Resolutions of Life

Hello people, it's me again. ...in case you have no idea, which you probably won't, this is my 100th post since the start of this blog in 2008. Unfortunately, i chose to do this post in a boring day with no particular events or what-so-ever, so i'd think this is a short post. ...not if i try to talk some random crap. --- Well, with our POC over, meaning we no longer need to book-in on sundays anymore, so i have to admit that today (Or yesterday, as it turns to be a few minutes ago) is a little weird and out of place. I guess i've gotten used to NS life already. What i miss are the people around me, recruits and commanders alike. ...but it would seem that these worries are unneccessary as i'm meeting them tomorrow to collect the company T-shirts. I plan to go and after the collection, perhaps have lunch or even dinner with the crew. My relatives said that i've changed after BMT. They said that i'm more open towards others and i'm more sincere with them du...

Well, i wanted to do this before the day ends, so here i am. Hello everyone. I'm back from the last book-out of my BMT. I think i should take this slowly...day to day. --- Day 1; 24th May, Monday Well, the worst thing of the day really, is the fact that Jia Wei is the Platoon I/C for breakfast. Now, in case i haven't said anything about him (Which i think i did not), he is...abnormal. A person with who closed himself from others, he tries to shift responsibilities away from him. He's famous in the company for his ability to talk to insects (Which is a little dubious) and cosplaying. You did not read wrong. Anyway, proceeding with his mistakes, he can't remember how to shout commands or to shout them loud enough for the platoon to hear. In the end everyone was punished in one way or the other. Marching on the spot, a drill that easily tires you. Went ahead and did de-kitting as our first period. Spray paint the tent pegs and shovel blades and left them out to dry for a r...

Hello everyone, i'm back from another book-out, albeit a little late this time. I've gotten myself a RT...or remedial training. The reason being is that i stayed at home because of some neural infection...on Monday and Tuesday. I reported sick on Sunday and i felt like crap. Seriously. I couldn't even stand up and walk by myself. My father had to support me on our way to the clinic. I thought it's just fever, but the doctor said it's something much more serious...to the extent that, if i feel dizzy again, 'rush him to the A & E' the doctor said. Anyway, i'm pretty much all recovered, maybe with just a little bit of cough but i'll survive that. Let's get on with the topic. --- Day 1 - 18th May; Tuesday This day starts at night, because the company COS said to book in one evening, so i had to take the train from EW27 Boon Lay all the way to EW1 Pasir Ris. A 2 station train ride lasting 1 hour and several minutes. Then my dad ferry me to the Fer...

Another Sunday, another book-in day, but this week is a little special. It's the last week with any important events. This week...is Live Range week. ...but let's talk a little about last week. ...about the Individual Marksman Training...or the IMT as we call it. IMT is harder than i thought. At the end of it, i was perspiring like hell and to make things worse, we're firing virtual targets at a wall in an air-conditioned environment. In live range, it's going to be in a grassy environment under the hot sun, and the range is really gonna be 100m away as compared to the simulated 100m when you're really looking at a wall not 5m away. The difference in this is you're gonna have difficulty seeing your laser sight at night. My shoot had a good beginning and ending, with a really bad in-between. My zeroing was near perfect, as some of the others put it. All my shots are closely packed. I thought that i had the marksman in my bag already. Then comes a myriad of proble...

Sunday. It means that i need to go back already. Frankly speaking, these few days of rest did not exactly make me feel better. In fact, i've felt better. My sense of taste is still nowhere to be found, and my fever comes and goes as it likes. Flem in my throat, i expel them with my nose because i can't cough them out. Somehow, no matter how much i expel, it just keeps refilling. I think i'm going to report sick again when back in camp...sooner or later. --- On side note, i just realised that you cannot take too much Strepsils in a period of time. I just noticed the instructions on the box...One every 2-3 hours. Could this be the cause of my loss of taste? I have no idea. Anyway, need to pack, so see you next friday.

Second post of the day. When this happens, it's normally because i'm really bored, or because it's something important...anyway, read on. --- Chocolate milk. Soy Bean milk. Rice Dumplings. Apple. Mixed Vegetable rice. Almond Drink. Lemon drink. Pork Porridge with roasted duck. This is about everything i ate today (Yes, in order), that doesn't have a taste. People, i think i've lost my sense of taste. I've no idea how it happen, neither can i tell how severe this is. The only thing i can taste was BBQ buns, the first thing i ate this morning, as well as my Lemon & Honey Strepsils lozenges. I tried having a teaspoon of soy sauce, and all i can taste is some degree of sourness. I have no clue how this happened, but i can assume that my fever had something to do with it. Although it did dropped to 38.1 degrees on my last measuring, it's still fever. It's funny how some people still think coughing is a more severe ailment, compared to losing your senses. ...

Hello people, back again from camp. It's a hectic week, since it's Field Camp week. I'd be lying if i said that it's all fun and no grilling. In fact, i think it's more of tortures than enjoying it. So bad, i got fever at high 39.4 degrees, and was sent home to rest yesterday right after field camp ended. Even as i'm typing this, after a night of rest and sleep, i still feel groggy and light-headed (I mean, come on, i using a lot of wrong words and phrases here and there), but i'll try to finish it now. --- Day 1; Monday 3rd May We're preparing for field camp on Tuesday, so there's a lot of packing to be done. There are 7 packs of items as well as some store items like a shovel to dig and stuff like that. It was also the day when we have our firepower demonstration. Let's just skip to the demonstration. Firstly, we went to the multi-purpose hall to gain knowledge about the different kinds of guns. Not surprisingly, presenters emphasized on the po...

Alright guys, it's already the day for me to book-in. I think i've enjoyed myself these past few days, with Wei Jun and his Wii and all those dinners and stuff. --- With today, it's the end of the 3rd week of 7 weeks of my BMT. Time passes amazingly fast when you're not noticing or counting. I guess soon, it'll be 27th of May already. That's in less than 4 weeks time, in fact. In my opinion, this week is probably the most physically and mentally grilling week because of the field camp. For PES C people we got only a 3 day field camp, but it's still 3 days in full attire and that's some heavy package. Our superiors had already warned us that during the camp people can lose their temper very easily. I just hoped that everyone, not just me, in my section or even the platoon can stay cool in the heads all the way till the end. Anyway, i still look forward to the things we can learn and all those stuff we can use. Heard from Wei Jun we'll be firing blanks...