yay! book out lo!
didn't go home straight after book out, but went to church for Young Adults life group instead. i am really starting to enjoy myself in YA. i guess it wasn't as awkward or weird as i thought it would be, it's all a matter of getting used to it. for once it's great to just sit back, relax, and let someone else lead the discussion for a change, someone else to worry about how the people would respond and someone else to try and get some energy and discussion going. but i think i am thankful that i have a YA group, something more around my age. youth ministry remains my passion, but sometimes there's a need to just receive and be around people your age. i am getting old, am i? but yes, i am happy being 'promoted' to YA and this is hopefully the start of something new.
growing up is always hard to do, but i guess it's a rite of passage, a necessity that one has to go through in life. we can actually choose to remain young, mentally, but that would defeat the purpose of experience. a sure sign that you're growing old is when you come home late without telling your parents and don't get an earful when you return. i guess i am old now. nineteen only lah, but yes, old relatively...
anyhow, i read on Yahoo News that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for making efforts to bring about peace in the world, through his overtures to the Muslim world in Cairo, and his drive to achieve a nuclear weapons-free world. what is this world coming to? the Nobel Peace Prize committee has officially lost its credibility. why would they give the Peace Prize to someone who has nothing to show for all that rhetoric and fluffy speeches. i'm not won over, seriously. shouldn't the Nobel Prize be awarded to someone who has actually done something for the world, like Muhammad Yunus? what has Obama have to show? surely they could have waited for him to perhaps preside over a summit where nuclear-armed nations pledge to cut down their nuclear arsenal or mediate a two-state agreement between Israel and Palestine, but for making a speech?! it just goes to show that the Nobel committee is filled with a bunch of leftists, Obamamania fans, who would rather credit rhetoric over real work. there are probably a whole lot more people out there who deserve the award more. why am i getting so worked up over this anyway? i really don't know. maybe because i just don't buy into all the Obamamania, which is waning by the way. and, since we're on the topic, when are they going to award the Peace Prize to Oprah? i think she's done more than Obama and perhaps would make an even better President. why not her eh? or maybe even Hu Jintao? for committing China to a 'peaceful rise', and not upsetting the regional balance of power even with China's rise? sheesh.
now that the Battalion Mission is over, looks like life's going to get alot more relaxed in camp. i guess this is good, in that there are going to be less outfields, and field camps, which, i assure anyone reading this, is the worst kind of training to undergo. it might even entail more free time in the bunk and maybe i could finally get down to studying for my BTT. the sergeants are going to ORD very soon, in around 20 days, so it will get a little less entertaining without them around. the new specs are coming in on Monday, so we'll see how it goes. but yes, i am terribly jealous of the sergeants. i so want to ORD soon as well, but we'll all get our time i guess...meanwhile, CSM's english mistakes are getting more spectacular by the day. but i guess there's nothing wrong with speaking poorly as long as people respect you and are willing to work with you. you can be the most foul-mouth person in the world and people might still like you, and consequently want to work with you and submit to your leadership. conversely, you might be the most gentlemanly pesrson in the world and perhaps speak with a slight Queen's English accent but be an absolute idiot, and you would fail as a leader as well. so lesson learnt: in leadership, it's not what you say, but what you do that counts. you can promise the world but only deliver peanuts, it's not going to help with your credibility after all.
i would probably write a longer post, except for the fact it's 1.18am now and i'm completely shagged out from field camp. i seriously don't care that we're now considered operationally ready, i just care about my bed, and my off in lieu on monday.
you don't have to call anymore
i won't pick up the phone
this is the last straw
it won't hurt anymore
and you tell me that you're sorry
but i don't believe you baby like i did before
you're not sorry
-You're Not Sorry (Taylor Swift)
oh yah, found out that Desmond was from Bronco Platoon 4 during BMT as well! also under Warrant Ee! what a small world. oh man, i miss BMT and i miss Warrant Ee.
random thought: Jesus i love you so, so much!
