Booking in.

Well, although the week has been entirely uneventful, it was the most enjoyable time I've had in a long time. No work, no stress and no worries. The past few days incamp has been quite a leisure trip. The only activity I had to do was some gunnery simulation exercise; which wasn't really much of an exercise, considering everything's held indoors in an air-conditioned environment. Over the last few days, I've come to "re-realize" the common reservist ethos present in everyone of us and they can be summarized below.

• We can sleep anywhere. As long as there's nothing going on, auto hibernation comes on.
• We are perpetually hungry.
• Going for meals is a group activity. Always.
• It is perfectly acceptable to wait more than an hour for food at the canteen.
• It is perfectly acceptable for someone to walk out of a toilet buck naked.
• The other companies are always doing lesser.
• The other companies are always having it better.
• There can not be no cards.
• Coins. Can't do without them.
• Tonight got nights off?

In any case, tomorrow the entire unit is going to Tekong island. Apparently this is going to be a R&R trip so we were told to bring stuff to entertain ourselves. Well, its only 4 days. I just hope I can clear as much of my required reading as possible during this period of time. This is about the last period of inactivity I can have before work once again rears its ugly head and absconds with whatever free time I have left available.

Live from base camp

Its rare that I can make an entry in the middle of the day, but then again, time has never been an ally of mine when it comes to free time. I guess time spent in the army changes perspectives quite a bit. Today is the 4th day of my military reservist training and its been literally a holiday camp so far. Unlike the previous one last year, where it was hectic getgo from day one,  I had tons of free time. There were so many periods of inactivity that I'm really struggling to find things to do when we aren't training. In any case, I'm not complaining, its a good break from the hectic busybee life that I am so used to.

Anyway, I'm off to Tekong next week. Apparently, this incamp is sort of like a "reward" for the last one that we had to go through, so the whole battalion is going for some sort of an "offsite" retreat at the island. The schedule seems to suggest that all that's lined up for us over there are recreational activities such as bike riding, paintball, bbq etc. To be honest, I would rather prefer to just stay in the camp and just chill. I'm just not into activities like these so I guess I'll probably need to bring some things to entertain myself. Or I can just sleep all day, which would be a real waste of the copious amount of free time that I have on my hands. Well, I'll see how it goes.

ICT looming

It has been more than a month since my last post. More specifically, I haven't been in the mood for any updates ever since I came back from my Canada and New York trip. Albeit physically exhausting, I found the trip really therapeutic. Why? I'm not too sure myself. Perhaps walking alone by myself for long periods of time gave me the much needed serenity that I have been craving. Its kind of ironic that this happened in one of the busiest cities in the world. Anyway, New York is definitely a place I'll go back to again, only this time, I'll make sure to go back in warmer weather. There are still so many things and places I have yet to explore.

Anyway,part of the reason why there had been no updates is that the last few weeks have been filled with the same mundane humdrum. Going to work early, listening to demanding people, leaving late. I've been so busy with work that I haven't had time for anything else. Things are looking to be pretty much how they were last year, which can't be a good sign. In any case, I've heard that 3 more of my colleagues are leaving. I have not ventured to ask why, but I guess there comes a time when you've just about had all you can take. Its the courage to call it quits that I wholeheartedly applaud. I might do just that one of these days, when push really comes to shove. Now if I only knew where was my boiling point....

In any case, all office-weary activities have now taken a backseat. I'm on leave now and starting next week, will be on my annual two week military pilgrimage. Unlike most of my contemporaries, I eagerly look forward to this time of year. Its a time where thinking is relegated to the lowest echelon possible on the hierarchy of daily affairs. Its a time where I can literally just do nothing constructive all day and still not feel a wee bit unsatisfied with how the day went out. In short, its like a paid-for resort holiday. The only downside is the physical activities that accompany said holiday. I just hope we don't get too much of that.