monkeycrap's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.'---Goethe It's really amazing how wicked the twist of fate can be. Ok, to get to the point, i'm not gonna be driving tanks. Somehow i got myself reposted and now i'm one of the few 'lucky' ones that get to undergo one of the most gruelling courses of the entire army. My job now deals with explosives, bombs, basically anything that when mishandled, blows a hole in your head the size of suntec city. But wait, that's not all! I build minefields, wire fences, bridges too! All at no extra cost! So i'll be stuck, for the next 2 years, in some camp in the middle of nowhere, with sadistic commanders who can only hold conversations that contain words like 'TNT' and 'safety fuses'. And since we're the 'elite' ones, we undergo pretty extreme mental and physical training, as well as real high discipline standards. No discman, no food allowed. No newspapers. My only sources of civilisation, gone. And the environment, its so different. In tekong, i slept opposite a rich guy from the usa. Now, the bed opposite me is empty cos the guy's still serving his prison sentence. But of course, there are nice people there, including tenguin, and that forms my company of friends. So yeah, no bad influences. I won't bother describing how miserable i felt during the last 4 days because 'language really flounders in such seas', to quote yann martel. But i thank all of you guys for the encouragement, be it the 'aww, its only 2 years', or the 'there are people worse off', or the 'it'll make you stronger' kind. Thanks so much. And yeah, come to think of it, staying in this prison may do good for me. Really. When you realise that you are doing stuff that, at any minor slip-up, will cost you your life, you tend to treasure the people around you more. And realise how fragile life is. And how much your friends and family mean to you. It's so damn cliche, but you've to be there to really grasp the essence of it. And also you get to know more people from different walks of life. Plus, i'll do stuff not many people will have the chance to. But i'm saying all these, in front of my computer, relaxing. It's pretty much another story when you wake up every morning. And my back injury's not really helping with the waking up. Ok this entry has been nothing but descriptive inane ramblings. Which was what i had planned to do since i logged onto diaryland. Will not irritate readers further. Night. 12:19 a.m. - 2004-04-09 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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