What a smashing weekend!

Yo!

Welcome to the latest "installment" of Tire Tracks!

Had a really nice weekend last week, had my company D&D at Swissotel The Stamford (Raffles City CC). Damned bloody fun. The food was not bad, games were quite ok, skits and talent performances were great and the lucky draw prizes was wooooo! Someone from my table won a 40" LCD HD TV from Samsung. What luck (why can't it be mine!!! %^&^*#$%)!

The day did not start well though, it rained hard just as i was about to step out of the house with my helmet and all. Guess it was just as well as it allowed me to "drink" (Remember! Dun drink and drive, nor should you drink before u drive! Only drink after you "FINISH" driving and do not drive again after u drink!) Had only abt 3-4 glasses of white wine and a couple of beers. Bear had abit too much during the D&D. So much so that he "merlion-ed" into a large soup bowl. Imagine the waitress's face... Hilarious! Too bad i wasn't there to see it - though it was funny enuff to just hear it. Went to the dance floor just to "not" be myself - all so serious and woody - and just relieved some stress!

Went home early at about 12.30am as Raymond was coming by my house to pass me my new phone - HTC Diamond. Whoopee! The next day was gonna be just as happening. Can't wait!

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Woke up brite and early. Today was the day that i would be damn shag as i had 2 paintball sessions in a day @ RD. The morning session was organised for some of the pinoys (Filipinos) in my company. My friend Vince came along as i had one of my pinoys drop out.

Since me and Vince were the only ones that had any prior experience with paintball so we were separated and became the captains of each team. After the safety brief, it was game on!

My team won the first round quite fast, It didn't take longer than 10 mins to score the first win. In fact, it was so fast that we could squeeze in an additional round. Vince's team took the second round and we were tied for that game. After that, it was clear which team was the winner as my team took control and finished the session as winners by taking the next and final two games. It was damned fun as i was shouting at my teammates while taking cover and shooting at people at the same time. All in all it was good fun and i believe my pinoys went home really happy.

Vince and i hung around RD for awhile washed up and left for home to rest up and prepare for the next round of paintball in the form of the Paintball Clinic conducted by Big Ben (King). I played around with my new phone for abit before going down to RD yet again.

After the safety brief, we were grouped into teams. Vince was with me as well as a couple others as a team. I think it was kinda unfair for the other teams as i think we were the ones with the most members (6, while the others had 5) and we were prolly the ones with the most experience as well - me, Vince and Ian.

Each team played like one round each VS another team and were given advise on how to shoot properly, what they should have done in some situation they faced, as well as safety issues. Taking masks off in the field in a definite nono which will prolly have people shouting at you, "PLAYER! MASK ON!" or prolly a paintball up in yer eye. Not joking!

I was still ok with the shag-ness but during the some of the games played, my teammates were kinda pinned down so i had to get down and dirty to run and get the objectives. WHICH, I did, and we won the game! I was so tired during one of the games that i literally just sat down behind one of the barrels and took five. LOL. Luckily the game ended quite soon after that and i was able to take a well earned rest.

The session ended with a viewing of the video taken by Jane - President of the Paintball Association of Singapore. One of the videos showed me in a embarrassing but really funny way, going forward to take the objective without taking down the first objective first. Everyone had a good laugh when i got shouted at and then, realising my mistake, threw the objective back down. However, i was glad to say that i got both the objectives which won the game, albeit being shagged like hell.

Went home shagged but happy, i think this is one sport that i'll prolly go into quite frequently, hope to find more ppl to join me and perhaps form a team or something. First thing i need to do though, is to train up and get more stamina. Even though i might be just playing as a back player. Front players are more fun - up close and personal!

The knees were quite sore after i went home, gonna be worse tml... Oh ya... i didn't manage to do OT on Hari Raya as the units that were supposed to come in, didn't. Extra money fly away. SIANz!

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Yay another weekend coming up fast, might be going to Benguin's birthday paintball party on sat - see how first haha. Prolly going kulai with the peeps on friday night. But one thing's for sure, i'm gonna have to wake up early later as i'll be meeting someone at around 6 at henderson wave bridge and it almost 2am already.

Anyway, i'm on leave later as i am bringing down my certs to Ngee Ann Poly as i have already applied for a part-time dip there so... yeah. First step to my dream of becoming an aircraft engineer. I will do it!

GAMMBATTE YO!

BANZAI!

SAYONARA!









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