i know, i hadn't blogged in like ages. wasn't really in a cheery mood, especially the week before. so rather than posting another 100% pessimistic post and exacerbating my pain at that, i decided to give myself a break (of course laziness was another factor not to be neglected.) come to think of it 99% of my posts are already pessimistic.

both my parents fell quite sick. and i'd never seen my dad so sick before. it's like, he doesn't fall sick much in the first place. but this time was really bad. he got admitted to hospital last wednesday and discharged on friday. you know, times like this forces you to rethink your responsibilities as a son, which i obviously haven't exactly been fulfilling. thankfully everyone's on the road of recovery. phew.

i wasn't feeling that great at work either. it's pretty obvious my workshop 2ic doesn't like me much or thinks i'm incompetent or something like that, even though he doesn't say it. to think i was slogging like hell to finish all my work so that i could clear my duty off with peace of mind last monday. and when i asked him to sign my off, all i got was an unappreciative "are you sure you finished all your work? cannot finish cannot go off leh". it doesn't help when sometimes my upper study (who's really good at carrying the 2ic's balls) keeps rubbing things in. number one. the reason why i had so much bloody work do was because you indented so many damned vehicle spares. the idiot keeps indenting truckloads of unnecessary spare parts when the original parts are still in okay condition. it's not very fun. number two. my duty off is an entitlement, dammit.

sigh. suay things seem to be happening to me in camp. i've got to fix this land rover power steering gearbox and also i'm like the only one with the highest chance of being activated during recall manning.

anyway i did duty twice over the course of the past 2 weeks. of course being the dutiful spec i was, i ended up watching more on tv than ever. white chicks was pretty funny. the other duty driver was watching some vcds of some weird hk serial which had this corny title legend of the mystical mirror or something. and at long last i watched my sound of colours vcd which i bought like the beginning of this year. and i like it much better than the other jimmy movie turn left turn right. i even crept out halfway to catch up with aaron for tea break last friday. tsk tsk. shame on me.

oh i guess my biggest achievement the previous week was getting round to enrolling for driving practical lessons and taking my first two driving lessons. i have absolutely zero confidence leve in myself. the feeling sucks. i can't envision myself ever passing the practical test given that i can't even multi-task by concentrating on the road, listening to the instructor and glancing at the mirrors simultaneously.

lest this post ends up being a complete bitch-of-a-post, i could summarise the highlights of my otherwise sad life over the past 2 weeks.

1. i watched the incredibles! it's incredibly entertaining and just keeps getting better as it progresses. elastic girl was so versatile and dash was just cute and edna mode was cool. violet reminded me of sadako though. sorry if i sound infantile.
2. taufik won sg idol! yipee! okay that was so teenage-wussy.
3. last saturday's session at china black was ungratifying. the crowd was trickling in (must be because of zouk out) and the music honestly sucked. i pulled off a cinderella and escaped before midnight to catch my last bus. i'm such an antisocial freak. haha. wait this isn't a highlight is it?

i've gotta do my christmas shopping soon. and before you think i'm suicidal or maniacal or psychotic by the end of this post, i'm just fine. i'm not really like that in reality. yup.