sure feels good to be free. sleeping at 2-3am, waking up at 12pm, walking down town in the afternoon, hanging out with the girl at otherwise forbidden time of the day, keeping my hair...all the simple stuff that i would have taken for granted back when i was a student / pre-enlistee.

but i can't entirely say it's good riddance to NS cos i'm gonna be missing lotsa people whom i got to know through this 1 year 10 months of service. through work, through deployments, through sports, through gym, through seeing-you-around-so-many-times-that-it's-inevitable-we-became-friends. i'm sure there're quite a number whom i'll remember for the rest of my life. and wh, my bro, i can safely say i'll never find as good a partnership as you man. it's been great having you around.

we all have to move on with life as time goes by. and NS is another one of those phases that we go through. but one thing i've learnt is that we should never leave behind all the people we got to know through those phases just cos you're over and done with it. friends are something that you can acccumulate and carry through all your phases in life. and failure to do so would mean that at the end of it all, you're only gonna have that modicum of friends to spend your time with. and that's sad. i do not enjoy solitude. well i admit there are times when solitude can do one good. but generally i like having people around. so i'm gonna put in more effort in keeping contact with friends / past-friends. i will remember you!

i just got my helix pierced. it's been close to 3 years since my last piercing. getting accustomed to that stinging sensation everytime you forget there's a new hole and come into contact with it. and the smell of alcohol too. is it just me or does it actually smell quite nice.