Emergence from BMT

God has been very good to me. I have never imagined this - a long lasting friendship between Sean & myself for the past 7 years!

Sean Teng is a BMT mate whom I got to know during my BMT days back in the old Nee Soon Camp. Both of our company was under Lieutenant Patrick Tan & really... those days are difficult to be forgotten.

God really has a way of things. Even after both of us passed out from BMT, we were assigned to the same Army Camp at Ayer Rajah, even though in different Army units. We continued to see each other along the stone-paved roads over the next 2 years... slowly becoming better friends, then close friends... & even occasionally calling each other up for a sneaky tea break at the canteen! Hahahaha... those were the days!

Just when I thought that my birthday would just past me by without it even being significant enough to remember, Sean came into the scene! We agreed to meet for dinner some days ago coz Sean wanted to treat me dinner to celebrate my birthday at Siglap Cafe Cartel.

It was a hot & humid day... & I was tired. But I pushed myself to go for the dinner appointment coz its my birthday dinner with Sean & he's my best friend.

Over dinner we talked & laughed, as usual... the loudest in every cafe, food court or fast food centre which we patronised together. Somehow God is so amusing... He allowed interesting 'sparks' to fly, cultivating an interesting friendship between Sean & I. I think the couple with 4 daughters sitting on the table next to us must have been astonished at how roudy we were!

Thereafter, after some serious as well as other nonsensical chat, we decided to go to Gelare for ice-cream dessert. Both of us ordered a 2-flavoured ice-cream cone each & sat at a table outside the restaurant, continuing our chat.

I brought up an idea of going KTV together & Sean was immediately thrilled! He loves singing & said that he will arrange a KTV outing with me & his friends.

Later, Sean got thirsty (see lah, eat ice-cream) & wanted to buy a drink from the coffee shop nearby. While walking to the bus stop, suddenly I asked him why isn't he going home to watch the much awaited soccer match between Manchester United & Liverpool!

This perked him up & suddenly he realised that he was about to miss this exciting match! While I waiting at the bus stop for his bus to come, I suddenly thought of an idea - to watch soccer with him at his house! Afterall, its supposed to be a 'big fight' between 2 very good soccer teams. So we hopped on the bus when it came.

It was the first time that I was going to his house to watch soccer, so I thought its quite a new experience. On the bus, we chatted other silly stuff that happened to us in the past. And we laughed & laughed... =)

Even during our first overseas holiday trip together, we actually had a crush on the same girl in our tour group! Upon coming back, both of us thought it through & didn't find her attractive anymore. Both of us laughed at ourselves... Hahahaha... So silly...

After leading me through rain shelters & open spaces where kids had just finished playing with their lanterns (lantern festival mah, not that I bothered anyway), we reached Sean's house. Its big. Much bigger than mine.

During our bus trip, we realised that that soccer match that we are looking forward to had ended, so we decided to watch other ongoing soccer matches. It was then that I found out this perculiar habit about Sean - he liked to watch soccer only to see goals being scored. That means flicking between several soccer SCV channels over & over, just to see if goals are or have been scored. Hmm... I dunno whether to think of it as good or bad... or maybe its just odd... just Sean... =)

This fella can be quite fickle-minded when it comes to watching sports. Apart from flicking between a few soccer channels, he also decided to watch tennis out of the blue! So we watched a womens' tennis match between France & Korea. Sean watched the game, while I watched the players' faces! I began commenting about their faces, say that they look tired, sun too glaring on their faces, etc. Sean found my comments very comical & laughed & laughed...

In the midst of the switching between sports channels, I decided (as usual) to take sneaky video clips of Sean's intense look while watching the TV! 3 times I took rather interesting video clips & 3 times I got caught by Sean after filming for awhile. He always exclaimed "Eh!" whenever he saw me filming him! Then both of us laughed...

He gave me a birthday card & the words were meaningful & appreciative. I really thank God for this good friend. Its really amazing how God puts people together... =)