Wow... this is the second time in the army that I'm enjoying a ten-day rest. The first was when I was down with intestinal worms in August 2003, though I wouldn't say I enjoyed it much then...

Let's see... Went to Sim Lim Square with Zi Rong, Jian Ming, Loren and Darryl on Sunday (6th Feb), then wrapped up with a game of pool at Selegie.

Then on Monday, my unit organised a cohesion programme at East Coast Park. There were games to be played, and in all the games HQ Coy faced a massive shortage of manpower. I got to try out a round of volleyball, where we lost marginally, something like 24-20... Sgt Melvin was the best performer for the match easily, with his dives and serves... All was fine until we found out that we had to clear half day off in the morning and another the following day for Chinese New Year. This is in hind sight of a burnt half day off prior to Christmas and New Year's Day.

The Lunar New Year was spent visiting all my relatives. This year, we managed to cover all the places in good time, even though we had set off at noon.

Spent Sunday at Terence's place. Steamboat was in the order, as was mahjong. Side note: Yanni's music is really very lifely and vibrant! Dinner at Europa. The buffet dinner that was screaming 'Chinese New Year' only had several kueh to its name. A shame, there, as I was expecting barbecued pork slices and raw fish salad. Even the kuehs were not up to standard; Their consistency was wrong and they were baked for too long.