Post ORD Life
Thursday, March 22, 2012
1. Well, time flies and I am almost one month from ORD already, truly this life felt almost out of reach when I was still in service and really was the object the envy to almost every servicemen still in service. Nonetheless, the day must come and we will have eventually received the COS and that red envelope and able to tell our commanders (in my case that particular twh) to kiss my ass.
2. Prior to ORD, I did come up with a list of things to do post ORD...now that 3 weeks + has passed since ORD, I'm proud to say that I've completed around 80% of whats on my list. However, sad to say one of them which was supposed to be at the top of the list - lose weight, has fallen on my dismal will to exercise more, sadly to say, not much has been done. Well, I did start off with a little bit of exuberance with my going to Hougang Stadium to run 4 km every day, which I have neglected so badly these past 2 weeks. Argh! How I wish losing weight just involved pressing a button and all the fat would go away... I would like to think that I'm not exceedingly obese, but eating just happens to be almost at the top of my 'favourite things to do' list, from sampling good food here and there, I would hence find it more difficult to lose weight...Especially the weather and my lifestyle...It truly is Murphy's Law....When I do set my alarm in the morning to wake up early to go do my morning exercise, somehow my body would just refuse to get out of bed and I would lie there suffused with lethargy and a sudden lack of energy, if it wasn't that, it would have been a bad weather indicator...How I wish I would have my own treadmill...then again my dismal willpower will find other excuses...
3. Another matter which has bugged me, has been the non completion of my TKD learning and stopping and 1st Poom seemed too much of a waste, so recently, I dug out my uniform and went for my 1st Dan and now going onto 2nd Dan. Having been out of practice for the past 6 years, I have been pretty slow in catching on the movements required of me...nonetheless, at least in this aspect I only have to force myself to come and my TKD instructor will do the rest of the disciplining. Bah, still aches like hell after every session though, but that ache throbs with a sweetness that I can say that my body has at least temporarily stopped gaining fat... Sometimes, I look at 9gag and I wonder, I see those universally understood statements like 'That moment when you see a skinny person gorging himself and doesn't get fat' this triggers a deep common understanding among others like me who have no trouble in gaining weight but extreme and nigh impossible to lose it...
4. Onto the least interesting part of my life...I have been desperately trying to find a job for the past 2 months....submitting a countless slew of E-mails in job applications to a multitude of job agencies who have in their part submitted my resume countless times (practically empty resume...filled with smoke) to the many companies whom have thus far also seen and threw my resume with almost no regard (considering initially I requested for 9 per hour) well, considering my worth to the job scene in Singapore, there is practically almost no chance at all if I had continued on this pointless crusade of an hourly rating of 9 SGD...hence, with a pint of salt and disappointment, I gradually lowered it from 8 and then 7...Well, to think that my dad wanted me to just grab any job even as low as 5 per hour which I almost practically spat in his face. Well, I was inclined to, considering I wasn't THAT desperate to get a job but just wanted to, to not be around for his incessant nagging and complaints of life. With a job, now I do have an excuse not to be around...(muahahahhaha) Some people say that the older you get, the greater the propensity to complain and nag to other people (especially people younger than you) I, having seen that first hand, am determined to prove otherwise this time and tested old adage.
5. Well, what more could be a summary to this exceedingly long rant, with my determination to exclaim to myself that I am not addicted to computer gaming, I have pursued other ways to spend my time: The first of which, I feel inclined to want to go out with friends, only to find a great lacking in the number of willing parties...this leaves me wondering and pondering on myself. I have reflected and at least through NS, I have gained a generous portion of 'people knowledge' in dealing with people (no negative connotations intended) yet now I am lacking in a pool of people to mingle with...(joining clubs seem a little bit excessive and desperate...)yet with my current group of people, I do not know whether it is something about me that people just feel tiresome to reply the SMS that I send out. It is truly, torturous sending out an SMS and never receiving a reply. Well, I am optimistic about my entry into the University this coming August, with being able to meet a whole new group of people to know and know me.
tata~
--Merci tout le monde--
7:15 PM
