Notebook
Friday, March 31, 2006
Notebook
Nope,i havent read Nicholas Sparks' "The Notebook".In fact,i have given up on his books.I mean,they are good sure.But i just hate the cliche of it all,how "A Walk to Remember" ended totally as ive expected.Even the disease Jamie contracted was the same.What are the odds?
Seriously,Nicholas.I know you are a romantic writer and all,but if you want to get more books sold,one more bought by me anyway,you better improve on the pattern of your writing,because i am getting sick of knowing the ending simply by guessing it.
Anyway,the "notenbook" here refers to this notebook i got since the very beginning of my army life.It's this notebook they gave to me,this little black notebook that has been with me through the very thickest and the very thinnest,i guess.
I remember waking up late at night,scribbling gibberish on the pages.Poems,song lyrics and the likes.Now,more than a year on and the notebook is still with me.Sadly though,some of the pages were torn out one reason or another,but most of the pages are still intact.I was just reading through the pages this afternoon,and found it a pretty pleasent and interesting experience,in terms of discovery,even for me.
Anyway,i consider the stuff i write in my notebook to be pretty private.And the fact that i am sharing with you guys here,proves that you guys are very important in my life,even though you guys might be just strangers,passing by my life.
1)Big stylised "Bullshit" written over the "The SAF Declaration" page.Haha.
2)An arrow pointing to the phease "Care for Soldiers",saying "Hahaha!".
3)My rifle number,serial number,and my rifle's technical details.
4)Lyrics for "Tracing".
5)Pencil sketch of the overview of my bedroom.
6)Field camp briefing.Something about sanitary,hygiene,first aid and stuff.
7)Field camp timetable,with the first few days crossed out.Part of these pages were smudged,because of sweat and water.Haha.
8)Calendar,with the whole of 2005 cancelled out,day by day.And 2006 has about 250++ days left for me till ORD.I've been keeping track,of course.
9)Various tabulations of dates,such as "373 Days as of 1st Dec 2005","730 days since the Start","288 days as of 23rd Jan 2006".
10)Picture of a skaterboy with a "57" jersey,pointing a victory sign going "Peace".
11)Half drawn guitar.
12)"You will suffer me!"
13)Lyrics for "Not Myself".
14)Lyrics to "3X5".
15)A BMT song we were forced to learn back then.Moronic lyrics,so i wont elaborate.
16)A mathematical evidence of the wastage of resources,done by me:
1 company - 200 Recruits
21 companies - 4200 Recruits
1 meal for 1 person - $5.00
4200 Recruits - $21000
3 meals a day - $63000
1 week - $441000
1 month - $1764000
1 year - $24 million
Nearly 2 million dollars a month!Imagine the amount of tax used.The opportunity cost of spending 24 million dollars on meals a year.
17)My wishlist.It includes Dvds,John Mayer song books,Clothes,handphone and CDs.
18)CNY 2005 Plans.
19)A little poem i wrote.Very bad,actually.Not worth sharing at all.
20)Lyrics for "Daughters".
21)Lyrics for "Quiet".
22)Lyrics for "Message in a Bottle".
23)To Kill List.With names of sergeants and officers,and stars beside those names indicating the amount of hatred i have for them.A picture of a flame with legs and hands,burning off a page on a calendar that says "June 4th".
24)A picture of Eugene with a Samurai sword.
25)Matador lecture notes.
26)More,lyrics for "Daughters".
27)Poem:
In your eyes a mystical divine
A beauty from the world you alone divide
These sparkling eyes,a real-life guide
Under these skin,the angel hides.
Beneath those hair,a pair of wings
Letting off a scent like fresh summer breeze
When you speak,the noise will seize
Behold!A voice beyond belief.
A gift from Heaven you must be
The rising sun beyond the sea
Here i shall wait alone to see
Those beautiful eyes again before me
28)More,poem.
A mere memory of the distant past
The forgotten existence of the future
And in the present i am no one
No more than a flower in the gutter
A space to fill in the growing fissure
Times I've tried,still getting greating
And now i am enstrangled within with no one
No aid comes but my doom to suffer
Sailing upon the sea and the ocean vast
A heart of holes,bruised and punctured
And in the void i am no one
Through the abyss,echoes of my mocking laughter
29)Strange anime-like drawings of characters.
30)Field pack checklist.
31)SOP Box checklist.
32)A half written chinese song i attempted to write.
33)Picture of an asshole(Dont ask).
34)Chapters of my novel.
35)A blog entry,titled "The Broken Violist".
36)One of the first few blog entries,indicating how i felt that the camp is similar to a prison and a hospital.
37)Vulgarities.Hahaha.A picture of Dexter and my new name "Weilien the Bald".
38)Lyrics for "Comfortable".
39)Lyrics for "Why Georgia".
40)Lyrics for "Bigger Than my Body".
41)Picture of a stickman in a box,with "SAF" written big and bold at the side.The stickman holds his head,crying with the box catching fire.
42)A cool guy jammin' on his electric.
43)Random scribble of "Holy Shit" and "Oh my God!",with partial lyrics for "Green Eyes".
44)Lyrics for "Cannonball".
45)Lyrics for "Stitched Up".
46)Books to get,and this includes "1941" by George Orwell,"To Kill a Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee.
47)Lyrics to "Gravity".
48)Lyrics to "Who Did you Think I Was?"
49)Partial lyrics for "Another Kind of Green".
50)Lyrics to "Talk".
51)An overview of the interesting events that happened in India.Something i jotted down back there,fearing that i might forget the details when i blog about them.
52)A poem by Homer.
53)A poem by Derek Walcott.
54)Lyrics for "Even So".
55)RCO lecture notes.
56)Partial lyrics to "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Time of your Life".
57)Chorus of "Fix You".
58)A stupid song i wrote for the water parade in BMTC.
59)Signatures.A whole lot of them.
60)"Z Man"!
61)Half written song,wrote it in the dark.
Serenade,under the pepper-stray of stars
Awaits you,standing here a lonely guy
Running away from all my lies
A part of me died,the rest just cried
Hard,so much...
(I was possibly drunk here)
62)Partial lyrics for "You Weren't There".
63)Lyrics to "Sad Song Part 2",something i wrote during my insomnia days.
64)India stuff checklist,with a sketch of the logo of "Saw II".Yeah,i drew the fingers too.
65)John Abtu!
Nope,i havent read Nicholas Sparks' "The Notebook".In fact,i have given up on his books.I mean,they are good sure.But i just hate the cliche of it all,how "A Walk to Remember" ended totally as ive expected.Even the disease Jamie contracted was the same.What are the odds?
Seriously,Nicholas.I know you are a romantic writer and all,but if you want to get more books sold,one more bought by me anyway,you better improve on the pattern of your writing,because i am getting sick of knowing the ending simply by guessing it.
Anyway,the "notenbook" here refers to this notebook i got since the very beginning of my army life.It's this notebook they gave to me,this little black notebook that has been with me through the very thickest and the very thinnest,i guess.
I remember waking up late at night,scribbling gibberish on the pages.Poems,song lyrics and the likes.Now,more than a year on and the notebook is still with me.Sadly though,some of the pages were torn out one reason or another,but most of the pages are still intact.I was just reading through the pages this afternoon,and found it a pretty pleasent and interesting experience,in terms of discovery,even for me.
Anyway,i consider the stuff i write in my notebook to be pretty private.And the fact that i am sharing with you guys here,proves that you guys are very important in my life,even though you guys might be just strangers,passing by my life.
1)Big stylised "Bullshit" written over the "The SAF Declaration" page.Haha.
2)An arrow pointing to the phease "Care for Soldiers",saying "Hahaha!".
3)My rifle number,serial number,and my rifle's technical details.
4)Lyrics for "Tracing".
5)Pencil sketch of the overview of my bedroom.
6)Field camp briefing.Something about sanitary,hygiene,first aid and stuff.
7)Field camp timetable,with the first few days crossed out.Part of these pages were smudged,because of sweat and water.Haha.
8)Calendar,with the whole of 2005 cancelled out,day by day.And 2006 has about 250++ days left for me till ORD.I've been keeping track,of course.
9)Various tabulations of dates,such as "373 Days as of 1st Dec 2005","730 days since the Start","288 days as of 23rd Jan 2006".
10)Picture of a skaterboy with a "57" jersey,pointing a victory sign going "Peace".
11)Half drawn guitar.
12)"You will suffer me!"
13)Lyrics for "Not Myself".
14)Lyrics to "3X5".
15)A BMT song we were forced to learn back then.Moronic lyrics,so i wont elaborate.
16)A mathematical evidence of the wastage of resources,done by me:
1 company - 200 Recruits
21 companies - 4200 Recruits
1 meal for 1 person - $5.00
4200 Recruits - $21000
3 meals a day - $63000
1 week - $441000
1 month - $1764000
1 year - $24 million
Nearly 2 million dollars a month!Imagine the amount of tax used.The opportunity cost of spending 24 million dollars on meals a year.
17)My wishlist.It includes Dvds,John Mayer song books,Clothes,handphone and CDs.
18)CNY 2005 Plans.
19)A little poem i wrote.Very bad,actually.Not worth sharing at all.
20)Lyrics for "Daughters".
21)Lyrics for "Quiet".
22)Lyrics for "Message in a Bottle".
23)To Kill List.With names of sergeants and officers,and stars beside those names indicating the amount of hatred i have for them.A picture of a flame with legs and hands,burning off a page on a calendar that says "June 4th".
24)A picture of Eugene with a Samurai sword.
25)Matador lecture notes.
26)More,lyrics for "Daughters".
27)Poem:
In your eyes a mystical divine
A beauty from the world you alone divide
These sparkling eyes,a real-life guide
Under these skin,the angel hides.
Beneath those hair,a pair of wings
Letting off a scent like fresh summer breeze
When you speak,the noise will seize
Behold!A voice beyond belief.
A gift from Heaven you must be
The rising sun beyond the sea
Here i shall wait alone to see
Those beautiful eyes again before me
28)More,poem.
A mere memory of the distant past
The forgotten existence of the future
And in the present i am no one
No more than a flower in the gutter
A space to fill in the growing fissure
Times I've tried,still getting greating
And now i am enstrangled within with no one
No aid comes but my doom to suffer
Sailing upon the sea and the ocean vast
A heart of holes,bruised and punctured
And in the void i am no one
Through the abyss,echoes of my mocking laughter
29)Strange anime-like drawings of characters.
30)Field pack checklist.
31)SOP Box checklist.
32)A half written chinese song i attempted to write.
33)Picture of an asshole(Dont ask).
34)Chapters of my novel.
35)A blog entry,titled "The Broken Violist".
36)One of the first few blog entries,indicating how i felt that the camp is similar to a prison and a hospital.
37)Vulgarities.Hahaha.A picture of Dexter and my new name "Weilien the Bald".
38)Lyrics for "Comfortable".
39)Lyrics for "Why Georgia".
40)Lyrics for "Bigger Than my Body".
41)Picture of a stickman in a box,with "SAF" written big and bold at the side.The stickman holds his head,crying with the box catching fire.
42)A cool guy jammin' on his electric.
43)Random scribble of "Holy Shit" and "Oh my God!",with partial lyrics for "Green Eyes".
44)Lyrics for "Cannonball".
45)Lyrics for "Stitched Up".
46)Books to get,and this includes "1941" by George Orwell,"To Kill a Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee.
47)Lyrics to "Gravity".
48)Lyrics to "Who Did you Think I Was?"
49)Partial lyrics for "Another Kind of Green".
50)Lyrics to "Talk".
51)An overview of the interesting events that happened in India.Something i jotted down back there,fearing that i might forget the details when i blog about them.
52)A poem by Homer.
53)A poem by Derek Walcott.
54)Lyrics for "Even So".
55)RCO lecture notes.
56)Partial lyrics to "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Time of your Life".
57)Chorus of "Fix You".
58)A stupid song i wrote for the water parade in BMTC.
59)Signatures.A whole lot of them.
60)"Z Man"!
61)Half written song,wrote it in the dark.
Serenade,under the pepper-stray of stars
Awaits you,standing here a lonely guy
Running away from all my lies
A part of me died,the rest just cried
Hard,so much...
(I was possibly drunk here)
62)Partial lyrics for "You Weren't There".
63)Lyrics to "Sad Song Part 2",something i wrote during my insomnia days.
64)India stuff checklist,with a sketch of the logo of "Saw II".Yeah,i drew the fingers too.
65)John Abtu!
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