21 April 2008...

Wow...it's been close to 2 months since I last blog. It's been an extremely busy semester.
Update update.....
My form class 1I is giving every teacher hell. They are one notorious bunch. Let's hope I can keep them check. They're only in sec 1....many more years to go. I guess I've got to come in hard on them.

I just came back from my reservist over the weekend. 16 LONG days...3rd April to 19th April. Tiring??? You bet. Physically I'm drained but mentally I'm great. 702 GDS....cool unit, made some good kakis. Unfortunately some of them tend to shoot their mouth off. I just don't understand how some people can just open their mouth and be so insensitive towards other people's feelings. Not to me specifically but when I hear them shooting their mouths off, I wonder if they've ever been taught when they were younger. There's just this lack of EQ and social emotional feelings towards other people. The company mission exercise was alright, just a bit of walking and attacking. The battalion mission exercise (BME) was a blast. The highlight of the BME was the fact that I had the opportunity to get on a Super Puma helicopter. It's definitely an experience of a lifetime (though it was only a 7 min ride). We started walking from 10pm all the way to 6.15am. Rested for like half an hour and proceeded with attack at first light. 8 freaking hours of walking with FBO. On map it was 12km but I'm pretty sure we walked more than that with the bashing and stuff. I started to hallucinate between 2-5am. No idea what I saw and no idea where I was. Sheeessshhh.....so sleepy then. Thank god I managed to tahan. One of the most difficult part of my reservist by far. I salute all the other guardsmen with their matador and FBO. Super heavy load.

Anyway, the National Schools X Country is on this Wednesday. 2 more days.....and yes I'm sending a team each in all 4 division. But honestly, it's just for participation. There's no way in hell can WSS win. We're nowhere near the standard of other schools...not even anywhere near the standard of AI. I'm just happy if they can come in top 40 individually. That's all I'm asking for. As long as they are doing their personal best. It is after all, a competition for the students...nothing to do with me. It's their time to shine. Keep my fingers cross that there's no injuries and stuff like that.

Alright gotta go. Will update as and when I'm free. Hopefully I won't have to wait for 2 months.

Regards,
RuDy