Hey all, I'm back... Well technically I've been back since Wednesday night, but I can explain!

Well, went on Monday morning to the Artillery Institute, wasn't too far from my house actually. My dad sent me off, since he was still around in Singapore, due to fly off on Friday. I therefore assumed that would be my last time seeing him before he left, and said my due farewells.

It appears I was quite lucky to be posted to Arty, and even luckier to get into the better of two courses that we were being separated into in the Institute itself. My course is only 6-7 weeks long, and in addition was only scheduled to start the next week. So about half of us in this intake who were posted to my course got block leave, all the way from Thursday up until Tuesday late morning. Pretty good huh? Felt sort of bad though, having to book out in front of all the other people in the other course, them having to watch us change to civillian clothes and just leave.

The great thing about all this was that it meant I got to see my dad again, before he left on Friday. We went for dinner on Thursday night, an even more exquisite Italian restaurant called Prego, in the city, Fairmont Singapore, a hotel that used to be the Stamford if i'm not wrong. My dad took the bill this time =P. But the tenderloin there was perfect... Been a while since I had steak, much less a perfect one. We went to catch a movie after that, Indiana Jones: The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Better than I expected actually, I liked the Science Fiction themes, actually embodied a whole lot realism in the concept and stuff too. Anyway, was a great time just to spend time with my dad, I think he really appreciated it as well.

Friday came, I went to the airport to see him off that evening. Budget terminal in Singapore, my first time being there actually lol, oddly enough. Somehow events turned out so that i'd never been there, despite travelling budget over and stuff. Lot bigger than the Melbourne terminal... All I can say >.>.

And the highlight... Saturday morning I checked the online application status thing for NUS, and was delighted to see I had been accepted into NUS Medicine! ... For the 2010 batch. Wtf? Few phone calls later and stuff, apparently NUS hadn't differentiated between different courses, and anyone currently in NS would automatically be pushed to enter in 2010. The thing is, apparently there's a system that allows for disruption of NS to do Medicine in NUS. Except I got no information on this whatsoever. I was sort of left hanging like this, and in a sense I still am. Current status: awaiting the next working day (Monday, tomorrow) to call up NUS, Mindef, and whoever/whatever it takes to find out more. As it is, I heard from a friend that disruption isn't confirmed even if you are accepted into medicine, it depends on things like intake, performance records and the like. Cool thing is, from my previous platoon, there were 4 of us who applied, and all 4 of us got it =) pwnage~.

Until then, I would like to think that I'll be out of the army soon. It helps me sleep better at night.

Been trying to catch up with stuff, anime, manga, movies, DotA skills (which, I am ashamed to admit, have been constantly declining), and whole lot of other stuff like reading which being in the army just does not allow me to get done. But for every volume I read, there's another series. Repeat for everything else really.

Honestly, thinking about this whole process, God has really made everything fit together so well for me. Everything's gone so smoothly, made all my worrying seem stupid, which it really was. When God's in control, things just work. Luck just happens. I'm glad I committed this whole application to Him from the start, and everything's going so smoothly it's like a dream, obstacle after obstacle overcome. Now it's down to the final obstacle, and somehow deep down I know God will come through for me once again.

Oh yes... One thing I anticipate a lot once I disrupt is getting back to WoW! Lots of pressure from David and them, but really I miss WoW, miss the guys, and the community really. Sigh, shouldn't be long. Patience! Plans for a new computer are also developing, and probably a trip back home when time permits... Miss home a lot too, friends mainly, family too.

Probably should start telling people that I got into the course, but first I like to know whether i'm disrupting... Personally it means more to me than simply getting in. Call me what you like. Oh well, i'll try to update with developments and things. Could probably be of benefit to people applying in future and things too.

Bye.