Thursday, June 17, 2004
Learnt from Derrick and Jon yesterday that our deferred period might now be reduced after the change in the national service system that see intakes of new enlistees from junior colleges and polytechnics reduced from the present two and a half years to two years of service.
That would meant that I would not have to serve out the whole of the three months owed, and after taking into consideration of the remaining leave I guess I probably would only have to serve out the whole of say two weeks?
That sure would give me more time to go on a graduation trip or say look for employment like the rest of the graduating cohort. Boy, this move by the top echelon up there in Mindef sure is long overdue and had they implemented this system in 2000, I would probably be doing third year in NTU this year instead of just having finished first year in university.
Putting the national service issue aside, I had a chat with Winnie over the phone last night, a talk that stretched quite some time and covered many issues. We also had a good laugh over stories from my earlier days, going back from my primary school to army days.
Looking back at those events now, like how I would always find myself in trouble with the various teachers [a one week prefect, habitually late…] and
testing the system in army [the 21days suspension of leave, the loosing of the security pass…] because of my disdain for routines and systems really is funny, but I can certainly assure you that I did not find them at all amusing back then, not when you are always on the receiving end of the punishments or arrows.
Haha... perhaps I should compile all this memories so that I will have a good time laughing at them again when I am much older. Or like what Winnie suggested, compiling a book titled
‘The things you do not do to get into trouble or be misunderstood’.
Was supposed to work out and swim with CheeWee this morning, as he finally gave in and offered to come down to Choa Chu Kang. Too bored I guess. Haha… but in the end only I worked out, and he swim because he had forgotten that to step into the gym you are required to put on appropriate footwear, and
slippers certainly do not come close.
In the gym as I was scrawling my name in the entry log book, I saw the two names Margaret and Yanshan, and looked around the gym and there they were running on the treadmill, friends who go all the way back to secondary school days. Did not really catch up with them since time wasn’t on hand and we were using different equipments.
After the session, joined up with CheeWee and had lunch over at Lot 1 and after which, went on our way home, and here I am logging this entry.
JIONG TING ♥
Thursday, June 17, 2004
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