Woe is me

Troubles don't melt like lemon drops
They multiply and feed on your joy
Like ravenous locusts destroying crops
It knows no mercy, with your feelings they toy

One moment a glimmer of hope,
The next, leaving you in darkness to grope

I try to hold me head up high
Telling myself time for peace is nigh

Only to be brought down in the dump
Making me desperate enough to jump

For now I can hope and pray
And maybe soon I shall see a sunny day?

My 29 Years on Planet Earth

Today, I have successfully made through 29 years of my life on this plane of existence. And this is still the best yet so far. I have a wonderful and supportive family. I have a beautiful, loving and passionate girlfriend. I have a group of close and fun-loving friends. I feel blessed.

My life has definitely taken a turn for the better this year and I can only hope that it will keep improving.

The high point of yesterday was the surprise my close group of friends gave me. My best buddy, my cousin and her boyfriend made a cake for me and then gathered all my friends at my house to celebrate my birthday for me. This was so unexpected, I never expected and when i opened the door and they started to sing 'Happy Birthday' to me, I nearly cried. (Yes, go ahead say it, I am so 'Gu Niang')

Thanks to (in no order of preference and merit): Jonathan, Wanjun, Tricia, Wilson, Qiaoling, My Parents and last but not least My Baby! Lydia! Muack!

This Dream I Woke Up From

With tender hands on my face
The kiss still warm in place

The caress so sweet and soft
Puts my heart and soul aloft

The body is tainted again with lust
Yet the heart holds true with trust

This union is certainly unbecoming
Wagging tongues and gossip teeming

It is love or a simple crush?
Will it be over in a rush?

The answer came to me so clear
No longer do I need to fear

For I have woken up from this dream
Soon it will be memory up in steam

The Reservist.

I have been a PES E personnel since the day I registered for my National Service. Being a PES E personnel means that you are excused from all forms of physical activity in the force. Usually that would mean, you ended up being an administrative clerk for some people they would envy people like us, saying that we have a very cushy life.

For myself, I have never viewed National Service as a citizen's obligation but my right and honour to serve my country in a military defense capacity, to be a real man. When I started my stint as a clerk in MINDEF, I was a little disappointed being poseted so far from my home to do administrative.

That disappointment soon turned to a huge challenge as I soon realised that the job in store for me was not a mere administrative role. It was a one of great importance as it helps to shape the career path of many regular servicemen in the force.

I disrupted after 2 years and went to to pursue my studies. After 4 years I went back to the Army to serve the remainder of the NS term in a small unit with no gfreat contributions whatsoever. And I thought that would be the end of my involvement in NS.

2 years after I ORDed, I received a letter to go back for reservist. I was puzzled at first as most PES E personnel are not called back.

So here I am, well into the third week of my ICT, and feeling more proud then ever to be able to serve my country in a greater capacity than ever.

I may not be able to serve with my body, but I can serve with my mind and my spirit.

Music is my soul food

Oh ya! Its 2008 already! And I am still clubbing...what the heck? So much for the new year resolution to cut down on clubbing. Every time the feeling after clubbing is pure fatigue and I keep telling myself "This is the last time!". After a week of recovery, the music and the dance floor calls out to my very soul, causing me to yearn for it like a man in a desert yearns for water.

The feeling is indescribable when I am putting my moves to the groove. The earth stops revolving, tomorrow will not come until the music stops. Music moves me, feeds me, sustains me. When the music plays I stop being myself and surrender to its rhythm.

Cantrary to many people's beliefs, its not alchohol that causes intoxication, it the music!

How can I stop when it affects me sooooooooo much? Tell me how?

The $10 KTV Session

My cousin brought me to this really cool KTV outlet in Smith St., Chinatown and boy was the place cool! You can have free flow of drinks and they even give you a bowl of complimentary shark's fin soup! I would like to state for the record that I am against the consumption of shark's fin due to the inhumane way of killing the poor animals but still no KTV I have been to can match up to their price and value for money. Simply amazing! I know I sound like a caveman being so ignorant to the KTV scene in Singapore.

After all, this coming from a guy whose repertoire consists of like maybe 4 English songs and 2 Chinese songs that should not be too surprising. Anyway, I am definitely going back there again but I would definitely need to learn some new songs, apparently its kind a no-no to sing songs to MTVs which consists of babes in bikinis having nothing to do with the song.

I have included a video here showing my cousin and her friend doing their exellent rendition of 'First Love' by Hikaru Utada. There is also a green ninja in the video....watch out for him.