oh the weekend's here... so what?
it's raining outside, thunder and lightning happening every few minutes... weather's cold and the mood damp... and that's how my mood now is. more on later, yesterday yesterday... didn't write coz fell asleep at about 9plus... missed this show missed that show sigh. then woke up at about 1 to realise it and went back to sleep. yesterday was at sembawang camp, had no idea why i was told report to there cos there was no news about it, but we found out that it on that day was the intro to the *drum roll*... The 5 tonner MAN truck! wow when i heard that i was so excited... one of the reasons why i wanted this course was to get to drive that big and powerful truck! i we did! oh boy... we got to drive the truck to seletar camp, then to changi naval base... actually stopped at this newly built SAF Yacyt club, some exclusive clubhouse for ns people. it's pretty cool, great location just by the sea... but not quite completed though. oh and the location, too damn far in. now the journey from sembawang camp to seletar camp to here was about 50km and 2 guys in my group took turns to drive to here. now in my group at that time were 3 guys, those 2 malays and me.... so for the return trip, i was left to drive all the way back to sembawang, all 50 clicks. so in the back of the truck, those 2 malays sleeping or doing whatever in there, and in the cabin, me and my trainer. the starting off of the truck was fannnn-tastic... the truck's automatic, air-conditioned and the seat, amazing. the V10 turbo diesel engine can really outrun almost any car out there from the lights... till about 55km/h where the bloody speed limiter kicks in. from then on no matter how much you press the accelerator, the bugging device cuts the power to reach just 55km/h max. on the normal roads that seems ok, but when i got onto the expressway which made up most of the journey, omg it's like i'm travelling in a snail among the traffic which all just whizzes by me. ^&*#!%!! but nevertheless, it was an experience... cos i ain't gonna drive such a truck ever... cos there ain't any 5 tonner in my freakin' camp sigh. BUT i've still got 1 more chance at driving it and that's tomorrow, where i'll being doing my islandwide driving. gonna pull any stunts possible man!
today reported back to the SDC(saf driving circuit) for x-country training and advanced skill driving, where i drove the trucks and rovers up simulated platforms, some which are like at 40 degrees angle (whoa!), simulated narrow bridge and uneven terrain. the only highlight of the day was the skid drive, where you're suppose to drive the rover over the wet skid pad and jam the brakes... the idea was to tell you that this is what happens if you speed and in an event of an emergency, there's pretty nothing much you can do if you skid your vehicle. it just goes straight no matter what you do even after you brake hard. we i wasn't interested in that, was more into trying to do some wild stunts. :op cos hey, this is the only time and place where you can induce your vehicle you're driving into a skid and feel how's it like to drive fast... this is as close as you can get to doing a drift like what you see in racing or the movies! each guy gets to go 3 rounds, by right the 1st you go at 30km/h, next 40 and the 3rd, 50 and steering the car to either side while skidding. i just didn't care, i simply floored the accelerator, drove as fast as the gear could allow and drove close to the edge of the pad. when i reached it, jammed the brakes, the rover skidding towards the outside of the pad, the front right wheel made contact with the rough concrete outside and my rover went into a crazy 180 degrees turn to a stop! i tell ya, it was AWESOME! i can never really explain how it felt like, it's just damn good! the 2nd also did the same... but the 3rd, oh yeah! b4 entering the entrance road to the pad, i did a wider turning to maintain a faster exit speed after the turn. b4 i completed the final turn, i floored the gas and off i go... had tired to reach 3rd gear but somehow it was difficult, nvm slammed back to 2nd and get back that bit of loss speed... jammed that brakes, tire made contact and whoa! violent but oh-my-f**king-god more than 180 degrees turn! the trainer beside smiled, and i not just smiled, i grined :oD will never forget this experience.
after 5 we all were dismissed and going home... somehow the sad reality of being alone just sets in. while everyone were in the weekend mood, i could not dread any more than that. couldn't find people to go out cos some studying, going out with others, simply wouldn't reply my messages or calls... and i think dick's a little tired of seeing me. all the way back home my mood was just simply low, everyone was a tired of hearing me talk about myself and i don't really have anyone to... let out. came home and my mum was pissed at the ignorant clara, so she's out too. watched tv and.... sigh now doing this. knowing that i have to go thru this over and over again is like, not really helping me but again... life is such... like what ppl in the army say,"lanlan, stuck thumb" well my thumb ain't that tasty ya know and i ain't interested in sucking anything that resembles that or banana or whatever... the feeling that you're no longer special to anyone is like as if you're non-exsistant in this world... good in a sense that no one will bother whatever you're doing... but at the same time is a problem as well. been trying to contact lost frens, phone, snail mail, online search... so far no improvement and the current ones that i have, they were there for me for a while... and now they're back to their own lives. god why am i born with this anti-social aural glow built around me... ok this is not fate, just bad luck. why bad luck?! argh better stop asking myself... hmm still having that strong feeling for that someone, the need to do something about it, but have been messing it up... confused confused. at least she's still doing fine and having a great time out there, a little peace for me. sigh, this would be the time that i would really want a cat on my lap, reading and seeing my type all these... and i'd be talking to him... imagining that i'm holding Buddy, the black cat with that white spot on his chest and with 2 white hind feet... who lives down at my void deck heh... gosh i really have no idea what to do after my drive tomorrow, i pray that something unexpected-ing good comes my way, please please please... *clutches hands together -_-*
today reported back to the SDC(saf driving circuit) for x-country training and advanced skill driving, where i drove the trucks and rovers up simulated platforms, some which are like at 40 degrees angle (whoa!), simulated narrow bridge and uneven terrain. the only highlight of the day was the skid drive, where you're suppose to drive the rover over the wet skid pad and jam the brakes... the idea was to tell you that this is what happens if you speed and in an event of an emergency, there's pretty nothing much you can do if you skid your vehicle. it just goes straight no matter what you do even after you brake hard. we i wasn't interested in that, was more into trying to do some wild stunts. :op cos hey, this is the only time and place where you can induce your vehicle you're driving into a skid and feel how's it like to drive fast... this is as close as you can get to doing a drift like what you see in racing or the movies! each guy gets to go 3 rounds, by right the 1st you go at 30km/h, next 40 and the 3rd, 50 and steering the car to either side while skidding. i just didn't care, i simply floored the accelerator, drove as fast as the gear could allow and drove close to the edge of the pad. when i reached it, jammed the brakes, the rover skidding towards the outside of the pad, the front right wheel made contact with the rough concrete outside and my rover went into a crazy 180 degrees turn to a stop! i tell ya, it was AWESOME! i can never really explain how it felt like, it's just damn good! the 2nd also did the same... but the 3rd, oh yeah! b4 entering the entrance road to the pad, i did a wider turning to maintain a faster exit speed after the turn. b4 i completed the final turn, i floored the gas and off i go... had tired to reach 3rd gear but somehow it was difficult, nvm slammed back to 2nd and get back that bit of loss speed... jammed that brakes, tire made contact and whoa! violent but oh-my-f**king-god more than 180 degrees turn! the trainer beside smiled, and i not just smiled, i grined :oD will never forget this experience.
after 5 we all were dismissed and going home... somehow the sad reality of being alone just sets in. while everyone were in the weekend mood, i could not dread any more than that. couldn't find people to go out cos some studying, going out with others, simply wouldn't reply my messages or calls... and i think dick's a little tired of seeing me. all the way back home my mood was just simply low, everyone was a tired of hearing me talk about myself and i don't really have anyone to... let out. came home and my mum was pissed at the ignorant clara, so she's out too. watched tv and.... sigh now doing this. knowing that i have to go thru this over and over again is like, not really helping me but again... life is such... like what ppl in the army say,"lanlan, stuck thumb" well my thumb ain't that tasty ya know and i ain't interested in sucking anything that resembles that or banana or whatever... the feeling that you're no longer special to anyone is like as if you're non-exsistant in this world... good in a sense that no one will bother whatever you're doing... but at the same time is a problem as well. been trying to contact lost frens, phone, snail mail, online search... so far no improvement and the current ones that i have, they were there for me for a while... and now they're back to their own lives. god why am i born with this anti-social aural glow built around me... ok this is not fate, just bad luck. why bad luck?! argh better stop asking myself... hmm still having that strong feeling for that someone, the need to do something about it, but have been messing it up... confused confused. at least she's still doing fine and having a great time out there, a little peace for me. sigh, this would be the time that i would really want a cat on my lap, reading and seeing my type all these... and i'd be talking to him... imagining that i'm holding Buddy, the black cat with that white spot on his chest and with 2 white hind feet... who lives down at my void deck heh... gosh i really have no idea what to do after my drive tomorrow, i pray that something unexpected-ing good comes my way, please please please... *clutches hands together -_-*
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