elizahime

 

tl;dr, Our Earth is dying slowly while we are too busy with life's pleasures, who will take heed someday soon?

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Hey guys! I'm back from National Service aka bootcamp, for a 4 day holiday semester break. I missed my home sooo much!

Wow, where to start. So much to share, but so tired. Well, see that video I posted up there? The song is played everyday before bootcamp's class starts, along with a few other meaningful songs. It's a great way to give awareness to trainees on certain topics, at the same time it lifts our strength for the day and our future. I know it worked on me ;)

So, my first month was a real culture shock, with the constant running around, physical activities and etc. We have roll-call at least 4 times everyday, damn at 6 am, morning at 8:30 am, afternoon at 2:30 pm, dusk at 7:00 am (for Muslim prayers), and at night at 11 pm. Then sleep at 11:30, and wake up at 5:30 am, repeating the same thing on and on.

Sounds boring? It really was. The first few weeks were very 'relaxed'. The only fun things went on were classes (it's like counseling, but fun with activities) and evening sports. It was very tiring nonetheless. I was starting to be very bored and became homesick by the second week (lol), but by the third week, I learned to focus my full attention to the activities, involve myself often, make my self busy. Stop thinking of petty things, and enjoy my days.

I pretty much got to settle myself with the living environment quickly. :)

I did keep a journal with me, wrote down some things when I had the time. Did you know we had to hand in our phones on weekdays? And we get them back on Saturday night until Sunday night.

We don't have any activities on weekends though. Might have a lecture on Sat mornings. Weekends are great because we get to rest as much as we want, but time passes by sooo slowly, it kills me to boredom. I prefer the busy weekdays better. I like to be on constant move, really. :D

I guess I can say, I really do enjoy NS life. It's exciting, we learn and do new things everyday. It makes me anticipate the next day badly. :p

Though, I somehow still can't believe that I'm here, back in my home, typing here. :)

I'll have to bring my camera after this holiday. Lots of new activities will be going on. I'll post some pictures tomorrow, I'm dead tired. :p