Now that I am discharged, I have this quaint feeling of returning back to the hospital.
With my laptop there, I was actually quite at home over there. Furthermore, there was 24/7 air-con and of course, people to "serve you". I know this might sound egoistical but sometimes it is really nice for people to be under your beck and call - of course you don't treat it as a right and hence abuse the nurses, but rather as a privilege and approach them when you genuinely need help. Furthermore, there will always be food and I need not brood over how to get my next meal - which is what is happening now. Of course, now I am literally alone at home; at least in the hospital I can still chat with the nurses/doctors (or find yiyang at NNI).
So all those trade-offs for my unlimited liberalisation (or is it really?) at home? Mmmm. My current situation can really be juxtaposed against my situation in NS - unlimited liberalisation or 'restriction of freedom' with the other perks? To be honest, I am not really that restricted in the hospital (nor in the Army then). The only downside is I am unable to go out with friends (and the hospital internet connection is not that good, though it is decent already).
So some food for thought yea?
I should relish this independence that I have always fought for.
At the end of the day, the very thing I feared, I seemed to accept it. Technology really changes everything.
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