朽木百哉のブォグ

This particular fight had one fighter who does not have an athletic physique, but somewhat round, yet strong looking. During the fight, the opponent was trying to wear him out by dodging, but soon was knocked out by his one single punch.

Next scene showed some introductory video about this figjhter and he also happened to be a performance car fanatic. He was driving a 'Rollei' make car of 200+bhp which I told him I drive as a form of transportation;hence I don't need such power. I was then guided to park by one of the MMA staff as the next match appeared to be in this industrial yard. Construction trucks may be used but they have to be marked and and 'safe edged' for this competition.

Next scene showed me picking out the Australian coins which denoted $5, $2 and $1; at the same time, I saw some photos taken in Australia; at this moment, I could see my breath condensing massively as if I was in a cold country.

Soon I was walking in this town and met a couple of old folks whom I did not manage to get their names; they were sharing with me about some important things in life and how to stay happy. I saw them walking into this small cottage-like building which was part of an estate. As I wanted to be in touch with them, I tried to catch up but after walking through 'Cortege Villas' (the building appeared to be centuries old), there were no signs of him.

This was where I had wandered into a kitchen and was warmly welcomed by a middle-aged lady. I apologised to her as I knew the kitchen was out of bounds to many. I told her that I was looking for an old couple who lives in this estate; as we walked and talked, the place transformed to be at another part of the town.

A young gentleman later told me after some casual conversation that this place is rather "dirty' - prior to this, I silently mouthed the words when I asked if this old couples I had met earlier are not human being, so as not to scare the people around me. At this juncture, I realised the beauty of the architecture at this part of the town; huge NATO plugs and switches could be seen just like those switchboards, but these formed the roofs of the buildings. As I bade him farewell, he wished me a great day ahead but did a 'cyber handshake' as we were quite distant and he had to make a move elsewhere.

Switchscene showed me talking to my storeman Allan, who was planning a backpacking trip to Taiwan where he planned the whole trip's daily itinerary at one go; I shared with him how I did mine during my visit to Australia.

I am now at my primary school where I was rushing for the morning assembly and late for the first time - we had to be locked out till the flag raising ceremony was over. The prefect on duty was Jacky, one of the sadistic scout leader I had met during ECA days. When the ceremony was over, I saw Junyong - my secondary 2 classmate whi was in a full suit and walking in with the rest.

Last scene showed me moving out of a pinewood workshop where David (another STTS coursemate) was. We did some moving and had to leave soon as David and a few had to lock up the place as they needed to go out.

Eyes opened. 4:45am.

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I saw some old NS comrades like Jiacheng and had a good catch up with him; his wife is expecting their 2nd child already and he is still doing his further studies.

I also saw some of my current NS unit's men like Weiqiang while we were gathered in this room full of computers.

Next scene showed me having a meal near CBD with Kent and Vincent and we talked about when we can come out and do photoshooting together again. As we were eating, I could see the sun setting with the orangey glow just like the yolk in a traditional mooncake.

Next scene showed me walking in Inner Sydney, with their awesome architecture surrounding me. After passing Darling Harbour, I saw this man trying to dislodge a fire extinguisher from it's mounting base which was affixed to the wall - the unusual thing is that the extinguisher was fixed in a water-filled container. Soon, I 'possessed' him and could see myself doing the dislodgement work. After extracting the extinguisher, I did a test and it was working fine. Some repair guy doing maintenance work here.

A moment later, I could see myself with some men who were dispatched in batches to eat as the 'cookhouse' set up in the park had limited seating. Seemed like we were all on a route march practice again. As I was collecting my food, I saw a boy's mother talking to him and overheard that he was living on his own and she instructed his uncle to handle the sale of the property, to ensure that the boy doesn't sign blindly and to ensure that the agreed sale price is right before signing the sales agreement document.

Now I am in this park where I can see lots of butterflies; one of them was so near me that some of its legs were on my fingers as it was laying its eggs on a tree branch.

During this period of observation, I was already up on a tree, and now, I saw a koala bear and was trying to snap a photo of him with my camera phone as dearie was calling me out from nearby that the ranger is noticing me getting too close. My camera snapped only when the koala bear was finishing his yawn as it was having difficulties focusing.

My eyes soon opened. It was 9am and I had slept for almost 12 hours.

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There was only Olivia who was the familiar face other than Thomas and I was introduced to an Indian lady colleague as a 'comeback' that I briefly said '...but not sure for how long'.

Now I appeared in this mall that looked like Bukit Panjang shopping centre and then in the arcade where 2 young punks were seen playing this shooting game. Many spectators could be seen crowding around them as they played. Halfway through, one of them stopped playing and wandered into this shop nearby, so I had to to take up the vacant player's place and continue the game.

This game resembled the 'Monster Fighter' that I had played during school days, but there's now a 'cheat detector' in the game which flys past the screen in a silvery spacecraft form - to catch those 'cheat reloading'.

Game ended soon and I joined the rest in the shop. One section sells mobile phone accessories and I saw some familiar faces but could not match to any names.

With the help of a friend, I managed to visit this lady (resembling 江祖泙) whose putting up at some kind of prison where she's allowed visitors. Her family members were with her too and brought her some books and food. After calling her church counsellor, she was told that she can't accept the food due to the 'purity' of the coconut milk and salt that was used in making the food. Over the phone, she wept and explained hard that this was a effort from the heart of her loved ones.

As she talked, the 'halfway door' swung and wiped on some dirt (resembling bird droppings) unto the cover (this food had now turned into a book) and remained in my sight for several minutes as I awaited for her to end the call along with the rest of her visitors.

After she ended her call in tears, we chatted with her while cleaning the soiled book cover. That was where I asked which church is she attending and she answered 'TCC'. It was also the main at Adam Road and I briefly told her I did have experienced some unpleasant issues in my time there. By the time I had finished, dearie's favourite bear also appeared and was taken to dry along with the book that was deemed 'spiritually unclean' by this lady's counsellor which we told her not to worry about it.

We all bade her farewell and she does look happier after our visit.

One of her friends appeared to resemble Sylvia (an ex colleague) who offered to give us a lift - so I told her to just drop me at the MRT station where I had parked my car.

Eyes opened. 6:47am.

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Soon, dearie came and as I was about to confront him after he tossed the slipper to the floor, he told me that there was a broken arrow wedged in the sole of his shoe. Strangely enough, he attempted to use my slipper to remove it.

Switchscene showed me running in a park where there were many of my unit comrades. We took several runs and as the number of rounds increased, so did the number of runners. The distance seemed pretty long but the run did not feel tiring at all.

Final scene showed a war scene where the Turks have captured St Paul ruins at Macau. As our battle station is raised, our child prodiigy sniper was ready to fire. Several individual Turks could be seen on each platform of St Paul ruins and our sniper took his position and took down several units from different positions.

His last shot missed and our battlestation had touched down on the ruins. The Turks, dressed in purple cloaks, started their melee attack with the traditional curved Arabian daggers on the frontline fighters. In this place, I appeared to be a tourist and quickly signalled the local civilians to evacuate the place to a safer turf of ground behind our frontline.

There was one boy who led a pack of dogs that I had guided him to safety. He had a head of hair that felt like the artificial grass patch used in supermarkets where fruits are placed.

I'm glad that the civilians could be moved to a safe zone.

Final scene showed me appearing seemingly in Hong Kong's Macdonalds where you can mix your own salad and a lady could be seen requesting additional sauce. The manager responded to her in Cantonese and offered to let her have 2 packs at the price of 1.

It was a 6-hour rest but felt like I had been there longer. Sky's bright again.
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