What army taught me: - Just a random thought to start some kind of series about my army life.. 2 years… http://t.co/ao5UERbK
What army taught me:
Just a random thought to start some kind of series about my army life.. 2 years isn’t that short and so far I had many lessons learnt..
Have been serving NS for at least 16 months now.. Didn’t blog so much about what’s before the but now I have the chance to blog about the 8 to 9 months left in this organization.
Well, for a start: Army taught me how to treasure time. Army took so much time away from spending time with my family and my friends, which made time even more precious than before.
It taught me about spending quality time. It’s a whole new transition for me which I’m trying to get used to. My girlfriend being overseas 50% of the time. My family, now, in a completely different situation where my brother is in a stay in unit and my sister in a very competitive school which requires 99% of her time. To say the least, I meet them only 4-5 times a month?
I’m in the stage of regret, nor am I in a state of complete acceptance of the current situation. But I can definitely say that I’m handling it pretty well. Though sometime it frustrates me, to see myself physically alone at home.
But on the other hand, I already have another home, my camp at seletar, which I have many friends, which I have limited time with them. These are the friends that make booking in not that of a screwed up thing.
Yes, it might be boring at times, to be trapped in a room under the scorching sun. But we are trapped together in this situation where we will then find ways to entertain ourselves. In the process we know each other better.
I cherish such times, because I know times like this I will definitely miss after the time is up.
It’s like a ticking clock, ticking down to the end of something but at the same time, the start of something else.
Time is such a valuable thing.
Weekends - Weekends used to be full of activities, fun and warmth. We would find places to go, even just… http://t.co/nOSvHZI9
Weekends
Weekends used to be full of activities, fun and warmth. We would find places to go, even just visiting a nearby shopping centre just to do window shopping, as long as we are together.
I remember the days where we will definitely make a trip down to OG at Rochor Road on Sundays just to buy clothes, as a family without any missing members.
The times when we only have 1 car, my father’s Toyota Previa, him as the driver, my mother in the passenger seat, my siblings and I as the passengers behind, making as much noise as possible. The warmth I feel is really comfortable and pleasant.
Those were the times I missed so badly.
I guess times like this are really history and without knowing it, we have already passed this stage of life and there is no way to “re-live” these moments anymore.
What are left behind are just memories and photos that you can only reminisce about it.
Sad to see how fast time pass us by and as a result you can do nothing but to move on and accept the fact that you can do nothing about it.
Starting a new day
Sometimes I wonder if there is a link between sleepiness in the morning and the activities during the day.
Today I woke up quite early at around 6.15am, but I managed to sleep a little earlier yesterday night compared to my night owl timings on normal days. However, I still feel very tired and sleepy.
Does it have to do with your anticipation level of the activities you are about to do further into the day? Like booking in, working or going out with your loved ones. Do I feel more sleepy because I know I am doing something I don’t like like booking into camp early in the morning? Compare this to waking up early at 4am for a flight to Hong Kong for leisure, I think the latter really makes everything very different. You wake up early, quickly wash up, get changed and a last check before you quickly go off to the airport.
Now, I am sleepy and highly immobile even though I woke up quite late. So do you think I like the upcoming activities of my day?
the 100th time posting this
Well guess what guys?
My blog is coming alive again after being dead for a few months. Maybe my passion for blogging have eroded considerably after I enlisted in the army but it will randomly flare up again now and then.
This time, however, my posts will most likely be less understandable to most of my readers because I am going to start blogging in Vietnamese, in an effort to improve my Vietnamese, so do bear with my posts. There will still be English and there will still be pictures so, I shall end this post with a simple Vietnamese phrase!
Chào Chúng Nó! Tôi là blogger, Hôm nay tôi nên viẽt bằng tiẽng Việt! Tạm biệt!
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