Sunday, April 30, 2006

welcome to the suck

Yesh! Finally! THE LONG AWAITED LONG WEEKEND! That's the best part. The bad part is that i have to book in tommorow nite. For those of you who doesnt noe, booking in is the not-wellliked thing to do in the army. We're talking abt training and torturing and all those stuff not like when you book in into a hotel or a chalet. Very different. VERY VERY DIFFERENT!

Today passed by too fast. Yesterday, we only got to book out at 1900hrs! That's 7pm in civie terms. That sucks. And yes, we're among the first few to book in tmr!!! Where's the fairness in that?! Nevertheless, i have to keep reminding myself on why we have to do this. That's the only thing that keeps me going. If not, i'll just suffer a breakdown. Y? Well, there's almost the lost of the existence of a social life. The freedom to do anything i want at anytime is lost forever(i signed up to join the army. shit). What else? Lost my hair? I like getting it done at the saloon. Now, it's going to be barber all the way. Supposedly, it'll make me look smart. What rubbish. Time at the gym isnt going to exist anymore either. This sucks. But then again, im not supposed to be selfish and think abt me. Im supposed to think about others. That's y we serve.

To all those ppl who are fucked up beyond all recognition as to shun us, laugh at us, despise us...let me tell you one thing: FUCK YOU! UNDERSTAND?! What's wrong with you people? Just because we sweat doesnt mean we stink like fuck! Yeah, we stink a little. But we do notice it. It just cant be helped. Try marching a few klicks before even getting a chance to board that ferry home. And im still not refering to even boarding that ferry yet! There's still this very small chance that our superiors might make us stay back if we screw up somewhere! IT's just hope that we have! After we make it back to Singapore safely, then we can heave a sigh of relieve. By then, we've already sweated. So ya, we stink a little. I've noticed it. So is the rest of my buddies. We're people too you know. Human beings like everyone. Cept that we've got dicks instand of pussies coz we're men. That's the only difference between us and everybody else. WE've got dicks and our rifle is ready to show that we've got them! So the nxt time you see a recruit or any other soldier for that matter of fact, dont shun them away. Dont leave a gap in between urself and that soldier. What's wrong with u?! That's the guy who's going to protect you and ur family when malaysia or another other countries that's close enough(and angry enough at us) attacks us u dickheadS!

Nevertheless, my grandparents got that proud look on their faces when i came over. Yeah. Im the first son in the entire family to be in the army. And when i mean entire, i really mean the entire family. That means my extend family too; relatives and all. So everything i do inside, im doing my best. Even if i screw up sometimes, im still doing my best coz im only human. Stab me, and i'll bleed after im done killing u. Punch me, and i'll bruise after im done whacking u uncouncious. Mock me, and i'll be embarressed but not after i humilate u infront of the entire world. See! That's how human i really am.

Guess how happy i am right now? Quite happy! Im finally getting recognize for my rugby efforst in my JC. Im accepted into the Sociology course at NTU! Urm...what else? Oh yeah! Im finally getting to experience how it feels like to suffer like a real soldier does! Nothing to be happy abt that though, but once that is done, i'll noe how to move, feel, smell, talk, hear and think like a soldier. It's the experience that im after. The rugby part...well...i rather have a trophy but an award for a recognition will do.

Rugby was the best thing that ever happened in my life! yeah. Taught me a lot of things. Skills, teamwork, leadership, toughness and yada yada yada. It taught me that if someone hits you, u return him with a bigger hit! Sounds uncivilied but ya, that's how things are actually done cept that its now done secretly. Ya. Go figure that one out. If you were never in a rugby team, ure life is a shitty one. You can try to make it look like u've had a fun and fulfilling life but ure only lying to urself. It's really really shitty. seriously. Y? Well, u're nvr really be open minded. U're a bigass pussy. ure one big dumbfreak. and u're going to look stupid. ya. Life is all about rugby. The greatest instituition of life.

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Confinement week is over. All hell will break lose from tmr onwards. Oh wells. Sgt Effendi gave me words of comfort which sounded like, " The week onwards will pass by very very fast". Yeah. I hope so.

I now really begin to value freedom. Hell. All of us did. After 2 weeks of running around like mad dogs doing things that we werent really sure we were doing correctly, we finally get to breath in civilisation. REally REally good for the mind of a soldier. Yes. Freedom. Something that everyone has that we soldiers dont. The people outside only know about being a soldier from the movies they watch, by the stories they heard, lies by the frontmen of every governmental organization. Nobody noes what's really going on behind closed doors. I mean c'mon! If they really do noe, what's the use of putting up fences, barb wires and having sentries around? What's the use of having confidential files? Ya. Get what i mean?

Shit, i sidetracked. Freedom. Freedom is the will to do anything you desire as and when you like. If you want to sit there all day and talk and do nothing productive, you are free to do so. We only have a few minutes of that each day. Sometimes none. Ya. But you noe, the world isnt a fair place. The only reason some of you get to do as and when you like is because people like us sacrificed our time and personal lives to train and defend this country. Ya. That's the only reason why we sometimes get motivated to carry on with our training.

I just watched the incredibles on disney channel. Ya. Rmb that part when Mr.Incredible thought he lost his family? Ya. No man ever wants to feel that way. A man's family is his entire life. He devotes his entire life into taking care of his family. He makes sure that his wife is safe from other chikopeh if she's damn hot. He makes sure that his family has enough to eat. He makes sure that his family is safe from all threat elements. He makes sure that his children gets enough education.
If you dont believe me, ask your father. Or better, ask your grandfather how he took care of your mom or dad. Ask what kind of job he did. Whether he liked it or not. How was it. Ultimately, feel his answers. Seek to feel his emotions when he answers.

So what the fuck are doing wearing green uniforms and stomping through the jungle even though we've got nice comfy beds waiting at home? Protecting our families from any harm. WE make sure that no harm ever comes to them. We make sure that they DO NOT have to take arms and defend this country cause we are the ones that are doing that.
Yes. This is me trying to motivate myself into carrying on with the rest of the 7 weeks left. Ya. 7 weeks left. This week is live range week. The weekend that comes will be a long one. =) The week after will be field camp. and then SIT test. And then route marches b4 our 24k route march. And than its POP after that! Coolness. It's not that long. I hope. Ya. Once we start going outfield, i'll feel less like a prisoner and more like a soldier. I need an adventure. A great one. ASAP!

Friday, April 14, 2006

This is the recruit whose wait is over,
His days has begun,
Reveille at 0530,
Fall in at 0545,
Lights out at 1030.

This is the recruit whose days have started,
Marches,
Doubles,
Every destination he heads.

This is the recruit whose days continues,
Rifle with everywhere he goes,
The heat barely bearable,
The shouting he has to content with.

This is the recruit whose days will shine,
Willing to die, to serve, to excel,
Whose ambitions are only weeks away,
Will never fail no matter the conditions.

This is the recruit whose days will die out soon,
He no longer is a boy,
Nor a student,
Nor a civil man,
This recruit is now a soldier.

Saturday, April 08, 2006

This is it. The day of days. I've been waiting for this day since i could ever remembered. Enlistment day. The waiting got turned into months from years. It got turned into weeks from months. It got turned into days from months. The wait now has turned into hours. 1130hrs sharp. That is the time that i have to report to Basic Military School 1 at Pulau Tekong. National Service. The time when boys get whipped into men. It used to. Now it's the time when sissy boys get whipped up into tough boys. They never grow old. Never. They still grow though. That's all that matters.

For the next two years, my life will be on the mercy of the government. After that, im thinking of signing on if everything permits it. Yeah. Been getting good luck wishes from everyone. Rahmat just reminded me of how eager i am of it: Soldiering. Now, the rest of the family is sending me SMSes. Yeah. Recruit M Fadzil.

A few more hours and im in. Good luck with your lives people. This might be the last read in a long period. I hope the rest of the reads were good ones. If not, i'll write again when i have time and access to a computer. If not, CURAHEE! And god bless.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

1 last day before i exchange my Pink IC for a Green Ez-link card. Yeah. Doesnt really add up. But it's for convenience sake. Now im wondering whether i should top up my ez-link card since im only going to be using it for tommorow! Rofl. After that, i have to top up the other ez-link card. Shldnt be worrying too much since im only getting to use it 7 days from enlistment day! Hahaha! It's going to be a good friday on the nxt! Yeah. That means...BOOK OUT! Weehoo! Rofl. Hopefully that's what going to happen because in this world there's a country called Singapore. And in this in country, there is a lot of chinese. And a lot of these chinese are christians. And christians celebrate Good Friday. Sort of. So, they cant leave the malays all alone on an island with lots of weapons and ammunitions right? haha. What better way then to give everyone a break! Dont listen to a word i just said. It's rubbish. Hence the website, blabberbutt.blogspot.com. ;)

Finally finished my Band of Brothers marathon for the how-many-times-already. It really got me thinking. Im going to become a soldier soon. And soldiers go to war. In war, there's killing. There's dying. There's mayhem. There's chaos. There's basically nothing nice about it at all. If you count camradarie, then there's a slight chance of a war being good for someone. Then again, without fighting in a war, one cannot fully enjoy and appreciate life. It's true you know. Right now, lots of people are complaining about stress. They are complaining about leading a hectic life. They are DYING not because they are wounded from bullets but from their own bloody agendas which they cannot possibly manage. Try fighting in a war then you can talk to someone about stress and hectic lifestyle and chaos and dying. Yeah. If not, go deal ur own fucking problem without imposing them onto others! WHINNERS!

On a heavier note, the game today ended with a victory to our side. 20-3. Yeah. So the guys are making it into the finals. Im not sure whether they realize this but they're playing against the same team they played a couple of years back. Same people. Same match. RI. 2004. Plate finals. RI. 2006. Plate finals. This time around, each team is much bolder. Much matured. Much stronger. See who will come out on top. I'll be damned if THE NEIGHBOURHOOD school team does. Why? well first of all, our budget is virtually non-existent! Yeah. Coaching? Jeff manages with the B boys while i help out as much as i can on the 14s and 13s boys. On some days, they do their own training, or try to. Morale is up high every single time. They brushed aside every other team in their past matches except ACS baker which i still think that the officials intentionally wanted Unity to lose to Barker since we are a neighbourhood school and they are the rich boy school. It would be quite shameful if a rich boy school was to lose to a neighbourhood school. Ya. So we had to be fair sometimes even if it is not to our liking. Like we have a choice. Im pretty damn sure that the same thing is going to happen again. Pretty damn sure. But hey! There's 3 u16 national players in our team with 1 going away soon to train with a welsh club. Maybe that will even the odds by a little. But if its going to be that pondek ref who's a bloody bastard drunkard...then all hope is lost. PJ and those who knows me....you know who im talking about. And yes. CJC was a bloody fluke. Play against my team any time and we will still trash them. PERIOD!

Im beginning to have second thoughts on the NS thing. I spent 19 years eagerly waiting for it. Now, in a couple of days time, i'll be doing it! YEah. EAGERLY! How eager? Bloody eager. just like a beaver. Go ahead and ask anyone i know about me and they would have prolly said the same thing. yeah...But that means i have to grow up! No....im already growing up. That means i have to be a GROWN-UP! Start acting like one, talking like one, look like one, feel like one, BE LIKE ONE! In the wise words of the Ataris in their song "In this Diary" "Being grown up isnt half as fun as growing up" Yeah. Prolly true. Gawd! I hate this. A few years back, i couldnt wait to grow up! Yeah. Then i reached 16. And soon came the after O-lvl period. You know what that means? That means i have to go out and earny myself a living! Yeah. That means part-time jobs! I DIDNT EVEN NOE HOW TO GET A JOB MUCH LESS WORK ONE!!! I eventually got settled into CASA(s) PTE LTD thanks to my friend. All i did was to get driven around the country and assisting in TV repairs plus a few other electronic devices llike the DVD player and stuff. It was nice. I think i grew older from doing that job. Soon i was 17 and studying and playing rugby in PJC. That's when me and my friend decided that we didnt want to grow up anymore! Partly it was because each of us was having fun at where we were. The other part was because we know how working life is actually like. REally REally exhausting! Seriously. Plus the social circle actually shrinks. Thankfully, me and some of the guys i've graduated from unity with are still in close touch. Yeah. Great company. Easy company.

Adulthood next. I already know what it's actually like. What im wondering is how im going to turn out to be like. BIg question there. One step and a time i will take. First step will be NS. See where i'll end up after that. =)

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Right now, Miss AEP is deciphering pictures that i've snapped. ROfl. Never knew i pictures could have so much of a deeper meaning. Usually ppl would go,"wah! Nice picture!" and..ya. That's about it. This time, my pictures actually became a topic of conversation. Yeah!! Haha. Hopefully, i'll get enough money soon to buy myself a digital SLR. Those things costs a bomb! Bloody hell. Some of the lenses costs as much as the camera itself! Yeah, its a nice hobby if you've got lots of cash to burn. Not really great if you have to save up for it every now and then. But then, when the picture turns out great, it'll be great! A little bit contradicting but who cares?

2 days of freedom left. Tommorow. The day after tommorow. After that, it's enlistment! Yup. Recruit Fadzil. Hopefully and maybe, just maybe it'll be Officer Cadet Fadzil. If not, maybe it'll be Sergeant Fadzil. Yeah. A world of possibilites to become either an Officer or a Specialist. I dont really mind either but Officer would definately be real nice. Why? First of all, im the first son in the entire family to go into the Singapore army. Yeah. None of my uncles did it. My cousin did. But he was only in Pes C. Meaning the service side. Im going in onto the Combat side. Yeah. Riffles. Grenades. Shooting. Lots of shooting. Those kind. =) Do my family proud! Do my country proud! Do myself proud! Haha. Everyone's going to be proud. Lion's pride.

Past few days have been nice. When was the last time i wrote? Cant remember. I've been too lazy to do so. Partly is because ive got nothing really solid to write. Hopefully, this one will be a good read. Comments on the tagboard please! Hahahaha. Yeah. Past few days. Real nice. Touch Rugby on Sunday was really really tiring. The moment i got home, i just slept! Seriously! Me and Alex didnt even bother going to Al-Azhar to eat! Just went our own ways and bombed out at home. Monday was rugby at PJ. It was nice. Nothing good happened there. Tuesday was watching rugby. Wednesday, today, was rugby at PJ.

Shit! I really have nothing to write!!! Ahahahhax. All my ideas and thoughts all gone! Damn. I'll shall write again tmr when i receive thoughts from heaven!

Yeah. Recruit Fadzil. =)

Sunday, April 02, 2006

I just realized i've got a whole collection of the Goo Goo Dolls!!! How cool is that? Prolly only to Goo Goo Doll fans of which im not really a member of. Hehs. I just like their sound. It's rock. A branch of it. Cant really decide which one. Oh wells.

6 days left to enjoy my freedom. Enjoy it while it lasts! Run amock says someone. Yeah. How do i do that? She has yet to tell me. Plus she still owes me!-puts on a brave face- yeap. She does. Im the one who's going to lose my freedom and virginity to the army in 6 days time and she's the one who's taking things one day at a time instead. I shld be doing that! Guess what. Monday to Thursday is going to be spent on rugby! Coaching specifically. CAnt really call it coaching coz im not really a coach. Im just a person who noes abit of something and is very willing to pass it on. Why? That is because i cant bear to see people play bad rugby. Its just embarrasing especially when you tell your associates, " I used to play for that school!" The embarrasing response would be something like, " Ouh? They're not too bad." For some of you, when someone comments that something is not bad, they assumed they've done well. Yeahs. You've done well. But only amongst the bad ones. Yeah. You still suck. But not as much as the worst ones. You get what i mean? I can bear that kind of insult. Call it pride. Call it being egoistic. But seriously, who can really bare that kind of shame? Not even you i bet! Yeah. Want to put money on it?

6 more days. Well. At least yesterday was well spent. Yesterday till this morning. I really like the idea of getting home in the wee hours of the morning. Hehs. I shld really go for driving lisence. Cant be too lazy from now on! I shal go for lessons every weekend! Yeah! Motorbike or car? Let's see. On a motorbike, you'll feel more freedom. In a car, you'll feel invisible. Seriously. In a car, you can knock down a bike. On a bike, try banging into a car. You'll still be the one who gets knock down. hurhur. Yeah. Decisions decisions.

Damn, i digressed. URm. Yeah. Let's get to the uninteresting part of my what-happened-yesterday-life. Urm...bbq with my family. The whole bunch i mean. All at West Coast park. The place was nice. One bloody big open field. You could practically play rugby there! hahahahhax. Yeah. It was quite inaccesable by bus. So you either gotta own a bike or a car. Food was fine at first. Till it got dark and there's only 1 pathetic lampost at our pit. SO! Yeah. SO, could really see what we're cooking till it was too late! Blackened chicken anyway? Went to my cousin's place after that. Talked abt his army times and stuff. Talk and talk and talk till it was midnite. THEN! chey. THEN! We headed for pool at Bukit Timah. Hahaha. Didnt noe the place closes at 3am. I have this impecible assumption that all pool halls nvr closes. WhY? Well, its a dirty kind of place in the first place. No matter in the right mind would want to play pool unless they've got nothing better that is eventually fruitful to do. Not for the religious ;) You get what i mean? Yeah. But this one closes at 3am! Got quite a shocker when the dude told us it was our last game. I think i lost that one too. No game...left it somewhere, somehow.

Well, today's going to be exciting! There's going to be Touch Rugby!!! Yeah. With the veterens of my club at Ngee Ann Poly. They're real good. I suck real good too! So, learn from the best! Yeaps. That's all i can do. Oh yeah, there's a couple of cute girls playing too. ;)

I just noticed something real sad for everyone else. My life revolves around rugby. hehs. 6 days left!!! That's inclusive of today. Exciting? Yeah! Anxiety? Hell yeah!!! And urm...urm...DOUBLE HELL YEAH!!