My Birthday Wishlist

I'm compiling this wishlist for the sake of myself and for the peeps that are going to my Bday chalet.

I'm a very practical person, Virgo mah, so I hope, the emphasis is on hope is that maybe you all can abide by the what I want and what I don't want.

A bit self-centred to ask frens for what I want but rather than frens cracking their brains for what I want and getting something I might not even use, I save them the trouble to tell them what I already have and what I desire.

It just makes the celebration that more practical n worthwhile. For me lor.

If you think I'm an ego bastard that will be posting up expensive stuff.

You're WRONG.

Also if you select something on the list ya want to buy for me, SMS me so I'll remove it from the list so I can tell other peeps not to buy repetitive stuff for me.

Imagine if I get 2 books of the same title, then 1 use for Toilet Paper ah? No rite, well I think you get my drift. And I will add in the specifics of what I'm going for rather than a gaudy colour or some lofty design which is appaling for me. :P

Here's the wishlist of what I desire for:
(In no particular order....)

1) Crumpler messenger/laptop bag (a bit too funky for my age... let me relive my youth can!!!)

This link has a lot of designs: Crumpler

I would prefer the colour brown, beige, orange or white, preferably the range of Cheesy Disco and Crisp Suit. Don't get me black or blue bags, I have enuff of that.

A weekend bag to town

Cost:Approx $130~

2) Brown/Beige sneakers from Puma or Diesel

My feet size is US 10.5, if you're intending to buy for me shoes, keep the receipt just in case lor ....

Clubbing sneakers

Preferences: don't get leather for me hor ... suede sneakers is nice enuff.

Cost:Approx $100~

3) Books by Ben Elton or Mike Gayle

Books I wanna read!!!

I've only read 'Dinner For Two' by Mike Gayle and 'Past Mortem' by Ben Elton. So get the rest of their collection for me. A book is enuff for my intellectual hunger.

Cost:$16.90/book

4) Vouchers

For convenience sake, I would gladly accept vouchers. CK Tang, Zara, Heeren. Just don't get me KTV/spa vouchers.

Cost:In dominations of $10, $20 or $50.

5) Beige old school aviator shades

You can get me Ray-bans or go to Bugis get me. Cheap cheap. $15. Just don't get me elongated ones that are pointy one, it's hard to find nice frames.

Note that these frames ain't mine, they were borrowed

Cost:$15 bah ....

6) Non descript masculine jewellery

Contrary to what Wendy dislikes, I like accessories that are meaningless.

Metallic bracelet or rings are nice to adorn once in a while. Trying to act metrosexual mah, getting old liao.
Perlini's Silver

Cost:Ranges from $8-88 i estimate haha....

7) Singlets from P.O.A. or CK

Me going for the beach boy look, and since I have a constant tan from sitting around in classrooms, must wear singlets more !!! Preferably a wife-beater.

Cost: >$30

8) GV movie passes

I've been M.I.A. from the theatres lately, miss all the good shows. Must catch up with the entertainment industry. Sigh.

Cost: $9.50 a tix on weekends wor~

9) Boardshorts

In theme with my beach bum look, my waist is 30 (suprisingly) and I'm looking for brightly coloured boardshorts from Rip Curl or Quiksilver. No Billabong plz. Preference of orange, green or maroon.

Cost: >$69

10) Bang & Olufsen earphones

My Creative Zen is very lonely with pathethic ordinary earphones. I want B & O leh. Don't know how much they cost though. Must be earphones hor, not those cup mounds that cover your ear like snowmuffs.

Cost: Don't know

11) Fossil brown leather watch

Bought this for Ivan's birthday, then now I want haha. The range is damn nice at Heeren but it's damn ex. $120 lor.... Looking for a casual brown watch, nothing too classy though. Just not the ugly matrix range in black leather. yuckzs.

Weekend/Clubbing watch

Cost: >$120

This is the compiled list of what I DON"T WANT

1) Stuff toys
2) MP3 players - I got Zen liao.
3) Scented candles/fragrant soaps or anything from Body Shop
4) Stationary
5) Cologne/Bodywash
6) Spa/KTV vouchers
7) Polo tees - I have like 10 of them. Enuff is enuff.
8) Stuff you can buy from ebay or Yahoo! auctions. - a bit the err

Well that's the entire list of what I want or don't want.

Hope this helps your decision making process of what I want for my Bday.

Happy shopping,
Benjamin

Commissioning - Not mine

Before booking in last Sunday, went back to dear old SAFTI to see my buddies getting their swords.

I'm 3 months before I reach their status as they entered earlier then me and the return back to SAFTI has me in some sort of goose bumps.

Seeing the ushers in No.1, the feeling is just unbelivable.

It's like wedding day but not.

A feeling of suave-ness would sweep upon you when you don on the No.1 suit with the peak cap, looking fine and dandy.

Alas, it ain't my turn yet and all I can do is watch the parade.

Where by-now-2LT Zeng and Yeo are photographed on the parade square.

Left right left right left right left ....

Marching in a file .... Super sianz esp rehearsals

Comission Loh...

Especially at this part of the programme, I could feel the same exuberance of joy they felt when they throw the peak cap. 265 days of suffering.

It now gives me more urge, more energy, more to look forward to my own comissioning parade. I just can't WAIT !!!

Officers now... can't play play like kids in front of your men now hor

Feeling bar-less amongst them

I have to greet Eric .... Sir ...

High flyer Ivan with low flying arty cadet Ben

Back to the present, the last 2 weeks is Exercise FireTracker.

A Battlion planning exercise and it crack my brain into million shards before I regain my composure.

It's mind boggling I tell ya what a S2/S3 or a FSO has to do to create an Ops Order.

Today signals the end of the fortnight classroom exercise and went for TEWT yesterday to observe the ground.

Syndicate 3 (Men of TWELVE) - the highest point on our AO (Area of Ops)

Our syndicate is damn outstanding I tell ya. Everyone contributes and works like an oiled engine.

There might be a few squeaks here and there but our instructor, LTA Ong is the BEST.

The BEST. He is patient and well versed and it's a lil sad to see him go to SMU to further his studies.

Honestly speaking, he is the best senior person I have ever encountered. Sacarstic, witty, composed and smart. If there is one person in the army I wanna emulate, it's definently him.

I also took a 'Band of Brothers' photo on one of the prominent axis in our AO.

Pardon my amatuerish shots.

Not ready for war yet

It has been a positive learning environment so far as I go, the days are getting shorter as POP day nears.

60 days to be exact.

Just a lil props, I changed back to my old format as the previous format was hideous as text couldn't be seen. The main pic is pretty nice right? Hehe.

I'm doing up a birthday wishlish tmr ...

Regards,
Ben

Catching up

Met Gwenne, Clara and June at Bubble Tea House @ Bugis.

Gossipy gals + Me = Chitty chatty yakkity yak

A big MUACKS to June for arranging my Birthday chalet with her mom's membership.

And yes PEOPLE.

I'm turning 21 soon.

In about 1 month's time.

But I'll be in the depths of Thailand bushforest hunting squirrels for sustenance on Aug 31st and so......

I'm celebrating my B-day on Aug 13th. YaY !

Come to think about it, I never organize such things all by myself one.

So arranging the payment with the chalet managment (a big Thank You to my Dad for the sponsership) and the buffet (yes, a 9-course spread).

I just need to arrange some entertainment (i.e. stuff that all my frens can do instead of staring at one another who the fuck that guy/gal is staring at me for) which I have bought Twister !

I make sure my dad & mom plays this too...

I think I'll be having some Trivia interactive session aka The Weakest Link so all my frens from different aspects of my life will bond together.

Or at least I can hope.

NO fantasy Amazing Race thing for now, too messy and I got no time to plan.

Also read that Wendy's blog got hacked but she somewhat recovered it by now. Haven't spoke to her yet but everything is back to normal.

It's also gonna be a busy half of the year for moi. I'm like studying army tactics for Battalion level and having an exam this Monday and stress siaz. Going Thailand and I can't wait to comission.

The feeling is just KILLING me. Argh.

Anyway pretty photos of the HUNK n BABES:~

Blonde Clara n Brown Ben

Gorgeous Gwenne & the above mentioned 2 poseurs

Geeky June n Moi

Best shot of me in the cap - looking so happy

Looking skinny here, like airport runaway

Big potato heads for the camera

Be damned for self-appraisal,
Benji

Voila

I'm back with a BANG !!!! Woohoo !!!

Amazing right? I thought it will take centuries for me to take my snail fingers to redo my blog but see....

In 6 hours, the transformation is .....

More faces of me posted everywhere.

Yes, I sibei hiao lor.

Must find a theme mah then my blog is hinging on Face 2 Face with Reality & Reality Bites Back, so I put my face EVERYWHERE.

So everyone will know its my blog.

Call me names. Vainpot. Flowerpot. Whatever.

I got so many pictures and I decide to utilize them all.

Anyway I got nothing to hide. All my distorted and botak face for the world to see.

Fits the theme on the dot.

Well now that I got my online situation settled, time for me to pack up my room.

I believe my blog is more refreshed, even though it's still BLUEY.

I'm damn proud of my html editing skills. Kudos to me.

An aching neck,
Benjamin

Reality check

Yeah yeah, I've not been blogging much due to army and my weekends are either chilling out with frens or sorting out random aspects of my life.

My blog is getting stale period.

Worse than the custard decomposed fish.

But first of all, I'm gonna repack my entire room becoz of the shifting of every single furniture and throw away every trash in my room.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for Spring Cleaning.

Will be reviving the layout of my blog in 1 month's time.

Construction in progress,
Ben

Joy

I had wonderous fun this weekend.

It was Ivan's birthday chalet @ Arnanda & caught with the working class mateys. And went to Sentosa with Miss Wendy.

Terrible sinful fun I had.

Photos that justify it all.

Within an Orgasm

Looking all so SuperStar

Bright n Cheery

20, 21 & 22 respectively

Mandatory group shot

Ivan's birthday Prezzies

I'm lovin' it
Ben