Blast through the Past
I have just read through all my Livejournal entries. It was amazing. Remembering all the hopes, the dreams, old friends, frustrations, unhappiness, happiness, people who you thought you would love forever, things that you did which you thought you would still be doing now. And my gadget articles. I was proud to have done all of that. The old life I had in Taiwan. The old life I had in Seletar camp even. Back to the days of even before Chin Huei, my ex-gf.
Oh man. What a blast. Back then, never would I have ever thought that I would be here right now.
How different am I from before?
Well, deep down inside it's the same old geeky gadget loving Kevin Yap. Especially with my current career, I now have the time and re$ource$ to pursue the joy of gadgets and toys. I have many new close friends now. Incredibly down-to-earth, cool people that never existed during the old days and would never have if I didn't step out of the forces.
I'm in an industry where I get paid extremely well for a work that I love so much. I am playing with a gigantic gadget as work. Sure there is the dangers of working in an offshore environment, and I deal with 3000 voltage electrics, 3000PSI of pressure hydraulics. That's why you get paid more. I miss weddings, disappear from the world all the time, but it made me closer with some friends, cause when I come back, I really am able to get the opportunity to take a really really good break and meet up with them easily. And I am earning what I never ever thought I could ever be touching, even in the peak of a career in the armed forces.
I travel to so many places in the world for my work. Right now I am on a rig just off Trinidad & Tobago. The rig will be towed to Venezuela for work and that's where I will be coming off.
I am contented with work. And I really have to thank my Dad for showing me this world, despite trying to get me in since I was studying for my electronics diploma. I am making use of my knowledge gained from my polytechnic years. Freaking incredible. Everything make sense. My appreciation for the value of knowledge is at the top right now. And I am really truly glad to have had my electronics diploma education.
I think I can honestly say, that I no longer believe in the religion of Christianity. I still believe in the existence of God, but to me, the books are tools corrupted by men to pursue their own goals, or to live in their own fantasy. It's strange what money can make you do and feel. I guess I am more materialistic now. Maybe they will say that I have fallen. I feel that I have evolved.
I am now extremely easily peeved by idiots and asses. I am still trying to change this part of getting pissed at others so easily, but seriously, after having being taken advantage of and being taken for granted by so many people, I kinda don't really care anymore. I have stopped giving as much as I did before. Where was this guy whose heart bleeds for the world she asked. Yup, he's gone truly. My heart bleeds for the few. I am selective of my good friends now. And then it's the same Kevin Yap who loves going the occasional extra mile for them.
Things are getting better. My life is still beginning.
So goodbye my past self, the old Kevin. The memories are there to stay and cherish, though nothing can change. Cheers.
Oh man. What a blast. Back then, never would I have ever thought that I would be here right now.
How different am I from before?
Well, deep down inside it's the same old geeky gadget loving Kevin Yap. Especially with my current career, I now have the time and re$ource$ to pursue the joy of gadgets and toys. I have many new close friends now. Incredibly down-to-earth, cool people that never existed during the old days and would never have if I didn't step out of the forces.
I'm in an industry where I get paid extremely well for a work that I love so much. I am playing with a gigantic gadget as work. Sure there is the dangers of working in an offshore environment, and I deal with 3000 voltage electrics, 3000PSI of pressure hydraulics. That's why you get paid more. I miss weddings, disappear from the world all the time, but it made me closer with some friends, cause when I come back, I really am able to get the opportunity to take a really really good break and meet up with them easily. And I am earning what I never ever thought I could ever be touching, even in the peak of a career in the armed forces.
I travel to so many places in the world for my work. Right now I am on a rig just off Trinidad & Tobago. The rig will be towed to Venezuela for work and that's where I will be coming off.
I am contented with work. And I really have to thank my Dad for showing me this world, despite trying to get me in since I was studying for my electronics diploma. I am making use of my knowledge gained from my polytechnic years. Freaking incredible. Everything make sense. My appreciation for the value of knowledge is at the top right now. And I am really truly glad to have had my electronics diploma education.
I think I can honestly say, that I no longer believe in the religion of Christianity. I still believe in the existence of God, but to me, the books are tools corrupted by men to pursue their own goals, or to live in their own fantasy. It's strange what money can make you do and feel. I guess I am more materialistic now. Maybe they will say that I have fallen. I feel that I have evolved.
I am now extremely easily peeved by idiots and asses. I am still trying to change this part of getting pissed at others so easily, but seriously, after having being taken advantage of and being taken for granted by so many people, I kinda don't really care anymore. I have stopped giving as much as I did before. Where was this guy whose heart bleeds for the world she asked. Yup, he's gone truly. My heart bleeds for the few. I am selective of my good friends now. And then it's the same Kevin Yap who loves going the occasional extra mile for them.
Things are getting better. My life is still beginning.
So goodbye my past self, the old Kevin. The memories are there to stay and cherish, though nothing can change. Cheers.