notquiteacow

Dissonance

10 months down, one more year to go.

570. At least there's something for anyone to read.

Current progress: 0

Riiight..

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And shit just happens to me all the time. Ah well, suck it up. At least November's coming. Which means NaNoWriMo.

Perhaps I'd be happier.

Pokka Premium Milk Tea - It's Tea-Flavored Milk!

No more Fanta! Fuck! the loony bullshit!
no no no no nooo!

A good place to look to the future is when you are sat at the sea, with the salt up to your ankles and a view of the end of the pier, you may look down at your model’s feet and wish that you’d just float away, and the weather here is overcast and the sea is the same shade of grey, so the landscape before you looks just like the edge of the world, but to the left side and the right side, either way is a crazy golf course.

whee

I has a sudden craving for prosciutto di Parma.

RECORD V

8. The completion of full-time NS is an important milestone for NSFs. While
NSmen are currently presented with the memento of a watch upon the
completion of their ORNS training cycle, there is no similar memento for NSFs
upon their completion of full-time NS. RECORD V recommends a memento
(e.g. a commemorative plaque customised for each unit) to commemorate the
completion of full-time NS.

14. The rank allowance given to NSmen and NSFs serve to recognise them for
the responsibilities they shoulder. Currently, the rank allowance of junior
specialists is only marginally higher than that for enlistees and significantly
lower than that of officers. For example, the rank allowance of a third sergeant
(3SG) is $630 compared to $490 for a corporal (CPL) and $1120 for a lieutenant
(LTA).

15. In the 3rd Generation SAF, NS specialists shoulder heavier responsibilities. To
better reflect the greater role and larger responsibilities of our NS specialists,
RECORD V recommends that the rank allowances of specialists be significantly
increased relative to enlistees. Similarly, the rank allowance of warrant officers
should be increased.

16. NSFs typically apply for university places during full-time NS and their
performance during NS is a factor that the universities take into consideration.
Currently, an NSF is presented with his Certificate of Service, which lists his
NS contributions and achievements, only at the completion of full-time NS.
RECORD V recommends that those who are commanders or commanders-intraining
should be provided with letters of support for university applications
upon requests.

EDIT: DEFAULTER'S SUCK

Right, perhaps there actually is a possibility of normalcy after all.

Hello,

Psyche

悲傷的採購 by My Little Airport

訂了一季，又到下季。為何人大了就要成為工作的奴隸，最愛作的不可發揮。我的感覺，逐漸流逝。從前曾話過要如何欣賞世界的美麗，現在只懂得放假去消費。如果繼續這樣，我還是我嗎？我還喜歡我嗎？或者我應該死去吧，總好過變得更差。如果繼續這樣，你還願意嗎？和我奏著結他？日子不應該這樣吧，而現實就是這樣可怕。如果繼續這樣……

I'm a telting machine.

Those tired eyes.

They bend but they don't break.

"What to do?" he moaned as a shrug of resignation crept across his shoulders. It's very strange, very strange indeed how they attracted trouble, some sort of natural magnetism. It's not as if they were tempting fate.

It was easy to notice how irritable he was and even easier to see why. The weather, the irrational block-headedness of the people around him and the awesome humidity.

"Maybe they'll let us off? We just seem to attract people who seriously have nothing to do," piped another person, somewhere.

"I seriously don't think we care anymore," was the reply, from another direction.

"What do do?" he said. "What can we do?"

Istana on a Sunday Afternoon.