the recluse’s hideout

I haven’t been writing in awhile cause there’s hardly enough time spent out here in the real world.  It’s ridiculous when they say you can book out friday evening and then disappoint you in the end with a saturday book out–disgusting and wayyyyy demoralising I tell you, especially if you’ve had to miss an important [...]

My sentiment toward army was crap in the first 2-3 weeks. I’m in my 4th week and I can sense it getting better slightly. So much so that I might actually be interested to aim for Officer Cadet School. Just some indicators:
1) I’m actually slightly interested when my company 2ic starts to share about his [...]

Booking out is meant to be a privilege and a luxury. Even more so if it is a long weekend.
Why do I still feel so empty and lost and uncomfortable? What do people usually do when they book out?
Maybe it’s just all that anticipation of going back to hell rocky hill camp that’s really dampening [...]

There’s this thing about NS. When guys get together, all they ever talk about is their NS experience. I never quite understood this phenomenon previously–my friends, who were enlisted earlier than me, ALWAYS talked about NS.
Now I totally get it. Since I booked out, it’s non-stop talk about what happened in camp, then my friend [...]

I’m back from the army! At least for now. It’s been a very physically and emotionally challenging 2 weeks plus for me. All the running, push ups, jumping jacks, waking up early and getting screamed in the face by people barely older than you (in fact, my section commander is a year younger) aren’t [...]

The recluse will be back on the 1 November! So watch this space (I bet he will have plenty to say) until then while you excuse me as I wallow in guilt.
Signing off,
The One with the Greek name.
P/S: At least I tried!