My reservist for this year was for APEC 2009 and I have to admit, I kinda enjoyed it. 2 weeks off from work, doing a relatively easy job. I was deployed in a team that provided security in Meritus Mandarin hotel where the president of Peru was staying for 3 days. My job - vehicle securing ie. jaga the carpark in front of the hotel and make sure nothing happens with the APEC cars ie. just stand there haha.

APEC is a big event attracting various world leaders including the likes of Obama and Hillary Clinton so I think the budget for APEC must have been high because welfare was pretty good I feel - we had a hotel room to rest and there were always plenty of food and drinks (some people still complain though...biaselah Singaporeans haha)

Maybe it was more fun this time round because they deployed a lot of reservists...there were more reservists than regulars in my team...so there were more people you can relate to and make friends...rather than on normal reservist duty, where you could be the only one in a team full of regulars and they already have their cliques to begin with.

We went to Hujan's first Singapore concert at Republic Polytechnic on the 7th of October.

We thought the tickets were kinda pricey ($58) since they're a local band and the venue is a school...but I guess it's alright when you consider the first 50 buyers get to meet the band and receive a goodie bag with their new album cd inside. Sadly for Hujan and the organizers though...the turnout was very poor (maybe others thought it was expensive too).

The concert started off with a few opening bands from Singapore, but with the exception of The Marilyns, i thought the opening bands kinda sucked haha. But Hujan didn't disappoint...they were great and the sound system was surprisingly good. Singer Noh was being funny throughout the night too, which made it more entertaining.

Sis gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Aaridz Zakwan, on Monday 09.11.09 (nice date), weighing 3.94 kg, at East Shore Hospital.

I was at Tanglin Police Division for my reservist training when I received the good news through sms from abah and mami. Went to the hospital directly after training to see the baby. Anga and Noreen were already there, while abah and mami arrived later with the kiddos.