Now and Then..

Its the beginning of July.. I have reservist this week, but i'm on MC 2dae.. somethin's up with my tongue and the back of my throat.. i cant swallow nor eat properly. its swollen.. and its damn painful. wonder if it will actually help me lose some weight though.. .

well.. my hair.. its virtually gone.. i din intend it to be... juz tat the barber was over-enthusiastic when he heard that i was gng for reservist.. argh! i feel like i'm botak rite now.. anyway, food in the cookhouse in camp was nice. lemme recall.. sweet sour fish, chicken wing with gravy, vege, soup (served seperately in a bowl), rice and banana/s. oh.. after eating.. u juz leave the untensils in the washing area.. dun hv to wash.. this is a far cry when i was in NS. we had rice tat were usually hard like sand grains, sometimes they are clumped 2gether like 'riceballs'. we had to bring our eating tray to the cookhouse.. it looks like a dog tray, and we had to wash the tray after every meal... and if u finish ur food much later than everyone else.. sorry.. the detergent would have finished by then.. then we would bring our dirty tray back to the bunk and wipe it clean with toilet paper. and yes, it would be ready for the next meal. one of my most vivid memories of the food... there was this morning we had..'mee soto'.. i was quite happy.. until i saw the food. clumps of yellow noodles, that has a weird sour taste.. and the soup.. its juz grey water,'soto'? forget abt the chicken.. no such thing.. one of the most hilarious sights u will see 2dae, are NS boys pulling their trolley bags as they walk.. juz like SIA stewardesses! we had the 'ali baba' bag last time.. all ur belongings are dumped into this big green duffel bag and slung over 1 shoulder.. after a while.. the shoulder will be sore and the skin of the contact area will be falimng red, sometimes even peeling off..

after 2 weeks plus in the new sch.. one thing is for certain.. there are lesser chances for me to forge strong and close relationships with my students. many of my classes, they dun see me long enuff per week. my NT SS classes.. i have 3 classes, but they see me for 2 periods per week. i have 2 classes of 3E elect. geog...i see them for 3 periods per week. ok.. i have 2 sec1 classes of 1NA EL...6 periods per week. tats all.. i dun have a form class. i dun have a cca. so my contact with students is actually quite minimal. its not all bad tho.. it means i have more time to deal with my Infocomm & Tech duties. i think this is wat the principal had in mind.

yest nite.. i went to compasspoint to buy some fishball noodles (tats my staple food). wanted to try to eat..coz i was really hungry but the mouth was very painful.. and i knew there was a high chance of me bumping into some skss ppl. well, i did.. but i think they din see me.. i remember this gal's name. stella. coz she did a presentation for their geog project.. and i asked her how come she's so tanned.. tats y i remembered. i think compasspoint is hotspot of skss students (oh, we call them SKY Achievers ie. Seng Kang Youth Achievers)... so probably i wont be gng there so often anymore..

getting drowsy... think i'll go rest now..