Firstly, its already a sad news,

Im sure the entire org is panicking now,

But it disgusts me that everything is blamed onto gahmen,

If there's anything,

Its the people to be checked.

From exp in the army,

Theres many safety measures around,

And many rules, procedures, SOP, etc,

Its almost impossible to have repeated accidents,

So what now?

Ever wondered who checks who?

Every wondered who plays by left?

Ever wondered who neglects? 

I always believed the system is there, 
the laws and regulations are there, 
is whether or not ppl follow.... 
Having served the 2 years I think the protocols are so insanely safe
 its impossible to have accidents. 
However ofcoz we all know that it's inevitable that ppl in the unit will have "by left" practices. 

Not everything also political. 
Im sure no one likes to hear about death. 
Im sure no one wants to serve either. 
I'm sure there are more undisclosed cases. 
But NS is vital for our survival. How? 

When these rules became too "troublesome" for people to follow, 
then they dont, 
then things happen. 
But if rules are too strict, 
ppl no heart to serve, 
then how to trust a nation under hands of the unwilling? 

Not easy be gahmen.

Pointless blaming solves nothing

By blaming everything on the top lvl is myopic,

If everything can be micromanaged

Perhaps u will live in a safe yet zero freedom world. 


Must every freaking news must involve politics?
Come on, grow up...... 
Target only to news, and respond sensibly.
Should be then abolish NS? So we dont lose out to FT and Women?

Hilarious! Stupid comparison.

So many tourists come forth and say:
"wow everything seems so well planned"
"wow your people have your life planned out"
"wow your systems are great", 
Savings, planned,
Housing, planned,
Health, top quality, subsidized, but responsibility on self,
Retirement, likewise,
So taxpayers wont have to bear extra burdens,
Infrastructures, towards sophistication and biophilic city,
Sustainability, on our way........

What is there to complain?
Seriously got so much to complain migrate la,
Debunk citizenship go fly elsewhere,
Let the nation be only filled with people who loves the country,
with people who appreciates, with people who works to improve not empty talks,
not happy with progress, suggest la,
not happy with inconvenience, think in bigger picture la,
not happy with strict rules, scram elsewhere with all the freedom you want,
not happy with cost of living, leave and find somewhere you're comfortable.

I may be ignorant, I may be brainwashed, but from the look of it,
Passion is made possible, at least for me, and im now comfortable........

2019..........

Year started with endless jobs flowing in,
Ofcoz, I'm happy, but also at the same time tired.
But perhaps, it's brought upon myself,
Cuz I spent alot of time socializing and catching up too.

So 2019 Started with Bedok 4 friendship back on track,
I had also brought "The Cast" group to a next level too,
And introduced Tai to some of my other close cliques,
And he enjoyed, feeling young again, all the talk cock sing song,
Something that Bedok 4 no longer capable.

But well things gotta move on,
Ive said my peace too,
To whoever who thinks we are just
"A bunch of people that over promise and under deliver"

Like TQC i did fulfill my 2 lessons I promised
And i even had worksheets and lessons plans,
When approached me for training IC we did came up with year plan too,
I said im bringing all 4 of us back to talk about impressions I did too,
So as much as I had put in effort if you still dont think I put in enough,
So be it........... This reunion dinner, gonna be my last involvement.

The Cast however, had just started,
But I forsee its gonna be better,
At least they all have each other in the near future,
And Im truly grateful that they found a clique,
And no longer pointlessly meeting every saturday night
without knowing each other's stories,
and in midst, at least one of them is pushing for growth,
mentally, spiritually, and belly-ly.

So when a group like this is established,
I can safely say Im retreating from the main group.
I dont have any growth,
I am no longer faithful,
I am always seems like "Smoking my way through answers"
I am too idealistic and my words are to deaf ears
When asked what can I contribute,
let's be realistic, I think I contributed enough,
and obviously it's no longer a suitable place for me.

I think I clung on long enough,
to not disappoint LL, to not disappoint KG,
to not disappoint YJ, to not disappoint WL,
He casually told me, "My best friend had backslided and no longer in contact",
And I just couldnt let myself be another one of that,
But now Im rather confident I would not.

So yes, 2019, I need to clean up all my commitments,
all my social groups, all my involvements,
It's the quarter life, and I guess I'm comfortable,
and perhaps the last half of the year is for me to full steam ahead again.
Time for me to take on new projects,
to take on new challenges,
to learn new things,
to pave myself my own future............

Meanwhile at work,
I'm extremely comfortable,
And I really don't wish to think too much,
let me enjoy this peace a longer while.......
before we propel to greater heights,
taking on more challenges,
taking on more responsibilities,
yet maintaining standards.....

So.......
New year, finally some breather,
Started the new year with a simple gathering at my house,
and we waited for sunrise... mistake,
moments after I got ready the tilam and wanted to sleep,
I was summoned for tour.........
Full day tour too,
and the week didnt stop, the hectic didnt paused,
I had to occasionally seek rest at Ancient Therapy massage,
to take an hour or two nap between tours,
I am very very very tired,
But looking at how hard my team is working,
I cannot give up.

It is also time for the Tourism Award,
I browsed through, and was not confident at all,
Looks like I am not well received with guests after all......
But it's okay, there's always a lower mountain.

Recently a few movies talked about friendship,
From Wreck It Ralph, Spiderverse, to Make It Big,
which then allowed me to think about friendship.

I felt that I am very fortunate to have many great friends around me.
At the end of the day, it's effort,
how much effort do you want to maintain a friendship,
how much support, how much you enjoy companion,
how much shit you do not mind to go through.
Just simply jio-ing, and following-ups, and occasional whazzup, makes a difference.

Maybe I'm more of the Task-Specific, but then times again I do enjoy a certain degree of Hierarchical-Compensatory, and very much honored to be in one.

How would you define "friend"?