Finally the chance to blog again - indeed, it is a rare opportunity which i am grabbing with both hands (actually, i'm just tapping away at it with both index fingers, but anyway...) =P

Hmmm...where do i begin?

Okay, let's see. Obviously, there's the army to talk about. i could go on forever about how the army has practically severed all my ties with many of my close buddies/friends/classmates; not to mention greatly restrict my involvement in my youth group of which i have been (on paper) a member for the past 3 years; how it has robbed myself (as well as all the thousands of other males in my predicament) of even the faintest traces of a social life; reiterating how it has put an abrupt halt to my chance of a future of self-dependance; and of course, the way it has kept me apart from the ones i love... ...

But really, would all the whining and pining really be of any use? the answer to this rhetoric would without a doubt be a resounding "Nnnoooo..."

Instead, i will have chosen to focus this post on looking at life from another perspective...what some people might refer to as "the bright side". i've got plenty to be grateful for, besides...firstly, the fact that i actually survived the 32km route march with its follow-up parade consisting of a big shot who forgot to set his alarm clock...secondly, the fact that i was spared being among the 80-odd CPLs who'll be returning to camp early this weekend to serve their regimental duties--hence having this chance now to type this post, despite having been awake the past 42+ hours...fourthly, the fact that although i'm "stuck" on tekong for the next 3 minimum of months, i'll get to be an instructor of men by the end of the ordeal {not to mention the chance to travel to Taiwan for a 3wk training stint; and fifthly, the fact that NUS finally did offer me a course! (something which had been bothering me for quite a while nw, and i thank the Lord fortaking off from me such a heavy, emotional burder) But most importantly, the chance to attempt making up for lost time with the life i've been cut away from... it starts tomorrow at 1PM...

raneth hopped off at 11:12 pm