disruption + hingis + work
Thursday, December 08, 2005 (8:20 PM)
sis is on her last day of medical leave today. this means, i stayed at home again today. this means, i read the papers again today. this means, i'm going to talk about what was published in the papers again today. one article from a parent of a full-time national serviceman wrote to the papers saying that her son is serving 22 months of national service. by rule, nsf serving 22 months are not allowed to apply for disruption for their studies and this parent feel that his son should be allowed to disrupt because he will ord in november while he is admitted to an overseas university which begins in september. she felt that if this happens, her son will need to wait for 10 months before beginning his studies. i had thought that her son can choose to work and save up during that period. if her son is serving the 30 months of service, he would definitely be approved of the disruption but i believe it's preferable to serve the 22 months and wait the 10 months.
well, martina hingis is making her way back to tennis after a brief retirement. she ended on a high note before her ankle failed her and the papers are wondering if it's a big mistake to return and risk ruining her reputation and she said if she doesn't return, at 30 she would be wondering what could have happened if she had. sometimes risks have to be taken so that there won't be regrets i guess. she said she had played sharapova when they were younger and wondered how things would change now. i began watching tennis at about the same time hingis made it big, at the time when stefi graf still graced the courts and pete sampras was still the king with agassi following behind. at the time when goran ivanisevic held the record for the fastest serve. i caught my first and last heineken open singapore at the singapore indoor stadium back in 1999, and that was my first and last time seeing mikael tillstrom play. and i stopped shortly after hingis retired. mainly because they don't broadcast it on regular tv now and i no longer have scv cable tv. this monopoly of the cable tv is depriving me of many sports. i've stopped watching basketball, soccer, baseball, tennis, rugby, figure skating, you name it, i've stopped watching it because i don't have scv at home anymore and i used to watch almost every sport broadcasted. a pity i won't be able to catch any of those actions now.
at least there's a good news. i've secured my second job and will be starting work tomorrow! yeah! no more time wasting for me. muwahahahaha... i will survive~