In just 2 to 3 days i will be outward bound.
This time, its not just a regular outfield
exercise that will end in a couple of days,
but i will be out in a remote area of
Eastern Australia, by Shoalwater Bay -
for a good long 5 (or maybe 6) weeks!

Apart from that, my existence here on
planet Earth has been really uneventful,
packing for this trip has left me with
little time to indulge with my own silly
thoughts. Actually, on that note, i did
question a little on 'how things work'.

I was queuing up for a free shuttle bus
service to NUH (National University
Hospital) as I had an appointment at
MMI, and so there was this 2 rows of
benches for people to sit as they await
for their ride. On that faithful day,
there was a bunch of teenagers who
were much younger than myself,
judging by their behaviour, several
things came to my mind; i.e how people
around me when I was their age used
to behave similarly, how things hasn't
change, how 'adults' view these teens
and how wasn't I able to see this,
how teens behave like no one else is
around them when they are in a
group. That's just besides the point
though, because as I was thinking
about these, something interesting
came to my head - How does
Courtesy work? When I was figuring
out those things in my head, some
seemingly "kiasu" aunties came to
sit along in the queue, just then the
bus came, and everyone in the queue
motioned off to the pick up/drop off
point. Everyone walked neatly in
an organized manner and occupied
seats on the shuttle bus.

Chio-to-ma-te! If you think about
it, someone from the back could
have just walked a little faster and
jumped the queue (in this case
the prime suspects would be the
"kiasu"-looking aunties) and no one
would have been able to stop them
unless they were to be very
particular about this, and to actually
practise corrective action - wouldn't
people just kept quiet about it
and sulk underneath their breath?
Normally that's what the majority
would do, unless its just me feeling
that way.

What surprises me is how such
orderly behaviour actually exudes
the primary essence of Courtesy,
and that no one tried to jump
the queue!

In the army, everyone jumps the
queue, in various ways. Asking a
friend to make the purchase for
you when his queue in the line is
already approaching the vendor,
or simply just try to cut in the
queue physically, pretending to
have something important to relay
to the guy in front of him and then
comfortably fit in the queue
regardless of how others at the
back of the queue may feel. I
thought of "how things work" once
again, and a few obvious reasons
came to my head - That they must
be too comfortable with the people
around them, or that they simply
do not care about the people
around them, or that they want to
throw around their swollen ego.
I tried to come up with more but
I can't help it but to just be content
with these as my answers.

Interesting huh. Lol

And so I have finally got my scanner
to work, I have 2 pieces that I have
sketched up with a black ballpoint
pen, and the first one is...




















Haha I purposely made is as though I
worked in a professional, ambient
environment, cool huh!

Heres the scanned original:





















I feel pretty excited about this one:

Its my first attempt at Anime Fanart!
For those who watch Bleach and Naruto
I tried to create a Vizard Sasuke with
his Sharigan on, lol.





















I really plan on colouring it, hopefully
after the trip for Exercise Wallaby
(yes Wallaby is apparently a name
of a kangaroo breed), when I have
more time, and when I feel more
comfortable using Painter/Photoshop
with a mouse.

I did try colouring it earlier on, but I
got too fed up with the mouse
and its inability to flow with pressure
sensitivity.