Bumped into quite a few friends recently. One i met onlong the road and i recognised a face. Actually, to be more exact, recognised a face containing the facial expresion of recognition. Seeing such a face prompts me to think back and remember that the girl and i was in the same primary school. Well, don't remember her name or anything about her, so didn't really exchange more than pointing, smiling and saying "eh...".



Another i met in the mrt to the stoopid interview yesterday. This face i recognised. The unmistakable constant sub-conscious nodding was not difficult to miss. But again i do not know the name. Met him a couple months back in a small magic tournament. Played him once or twice, but never really got his name.



Also yesterday, i met up with roy. I didn't see him approaching at all. was busy with other stuff. Chat up with him abit. Been quite awhile since i last saw him. CCNA, good job, good money. We did come up with an unusual topic. He asked whether i would leave sg to live in au. He said he would if his parents would go with him. I thought abit and i replied that i loved sg and i wanted to do reservice.



Considering that these few weeks i've been thinking that if ever there was a job that required me to go overseas and maybe even into the middle of a war and that i'll gladly take it, my answer was rather contradicting.



What do i really love about sg? other than security and safety, there isn't much. what don't i like about sg? its politics (ah, but i dislike politics everywhere not just sg), its competitive life (meritocracy is good, but still...), its high cost of living, its sheltered perceptions of the people (do not ask me to elaborate this), and our rising obnoxious behavior (i learned of this from close honest foreign friends). If i were to weigh all these options on a scale, i would be au now.



Perhaps the difference between 'taking a job that would make me live out of sg' and 'going out of sg to live' lies in the source of initiation. I would not initiate a change of country, unless the environment requires me to. I'm not a person who would advocate changes to my life, i like things to remain the way they are for a long time. But that does not mean that i do not adapt to changes. It only means, i would adapt if forced to change, but untouched, i would remain the same. i am a reactive person. i want to do reservice, not because i am patriotic, but because i not changing anything anytime soon, unless the environment requires me to.