woah. its almost 7th july. my previous post was back on 1st july. didn't blog for quite a few days arh?

well, don't dare to say that i'm busy. its just that life's been plain? nth much happened. didn't went bballing due to leg injuries. that banged up thigh of mine was a serious case, climbing stairs was an uphill task.

so its outing with ky and jm for 2 straight days and expenses were sky high. finally got my pay from the pc show on thursday. a whooping $222. then walked around bugis for awhile before going home.

friday was a spent walking. from bugis to jalan sultan to suntec and then back to bugis. i didn't bought anything but ky did. total damage? at least $90.

saturday was the best. went pooling with ky, jm, waikit, peiren, jun liang, chung lim, nicholas, jing wen and gwee. after that, arcade. no shooting of dinosaurs this time round, only daytona and mario racing. lol.

after that, had late supper with ky all the way until 2am before walking home. we were discussing why nowadays we were less havoc and chaotic. well, it all comes down to us being 18 years old. time to start acting our age and like a young adult. and stop doing stupid things like those we did when we were 15.

but hell, i still miss those stupid times.

i miss scaring security guards. i miss bullying little kids. i miss dunking ky. i miss bondaging kwoky on his bday. i miss pranking no one else but ky even if its others' bday. i miss running around sch just to show ky a frog. i miss running around sch just to get everyone drenched. i miss the gang banging scene in ubin. i miss throwing oranges into people's house.

thats what we did when we were 15 and 16 years old. guess we are too old for those now. lol.

anyway. went bballing today. injuries are all healed. didn't do shooting drills for a few days and i got a little rusty. so it took awhile for me to get back in momentum. then playing one match with some china guys. won 7-4 i think. scored 3 points by shooting. one of them were from three point range. after giving my team a 3-0 lead, i assisted them and played defense.

and i blocked the tallest player during that match. i think he's 190 plus cm. lol. nice!

after that, went down to bedok to cut my hair. ok, cut isn't the right word, trim is more suitable. sheng shiong with my parents next. hahahahaha. my mother always goes to the supermarket when i'm super full after a meal. due to psychological reasons, i ended up not taking a single shit. this time round, i went there with an empty stomach. 3 cheers for sweet revenge, grabbed snacks and food like there's no tml. lol.

thats all. there's sch tml for me. so sad.

woke up at 9 plus today to go to sch just for one fucking ob lecture. pretty much ok for me bah, just that i wasted today, weekends are meant for slp-ing man.

while slacking around at home, espn was broadcasting the nba playoffs, i was all the more reluctant to go to sch. last 6 to 8 minutes of the playoff match up between the east number 1 seed boston celtics and number 8 atlanta hawks. hawks were leading and its in the clutch time! the most exciting period of a game.

but i still went to sch, this shows how much self control i have, lol. according to samuel, 40 plus out of the whole 106 of the cohort turned up. pretty nice attendance for a weekend lecture. seriously. the morning lectures for ebm used to have even suckier attendance, worse was dbis lectures. lol.

lunch at cs with wahid, chin wee, samuel, ruixin, audrina, deirdre and jenny. sat there planning for the bit orientation for the freshmen. ok lah, pretty nice activities i should say.

second part of this post. photos of our glorious ncc days again. this time, its lauzh's compilation once again.

national day, the day where most of us officially wore the ncc uniform for the last time.

group photo.

shamir dropped his beret and we witness it.

random shot.

pumping for us as we witness the incident.

all the way down.

nth special, we were used to it already. used to do pumpings all the time even when the roads were scorching hot.

part d 06.

ee hong and liang hao.

shamir pumping.

then after the cca award if i'm not wrong, its back to the new block to get ready for our final master parade and change of command ceremony. that's jun liang with his part a and zheng hong with his part b. they were discussing something.

while i starting the hentak kaki battle with my part c.

they were still discussing their stuff when the battle started.

our usm.

me inspecting them.

count buddy count buddy left foot count.

don't look elsewhere during hentak kaki!

ppl gathering around to see the battle that i started.

during master parade. my part c. standard ok!?

usm, asm and then part b ic.

in class.

the four musketeers of 4e 06. those havoc times.

during ncc dinner.

during graduation ceremony.

done.

back from yet another overnight bbq with brothers. currently taking a break from doing business statistics, all the formulae are making me go nuts.

purpose of this post should be updates on ytd bbq outing and some old photos.

for the bbq, jm, ky, justin, jj, wai kit, jun liang, pei ren, josh and of course me turned up. unfortunately, elvis and zh can't make it. we didn't called dk not because he's not our brother but we thought that asking him to come down all the way from bukit batok to pasir ris park is abit overboard.

usual crapping and gaming there. we've upgraded. it used to be dai di and cheat, but now? its bridge. lol. justin, wai kit, pei ren and jun liang left at 12 plus. the rest of us crapped, ate, gambled, fooled around all the way until 5 plus in the morning before taking a cab home together.

there's alot of stupid things that we did while playing bridge. first up, we were so obsessed with playing bridge that all of us were lazy to walk to downtown to buy drinks. so we called mcdelivery for drinks. lol. while ordering, they need us to tell them our exact location, so we told them its at paris ris park carpark e. the operator was unable to locate us as they need the postal code for ordering. we were like, "damn, bbq pits no postal code one, so how?" after much hussles lasting 5 to 10 minutes, the operator was finally able to find pasir ris park carpark e and we proceed to place our orders. i think by now, the operator should be quite pissed, but i think our orders can sent her nuts. after all the hussles, we just order 5 cups of drinks. lol! power right?

next, like i said, we were so damn obsessed with playing bridge that none of us were willing to do the cooking and cleaning up. but there's 5 of us left and bridge only requires 4 players, so one of us will have to do all the shit jobs. how do we decide it? easy, loser of the game do it lor. so whichever loser will be called "maria" and obviously, there were 5 marias. hahahahaha. the term "maria deck" was created by me for decks that have cards that will potentially made u the "maria" for that round, which in turn means a damn lousy hand.

anyway, highlight of the day? our usual water sports, throwing a victim into the sea. this time, it ain't ky, but peiren. he was chosen based on the magnitude of his gl-ness during the bbq. too gl and thus, decided to teach him a lesson. lol. don't take it to heart man bro.

peiren almost lost his close to useless hp which had a broken screen. he dropped it on the beach when we were carrying him towards the sea. good thing his hp didn't share the same fate as justin's previous phone when justin was chosen as the victim.

done with updates. photos now. these photos are from jun liang. asked for it while bbq-ing. i know the existence of these photos but back then in sec sch, i was too lazy to ask for the photos.

shall start with photos of our normal sec sch life and then into our glorious ncc days.


climb somemore lauzh. no wonder kena sacked from council. where got councillor like this one? lol. anyway, noticed those chairs behind lauzh? those are our cheapskate rocking chair. wah, miss those "rocking" times man.

hahahahaha. we celebrated my 16th bday in sch. a cheap cheese cake but a whole lot of effort and sincerity. too bad, back then, we were all poor students.

brothers.

brothers shot 2.

way back in sec 3. commemorating the stepping down of dunman's famous diver/air borne clt, sir chew swee.

our seniors back then. sir zuotong, hanteng, hafiz, sir chew swee and shamir.

group photo.

ncc photo taking session.

hahahahaha. typical, ky got caught again.

hahahahaha. throwing our usm.

gaying caught on screen.

lauzh and jm.

showing off his rank and supernumerary status.

act macho only.

our supernumerary logo.

thats all, gonna bathe and then do work again.

2 posts in one day huh? something pretty rare coming from jeremy lim. well, i'm done with my research so far. so well, no harm slacking.

was talking to lau zheng hong online. asked him for some ncc photos which i lost when my com crashed a long time ago. while transfering, he apologised for being mia all the time. i went to look at his timetable, what can i say? damn chiong arh.

these photos bring back great memories and one was damn vintage. way back in sec 2 when we were training for the orientation competition which we lost in the end. well, what matters most is the process, that's what everyone said. this team is the first batch of e.l.i.t.e specially trained by shamir and the second batch which was russell's batch, was trained by me. its a pretty big honour to take over shamir's role in training the orientation team.

woah. brothers man. i forgot what day was it but eveyone was all dressed up.

on the way to the hall.

outside the hall. yin and yang take 2.

veterans of dunman ncc land unit. can't help but mention this again, noticed the colours of the lanyards we were wearing? hell yeah. 6 golden and white lanyards, not the normal red and white ones. other than swiss cottage, which sch can u find this high number of supernumeraries under one roof?

woah. this one's the vintage photo that i was referring to. was taken aback when i saw it. i actually didn't know the existence of this photo until zheng hong sent me. seriously, i can't help but smiled uncontrollably. anyway, this photo came in a very special file format. it came in a .ppt format. powerpoint format! wtf right?

as u had noticed, we were all drenched. yeah, footage of us training in the rain with sbo on. back then, we were so into training for the competition that there's no such thing as cadet welfare for us, there's only honour and glory. furthermore, we were trained by the man i admire and respect the most, shamir. back then, its so different, unlike now, where the ncc cadets are so pampered and can't even do 20 pumpings. thrice a week, we'll be running in full number 4 uniform with sbo on. rain or shine, we run. even the basketball team don't do this. we are the only cca that run in the rain. that's just the running part, don't forget the other torturous drills that really pushed us to our limits. that was when brotherhoods are forged in the cause of a common goal which we failed to achieved. like i've said, its the process that mattered the most.

done with reminiscing. gonna try and find stuff to do now.

greeted shamir for a birthday wish through friendster. and this is what i had back from him.

YO!! YO!!

Jeremy...

MANY THANKS FOR THE B'DAY WISH!!

well.. u were a great cadet..

so far of all the cadets i've seen,

u were the one who really changed alot.. improved remarkably..

U used to slack but became more active and enthusiastic in NCC..more dilligent & discipline i say..

well.. the Part B/C's in the year 2005-2006

You took charge of, they found u a good leader..

I'm proud of it.. :)

so keep up the good work man!!

Well.. take good care of urself & study hard okay..

in future Jeremy,

i want You to be someone special okay..

according to my usual respond. i'll click on his link and view his profile. saw a photo with a certain caption that caught my entire attention for that split moment.

caption: my boys.. all grown up now.. All the best guys.. do urselves proud..

i'm the skinny shit whose standing second from the left. and infront of us were shamir and hashvin. great times. under the great leadership of shamir. only respect to him. nth else.

i know, u ppl will be laughing your asses off now. i looked like one cock right? i think so too. ppl do change, everyone do look cock at times. but the main point isn't that i looked like one cock, its the caption and the comment.

many a times, i've wondered if i've matured in the course of my secondary sch life or not? even the slightest bit. and now, after what shamir, a respected guy by me, had said. i do feel that i've kinda changed for the better. boys do grow up. not just physically. but mentally too.

and also, maybe a times, i'll wonder if i will be this successful in ncc if shamir was not around to guide me. will i be the one who grew the most if i'm not under his lead? from a slacker to someone who know right from wrong? a nth to a supernumerary staff sergeant?

being lead by a supernumerary himself really is different. i achieved something shamir did. walked in the same league as him. but i still feel immature when i see him. i still have alot to learn. whatever i taught my cadets, are stuff that i learnt from him. but i still think that i've nv reached his standard. i hope i'm as good as him.

now, he said that he hope i will be someone special. after seeing it. i'm motivated and at the same time, lost. someone special? what am i gonna do? afterall, i'm someone without an aim. maybe i do have some. but they, however are unrealistic. at least in singapore.

which one of you knew singapore's whole national bball team? can i really be someone special in this league eventhough i have faith in it? my time is almost up. not saying that i'm dying. but i'm 17, and soon, i won't have the time to achieve what i want. to become an outstanding shooting guard. i only have 1 year left. i can't do anything by myself, so i've assembled myself a bball team with my brothers.

center: justin
power forward: jun ming
small forward: joshua
shooting guard: me
point guard: khai yew

how long can we last? i'm not saying our brotherhood. it'll last a lifetime. i'm referring our bball venture. seriously, after assembling them, we've become quite formidable. rarely lost. but we can't do it for long. afterall 3 of them are in jc. a levels is next year and they have their respective ccas too. after a's, its ns. what should i do? with just jm and i? afterall, we 2 only got one more year than them before facing the same fate as them.

after ns, i think we'll be busy with our lives. afterall living in singapore is all about chiong-ing. how? will i become great? 1 year. its not very long, but its not very short too. what can i achieve?

sometimes i wished that time would stop, but it just won't. with every seconds that's ticking by, it means that i'm 1 second older, i'm one second closer to death. i don't wanna die without accomplishing what i've always dreamt of.

knee injury? off with it, i've endured it for so long because i don't wanna give up without trying. i wished that i'm more talented, more gifted but as everyone is improving greatly in my team, i'm only moving forward in a very slow pace. how? i've reached my limit? haix.

utterly lost for words now. gonna slp and it'll be intensive weight lifting later on.

photos for this post. the photos are abit old. but to me, they are treasures. fun time in ncc. still miss those days. got all these photos from russell, one of the elites that i trained. hahahahaha. surprisingly, he told me he still misses the psychotic physical trainings i used to give my elite team. and on top of that, he said that he will gladly accept the training with a big smile. well, after seeing what he typed, i kinda feel proud of myself. at least all my efforts didn't go down the drain.

first up, the so called "happy hours" during ncc trainings. normally, ky will be the victim but in this case, its the cadets. hahahahahahahaha. i think this is the only time that ky isn't our victim.

that's dong gay posing for a shot while the others are torturing the cadets.

victim number 8, jason kwa. lol.

as for now, its photos taken during my last day of trainings. so my team of elites decided that we should keep some memories for ourselves. those brotherhood that were forged during the trainings.

being the senior isn't always a good thing, cause ur juniors always like to challenge u. this is one good example.

the 2nd generation of elite team with their trainer, me. the 1st generation was made up of ky, zh, elvis, jun liang, matin and me with shamir as our trainer.

they were trying to poke me.

punishing the chao slacker aka fat boy, kenny.

showcasing my all star elite team.

one of our usual training grounds.

acting gay.

once again, the fat boy kenny.

elites, mount the bar.

torturing me.

payback time for throwing me earlier on.

pumpings are still not enough to cool me down.

hahahahahahahaha. ncc cadets can be gayish too.

one last present for them before i step down.

group photos up next. well. no further comments. with rudy around, there are even cock ups in photos.

hahahahaha. our asm with the part c. ky was holding the pace stick.

erm, its not my idea to ask my elites to point middle finger at the camera. lol. lauzh is trying to be sleeping beauty and fong yuan ke totally destroyed the photo.

ncc land. how can we sit on the ground with berets on? too bad. look who's there? mr rudy.

year 2005. the year when benny lau was the usm. no wonder ncc nv did well. unlike lky, pushed ncc to silver.

the seniors are gaying.

think thats all. meeting ky they all and i think i'm running late.