One Month Break

Hmm...another one-month gap. Lots of things have happened in the meantime, but they're all recorded in the journal rather than online. Somehow I find writing in a real book more soothing, and it gives rise to more insights. I pay more attention to what I write when I really write it.

But anyway, for the record:
Wed: POP, seafood dinner
Thu: NE trip
Fri: Lunch with Chern, Tea with Yiting, RJGE stayover
Sat: Breakfast at Prata House, SMU drop-in, church
Sun: NUS open house, SMU open house, meeting Shengjie
Mon: Back to school, Esplanade with the guys
Tue: Lunch with YS, dinner with Ms. Ong and Joel
Wed: Lunch with Kels, dinner with Chern, Esplanade with the guys
Thu: V for Vendetta with the guys, dinner and Esplanade, exploits in Bishan, stayover at JY's
Fri: Class lunch, SPH writing test, dinner and Esplanade with RJGE
Sat: Lunch with Pui Man, church, dinner and Esplanade with Yvonne
Sun: Family day

As you can see, rather packed. Today was a bit of a relief, all things considered. Been to Esplanade every day as far as possible to watch the Mosaic festival, and they really have lots of good free stuff there! If only I could have gone for a paid concert, that would have been perfect...but ah well, not complaning about the quality of stuff on the outside. A tendency there for the quality to increase as the weekend approaches, so every day has pleasant surprises. And yesterday night saw the most vibrant and happy crowd that I've ever seen at Esplanade, which is really saying something.

But this week has been full of good people, I'm really grateful to everyone for being there. That's the most important thing about this leave - to catch up with everyone before they all move on to bigger things. It's tinged with sadness cos I can't get over the feeling that I'm being left behind, or held back, but still...this was something that needed to be done, I think. Special thanks to everyone for tolerating my moanings, and for cheering me up.

Anyway, wrote much in camp and out, in the journal. Two sections I extracted specially to make into stories, and they're now posted on paleblack. Maybe they'll give a better impression of what I've been thinking in army. But anyway, going back in tomorrow, and right now I think I'm as prepared as I can be. More or less resigned to things taking their own course. Just hope that my time there won't be a waste. And the thing is to keep my eyes on something bigger than this, some larger objective. That's the way to survive the mental trials of army.

pondered by phoenican @ 19.3.06