the start (end) of the holidays (my freedom)

Friday was awesome day. Day off as RI's A-level results were awesome. Next week? Holiday.

Friday: Band
Saturday: Band (though I poned this)
Monday: Band
Tuesday: Band
Thursday: SMP
Friday: Band
Saturday: Band

Yea, I have a free schedule. Not complaining though. We need the practices.

Of course, with so many days taken away from me, you'd think I'd be chionging my homework like some crazy maniac these few days. Instead, I got to turn 21 in Empire: Total War. As the Poles.

>.>

So today was supposed to be band day, but I didn't go as I had an NS talk conducted by Mindef specially for PRs. The event started at 7.45 am, so my mum and I had to get up quite early to go to Expo. Saw tons of Chinamen there. Like me.

Then was a short reception, then a ferry ride to Pulau Tekong, where the Basic Military Training Center was located. The place looked not nearly as run-down nor scary as I had never imagined it to be (to be honest I don't mind going for NS at all). Oh, and the boat was nice.

There we toured the facilities in the BMTC like the hospital, the pool, the track, the bunks (nicer than the place we stayed at during the Band trip to Malaysia two years ago), the recreation area (no com, sadly), and whatnot. Then, a ride back to the HQ for a talk in the auditorium. The MC was super duper high. Like, seriously, high.

There were a few talks, by two PR officers (seriously though, what's the point of staying as a PR if you work in the damn army? I mean, if your homeland and Singapore were to fight, then you're quite screwed...), the head of the BMTC, and Minister of State for Defence (or was it Minister for State of Defence?). Then Q&A, standard fare. All in all not horribly boring and definitely quite useful. Lunch was at the cookhouse, and then ferry back to the mainland, and home we went.

Then I played Empire until like, 9.

Shit, I'm addicted.