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Looking forward to the coming week! =)

A few sad things happened over the week in camp. Not to me, but I guess it still left an impact. It showed me that although I'm leaving... 8 Signal still plays a big part in my life even now. List of sad things: 1. Jacky going to DB Some people say that he deserved it... I think that they're right but can't help but feel a bit sad for him. After all, to an ORDing person nothing is worse than extending your date of departure. And from what I've seen on facebook, the days in there were very bad. And especially cos he's a friend in Christ as well. Made me feel quite unhappy hearing the bad news on thursday. 2. Restructuring Well, my battalion's gonna merge with other parts of the army, so as of 8th Oct, there will be no more 8 Signal. Made me think of all the things I've achieved till now, and how meaningless those things would become once the battalion changes. Another piece of bad news is that the technology that we use is phasing out. Those nights of tough t...

Back from Thailand... Didn't do much there except watch a few cultural shows and shop around. Pics... Maybe, but I'm feeling lazy and in the mood for some anime and PSP relaxation, so don't expect any pics soon lol. Oh finally got to watch a few good soccer matches. Adebayor stepped on van Persie on purpose! And well done to Man U. Once again, a come from behind win. Just read the Straits Time article today on Ms Ris Low. A really interesting topic to talk about, don't you think?

Sorry to all NS men and NS men to be who have yet to complete their NS cycle, but here's whats left of my NS life: 68 days to ORD 20 weekends 12 leave days 18.5 off days 2 public hols 1 Dental checkup which leaves......... 14.5 days in camp. RAWRRRRRRR. Thank God its nearly over.

Hello from camp again. Now doing my final weekend duty, and boy does it feel good. As of today... 74 days to ORD, with 21.5 work days left. Isn't that great? By the end of this stint in camp I'll be left with 68 days to ORD and 15.5 work days left. Nothing much has been happening on this side, so not much for me to update. Have already done my off and leave planning in preparation for ORD. As of now feeling a bit sad that I'm leaving cos of all the good memories of weekends spent in camp, but just thinking about how I could've better used those weekends makes me want to get it over and done with. Thinking of continuing my story, which I've stopped writing since the manning room got very very crowded, but I guess it'll be in my free time. Have already thought of a good ending... Perhaps a MH fanfic is in order as well?

One thing I'm starting to really dislike about myself is my utter lack of foresight. After a long long long stay of 18 days in camp I'm finally out... And very busy. Should've seen that tiredness would set in very quickly in situations like this. In my 18 days have been through NDP deployment, AHM deployment, Duty and COC parade rehearsals. Its honestly taken a lot out of me. And one more thing. 18 days is more than what I had to go through in BMT gah. Tomorrow's gonna be very busy. With BB and a YE meeting and SYC. Just hope I'll survive. But theres one thing good about having busy weekends after busy camp schedules: All I can depend on is God. Simple.

Hiya there... Blogging from camp today, with 95 days to ORD, and 11 days to book out. Played soccer for the first time in a long time. Haven't lost my scoring touch though lol, but my stamina is now insanely bad. The knee pain didn't act up, cos I was mostly only walking, except only for short bursts of running. Got my first ever bee sting on my shoulder during the session. Felt numbness in the right arm, but healed up pretty fast after I plucked the stinger out. A movie I watched in camp for Christian fellowship got me thinking about commitment. The movie was about a christian missionary who at first foresook his missions to do what he was good at: athletics. This brought up an interesting question... Which of these things should he have done instead? All of us go through this dilemma: serve, or hone your talents? So, this guy called Eric Liddell made it to the Olympics in France eventually. Another dilemma faced him. The event he was good at, the 100m race, was held on Sunday...