The flight to China is at 0015 hours later. Now catching a last opportunity to blog! heh :P This time i'm going with my mum to Beijing, hopefully it would be a fruitful and enjoyable one. Its really a good departure from my NS, a much deserved break i guess. The very last trip i made to guangzhou/hk in nov last year was against the backdrop of my injury. It was a recuperative trip in seek of treatment. But i guess my slipdisc has improved greatly. Well, at least with such optimistic thinking things cant possibly be bad :) Ok, honestly, even as i am about to leave home now, i do feel a tinge of nostalgia, thinking of ppl here and there. Well, as excited as the remaining days are about to be, the nostalgic feeling is inevitably present. Yes, only 5 days.. coming back this sun at night.
Ok! Instead of wake me up when september ends, let me change it. I'll be back when september ends :) Cya everyone, o genki de!
September 24, 2007
September 13, 2007
Why?
Of all the five Ws and one H, i still think "Why" is the most empowering and significant one. Its the key motivator to life, galvanising our every actions and doings. Though life often revolves around the what, who, when and where of our existence, the seemingly subliminal purpose or why forms the cornerstone of our behaviour. The why provides the fuel, the mind sets the direction. And there we are, catapulted into this life labyrinth. As reluctant, disorientated, unguided, or disenchanted we are, we are surrounded by obstacles, traps and opportunities. Some appear clearer than the others. I guess the future is a function of our present. And thats why it is imaginery, it is unknown. Ok, before i digress too much into maths, i think i should stop here.
Well, i started counting working days instead of absolute days. doshite? cos absolute days appear too demoralising to an ORD personnel at this stage.. esp with one or two months, the most gruelling period. So now workings days are well below 10. Actual number up to u to guess! I completed my HIV test yesterday, with soon heng and daniel. As we expected, we were guinea pigs for the trainee medic. SH and i got poked on both arms, while daniel, after hearing our stories, requested for the senior medic to do it for him. I wouldnt go about recounting the process, ask me if u want. haha! lest i frighten the rest of them.
Ok, really have nothing much to update on my life for now. Maybe it'll get more eventful after my overseas trip!
Well, i started counting working days instead of absolute days. doshite? cos absolute days appear too demoralising to an ORD personnel at this stage.. esp with one or two months, the most gruelling period. So now workings days are well below 10. Actual number up to u to guess! I completed my HIV test yesterday, with soon heng and daniel. As we expected, we were guinea pigs for the trainee medic. SH and i got poked on both arms, while daniel, after hearing our stories, requested for the senior medic to do it for him. I wouldnt go about recounting the process, ask me if u want. haha! lest i frighten the rest of them.
Ok, really have nothing much to update on my life for now. Maybe it'll get more eventful after my overseas trip!
September 04, 2007
挥之不去
有些事情或人往往让我如走马看花观望一番，但有些却令我难以忘怀，挥之不去. 这也许是人性的特征！心中种种欲望，至今无法适当的达成，实在是遗憾. 相信人往往有徘徊的时候，有踌躇，犹豫的时候. 可能我的弱点是往往处于被动状态,没有趁火打铁,把握机会. 又或许是一筹莫展?
有些事尚可顺其自然,船到桥头自然直. 但有些却得当机立断,快刀斩乱麻,不然带给人和事都没有好处!
Procrastination has been the cause of most evil, maybe its time to turn the stage around. The longer we hold, the greater the unpredictability we face. Unknown unknowns are the worst of all uncertainty we can expect. Its like having a time bomb ticking in our lives, unleashing its fury on us. Its like a punishment for our hesitation, a lesson for leaving things till the end, or to allow fate to resolve our problems.
Just take my leave and off schedule for example. There was a major screw up after a restructuring of my unit resulted in forceful interference of my forecasted schedule. Well, wont elaborate here as u know its sensitive. But one thing which i learnt after reading a book is: it is not the events that occur that are important in life, but the kind of significance we attach to these events. Ok, i think i can safely say that irregardless of any unpalatable sentiments i bear towards the schedule planning, it is always another form of blessing in its own disguise. And this disguise can only be discovered by ourselves :)
有些事尚可顺其自然,船到桥头自然直. 但有些却得当机立断,快刀斩乱麻,不然带给人和事都没有好处!
Procrastination has been the cause of most evil, maybe its time to turn the stage around. The longer we hold, the greater the unpredictability we face. Unknown unknowns are the worst of all uncertainty we can expect. Its like having a time bomb ticking in our lives, unleashing its fury on us. Its like a punishment for our hesitation, a lesson for leaving things till the end, or to allow fate to resolve our problems.
Just take my leave and off schedule for example. There was a major screw up after a restructuring of my unit resulted in forceful interference of my forecasted schedule. Well, wont elaborate here as u know its sensitive. But one thing which i learnt after reading a book is: it is not the events that occur that are important in life, but the kind of significance we attach to these events. Ok, i think i can safely say that irregardless of any unpalatable sentiments i bear towards the schedule planning, it is always another form of blessing in its own disguise. And this disguise can only be discovered by ourselves :)
September 02, 2007
Transient
That is probably the word used to describe my remaining days in camp. I would probably be making just rare guest appearances this month and of course in oct. There's something stopping me right now from rambling further about army, cos i think its too insecure to post it here. I was rather stunned that someone asked me to take down the name of the composer for my previous post. My first reaction was like OMG, someone actually cares about it u see. Not that my blog is often read though. But i can really feel for the first time how restrictive is blogging, or maybe it applies to the internet as a whole. Everything u say can be tracked, and there are people doing these jobs. It certainly hurt to see people critisizing about ur works or even ur character, but in this world we ought to recognise diversity right? Rational people treat critics with a pinch of salt, or even are thankful to them. Ok this idea should stop here. The rules of this game is not set by me. I just follow it.
Talking about rules, recently read cashflow quadrant, a book by the author of rich dad, poor dad. I've not finished the book yet, but it has dawned upon me that there are rules for everything in this world. Life is a choice, but its a choice hindered by an emotional labyrinth. The decisions we make are so incomprehensible at times, bewildering ourselves too! Our life is a culmination of micro decisions and the macro environmental factors. Navigation is invariably tough if we are indecisive, or lacking in the willpower to make pivotal decisions. That is why people say seize the moment, but to obscure this idea, i would say that the moment can just be anytime, it is an unknown. So how to seize something unknown huh.. u might ask it.. but it boils down onto our values and thinking. Humans have preferences. We have our irrationality. We have our moods and temperaments. All these play a part in our decision making, and influences us to different extents.
Nevermind if you dont really get what i was blabbering. Transience. All this is inevitably over by the time u read this sentence. Time has passed. An end summons the beginning of another. The day revolves around a constant us, and not the other way round.
Alright, before i plunge into another realm of philosophy, i shall stop here. btw i'm on duty. And this gives u an idea of how transient life is in the army.
Talking about rules, recently read cashflow quadrant, a book by the author of rich dad, poor dad. I've not finished the book yet, but it has dawned upon me that there are rules for everything in this world. Life is a choice, but its a choice hindered by an emotional labyrinth. The decisions we make are so incomprehensible at times, bewildering ourselves too! Our life is a culmination of micro decisions and the macro environmental factors. Navigation is invariably tough if we are indecisive, or lacking in the willpower to make pivotal decisions. That is why people say seize the moment, but to obscure this idea, i would say that the moment can just be anytime, it is an unknown. So how to seize something unknown huh.. u might ask it.. but it boils down onto our values and thinking. Humans have preferences. We have our irrationality. We have our moods and temperaments. All these play a part in our decision making, and influences us to different extents.
Nevermind if you dont really get what i was blabbering. Transience. All this is inevitably over by the time u read this sentence. Time has passed. An end summons the beginning of another. The day revolves around a constant us, and not the other way round.
Alright, before i plunge into another realm of philosophy, i shall stop here. btw i'm on duty. And this gives u an idea of how transient life is in the army.
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