im so so sorry guys for disappearing again!! i'm pretty sure half of my blog posts starts off with some apology for procrastinating. I was supposed to plan out my schedule for this week tonight, but have yet to do so....probably gonna end up doing it tomorrow. then you'll be wondering, why am i even planning my week's schedule on a tuesday night...usually, i will do it on every sunday evening! however this weekened's kept me real busy, and i just finished 2 mid term papers today!! which explains my disappearance... I had World Civilisation and survey on mass communication mid terms, of which even up till now, i have no idea why am i even learning world civilisation, not to mention it being a core module in my uni?! it has little/no value add to us seriously :(( worst part is that after reading my notes, i still had no idea whatever that is happening, its just facts after facts, requiring lots of memory work! its just like a story book you could say. a storybook of the lives of people from 1000CE bleah. our lecturer is really nice, but his classes unfortunately put me to sleep so so well! T.T its the same one that i posted a photo of my classroom. survey on mass comm was quite alright, so no worries for that one! hoping i can score well for that, although i cant safely say so for world civilisation.... and i cant imagine that this is just the introductory mod, fall this year i will have to take another, and then spring next year with a higher level world civ mod *stabs self*

haha this time i am blogging on how my brother is handling national service :) not my story, but my brother's from my point of view, although i do talk quite a lot with my brother! over the weekends that is-

you can read my BMT story here.

it's the last week of my bro's confinement! aaaaand to say the least, he isnt coping well in BMT at all. All these while he has been always spoon-fed by mum, when it comes to clothes, laundries, he doesn't even clean up his own area..so for him, he doesnt seem to be handling it well. My brother is obese, like me in the past. However he is always at home playing computer, i am more of an outgoing person, many of you will know that i love to go out and nerf! so brother's perspective will be very different from mine, also how he copes with BMT.


We were brought on a tour around, and this is exactly where is used to shed those fats of mine!! at the exact same hard floor or whatever they call it. hard court?



Bro is ending his confinement period but he has already chalked up a ton of medication and has lots of body pains here and there. before enlisting, i did workout and go for regular runs for fear that i could not keep up with training, however on bro's side, his League of Legends champions did all the running for him so he is suffering quite badly in camp now... it's important to condition your body PROPERLY. wrong conditioning might even put you in a bad spot! form is always very important, keep your posture during exercises right and good! if need be, ask for help :) even now with my knee injury, i just got my posture corrected for my lunges and squats so i do not strain my knee in any way! Ah when i saw this view, nostalgia flooded me, i really missed those fun times of exercising and training with my section mates. Everyone's story is different, so i thought, hey! might as well write about my brother's experience too! although i am not there to experience it, i'll try to make sense with whatever information i have gathered :)

ah so now i know how it feels when my parents and bro had a tour around pulau tekong! this is their second time around, but it is my first! in a bus and not marching.


Brother never did any housework, he does not know how to, and tends to practice escapism. he will do everything to avoid these stuffs if able to. just tonight, 3 more days away from his first official bookout (although he did come out to collect A levels), he is complaining about back pains and whatnot, although i think he is just suffering from shin splints. Also, because he does not know how to watch his hygiene, he is now down with fungus growing in his toenail, so he should be walking around BMT in sandals now. So guys, hygiene is very important! when you go in to camp, treat it like your house, you need to be able to adapt, to sleep well and also ensure personal hygiene, changing of clothes and washing if necessary. if not things may just get complicated like my brother! now he even has thoughts of being out of training and redoing BMT which is so ridiculous...at least to me. I feel he should at least press on and try to adapt to living a life more independent. Training in BMT is progressive at a good pace, so you should be able to keep up with the exercise regimes!

I used to always call home and call my cell group leader, being accountable that yes everyday after training i am fine! and that i am safe and all :) parents will definitely love to hear from their children how they are doing in camp, i believe even a simple "hello, yes i am alright" will bring them great reassurance! Bro randomly texts the family whatsapp chatgroup from time to time, i don't know, it could be that he is either too tired from the day's training, or he has already integrated and bonded with his section mates! either way, i hope he does not feel too discouraged in camp and recovers well to get back to training. Once he sets his mind to getting fitter, i am sure he would be able to do it!

gah i just hope that bro can learn how to be "sustainable" in camp and be more independent, taking charge of his life. I just spent last saturday night writing his field camp letter, and i hope that in time to come, he will be reading the letter after digging his shell scrape. i wrote him a letter that will bring tears in his eyes MUAHAHAHA but i shall not share the letter here, not yet.