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Sunday, August 31, 2008

3:28 PM

Since girlf entered uni and i started serving my NS, things have happened such that we're rethinking our stands on how we should give each other other some space.

She has her own commitments and stuff to see to, while i felt the need, more than ever to catch up with old friends. Feels like i have been cooping myself up in a hole for too long lol. With a few knocks here and there, hopefully this new found independence will be somewhat more effective for us and allow us to pursue what we choose to.

Having gotten to spend time in church wasn't that bad. We didn't get to play floorball for hours but the sharing, short badminton game and dinner was good enough for me. Attending the combined service, though missing the sermon cause of my lack of punctuality seemed to bring back memories. It was edifying gaming with SPYA.

letsseehowfarwecome

Monday, August 25, 2008

5:01 PM

The chance meeting with tw today stirred up quite a bit of nostalgia. It made me wonder about all that has changed during the past 5 years. We've definitely matured, gone our own different paths but that sense of warm familiarity remains.

I can't say how glad i am to actually have such friends around to make the difference. Thinking back to the days when his mom offered to give me maths tuitions, improving my grades with her patience and all. He was the role model of Christian life for me. Those were the days when we were so eagerly waiting for time to catch up with us, so excited to see what the future held for us.

If 5 years changed so many things, i wonder how me in the next 5 years would be like. I'm absolutely contented with how i am now and i truly it would stay the same then. Still, i hope that army wouldn't change me for the worse and pride won't get to my head.

wave-ing

Sunday, August 17, 2008

8:40 AM

For good or for bad, the 8 weeks have finally passed. Things have definitely changed since i passed out from BMTC.

Most of section 5's going their own way. Hopefully we can all find our purpose serving as the MenInGreen. It was an emotional morning, more so when alvin cried on our way out. This made me realise how much the bonds actually meant to most of us, and that maybe suffering together as "rejects" actually made us all the more bonded.

28km graduation march was the most disgusting thing. Most of the way, it was quick march. And since we were the last coy, our rest breaks were shorter than the rest. Compared to BMT, there was definitely less singing, slightly less xiong and less exciting. Towards the end, it really felt like my body was just moving without me willing it to.

Now, the new life awaits me. It may not be the best place to earn my chevrons but i'll give it my best shot. I'm gonna graduate, more alive, invirogated and fitter than ever!

y-junction.

Saturday, August 09, 2008

10:03 AM

The long weekends isn't that long after all. Saturday went by just like that.

Headed back to nanyang to collect my PW cert. While i was walking in the college, i kinda felt sort of like an alien. 2 awesome years spent in this very campus but when the people went, so did all the familiarity. It looked different, with all the new faces and changes around. And i finally got to see SEXBOMB after so long. Chatted with her for a while before heading to beachroad. Man. It was really nostalgic. Now i remember why i looked up to her so so much. Even after my days as her student, she never fails to encourage me and push me to strive on. Thanks Mrs Lim!

Then i was late(as usual) to meet nicholas at army market to get our corporal ranks done up. 7 bucks gone just like that. Lunch there was great, as expected from the famous beach road market or whatever you call it. Waited and waited and waited while it came to my turn. Surprisingly, there was quite a queue even though it was a friday.

Hung out with section5 after that @ amkhub. Caught The Mummy Returns: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Slightly disappointing but the company more than made up for it. Next up was pre-dinner programmes which went nowhere till Ian's cai came. Indecisiveness resulted in us having dinner much later at Yes! Chinese Food. Arcade-ed till the night was over.

abruptpause.

Thursday, August 07, 2008

11:44 PM

One more week and it's the closing of yet another chapter of being a man in green.

The past week has been a pretty bothersome week, not in the physically demanding aspect but rather the mental side. Having been taken for a ride already sucks. Knowing that i was assigned guard duty all of a sudden didn't help things. Not much of a choice and i ended up emo-ing my days away. I kept questioning why i didn't actually pause to voice it out that i couldn't do it on a Sunday. After trying everything i could, i stopped blaming myself. It helped knowing that certain things were no longer in my control, not like the days of being a civilian. These are the sacrifices we make. I'm sooo looknig forward to the days when i actually rise above being a man.

Again, i'm not gonna lose these bonds forged over these weeks. Genuine friendships were made and acquaintances became buddies. I guess the power of being the outcasted really gelled us closer than the rest. SECTION 5!

Just hope that this supposed long weekend would drag on and girlf will come out sooner.

~~low~~

Sunday, August 03, 2008

5:20 PM

Festival Of Praise 2008 was a blast! Though this year featured Reuben Morgan and The Parachutes- relatively small names for such an event, i never regretted my choice to go. The spontaneity, energy and comfort... It didn't matter that i only knew one song out of the countless that was sang. Clapping to the beat and soaking in the concert with friends i thought i had drifted from made it all the more enjoyable.

The entertaining sermon by some Australian pastor was fantastic too. Lessons were put across in a very digestable way. Yup. The only thing that's within our control in life is ourselves. Whether we wanna have positive/negative thoughts within us, making us feel good/bad about ourselves is really up to us in the end. Time to sieve out those bad experiences, grudges and thoughts and think them through one by one.

2 weeks more to the end of BSLC and i just can't wait. Time here has been more or less half f**k as wx would have put it. Not insanely xiong but not exactly welfare too. As the end of course approaches with all the peer appraisals, i just hope that this time would be a time to remember. And i'm soooo keeping my fingers crossed to my future posting. Hope that i get a support arm posting or exotic. Anything's fine as long as infantry ain't in the list.

Things have been improving this week and i really hope that this will keep up. Ain't the best start to improvements but it's much better than the past 3-5 weeks. Gambatte!

doubledigits!