. It's nice catching up with the rest, recalling stories and memories that happened 5 years ago. Everytime we meet up, it's always the same stories, and we always have a good laugh about it. Army life is fun. I would say in some weird sense I do miss it, but it's not something I would do full-time. 2 1/2 years is enough crazy-jungle-regimental-disciplinary fun. The yearly in-camp does do good bringing everyone together though i think it'll be more cool they they chill abit on the discipline like let us keep our hair :P

Here comes October. It'll be a fun month and more relaxing as compared to September. Crazy!!!!! Blarg!

Tomorrow. Actually in 2 hours time, I leave for reservist. I'm looking forward to the getaway from the normal stuff I'm doing. Not to say I find what I'm doing now a drag, but sometimes it's good to go off somewhere without any "worries". It's not like a holiday where you go and chill but still keep an eye on your bank account to see if you've over spent, unless you're loaded lah, or something. This time, you have to go. No excuse. You can drop your work just like that and you don't have to fake an MC or something. You just go and no one can say anything about.

Anyway, my current, or should I say then, hairstyle is obviously unacceptable for reservist so I had to cut it. Really didn't know what to do. To go crew-gel-up-all-spikey look? safe-short-back-and-sides look? Or a neat-combed-neatly look. Hmmm...didn't know so last night, I just shaved my head. Boy it isn't as easy as it looks on the TV or in the movies. It's not just put a shaver to the head and shave away. I couldn't event get a proper shave. Had to cut everything short, then run the shaver thru, then cut again, then shave. And even then, I couldn't get it all even. Maybe it's cos I got a shitty shaver. Anyway, I'm like a bloody recruit now man. hahaha. Recruit with a paunch. 2 hrs to reservist and I haven't packed. I should, but I feel lazy. Oh well. Guess there won't be any sleeping tonight.

I haven't picked up the papers or followed the news in days. Petrol prices went sky high and I was going thru sunday's papers reading the article about saving on fuel. There was this section about petrol saving tips.

One of the tips said : Close your windows. An open window adds drag and increases fuel consumption by up to 5 per cent
The next one says: Turn off the air-con unless it is sweltering. It is a major pertrol guzzler

What the fuck do they want! Us to asphyxiate in the car???!!! Wah kao!!!