I found this quote in the office:

A chicken and a pig were having a discussion.

The chicken said,

"I am committed to giving one egg every day."

"That's not commitment," the pig said.

"That's just participation. Giving bacon, now THAT's commitment!"

Nothing happens without commitment.

Commitment is as simple as giving and keeping your word. Doing your best.

Commitment is doing what you say you would do -

whether or not you feel like it today.

If you fail in a commitment, take another look at it and ask yourself,

"Did I quit too soon?"

Seeing how none of my links have yet to blog about the gathering on saturday, I shall do them a service and start the ball rolling.

Sat's gathering was pretty cool, meeting everyone again after so long (for me, that is). So when I reached there at 6.30pm, amanda, dawn, filonia, siying, apply and of course gcx was there. I had planned to reach at 6 but I fell overslept again on the bus. The scenario when I reached (as was the case for everyone else who came after me):

Dawn, Amanda, Filonia: Yeeeeewwwww-gene!!!!!!!!1111!!one11
Me: Uh yeah, hi guys. (proceeds to sit down)
Dawn, Amanda, Filonia: Yeeeeewwwww-gene you look so big now!!!!!111!!1 heheheheheheh!!!
Me: Uh no lah..fat lah.
Dawn, Amanda, Filonia: No lah, very big!!!!!111!!!1oneoneeleven

Something like that. I suppose it's a girls thing. Or maybe it's a Dawn + Amanda + Filonia thing.

In all honesty, at first I found it boring, because it was rather..predictable. After many gatherings, it seems that this gathering won't be an exception as well. The lazy me simply sat there and observed the minutiae of my friends; siying with her long-ish hair, apple who still looks apple-ish, filonia with some highlights in her hair, dawn who looked small now, gcx who's still the same with thick lips and amanda, who..well looks the same.

And later on, gaby, yihao, weijie, wende, naz and huitze (fish/cow), ade, tk subsequently joined us and the gathering got warmer. I meant literally warmer.

In spite of it all, the whole event was great and it allowed me to catch up with all of them, something that was long due for me. Somehow, though we've all grown up and lead pretty individual lifes, the feelings and friendship we have seemed to have been stuck in time, unchanged all these while.

Guys (and girls, lest I be labelled sexist), thanks for the dinner and the wonderful memories, not only on saturday but also the times in school. Do organise another outing or gathering and you can be sure I'll turn up.

PS: any of the guys, if you're going to dota, call me!!!

It is easy to find the man on the street who does not think much of doing National Service. Many guys are opinionated about the fact that National Service is a waste of two years of their life. I am like not like one of these people though.

Army is in fact a boring fun place to be in! You will not only get to learn new shit skills but also martial arts to boot! In the course of my one year and soon-to-be four months in the Army, I've learnt how to tai-chi. Tai-chi is an unbelieveably useful and healthy martial art that I strongly recommend everyone to pick up. After learning tai-chi, you will know how to tai-chi work unhealthy stuff away from yourself and also tai-chi the off days good things to you.
Learn tai-chi. It is the way of life, in and out of the Army.

Army also will aid in boosting your observation skills to a whole new level, especially if you are working in the ministry like me. Why I say so is because during the course of your national service, you will learn observe the different habits of the different people and officers that you work with so that they will not bitch about you get along well with you. Of course, the main perk of improved observational skills shows when you compare opinions with your fellow male colleagues about the new hot office lady that was posted in recently.

Lastly, in the Army, you also will widen up your social circle as you meet people and hot office ladies from all walks of life. Some will have an impact in the way you view and live your life. Some will turn out to be your lifelong buddies. Some will end up as one of the numerous dates you have while serving in the Army. And some will simply do nothing significant but just eyecandy that simply makes your day easier to pass brighter.

So you see? Army isn't that bad at all. =)

Alright so it isn't really a 6 month hiatus as I had make it out to be. I actually had the time to blog but you know, when the procrastination bug bites, it sure leaves a big ass wound that leaves you reeling for quite a while.

The past few weeks have been pretty uneventful, training, training and training. Oh, did I mention training? Yeah, more training. Simply put, it's boring and an extreme routine which I have surprisingly been able to maintain for the past half year. I guess it can be accounted to the fact that when you actually see your body getting more muscular, you have the motivation to push on more and more.

So, it's been what, 5 or 6 weeks post break up. I think my life now is pretty good. Oh did I say it's pretty good? Scratch that, I think my life now is awesome. New things to try, new places to go, new experiences to have, new girls to meet...simply fantastic.

Like, I went to Ministry of Sound a couple of times the past 5 weeks and I think it's really fun. As my friend Weijie puts it, R&B music in the club stands for Rub & Bua (Rub and Brush against girls for the dialect idiots). Surprisingly fun, and it's a waste I haven't been able to try it earlier, but better to be late than never. But before you bloody anti-clubbing critics pick up your anti-clubbing signs, I'm not advocating that everyone should club as often as they can and R&B as much as you can. Like they always say, take everything sparingly. Too much ain't good for you. (Don't I just sound like an old geezer? Neat)

I can't remember what else I did (not only was I bitten by procrastination, but also by forgetfulness, dammit). But on a last note, I'll be trying to apply for the SMU law course next year and hopefully, just hopefully I can make it in!

New direction, new start, new me. Awesome, no shit.