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National Service Diaries (Day One)

As to why I have not written in so long a time baffles me. It was only yesterday I promised to write the next day and some how it has been months. I have finally accepted that I'm big on procrastination. (shakes head dramatically). A lot has indeed happened in my life. I completed school, begun my National Service Registration in August and just so you know, it was hell. The long queues at dawn, the stampedes and human traffic on a dusty field, the long wait in the rain,these are some of the ways to describe the strenuous process known as NSS Registration.  As though that was not enough I was posted to a ghost library, yes ghost library. The place didn't exist. Imagine my frustrations when I had to go through the entire process only to realize that the place didn't exist. I was so close to tears. Well to cut it short, I eventually got a friend to change it for me and I chose to teach. You heard right, I chose to teach instead of sit in an air conditioned office and draw fl...