When September ends.

And it's already the last week of September 2011.
Stepping into the third last month of the year,
I had finally graduated as a Third Sergeant on 23rd Sept '11 with my friends,
be it those from Foundation who I finally met after they got posted out,
or those who chiong sua-ed with me for the past three months in Pro Term and in Taiwan.

Officially a Third Sergeant now.

Got posted to 2SIR while most of the rest will be going to BMTC.
Some will be staying as Faculty Team, some got better postings such as admin spec, NCC, and some who are worse will be trainees again as they get posted to recce battalion.
Well this kinda sucks as I am never someone who likes changes.
Especially drastic changes in short period of time.
Not that I cannot adapt, but that I prefer not to do so in a new environment.

Still unknown of what challenges wait ahead of me,
but nothing I can do as we are all required to report to our new camps on Monday.
No choice now, just suck thumb.
That's just another valuable but retarded lesson learnt by many of us in army.

And for the next fourteen months,
somehow I think they will just past by quickly.
Perhaps even faster than the last eight months.
One third through my NS life,
and it's just a year and two months left.
I will just wait and see what can I make out of that fourteen months remaining.
But I just know that by 9 Dec '12, I will be free again and
I be I won't need half as long the time to adapt to life as a civilian again
compared to the time I usually take to adapt to different army life.

Still a long long way to go.
But at least we had come so far already.

Good luck to my friends, for the memories, the friendship, the fun joy laughter and everything you guys had brought to me for the past eight months.
Probably won't have much chances to see any of you from now on, but I believe that we will all do well.

BMT friends are the first we meet in army, and people say that after much training and stuff, the friends you made in the short 9 weeks might just soon be forgotten.
But from BMT to SCS Foundation, I think I might have just come across a few friends who I'll always remember in my heart.

Still a long long way to go.
But I'll try my best to hang in there until the end.









Byeall.

Shingles shinglez.

Haven't blog for more than a week already.
Something more like ever since I fell sick.

Reported sick for the first time last Monday in the morning,
and realized that I'm having shingles,
which most of you probably don't know about it so you can Wikipedia it.
Kinda cool though, didn't even know it existed too
and all the symptoms and stuff in Wikipedia are so accurate hahah.
So I got a 10days MC and went back to pack my stuff.
Tons and tons of stuff to pack since by the time I'm back in camp,
CAT would have started already.
And that would be this Wednesday.
Will only be booking in at night though since the MC last till Wednesday.

So I have just been resting at home literally for the past week.
Like only going out during the weekends.
Can't even go play ball yesterday....
Well hope that we'll still be able to play ball almost every weekend from now on,
since I would've recovered by this weekend.
Some of them are now in Pro Term though,
and after next week I don't even know where I gonna end up yet.
Hopefully Tekong though, that'll be the best place to be to me.

Will get back here the next time.
Seriously nothing much interesting to blog about since I've pretty much spent almost all my time at home.
Finally met up with Chandan and they all for movie yesterday though.
Hopefully will have time to meet up with people I've almost lost contact with,
and also hope for the annual 2r6o6 chalet to miraculously happen this year.







Byeall.

Depends, depends.

Finally the first post of September.

And it's the last book-in of Pro Term, left with only the 32km route march for CSB.
After this week it will be Combined Arms Term and my friends will finally all come back from their respective vocations to share with me their training!
Well the 32km is still a major obstacle to overcome...
considering my own state now.
It might just be the greatest challenge in my life so far.
And my right knee ain't exactly helping me in this situation,
neither is the alienated skin problem around my waist.
It's forcing me to report sick for the first time but well,
as I always said, it's really not worth it to push myself so hard just for these two years, even though I might have already been pushing myself many times until now.

So the past week, or rather the two days of the week had been nothing much.
Can't even remember exactly what did we do for the two days when we booked in.
First is Height Confidence Course at Hendon Camp then nights out,
the only one which allowed me to go home and rest,
then Friday there's just the 4km fast march and nothing else already.
Yet we booked out in late afternoon too.
Almost died for 4km fast march thanks to my knee.
First time so freakin' shag by just walking 4km...

Anyway did nothing much but rested quite a bit until today.
Played ball a little yesterday with Pan and guys.
Haven't done that for quite a long while already.

Today woke up early in the morning just to meet zw at City Hall for lunch.
Ended up waiting for him and then the others for more than an hour plus.
Waste of my time zzzZ.
It was lucky that we didn't need to participate in the AHM like they do though.
Had lunch after kentan and hj both reached and then talk cock a bit,
went to Somerset in hope of taking a look at H&M then realizing the length of the queue is simply not worth it.
Walked around a little before heading home.

Well fortunately there will be transport for me tonight so
I'll still be able to stay home for a lil while more.
Really not feeling good due to my skin though.
Bad time to fall sick too.
Shall just try to continue keep myself fit and healthy.












Byeall.

Goodbye August 2011.

Tomorrow is September.

So fast and it's less than a month to our graduation.
And it's been a long seven months since enlistment.
Thirteen months left.

Finally booking in again today, back to PLC.
Somehow it felt too damn long since the last time we've been there.
Still haven't packed my stuff and get things ready.
Shall try to do them in the next few hours.
After all, I'll already be on the way there in less than six hours' time.

Somehow things seemed to changed quite a bit after we came back.
It's like, we even got a new president.
Well the world is constantly changing every second anyway,
big changes, small changes.

Approximately three more weeks and we'll get everything done and over.
Really really really hope that I'll be able to see the sunny island of Tekong again,
this time as an instructor there to take on the new batches of recruits who I was once like.
Can't say that I'm fine even if I get posted somewhere else though
because then it's once again more changes for me to adapt.
The only thing I can do however is just to pray.
Pray hard.

After all I just want to live an easy life.

Finished reading Shaman King.
Always one of my favourite manga of all time.

Just so glad that we're already halfway through the week,
and two days later we'll be back out again.
Not forgetting the nights out we gonna have tomorrow,
although I might just skip it again.

Finally collected my SGC too.
Went back TJ alone and so didn't do much.
It's been so long since I last stepped into the school though.
Miss my JC life so much, especially after considering my life now.
Just one year ago people were still frantically studying for A levels.
And now all the girls are in uni already,
most of them probably sitting in some lecture theaters as I'm typing here.

Shall get going for now, if not I'm not gonna get things done before tonight.











Byeall.

Back to carry on again.

Back from Taiwan.
Was a much different experience.

And R&R made the trip so much more worth than it orginially was.
Almost totally made me forgot that we had been there for more than two weeks of training before we get to enjoy like a civilian.

And the most proud thing I did was still to watch a movie alone on the last day.
So glad I did it even though it might still come to Singapore some time later.
那些年，我们一起追的女孩,totally worth my money time and effort to watch it before leaving Taiwan.
Damn lucky to have a just nice timing just in time for me to watch too.

Other than that, bought a few other stuff, some food etc back to Singapore.
Should had brought more money though.
Really didn't expect myself to spend this much, even in Taiwan.

Pretty nothing much to say about it already, for those interested you can ask me about it.
Though seriously training was as boring but of course fun stuff happpened too.

Played ball again finally today with the same people, after three long weeks.
Right knee still sorta hurts ever since going to Taiwan.
Well things will work out eventually, hopefully I'll just be able to tank through 32km first.

Will probably be still immersed in this mood of 'everything is over' since it's usually supposed to CAT already after ROC, plus a number of other random factors too.
But I think life will suck once more from Thurs onwards.
Well one last burst in 32km and soon we the 'commanders-to-be' will finally graduate as 3SG.

Will try my best to spend these three days meaningfully to rest and settle other stuff.



Ohh and Happy Birthday, the King of Pop.

Byeall.

Starlight starbright.

"Star Light Star bright,
The first star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight."


Flying off tonight to Taiwan.
For three whole weeks.
And there's nothing else I hope for except these three weeks to be over real soon,
and of course for a safe trip too.
Incidents had been happening way too often recently.
Things can go wrong anytime.

Two weeks since I'be been here.
And won't be here again until at least three weeks later.
Grandslam is finally over.
One major obstacle crossed and now we face another one,
possibly much much tougher than the last one,
before we meet with the last challenge, our 32km long route march.

Navigation will hopefully be fun.
But repeated old and boring fire movements and setting up of defences will not.
Same old thing moved over to whole new environment.
You can come up with dozens of reasons for it but if you're still doing the same thing then it doesn't really matter to me the place, it's still gonna be hell as boring as ever.
Of course it's gonna be tiring but somehow sometimes boredom just tends to kill me more than exhaustion.

Have a safe trip.

Three weeks later, it will just be this close to graduation.
Just this close, just these three weeks.










Byeall.

Tough times don't last, tough men do.

An overused phrase which still hold its meaning.

The past week had been tough too.
I wonder if it's me that's just too weak or what.
Had my com broke down first two weeks ago, which felt so damn long already,
everything gone with my thumbdrive missing somewhere too.
Then booked out Sat morning last week and slept the whole Sat away.
The whole of Saturday.
Morning 9plus to 6pm.
Didn't get to watch Harry Potter due to unforeseen circumstances.
Sorta wasted my Sunday too except for going out with my family.
Didn't do shit at all.
The past few bookouts was practically just resting and doing nothing because my com don't even feel like my com anymore.
Almost got confined just 'cause I was the LPS during standby-area.
Two days of outfield, 12km Route March under hot sun followed by river crossing, and then navex wasn't exactly easy at all.
All in all it was tough physically but tougher mentally.

And then what's worse is that Grandslam is tomorrow.
It's like the real shit's just beginning from here onwards.
Grandslam, Starlight, 32km march.
The last three greatest obstacles between me and the three chevrons.
Really really big obstacles.

And that's why tough times don't last, tough men do.
It's just this week, three more weeks, and two days.
What are these when we've already gone through so much and so far to where we are now.

In the end, we will all still do it.



And enough of army shit.
Finally went out yesterday to our 23/09 class outing.
Been kinda long since the last one, where most of the rest still had hair.
That was just after our POP in April, we weren't even SCTs yet.
And after so long we went to iluma to have ramen for dinner.
Not too bad I guess.
Then went drinking at some nearby place Kenneo brought us to.
Stayed there for quite a while before leaving at almost 12.
Took 12 home with some of the others living in the east.
Long ride home but chatted quite a bit.

Slept quite late but used to it anyway.
Woke up early morning today to play ball.
And ended up there's only five of us, the rest all still sleeping or too tired to come.
It was still fun anyway and good exercise for us.
May not be that good for someone going for field camp tomorrow but anyways it was fun.
Wonder if we still can continue playing like this all the way.
Or perhaps we will just somehow stop and hopefully continue after all of us ORD.
And then there's uni too.
Can't wait for uni when the girls are like getting busier and busier preparing for school again.

Well gonna have lunch and then a good rest.
Probably booking in real early today to prepare for Grandslam and at the same time,
enjoy a little bit of quality time alone with my myself and I in camp.










Byeall.

It all ends here.

Been another two weeks.
Past by just so fast.
And two more it will be August already.

Harry Potter is finally out.
Can't wait to watch it and at the same time can't bear to watch it.


The last two weeks had been tough.
Almost outfield everyday, except for the first three days of the past week,
where we acted as seniors for the newcomers to SCS.

This week would possibly be better except for the fact that we're going to have our navigation test.
At Lower Mandai.
Just gonna hope that everything will be fine.
And Sports Day on Friday.
Other than that there isn't anything much and soon the week will past by again.
Still feel like I'm just seeing time zoom past and away from me.
Guess that's what happens when life's a blur.

Hopefully will be able to catch the movie later on today.
Well but if not, then I'll just see how.
Some way or another, I'll make sure I see it in the theater.

Booking in tonight.
One more week to Ex. Grandslam.

Two more to Ex.Starlight.







Byeall.