Succumbing to temptation

Hey, it's a fine Sunday afternoon. Was about to do a long-d run today, but since I'm meeting ky later, I shall postpone it to tomorrow. Yesterday was quite memorable man. Yup, it was the National Day 2010 Preview show, and I must say, it was a blast! I did the second shift this time, and knowing that it would be my final time enjoying the show segment of the parade, I wanted to cherish it more. Everything was upscaled yesterday; from the performances to the lighting effects to the fireworks. Of course, it was the preview so things had to be up there, like the actual one itself. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of the parade, even though I was still maintaining vigilant throughout. The most difficult part is not looking at the astonishing fireworks display when it went off, haha. Two...

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My Own Progressive Training

15k. This is the distance for today. I am nervous, no doubt. But I believe it should bemanageable, cos' 42k will be much tougher. I predict at the end of this run I will feel some blisters or fatigue. But that should be normal cos' there are no check points for me to take a break. Hopefully my Adi Supernova can take it too, if it can then I will use it for the NB run. This whole morning was raining like hell. Naturally, the CPFA was cancelled, so we did not get to run at all. I must, must, must make up for this. This will be the stepping stone. From 10k to 20k. Slowly, I'm reaching my half-marathon soon, and this 15k will be an important...

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Album Review: Belus

I love Burzum's music. It doesn't fit into your traditional Black Metal type of sound, but you can't label it as anything short of Black Metal either. It's just, how do you put it...enigmatic. Burzum's music usually take you into another realm of reality and this newest album, after 10 years, does exactly that. I won't say it's an absolute classic or revolutionary album, but hell, it's still brilliant. And one song in particular just slays every single Burzum song that precedes it. 1. Leukes renkespill (Introduksjon)This song is just the intro, it's technically not a song anyway, just the sound of glass knocking onto a floor or something...

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Something's coming...

Hey blog. Tired man. But I like typing here, gives me a sense of purpose and hopefully fulfillment/enrichment next time when I read back, months or even years later. It's not even surprising anymore; test was delayed to next week again. And I think next week will delay even further. But at least we got our No.1 uniforms already. Though mine was one of the few which got send back for some adjustment due to the size being too big and cutting errors. I don't really understand why they look out for such minute details, must admit I was taken aback, but I guess that's the prestige and standard required to don a proper No.1 wear. Can't wait to wear the full set and see how I look...Today's CPFA did 4.8k. Almost cancelled due to rain but we carried on. Clocked at a modest 24.50min. Didn't manage...

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For my enrichment only...

Holy crap, my blog sucksss now. =/ What can I do, when camp life is so slow and mundane. Practically did NOTHING again today! Another day of doing nothing! Again! Ironically I can't wait to mount for Istana. Schedule's out, and I'll be starting soon... I have to do something, anything. To occupy my life. Seriously, I am damn free now compared to my peers. With my 8-5 schedule and Istana posting, I am literally gonna do next to nothing for my remaining NS liability. Except on days when I have to do ceremonial, security etc. But those are few and far between. I've always pushed away the need to spent time wisely, due to the fact that my schedule was always "not stable". Even when I got posted to a 8-5 unit, I still tried convincing myself that my schedule was "not stable". Not now. I think...

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Lab's To-do List 2010

Shit...I'm dead tired. Literally lying on my bed now while typing...I don't even have the energy or mood to post but I have to...if not I'll regret. Life is too short for regrets... Though I am sacrificing my precious SLEEP...the time is ticking away...less than 6 hours of sleep...and reducing. Let's finish this quick, k?Basically the whole day spent outside, at mac chilling. Watching Liar game these few days...epic show man. I love it la. Though I think season 2 is ending too quickly. Should increase the episodes la, 9 is too little. I CANNOT wait to see the movie. Liar Game: Final Round. Wa...after seeing the Trailer, makes me so excited, like a little fanboy sia. Akiyama-Kun showing emotions? Holy shit this I gotta watch!Then at night went to watch "Ong Bak 3". Totally disappointing man....

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First >10k Run

Today's run was quite nice, everything was ok. No crappy side stitch, leg cramps or whatsoever. Managed to break the 10k and completed around 12k. Lousy timing, but never mind, as long as I completed it. Weather was quite shite though, but don't expect breezy winds when you are running at around 12 pm. This was the route I took, quite a smooth, obstacle free and direct route. The lure of me getting home after U-turning at lakeside was strong enough to push me all the way back. Must get a good pair of running shoes and tights for the actual marathon though, as I'm starting to feel the effects of inadequate and inept equipment for my runs. Went...

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A Boring Update on ST60

Going to sleep straight away after this, so let's wrap things up real quick. Back from NDP deployment, same old stuff happening, but seeing the parade never gets old. It's quite spectacular this year. Hmm...hope nothing cocks up and I will enjoy the actual NDP there and then. Now, as for "ST60". Been quite some time le, I think it's already a month since I started? This morning, my weight was at 62kg. Reactions? Well, quite relieved, but well deserved since I did the 10km run two days ago. It was not for nothing. Went back to clean eating with stuff like Subway, YTF and Mr Bean. Though can be quite ex, especially for a foot long sandwich, but no choice. Slowly but surely, I am getting there...So another day has gone. Tomorrow will be waking up early, have breakfast then go for a...

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Lab Presents: Songs by Jay Chou you never knew!

First and foremost, I am super glad to say that yesterday's IPPT was CANCELLED, yes CANCELLED due to bad weather. This is really a big in-your-face LOL! It's not cos' of the dreadful thought of having to take IPPT that made us so happy it was cancelled. No. How shall I put it...Karma? You see, these organisers failed to transmit info properly, and in the end gave some unreasonable instructions which was totally unnecessary. And all for their convenience. Never mind if you don't get it, those who do can le. Serves them right the IPPT was cancelled. So...yesterday became another totally "Zhuo Bo" day...I hate it man. I'm like wasting my life in camp doing absolutely nothing. Can't they just let us off if there's nothing on? Haix. One thing that filled ours minds ytd though, was whether...

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Live To Fight Another Day

Yo, guess what? OD test was cancelled today. How dumb is this, when we were told on Tuesday we're going to have test today. I mean, don't they know the schedule that today nobody is free due to the NE trip? Totally laughable. Shan't elaborate more to prevent my ass from getting into trouble. Omfg...tomorrow need to be at parade square at 0600hrs for IPPT. WHAT THE HELL SERIOUSLY. Considering the actual test don't even start after 0700hrs, this is really absurb. And the f-ed up thing is, we must do this cos' we are NEWBIES....and the lao jiaos all get to book in LATER...Hmm...these few days I've not been monitoring my weight. It all started...

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Life is a Marathon

Yea, it definitely is. Just last week I was quite uplifted by my incredible drop to 61kg. But who knew, in the space of a few days I'm back to 63kg. It really shows that in whatever you do, if you become complacent and stop working hard, you will suffer the consequences. It never stops until you die. Life that is. So essentially life is a freaking long marathon, and we must continuously push ourselves in order to keep improving. No more crap bout' weight loss, will only touch on the this weekend. If I post results now, I'll only feel more disappointed. Anyways, this week is quite physically demanding. Tomorrow is CPFA, don't know how many km, and then after that is IPPT on Thursday. I'm seriously contemplating whether to just aim for a pass for this IPPT, as it's only for determining...

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Raising the Bar

Alright, I woke up very late today. It's not what I planned, but heck, I was having duty yesterday. I hope my weight doesn't increase due to the binging yesterday...but even if it does, I am gonna burn all of it today.In a while's time, I'm gonna attempt my first 12+ km run. Yes, I've never ever covered more than 10km before, but this time, I must try. Since I'm going for marathons soon, I must start training. This is quite serious. If only I put so much effort to my god damn studies. But that aside, I must finish this distance today. I've thought long and hard, where the fk to run more than 10km. In the end, I just decided to go with the simplest...

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Orientation Drill is Ending!

Yea...my favourite time of the week. Friday! Excellent. It feels extra good this weekend because we finally got over a shack week. As I posted, it was OD week and boy, it is really quite tiring. Two words: STANDING PARADE.From 15 mins, to 30 mins, to 45 mins...it is always damn tough to stand still with a SAR-21 for long periods of time. You have to be mentally tough to get through. But as always, tough times do not last, tough men do. How true. Ok, I took ATTN B for one and a half days, but still went through two full days of training, so I'm not just empathizing with the pain that everyone goes through, ok?But as fate would have it, I seemingly have to do extra work to make up for missing the earlier sessions. I actually volunteered to be the timer. Simply put, being the timer...

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A Horrendous Experience

I don't know what is going on inside my brain. It has, unknowingly, succumb to such a deep and dark part that I myself do not know whether I have gone too far with all these hateful and evil thoughts. I woke up this morning, and realised I had a freaking DISGUSTING, HORRIBLE, INHUMAN, SICK NIGHTMARE. It gives me the damn creeps every single time I visualise exactly what I saw, even until now. I swear, I've dreamt of wierd stuff before, even scary stuff like ghosts, p******** etc, but never has a nightmare gave me such a after-effect such as this one. What the fuck man seriously WHY DO I DREAM OF SHIT LIKE THIS. I DONT EVEN HAVE THESE SICK...

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*SNAP*, Just like that.

GOOD LORD OH MIGHTY, MY MOTIVATION IS BACK! THE FIRE IS ALIVE!Sometimes, it's just little things that suddenly give you that motivation. I was scanning through threads on HWZ just now...guess what? One particular thread swept away all my troubles of weight loss now and renewed my passion and hunger for running. It was about this US Navy Seal, David Goggins. See what he does daily for yourself. I am deeply inspired by him, his will, his passion, his psychology on life etc. Doesn't that make you feel pumped and ready to go out there, change to your running gear, and burn some rubber? I know it has sure made me feel this way. It's like suddenly, my illness all vanished in an instant. I feel like doing every single marathon starting from today. So I went to search about the upcoming...

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Sometimes, too fast is not GOOD.

Ok, I didn't expect this coming. I am sick again. Cough, sore throat, flu...And it's ironical really, judging from the fact that I've been physically very active these past few weeks. I guess I know the reason why I've fell sick. I pushed myself TOO hard.Yes, during my "ST65" where I lost 20kg in a mere 3 months, I never fell sick during that period at all. But this time things have changed. The environment has changed, the circumstances, the food I eat, the way I work, everything has changed. No longer was I doing things at my own pace ala during last year. This time I was trying to lose weight too quickly, without factoring in important stuff like my training schedule, my resting time, my food intake etc. Not that much anyway. I mean, I was not just trying to lose weight, I was actually...

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Into the Abyss

I am listening to some DSBM now while looking at FB profiles...and you could imagine pretty much what's going on in my mind now. I don't want to feel like this...trust me...but how could I not when I am going to have OD this week...? It's gonna be...what, four days of non-stop, continuous drills? Just imagine, warm-up drills, repetitive sedias, senangdiris, hentakaki, rifle drills, standing parades, all the sweat, all the pain, all the exhaustion. For at least 8 hours everyday, that adds up to around 32 hours of endless drills, drills, and more drills. SHITFUCK. Time is going to pass very, very ssslowly. I'm not prepared mentally for this. Whatever, it won't kill me. This is the sacrifice to make for entering LECC. =/ Ok, Gymed just now. Not bad, sweat quite a lot. Weighed 62.2kg....

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Lab's FIFA World Cup 2010 Conclusion

F-R-E-A-K-I-N-G Boring. I wasted my time watching it. The game was damn slow, Spain once again did their mundane passing regime, while Netherlands looked like a lost puppy all the time. And as expected, Spain's attack proved too strong for the Oranje's defence. Though, Netherlands also tested Casillas lots of time. Both teams had a few CLEAR chances on goal, but their forwards squandered them. This match is not of World Cup quality, much less of a World Cup Final. And FINALLY after a stalement which went for 116 damn minutes, Iniesta scored the winning goal. Relieved, I was, to see the dull game finally end. I would have dreaded over it if it went to penalties. So there, my prediction of either Brazil, Germany or Spain would win came trve. Nothing to boast about...no prizes to be taken...

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The greener side of the grass~

Yo blog, just woke up after a super long 12hrs sleep. I was dead tired yesterday; dropped on my bed the first instant I reached home. If you all know, I was doing duty for NDP CR4 yesterday. Oh man. How things have changed! Awesome, is simply what I can say. My area of ops changed from a dull and lifeless one to one where the whole parade was literally in front of me, without any blocking. It is truly a once-in-a-lifetime view. It's really almost identical to Mr Nathan's view, just a bit to the side. I can't describe it. Being able to witness the whole parade from this perspective...I'm just lucky. Although it's not easy standing STILL for 45 mins but it's definitely worth it. So hopefully...my place doesn't change, and I can have the shift I want on the actual day itself...but...still...

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The dust has settled...what next?

Finally, the week has ended. Right now at this moment I'm feeling quite "seh" but not due to camp life being too shack, but cos' ytd didn't sleep well. Oh well. Anw this week is quite productive for my "ST60" (Read back) due to the frequent no. of times my body went through physical activities. Let's see, completed two runs (4.8km x2) and had some drills sessions. If you think, "How de hell drills can be called physical excercise", come to MPEU. Esp Istana. You'll know. And coupled with my semi-strict caloric intake, I've managed to weigh in at just below 63kg this morning. This is a much better improvement shown. Finally I've gotten back to serious "Cutting". But then, I've not really made it a must to consume only healthy food; I just made do by eating anything I wanted, (bar Fastfood,...

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Lab's WC Predictons: The Finals & 3rd/4th

3rd/4th Placing: Uruguay vs GermanyOh come on, the Germans are gonna THRASH Uruguay so badly they'll have a hard time coming out of bed the next morning. Uruguay's expiry date has ran out with Forlan's swan song goal and realistically speaking there's no other way than a German win by a large margin.FT: Uruguay 0 Germany 5FINALS: Netherlands vs SpainI hate to say this, but Spain will win. As much as I don't want them to. Their team is too damn overkill now...Netherlands's pathetic defence WILL feel the full force of the brilliant Spanish attack. I really hope I'm wrong though, as I'd much prefer the Oranje to lift the World Cup. FT: Netherlands 1 Spain 3 (And Villa to win Golden Boot)Don't forget guys, Lab's prediction is STILL ON. But not that I really care now, anyway.Don't want/no...

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To the next level.

Ok, I feel the time is right. After so many months and weeks of lingering around my comfortable weight of 64kg, I think it's really due time I finally start another "Cut". Seriously, I don't fuck care what everyone is saying; such as me being already at a satisfactory weight, or me needing to bulk up more, or whatnot. I will decide for myself, and I've already known for a long time that I need to lose more weight, in order to become fitter. I seriously ponder, do people tell me NOT to lose anymore weight because they really think I'm lean enough, or are they thinking of something else? I don't get it; FACT is I AM still having quite a substantial amount of FATS covering my abs, I am not even at 8% bodyfat, and I am still not achieving that level of fitness that I want. So I really find...

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Lab's WC Predictons: The Semifinals.

Yo! Just finished watching "2012" online and I gotta say, I'm pretty shaken up by the series of events portrayed by the film. Well, let's not be too overly worried about the baseless conjectures about "THE END OF THE WORLD" and just get on with life. Let's carry on with my WC predictions! Can't believe it's the Semi-Finals already!Match 61: Uruguay vs NetherlandsI should see the Orange side of this clash see through the game pretty smoothly. Their performance against Brazil was not the most convincing of displays, even though they did win. It was just an accumulation of hard work, holding their ground, Brazil's wasted chances, and a whole lot of luck. Nevertheless nothing matters, as long as you win, right? Technically speaking, the Netherlands team are also far superior to their opponents...

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How Time Flies!

Just got back from NDP duty....quite drained out of my energy now. There's absolutely nothing interesting to post about regarding my work there...I was supposedly positioned at the best place to view the parade; the rooftop, but I could not see a single shit cos' from every single angle were huge barricades blocking my view. And worse, I missed the fireworks since my shift wasn't on when they started it. Toot sia.Oh great. Argentina lost to Ze Germans! Bah...my last little bit of hope left for a team that I actually am quite fond of has been knocked out...Why the hell are the Germans so damn powerful this year?? It always happens like this man. The lower profile teams step up as the tournament progresses, while those overhyped media favourites always, ALWAYS get pwned in the Quarter Finals....

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The Calm before the Storm...

Slacking...life is as such for now. I can literally say, we are absolutely doing nothing right now in my new unit. All the stuff are just refreshers; things we've already learnt before. And there is not much regimentation at all. If only life was so simple, huh?NOPE. Next week, things are gonna change~! I think most of us know it already. Next week is gonna be OD. Oh my God. In case anyone doesn't know YET, OD = Suffering. Well, here we go again. Just like the endless outfields and physical activities and IPPT etc, this is just part of the endless pit stops we will encounter, and have to overcome in order to proceed to the next level of our journey. I believe we are all damn well rested and ready for it. Or are we? 2 hours standing parade is no joke, you know?TALKING ABOUT "2 HOURS STANDING...

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