朽木百哉のブォグ

The first place that appeared was at NCS where I had a call centre agent job. The layout of the office looked a little different this time as the seat I was assigned was facing the rows of seats that lined up facing each other. Thomas was still the team leader and could be seen holding a lit cigarette while covering the mouth end with a tissue and then spraying some 'mask' to prevent the sprinkler from activating.

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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Laying my head on my pillow, it's one of those nights that the mind is filled with thoughts as I will be going for another NS callup tomorrow. Though it's a just a one-day event, it does have considerable disruption to our usual lifestyle.

With the haze's density this evening, I wonder how the military trotting will be carried out tomorrow if the level has reached an unhealthy range. Many of us would not even risk ourselves for a purpose as we have better things to do. But sadly, being 'sons of Singapore', we all have almost no choice if we are based in Singapore.

It's a rather unusual early night for me with this passing thought. I decided not to elaborate as much tonight as I look forward to an earlier rest.

Maybe I'll find out more in the world beyond dreamland.

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I was waiting for dearie at this void deck which resembled that of my old home at Bedok North - sitting area in one quadrant of the void deck separated by the kitchen area where the rubbish chute collection door was. 2 men could be seen loitering nearby and as I was waiting for dearie, I left my slippers nearby and walked around barefooted (place was unusually spick and span), one of the 'red indians' took one foot of my slippers and tried to wedge out something from the sole of his shoe.

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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I saw myself in this building of colonial style, yet modern inside, just like Queen Victoria Building. Seems like I am working around this area.

Took a walk outside and saw many people making their way home. Shops are already closed as it was 530pm by the time I stepped outside.

Switchscene and I saw myself in some military base and my ex unit's RSM George Cher had stepped in and I greeted him in the course of myself doing some stuff. He was unusually dressed in a 'winter strike' camouflage uniform and his hair and moustache had already turned white.

The next place I saw was myself on the local tram where the transport entry /exit item was a token. An officer was seen doing a sweep as there was someone who did not enter legally. The unusual thing was that this token gives us a unlimited trips for 3 days which was supposed to be a card-style pass - just like the recent travel to KL with dearie.

My eyes opened. It was already a brightly-lit sky.

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A vision of myself driving along TPE and later seeing myself being fined for driving at 110km/h. The fine seemed to come soon after I was driving.

Dinner time soon. Visited AMK during the afternoon but it seems like there aren't anything interesting in the neighbourhood.

Weather is still quite hazy so there aren't many places in the great outdoors that we can visit. Maybe that's the reason that caused a veil-like sensation of that has draped over the mind.

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The first scene I saw was taking cover in a house which I could not be seen by the owner. Somehow, the owner had to hire a maid and I hid from an angle that the cabinet mirror doesn't show my reflection.

The next scene showed me walking in this country-like place where one could experience the serenity and peace of countryside living. There wasn't anyone which reminded me of the countryside which I had visited during my recent trip.

Another scene showed me talking to Peiying, one of the photographers I had known at a friend's wedding. It was a casual setting where we had bumped into each other.

Final switchscene: I saw myself in this basementa where there were many tables of stove-like apparatuses and one of them started to boil very quickly. Water gets boiled really quickly in less than 10mins for a kettle full. Before I could turn it off, there was this girl who had already done so; she seemed very familiar with the place and operating all the equipment.

Eyes opened. 945am.
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Another night of a quiet walk to pick up my ride after a massive-charged day.

The stillness of the night is something which I have been enjoying everytime I take this walk. I can't help gazing across the illuminated blocks of flats often as the skies appear so much clearer tonight.

What a beauty of tranquility. Gazing at time just leaves one in awe to be immersed in its presence. For tonight, I can't find any words that can describe this kind of beauty.

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