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Siu Hang aka Xiao Hong had his new adventure at ROC. His greatest experience was to witness a bike, which he proclaimed this trip was worthwhile.
Xiao Hong’s return from ROC
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I missed the ROC trip
[Tuesday, 26 September, 2006]
It was another ROC (Taiwan) trip for the SOCC cadets from Signal Institute again. I missed the time I had there previously.
Siu Hang was lucky to be selected to go with them this time but he had repeatedly dropped me questions once in every few days. The worst time was when I was hospitalised and feeling so helpless, I had to reply him. Nevertheless it was my wish and pleasure to help my good friend.
Anyway, I told him to get me a carton of Pork bowl noodle but it seemed like they were not allowed to order anymore to put into the container to be transported back to Singapore. It was a disappointment since I wanted to share those “powerful” bowl noodles (with meats inside) with my friends who had never been to Taiwan.
Just hours before the plane was taking off as I was feeling crappy, I sent a message to my friend, Captain Phua, who I got to know through my previous trip. I tried to tease him that I hoped he would not be alone during the R&R (Relax and Recreation) trip.
He replied me, “Why would i? I’m not even going. Haha… I’ll be on course, so not going.”
My Taiwan bubble tea girl
A few days ago, I received an email for invitation to use Yahoo Messenger from my Taiwanese chiobu. I had tried it before and it was not as stable as MSN. Since most friends had long abandoned ICQ and Yahoo Messenger, I did not bother to use them again, apparently I had less problem of laggy system.
Yesterday, I decided to try the Yahoo Messenger out again and she appeared at night. This girl was the first and only (so far) girl whom I had approached to take photos with in the street, in a foreign country somemore. She was the bubble tea girl in the city of 斗六 (Dou Liu) in the central of Taiwan, but currently she had found a job at Taipei.
Chatting with her was tedious for she was not educated with English. Suddenly I realised I could not type the olden Chinese words, which she was using, but luckily she was able to figure out what I was typing. Although my Chinese standard had dropped so much, I was still able to understand her words as well.
It was great to be able to chat with her again after so long, after she got back her internet access in her new house. Somehow I was still regretful that I did not bring the Olympus C-750 along during the trip as Ben just could not produce effects that were satisfying enough.
With the cancellation of the current SOCC platoons’ Taiwan trip this year, I was not able to go there again, unless I were to pay for the ticket on my own. So, she made a request, probably a causal one, that if she ever comes to Singapore, I must be her tour guide; hopefully her boyfriend would not come along.
Take a break
Been waiting for some posts for my ROC trip? I’m curious why they aren’t up yet. Yes I do know why – because I haven’t finished my writing.
Well, you can’t expect much from a person who had to go back to work just the next day right after he returned from his three weeks of overseas trip. Whereas for others, they have been clearing their offs to rest at home.
There’s nothing to be happy about, thus no motivation given. Life has been bad because foxtrot uniform charlie kilo echo romeo sierra are all around; you know you can’t stand the sight of them, so do I. They’re just bullies and hypocrites. They make me feel like going back to Taiwan.
My back’s breaking and the screwed up x-ray report requires two weeks’ time to be ready. Whereas the interesting MO gave three days light duty status on a Friday. Moving equipments worsened my condition.
I’m not defeated yet. I’ll show black face to anyone who tries to take me for granted. I’ll be damn nice to whoever can help me massage.
I'm back
I’m back from Taiwan finally. It was a great experience though there were many things I felt should be done correctly but screwed up, which upset me.
My gang of 11 people went to the airport to fetch me – Mingfa, Meijun, Wilson, Pauline, Mingli, Xinyi, Guoxin, Weitat, Kok Chiang, Ah Teck and Meijun’s teammate. I didn’t expect to see so many people and I was really happy that I forgot my tiredness, however, felt remorseful for keeping them waiting. Beach outing was cancelled, or should say not organized.
After breakfast at the MacDonald’s, which Wilson took his nap by lying down on the seat, they decided to take cabs home instead of MRT which had already begun service. Anyway, I didn’t sleep and instead, cleared my emails and then edited the photos. Many of the stuffs I brought back were taken by my brothers.
I went out at around 4pm and got home so late to continue with my work. The fact that I haven’t been updating my diary since last week of the trip means that it might take up to a week to write and type them out…
Leaving for ROC
I’m bringing my pain along to Taiwan. The aching on my back weakens my body. I’m glad to leave, to gain experience, as well as to escape from the craps I’m facing.
It’s the first time I’m holding an international passport. I’m at total lost. It isn’t just a simple trip, not when I’m leaving with the army.
I’m not ready to leave, too many things for me to settle makes me reluctant to set off the next day. I’m too lazy to pack my luggage, certainly too tired to, because the stress on my back makes me lie down.
I’m not ready to leave, I haven’t had enough fun with my friends. I’ll miss everyone, especially the chio-er ones. Yea!