Saturday, January 27, 2007
♥ Saturday, January 27, 2007
How Has It Been?Im one week away from being done with army. Before i lose all memory of what happened, lets go through the illustrious and more-often-than-not humourous list of events that took place, and that laid an enigmatic foundation to receive the civilian world all over again.
Chronologically, (or how it comes to mind)
1) Into to BMT with Jie and Mum. Daryl called me the night itself, was in a place of complete uncertainity.
2) Got to know Ivan Ong, in alot more depth over a single guard duty session
3) POP with Mum Jie and Kenny attending.
4) Actual unit life begins.
5) Downgrade and then upgrade. - Learned to face my reality with courage.
6) Nonchalance for comm life sets in dramatically- what used to be sheer passion, waded off over time and indifference.
7) Set up Cell Group with Nathaniel, Hau Tzeng, Nicholas Koh, Wilson, Brendan, Gabriel.
8) Course- overseas trips- outfields- nothing out of the ordinary for a typical nation-serving patriot. ha.
9) The beginning of the hiccups and screwups. Mosquito Coil, lost components, mp3 player, the whole she-bang. The rule of causality demands punishment. So, the scolding, the signings, the charging. Argh.
10) The books. An average of 1 book a week. The search for purpose and peace through it.
11) Grace. Definitely. The search for and the finding. No pun intended.
12) Church camps? 2 sec 2s and 1 sec 3. The final camp nailed the coffin on comm.
13) Which led to the inevitable departure.
14) The songs that constantly tided me through- Dance with My Father, God's Will.
15) The eventual conviction of what i want to do. What i have to do.
16) The false and the real, in the friendships and in who i am.
17) Difficult people and tense situations, the masks we wear, and the human underneath them.
18) Coming to terms with Comm over time and grueling CST.
19) Camaraderie that need constant replenishing, that adversity brings about.
20) People who were there, for an instance
21) people who were there, throughout
22) moulding of thought and confidence, slowly but surely.
23) Christmases
24) Friends- Gabriel, Desmond, Zong Rong: you are the people i rely on and who give me the motivation and company to go on.
25) Friends- Nath and Hautzeng: you are the inspirations the cell group needs, and the perspectives that we couldnt have done without
26) Friends- Brendan and Marcus: We've had our differences, but i was glad i went aus with you, and to Marcus, its an overwhelming tearjerker to see you arrive in your jeep to fetch us every outfield. haha.
And i will perhaps add to the list, in due time. It was a fantastic ride.
