March Holidays

March one-week holiday coming to an end... back to work tmr... it has been a disappointing week... a precious holiday totally wasted...

Biggest disappointment is tat I nv got to go abroad... since I started working... I aim to be able to go on overseas holiday during EVERY holiday... but tis time round, started planning abit too late... so intended to juz go to malaysia for a short weekend getaway... beta than nothing rite... but tat toopid MSK had to choose the best timing to escape... now the causeway is jammed like F**K... no choice loh... abandon plan...

Then the weather... it's getting really messed up recently... raining cats & dogs for the past week... only started to clear up tis couple of days... holiday mood is dampened... outdoor activities hindered... stuck indoors most of tis week...

Another thing is the work... yes... WORK... alot of people always admire teachers for having so many holidays... they have no idea how much work we have to do during the so-called holidays... holiday is a period of time for us to clear our backlog... coz during school days, the work will juz keep piling up... no matter how fast or how efficient u are, u can never keep up with the rate of work coming in... juz looking at the stacks of compos & test papers yet to be marked is enuff to kill off watever little holiday mood tat's left...

Then yesterday... there's "supposed" to be an army recall/mobilisation... our unit told us tat there will SURELY be one during our last ICT... they even went to so much hassle to ensure tat we get our field pack items ready and tat we got our uniforms sewed (unit logo, sg logo, name tag etc)... everyone from our platoon was waiting at home to be recalled... waited & waited & waited... wasted one whole day sitting at home like an idiot... turned out there was no recall... toopid SAF... wasted my precious Saturday... and the weather was good somemore... gggrrr...

Some things tat I managed to do tis holiday... top on the list... Exercise Reunion was carried out successfully yesterday night... it was a get-together dinner gathering for our army gang (officers, specialists & troopers included)... turnout was the best so far since ORD... and the dinner place was good... River Palace restaurant at Riverview Hotel... it was an ala carte buffet dinner at about $32 per pax after taxes... quite cheap for dinner buffet... and the food was quite nice & to our liking...

I oso managed to go on the Singapore Flyer... for those of u who duno wat it is... it's the gigantic ferry wheel near esplanade... ok lah... nothing spectacular... juz a bigger & taller version of the traditional ferry wheel... juz for experience... but it doesn't come cheap... $29.50 per person... I burnt about 60 bucks for two... heart pain... and take note... do not share a cabin with kids... they will either get realli rowdy due to excitement coz of the height or boredom due to the long ride... totally spoil the mood (esp if for couples, the ferry wheel can be quite romantic, u dun wan to have kids running around or crying)... lucky i was smart & anticipated tis... I let 2 ang-mos behind us join the family in front of us in queue... wise move...

I also got to watch two movies tis week... 'Meet The Spartans' which is (supposed to be) a crap show... and 'Koizora' or 'Sky of Love' which is a nice romance movie... plus my latest order of dvds arrived juz in time... else I wouldn't know wat to do while trapped indoors tis holiday...

Ok... tis post is getting too long... can see I'm really bored at home... back to watching my dvds...