Guard

Friday was the first time I did guard since enlisting back in April. Haha yeah, pretty unbelievable but I count myself lucky though. It's a good experience, but definitely not an easy one, at least if you're doing prowling for Khatib Camp. Detour mania I'm telling you. And it won't be the last time that I'll have to do guard in the duration of this course, that's for sure.

Today's pay day. I think I got less than what I'm supposed to be getting. I don't know. Artilllery's considered as a support arms formation, but even then, we do have our vocational risks that can be said to be more dangerous than frontline Infantry men. Unfairness, but what to do. Either way, I still have to save enough for my driving lessons after I ORD. Well, I've still a long way to go. Let alone saving for a rainy day huh. Haha.

We're beginning to stretch ourselves thin. I don't know. That's how I feel. Too many commitments. Too many things to do, too little time to accomplish them. I've seen how tired we can become. Things don't get done in the end. We forget to look after the welfare of others. Sometimes the feeling can get pretty overwhelming. Prioritisation. Yes, but sometimes it's not easy to distinguish between what's more important and what's not. It's even more difficult when the situation calls for you to drop something that you really like, some thing that can mean a lot to you.

Sometimes we commit ourselves too to many things without realising the consequences of our actions. And when we find that we've bitten off more than we can chew, it's already too late to pull out. Doing so would only cause more harm than good. I just hope we all know what we're doing. I don't know what I'm talking about lah. Maybe I'm just too tired out. Oh well.