明天就是今年第一次上學，我應該加倍努力，精益求精。
我現在的課程很難用中文來說。如果我說我是中五學生，人家會以爲我在普通課程。但我也不可以說我是個高一學生，應為我國的高級中學需要三年完成他們的課程。哎呀，真麻煩。。。
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Sunday, 10 January 2010
往前走，無畏無懼
我不應該這樣擔心。我還有兩年的時間。我不應該着急。我現在應該享受我的自由，別浪費這兩年才後悔自己沒有珍惜自己的時間。我的衣服突然全部變成綠色的時候，我不再會有那麽多自由了。我青少年的生活只有這兩年了。
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
一個新年的開始
哈哈。。。給你們了大驚喜了。
我打算用中文來寫我的隨筆了。而且，我會用繁體中文。我這樣做的原因是爲了進步我的語文能力，也是爲了讓我進步自己的寫作能力。對我來說，用英文寫隨筆和用中文寫隨筆是非常不同的。希望這種方法會幫我一個大忙，也會幫讀者了解中文，也學會一些繁體字。
我在這個月的十八號才上課。在這兩個星期中，我希望自己可以多讀聖經，尤其是羅馬書。我相信我可以從中學到很多的。我也應該多彈鋼琴了，第八級考試正在年底。聽説武裝部隊的樂隊開始收入了可以彈鋼琴的人了。（又來了，羅先生又要換職業了。。。）我明晚會有風笛訓練，希望明天可以開始吹真正的風笛了，不只是那個訓練笛管。
我現在沒話好説了。我現在要去體育館了。再見。
我打算用中文來寫我的隨筆了。而且，我會用繁體中文。我這樣做的原因是爲了進步我的語文能力，也是爲了讓我進步自己的寫作能力。對我來說，用英文寫隨筆和用中文寫隨筆是非常不同的。希望這種方法會幫我一個大忙，也會幫讀者了解中文，也學會一些繁體字。
我在這個月的十八號才上課。在這兩個星期中，我希望自己可以多讀聖經，尤其是羅馬書。我相信我可以從中學到很多的。我也應該多彈鋼琴了，第八級考試正在年底。聽説武裝部隊的樂隊開始收入了可以彈鋼琴的人了。（又來了，羅先生又要換職業了。。。）我明晚會有風笛訓練，希望明天可以開始吹真正的風笛了，不只是那個訓練笛管。
我現在沒話好説了。我現在要去體育館了。再見。
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
A post of epic proportions
Let me warn you. This post is going to be huge.
The CLT course was one of the highlights of this month. Obviously, since it took up 14 days of my holiday. I suppose it has changed me in many ways, and has highlighted my strengths and weaknesses. I realised (and so do the instructors) that I have a really good sense of urgency. Basically, I'll snap to the job and get it done in the most efficient manner possible without delay. That sort of thing. But the weakness is that I am in this hyper-alert mode all the time, without rest, so that when I go home after training, I end up extremely tired and depressed. I am blessed, therefore, that God gave me strength to finish the course and get on with my life. Constant reading of the Psalms during the stay-in week was a great comfort.
A lot of the stress from the course did not come from the course activities itself, but rather the waking up in the morning and the travelling from home to HQ and back. It was like leaving a secure area in the morning and departing for the unknown, the unsafe, the uncharted waters.
Clock-watching had a few effects. One was that it increased morale as the days went by, especially in the later part of the course. The other effect was that it made the course seem like eternity on the first few days.
I managed to get through anyway. BMT would be a little easier for me, I suppose, given that this experience has given me an idea of what in-bunk drudgery and personal admin looks and feels like.
And now for the other part of the holiday that made me really happy.
Hong Kong is a really great place. Good food, good weather, good transport and plenty of other things.
I once mentioned to Hui'en that Hong Kong was my favourite holiday destination. I shall now explain why. Hong Kong is the best of two worlds for me. It is a place where my roots and my sense of modernity combine.
I am not a Hong Konger, but I am a Cantonese. It is to my greatest regret that my command of the Cantonese language is frankly quite pathetic. Hong Kong is a place where you will hear Cantonese all the time. It is the language of my forefathers, and it is uplifting to hear it spoken by the masses, unlike my current location, where Putonghua (Huayu) has become the main tongue of most Chinese people. It is a crying shame to realise that thousands of Singapore youth are on the verge of being cut off from their ethnicities forever. I shall be the exception. I shall let no man rob me of my culture and my identity.
On a side note, I think I am acquiring a taste for Joey Yung songs. O_O
I think I'm digressing...
*Back on main topic*
I'm going to miss Hong Kong. Even now, I'm still trying to get used to the fact that you stand on the left side of the escalator on the MRT, when you stand on the right on those of the MTR. I have to get used to the MRT announcements being in English first, and the English signs being above the Hanzi. I'll miss the oh-so-familiar “請勿靠近車門”before the door closes. I'll miss the noisy (and sometimes absurdly long) escalators and traffic lights. I'll miss the feeling of being free, unconstrained by the drudgery of life back home. I suppose holidays are like that. A brief glimpse of the ideal life and then it's back to real life.
The year 2010 is approaching. I really hope that I can survive IB. I've already started reading the textbooks. Watchnight on Thursday and Friday.
I can't think of anything else now.
The CLT course was one of the highlights of this month. Obviously, since it took up 14 days of my holiday. I suppose it has changed me in many ways, and has highlighted my strengths and weaknesses. I realised (and so do the instructors) that I have a really good sense of urgency. Basically, I'll snap to the job and get it done in the most efficient manner possible without delay. That sort of thing. But the weakness is that I am in this hyper-alert mode all the time, without rest, so that when I go home after training, I end up extremely tired and depressed. I am blessed, therefore, that God gave me strength to finish the course and get on with my life. Constant reading of the Psalms during the stay-in week was a great comfort.
A lot of the stress from the course did not come from the course activities itself, but rather the waking up in the morning and the travelling from home to HQ and back. It was like leaving a secure area in the morning and departing for the unknown, the unsafe, the uncharted waters.
Clock-watching had a few effects. One was that it increased morale as the days went by, especially in the later part of the course. The other effect was that it made the course seem like eternity on the first few days.
I managed to get through anyway. BMT would be a little easier for me, I suppose, given that this experience has given me an idea of what in-bunk drudgery and personal admin looks and feels like.
And now for the other part of the holiday that made me really happy.
Hong Kong is a really great place. Good food, good weather, good transport and plenty of other things.
I once mentioned to Hui'en that Hong Kong was my favourite holiday destination. I shall now explain why. Hong Kong is the best of two worlds for me. It is a place where my roots and my sense of modernity combine.
I am not a Hong Konger, but I am a Cantonese. It is to my greatest regret that my command of the Cantonese language is frankly quite pathetic. Hong Kong is a place where you will hear Cantonese all the time. It is the language of my forefathers, and it is uplifting to hear it spoken by the masses, unlike my current location, where Putonghua (Huayu) has become the main tongue of most Chinese people. It is a crying shame to realise that thousands of Singapore youth are on the verge of being cut off from their ethnicities forever. I shall be the exception. I shall let no man rob me of my culture and my identity.
On a side note, I think I am acquiring a taste for Joey Yung songs. O_O
I think I'm digressing...
*Back on main topic*
I'm going to miss Hong Kong. Even now, I'm still trying to get used to the fact that you stand on the left side of the escalator on the MRT, when you stand on the right on those of the MTR. I have to get used to the MRT announcements being in English first, and the English signs being above the Hanzi. I'll miss the oh-so-familiar “請勿靠近車門”before the door closes. I'll miss the noisy (and sometimes absurdly long) escalators and traffic lights. I'll miss the feeling of being free, unconstrained by the drudgery of life back home. I suppose holidays are like that. A brief glimpse of the ideal life and then it's back to real life.
The year 2010 is approaching. I really hope that I can survive IB. I've already started reading the textbooks. Watchnight on Thursday and Friday.
I can't think of anything else now.
Friday, 11 December 2009
Aid Station
When the AFIs said this course was going to change our lives, they weren't joking. I only have five days more of the course, and yet, the past nine days have taught me so much about myself.
And I also have lost 2kg. That's something to be joyful about. :D
God really has been so good to me. I pray that God will abide with me for the last big push.
I shall be returning to the lines on Sunday night. I hope I will enjoy myself.
And I also have lost 2kg. That's something to be joyful about. :D
God really has been so good to me. I pray that God will abide with me for the last big push.
I shall be returning to the lines on Sunday night. I hope I will enjoy myself.
Monday, 30 November 2009
En Fenrik
I am getting quite excited about the CLT course. I hope it stays that way no matter what it actually turns out to be like. Today, I find out we have to stay-in for nearly a week. This should be interesting. I am praying that I will be an example of God's glory during the course. This is the perfect oppurtunity for me to do so. So God help me. Amen.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Restlessness
My daily routine now consists of PT, pipe practice and reading. I am anxious to get the new set of uniform next week to start working on it. Hopefully it comes with the OCT rank slides.
Pipe practice at PA tomorrow. Quite looking forward to it as well. Nearly finished reading Geoffrey Bennett's Nelson The Commander.
Pipe practice at PA tomorrow. Quite looking forward to it as well. Nearly finished reading Geoffrey Bennett's Nelson The Commander.
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