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I heard this somewhere. Life is not about the amount of breaths you take, but the moments that your breath is taken away. This should be from the Hollywood movie, Hitch. But i could be wrong.

I agree and let me think about the amount of such moments for the past year.

I certainly have to mention my commissioning parade last October. After 10 months of intense training, i finally made it on the parade square, standing proudly in front of my parents and guests to be commissioned as an officer of the Singapore Armed Forces. Although i am only 21 years old, i am sure it must be one of my proudest moments in life.

At this juncture, i must give very special thanks to someone. His name is Mr Robert Sim.

Robert was from the same BMT company as i was. After i went to OCS, we hardly had the opportunity to meet up and talk about our new lives. Prior to commissioning, i invited him to attend my commissioning parade. Despite the late notice and me not being able to give him a VIP ticket, he showed up punctually and gave me the warmest congratulations. I must emphasize that at that moment, his actions greatly touched my heart.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all that showed up on that very special day. For others who didn’t appear, i truly believe that there was a more important appointment on hand.

I have a list of other events that i wouldn’t elaborate much on. There goes. (1) When i was on top of mountains i climbed in ROC. The scenic view was truly breathtaking. (2) When my dad bought me a Nokia 7260. I was so pleasantly surprised. (3) When my dad’s new car arrived and i have the opportunity to drive and roam around with it. (4) Generally, when people greatly appreciated what i do in tough circumstances.

I had a wonderful year. Did you?

Let me just elaborate a little bit about what i thought about.

Currently, i have never been as satisfied about my life now than i ever had. I have almost everything that i wanted in my life. I have managed to gain an enormous amount of fitness and being in the pink of health in itself can already be considered as a blessing.

I have great friends around me, and i work in a totally favourable environment. I have to mention my parents too, for making the house such a wonderful place to live in. Plus, my dad has a new car that i have the licence and freedom to drive around. The only thing is, my love life has been relatively bland and empty.

One good girl would be enough to complete me. Once that happens, i can really have no complaints. In a way, i can say that i am desperate for that one magical girl to finally appear. Please read carefully and do not misunderstand. I am NOT desperate for ANY girl, just for that wonderful girl to appear. Hahaha.

Does having a love life really mean so much to us? I thought about the times when i do not have a car to drive, the times when my family was in a grey disharmony, when my health was in a mess. Then, i had a love life. Now, the irony of the situation is this. I cannot really say i am happier now as compared to then. So, does it really mean that a love partner really means so much to me? I will need a bit more time to think through about this in detail.

Love is undoubtedly important. It is the basic building block of many wonderful things in life. I am sure all you guys out there would agree.

3 weeks flew past and i am back in Singapore! I had a fantastic and marvellous time in Taiwan. Kaoshiung and Taipei are truly great places.

I have learnt a great deal just by observing the training, and have also gained an equal amount of experience as an instructor. I truly feel privileged to have the opportunity to visit Taiwan twice in my short NSF stint.

Oh yes, the scenery in Taiwan is simply breathtaking. I managed to take numerous photos of the landscape while i was on top of a few mountains that i scaled.

The only shortfall of the trip is that i have not been reading the papers for the last 3 weeks and i seriously do not have a clue about what recently happened in Singapore. Reading has slowly but surely become a daily essential for me, which can only be good for me.

As good as the holiday was, i missed Singapore greatly too. I missed the familiar surroundings, the environment, and some of the people that are close to my heart as well. So much so that i dreamt about them while i was there!

I would greatly encourage all to go for a holiday to recharge your batteries, either for your work or for your studies. I feel totally energised now after the short break and i am sure i would be more productive than i ever would be if i didn’t go for the overseas training.