like finally it's one more year to ord date! and that means i've just spent a whole ten months in the army already and what a period! lots have happened and life's directions have somewhat been changed in this short span of time as compared to the dozen spent in school mugging our asses off. sorry but no offence students. looking back at the past ten months spent is something worth remembering, the lessons learnt, the dumb mistakes and not forgetting the most retarded things you do with your similarly retarded friends. it's no wonder then, why people say national service changes lives. of course there are the identically memorable times of despair and hopelessness when things planned for didn't seem to go the way it should be and then came the leaning on the Lord's plan during those times. things have definitely changed for the better. marie once told me about the guys in her school telling her about why guys in university actually seem more matured than those in college. reason is simply national service- there's just so much nothing to do that there is absolutely an infinite time for one to spend thinking about well, life in it's purest essence. and that's supposed to make you mature. bull. i reckon it's the whole process that makes us mature and not our rank or vocation that does the job. in fact you know what? i don't reckon, i truly believe it is so. final year lap, THANK GOD, bring it on!