After 1st wk Driving Course
Some achievements: full marks for Highway code test; passed driving assessment with 16 demerit points. It's important to keep note of this small milestones, in order to keep morale high as the course gets increasingly difficult..
I try not to be on cloud nine just because I had a perfect score. True, it's been a very long time since I had done so well in a test, but that was honestly an easy test; I shouldn't be so easily satisfied. After all, the ultimate aim is to get a civilian license, not the PDL.
Meanwhile, in the 'Sea' arm of the SAF, they just had a commissioning dinner last night. Amazingly, one female friend of mine got invited, apparently because one of the Navy scholars happened to invite her. And guess what? They'd be sitting at the VIP table with the Chief of Navy! I heard about this on the same day as I got my test result. Being tired and bored that night in camp (Really?? Think so...), this piece of news regenerated my mind and forced me to look at my life in perspective.
Here in Sembawang, course-mates were all smiles about acing their first theory test. I have all the reasons to celebrate too. But am I only capable of performing well at this kind of standard? Yes, people always say, "Hey, you're a smart guy with 3As under your belt!" True, I worked hard for it. Meticulously. How many 3As holders are there? I'm an ordinary guy, too.
I am someone who watches Gundam and surf the Net on weekends. I don't have the money to enrol in any overseas institutions. I have to strive and put in 110% in everything I do, in order to excel; people with talent only need 90%. I don't have the courage to enrol in any course. Not to mention sitting next to VIP.
No, I'm only a layman. It's normal to have to persevere through adversity to get what my loved and I want and need. I'm lucky to be healthy enough to have the strength to mount a challenge. Many do not.
So what if I can't give u fame? Simplicity is a virtue by itself. Something that is easily overshadowed by greed nowadays. While it's necessary to aim higher than intended, one must always be fully aware and unmistakably clear about what constitutes the point of satisfaction.
I try not to be on cloud nine just because I had a perfect score. True, it's been a very long time since I had done so well in a test, but that was honestly an easy test; I shouldn't be so easily satisfied. After all, the ultimate aim is to get a civilian license, not the PDL.
Meanwhile, in the 'Sea' arm of the SAF, they just had a commissioning dinner last night. Amazingly, one female friend of mine got invited, apparently because one of the Navy scholars happened to invite her. And guess what? They'd be sitting at the VIP table with the Chief of Navy! I heard about this on the same day as I got my test result. Being tired and bored that night in camp (Really?? Think so...), this piece of news regenerated my mind and forced me to look at my life in perspective.
Here in Sembawang, course-mates were all smiles about acing their first theory test. I have all the reasons to celebrate too. But am I only capable of performing well at this kind of standard? Yes, people always say, "Hey, you're a smart guy with 3As under your belt!" True, I worked hard for it. Meticulously. How many 3As holders are there? I'm an ordinary guy, too.
I am someone who watches Gundam and surf the Net on weekends. I don't have the money to enrol in any overseas institutions. I have to strive and put in 110% in everything I do, in order to excel; people with talent only need 90%. I don't have the courage to enrol in any course. Not to mention sitting next to VIP.
No, I'm only a layman. It's normal to have to persevere through adversity to get what my loved and I want and need. I'm lucky to be healthy enough to have the strength to mount a challenge. Many do not.
So what if I can't give u fame? Simplicity is a virtue by itself. Something that is easily overshadowed by greed nowadays. While it's necessary to aim higher than intended, one must always be fully aware and unmistakably clear about what constitutes the point of satisfaction.
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