" Seventeenth-century French Philosopher-mathematician Blaise Pascal once said, "All the troubles of man come from not knowing how to sit still."

I would add to this, "... and not knowing when to sit still."

In 1967, Israel was at war with Egypt, Syria and Jordan. In the midst of what became known as the six day war, a reporter asked former British prime minister Harold Macmillian what he thought about the problem in the middle east.

Without hesistation, the then elder statesman answered, "There is no problem in the middle east." The reporter was stunned.

"what do you mean, 'There is no problem in the middle east'?" The reporter demanded to know. "Don't you know that there's a vicious war going on? Don't you realise that as we are speaking, bombs are dropping from the sky, tanks are blowing each other up, and soldiers are being sprayed with bullets? Many people are dead orwoulded. what do you mean, 'there is no problem in the middle east'?"

The experienced statesman patiently explained: "Sir, a problem is something with a solution. There is no solution to the middle east. Therefore it can't be a problem"

How much time do we waste in our lives worrying about things that, at the time, have no solution, so aren't a problem? "

Something meaningful quoted from the book "Opening the door to your heart" written by a very funny and wise australian buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm. Isn't it very true that the things that we worry most about often have no solution? LoL

Time seems to fly during bookouts. LoL. Especially yesterday and the coming saturday since I'll be booking out on saturday afternoon instead of Friday night. This weekend seems especially short. The only thing I did was to watch Wall-e at AMKhub on saturday evening and went to Bugis to makan Shokudo with SRSCO alumni peeps. Maybe the only meaningful thing I did was to watch Wall-e which is an animation that addresses issues way beyond the comprehension of its kiddy animation.

Life in Ops unit isn't as slack as what I expected. As specs, there are lots of duties like duty sergeant (DS), Coy orderly sergeant (COS), Evac Sergeant(ES), report sick sarge (RS), Guard Commander and Guard 2. All of which can lead to more duties if I make a minute mistake. Somemore there are many many small small details that we have to take note as instructors. Hehe. Last time I used to think that life as an instructor would be better but now I see that being an instructor does have its fair share of problems.

Cheers to a good week ahead!

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Firstly, thanks to james*momo* for doing this blog for me so that I can blog when I'm bored! Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with the updating of entries *ahem* I can be quite lazy, thats why until now then got blog. LOL. Actually ah gong james already did this thing for me on wednesday but the computer in camp can be quite laggy and my first week in 35SCE charlie as a sergeant is not as slack as i thought it would be. This week actually quite busy cause' gotta bring trainees outsea and out-field for training.

By the way, I find myself a bit sua ku! LoL. Dunno how to use blog sia!

Anyway, I'll update again soon.