Kaoshiung
My current location is in Kaoshiung, Taiwan. I've been out of action for too long and my team back in Singapore needs me. I'm a crucial player. And for my team to have any realistic chance of any glory this season or to end the season with some pride restored...
They need me.
I realise from minxiu's blog that he has written a whole chunk of our US journey or road trip, you may like to call it. I am busy writing about that on my ship too. Just that mine is more elaborate, more detailed and more personalised. After so many days of writing, I'm still at my 5th day at San Francisco. It's gonna be a hell of a lengthy post coming up. Like what minxiu said, not to show off how many places I've been to but to keep a journal and record of an unforgettable experience.
When I get home on the 29th, my friends here in Taiwan with me will start clearing their leave days and ORD. I will get to that stage 2 weeks later. Not a big issue really. My NS life ends with quite a bang. I have about 10 days of shore leave in Kaoshiung, so much time that I'm done with all the shopping, eating, taiwanese girls, arcade gaming, pool playing and movie watching. I actually have the time to do this now, writing.
I've also taken some excellent pictures with my closest friends in NDU, all happen to be in Taiwan at the same time, did the karaoke thing and did the taiwanese mei mei thing. I also will like to think I've resolved some of the animosity and awkwardness with some of my other batch mates, two of which are doing their internet thing beside me.
But to truly say that life is good is not easy. There were nights that were too cold and too lonely. I thought about the past that I always re-visit in my memories. The past is something hard to deal with. Regrets and disappointments linger much longer than happiness. I thought of the many people I've come across with in my life. It was truly a lot. Some faces are blurred images, some faces are just too diffucult to forget. Some are voices without faces. I selected people i know and put them into different scenarios that I thought of, the more depressing it was, the better I felt. I was feeling depressingly good. Still I felt depressed. Those are just games i play with myself. Perhaps after reading 'Norwegian Wood' gave me a suicidal feeling at that time.
I'm really enjoying my break. I'll try to work hard to get back my fitness and force myself back into the team. If I make it to the bench, it will give the team a lift, no doubt about it. My presence speaks volumes. I'll be savouring every moment when I get back, just to breath the air of the training ground, eat the meals that I grew up eating. Whether we make it to the top, whether we taste success, it doesn't really matter anymore.
They need me.
I realise from minxiu's blog that he has written a whole chunk of our US journey or road trip, you may like to call it. I am busy writing about that on my ship too. Just that mine is more elaborate, more detailed and more personalised. After so many days of writing, I'm still at my 5th day at San Francisco. It's gonna be a hell of a lengthy post coming up. Like what minxiu said, not to show off how many places I've been to but to keep a journal and record of an unforgettable experience.
When I get home on the 29th, my friends here in Taiwan with me will start clearing their leave days and ORD. I will get to that stage 2 weeks later. Not a big issue really. My NS life ends with quite a bang. I have about 10 days of shore leave in Kaoshiung, so much time that I'm done with all the shopping, eating, taiwanese girls, arcade gaming, pool playing and movie watching. I actually have the time to do this now, writing.
I've also taken some excellent pictures with my closest friends in NDU, all happen to be in Taiwan at the same time, did the karaoke thing and did the taiwanese mei mei thing. I also will like to think I've resolved some of the animosity and awkwardness with some of my other batch mates, two of which are doing their internet thing beside me.
But to truly say that life is good is not easy. There were nights that were too cold and too lonely. I thought about the past that I always re-visit in my memories. The past is something hard to deal with. Regrets and disappointments linger much longer than happiness. I thought of the many people I've come across with in my life. It was truly a lot. Some faces are blurred images, some faces are just too diffucult to forget. Some are voices without faces. I selected people i know and put them into different scenarios that I thought of, the more depressing it was, the better I felt. I was feeling depressingly good. Still I felt depressed. Those are just games i play with myself. Perhaps after reading 'Norwegian Wood' gave me a suicidal feeling at that time.
I'm really enjoying my break. I'll try to work hard to get back my fitness and force myself back into the team. If I make it to the bench, it will give the team a lift, no doubt about it. My presence speaks volumes. I'll be savouring every moment when I get back, just to breath the air of the training ground, eat the meals that I grew up eating. Whether we make it to the top, whether we taste success, it doesn't really matter anymore.
posted by jingli K at 2:12 PM
3 Comments:
so...crucial player huh?....haha...
anyway wats THE "taiwanese mei mei" thingy?
Azzurri ...
Hey...heard of the book ur reading...it i'm not wrong it shud b by a jap author whose name i can't rem. I was readin his Wind-Up Bird Chronicle that was rather incomprehensible at parts. Anyway, ya take care dude...cant wait ur return. Anyway, YN got a blog. U can read it from mine from the link 'The Blabbermouth Artist'.
Good to hear from you, kiddo. Cameron says hi on my blog.
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