The days after GP were somewhat mundane and unproductive especially when I stayed at home succumbing to my laziness and procrastination.
I met up with Nats on Wednesday, the day after my GP, at Plaza Sing where we had a meal at Nana's Green Tea lol. The dessert was not bad and the curry udon was surprisingly great too with the cheese. In the evening, when we departed from there, I gallivanted in region and eventually decided to visit the LAN there for awhile. What a sad way to countdown for Christmas right? Hahah
On Christmas Day, I attended the Christmas service in the morning and had my favorite TPY banmian for lunch. I can't believe I actually played in the LAN again and only reached home at night. I ask myself why Christmas this year was somewhat lonely and poignant and came to a conclusion that army has somewhat ruined the mood by making me miss all the church events and not much plans were made prior to the day too. As someone who comes from a traditional Buddhist family, Christmas wasn't a festive season to be celebrated at home too. While others exchanged presents at home or even with friends, there was not much significance in Christmas for me for my childhood. Not until when I started to attend church and cell group more regularly, where the atmosphere of the festival was then meaningfully heightened.
Blame it on my laziness and craving for rest that I wasted my Friday morning on the 26th sleeping away. Felt kinda remorseful for not helping my grandma in her preparation of cooking her signature prawn mee days before when I finally had it for lunch on Friday. In the evening, I met up with the 36th NCO-ers at Somerset to have our EOY gathering. We visited this Korean BBQ place known as Togi at Triple 1. I don't usually have meals at Korean restaurant so I was somewhat native to the dishes and dining etiquette there. I'm grateful for the group for making the session a memorable and pleasant. Just as we wanted to head to Marina Square to enjoy the overrated Llao llao with a shorter queue, Mama actually felt unwell and we sent her off in a cab lol. The rest of us then bought ourselves KOI and some matcha before chilling in the mall's basement for the night. Great night and catch-up indeed.
Saturday was even worse as I overslept till mid-noon. I then visited the 430PM service with Sekkun as I couldn't make it for the 630PM one due to our band gathering in the evening. That was the final time as claimed that our service was going to be held at Storhub. There's a hype going on where people started to snap shots and post captions of memories that have originated from there. I didn't join in the bandwagon although I felt a sense of sentimentality having attending service there since Sec3/4? That also rid me of one reason for having my favorite TPY banmian there again.
The trip to Shane's house for our semi-demi-band gathering was smooth at the start and horrendous in the end where we took bus of the wrong color plate to eventually end up in a long loop before we alighted. We were late but not the latest. The food prepared was sensational although I couldn't finish the laksa which was too spicy for me lol. Missed the laughter and fun we had although not everyone was there. Great to see Sir once again after last seeing him in May or June? We ended the night sitting in circles as we played games to finish the leftover drinks and food. Thanks Carrie for sending me (almost) home thereafter. I really hope that one day the entire band or at least most of us can gather to perform once again.
Sunday was basically a waste of time and energy as I woke up half-dead in the early morning to book in for my extra duty. Grateful for my dad as I didn't expect him to buy noodles for me in such unearthly hours lol. For the entire 24 hours spent in camp, I lazed within the four walls and I wondered if I did the "right" thing by realising and reporting that the keys were not tallied by the records after been ordered to do a check. Brought some magazines I ordered there but I didn't even touch it at all.. I have decided that I indeed wasted a hundred bucks in ordering the Business magazine I didn't bother to entertain hais. I also didn't have a good rest at all because some people just randomly booked in in the middle of the night sporadically. Couldn't really sleep well after been awaken near office hour.
Monday morning started with an impromptu meeting by the CO with the entire commanding teams there. My platoon was asked to come back and I don't know if I should feel lucky that I need not book-in again like the rest since I was already there lol. The talk revolving around the same old key points lasted for a lengthy 3 hours and I was holding up my bladder for the last one hour desperately while maintaining attention amid my sleepiness. We were glad to be given half day off thereafter lol. Had a nice lunch at KFC with JT & MQ thereafter. They're probably the reasons why my days were/are made more bearable.
It's about 2PM when I arrived home and I set off to meet MBC and LL after changing lol. Eventually I didn't manage to visit M's house and headed to Pentagon for some dimsum at Ding Tai Fung instead. We then traipsed in the shopping estate and they bought some stuff while I resisted purchase since my budget was overly tight this month (after paying SPF the lump amount). I don't know why but M decided and insisted that we walked to Peninsula thereafter. It's a draggy 20-30 minutes walk under the drizzle lol. Wanted to get myself a new guitar bag to replace the current damaged one but budget.. hais. Actually I also bought quite a lot of clothes few weeks back already. We then travelled to NEX to see M off. LL and I then walked around the huge ass mall before deciding to have a meal at Monster Curry since the portion seemed so tempting and appetizing. Overall, it' s a better than expected and awesome day.
Today, I woke up at noon and used my comp throughout playing and blogging. I seriously need to pack my room more neatly soon but the activation energy is so high.. In the evening later I'll be meeting some of the ramp-up course peeps for an EOY cum post-GP meet up at an unknown restaurant to me in Bugis. Shall try to update soon. By the way, the weather was so shiok nowadays. I really hope it can stay like this in Singapore foreverrrrr
Something prompted me recently to consider if I was really suited to be the band president. I believe I was chosen for a purpose and my apparent attributes you saw may or may not be best for my band. I don't think we can compare between schools or bands since the culture and expectations in each environment vary greatly. While I do not have the musical expertise or flair, I have a keen passion in leading my band to greater heights - which I can confidently affirm that we have been to a uniquely formidable level even none of us has expected to reach. Speaking about this really brings back the joy and pain of leading and serving there. This paragraph was so spontaneous hahah but I believe that while everybody is given different talents, personality and societal status from birth, what matters most is a genuine heart to serve and a selfless intention to contribute for the greater good of all.
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