Sunday, December 13, 2009
End of ICT
Just a quick word about ICT before I go out.
Hmm, 6 days of ICT have just passed. Everytime I go in for ICT, I feel transported to another world, with its own sets of culture, system - very isolated, very specific, and very disjointed with the rest of the world.
I'm not sure if I'm a fast or slow adapter - the first few days I was still in a civilian mood, very negative, and wanting everything just to pass and be done. After that, I become quite used to everything, and I got back that 'soldier' feeling again. The instinct just came back.
Right now as I'm typing, the things that happened in the past 6 days are still flashing through my mind, my body is still aching, and my back is still full of sandfly bites (arr, the great outfield - enchantress would have said that). And yes, I feel weird now being able to lead my own life, and using the computer without anyone planning your schedule for you.
Thinking back, other than that 'outfield' day, ICT actually passed quite fast. Everything was actually done quite efficiently, and everyone actually knew what to do, and did things fast and good, making everything quite a 'positive' experience. Yes, I'm still physically-drained and feel that I'm not up to mark, but thankfully, I had a happy ending to ICT, making my mood for this ICT more positive.
On the 2nd IPPT for the 'failures', I passed! When I crossed that finishing line after the 2.4km, scenes of my lone runs and walks up the pgp slope to the chin up bar came flashing back, I'm glad for myself that working hard does pay off this time. I mean, I don't feel good seeing others fail, but since I've worked hard for it consistently during the semester, it feels good to be finally rewarded for the effort I put in.
Happy, but it still feels weird now. Having the exact opposite feeling last week, now I have to dump the past 6 days behind me, and start chionging for my Thesis. But well, it's good! I remember in year 1, the suffering I had during army is what inspired me that 'anything else is better', and made me study hard. Now I shall use this as my personal motivation as well.
It's good to see everyone again =)
Til next year.
lowtide blogged @
10:36 am
