Abschied

As the refrain from the song goes, "so long, farewell, aufwiedersehen, goodbye!". And so that describes how thing have been with quite a number of my good friends, particularly my female friends and my himbo Han. I MISS THEM ALREADY. And come 2010 it'll be my turn to say goodbye, and I really don't know how I'll be on the day of my departure.

Will I be smiling, or will I be sad? Will I embrace the real "next chapter of my life" feeling, or will I wallow in the fact that I'm leaving behind a place so dear?

But I guess if there's one thing for sure, it'll be that I'll be glad to be relieved of my NS duties. It's hard to not feel so jaded when you try to continually put up a strong, stoic front so that you do not show weakness in front of your men who continually (and mostly unfairly) criticise your every move - especially when all you want is to fall to the ground and listen quietly to the calming ebb and flow of our old dear earth once more.

And because of that, mucho apologies to my dear friends whom I haven't been replying SMSes; it's been so busy and somehow all my remaining non-working hours have been spent sleeping to unwind.

In fact, I spent my off cooped up in my room - sleeping! And my body still aches like mad. Whatever happened to my beach plans.

I really need to hear the calming voice of the sea once more.