brave all

080907; this day marked the end of my fulltime national service.

two years of meeting people from all walks of life, getting to know them better, sharing their life experiences with me; most were inspiring stories of independence and their will to survive when the going got tough for them.

it has been a crazy journey, from basic military training centre to the start of my naval service training at the institute of maritime operations and systems, then finally posted to my evergreen unit onboard rss brave.

last friday was the last time i stepped onboard my ship, bidding farewell to everyone we could see, giving my chief a rather expensive but deserving pen for taking good care of me and my counterpart during the one year onboard. it was a pity that we did not attend the change of command ceremony, guess the priority back then was to get our identification card above all else, speaking of which the whole process took longer than expected, with a few hiccups here and there. nevertheless we left base happily with the guard asking for our pass; our identification card was all that we could show~

life as i knew before national service has started to come back; sleeping early in the moring, waking up late in the afternoon, staring at my computer (still) working on my portfolio, surfing around aimlessly on the internet, showering love and concern to my dear gaming console which i neglected so badly over the past two years, contemplating over many things and stuff, ah how bad things can get when i have so much free time.

been advertising my availability as a multimedia freelancer; yes i know, sometimes like a whore, to loads of people, hoping to earn some dough through long periods of unemployment i foresee ahead, while awaiting for my application into university next year.

take care and peace people~