i'm back. for now. into my fourth week of ns. didn't manage to find time to post an entry prior to this cause book outs are so precious and i've got so many things to do during that short two days. more like one and a half day actually. anyhow i woke up at 0600 and couldn't seem to get back to sleep so here i am.

ns life is somewhat amusing. still getting use to communal living cause my entire life i've always had a room to myself. suddenly i get seven other people in the same room as me and i find almost all aspects of privacy gone. but i should be contented. the other bunks got nine to ten recruits in them. i've got this extra cabinet in my bunk which we've designated as the food cabinet. all the food stuff we bring in are kept in there. in other words it's a treasure chest! ayeee! we've got tons of biscuits, cup noodles, sweets, potato chips, hell we even got peanut butter and nutella in there. it's the treasure chest of squad fourteen. actually every bunk has got their own food cabinet just that ours seem to be the best equipped. in times of crisis bunk four shall survive. and should all the food stock run out, i've got a secret load of sweets stashed safely away in my drawer. one a day and it'll last me till i pass out. pass out as in graduate from training. not...you get what i mean.

physical training, extensive drills, swimming, firing, unarmed combat, armed combat, life saving, studying law and criminal procedures. this pretty much sums up what i've been doing in there for the past four weeks. and what i'd be doing for the rest of my bmt. havn't exactly had any problems with my field of studies. yet. things seem to be going along pretty fine. studying law can be quite interesting at times. come across a lot of strange laws that have been passed over the years. finding a loophole in the system ain't easy. there's always a law covering the ass of another law. here's a few interesting stuff.

-incest is an offense but not when it's with your grandmother.
haha...we've asked the rationale behind this law but even our officer doesn't know. all we can do is speculate. and trust me, we've came up with some pretty amusing explations.
-it is alright to exercise your right to private defense and kill someone who trespasses your property and poses a threat to you at night but not in the day.
this means if someone trespasses your property in the morning or afternoon, you can kill him and not face any charges. but if you do so at night, you can be charged for murder. so if you wanna trespass please take note of the time. santa claus climbs down your chimney at night, feel free to kill him. ok no you can't, he doesn't exactly endanger you.
-homosexuality is a criminal offense but not lesbianism.
this country is sexist! haha...nah, there's a reason behind it.

can't wait to pass out and get posted to vocation.

i belong to a squad of 35 recruits consisting of a well mix of chinese, malays and indians. and what i can conclude is that the darker the skin colour, the more hairy you are. seriously. no offense but the indians have the most amount of hair. everywhere. i've got this indian bunk mate who has soo much chest hair that you cant even see his nipples. and what's more his nipples are black so it blends in kinda well. i asked him why he doesn't shave it and he says cause if he does the short pointed ends would become very rough and it'll stick out of dry-fit shirts. haha...imagina wearing a white dry-fit shirt and seeing many black dots all over the torso area. my field instructor just completed his ns (green with envy) so we'll be getting a new one this week. hope we get a nice field intructor if there's ever such a thing. 12 may's my pay day. shan't expect much outta ns. it's national service after all. serving my nation. sounds cool eh? argh...who am i kidding. it's a waste of time. i'd rather be going to uni with you.

shall be booking in at 2100 tonight. man, i actually booked in fifteen minutes late on my very first book out. aight, that's all for now. take care.