Monday, August 28, 2006
Back!
I think a month's break from blogging has done me some good.
So I was waiting for something significant to happen, so that I would share about it and cease hiatus and come out of hibernation. Then I realise that I would be waiting forever, for there is always going to be something better (or worse) that happens. In any case, I thought I should have at least one post in August, less my archive page be empty.
So my army life is approaching its end soon. Since I'm PES E, I will be officially absolved of all National Service duty on 29th December 2006. I can't say that my NS life has been absolutely fulfilling, but I am also not of the opinion that NS is a complete waste of time. Unlike those typical NS guys whom you see always complaining, sulking, whining, and otherwise just being plain petulant about their NS obligation, I happen to feel quite proud to be serving my country in my own small way. I can only imagine this feeling to become greater, and not lesser, if I had been medically fit to carry a gun and be part of a combat unit.
Granted, work here may be boring sometimes. But who's said anything about NS being all fun? It's an obligation to serve the country! Anyway I am quite sick of the "NS sucks!" conversations which inevitably comes up when groups of guys come together. I am even more sick of the fact that I, under peer pressure, agree with them. From now on I shall put my foot down.
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My sister's been gone for a little bit over a month now. It feels much quieter at home without her around. She's usually with me burning the midnight oil, and although we don't speak much, at least it was companion. With my little sister being the havoc "I-won't-be-home-before-11pm" one that she is now, it gets boring facing my mom at home alone all the time; I get to be the target of ALL her nagging! Then again, I also sleep earlier now, so at least that's one good thing.
She's supposedly coming back next February. I am thinking of visiting her in late January / early February, then coming back together, but I doubt I will have enough money by then. Maybe during the June / July period I will have enough money saved up. By that time maybe my friends would be free and interested in a US trip with me, and little sister will be having her holidays too.
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Shopping for girl-stuff, I discovered, is quite a daunting task. The stares that I get when I approach the relevant counters just gives off the "What are YOU doing here!?" feeling. But in the end I "succeeded", so to speak. It was not much, just something to express my gratitude for the friendship. Happy 19th fel!
Hearing stories of other couples has led me to change my belief of how boyfriends are suppose to be like, what sort of behavior is deem acceptable. Of course, this varies largely from person to person, and I'm not even sure why I'm taking notes since I'm don't even have the slightest inclination of having a relationship right now. But it's interesting to me nonetheless; perhaps they can be referenced to in the future.
Speaking of birthdays, dad is planning to book a chalet for my coming 21st birthday already. I'm really quite resenting that. I'm not big on large parties. I don't want to be forced to invite lots of friends, having to entertain groups of people who don't know each other, or even pretend that I am good friends with everyone even though I'm not. It's quite sad. I don't think I have more than a handful of people to invite. A few old classmates, a few choir friends, that's it. I don't care for the presents and I don't care for the arbitrary significance of a 21st birthday. Oh well..
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Visited the choir a few times. Quite possibly they are the best batch of J1s we've had so far. The old IP people inside may be the cause, I think. Xingqun is a good SL, but I hope I will get to see Xiangting in action soon. Miss Lim's mood seems great, so that's good.
On the alumni side, nothing is happening. Carolling will probably be like last year, since we've got no lobangs for ourselves, and attendence is always a problem. Tim seems to be extremely busy with university life. I don't think there is [b]anything[/b] going on in the alumni choir right now, but there's not a lot of communication so I'm not sure what may be going on behind the scenes. On my part, I have been busy buying more scores. Preparing for next year's concert? Maybe.
Sometimes I wish Miss Lim would just form a choir consisting of herself, and all the alumni from her schools. I think it'll be nice to sing under her again, along side with all her other "disciples". There's just not enough enthusiastic singers from NJ to form the kind of choir I want to sing in. Also, I harbour the great desire of showing Kwei that Miss Lim has what it takes to make it big on the international stage as well. Haha...
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I've had some pretty interesting run-ins with some people on church matters recently. I'll save that for the next post.
Until then, I hope everyone is doing ok! God bless =)
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