Why I Ride

I'm currently on my military bike course, and am also taking my civilian one as well. My initial reason for wanting to get a civilian license was that it was easy to do so because I was on my military bike course. Even if I didn't ride in Singapore, I could use it elsewhere, some time in the future. Then I thought of the convenience that it would provide in getting me from one place from another. I thought of the independence that I would have, the freedom from having to ask my dad for the car when I needed it. Then while a few of my friends and I were having dinner yesterday, one of them commented that the reason you ride will decide how safe you will be on the road. If you ride for convenience, then it's more likely that you will speed and be less careful. However, if you ride for passion, then you would take extra precaution and be more careful on the road. I rode on the public road for the first time today, and I love the feeling, it's just different from a car. I don't feel very dangerous as well. Haha. I guess I'm getting passionate about riding. :)

Family Meal!

We had family dinner on sunday at Siew's place and I found it quite amusing that the ladies were in the kitchen preparing the meals, while all the guys were in the living room lounging around and watching tv. Whenever one of the ladies asked any of us to do something, we would just get up and help them. The scene reminds me of some really traditional family gathering scene, where the ladies would be bustling around, trying to get all the world done, while the men would be sitting round talking and "settling stuff". Nothing of this is abnormal, but I guess I never would have imagined a scene such as thing in my family. haha.

Well... to give the men some credit, dad killed the crabs, raymond(siew's husband) cleaned the toilet which was stained with crab blood and poop, mingyao(mei's husband) drove mei, and I took the caps off the beer bottles. Someday, the guys should do the cooking. It should be quite a feast since the guys know how to cook as well. :)

Initiative

I figured that I'm quite a passive person. It's quite contrary to everything that I'm suppose to be. For example, I'm an officer, and therefore I'm suppose to be initiated, set directions and get things done. I was an Executive Member of my school's council and the Captain of my school's Ultimate Frisbee team, roles and appointments which would suggest that I take the lead. I guess I did then, I'm not sure if I do now.

I would like to think that army is the reason for my lack of initiative. However, it is not. I'm the reason for it. I got too used to the army's system of following orders that I just let myself get sucked into it. I got so used to taking orders and following them that when the time came for me to lead and to set direction, I didn't. Even when I was training to be an officer and held various appointments, I believe that I just went through the motion of things to just get them done and over with. I need to change that.

Thankfully, I'm on the pathway to changing. I'm identifying areas that I need to work on, both in my personal life, and in my army life, and I'm doing my best to make it better. As Earl Hicky said:" I'm just trying to be a better man".

So, to all the army guys out there sitting around and mopping, complaining that army sucks and life sucks and their girls going to dump them, and that sucks. Here's a little advice: do something about it! Responsible = response able!

ps this doesn't apply only to army guys. :)

First Post

I guess I've always wanted to create a blog, but have never sat down to do it. So... I figured that I'll just get off my butt and begin small. Here's the tryout!

Why blog? Why publish to the world your thinking, and your actions?

My sis says it's a ministry, and I believe so. This is my way of changing the world, one reader at a time. :)

tata. God bless.