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A common topic on local guy's talk. In many social settings or networking sessions where guys get to know one another, the first few topics will most definitely consist of "Which camp are you from?" or "Hey, did you watch the soccer match last night?" And when it is my turn, I go

"Eh, I did not go to the Army for my National Service. I was in Blue, serving for the Singapore Police Force as my national service commitment"

Then silence. "So you know this XXXXX? The match was awesome."

"Eh, I don't watch soccer." Again, silence.

It is really strange. Nine out of ten times when I get to know someone local that is around my age. This two topics are the "hot topics" for the night. Once, I attended a dinner function for a professional society and the two guys beside me were chatting non stop about army and their experiences. I really seemed to be missing out quite a long. Gatherings with my college mates will end up in discussions about soccer or how their reservist in Army went. I will be just sitting down there and nodding to their remarks. To be honest, before I started working, I could not even be bothered to understand the terms used in the Army. Now, it seemed to be an important aspect in networking. Well, at least you will not seem alien to the army guys when they started talking. It somehow became a need to know simple things happening in the army life so that I could use that to bridge it over to more "business" talk out of networking sessions.

Soccer on the other hand seemed too dynamic for me to follow up. I was never a big fan of sports, especially those involving bigger balls such as soccer, basketball, etc. The changes in the soccer team players, movement from team to team, league tables are big news, news that I deemed a waste of my time. From young, I am always interested in technology. When my peers read soccernet, I will be reading other techy websites. They flip to the last few pages of The New Paper while I am usually interested in other gossip news. I have never read the sports pages before with the rare exception for Olympics or other major sporting events. The purpose is to be kept just minimally updated so that I have topics to talk to colleagues or clients and then use it to come back to business.

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I finally went for my IPPT today. Not by choice though. I requested for a recall to be made for my reservist recently and unfortunately, the given date clashed with my exams for my Masters. Again, I requested for deferment. This must be the third or fourth consecutive time that I requested for a deferment of my reservist. I have only served only ONCE after my national service. Once in about eight years? So, the compromise that I have to make will be to go for an IPPT. (Individual Physical Proficiency Test)

Results of today IPPT?
1) Standing broad jump - PASSED
2) Pull up - FAILED (Expected)
3) Sit ups - Marginally Passed (Expected since my tummy has grown....I have like put on 10Kgs for the past year)
4) Shuttle run - Marginally Passed (Actually, I didn't really put much effort. Any fails in any station will be a overall failure too. Pull up fail = Game over)
5) 2.4KM Run - FAILED (This is quite surprising. I usually go for 3KM runs and the timing was reasonable. Then again, the last 3KM run was like one month ago?)

Now I am having pains everywhere. My thighs are aching, arms aching, abs aching.....arrghh

Reminder to self: PLEASE GO FOR EXERCISE!!!

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Coffee from Vending Machine + 2 Wang Wang Rice Crackers + 1 Honeystars (Not in pic)

Sent from my iPhone 3GS

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Out of a sudden, I thought of taking a snapshot of my current study desk layout. Tidy up my desk a little before taking the shot. Soon, this will not be what I will be facing daily! iMac is coming!!!!! Oh, the pleasure and joy of unboxing a new gadget! Hahaha

   

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My_Current_Study_Desk_Layout.zip (205 KB)

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Got a present today from my wife. A Burberry black label wallet (from japan). It has been quite some time since I carried such wallet with denim type of material. For as long as I remember, I have been using leather wallets ever since starting my work. Actually, we were discussing on which wallet to get and eventually decided to get this instead of the black-red trimming wallet. The retro look of the wallet design is growing on me. I have only one worry...kia la sum.

   

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Present_from_my_wife.zip (277 KB)

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Received this today from wifey. I think this is rather interesting...esp the footnotes on the variable factors.... ^_^

Looking forward to this sat's wedding dinner though....

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Just bought this over at Pioneer Mall. It's been a long time since I had this. I simply like the sugary coating it has.

Interestingly though I don't know what it is being called.

Sent from my HTC Touch HD

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Good riddance to you . Can't believe I paid $199 for this and selling at $80.

Sent from my HTC Touch HD

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