if only things were as simple as black and white..

thy rutted music, filled with sync;

Friday, November 06, 2009

Henry Lamer and the Operationally Ready Date

Phew.. I made it.. Like finally. I'm done!!! ORD OH!! haha.. I guess i'm happy and not happy at the same time. Happy coz i would have more freedom, dun have to follow some silly rules and no more uniform! Not happy coz now i have to take my life in my own hands and start planning things. I no longer have my day planned by someone, what to do, when is lunch etc. So more responsibilities on my part. But ok la, about time i take on more responsibilities, especially since my 21st birthday is just around the horizon.. haha..

So what am i gonna do now that its all over? Let me give you guys a brief summary, i already planned. =)

09 Nov 2009: Collect my IC from my camp and say the necessary goodbyes.
10 Nov 2009: Start my new job at Starhub
31 Nov to 3 Dec 2009: Cruise trip
February 2010: One week vacation in Hong Kong during CNY
April- May 2010: One week vacation in New Zealand+ 3 weeks vacation in Shanghai. (Date not confirmed)
June 2010: Uni orientation, i think
August 2010: Uni finally begins.

So keep track of what i am doing on thisunique web page and see ya all!!!

-everything should be written in black and white..
9:22 AM

thy rutted music, filled with sync;

Monday, October 26, 2009

Henry Lamer and the New Beginnings

Alright! I just gotten a job at starhub. Working as a mobile phone tester. the pay is pretty decent. So i guess that's good stuff. Kinda surprise i manage to get a job so quickly and with such a great pay. I sure am lucky. haha.. Can't wait to start work. It will be a totally new environment and that i hope that i can learn new skills from this working experience. Its a pretty long job, about half a year. Hopefully my new zealand dream wun be affected. haha..

Anyway, right now, i am resting at home. Hopefully these 2 weeks when i am clearing my leave, i can finish a few productive things. Like painting the house, clearing up my super messy room, the table, the cabinets etc. Of course, i hope my dancing course will start soon. Can't wait too. Poppin!!! yippeee!!! And of course, i better work on my german if i want to pass my exams WELL. Not just pass. Yup, of course keep up with certain spiritual stuff and continue and hang out with my frenz.. =)

Till the next time,

See you guys around!

-everything should be written in black and white..
1:11 AM

thy rutted music, filled with sync;

Sunday, October 04, 2009

Henry Lamer and the End of Course Report

Hey everyone! back to blog again.. haha.. after so long.. =p

The Medical Orderly Course(MOC) i took just ended on Friday, 2 october 2009. And just yesterday, or i should say this morning, i ended Exercise Rambo. These 2 events sort of signify the end of my NS life: unofficially. hehe.. but nonetheless, its been meaningful. But for today, i just wanna talk about the MOC i took.

I think throughout the course, other than the theory tests set, i haven been able to contribute much. Reason being i am hardly in camp, and also i didnt really go and spend lots of time studying my stuff. So i felt kinda guilty for that. But yet, throughout the course, i learnt a lot of stuff. Not only medically, but also things in regards to knowing my fellow instructors better, knowing my trainees better, man management skills etc. My trainees has given me lots of problem throughout the course, but so have i. =)

Yet, surprisingly, i have helped them more than i tot i did. A few of them actually chose me as their favourtie instructor, some whom i hardly interact with. And some actually walked up to me and shake my hand when they eventually passed out from their course. It was kinda heartwarming, and i really felt that no matter what u do, u will still leave an impact in people's life.

So at the end of the course, no matter what crap i have to go thru, i kinda feel that its worth it. =)

-everything should be written in black and white..
5:57 AM

thy rutted music, filled with sync;

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Henry Lamer and the Beginning of an End

oh man.. its been eons since i last blog. Mainly for 2 reasons:

1) I keep having thing to blog about, but once i sat in front of the com, all those ideas disappear.

2) My browser for some reason, just simply refuse to let me format my text, so i simply refuse to blog only in black and white, even though that the theme of my blog. =p

but here i am finally.. =) As the saying goes, better late than never.

today, i want to talk about something that all guys serving NS, look forward to, yup.. thats rite: ORD.

ORD marks the day when i finish my NS life. On the 7 of Nov 2009, i will officially be a civilian again.

this few days, i kinda feel insightful regarding the fact that i will be finishing my national service. why? coz i feel that my NS life has really made me a different person. Better or worse. i dunno. Probably both.

I was planning to do this piece when i officially finish. But since the "feeling" to blog is now, why waste it?

For those of you who read this blog and still rmb, i'm sure you know that i probably discuss about my NS life in around 3-4 entries. Perhaps now i will do a summary, but without divulging impt stuff at the same time. haha..

8 January 2008 was the day that i first enlisted. I think i can be fairly confident in saying that, i am probably the only recruit that my parents were not there to accompany me. My parents asked me whether i need them to come with me, i told them no, coz i think NS is nothing special. And its not like i am going away for a very long time. So as the rest of the recruits wave goodbye to their parents, i was standing there alone, mentally preparing myself for a regimental lifestyle (again#).

(#- why again? coz my life in my school's ODAC was also regimental, so i was more or less prepared.)

But clearly my first week in NS totally changed my perception of NS. Coz it was a very relaxing affair with nothing but meals and talks. Nothing physical that i can't handle.

But how wrong i was when i tot that it will stay this way throughout my whole NS life.

Fitting the criteria to be a Emergency Response Specialist(ERS), i was chosen together with a couple of others to progress to another location for training.

If the first week was heaven, this second week is definitely hell.

The training was very physically challenging for me. It was a total culture shock for me. So much so that i was super depress by evening time, and even shed some tears when i called home that night.

But fortunately/unfortunately, my persistent knee problem did not enable me to stay long in that course, lasting only for a short one month, and i was officially out of course and waiting for next part of my NS life to begin. Therefore, i had to say goodbye to the hefty salary, the thrill of the job and of course my frenz there.

Thankfully, i was allocated to the medical orderly course, praying hard that eventually i will end up in a fire station as an ambulance crew. Sadly to say, at the end of the 6 week course, i ended as an medical instructor in camp, which is at Boon Lay.

I stay in Serangoon.

But fortunately, my role as a medical instructor took another twist, when i found out that my main duty would be as a public medical instructor. Henceforth, i will be traveling all over Singapore, imparting first aid skills and knowledge to the general public.

Not trying to boast but, i certainly believe that my public speaking skills, which has been groomed since secondary school, certainly enable me to excel in this job. And i am proud to say that i have managed to improve further, when it comes to public speaking. Hopefully, this will be an asset when i step out into the civilian world again.

Now, after so long, i am about to say goodbye to the very thing that has taken up about one year and 10 months of my life. I guess i did indeed learn quite a lot of stuff from my NS life, especially in term of first aid. And of course, i have made many good frenz throughout my NS life, whom i am sure i will stay in contact with.

But at the end of the day, i still think 2 years of service is really too long. If it is for about 6 months, i would encourage everyone to actually try the taste of NS life, i certainly believe that you will learn something there.

Finally, its time to step out into the world i left not long ago, and begin a new phase of my life...

-everything should be written in black and white..
1:05 AM

thy rutted music, filled with sync;

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Henry Lamer and the Astounding Bus

Part 1

hi everyone.. back again to update my dear blog here.. Juz realise that this blog has been up for about 5 years already.. haha.. wow.. anyway, juz wanted to share an experience today.

Like most days, i was squeezing onto the bus while going home. It was a double decked bus. While on the first deck of the bus, i was getting the air squeezed out of me. I kept getting pushed inside the bus, until i was very near the staircase. I hesitated and decided to go on to the upper deck, assuming it's very packed on top as well. To my greatest surprise, it was very very empty! It's like your teacher telling you, u failed very badly for your test, but when u get back ur results, its full marks!!

I wondered, why on earth does EVERYONE wants to squeeze downstairs? I dun believe everyone were going to depart at the next stop. Is climbing one flight of stairs so tiring?

Weird people.

Part 2

I can't believe i failed to make use of such a gd opportunity. After my superb performance, i didn't make use of the chance to shoot all of you in the face. why??!! Will i succeed if i try it again tml?

Why do i always think about what i wud have said AFTER the incident? Haiz.. i guess my mind doesn't exactly work very fast.. Sad... Perhaps i plan too much, i hesitate too much. No wonder i miss out on so many opportunities.

Too scared of consequences+ hardly take risks+dun believe in luck = Present Henry

Hmmm.. perhaps its time to not look so much, and just leap.

-everything should be written in black and white..
6:17 AM

thy rutted music, filled with sync;

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Henry Lamer and His SOS

hi everyone! i know i know.. it's been ages.. felt inspired to blog today, at such a late hour.. haha..

Anyway, just came back for duty today and i felt a deep sense of helplessness.. why? coz i realise, even though i've been in ns for so long, even though i am now a senior.. There are still many things i do not know! Haiz.. i think i have failed to be a perfect role model for my juniors.

Is being a perfect role model an impossible dream?

I wish to challenge that notion. Therefore, i shall change my duties. I will run both matters in camp and outside camp. I'm sure not only it will improve my self discipline, it will also add on to my knowledge base. I'm sure it will benefit me in the future..

Haiz.. Guess i am just not cut out to be a gd leader.. feels depressing...

ever at some point of ur life wonder, why can't u be gd in everything?

but i realise that instead of thinking why, i should actually think about "how?" to change all that. From "don't know", to "know".

I gotta work on it..

I must..

-everything should be written in black and white..
8:45 AM

thy rutted music, filled with sync;

Monday, June 22, 2009

Henry Lamer and the Scottish Lady

just went out with boon on saturday.. like finally.. it's been trillion of years since we last went out together ever since the last time she came back from scotland.. so we decided to meet up and catch up. haha.. We went to orchard..

since both of us do not know wat to do and where to go, i came up with the brilliant idea of: Keep walking, and eat what you want.

So we agreed on some rules:

1) Choose a letter
2) First food/drink item we come across and it starts with that letter, we must buy it.
3) Must be cooked food.
4) Must be finger food.

So it kinda solve our dinner problem, and it allows us to see different things, keep talking, and gain no weight. haha..

So the first letter was from me, the letter A. and we ate..

it's called erm.. awasagki something something.. We ate it at Isetan. The english translation is "Japanese Desert with soy sauce".

-_-

oh ya, before i forgot, boon gave me a present, i requested haagen daz, this is what she got me..

ya.. creative heh? haha..

So we continued walking until we reach ngee ann city, and the letter was C. And we got...

it's called chicken something something.. haha.. and boon commented that it's like chicken nuggets.. that's kinda true..haha..

We talked quite a bit, discuss about a few people. haha.. den we continued walking all the way to plaza singapura, and had the next food item of the letter B.

It was B.F.F from chirppy's i think.. i forgot to take a picture of it.. haha.. it's a mixture of fish and chips. haha..

Our drink started with the letter with N, which was my favourite drink, Nescafe coffee original. =)

No pics also. haha.. forgot..

anyway, we walked all the way to the esplanade and saw a live band!

kinda wished i belong to a band..

But anyway, contents of our conversation will not be revealed here.. haha.. that's all!

Bye Bye! =)

-everything should be written in black and white..
12:26 AM