2001-12-26 - 11:14 p.m.

26th of December, 2001 AD

It has been raining the whole week, but it still can't wash away the radiant spirits I am finally in :)

It started with a makan session with Reddy and Roger at Geylang's famous 'you tiao'.After hearing so many tragedies and sad army stories from Roger, I'm glad to have kept my body whole and unmutilated and still escape sane from SAFuck... but it was then on the bus ride to Orchard that Reddy said:' I'm not even sure if I'm still sane.'

In most normal circumstances that line would have elicited a laugh from me. But then, it wasn't so much a normal circumstance which Reddy and I had been in the last 3 years.( well, duckies, the army yarns will have to come another day in installments... nothing really worthy of an epic, but I'm sure it'll be a best-seller rivalling Army Daze)

Before I digress, back to the topic of why I am so happy.What followed was an all guys super sunday stay-over party at my friends house. It just dawned: I'm happy with my friends, all the unassuming and easy-going duckies who share my same interest in pornography, games, soccer and bitching... am I blessed or what!

Among my circle of friends, I have 3 main groups, and I dare say that for the better or for the worse, they 3 groups had and still are shaping me into what I am today.

'What you have between your ears, not even Big Brother can take that away from you.'

--- George Orwell, 1984

Group 1

I shall call this group my JC kakis. And these are the guys whom I still hang out with for clubbing, coffee, smoking and lamenting the sad situation we are in (in this place). Notable are Chun Hiong and Robin.

i)Chun Hiong: an army officer. I'd always felt that I could learn a lot from him, how he is always willing to go out of his way to help his friends. This is a person whom you would say possess gumption and a backbone.

ii)Robin: I used to idolise him in my JC days, funny, good-looking and smart... what parents love. You could almost say that life is almost perfect for him...till army came along.Details of this phase of his life are rather unmentionable, but you could just see that he was a pale shadow of himself when in green. And the things he say... oh, tell me more, why can't more people think like you? Can't the people around me be less childish and lala? Learn from Robin.

Group 2, Pioneer Platoon mates

Pioneer of 1st Battalion Singapore Guards, 9th Intake. The combat engineers cum infantry men of the fucking Redcon 2B unit (haha, Major Yong... you bloody asshole, u deserve to be saboed).This is a group of guys who had been through the dark days of my life, and who knew each others deepest secrets. I'd love to talk about everyone in this wonderful platoon, but to keep it short, I'll go for Reddy and Thai Chuan.

i)Reddy. It is almost a parallel life that I'm leading with Reddy. 2 years in CJC, 3 years in army and now we are in NTU accountancy. Reddy is a person with whom I can talk serious issues with (without getting too serious). Everything under the sun: sex, porn, army, studies, girls, experiences and complaints. (To see his diary, click on my profiles and you will see him listing yours truly's diary named under one of his fav diaries)

ii)Wong Thai Chuan. CJCian, (and if you doubt) smart and talented too.How did he end up in CJC, I wonder. This is a person who has everything going for him in life and YET ISN'T lala.Lala is what I and my friends term the mentality of 19 year old fresh uni girls and pre-army boys. '0Ohhh, army is great, life is great' and such nonsense. But too bad he thinks lowly of himself.

Group 3: the others

The others is just a generalisation. The miscellaneous group of people with whom I still contact and go makan with once in a while.

i)Shixian. I had always wondered why is he so pissed with everything around him, and if I were to choose a best friend, this guy should be the one... too bad I dunt believe in the best friend shit. To read about him, likewise click on my profiles.

ii)Roger Ang. He has seen so many tragedies in his army days and is currently in NTU. How he kept his optimism just escapes me, but still, a person who isn't in the lala group.

Those are just brief thoughts on them in bytes. I'm glad to have known them, and it is really fortuitous that given the circumstances, I still keep in touch with them throughout the last 5 years or so. Yups, it's an all-guy list, (I'm not gay, although I know that there are rumours out there flying. Being blonde, wearing pastel ear-studs and working-out in gyms doesnt mean a single thing about my sexual orientation you fuckers!). Most girls I know are lalas or spoilt and well-sheltered idiots... but there are 2 whom I hate to include in this group and they rightly shouldn't be: girls of 2S8, CJC (esp. Chai Luan and Ellen) and the crazy female classmates of my brother with whom we go drinking with. As for the rest of the gers... go and live in Singapore all your life...

Go on, long live Singapore.

Long live the lalas.

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