Yup, its been bout 2 weeks now, since i joined the brotherhood. And i gotta say, so far, army hasn't been that bad... The training is still manageable..nothing out of our capabilities..YET.
The fellow recruits are taking it all pretty well too.
As for myself, nothing much has changed. Only that i've grown much darker (YEAH! I'M INDIAN!! GRRR!) and i've lost a total of 7.5 kg from intake day (dec9)..Now, aint that quite an achievement?! haha.. But, wats affected me the most is the separation from my peeps at ylm, tails (my dawg) and now, lobo(Diane's dog) too! It was really hard being away from all of them...and not being able to be there for them on certain occasions.
It was during these times of sadness that I began to see God in the simplest of things..so much so, that there was a day I began thanking Him for the trees, wind and the rain! haha! (most NS fella's would agree that we're all happy for the rain during Cat1 weather). So, if there's juz 1 thing i'd say bout the army now...it wld be that it instills a sense of simplicity within us. When that simplicity is coupled with Christianity, It helps us achieve a greater closeness with God =)
Lastly, I would like to thank all you guys at YLM for simply being there..you guys mean a WHOLE LOT to me, and, if not for ya'll, I wouldn't be here.....and I dunno what I'd do without ya'll. God Bless you guys! Peace =)
6:32 PM
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Farewell
Bye pple! this will be my last entry, for another 2 weeks at least. I'll be bookin in tmr at 12.15pm,tekong, school1. Will be confined for 2 weeks...
But the good thing is that I'll be able to book out on J.C's birthday, Dec 25th! Yahoo!!
Can't wait man..i'm really lookin forward to attending mass with a couple of ylmers..its gonna b extra special man! haha!
Any way, I gotta go pack now..will be gettin up at 8 tmr. Kinda early, cos i'll be goin around kissin the HDB blocks and freedom (or lack of it) goodbye ;) haha..ok, think I'm losing it already.
Take care guys..gonna miss ya'll..will seriously be missing out on 2 weeks of mass, meetings and the YLM camp!! darn..
God Bless ya'll, and do pray for me ya? hehehe..
10:08 PM
Friday, December 03, 2004
Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself- John Macnaughton.
One of my fav quotes ;)
6:04 PM
Thursday, December 02, 2004
Sigh...
Well, im troubled (as usual)... there's juz too much of nonsense going around. First, its my home..the pple in here are getting to me..and i'm findin it increasingly difficult to control myself. They really know how to push me to the limits..
But hey... guess that will sort of settle itself once i enter NS.. Its funny how im actually lookin forward to it.
But what's more troubling is the issues that pple around me fail to notice (and im not talkin bout my family here). I mean everywhere I turn, there's a problem that needs to be settled. Its not that I don't wanna help..I want to...Its juz irritating how others (except for 1 or 2) juz COMPLETELY miss the issues...they somehow juz fail to see them. Its either that or they see them, and yet don't do anything about it. Guys..its about time you woke up and smelt the coffee...
And then there's others who say, 'i dun need ur help'..oh come on, if u had the ability to think and behave maturely, you wouldn't be in this predicament in the 1st place! And dun think ya'll are too 'strong' for outside help.. HUMBLE YOURSELVES.
And its really not helping, that i have to enlist on the 9th. I dun like the fact that come that day, there's gonna be one less person that sees the bigger picture. It hurts..whenever I think of wat would happen if nothing is done..Pple, we have a beautiful community..juz don't let it disintegrate and become a has-been. I, for one, will never let that happen..but there's only so much one person can do. I really hope the others will open their eyes more and see how else they can contribute.
Let's stop thinking of what the group can give to us, but what we can give to the group.
Lord, I pray for peace, clarity of mind, wisdom and most of all, Faith.
11:28 PM
.::ME::.
Edward Isaac
22 =)
ak_hybrid@hotmail.com
Youth Liturgy Ministry, CTK
