life now has been quite ok. there has been quite a lot of insignificant changes since the start of the year, mostly army related since yea.. i still have 10-11 months left heh.
many things has improved quite a lot since the start of the year, since the new sergeants came in. they're way nicer and reasonable than the previous batch, and also much easier to talk to. maybe it's also cos we have gotten much more experienced at doing our stuff. recently got promoted to corporal (yay :D)
work has become more efficient, they implemented the shift system, so even though we do alot more work than before (abt 2hrs a day, either doing track maintenance or stuff), we get to rest about twice as much, though the rest never feels enough haha. since pt + stuff, and occasionally they seriously work us damn hard until we damn tired. but its still bearable i guess.
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anyway, i also made a bit more friends in army. made a few closer friends, and ppl who used to be a dick to me have become nicer, and yea alot of us play the same games or watch the same anime. and we like to bitch together about the sergeants since everytime they say "try to let us finish earlier" and all that, but it usually never happens. its like we chiong so that we can get more work. actually i don't really mind it that much la haha, just like to join in the bitching.
picked up guitar about a month ago. it was kind of an impulse thing since my family owed me a birthday gift, and i wanted to like learn something new. honestly i din't think i'd make it this far since it was all on a whim haha, but the guitar's a great instrument to learn. u won't really play wrongly, since the chords are all fixed, its just about how well u transition, and how u strum that makes the song sound nice.
i din't expect to get so hooked on it, and i went to self-study quite a bit of theory, since i knew a bit from learning piano before. i went to draw out each note on the fretboard, and wrote down all the major, minor, and seventh chords so that i could understand why the chords are positioned that way and also refer to the more uncommon ones.
recently, i've managed to play a few of the jap songs that i liked, and it made me damn happy. i brought my guitar to camp this week and then everyone suddenly revealed their hidden musical talent and tried some songs (mostly english, since its so much easier to play haha). my army friend even taught me how to make a makeshift capo so i can transpose to the desired key. i think my goal is to play electric once i get better, so that im one step closer to forming that anime band in uni :D:D.
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anyway lastly, i watched quite a bit of anime since the start of the year, probably abt 15-20. i think nowadays my preferred genre is slice of life. the really good ones draw out all your emotions, and makes me feel like a human (i guess that sounds weird heh), or otherwise its just a very feelgood anime. my fav was probably shigatsu kimi no uso since the ending was damn good and not many animes can pull that off. and i din't know that classical music sounded so good haha.
i also quit dota, since i was shit at that game, and it just wasn't worth my time lol. but then i started playing this new game called guild wars. im still noob at it though, and i spend most of my time exploring and doing map completion instead of training, but anyway its pretty damn fun heh. was partially the reason why i brought my guitar to camp since i din't practice much at home cos of this game lol.
anyway, yea the year has been quite fine so far, many ups and down. seems like it'll get a bit more lax and fun and then very soon i will ORDloh! (that's another 10 months down the road though). k that's all for now. bye~~
