Marchin' On

On the 5th of March, we went to eat sushi at Ichiban Sushi cause he had cravings. Haha. Also kind of as our last super nice restaurant meal together..
Yakiniku beef temaki. Not bad but the beef was a little tough. At the top right hand corner you can see this other sushi thing. He was being super fierce with the waitress. Cause the previous day he ate the same thing at a different outlet, and they said they could make it non spicy. So when he asked the waitress she said it was already mixed in and kept offering other things like lobster. Like hello we want tuna. Then he kept saying "No. I want THIS ONE" hahaha never seen him so fierce before. Then she said "oh but really cannot non spicy, we already mixed it in the morning". And he was like, "Oh. SO IT'S NOT FRESH?" HAHAHAHA the waitress was totally stunned and said something like, "Oh we made a lot" which has totally no relevance to his statement. Hahahaha.
Bacon crepe thing. Yummy.
Salmon maki.
Juicyyyyyyy saba. Really good.
Peach ice cream!


Then we went to look at bunnies and hamsters.

He shaved his head on the 6th, one day before his enlistment. I think he looks okay. Not as weird as I thought it would be.


7th March 2012: was his enlistment day. Went to send him off to Tekong. It was difficult not to cry but I think crying for the past few nights helped. Also crying on the train on the way there helped. He was so sweet in what he wrote to me. And beebs, I know you wrote this in a way to show me your love:
I now will do all my homework before 8pm. I'm not going to write much here beebs, it's all going to be in the book.

The whole of yesterday passed really fast. Too quickly. Once we were on Tekong itself, we were separated from him. Guests and enlistees. Then we were given a tour of the grounds where they were going to be sleeping and training etc. The bunks look quite clean. There were double decker beds of course, but the fans are so close to the top deck I'm certain the person near the fan would freeze to death if he didn't use a blanket. And guess what, he got the top deck. :/ After touring the place, we were brought to the canteen where there were only two stalls open, and their teh was really thin and not very nice. After waiting for quite awhile, we were brought to an auditorium where there was kind of like a briefing for the parents about what their sons were going to do etc. Then they had an oath-taking ceremony, which is really dumb since I highly doubt they were there voluntarily, and then we went for "The Last Dinner" with them at the mess hall. They probably were trying to prove that the food they fed the boys was edible, but.. Omg. Maybe I'm just picky, but the food was G.R.O.S.S. Maybe only the chicken was not bad but it wasn't even cooked properly. Mine had blood oozing out of it. If that happened where I used to work, everyone would be demanding a refund or an exchange. But this is the army. Whatever they put on your plate you eat. Or die of starvation. Really soon after, too soon, they were told to line up at an area beside the mess hall. It was a really emotional time, I almost cried but I didn't want to cry in front of his parents, so I held it in and smiled at him while waving instead. And just like that, he was gone.

I waited impatiently till 9.30pm, cause it was the time where they could call back home. He called me shortly after 9.30pm, after he called his parents. We only spoke briefly, 5 minutes and 43 seconds. Enough to make me cry. After awhile, he texted me, and I was so heartbroken to hear him having some trouble in his bunk. After every text we exchanged, I burst into new bouts of tears. It's so terrible to feel so helpless. He was feeling so miserable but there was nothing I could do to make him feel better. :( I just kept crying and crying. Eventually I fell asleep but it was pretty late.

8th March 2012: I was so surprised and excited when I saw my phone ringing, and it was a call from him. We spoke for 8 minutes, longer this time, and I was so happy to hear that the second day went better. Proud of him. I think I'm forcing myself to stay awake to tire myself out, but it's not a very good tactic cause I feel so lethargic the next day.

I can't imagine how he feels. I miss him so much, but I think he might actually miss me more.