Army Daze
140910 is officially my ORD date, and today's 150910, which also means i'm officially a NS Man now, liable for call ups and IPPT every year. I wouldn't see this as an end, but a beginning to the next chapter of my life. I wanna pen down all my thoughts on Army, my life in army as well as all my experience i had here while they are still fresh, just in case time took them away as i walked down the road of life. I will write down everything briefly, not in details as there would be too much to pen down.
As good as fresh memories, exactly 2 years ago i was supposed to report to pasir ris MRT at 1030. I wore this green and yellow striped shirt, looking nerd. Took the ferry to Palau Tekong and got separated from my parents. I was ushered towards this grand stand where i tried to look around for familiar faces but there was none. There was this plump guy standing in front all of us, trying to talk cock, introducing all the 3SG but himself. i knew he was some high rank personal as i could see his rank with more strips and a crest in the centre. He's none other than my CSM, Staff Bruce Lee. I remembered clearly the first meal i had in tekong was chicken rice, everyone was saying, "wa food in tekong nowadays not bad!" My buddy was William, and i slept at the last bed of platoon 1, section 4. First guy who let us know about the instruction of our Sergeant was Aaron.
Then, as a recruit, 3SG was like our father. 2LT was like Member of Parliament, OC was like maybe some Minister of Something, CO is of course the King.
I didn't really mixed well when i was a recruit, albeit i wanted to be an officer. I cleared my IPPT for the first time in my entire life which i thought i could never have made it. My first 2.4 run was super bad. i took 20 mins to run 2.4 and that was probably the slowest one could ever go. I can't do a single pull up, everything seemed to be so touch. Nevertheless i put in effort, managed to get a pass and cleared my SOC.
SISPEC even though it was tough, i enjoyed it the most, as i gained the most in my entire 2 years of army. I realised i can do it if i want to do it, and i had myself convinced by attaining IPPT silver for the very first time. My running improved to 11.11 mins which is still my personal best so far. I know its slow, but if you know how slow i ran for the first time in Tekong, i bet you would be proud of me. I didn't forget my CSM, Master Voon. He was a strict superior but a caring one. It has come a point that even though you don't know that you committed some mistake and yet you got punished, you are still willing to accept any punishment that was given to you. There's this respect in me that i wanna give him, simply because he had been my role model to be a commander ever since. I'm glad i was bed buddy with my tekong bunk mate, Bryan. A petite fellow, but an enjoyable companion.
SI was probably the best place you can go for a trainee. Got computers to use, got food vending machine to buy, got lots of free time to play board game, can order macdonalds, simply life is good in SI. I made lots of good friends there, people like Jaramy, Alvis, Dennis, Shawn, etc.
8SAB i thought was a good place to be, but not as much when you're under my CSM. He's probably the only kind of people that i have met in my entire life, and someone who i will never be proud of. He screwed up his personal life, and also had a tough time in his work life, simply because of his f up attitude. I dont know how to explain this kind of attitude as it's simply rotten to the bone. Asking someone else to do something that is suppose to be his, scolding someone unreasonably, unfair treatment, so on so forth. Nevertheless, i'm glad i'm there as i've made several really good friends, and i'm still in contact with them now. However, at the same time, i've offended people due to my actions. Then, i was a super garang, which also means, i'm super pro active. I always do task given to me well, and do everything swee swee. You can also call me kia si, but it's okay, as long as my conscious is clear. I still must apologise, even though none of them would probably read this. I hope people from the 17 brothers understand why i did what i have done. It's easy to whine and say why don't do this why don't do that, as when the problem arise, you would be the one on the target board, but your superior whose superior has tasked him for some stuff.
2 years just pass like this. And i'm moving forward to my next phrase of life. HSBC, then USYD. I hope when i look back here in a few years time, even though army is a waste of time, i wanna tell myself, yes, I've learnt something in that 2 years.
As good as fresh memories, exactly 2 years ago i was supposed to report to pasir ris MRT at 1030. I wore this green and yellow striped shirt, looking nerd. Took the ferry to Palau Tekong and got separated from my parents. I was ushered towards this grand stand where i tried to look around for familiar faces but there was none. There was this plump guy standing in front all of us, trying to talk cock, introducing all the 3SG but himself. i knew he was some high rank personal as i could see his rank with more strips and a crest in the centre. He's none other than my CSM, Staff Bruce Lee. I remembered clearly the first meal i had in tekong was chicken rice, everyone was saying, "wa food in tekong nowadays not bad!" My buddy was William, and i slept at the last bed of platoon 1, section 4. First guy who let us know about the instruction of our Sergeant was Aaron.
Then, as a recruit, 3SG was like our father. 2LT was like Member of Parliament, OC was like maybe some Minister of Something, CO is of course the King.
I didn't really mixed well when i was a recruit, albeit i wanted to be an officer. I cleared my IPPT for the first time in my entire life which i thought i could never have made it. My first 2.4 run was super bad. i took 20 mins to run 2.4 and that was probably the slowest one could ever go. I can't do a single pull up, everything seemed to be so touch. Nevertheless i put in effort, managed to get a pass and cleared my SOC.
SISPEC even though it was tough, i enjoyed it the most, as i gained the most in my entire 2 years of army. I realised i can do it if i want to do it, and i had myself convinced by attaining IPPT silver for the very first time. My running improved to 11.11 mins which is still my personal best so far. I know its slow, but if you know how slow i ran for the first time in Tekong, i bet you would be proud of me. I didn't forget my CSM, Master Voon. He was a strict superior but a caring one. It has come a point that even though you don't know that you committed some mistake and yet you got punished, you are still willing to accept any punishment that was given to you. There's this respect in me that i wanna give him, simply because he had been my role model to be a commander ever since. I'm glad i was bed buddy with my tekong bunk mate, Bryan. A petite fellow, but an enjoyable companion.
SI was probably the best place you can go for a trainee. Got computers to use, got food vending machine to buy, got lots of free time to play board game, can order macdonalds, simply life is good in SI. I made lots of good friends there, people like Jaramy, Alvis, Dennis, Shawn, etc.
8SAB i thought was a good place to be, but not as much when you're under my CSM. He's probably the only kind of people that i have met in my entire life, and someone who i will never be proud of. He screwed up his personal life, and also had a tough time in his work life, simply because of his f up attitude. I dont know how to explain this kind of attitude as it's simply rotten to the bone. Asking someone else to do something that is suppose to be his, scolding someone unreasonably, unfair treatment, so on so forth. Nevertheless, i'm glad i'm there as i've made several really good friends, and i'm still in contact with them now. However, at the same time, i've offended people due to my actions. Then, i was a super garang, which also means, i'm super pro active. I always do task given to me well, and do everything swee swee. You can also call me kia si, but it's okay, as long as my conscious is clear. I still must apologise, even though none of them would probably read this. I hope people from the 17 brothers understand why i did what i have done. It's easy to whine and say why don't do this why don't do that, as when the problem arise, you would be the one on the target board, but your superior whose superior has tasked him for some stuff.
2 years just pass like this. And i'm moving forward to my next phrase of life. HSBC, then USYD. I hope when i look back here in a few years time, even though army is a waste of time, i wanna tell myself, yes, I've learnt something in that 2 years.
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