Comback to blogging

It had been many months since I wrote my last blog post. Afiq here!!!!! There had many changes to my life since then. I had graduated from Singapore Polytechnic and currently waiting to be officially graduated in the graduation ceremony on 19 May. I am looking forward to that day when I will proudly stand with my family wearing the honourable graduation gown taking a family picture. The mental stress which I had go through during my 3 years of poly life had finally paid off with perseverance, commitment and determination. Before the ceremony, I need to rent the gown which I had booked a date to collect and pay it at Serangoon Broadwayshop several metres away from Potong Pasir MRT station.

I am now idling in my home currently waiting to hear from a job that I applied three weeks ago. The reason why I want to work because I don’t like to waste my time away at home although I can do useful activities like writing a blog as I do now and perform my prayers freely without giving it up due to work practices that prevent me from doing so.  The other reason is because I am waiting for the National Service (NS) to start. Every young male Singaporeans from the age of 18 must serve NS to have military experience defending Singapore. I was chosen to be in the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), a branch of the NS. I must stay at the bunk at the headquarters for 13 weeks as a PES BP recruit. I did not know the meaning of PES but I do know that this is a system classifying the recruits depending on their fitness levels. The fitter the recruits are, the shorter their stay at NS. Unfortunately, I am at the lower range of the level. The officers at the headquarters will probably drill us with tortuous exercises so as to reduce our weight during our stay there. The exercises may include running several kilometres, push ups and sit ups. If this piece of information that I had conveyed is true, I will be very delighted as I am strong in my belief to lose weight.

Speaking about losing weight, I had lose more than 10kg of my body weight. This is in itself a tremendous lifetime achievement for me as I am overweight starting from 15 years old and never been able to lose weight ever since. I made trials and errors on my exercise and diet regimen. I jogged every 5 days at the Tiong Bahru Park after my Fajr prayers. Each round in the park is 650m. I tend to increase my jogging pace for the first four rounds as this is the distance in which I need to excel in to pass my 2.4km run. I trained my legs for many months but could increase my stamina to be able to at least pass the threshold for the passing grade. My body always perspire effortlessly after I had completed my rounds. When I do something, I make sure that I do my best so as to achieve the best results. My diet regimen consists of eating fruits such as oranges and bananas every morning and eating little rice as possible. Sometimes my mother brought home delicious foods and of course I could not hold from eating it. This is one of the factors why my weight stagnated after losing 10kg. Although there was body weight loss, it was not enough. I still had a small bulge along my stomach. I am a bit disappointed and frustrated but it is a reminder that life is full of ups and downs. That was why I cannot wait to be enlisted into SCDF as soon as possible to start “Operation Thinning and Muscular”.

I am also anxiously waiting to have a job from the Singapore job agency, Bridging Growth and Careers. The job is called Temporary Environmental Officer. I like the word officer in the job title because it relates to a high rank in the army where people respect you with a salute. But the job is not that kind. It is more of an outdoor job going from HDB flat to another in a particular area to check whether the residents accidentally breed mosquitos because there are stagnant water lying around in the flat. The stagnant water is generally found in pails inside the toilet and pole holder for hanging clothes outside. This jobs requires speaking to residents and I like it because it gives me the opportunity to improve on my communication skills. This skill is very important to have if you want to succeed in life in having better relationships with your bosses so you can be promoted faster. In addition to that, you can acquire public speaking skills and not be afraid to speak to crowds. My mediator, Mr Gary, is from the government agency who kindly guides me through the process of finding the right job for me and the interview process. I was elated when I received a call from him two weeks ago that my chances of landing in this job was positive. Sometimes, I felt that I wait for the job for too long and was thinking that the agency kept quiet from me because they lied to me I can get a job.

I think I have write too long for this blog post. I promised to you audience that I write on my blog more frequently to keep you entertained and very sorry for long absence in my blog. So long my friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!