silens-silentium

Its very sad when good people pass away unexpectedly. I guess I’ll dedicate this post to COL Bernard Tan Cheow Han, ACGS (Pers), and the head of G1-Army. I remember being really impressed with his energy and dedication towards changing the work culture and mindsets within the G1-Family, and how he lobbied the change towards a “3G SAF”. I hope the changes he has set rolling will continue when the next person takes over, but for now I’ll offer my deepest condolences to his family and say a silent prayer for him.

In any case, his death caps a relatively sombre week for me, where I finished 1 Liter of Tears, Iriya No Sora UFO No Natsu, and adds revives a question which apparently lay dormant for a long time till this: Why do good people die young? Guess its time to do some research and dig up some figures yet again.

Apart from ruminating over such questions, I’ve once again picked up from where my burst of inspirations led me to finishing Chapter 2 of the novel. I guess i stuck myself when thinking up such a way to continue the story, but a thought just struck me again, which seems to be the heart of my hesitation towards penning down chapter 3. Anyway, since I’ve finally discovered the thorn, I guess Chapter 3 should be out soon….. Hopefully. One problem though, I still have problems trying to write a blog entry like a girl, so any assistance from girls would be greatly appreciated.

I remember talking to kwok till 5 am in the morning on Fri/Sat… quite a good chat about work I guess, plus all the other conversations we had… In any case, I saw a recurring theme again at Junming’s chalet. So NSFs do this shitty things too. I’m glad to have my Otaku friends, misfits they may seem to be as compared to the rest, but i guess I can rely on them much, much more. Before I forget, I’ll put down a big thank you here to everyone I know for tolerating me since you all have gotten to know me; my temper, my personality, my indiosyncracies etc.

I forsee a chaotic week ahead at work. Good night.

Just watched the 2nd and 3rd episode of 1 Litre of Tears (Ichi Rittoru no Namida), a Japanese drama serial based on a true story of a girl diagnosed with an incurable disease. What was scary about the disease is the fact that while you gradually lose all your motor skills, you’re mentally sound and are actually aware of what is happening.

Which brings me to the point on life yet again. Just what is life about? Do we actually have a purpose in this world when we are born into this world? Its really very saddening, yet true, that from the moment we are born, we are already taking our first step towards the eventual end to our lives. For now, what i can say is… life is mainly about memories, memories of your experiences. At least, when you die and indeed you return to the void (if there is no heaven or hell), you’ll have your memories for company through eternity…

“sora kara ochite kuru no wa
are wa dewa nakute…
What came falling from the sky
was not the rain…”

Well, its been a long time since I’ve last blogged. Approximately 1.5 months? In any case, so touched to see people still visiting my blog… After all, it has been labelled as “depressing”, “slice of life” and other various descriptions, which essentially translate to: Not funny, not interesting, not nice to read.

Anyhow, first of all I have to congratulate Ben Tan for becoming a SAF regular… way to go man.. I see a potential COL in the making… (on a side note… when’s the Kublai Khan?) Heh heh heh…

Nothing much else to post rite now (actually its so much I don’t know where to start), so I’ll just list down my current projects:

a. Writing a visual novel (in collaboration with Kwok and Yuan Lin)

b. Helping out to run an anime/figurine news/reviews site owned by a friend.

Been reading quite a few depressing stories lately… sort of changing my outlook of life again. Realised I’ve taken far, far, far too much for granted. I’ll try to appreciate everything around me from now on.

And as for my love life, suffice to say it’s been so good my parents now suspect I’m gay (what sarcasm…). Sigh, I’m still waiting… waiting… and I wonder if she’ll ever notice. Not that I mind… maybe I actually do.. after all, I’m human and I succumb sometimes. So please pardon me…

Oh well, time to zzz… Promise to update soon… about life in NS, CNY, Vday etc.