Special Entry...

No Ruth, this entry is not to lick your boots so i can get one step closer to Kelly, though i may just do that later, but for now...

I guess the frustrations that have built up since enlistment has really gotten much too much to me...i just don't know why but despite having a lovely chinese lunch this afternoon, i still don't feel...i don't know...free and happy? Its almost as if everytime i want to let myself loose, something at the back of my mind will just creep up to remind me that i have to go back to camp later...bloody lousy life i say. Especially since Ex Cub is next week...one week worth of gourmet rations after having a gourmet lunch.

But one of the high points for today was definitely the lunch. The gourmet Chinese Luncheon was not exactly fine dining, but a lunch at Ritz Carlton isn't something that you have everyday(meant for the average and not the rich individuals, thank you) Going into the restaurant in my Springfield shirt, Levi's Jeans and, horrors, Adidas sneakers certainly made me feel like a fish out of water. Especially since i'm not a rich kid and the sneakers just didn't match the outfit. I swear i have to get better shoes from now on. Right, but settling into lunch, i feel that i could definitely fit into the life of the rich and successful...fame is not neccessary, thank you.

No clinks of crystal champange flutes here, no tuxedos with bow ties and tails...goodness, no. But the chinese restaurant was definitely unlike any that i've ever been to. This place makes Crystal Jade looks like your everyday hawker stall...yes, it is that good. When we arrived, we simply told the courteous staff that we had a table booked and upon hearing the name, we were whisked to our table. No need to check against the list of reservations, and i'm thinking...like do they mermorise the whole list or what? The service was fabulous to say the least, and the food exquisite. I do believe that i could get very used to this.

Coming home, i spent most of the afternoon discussing insurance policies with my uncle, who's an agent by the way. After that long afternoon fine-tuning my first insurance plan, i have a greater idea of how i actually think for now. I really shocked myself and my mum with the choices that i made. I mean, instead of opting for plans that offered me great returns upon maturity, i actually opted for plans that protected my family(current and future) should any disaster befall me. To actually plan for future family protection till the time i turn a centurion is something i had never thought off, and yet thats what i wanted all along. Taking into account the fact that i don't even have a girlfriend now, i actually just planned for a rather comfortable life for my wife in the future. Scary, how i actually place so much thought on my future...i think i should just stick to the present for now. I frankly don't think that i'm maturing enough as a person, but my choices show otherwise. Right now i really just wonder what the future holds...enough about that for the moment.

For now, i guess i'll just entertain Ruth abit, you charming, stylish, elegant princess. I can't believe i actually said that but from the bottom of my heart, i hope that you'd be happy reading that. I know you will. So then, update me on my progress in getting to Kelly. You may think that she's not my type, but we may end up being inseperable...haha...i know, i know, i'll stop this now...and ending with your fave quote-of-the-moment...

bOo...(Neh ni Neh ni Bu Bu).....