this is gonna be my 1st official post in this diary eh.
hi guys (what a stupid way to start an entry).. it really took me quite a while to switch over to blogspot after diary-x died. speaking of which.. what exactly happened? got the news when i was back in camp.. so shocked. my 2 yrs of jc memories just disappeared in a flash? omg. nvm i shall refrain from swearing and cursing. as mr pringles says, "once u pop, u cant stop!" owells. life's like this. sometimes u just cant help it.. it's beyond your control. and there's no pt cursing and swearing cus nth's gonna be solved. u just breathe a huge sigh, start anew, and life goes on.
just like that.
-shakes head-
where's the old eugene who's supposed to be more optimistic and cheerful?
i dunno. i think i became more quiet and introverted once i entered the army. maybe it's the experiences that made me more jaded than ever before. i have experienced numerous cockups in the army and get tekaned almost everyday.. until all these problems seem to be the norm already. no pt screaming and cursing at the corkster cus the corkster will forever be a corkster. u screw him off today and he's gonna cause the whole platoon into trouble the next day.
just like that.
alright alright... army isnt that boring as u think it is.. at least not bmt. bmt was really fun and we really had a meaningful and memorable experience (think M&M) in our 9 weeks. the friendships that we forged were very strong. The times that it grew stronger was when we were faced with obstacles and punishments, esp during field camp where we were punished like no one else's business. and of course it grew stronger when we were punished thanks various corksters in the company and platoon. when POP came many of us didnt really feel like POPing as we know that each of us will go separate ways, some into command schools while others into units. it was something that none of us wanted to let go of. but too bad.. life's like that, whether we like it ornot. ah ohwell.
thought that the block leave would be a period for us to relax and slack. but nooooooooooooo. had our heritage tour last friday. quite fun actually - went to newater plant, then johore batteries and lastly changi museum & chapel for our NE tour. in retrospect it was a meaningful tour as we knew more abt the scars of WW2 in singapore - how our forefathers suffered undered Japanese rule. and the newater plant just ignited my interest towards the PUB scholarship.. i hope i can really be part of the team to develop new sources of water for individual and industrial usage. dun think i need to carry on abt telling u guys how water is impt to us.. but yes. the SAF recognises the importance of water.. at least my platoon does. during water parade.. if our PC sees any drop of water on the ground, we automatically do 20 x the no of drops of water on the ground! see.. this is how water is important to us; we cannot afford to waste even a single drop of water or else we will get pumped accordingly.. lol..
had NUS and NTU openhouses on sat. seriously speaking.. now im even confused on which uni and what course im going to attend when i ORD.. cus the personnel in both unis were so verbal and eloquent they could easily persuade me into joining their uni to study. and yes.. all courses look equally interesting (or equally NOT interesting in another sense).. i think i shld read up more on the courses before making a decision. but too bad.. i have sent a few scholarships apps on sunday night. yups.. MOE PUB and CAAS. hope 1 of these organisations take pity on me and call me up for interview so that i can siam one of the hiong trainings in the future =P
completing those scholarships apps is really tough.. think it's tougher than SOC. at least i can do SOC within 30 mins (i think the whole world can too) but i take like 3 hrs to do 1 scholarship app? omg i think that's very long.. i hate the essay writing. seriously speaking.. once anyone goes into the army i think he/she will become dumber in terms of linguistic abilities (thanks to the constant mixing of english and hokkien and chinese to form singlish).. and in terms of yr ability to think (thanks to the fact that recruits just accept whatever is given to them).. how to draft out a perfect essay to impress the pple over there? sighs.
life's like that. 习惯就好... well i think i shall just stop here. a pretty long entry i guess. maybe i will copy some of the entries over from my personal diary to this blog when i have the time. most probably i have no time.. so see how lah. haha..