Sunday, February 27
haha...finished our SIT test liao...i think our company enjoyed the best SIT test in the whole company,,,we have 3 fresh ration meals, get to sleep in training shed at night instead of our tents and the entire day was just slack...rmb i slept a long during the entire SIT test...but the SIT test itself was quite sian...always similar situations, doing similar stuff...nothing exciting....and some pple are juz quite fake, trying to show off and such...but those are none of my concern...today at church it was a another new experience...something valuable, something which relates to me and its really something which i can feel for....i really look forward to each experience...went to suntec after that...really enjoyed every single moment..from the lunch to the shopping and everything abt it...thanks for the companionship...going to enjoy some valuable family moment...and i dun want to rush through my book in today.....next week is a level results...hope it'll be alright and i'll be looking forward towards seeing my classmates and teachers..
jel; 4:20 pm
Monday, February 21
i'm back from field camp! haha..i'm so glad i've survived through the entire 7 days...felt lk a garang soldier now...haha...at least i didn't book out for interviews and got to return to company line for some survey..which means that i had no contact with any civilian stuff lk bathing or using a proper toilet.....but seriously, it wasn't that difficult to survive throught the field camp cause its really pretty slack...its only at some points of time u need to endure a bit and the rest of the time its pretty much ok...i rmb there times i felt i was going through a holiday camp..there were lots of free time and we pretty much enjoyed ourselves...our instructors were pretty much very lenient and there wasn't really much punishments given......seriously, this doesn't sound lk a bmtc field camp but i'm telling the truth...there was a half-day technical break where we had all the time to ourselves to do what we want...and our section spent the time sitting on the grd chatting with our saection commander..it was a great bonding session for our section mates as well as with sergeant nicholas...
i thought he really lked us a lot although he kept saying we were disappointing..actually we also lked him alot..he is the best sergeant and we must really count our blessings that we have him as our section's commander...he doesn't scold us with a stern look or get us a hard time...and we could really relate to him...maybe its because he's one or two months older than most of us...he's really the nicest sergeant in our platoon..but we must ensure we dun take his kindness for granted...the more he gives us a gd time, the more we shld perform up to his expections...i'm really glad that at the last day of field camp, our section didn't disappoint him...our fire trench turned out to be the best in the entire company and every one including him earned a half-day off...we are very proud of our achievements and i'm sure he's proud of us...at least we put back much pride back in him cause for the past few days, he has been chipped by our ps and pc for our substandard performances....btw, sergeant nicholas also helped out in digging our fire trench while we have our dinner on sat...have anyone seen a sergeant willing to put aside his rank and help his section to dig? its very rare and i'm really impressed...
another than getting to appreciate our sergeant and knowing him better, there were times where i really thankful abt the stuff that happened...there were sources of motivation and strength which also assisted me throughout the entire field camp and i'm really glad everything went well...it really glad to know someone is beside you guiding you with your actions and ensuring everything is safe and sound...lk when i felt drowsy from my medication during route march, when david lost his washer and even when everyone thought we almost couldn't get to book out...i'm gladful everything went smoothly and thing were fine..the next event coming up will be the sit test...
jel; 10:26 am
Saturday, February 12
Welcome to A New Lifei feel so much alive now....some things have changed and i'm very glad i made the right decision today...come to think of it, today there were a lot of other distractions but i'm glad everything turned out smoothly...i dun know how i was strong enough to make that decision but maybe it was just the will...come to think of it, a lot of stuff just fell into place prior to this...guess everything is fated...i can still rmb that time joseph was talking abt finding someone whom he can talk to and although i didn't say it but i was looking for someone to guide me along and i think its really God's will that we got to know each other...i guess he managed to gain my trust and confidence...now everything else seemed unimportant to me...everything else put aside...the only thing on my mind is to build on this relationship.....something which i have to start from scratch and to work on...i really feel very well-protected now...knowing someone is there beside you..
jel; 9:53 pm
Friday, February 11
Went to candice's hs today...3 weeks since the five of us last met up...played a bit of mahjong, card games and board game....actually wanted to go back nj today but it was half day today...so it was too late by the time we wanted to go back..shld have planned to go back in the morning...so wasted...went to town later and shopped ard for alwyn's stuff...went to breeks for dinner..was the girls' treat cause they juz got their pay...really envy them cause they get to earn money during this period...too bad alwyn cannot join us...always somehow one person will be missing...anw, walked all the way to river hongbao...I seriously think the path from orchard to esplanade has become our favourite walking path..haha..did some 'drills' along the way...damn hilarious..river hongbao is the same every yr and I always do the same stuff over there...read the horoscope for ox and throw coins at the wishing well...those are lk some things which I've been doing yearly since I was a child...
Tmr going out with my section mates...wonder how its going to turn out...
jel; 11:24 pm
Wednesday, February 9
Happy Chinese New Year Everyone!
have being waiting for this day for so damn long cause it'll be a long holiday break for us..only booking in on sun...u can't believe how happy i was on tue when we were booking out...i was so excited....
watched the fireworks at marina bay..i wld agree its much better than last yr....felt that a lot of the stuff that i did this yr were similar to last yr's...generally visited the same few houses, did the same stuff but one thing's certainly different--the memories held....i recalled the things that happened last yr and it really striked me how one yr had juz past by..definitely a lot of stuff had happened throughout the yr and i can't help but think abt the stuff that happened during last yr's cny...
although i dun feel it, but pple had commented i had matured a lot..maybe its because of ns, they say..i dun know..but i definitely felt older this yr...army life has become a routine now for me...i wld definitely say this experience has being very enriching for me...its really a time we put aside our books and go through things we can't find do elsewhere...i rmb gan hong mentioned abt our female counterparts getting to upgrade themselves or earn money outside while we're stuck here...but i do feel we gain more valuable lessons here in btmc...many occasions, i find myself facing challenges and overcoming them..pushing myself more with each challenge..the satisfaction from each improvement really boosts my morale...oh, and i really lk my section mates and platoon mates...although there are a few not so pleasant pple, but with the rest of them, i find myself getting along better with them with each passing day...its really feels kinda cosy when u juz talk crap with a big grp of pple...i really do hope we get united as a platoon....
there's actually a lot to talk abt army life...a lot of things to be shared..but i can't possibly type everything out...maybe i can't share a bit each time...
jel; 11:08 pm
