its a wonder that even with the amount of free time i have in army after lessons and all, weekends are still precious moments. every week, we never fail to whine about how many more days to book out and all that crap about getting mc and all. even with the immense increase in the amount of freedom since recruit days, somehow crossing the physical barrier (the fence) btwn camp and the outside world seems to make a whole lot of difference to me.
perhaps its the regimentation and discipline that we have to uphold in camp that makes me feel confined, but its the army and well, i guess traditions are hard to change. somehow though, i think that perhaps this strict regimentation should be kept to in the recruit days, after the pop, perhaps a less clear line should be drawn btwn ranks. it may come with cons, certainly, but i do think that it would be easier for the men to communicate their thoughts to the commanders and perhaps even improve the system.
haha enuf abt army..
applying for course tmw. sigh, i should have studied... 2As just will make life harder when applying for uni, its funny how everyone around me says "sure get in" but im the only one who knows that it is risky with just 2As and entry is almost certainly academic based.
i just hope the scholarship would boost my entry chances.
looking back on the last 18 years of schooling, and looking currently at a 2year pause in education, i must say as cliche as it sounds, that i miss school life. the stuff that we do, events that we organize and all. school wasnt really just about acads to me, in fact it never was, haha. and i must say i never regretted any one bit of time that i could have, and should have devoted to studying. because i know i would rather have memories to treasure down the years then to just remember school as a place where i buried my face in books (facebook) everyday.
now in the army, at elast i got some good relations with some of my mates. it doesnt matter if i hate 35/40 people. what matters to me is that at least i know i have people to get me through tough times. and well, humans really have to go thru shit to realize how important certain relationships are. being appreciative without going thru shit just wont make the cut.
sigh.
picking up on reading slowly, haha completed a book this week, predictably irrational! it's a fantastic book i must say. and the first time i completed a non-fiction book in one shot over the week, without switching to other books.
yep, bought my psp, super ex, now my bank is in a deficit for this month and i gotta live on budget meals! yes i shall! but prince of persia is outtttt ><
nvm, this week i will attempt to read 2 books to increase my reading pace! one fiction one non-fiction (:
long weekend, and today's national eat with ur family day! and i ate with my family! ^^ tho we had a damn hard time finding somewhere to eat in orchard without reservations first ):
army is getting to be quite an interesting place, besides for the fact that there are buggers in the platoon whom u cant help but want to shoot with a rifle, the conversations i've been having have been quite interesting and insightful, like how I got to see things from people whom I didnt really have the chance to mingle with in my life before? mmhmm, hope it continues this way!
guard duty nxt sun! am looking forward yet apprehensive, its a 24 hr duty. not sure what to expect. but all i know is that it'll be shag-edelic.
human behaviour and social trends have begun to capture more of my interest lately, shall read up more on such stuff, interesting to find out the ways humans tick.
i realize that every new paragraph says sth completely irrelevant to the previous, ahha but its almost 1am and tiredness is settling down, whaddya expect... hahaha
okay time to sleep, shall meet up with some great people and even greater people this weekend (:
tata!
first time watching a movie alone.. hmm. it was quite a new experience for me. ip man and iron man in 2 days with dinner and lunches outside, plus a concert.
im broke.
time to save and think abt the coming week. hard times ahead i forsee.
help me someone.