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Thursday, March 30
Had a rather smooth duty last night, got fence 2 and skipped staff parade... Better still, a turnout happened during my detail, and i wasn't involved... LOL... Took half day off to rest today, even though i kept telling myself not to take... Off days are still very tempting... Anyway there's new hope of off days, might still be able to salvage 1 day of off every month, cos we're PAD, the most xiong depot in SAFAC...
Re-applied for NTU juz now, decided to go straight for mechanical engineering, hope can get accepted... Somehow or rather, i feel there's something wrong with my application, hope its juz me being overly-sensitive, everything's gonna be alrite...
April's coming, 8 more months to ORD!!!
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MoNtOyA*
8:39 PM
Tuesday, March 28
Spent the whole of today analysing the new policy of no more MPOS with immediate effect... Realised that this could be part of a chain-effect of new policies tat could be implemented soon, and my hunch is tat the final part of this chain-reaction is STAYING-IN!!!
It began with a policy of not carrying forward more than 3 days of off, due to many ppl clearing truck-loads of off days when they ORD, which affected manpower for work... Well Hd Ops made it sound acceptable, but it could have been a ploy, a ploy to reduce the number of off days we have at our disposal shld anything drastic happens...
Now we're no longer awarded any off days, which means they're trying to slowly squeeze away the 3 days that we might still possess from previous months, cos as ppl work without rest they eventually get tired and will be tempted to use their remaining off days... Hence i reckon in a few months time everybody will have ZERO off days left...
And now, wads the purpose of taking away all our off days? I believe this is to make sure nobody can escape staying-in when it gets implemented... Simply put, an off day means u can stay out one night when staying-in comes into place, hence with no off u lan lan gotta stay-in...
Why do i predict staying-in in the future, it is due to Ravelin, which requires stay-in... And the top management will definitely wanna make things fair by getting all other depots to stay-in as well, and as our unit moves towards becoming a formation and having a brigade estab, and as requirements of our future job scope, it is likely tat staying-in gets implemented...
And how do we stay-in when there are no bunks in my camp? Simple, as soon as Ravelin gets operational, the logistic branch will shift over to the new camp, and the 2-storey building they vacated is a very "ideal" place for staying-in, juz by doing some renovations... Looking at how they convert the canteen to a spec mess in juz a month, i wun be surprised if the bunks can be ready in something like 2 months...
Alot will depend on when is Ravelin going operational, at this very moment it is not decided yet, but i hope to ORD b4 staying-in comes into force... God bless me...
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MoNtOyA*
8:08 PM
Monday, March 27
Its been a rather bad week for me so far, beginning with the not-so-enjoyable soccer session yesterday, shan't elaborate on tat, but i wun be taking it to heart cos its over liao... Anyway there are more things for me to worry about...
Alot of bad things happened in our CO's conference today, firstly my CSM's attempt to take us out from Sat RT programme failed, so i guess i'm stuck to RT till i ORD... Secondly it was also decided that from April onwards, we wun be given anymore performance off days, meaning i no longer have 2 off days per month, which is freaking sian... Nvm, i will award myself off days with MCs... LOL...
Worst still, the current RP shortage in my camp means we have to take over some RP sentry duties, and this inevitably increased my duty frequency next month... Finally kena a weekend duty, the first time in 8 months, and this had to fall on 23th April, which is the San Marino Grand Prix!!! No way i'm gonna miss the race, i will go all out to change it!!!
I hope no more bad stuff gets implemented at my camp, wan it to remain as slack as possible, 8 more months to go... ORD!!!
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MoNtOyA*
7:42 PM
Tuesday, March 21
Haven been blogging for awhile, so i'm here! Watched Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, it wasn't as exciting as Bahrain, perhaps due to both my Williams cars retiring early, so i've got nobody to show my support for... Tats why...
It was a Renault 1-2, fantastic work by the French team, it showed their desire to retain the World Championship for another yr... Jenson Button completed the podium by finishing 3rd in his Honda...
One conclusion drawn from the first 2 races is that the new V8 engines are unable to last the required 2 races set by the FIA, many cars either retiring with engine failure, or playing safe by changing a new engine and get a 10-grid position penalty... I've read that its due to the core vibrations of the engines, for a V8 the hardest vibrations occur from 16000RPM onwards, and since the engines are revving at their top speeds most of the times, hence making them vulnerable... It wasn't a problem for V10 engines, as the hard vibrations occer between 12000RPM to 14000RPM, and the engines revs very quickly out of this band... perhaps this explains why the STR-Cosworth team's V10s have been so solid huh...
Will be damn broke for this month, cos have to pay for my fren's b'dae gift, my platoon's cohesion day and the extra fees for driving inside the circuits... Arghhhhhh.... I need my CPL pay, when will i get promoted????
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MoNtOyA*
8:31 PM
Sunday, March 12
The wait is finally over, the 2006 F1 season has come, and wad a scintillating race we juz had at Bahrain!!! Here are the results from the race:
1st: Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2nd: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
3rd: Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes)
4th: Jenson Button (Honda)
5th: Juan Pablo Montoya (McLaren-Mercedes)
6th: Mark Webber (Williams-Cosworth)
7th: Nico Rosberg (Williams-Cosworth)
8th: Christian Klien (Red Bull-Ferrari)
9th: Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
10th: David Coulthard (Red Bull-Ferrari)
11th: Vitantonio Liuzzi (STR-Cosworth)
12th: Nick Heidfeld (Sauber-BMW)
13th: Scott Speed (STR-Cosworth)
14th: Ralf Schumacher (Toyota)
15th: Rubens Barrichello (Honda)
16th: Jarno Trulli (Toyota)
17th: Tiago Monteiro (Midland-Toyota)
18th: Takuma Sato (Super Aguri-Honda)
A fairly level playing field this year, with Renault, Ferrari, McLaren and Honda all evenly matched, definitely a more open championship this yr, and not a two-horse race anymore... Alot more overtaking this yr too, credit to the FIA for implementing the regulation changes in chassis designs, resulting in loss of downforce and provides a slight advantage to overtaking cars... We'll look at the individual performances now...
Renault:
Alonso did a perfect race and won it, as simple as that
Fisichella retired with hydraulics failure
Ferrari:
Michael was quick in the first stint, but lost some pace towards the end
Massa was unlucky, spinning off track with some electronics problem and got a stuck tyre in the resulting pit-stop, did well to recover and finish in 9th
McLaren:
Raikkonen was stunningly quick to finish on the podium from last place on the grid, making good use of a one-stop strategy
Montoya dun seem to be his usual self, only doing averagely well in the race, perhaps a lil worried bout his future in the team
Honda:
Jenson did pretty well, finishing in a solid 4th place
Rubens was plagued by a gearbox problem, but he did finish the race
Williams:
Webber did ok, finishing in 6th place, but i expected alot more frm him honestly
Rosberg was amazing, had a bad start and pitted soon to replace his damaged front wing, but came back strongly to finish 7th on his debut, clocking the fastest lap time of the race in the process
BMW:
Heidfeld had a disappointing race, the car simply wasn't fast enough
Villeneuve retired with a blown engine
Toyota:
Large disappointing for both cars, not up to pace yet, gotta do more work in the wind tunnel
Red Bull:
Klien did well to grab a point for Red Bull
Coulthard tried very hard, but still din make it
Squadra Toro Rosso:
They are cheating!!! Their V10s are clearly giving them the edge, the FIA gotta act soon, and its not as if Red Bull dosen have the budget to make the switch to V8s
Midland:
Back markers as expected
Super Aguri:
At the tail-end of the grid as expected, nothing spectacular from them at all, for all the hype
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MoNtOyA*
9:16 PM
Sunday, March 5
Oh yea its March now, yet another month closer to my ORD!!! But the best part of this month is that F1 is starting again!!! First race coming up in a week's time, at Bahrain...
Yesterday played mahjong, and for the first time i actually won money, instead of paying "school fees"... My winning percentage is still very low, but i managed to game one "5 tai" and two "4 tai" which converted my losses to winnings... LOL... Best part was my "5 tai" win, it was alady pretty obvious i'm playing "yi se" of "wan zi", yet a guy still threw my final tile of "er wan" for me to win... Hahahahahaha...
After the game ended at abt 3am, there wasn't anymore buses, so my fren sent me home on his bike, it was pretty shiok... But to be honest i was rather scared during the ride... LOL!!!
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