Oh well. I'm back! But for like only 1 day sigh. I've been trying to change a bit of my mindset though, trying to think of booking out from camp as something that i'll NEVER get instead of something that's expected. It's easier to deal with it that way.
SISPEC is...okay lah. Like the warrant officers and sergeants there..basically those in charge of us...don't like tekan us or anything, and the standard of discipline is still lower than Ninja back in BMT. So it's a bit easier. Can't stop me from feeling sian though..like i'm quite tired of this kind of life already. Well it'll end in another 9weeks..I'm in delta company by the way, for the guys who wanna know.
Yesterday was pretty ok. As in yesterday after i booked out lah, not the IPPT (aka army NAPFA) in the morning. After they dropped us off at Boon Lay MRT, my mum picked me up to meet my dad at a country club where he was playing golf..In the past, all i could do there was like play arcade, but now i'm EIGHTEEN and guess what..i played the slot machines there!!
Haha no more being chased out from casino rooms anymore...still, playing jackpot was..liddat lor. Just put in your coins and get mentally detached from it as the coins become numbers on the screen..then just press the button and watch as your cash gets eaten up. My mum told me to sit at this machine, but it turns out that it's like cursed 'cos it just kept eating my 50cent coins up! The returns were like so little too...when you got "free games" the cash earned was like so bleah. Turns out she thought i could make a profit there, 'cos apparently the guy before me had been playing there non-stop & had like lost a thousand bucks at that machine alone!
Aiyoh aiyoh..the tales of the rich and reckless..this guy must've like played 10credits (a.k.a. 5bucks) each time and didn't know when to stop. It was quite hard parting with the money i lost there, but i decided to switch to another machine, where i...er...didn't lose as much. :\ Of course i would lose lah. Like what did i expect? Sighsighsigh at least my mum won enough to cover up my losses somewhat. She's got this "arse-luck" with slot machines. And most gambling games in general. Not saying that she never loses though...just less than luckless moi. I think there's some strategy to slot machines, but i'm still a n00b at it (mahjong is SOO much easier lol).
Not that i really wanna be pro or something. To those itching to try their luck at jackpot machines..well i'd actually recommend that you don't do it..if that's not stating the obvious enough. Like maybe try it once for the fun of it, but don't expect to win, 'cos slot machines are quite anal. And the ones here have constipation or something. Halfway through playing and you're not even playing to win anymore. You're just trying to win enough to recoup enough of your losses just so you can change machine or get the heck out of the room. Oh but Las Vegas machines are very fun apparently. Only looked at it from far but my parents seemed to have fun during our previous trips there. And they pay out better too. Meaning they TAKE less of your money. But really, some of the machines there are quite unique..and they've got $100000 jackpots and stuff!
Haha ok i shall stop corrupting those 17 and 18 year olds with talk of gambling...not much time left at home 'cos i'm booking in at 10pm..it's like almost 12.30pm liao. Ahwell. Time to just sit back and chill out. Bye to all!
