Adapted from Wikipedia.

"In Sept'08, Sundaravej was removed from office by the Constitutional Court of Thailand.

By October'08, Wongsawat was unable to access his offices, which were occupied by protesters from the PAD.

Protests force closure of Thailand's int'l airport.

The Thai government removed the police chief from his post and shifted him to a relatively unimportant position.

Thailand's army chief told the government on Wednesday to step down..."

What a chaotic mess.
and more importantly,
I CANT GO FOR MY THAILAND TRIP anymore!!!
dammit!


"Thais are also well-known for their friendliness and hospitality, leading to the country's so called reputation as the "Land of Smiles."" - Wikipedia.org
really?

lol. i used to think that covering food with a cover,
was to protect it from the unwanted radiation emited by the microwave oven.
i guess, i was wrong all along.
its actually to prevent the liquid content from spilling out of the bowl,
to hold steam for fast and even cooking.
haha. how naive i was..

we will all set off with the same kind of mindset to find jobs...
wanting to find big and ambitious ones,
wanting to find those with gd sounding reputation..
bt eventually,
we will all succumb to the sad reality tt all these are hard to get,
and probably end up going for jobs,
nt to earn money,
bt just so nt to let the bank acc drop to negative..

Just came back from a wedding dinner.
the food was rather nice.
I saw alot of distant relatives that i din't even knew existed,
and I could tell that the relationships b/w
us and the slightly-more-distant-relatives are actually becoming quite distant too.

This is quite a saddening trend,
as cousins and nieces that i once played with,
have grown bigger, taller and are becoming more unfamiliar.
We are no longer as close as we once were,
playing with the yellow toy trucks, the mcdoodle board, and talking about pokemon.
We now talk about boring and mundane stuffs like university plans, school.
So much so that, it becomes a little awkward now.

Then i start wondering.
if i happen to get married one day..
and i invite close relatives, or rather people i can talk to.
den i probably would just need 6 tables.
one for relatives on my dad's side. (5+2+1)
one for relatives on my mum's side. (6+4)
one for my Secondary school friends.
one for my JC friends and Army friends.
one for my University friends.
and one for me and my immediate family. (4+?)

oh how different would that be.
how much money would i be able to save too..
but then i tink again.
the bride's side would have her chunk of family,
and it probably wouldn't be just so little anywayz.
soo. oh crapz.

Just read thru my archives,
and realised that some entries were quite interesting..
lol

I just realised that 3 years ago,
on this very day,
my blog was born.

Happy birthday blog.

The scouts are the eyes and the ears of the battalion.
They do stuff you can't,
see things you don't,
go to places you won't.
To them,
it's part of their job to reduce the uncertainties and to be sure of the unsure.
In short, they suffer...
so that many others don't.

This is RECCE.

Well,
today marks the date of my freedom.
it's been a long while since my ord calendar did the countdown..
till i almost forgot the message that will pop out when the counter hits zero.
i've finally gotten my pink ic.

Unlike the school times,
i guess this is probably one of the hardest times for me to leave.
to get away, and move on.
somehow or rather,
it's pretty hard to leave this time round.

It was very hard to say goodbye.
I walked from bunk to bunk,
wanting to say my last words for them,
but all i could do was just sit there,
by their side.

In camp,
we would often walk from room to room,
chitchatting,
joking,
watching movies,
fighting,
doing some bodyart.
we would bitch about people we din't like,
we would sing songs till dawn.
At home,
all there is juz the three of us.
haha. i feel so lonely!!!!

Nevertheless,
i am glad that i have not wasted my 1yr10mths here,
and i am proud to say that i will leave this place,
with no regrets.

With pride we lead..

ohmy.
as i look at my count down timer slowly but quickly
inching second by second towards the 11th of november,
i cant help but feel happy.

1 day, 40minutes, 24seconds.

Indeed, army had been a very long and tiring one for me.
But it certainly was an opportunity for me to learn several things.
For one, it defintely was a chance for me to pick up some leadership skills,
to choose and dictate the direction and tempo for my team.

We were empowered the heavy responsibility of taking care for the welfare of others,
as well as the safety of my buddy.
another person's life was now placed under our care.

Army showed me how vulnerable was life.
It gave me the opportunity to handle emergencies,
witness suicide attempts,
and taught me how to face it bravely.

It taught me perseverance, and endurance.
It taught me that rank matters, but only to a certain extent.
It taught me the importance of time and being on time.
It taught me that people often scold,
not because they want to,
but because they have to.
and it is often those that keep quiet,
that are the worse of the lot.

It showed me the ugly side of people, who live on a mindset that
1) "if it doesn't benefit me, whatfor do it."
2) "the whole world owes me a living, but i better not show it to others that i'm the real bad guy"
3) "there's always someone else who would do it".
4) "he's the boss, whatever he say counts. who cares if i know it's not the best way to do things" attitude.
But then, there was also the good side.
people who are willing to sacrifice.
people who are willing to voice out their opinion.
people who do not choose to stay in the background, but stand out.

it gave me the opportunity to meet hundreds of other people.
There in BMT, there were a whole bunch of young recruits waiting to be enlisted.
It was there, that i met 46 of them.
Then in SISPEC, there were a few officerswannabe and whatsnot.
i met 36 of them.
Then in RCC, the suay people gathered together for a course.
i met 100 of them.
And finally in 3SIR.
Signals, there were about 12 i know.
ATGM, there were about 9 i know.
Pioneer, there was like about 5 i know.
Scout platoon, there were 73.

the total number of people the Army let me meet, was close to 300 people.
pretty amazing.
So much so that, when u walk on the streets.. its really not surprising to see one or two streaming in. or maybe three. four or five.

But most importantly,
it gave me many friends,
friends that i can say fought along with me.
friends that i won't want to forget.

The one year ten months is finally over,
but the journey had only just begun.
(trust me, reservist sounds worse.)

One of my friend shared with me something that i think is quite true.
Alot of us, often have many opinions.
many thoughts,
many feelings.
However,
manyatimes we just choose to stay in the background,
quietly listening.
quitely observing.

Why do you choose to be so
afraid of sharing that opinion,
scared of giving that thought.

i guess its time to stand up for yourself,
and tell the others straight,
what you think is right, or wrong.
and where you want to go.

its not like you will be getting some beating or what.
why be afraid?
and if army havent taught us anything yet.
now is the time.
its time to change.