Sunday, October 23, 2005

Beauty n e beast...hahaha... 
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smelly armpit-yellow bananas 
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dumb n dumber-silvester! 
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nothing new at fullerton, juz a diff angle tt makes it special.. 
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one simple night at Clarke Quay all alone... 
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Where e light shines upon e boy, there he will go.. 
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Rachel Keyz... 
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Badminton Teh 
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Rojak wif tay n carol..no more of such in BMT!..sinful.. 
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Oh Carol...wif her usual self.. 
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Lders n new friends! 
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First thing-Writing anything here is dangerous cos it's gonna be rather easy for the Military Police to locate me...Isn't it scary?.....-_-"

Here are some snapshots into my two weeks at Sunny Island...

Everyday, its nothing more than repeated our 7 core values when we conduct water parade(n for e ladies,water parade means drinking water, not playing with it):
Loyalty to Country
Leadership
Discipline
Professionalism
Fighting Spirit
Ethics
Care for Soldiers

I am officially in Ninja Company, one of e Xiongest among the rest in BMTC school 2. My Officer Commanding is a Commandos, i have nothing against them, just tt their red berets reflect alot about them being on fire when recruits just go a lil 'stupid'. What to do? We're only recruits.

Yet again, it is not verbal tt i got e impression tt our OC respect us. Unlike others, he calls us soldiers, not recruits. As we are in the enhanced Pes A n B batch, his expectations may be a lil too high tho'...He hopes for a pool of IPPT Gold medalist.

Cut e long story short, training is indeed tough cos we're in e conditioning period. Usually, we can still do about 10 pull ups, now, we barely can do 4...not tt we're incompetent, but how many can we do when in a day, we're conditioned to do about 100 push-ups? Whenever our platoon commanders(including 1 lieutenant n 4 sergeants) walk pass us, we're required to knock it down n ask for the following permission,"Permission to keep fit, sir/sergeant!"..And e funny thing is they will at times say,"this is for your own good, those who cannot do or wish not to do, fall out one side, this is for your development"...

Of course-Everyone knock it down.

By far, i love my platoon commanders, my platoon mates n section mates. We're a bunch of irriating n fun peeps. Ya noe, when training gets tough n morale is low, laughter n encouragement always serve a support purpose. So, u can expect Alvin to jump ard n irritate ppl by singing alot of rubbish songs n constantly sneak behind soldiers to scare e wits outta them. Therefore, my section mates finally commented,"alvin, where on earth did you get your energy from?can you pls slow down?" and, "alvin, you not tired from e training ahz?"...My ans to them, "can't slow down, its soooooo fun!"...I always remember e shits i swallowed when i was in Brunei training in a exchange prog when i was still a cadet lieutenant in NCC. Also, e distance n endurance effort made in the Army Half Marathon with Kenny in e 21Km. What can be worse? i mean, when shit comes, it comes...right? So let it come then feel it...

Nevertheless, army is e paradise for vulgar lang. E hokkien will mark e lower class ppl, but they are more colourful. As for the sophisticated ones, their vocabs are rather limited..They love to use e "F" lang, n its always _______ F or F________. Wadever, i had enough tho'...

My relationship with my OC is a love-hate. I hate him cos e trainings landed up with a high casulty rate n by far, two have fainted. I love him cos of his values, sets me thinking n realize e world ain't a betta place.

"E world is cruel, men are selfish"

i never tot e world is too cruel when e Lord is ard. But indeed, every men is for himself in e military world of events. Even as recruits, we see one another in action of greed n being self-centered. E diff between a civillian n a soldier is such tt, when a civillian is stretched, he/she may opt not to do anything, but when a soldier is stretched, he must be able to think, react n do somthing no matter if he is being jeopardized of injury, hunger or fatigue. So, in times of desperation, only a few stands out to be a diff soldier. How many would give off of themselves?

In e mere two weeks, i learnt to find a sense of purpose to value what i'm doing. Many stuff are subjected to matters of perception. What you do others may find odd n diff, but when u know what you're doing, the meaning resides deeply in your heart. Which one matters now?-you decide.

"tough times dun last, tough men do"

I remembered i sworn my life upon taking my weapon n oath, n have thus decided to do my part to protect e lives of our very own Singaporeans. Everyone has their own part to play in their 2 years of service, wadever humble position, i pray, i learn to keep e word of e Lord close to my heart, n to serve my authorities well n protect e land in which we all reside. Tt, by itself, is a motivation. How could i live to see anyone taking e lives of my family, my loved ones, my friends n habitat? N it starts right now in training to be a soldier for e time to come...

"Pain is temporary, pride is forever"

Let me share a story tt my OC shared tt i find ridiculous, but it does mean something tt doesn't really make any sense but teaches u smth tho'.

There's a crow flying past a cold continent to reach it's destination. However, during it's flight, e temperature got too cold n it finally landed for rest n frozed(funny thing is,it wasn't dead). There came a bull(in a cold continent?!) and it shit on the frozen crow(wad conincidence?!). Just when e crow was feeling all e warmth it needs, it started to get real comfortable n was recuperating. Tho' it was not thawed entirely, it was rejoicing n began to make a lot of noise. A cat came n bit it to death(how on earth did e cat appear?!).

Moral of e story-Sometimes shit is good for you n it helps in your development. At times when ur comfortable, shut up or you'll get it.

-_-". I really dunno wad to sae.

Whenever someone polish e officer's or sergeant's boots/apple, they will be reprimanded with "stop carrying my ba**s". Really, some stuff are really nonsense till a point where i can no longer take it but laugh at e stupidity out of it.

Wadever it is, training will always be tough n it makes a man out of it. Im positive about Army, tho' i really hate e loop holes n discrepancy. Well, tts life. I do miss e moments of civillisation, past relationship n e company of friends. These are e things tt keeps me smiling whenever im reminded to e silly snapshots of life n sweet moments of love. As for now, my priority is still God n National Service. Any other matters, will be sideline. My section decided to bring photo albums into camp to share n enjoy, well, tt is friendship n close fellowship of e band of brothers.

Now tt i'm going back to tekong, i heart after my family n dada n of course, all e churchies includ cell n Kenny butt. I had a simple dinner wif da at home e dae before, so much to catch up n we had loads of fun juz crapping away. We wanted to watch "the raid", in the end, got probs wif e ticketing sys n decided to doze off anyway. Finally, i got to realize, the things tt gets to you, are those tt are closest to your heart-there, ul find all e comfort n warmth.

I remembered OC's words before we booked out, "make sure when u all book out, first thing is to go back home. Dun stray outside n get into trouble on your first book out..."(shows tt he is human afterall)...n he continued "if you get into a fight outside, make sure you win. If you lose n come back n shame e company, i'd *beep *beep you personally, understand not?.."(i remembered clearly becos it indicates how a commandos fight to only win).

Now, who says Army is a waste of time when i learnt so much n realized all e things tt i need to treasure? May e Lord be with me...
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