I went for combined school selection on Tuesday and Wednesday. Through these two days of trial, I do find some areas of mine requiring improvement if ever i wanted to get into their team, but sadly to say this is my last year i supposed. Actually, from a holistic point of view, i do learnt a lot from this experience and one of them should making friends with other softballers from other schools and, amazing our conversation is hardly going about the softball in Singapore but towards our school and the way our coaches had taught us to be, as a softballer. Nevertheless, this interaction breaks the barrier between us and get us together as a team. One thing that i was disappointed for the selection would be the way they test our skills. In my opinion, to really brings our the talent and skills we had learnt throughout the years, we need to be tested in different sections. By allowing games as a form of selection will conceal the talent of a skilled player if the ball never go to him, when there was no tight situations for him to perform this composure and presenting himself in aplomb. I take our catcher as an example when he has the strength and ability to do really well, his luck does not bring him to that level. 4 walks for the two days trial diminished his skills and hard work during his training time. In the end, the talented not shown as a whole. I mean like what a waste!
Anyway, I received a bad news recently. As i had thought earlier, or i was happily thinking that as the first generation t receive PR guarantee me two years free from National Service was a false alarm. That faithful morning might had destroyed my dream to catch up with the age gap. "Hello, may i speak to Mr Zheng Please?" "Oh, Yes?" "Hi, this is blahblah calling from Ministry of Defence" "Uhhuh" "We wanted to inform you that regarding the registration for NS..." "WAIT! I thought i asked your to help me check if i need to serve NS?" "Oh.... It says that you need to serve" " HUH! Can you check first! CozI'm a PR Under the scheme of Professionals, and as the first generation to become a PR, i suppose there is no need for me to serve NS?" "Sorry, i have checked with my officer and he confirm that u need to serve NS as you are under the scheme of MIS." " Oh SHIT! oh okay. thanks........."
The long silence left me in shocked but it's time for deferment. 既来之，则安之。船到桥头自然直。
