Thursday, 30 April 2009

Not Bending Over Backwards Anymore I Hope


So Wolverine tomorrow at Plaza Sing will be shown in two theatres at the same time, and I have tickets in both.

I arrive at the end of April on the back of some of the most earth-shaking things to have happened to me. Even on the last day of the month today I have encountered a new and daunting challenge I shall have to maneuver in the coming days. But I have experienced quite a bit of individual growth too, first with Holy Week, which marked the beginning of a process I've tried to continue even up to this week. It's hard to fathom that I'm a third of the way into 2009 already. Soon those fortunate enough will be pursuing their studies this year; others will graduate to greater things in the SAF; still more will drift out of my life. I, however, see myself in quite a static position at the moment. I do think about grand plans to put into motion while I'm still here (as in here, in the country, and here, in the circumstances I'm in), though I'm also drawn to the opportunity to relish what unexpected blessings come my way, and there have been many, and just continue in this attitude of faith I've been taught many times this year, not least while I was still in Ladang. I do hope when I finally embark on the rest of my education that I have some substantial work experience and have developed, both tangibly and in abstract, in ways both expected and (especially) unimaginable. Perhaps it's the last Teen year syndrome or something, but age, and the promises it brings yet unforeseen, is something I see in an odd new light.