Probably everyone are going after what they are interested at.
I have friends who wanted to be,
a captain of a commercial ship,
a saf pilot ( he don't mind saf pay him only $1000 per month),
a civilian pilot,
an air steward,
a naval officer,
an army officer,
a businessman ( setting up his own stores),
a businessman ( taking over his family business),
an engineer,
a chemist,
lots more....
They all know where their dreams lies,
But where is mine?
I still haven't figure out.........
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11 days to POP
Left 16km, 20km, 24km road march, games day, SOC and BAC.......
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We don't need to do great things, but we will do small things in great way
- oc
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Delicious
Green bean and barley = Best combination... Best combat ration dessert... Yum Yum..
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I'm so happy!!
Just come back from clinic..
Probably no need to go for an operation..
Doctors are great!
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Platoon Commander interview
Pc was flipping through the blue booklet.
Pc: " Xing YOU have a big family!.. (surprised)"
xing: " ya! haa"
Pc: "Any family problem? "
xing: " No sir"
Pc wrote in the book, " He had no major family problem."
Pc: " How you find bronco?"
Xing: " Good sir. It is better compared to other coy. haha." (*i'm not lying)
Pc wrote in the book, " He was happy to stay in bronco."
Pc: " So you want to be a commander?"
Xing: " Quite motivated to be one after the talks and things i go through during this one month plus."
Pc: " Preferably ocs?" (*I really cant imagine i'm in ocs. Haha. I'm a blur cock. )
Xing: "No Sir! Anywhere will do."
Pc: " Good. Haa"
Pc wrote in the book, " He was keen to be a commander."
Pc: " How you find your one month plus ns life?"
xing: " ok.. still alrite........."
Pc wrote in the book, " He was positive towards ns life"
(*Here comes the killer move)
Pc: " So you want to sign on? *smiling"
I burst into a big laughter. Pc too was laughing.
The answer was so obvious.
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IPPT, HAND GRENADE & SIT TEST!
22/8: IPPT TEST
I got a sliver! Striking for a gold but my 2.4km cannot hit 9:40.
23/8: Throw hand grenade..
Generally it is like throwing a ball and the ball exploded. However, people (we all) tend to get nervous when they know what they handle is dangerous. After the throw, everyone was like " liew, it's a piece of cake." If given a second chance to throw again, i think everyone will want to go. (EXCEPT ALL THE PLATOON COMMANDERS. THEIR LIFE IS AT RISKS... haha)
24/8: Sit test ( three days outfield )
Sit test was about doing missions.
The worst part was still the rain fall that happens on our second day. Doing a mission halfway then it rain. Went to hide under the man bulit wooden cliff. Rain keep pouring down. The wooden cliff was totally useless. Our sergeant went out of the shelter and say " it is better to stand outside than hiding under the shelter." haa.
After rain, went back to our camp site. Those particpate in the games day were ask to do their training. While i was in the banner team, we were allowed to go to the beach. Actually i have ideas on what to draw on the banner, but i do not know how to draw it out; especially our coy logo, a H**** (Sensitive word). haha. So i give up on giving ideas, i should just help out in creating their desire banner. I think i was the only one that sit on the beach that enjoy viewing the sky, while others were cracking their brain to come up with a nice sketch. It was here that i found out that next time i will like to ............... (in my number 9 do list.. Haha)
Third day evening, went back to company line. ZZZZ
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I WANT TO GO BACK!
I WANT TO GO BACK TO RECLAIM LAND, NOT AS AN ARMY PERSONAL, TO VIEW THE SUNRISE AND SUNSET AGAIN!
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OMG! I SLEPT FOR 14 HOURS....
I wasted one day.....
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Sunday, August 21, 2005
Send me back to where i belong...
Heard alot of stuffs that makes me flinch. When i start to reason with them, they start to laugh at me. They think i should born in the ice age. I think
I think
I think
My life values don't suit in this era.....
Where have the innocence goes?
I don't want
I don't want
I don't want
to change and become like one of them....
But reality is cruel.......
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What's more?
Next week ippt test, sit test and throw live grenade......
Three more weeks to POP!
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Saturday, August 20, 2005
God did not make us equal
We are fortunate to born here.
Look at africa, the hungry continent, thousand were starving. Today strait times features it. Picture of children so skinny that they left only bones. When food is given to them, they vomit as soon as they eat it. So we must try not to waste food!
In additon, whoever think your life is suck or tough till you cannot take it and wanted to die. I suggest you go and take a look at the article. It makes you understand that whatever hardships you suffering now is not as tough as you think. There are others (same as you, a human being) in different part of the world, whom is suffering much worse than you and is struggling for survival. They keep trying their best to live. After reading the article, you will find that what troubles you is not worth dying or worrying. Life is still as beautiful as always.
Count as a blessing to live a day peacefully, not excitingly.
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It's not easy to be me.
Five For Fighting - "Superman (It's Not Easy)"
I can't stand to fly I'm not that naive I'm just out to find The better part of me
I'm more than a bird...I'm more than a plane More than some pretty face beside a train It's not easy to be me
Wish that I could cry Fall upon my knees Find a way to lie About a home I'll never see
It may sound absurd...but don't be naive Even Heroes have the right to bleed I may be disturbed...but won't you conceed Even Heroes have the right to dream It's not easy to be me
Up, up and away...away from me It's all right...You can all sleep sound tonight I'm not crazy...or anything...
I can't stand to fly I'm not that naive Men weren't meant to ride With clouds between their knees
I'm only a man in a silly red sheet Digging for kryptonite on this one way street Only a man in a funny red sheet Looking for special things inside of me
It's not easy to be me.
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Eagerness to explore, Willingness to learn new things
That is me!
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Fate can bring two different people togather, it can also bring these two people away.
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Oc evening
Back from field camp, we had our oc evening. BUFFET. Haa. The food was delicious.
Apart from that, each platoon had to put up a performance. Our platoon performance involved everyone in the whole platoon. Perfomancing different kind of chicken incorporated with dancing. The different chicken are; Normal chicken, Curry chicken, Geylang chicken and Changi chicken. haaa. My section was tasked to do changi chicken. We took out our shirt, use a towel to wrap ourselves like a girl, put camo cream on our eyelash and powder our cheeks. Finally turned ourselves to a g**. haha. The platoon performance was humorous. Everyone was laughing at us.
Marked the end of 17 aug.
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My first field camp without bathing for days
10 aug ( first day): Road March with FBO to reclaim land and bulid our basha tent. Then it came the rain. Almost the whole body of mine is wet. Got mild heat rashes on my shoulder. In addition, my new set of uniform was also wet because when you are in the jungle you will easily perspire. So i had to slp in a wet uniform. Totally frustrated. What a nice way to start field camp!
Reclaim land: We were taught different ways of survival. Our second ic whom is a commando, teaches us addition fighting stances. "Be Flexible , enemy are not dumb". There is another good thing about warrant officers, they had more hands on experiences.
Stay at reclaim land for two days and move off.
13 and 14 Aug: Went to malay school. This is where we had our technical break. We were given 10 min to B*** at the malay school toilet. Hahah.. Envy our company? :-x. After that is the inter platoon and sergeant tug war. The whole technical break boasted up our morale.
15 Aug: Oil Palm plantation. We had our test here.
16 Aug (Craziest): Road march 8km with FBO to rubber tree plantation. Exhausted. Then start our digging of shell scape ( trench). Fortunately, the ground is not hard. It was easy to dig the big hole. Super exhausted. Finally everything, including the fire trench, was done.
BUT
IT RAIN!
When you got a good defend postion, you will never give it up no matter what happen (including raining with thunder, you will stay there. The whole place is flooded to your kneel level, you also will have to stay there)
So the instruction given were to GET BACK TO OUR SHELL SCAPE AS FAST AS WE CAN AND PROWL DOWN. Sergeant screaming here and there to get everyone in prowl postion. Everyone was rushing to put their jacket and ground sheet on while the rain is getting bigger. Water dripping through the ground sheet and my shell scrape become wet. My whole body is full of wet sand. It rain for an unknown period of time.
The impact of rain was disastrous. Everyone was wet and all equipments are full of sand and soil. When i look at the shell scape of those digging behind, i got a shock. Their shell scape is half full of water because of the terrain. Basically all in the while, they were prowling (swimming) in that small swimming pool.
Night fall and we were to sleep in our own shell scape.
17 Aug: Last day of field camp. We were to do our BIC. Leopard crawl and back crawl through obstacles. Afterwhich, march back to company line.
End of field camp.
The most interesting time of the day is powder bath. It was fun. You wear only your underwear and powder yourself and friends' back. Haha. Throwing powder everywhere on your body. The whole area air was full of powder. Powder pollution.
This week is my field camp. I already heard from frens that the whole 7 days will be hell. However, this is where that a boyscout change to a true soldier.
"Field camp is where true soldier are born. If you didn't go for this field camp, you will always remain as a boyscout. " - by oc
Truthfully, i dislike 7 days field camp but
You will never know your limit unless you try to explore it.
May the star bless me.
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Monday, August 08, 2005
Grenade
Grenade drill lecture 1:
" What happen if you throw your grenade and it didn't explode. That is a blind. You will have to wait 1/2 hour in your cover for the grenade to explode. However, if it still didnt explode, you will need to call for a group of specialist to help you do BLOW JOB. This group of people are specialise trained in BLOWING. "
DOTZ!
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My section vision
My section (bunk) vision: Everyone get a silver for ippt.
I got silver for my ippt diagnose! Actually nothing to be proud at as there are alot ppl got sliver too. Anyway i'm happy with myself as i try my best to do something. So all i need is to maintain it or achieve a higher grade when ippt evaluation comes which is in a month time. Thanks to the daily wearisome training we recieve.
"As you all are in the enhanced batch, your fitness is at a higher level, so your training will have to do more than others" - FS
Crazy!!
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Sunday, August 07, 2005
Courage
"Courage is not the absence of fear. Rather it is taking action in spite of fear."
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Area Cleaning
Area cleaning was done every morning. No matter how hard we clean, the place is never free of dust. Maybe because our company is facing the sea, the sea breeze blow all the dust to our bunk. Moreover, if you really want to keep the window very clean, you might need to wipe it every 5-6 hour. The worst part is when there is an area inspection, you find your window full of detergent stain because those staying above hang their clothes without squeezing it dry. ArghZ. In addition, the air in tekong is not as fresh as you may think....
Parade square cleaning. It was a hell shitty stuff. Two platoon was send to clean the parade square. Given only an hour to do so. We have to clean the leaves away and PLUCK THE WEEDS GROWING AROUND THE PARADE SQUARE. Not that i am complaining about why must we pluck the weeds but it is that there are uncountable weeds ( a whole bloody lot..) growing happily around the parade square. Lack of manpower and time. If the whole company (4 platoon) come and clean the parade square, i think we also need a whole day to do it.
Creating a clean environment is never easy.
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Bmt Song
~Training to be soldiers.
~Fight for our land.
~Once in a life, two years of our time.
~Have you ever wondered
~Why must we served
~Because we loved our land
~we want it to be free to be free ya
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Saturday, August 06, 2005
I will never be with you
James Blunt - You're Beautiful My life is brilliant. My love is pure. I saw an angel. Of that I'm sure. She smiled at me on the subway. She was with another man. But I won't lose no sleep on that, 'Cause I've got a plan.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true. I saw you face in a crowded place, And I don't know what to do, 'Cause I'll never be with you.
Yeah, she caught my eye, As we walked on by. She could see from my face that I was, Fucking high, And I don't think that I'll see her again, But we shared a moment that will last till the end.
You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true. I saw you face in a crowded place, And I don't know what to do, 'Cause I'll never be with you. You're beautiful. You're beautiful. You're beautiful, it's true. There must be an angel with a smile on her face, When she thought up that I should be with you. But it's time to face the truth, I will never be with you.
