Hey, for one who feared he wouldn't have anything to say on blog everyday, I seem to be doing decently =). The challenge to find something new to write about almost every day is good practice for my writing I guess.
I'm in the office today, pulling a 24-hour shift from Sat to Sun morning. Work has slackened off a bit now, so have space to think for a bit. Some of the Questions Gerri raised last night were intriguing. Been some time since I did any serious philosophical thinking. Personally, I'm happy being ignorant and powerless in this huge swirling world, being pulled around by some greater plan. Cos I believe while you may not have much control over what happens to you, you have total control over how you react or feel about what happens to you.
Like NS. NS is happening to me, NS will take two and a half years from me, guaranteed. I'm still annoyed by it, but can learn to live with it. Am simply thankful I have a nice flexible job that gives me time for self-improvement and also to meet up occasionally with friends. The work, too, is among the most intellectually challenging (or least intellectually degrading) in the SAF, I think. If nothing else, this is going to improve my general knowledge and Geog some. Who can name me the Defence ministers of all the ASEAN countries? Or point out exactly where Um Qassr or Riyadh is? =p I might even have the chance to polish up my crude Bahasa Indonesia (or Melayu--both are very similar), if I'm disciplined enough.
Still not making full use of my time. Almost 1/5 of NS has already gone by and haven't done anything concrete: haven't learned to drive, haven't written much, haven't even managed to execute my (terribly vague) plan of going back to VJ and "teaching" juniors on my off-days. I'm still thinking, still trying to discipline and reorganise myself after 12 years of schooling. I'm just going to write off these past 5 mths as an overall loss, having done nothing much but finish up all the scholarships/uni business and relaxing. I just hope I buck up and get back to work now. So much to do, so much to write, and the more I put it off, the more fearful I will get of acually starting to tackle the mountain of things to do. They say if you declare to others what you're going to do, you'll be more committed to finishing it, cos others will know and might be watching you. Maybe I'll try publishing a list of things I plan to accomplish by end of NS sometime. Stay tuned.
I'm in the office today, pulling a 24-hour shift from Sat to Sun morning. Work has slackened off a bit now, so have space to think for a bit. Some of the Questions Gerri raised last night were intriguing. Been some time since I did any serious philosophical thinking. Personally, I'm happy being ignorant and powerless in this huge swirling world, being pulled around by some greater plan. Cos I believe while you may not have much control over what happens to you, you have total control over how you react or feel about what happens to you.
Like NS. NS is happening to me, NS will take two and a half years from me, guaranteed. I'm still annoyed by it, but can learn to live with it. Am simply thankful I have a nice flexible job that gives me time for self-improvement and also to meet up occasionally with friends. The work, too, is among the most intellectually challenging (or least intellectually degrading) in the SAF, I think. If nothing else, this is going to improve my general knowledge and Geog some. Who can name me the Defence ministers of all the ASEAN countries? Or point out exactly where Um Qassr or Riyadh is? =p I might even have the chance to polish up my crude Bahasa Indonesia (or Melayu--both are very similar), if I'm disciplined enough.
Still not making full use of my time. Almost 1/5 of NS has already gone by and haven't done anything concrete: haven't learned to drive, haven't written much, haven't even managed to execute my (terribly vague) plan of going back to VJ and "teaching" juniors on my off-days. I'm still thinking, still trying to discipline and reorganise myself after 12 years of schooling. I'm just going to write off these past 5 mths as an overall loss, having done nothing much but finish up all the scholarships/uni business and relaxing. I just hope I buck up and get back to work now. So much to do, so much to write, and the more I put it off, the more fearful I will get of acually starting to tackle the mountain of things to do. They say if you declare to others what you're going to do, you'll be more committed to finishing it, cos others will know and might be watching you. Maybe I'll try publishing a list of things I plan to accomplish by end of NS sometime. Stay tuned.
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