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Thanks
I give thanks
Not only for
What I have
But also for
What I will
Soon come
To find.

I give thanks
For trials
And tribulations
That have to
Be overcome.

I give thanks
For the test
That must
Be passed.

I give thanks
For happiness
And pain.
No matter the
Emotion - I
Give thanks
Just the same.

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Sunday, February 21, 2010

today marks the end of the CNY long break, which could actually be longer had we not been called to come back on Wednesday for a day of lectures and nothing else. imagine booking in on Wednesday morning and booking out on Wednesday night! so absurd. that's what army does i suppose...

CNY this year passed by quite quickly and for the most part i was very sleepy throughout, it could be the over-eating, the changed sleep patterns, or the long car rides, but i just couldn't stop yawning all the time. visiting is just so exhausting!

it was good to have thursday and friday off. on thursday i (finally) went to see Avatar 3D, at non CNY prices (what's up with this practice of raising prices during CNY? it's not demand and supply forces at work, just a whole lot of manipulation and exploitation of a public holiday). i really enjoyed the movie, i thought it was one of the best movies i ever watched. Aunty Jo did mention about the ritual scene and i thought i was a bit disturbed at that part, but otherwise it was quite an excellent movie. haven't watched Hurt Locker yet, but if it's really a conteder for Best Picture in a year with Avatar in it, then it's probably really good, so i'm going to watch it too, i hope.

on another (random) note, the opening of the casino in Resorts World Sentosa has generated quite a bit of news (and the ensuing controversies), from the long queues to the dress code. reading about it and the behaviour of the gamblers has me quite disturbed. The New Paper ran an article commenting about the picture of gamblers who were denied entry due to the casino reaching its maximum capacity sleeping on the floor outside the casino. what has our country turned into? that grown men and women would simply plop themselves outside a world class tourist attraction and sleep! has the casino had such an impact on our society or has it served merely to expose the glaring cultural habits we've had all along but never had a opportunity to display? the reports have been extremely disturbing: mothers gambling all night, only to emerge at 9.30 the next morning and say they will be back in the afternoon; parents leaving their kids unattended outside the casino while they go in and gamble. has it been that people are becoming so hooked that they will forgo sleep and work to gamble, and parents will even leave their children to fend for themselves just to get a game? what an atrocity.

going back to camp, will be out on wednesday, india on sunday.

5:35 pm