sent off kochuvarattuchira gopinathan shinu yesterday at terminal 2 changi airport as he went back to India to study. that guy is funny, i tell you. a nonchalant, happy-go-lucky guy who takes things easy and was dubbed The Carpenter of Charlie coy when he was still in 4sir. and it seemed that EVERYBODY in 4sir knows him. even Cpt Azmie came down to changi to bid him farewell.

Shinu and i was the first two sergeants from our batch to do guard duty last year in march. suay or what. and since then, the guard duty has become neverendinggggg.

one more thing, that guy looooved disturbing the men by asking them to learn how to memorise spelling his name. lol. Shortly after, he was known as the michael jackson of 4sir. haha.

all the best dude. take care! see you next year for IPPT.

i dont know why, but i think i cant take SMRT bus service no. 188 anymore.

not after what to the bus on two different occasions which i happened to be on board. both within a month.

Just three weeks ago when i was on my way to vivo, the bus experienced problem with its door. could open but couldnt close. the driver spent 5 mins on every stop just trying to close that damn door. and no, the door cock didnt work either. in the end, we had to get off at bukit batok and hop onto another bus. i took the cab instead.

and today, while i was on my way to toh guan, i thought about what happened the other time when i was going to vivo. i wondered and thought to myself whether anything's gonna happen to the bus and whether we had to alight again.

well guess what? this time something more exciting happened. the bus was travelling along bukit batok west ave 6, when vehicles from behind the bus and the opposite side of the road became horny and started to horn at the bus that i was in. repeatedly and incessantly. kinda annoying actually. the bus driver stopped the bus and cut off the engine all of a sudden and before i know it, the back of the bus was beginning to fill with grey smoke and was getting thicker by the second.

the bus driver opened the doors and no invitations were needed for the passengers to alight from the smoking bus. i was one of the last few to alight and inhaled abit of the smoke just because the damn army guy infront of me took his own sweet time to alight from the bus as it seemed as though he 'amazed' looking at the thick smoke. eh boy, never see smoke before is it? try joining the infantry and throw smoke grenades lah. or do you think by staring at the smoke, you could make it disappear? pfft. at that instance, i felt like pushing that doofus off the bus. too bad i didnt. 

so what really happened to the bus?

it seemed that the back of the bus caught fire. i dont exactly know where. and the smoke from the back of the bus started to seep into the bus itself. i dont bother staying for the scdf to arrive either.

what i knew was that my bus trips aboard service no 188 has always been jinxed. pfft.

and this time, instead of taking the cab, i walked.

is it a sign that i should get my own car instead?

okay shall stop here.

thebroken.thebeaten.and.thedamned.

3SG Mr Muhammad Syazwan, signing off from the Army.

No more booking in on Sunday nights.

Guard Duty?

COS?

Extras?

those were the days.

thank you, platoon 7 section 2 for the memories. we are, and always be the Best Section in Charlie coy.

winners we are, winners we will always be.

Brunei, Taiwan conquered.

till next time.

thebroken.thebeaten.and.thedamned.

lets talk about football, shall we?

since ive nothing to do nowadays, ive been reading papers and the internet - not to find work, but to know what's happening in the transfer market of the footballing world.

Being a chelsea fan since 1996, of course im hoping that chelsea will get themselves involved in the transfer market, being linked with big name players and such. and yes, they are being linked with such players, BUT so are other big clubs like real madrid, man u and man city. well, not that man city is a big club. but they do have the moolah though.

it seems that every club is looking to land that same few pathetic players. pfft.

Aguero, Ribery, Tevez, Ibrahimovic to name a few.

nonetheless, i still hope that chelsea would be able to buy new exciting YOUNG talents for the new season.

no pirlo, please.

thebroken.thebeaten.and.thedamned.

its been damn long since i last blogged. figured since ive nothing to do now, might as well i write again. afterall, writing's been something that i love to do.

alot has happened since my last post here. well for one, ive ORD-ed. *applause

two, im going back to schoool in august.

three, im playing futbol on a more regular basis as compared to the time when i was still serving the nation.

and did i tell you im attached to this lovely girl named Nurizyan? heh shall not elaborate more here. *blush. Guys dont normally talk about relationship stuff on their blog.. or do they? hah.

oh well, my time serving the nation is up. no more field camps and overseas training. no more weekend duties. but then again, im gonna miss the friends ive made over at lim chu kang camp. no matter how secluded that bloody camp is, away from civilisation.

i hope that my time in 4sir wasnt wasted and i have at least touched the lives of the 6 men under me, somehow, someway.

shall stop here for now. will continue soon. okbye!

thebroken.thebeaten.and.thedamned.

testing 1, 2, 3.

thebroken.thebeaten.and.thedamned.

its been a while since i last updated this rusty blog of mine. alot of things has happened. hari raya has passed, unfortunately i didnt go out for too many raya outings with family and friends due to my commitment in camp.

section prof test's over now. my section did quite well in the company. im definitely proud of them and its my fortune to be leading those 6 men under me. went to malacca with my family and relatives last weekend to unwind. balik kampung uh. as a result, didnt get to go out with my sispec buddies and my elkrados teammates. then again, i had a good time in malacca. it's great to escape from the busy life im facing now in the army and just chill and do nothing in malacca. *takes a deep breath.

and yeah, i've finally met miss white daisy. thanks to her, im spared SEVEN extra duties. phew.

i like her alot.

thebroken.thebeaten.and.thedamned.

i was watching America's Got Talent the other day when little David Militello caught my eyes and before i knew it, i was smiling as i watched him sing!

This is what i call naturally gifted, inborn talent. heh. and the fact that he used to be autistic till the age of 3 and that he didnt talk at all before he started singing deserves a standing ovation, i think.

and boy, did he sing that well.

The sincerity in his voice was powerful enough to touch the hearts of many.

it certainly touched mine. and make no mistake about it, he'd be a great performer when he grows up.

thebroken.thebeaten.and.thedamned.

to all my friends reading this, im sorry if i've not been replying to your text messages or answering your calls.

i know that i can't use it as an excuse but really, guard duty and COS duty has been taking its toll on me and on my social life too. i didnt reply cause i knew if i did so, i'd be using guard duty and COS duty as an excuse for not being able to meet up, which in this case, you guys would have already gotten sick of for the past SIX months.

every damn fucking weekend has been spent in camp. So much so that i don't even have the time to watch any of Chelsea's live matches of the new season till now.

sorry, guys. i'll try to find time for you now that im having my block leave.

thebroken.thebeaten.and.thedamned.

Its been awhile since i last updated this rusty blog of mine. been busy, very busy as last week marked the end of the BMT phase for the recruits from 4SIR. It started off with a 24km graduation march following which, a graduation parade for the soon-to-be-called privates. it was indeed a bittersweet memory for me to see them graduate to become 'trained soldiers' as the emcee said, as i could still remember the first time they came to this camp without any military knowledge in them and after three long months of training, i could proudly say, i've done whatever i could to impart my knowledge that is required during BMT to them.  all the shouting, all the punishments that i gave to them, all the standby bunks; all were part and parcel of living a life of a chao recruit. heh.

Went for a bbq organised by the recruits yesterday at east coast. it was a good way to say goodbye to those who will be posted out from 4SIR, although not all turned up for the bbq. the food was good, definitely.

Moving on, ive realised that ive not been going out often with my mates during the weekends because of either Guard duty or COS duty. whenever they sms me to meet up during the weekends, be it to hanging out in town or having a soccer kickabout, i'll get frustrated cause i can't join them at all. and ive been telling them i had to do weekend duties all the time. pathetic.

Now that im having my block leave, i'll try to make full use of the break im given.

thebroken.thebeaten.and.thedamned.