yes its me again. i have survived. my thanks go out to those who had me in your thoughts, minds and hearts. it has been fine so far. better than fine in fact, settled in quite alright and adjusted to the whole regimental thing. guess everyone who went in around this time would say the same thing. bunkmates good, food good, conditions good, commanders nice, everything also quite good. once i go back in i'll be back again after 6 days of being out feeding mosquitoes
but then that's only on one side of the issue. once i go back in, i'm once again away from it all. away from you especially. the good thing is there's no more 2 weeks of hell and loneliness. only gonna be one week each time from now on haha. actually i exaggerate. its not that bad and its due in large part to your support. it lets me be happy by day and sleep easy by night. thank you from the bottom of my heart. dld
guess who's back, back again
Saturday, January 27, 2007
counting down
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
about one and a half days left. then two weeks from then. a month. two months. a year. two years. and then i'll be free. there are a 1001 other things i'd rather be doing, but alas, i have no choice. this must have been hanging over me from the day i was born, so best to begin with it, for every day passed will be one day closer till its over. hope its a fun ride, gonna make the most of it. things can only get better haha
my personal statement
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
this is my personal statement. read it and weep.
in a few days i will be enlisted into the nation's conscript army where i will no doubt face challenging and strenous tasks, both physical and mental. physical exertion would manifest in cleaning up toilet facilities while mental would be the state i wind up in after having to clean said toilet with a toothbrush (hopefully not the same one i use to brush with). during that period it is unlikely that i will be using much of my mental capacity. therefore what you are reading now could well be the last few strands of intelligent thought that manifest from me. just like how a dying star burns up as a supernova, bear witness to this moment for my brain will soon degenerate into a black hole of nothingness.
slacking is one of my strong points. i have proven quite proficient in it over the years. slack cca? check. no other extra-curricular activities? check. refusal to use capitalization in this passage out of sheer laziness to hold the shift key? check. therefore i stand myself in good stead for ns. but enough about my jungle stint, its time to move on, or to be more precise, take a step back in time.
in secondary school i epitomized several qualities exceptionally well. for much of my first year i would pack up my stuff before the end of the last lesson and wait for the bell to ring, watch out, eye on the second hand (said watch having already been earlier synchronized with the school bell) . once the chime started i would bust my ass and bounce, long gone by the time the ringing wound down. the clock-watching shows punctuality and strict adherence to deadlines. packing of belongings beforehand shows resourcefulness in planning. the alacrity and speed in which i made my exit shows that i'm on the ball and react quickly to changing situations. beat that. ha.
wow. i actually feel my head heating up from all the exertions going on. guess the engine must still be working, albeit a little sluggishly. i was going to move on to my experiences in junior college but i suddenly can't recall much, except for a few key moments. having NEVER made it to a college of my choice, TWICE (thank you very much MOE) i think i still did commendably. managed to pull myself through without sustaining major damage and scars. barely. but don't think that it was a bed of thorns to study in NJC, for i exaggerate much. i am eternally grateful for my time there, for reasons which would be too sappy and melancholic to mention in a place like this, not to mention that i'm rather lazy to list them all. it is substantially easier to gripe and grouse about the bad stuff. but rest assured the good outweighed the bad many-fold. ;)
aha the laziness strikes again for i'm now bored with this and i'll come back to finish it another day. which i probably won't, but you never know...
in a few days i will be enlisted into the nation's conscript army where i will no doubt face challenging and strenous tasks, both physical and mental. physical exertion would manifest in cleaning up toilet facilities while mental would be the state i wind up in after having to clean said toilet with a toothbrush (hopefully not the same one i use to brush with). during that period it is unlikely that i will be using much of my mental capacity. therefore what you are reading now could well be the last few strands of intelligent thought that manifest from me. just like how a dying star burns up as a supernova, bear witness to this moment for my brain will soon degenerate into a black hole of nothingness.
slacking is one of my strong points. i have proven quite proficient in it over the years. slack cca? check. no other extra-curricular activities? check. refusal to use capitalization in this passage out of sheer laziness to hold the shift key? check. therefore i stand myself in good stead for ns. but enough about my jungle stint, its time to move on, or to be more precise, take a step back in time.
in secondary school i epitomized several qualities exceptionally well. for much of my first year i would pack up my stuff before the end of the last lesson and wait for the bell to ring, watch out, eye on the second hand (said watch having already been earlier synchronized with the school bell) . once the chime started i would bust my ass and bounce, long gone by the time the ringing wound down. the clock-watching shows punctuality and strict adherence to deadlines. packing of belongings beforehand shows resourcefulness in planning. the alacrity and speed in which i made my exit shows that i'm on the ball and react quickly to changing situations. beat that. ha.
wow. i actually feel my head heating up from all the exertions going on. guess the engine must still be working, albeit a little sluggishly. i was going to move on to my experiences in junior college but i suddenly can't recall much, except for a few key moments. having NEVER made it to a college of my choice, TWICE (thank you very much MOE) i think i still did commendably. managed to pull myself through without sustaining major damage and scars. barely. but don't think that it was a bed of thorns to study in NJC, for i exaggerate much. i am eternally grateful for my time there, for reasons which would be too sappy and melancholic to mention in a place like this, not to mention that i'm rather lazy to list them all. it is substantially easier to gripe and grouse about the bad stuff. but rest assured the good outweighed the bad many-fold. ;)
aha the laziness strikes again for i'm now bored with this and i'll come back to finish it another day. which i probably won't, but you never know...
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