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Dear Seng (Army)

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Dear future Seng,  I just want you to remember a few things when you recall your memories in army. I know you hate army. That fact will never change, I hate it now too. Don't worry, we are 2 stubborn dudes. But remember, without army: 1. You would not know how to operate the excavator, dozer, shovels. Heavy plant aka Earthmovers. 2. You would not be this skilled at driving. 3. Your mind map of the roads in SG, it wouldn't be this good if the army didn't send you to Eunos, Woodlands, Pasir Ris, Sembawang, Seletar, Yishun. Be thankful, that despite the long travel hours, you learnt something some people don't have. 4. You would not have been humbled. With your bunk mates, you saw some of your blind spots. 5. Because of the horrible locations and the constant changing of camps that never were near the west, you learnt to appreciate time. 6. You learnt to be thankful for the small blessing you found in a camp that took you 2.5 hours to go from...

Taiwan & Sawang

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So... I should give brief updates shouldn't I? Well, recently, I have been travelling a bit lately. To Taiwan and to Thailand. So let's start with Taiwan. So Taiwan was a holiday with my army friends. We went for a period of 10 days? or more. Am not really putting much effort to recalling the length of the trip but it doesn't matter. More important were the memories made there which I would admit, was not as fun as my first trip there probably because it is with a larger crowd, and I have seen some of the things there before. I still managed to do some of my shopping and all. See sheeps, limestones and other sight seeing places like Sun Moon Lake. Gosh, but was the new year period a bad time. We got stuck in the jam for like almost a whole day. Leaving us with just the evening for one of the last few days. First time at a Geopark, at a sheep farm, attending a countdown party in Taipei, and chilling at a cafe in Taiwan. Other than that, all were mainly repeats like Shi...