sign on?

18th July, Monday
recently got a letter from the army recruitment centre about an invitation to join a career talk on the 30th July. apparently they are offering a study award as part of the terms for signing on as an officer in the armed forces. i have to admit that the offer is really tempting. they are gonna pay for the entire cost my uni school fees, not exactly a small sum, i think for my 4 years in smu it'll cost my parents more than 20k, plus theres a $9000 yearly allowance on top of that and a computer and hostel allowance, not to mention a guaranteed job upon graduation. a really good deal. so far i've talked to a couple of people about it and the feedback has been positive. my parents are open to the option too, except that dad has had bad experiences with bonds so he's always weary whenever that 4 letter word appears.

funny thing is, mom and dad always tell me not to worry about our finances but then i look at my dad working as a taxi driver trying to support a household of 5 and my common sense tells me it isn't as easy as they make it out to be. i guess they just don't want me to worry so that i can concentrate on my studies. at the end of the day i'm not about the money, we can make do with less, but i am keen to do what i can to ease the financial burden off my dad's shoulders. i mean all my life i've been sponging off my parents, i think its time i gave something back to the family. haha, sounds so wei2 da4. so although it'll probably mean signing off a good part of the best years of my life, i'm pretty much ready to do it. anyway we'll see how it goes, maybe in the end the army might not even want me. haha. leave it in God's hands, he knows best.

on a lighter note, i went to eat kamping soup today, the chinese kind. then went to top up the soup, at first i din know if it was allowed so i kinda asked in a sheepish way. heng the auntie nice, she say okay and give me almost a full bowl. of course no meat lah but the soup alone also shiok ah. but i still prefer the malay type, got more ooomph! haha. i didn't sleep 10 hours yesterday man, i only slept 9/1/2. which is actually a lot also lah. haha. but i din sleep 10 hours. bleh. its 12:30 now, just did qt a while ago then was thinking whether or not to play a game of dota first then sleep but i think i shall resist the temptation to do so and go turn in early instead. so thats all for today folks. peace out.