"Duel of the Fates" (or..."Army it is, Pt.2")

It's been another one of those days.
Again.

Had dinner with some relatives and we joked about the prospects of me hunting wild boars in the mountain regions of Taiwan while I served out my civil service requirement teaching English. To tell you the truth, initially, the idea of teaching English wasn't too appealing to me at first, but it had grown on me, especially since I thought that the day where I could learn more about this little island was fastly approaching. So, I'd started reading up on Taiwan's mountainous central county, Nantou...hoping that I would end up there high amongst the clouds.

Well, after dinner, I went to browse the Ministry of Interior's website. My heart must have skipped a couple of beats. They had just posted the timetables for service entry and my number had been pushed all the way back until February of 2006. $#@#@@!!! (the images of me shooting wild boars vanished). It would seem that the army "option" hasn't completly faded away from my destiny...in fact, I would say, it may be just a month before I'll end up where I thought I would end up anyways...in the ROC armed forces...and what do you know, the slot I'm most likely to end up is August 24th. Never thought I'd spend my 24th birthday in a barracks.

For the time being, the name of this blog remains the same:..."The military industrial complex is strong in this one..."

Stay tuned....