"life is either a great adventure, or nothing" - Helen Keller

as i sit here, and write what is going to be my third blog post in 3 days - a somewhat ignominious statistic for a marginally 'never blogger', I'm actually kind of excited. as many of you now know, tomorrow, at around OH-NINE-HUNDRED-HOURS, rynjah ninja will be heading to an island just off the coast of Singapore to turn into a full recruit for the Singaporean army. the first month will be filled with testosterone brimmed activity - running through the jungle with your team of men, polishing guns, heading down to what I've been described to as the best worst bar in Singapore and well general male bonding - away from they describe as the fracas of normal 'civilian' life.

I've officially packed my short list of items, ranging from shoe deodorant to the most comfortable triangle y-fronts i could find (it seems like my dissing of these forms of undergarments have come back to haunt me. but at least they're not white) and I'm ready to go. i know I've been going on about this sort of thing but the more i say it, the more it gets hyped in my head and makes me excited - I'm paying for my freedom, and what better way to pay for it than to be able to say - 'I've been in the army' before i die.

some people are born for the army life. take my dad for example, he's born and bred to 'serve'. HERDY GERDY is another one! i heard that dude is having a blast over in Finland which to be honest, isn't really startling to hear. i mean, that dude is probably the most hard headed decision maker i know. i, on the other hand can't even decide which pair of shorts to wear sometimes. although been forced into this life, i gotta take it as an 'adventure, or nothing'. I'll play the role of 'private Benjamin'.

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i was meant to meet up with nikesh today, but the bugger had LAW SCHOOL - which sounds ridiculous coming from the guy who is a little too similar to the cult figure of Napoleon dynamite. so i just hung out with mother and watched arrested development, all the while knowing that none of the humour will benefit me in ANY way.

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alas, I'm going to spend the last few civvy moments just sending last emails to my buddies back home and elsewhere.

this is defiantly not goodbye (unless of course when i get back, am too lazy to write again or simply get severely injured enough to prevent me from typing ever again [lets hope it's the former - it's not like i haven't done that one before]) but more a see you later.

I'm of to turn off my brain and just take orders from commanders, SIR!