Christmas represents the end of the year, and mark also the beginning of a new year, and a new decade - 2010. 2009 has been a bad year for me, and Kai Xin. 'A' Level Results, OOC and many more for me. I just hope that when the new year arrives, everything can start to go smoothly for all of us.
I didn't expect Kai Xin to come visit me on Christmas eve, it was a pleasant surprise for me. She had been gone at Taiwan for the past week, and it was time to meet especially on this Christmas Eve and Day. However, things went bad as we realised that we lost her mobile phone. It really dampened the mood and it was bizarre as how the phone be just gone like that. It was all the while in the bag, and I carried it for her. She didn't take it out at all. Worse, the battery was flat, and we could not call through the line to her phone. What can I say? Unlucky.
7 Days 6 Nights
Posted by
Sebastian Toh
on Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Labels:
Life,
Relationship
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YEAH!
You are finally coming back haha, and I have been using my time well for this week. Just hope that you are safe and sound and that you come back satisfied and happy. Yet, I still have no news of which your flight is. It's going to be a hard guess, so should I come and fetch you?
Maybe yes or no. You asked me not to, but I feel like I want to.
Hope everything goes well when you come back, and I'll pray for you.
Just want to see you ASAP :D
You are finally coming back haha, and I have been using my time well for this week. Just hope that you are safe and sound and that you come back satisfied and happy. Yet, I still have no news of which your flight is. It's going to be a hard guess, so should I come and fetch you?
Maybe yes or no. You asked me not to, but I feel like I want to.
Hope everything goes well when you come back, and I'll pray for you.
Just want to see you ASAP :D
75/09 Commissioning Parade
The heart aches, but it will not matter anymore. Being present at all my batch mates' Commissioning Parade makes me both envious and excited for them. From this day onwards, they will embark on a journey that will challenge their leadership and adaptation. Yet, I am no longer a part of them. Damn.. However, it paid off with the 8 to 5 clerical job i have and the less responsiblities that I have to carry.
Others say I'm lucky. Well, I am not so actually. Never did I know that expressing interest in being a Pilot in BMT will lead to so much trouble and angst. During the Medical Examination, the doctor found an abnormality in the ECG of my heart, leading me to the notorious "OOC" status that I am still stuck with. In August, I downgraded to PES E9L9 due to a stress fracture in the left tibia/fibula of my left ankle after playing soccer. It was painful and I could not walk for almost a week. With that, I didn't get posted to be a Combat Medic and I got to be a clerk in OCS Bravo Wing.
And that is why I get to watch my own batch's Commissioning Parade. It was glamorous, and I could see the sweat and blood they have all put in into the process of transition from a OCT to a 2LT. I could be one of them... I could be. But, I should not think too much about it, because it is almost too impossible to recourse and become an officer cadet again. Even if I become one, it will be difficult because, as all my OOC friends say, that the mates we have around us by then will be so much different: either they are from polytechnics, or they are going to be 1 year your junior. Imagine that you were just helping your junior for their 'A' Levels and suddenly a year later, you are all officer cadets again. It is just plain weird, even though you may say that you will do whatever you can to achieve what you want. It isn't that easy.
Another thing to worry about is your ORD date. If I recourse, I have to extend till I ORD just before I get into university. And that will suck because all my friends will be working in CV or going overseas backpacking, leaving me behind to count down to my ORD date.
Oh well, I just said not to think so much, and yet I have written so much about it haha. It is regret, and I hope I can just leave it behind me, though I know it is still going to haunt me even till I tell my sons the stories of National Service in Singapore.
Let's not talk about the regrets anymore. It's over, and I should make full use of the time I have now to:
1) Work out my body
2) Earn more money
3) Learn Driving
4) Take SAT
5) Learn about stocks
6) Decide on my future career
The most mind-boggling thing that I have to do is number 6. I really really have no idea what I want to do. Just to list it down, I am currently considering the following courses:
NUS:
Medicine
Eng & Business/Econs Double Degree
NTU:
Business & Acc Dble Degree
SMU:
Business & Acc Dble Degree
Damn, so many double degrees haha. And I think I should consider more single degrees. But at least it is a start to what I want to study. It all won't matter that much once I start studying in University. I still have time to choose, so I will take my time as I complete all my other tasks.
Life in OCS has been fun and I have a quite a lot of freedom except for the fact that I am bounded from 8 to 5 every week day. Other than that, I get to go out with my friends (who are clearing their leaves and offs right now) and have my own free time at home. I just got back from my 2nd driving lesson in SSDC and I am beat. Driving for 2 hours continuously can be quite tiring, but I think I have gotten used to it. Fortunately, I have a talkative instructor that entertained me with jokes and stories. Just hope that the next few lessons will be smooth-going and that I can complete everything by the end of January.
Yi Fan and Bruno have already posted out. I think Jethro is going to post out because of his PES C9 status too. Damn, no one is going to accompany me to go swim or exercise anymore. Yi Fan is so unlucky. He got posted to ALTI as a Transport Supervisor trainee and he wants to stay with us so much. But we just can't escape from NS right. He told me that he will just continue with the course there. Oh well, he may even get a Class 3 License faster than me -.- So, isn't it like better than being a combat medic or signaller. Consider yourself lucky, Mr Chan. Make full use of everything you learn there, and I hope that you will be happy there. Bruno, on the other hand, has his brain juice sucked out in MINDEF. Apparently, he has to fully engage his brain to do his work, and he usually works OT there. Just hope that his 2 months of attachment will over soon, and that he will learn something useful there.
As for myself, I am just going to be my best for the last month of the year, and welcome a renewed self in 2010. By then, I will have a New Year Resolutions Checklist that I am going to follow strictly for the whole year. Let me just rest before the new year starts. Hehe :D
Others say I'm lucky. Well, I am not so actually. Never did I know that expressing interest in being a Pilot in BMT will lead to so much trouble and angst. During the Medical Examination, the doctor found an abnormality in the ECG of my heart, leading me to the notorious "OOC" status that I am still stuck with. In August, I downgraded to PES E9L9 due to a stress fracture in the left tibia/fibula of my left ankle after playing soccer. It was painful and I could not walk for almost a week. With that, I didn't get posted to be a Combat Medic and I got to be a clerk in OCS Bravo Wing.
And that is why I get to watch my own batch's Commissioning Parade. It was glamorous, and I could see the sweat and blood they have all put in into the process of transition from a OCT to a 2LT. I could be one of them... I could be. But, I should not think too much about it, because it is almost too impossible to recourse and become an officer cadet again. Even if I become one, it will be difficult because, as all my OOC friends say, that the mates we have around us by then will be so much different: either they are from polytechnics, or they are going to be 1 year your junior. Imagine that you were just helping your junior for their 'A' Levels and suddenly a year later, you are all officer cadets again. It is just plain weird, even though you may say that you will do whatever you can to achieve what you want. It isn't that easy.
Another thing to worry about is your ORD date. If I recourse, I have to extend till I ORD just before I get into university. And that will suck because all my friends will be working in CV or going overseas backpacking, leaving me behind to count down to my ORD date.
Oh well, I just said not to think so much, and yet I have written so much about it haha. It is regret, and I hope I can just leave it behind me, though I know it is still going to haunt me even till I tell my sons the stories of National Service in Singapore.
Let's not talk about the regrets anymore. It's over, and I should make full use of the time I have now to:
1) Work out my body
2) Earn more money
3) Learn Driving
4) Take SAT
5) Learn about stocks
6) Decide on my future career
The most mind-boggling thing that I have to do is number 6. I really really have no idea what I want to do. Just to list it down, I am currently considering the following courses:
NUS:
Medicine
Eng & Business/Econs Double Degree
NTU:
Business & Acc Dble Degree
SMU:
Business & Acc Dble Degree
Damn, so many double degrees haha. And I think I should consider more single degrees. But at least it is a start to what I want to study. It all won't matter that much once I start studying in University. I still have time to choose, so I will take my time as I complete all my other tasks.
Life in OCS has been fun and I have a quite a lot of freedom except for the fact that I am bounded from 8 to 5 every week day. Other than that, I get to go out with my friends (who are clearing their leaves and offs right now) and have my own free time at home. I just got back from my 2nd driving lesson in SSDC and I am beat. Driving for 2 hours continuously can be quite tiring, but I think I have gotten used to it. Fortunately, I have a talkative instructor that entertained me with jokes and stories. Just hope that the next few lessons will be smooth-going and that I can complete everything by the end of January.
Yi Fan and Bruno have already posted out. I think Jethro is going to post out because of his PES C9 status too. Damn, no one is going to accompany me to go swim or exercise anymore. Yi Fan is so unlucky. He got posted to ALTI as a Transport Supervisor trainee and he wants to stay with us so much. But we just can't escape from NS right. He told me that he will just continue with the course there. Oh well, he may even get a Class 3 License faster than me -.- So, isn't it like better than being a combat medic or signaller. Consider yourself lucky, Mr Chan. Make full use of everything you learn there, and I hope that you will be happy there. Bruno, on the other hand, has his brain juice sucked out in MINDEF. Apparently, he has to fully engage his brain to do his work, and he usually works OT there. Just hope that his 2 months of attachment will over soon, and that he will learn something useful there.
As for myself, I am just going to be my best for the last month of the year, and welcome a renewed self in 2010. By then, I will have a New Year Resolutions Checklist that I am going to follow strictly for the whole year. Let me just rest before the new year starts. Hehe :D