running. i did 1.25 for intervals tt time. i felt great and proud at my own achievement.
i improved. somehow. but thats just intervals. when its long d, my mind just becomes weak.

im losing my muscle mass. im shrinking alreadddyyy noo.

i gotta clear my ippt fast and get the gold soon. zz

cadets are in already. amongst them are ben from tj oac and soda frm tj councilor. and ronnie seah frm xps meiting's batch. lol. we did some xiong pt today.

i cant wait to get my bunk and bloody freakin stay in cos the travellin to and from camp is killing me. the transport fare and the food from canteen and spec mess. i spend easily $10 a day.
10 x 5days per week x 4 weeks = 200.
200 + weekends chillings = roughly 500.
1k allowance - 300 forced savings - 200 parents - 500 = wow well done darren. u're fkin left with nothing for absolutely NOTHING at ALL!


solution for above? stay in plus indent bfast lunch dinner SFI. SWEET. at least i can save $200 more. anyway come home also nth to do. and i miss being a soldier alr. being a civilian is too costly.


and er. YOU TOOOK MY HEART AWAAYYY.



90/10 Principle
By: Steven Covey

Discover the 90/10 Principle.
It will change your life (at least the way you react to situations). What is this principle?

10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean?

We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic. We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%.

How? By your reaction. You cannot control a red light. However, you can control your reaction. Do not let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.

Let us use an example: You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened. What happens next will be determined by how you react. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over.

She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus. Your spouse must leave immediately for work.

You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit zone. After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arrive at school. Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started te rrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home, When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.

Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a bad day?

A. Did the coffee cause it?
B. Did your daughter cause it?
C. Did the policeman cause it?
D. Did you cause it?

The answer is “D”.

You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day. Here is what could have and should have happened.

Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, “Its ok honey, you just need to be more careful next time”. Grabbing a towel, you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minute s early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.

Notice the difference?

Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different.Why? Because of how you REACTED.

You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction.

Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle.

If someone says something negative about you, do not be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You do not have to let the negative comment affect you! React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc.

How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic?

* Do you lose your temper?
* Pound on the steering wheel? A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall Off)
* Do you curse?
* Does your blood pressure skyrocket?
* Do yo u try to bump them?

WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the cars ruin your drive. Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it.

You are told you lost your job. Why lose sleep and get irritated? It will work out. Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job.

The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take out your frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on. Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger.

Why are you stressed out? It will just make things worse. Now you know the 90-10 principle. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing if you try it.

The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle.

The result? Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache.

We all must understand and apply the 9 0/10 principle.

It CAN change your life!

























well erm. change my life pls. i need it.

to shalynn. read me like a book.

extend or not.

if extend. extend 3 mths normal pay 1k? or extend 6 mths regular pay 2k?



gotta setttle down fast and start climbing again. missing out too much on vball, badminton, tanning, pool, fitness and climbingggg.



1. i wanna buy a new shoe.
2. update my new 8gb mem stick for my psp
3. faster take cadets
4. get my fire and motivation to be a well respected officer
5. hope comms ball goes well
6. go mambo zz.
7. get back my old bonds and ties w my fellow climbers. it feel likes e gap is growing wor.
we need some ultra mega get-together again and play POLAR BEAR AND HUNTER again.
8. get my drivin license.
9. start savin up till 5k like bel. -_-
10. get a family portrait done w me in no1 and sis in grad robes.

" it is common for people to fear how they are judged before another and i would think twice before i want to give bytes of info that may give an unintended impression. everything that is said and done seems so scripted to make things look good.

things like "i just won 20 bucks at mahjong!" may make people think i'm a mahjong junkie. "shiok ah 8 to 5 job in army" may make people think i'm a slacker. "i'm an officer" makes people have a generally good impression.

will i ever be forthcoming to a complete stranger? "graham






" Army starts again tmr. We’re that close to commissioning. 21032009. They always said OCS was 9 long months, but the 9 long months has finally come to 7 weeks. Before long I’ll be counting the days to my commissioning using my fingers. ;D

Oh well. I really miss going to school. Today’s visit back to NY made me realise how much I wanna be a student again. Being a student > being a soldier, lol. Even with the exams. " jiajie (pls dun charge me)









random points:
0) see my blog archive. the rate at which i update my blog. average 5-10 entries a month last time. now 1-3 entries a month LOL

1) away to thailand 30jan to 15feb.

2) in the mean time i'll be missing out on CITYALIVE, bouldermania and the rest of cny. zz.

3) by e time i come back. it'd mean 32km route march for csb. man routemarch again. and it'll mean last 2 weeks in arty institute. and den 3 weeks of SAFTI OCS. man i wanna go back.

4) i'm lookin forward to all the formal dinners and ceremonies of commissioning. comms parade, dinner, comms ball, ACPC.. will you be my comms ball date pls

5) i see all e climber officers all enjoyin ns life all rather slack not so chiongsua anymore. i cant wait to be like them man. den finish up my drivin license and concentrate on beach vball and gettin back my muscles and strength for climbing.

6) oh ya boulderactive falls on my comms parade. zz. means prob climbers will hafta choose btw watchin my comms parade and boulderactive. and also means i cant go boulderactive.

7) i hope thailand will be fun. not xiong. alot of eye-openers and sight seeing and enjoying of scenery and may the weather be merciful on me. dun be too hot or too cold (which apparently is the case now in thailand).

8) i've learnt abit more abt pool frm elwin alr. level up.

9) i want joey's list of clubbing music and have my own itouch and spam all the songs in it to groove to.

10) i wanna go back to safti ocs for 3 wks of joint term. im lookin forward to the month of march. but not so to the end of feb where i gotta do csb. routemarch.

11) i wanna mahjong summore, lan more, chill more and climb more...

after i come back frm thai 15feb

From Jiajie's blog. He should start charging me for copying and pasting his every other posts here. lol

"Sawadee-crap
04Jan09
Leaving for Thailand today. It’s going to be another fast-paced, suffer outfield thing, though I doubt it’ll be as imba as JCC back in Brunei.
I’m really dreading this Ex. Crescendo thou. Then again, what I’m afraid of isn’t the perils of living outfield (9 days again lol). I’m more afraid of not being able to perform up to expectations, esp in missions where they’re out to access you. Zzz.
Lol, the only good thing I can see is that the next time I blog from this computer, I’l be about 8 weeks away from commissioning!
8 fucking long weeks lol zzzzzzz.
Okay bye."



Some similarities being:

1. im gg outfield for 3 days 2 nights too. except in spore. Ex. Firestrike.
32km tactical march. FBO. (yes F***BO), plus the Forward Observer's bag, plus all the extra fo load plus weapon.... i just hope god will bless me.

2. its an assessment exercise. if u fail or u dont score well enough, u dun commission. woot. moving with the infantry troops and calling for fire is another realm in my NS life so far. it has really taken me to another level of understanding and its NOT easy. so much info to upload into ur head. "afraid of not being able to perform up to expectations, esp in missions where they’re out to access you"
plus i repeat. 32km march. WITH FBO. k 'nuff said.

3. "I’l be about 8 weeks away from commissioning! 8 fucking long weeks lol zzzzzzz."
ok well. that's that. i'll be going thailand for Ex. Battleking on 30jan? CNY? 5 days after my bday? nice celebration hor. its ARTILLERY LIVE FIRING WORHS. i'll see how arty kill ppl. "With the baptism of fire, Arty cadets are now ready to be commissioned blahblahblah..."






















Enough about army. major chillings so far have been:
1. mahjong through the night with sooo many people. soo many times
2. night cycling into the new yr of 2009 with the climbers. ( like last yr)
3. sentosa at least 6 times these past weeks. nice playing with people who really knows how to play vball. zhengrui + yanberg = fun.
4. movies? ipman only =( i wanna watch yes man stil hvnt watch.
5. dota - the kill friendship game
6. opps hvnt been climbing. lol
7. Nintendo Wii! its fun! but lame. but stilll, fun! mario kart, bowling golf boxing tennis. errrhh!
8. xmas gathering w climbers was nice and heartwarming.
9. i think shalynn is a very strong girl. and i hope she stays that way. i know she will.
10. created a Forced Savings account ( My Savings Account ) in posb. hopefully will save enough from the army allowance to tide me through Uni life. 4 years hardly any income how to survive lol.
11. i wan my license soon and drive manual car zoom zoom.




for now. its ex .firestrike. zzzzzzzzz.