today's my first day of civilian life. it is really DAMN SIAN. yup i stayed at home the whole day doing nothing..kind of rotting at home. i got to do something productive soon or my brain cells will start dying day by day.
every one seems to be happy with ORD...but i feel quite lost instead. i got my certificate of service last friday with my testimonial and kelvin heng was telling me he felt quite sad cos he dont know if he will be seeing all his men again. i kind of felt the same way too even though i have done lots of shit and the people there had given me lots of angst during the 1 yr. i know i certainly wont be seeing hanrong again during reservice..and i wonder if hsien yeow and the rest of my men will be back. i got my ic on friday..but it was like any other days. there werent alot of people in camp and many just left the camp after they got their ic. i wonder if i was the only one feeling sad to leave the camp...after all i have spent the majority of my NS life there. the friends there...the things done there...think i will never forget all these things. said bye to my PS but not my PC. think i will never be able to treat him as a friend..only a superior and subordinate relationship. but thanks to him i realised the importance of controlling my emotions. some memories can never be erased no matter how hard you try.
got my pink ic and an envelope containing my testimonial, my certificate of service and my service transcript. my testimonial had grammatical errors everywhere and my name all of a sudden became "xiang han" in the middle of the testimonial. kind of reflects the amount of appreciation the army has. it's all a wayang show i guess.
regret that i didnt get to take a picture of my bunk. i managed to do that for my bunk in tekong, SISPEC and ATI. and i didnt get to take a picture of my tank - 54264. i think i spend more time touching and servicing it than on myself lol.
ORD function at Maritius Mandarin was quite enjoyable. took quite alot of pictures with my friends. basically spent 60 bucks just to take pictures inside the function hall of a hotel. the food was ok and the performance was alright too. was talking to hsien yeow about the lack of girls at the function and we started talking about VJC prom nite. surprisingly till now i still dont regret the decision of not going for the prom night. i know i will certainly not enjoy the function..dont have many friends there so what's the point of spending so much just to feel out of place over there.
i cant start working yet cos i am going overseas in early december. i am basically rotting at home now and desperate attempts to meet up with friends have been unsuccessful so far. hopefully i can meet up with friends whom i have not seen for a very long time. kind of regretted neglecting them during the past 2 years. hope i still have the chance to make up....
i want to learn baking. shall try it out one of these days when i am in the mood.
the end of NS, the end of a chapter in my life. it's the start of a new chapter and i am definitely not going to ruin it again.