Saturday, March 19


Today is sat. My block leave is ending tmr...these 2 weeks have been rather well-spent although there wasn't enough time for me to do all that I wanted to do...being through quite a bit experiences during this period and has gained and learned pretty much from them...

Got to know mel much better during this block...I've met up with him on more than half of the days of my block leave...I wonder whether he got sick of seeing me so often..haha..its quite strange cause our friendship sort of grew towards the end of bmt and esp after bmt...dun rmb talking much to him initially during bmt...only know he always call my name whenever I walked past him esp along the corridors..haha..but I knew this guy genuinely care for his platoon mates...I rmb the time I vomited, he was the first one to extend a helping hand although he didn’t really know me...and the encouragement he gave during our 8 km route march...the first proper conversation I had with him was during the second might of sit test...just happened that our tents were next to each other and our buddies were apparently missing so we ended up chatting...its strange but we managed to chat for an hour although this was the first time...seriously, you’ll get to really know someone when you're out of camp cause that’s when we can do our own stuff...that's why through the few days with mel, I really got to know a lot more abt mel..as I've always mentioned, he's someone who is quite diff from the usu friends I've met...it's a diff feeling going out with him and other friends but I do enjoy the different experience...

It sad that now the whole platoon is going their own separate ways...didn't have a chance to meet up with other platoon mates and get to know them better...other than mel, I've only met gan hong, han sheng, yee shen and yi en during this block leave..i wld say I enjoy going with diff grps of friends each time...when everyone go their separate ways, we wld meet new friends and may even build stronger bonds with them through the longer period of time spent with them, but I do hope that the initial experiences and memories that we share during bmt and the friendships that we've build from bmt will stay with us...

jel; 1:06 pm