went for the rehearsals for cdf parade for the first two days of the previous week.. played rugby for the armour formation on wednesday.. won navy at a score of 28-0.. it's really nice getting to play rugby again.. but after the match, there was so much shit.. the navy uncles were kinda violent.. one of them punched my teammate's nose and he was out and sent to the medical centre.. and we still won with 14 men.. =)
my already swollen ear became super swollen like a super buddha ear.. think somebody stepped on my face and it just expanded.. went to see the MO in camp and he refered me to SGH A&E in the afternoon and off i went after i settled all my stuff that i was supposed to do.. when i was on my way to the hospital, it was already going to be 11pm.. so i requested to stay out after the visit and it was approved.. sometimes i wondered if doing things to your best would get you the attention and everybody would take advantage and throw everything to you.. if that's the case, what's the point in doing your best you can?? sometimes i wished i wouldn't do things that well and i will lose my credibility and everybody will not have that high expectations of me and stop throwing all the work for me.. but i know it's too late.. found out from my Platoon sergeant that i am one of the contenders of the next platoon sergeant after he leaves.. now that's bad..
the doctor concluded it to be the abrasion of the helmet with the back of my ear and a cyst was just inside.. he gave me medicine and asked me to come back 2 weeks later so see if it's better.. if not, i would need to cut and drain out the juice via a mini operation.. =/
thanks to everyone for the concern.. after i was back, it was back to rehearsals for the traffic control for the pop parade of the recruits.. i was stationed at yew tee mrt and was supposed to usher the parents, friends and relatives to the pick up point where there are shuttle buses to pick and drop them off at camp..
went to watch 300 on friday.. it's a dam nice show.. PREPARE FOR GLORY!! the 300 men were courageous and had no fear in them.. all they wanted to do was to defend their land and eradicate their enemies..
sometimes i was reminded of the rugby matches played when i watch this show.. about going all out and no fear and stuffs.. there was supposed to be another crucial match next week against the combat engineers but i doubt i can play.. but this rugby in charge guy insisted i should play and the ear can be covered so it's okay.. i know they are short of players and they need the numbers so they insisted me to play.. i was thinking if it were my old team mates, i wondered if they would want me to play.. like what mr jm said, would you rather be a smart coward or a stupid hero?? what he said makes sense and i think i can't play as i got MC for swollen eye.. must be some infection sustained during the match last week.. =/
through the rehearsals, the traffic control of the pop parade was a success.. witnessed the pop parade of the recruits.. the throwing and flinging of their jockey caps just reminded me of my recruit's times.. those were the most memorable times of the army life, some might say and i totally agree with it..
8 months ago..
present..
it's been 8 going to be 9 months since i enlisted.. time passes kinda fast and slow at different times.. have i changed?? perhaps.. for the better or worse?? i don't know.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
this week on the contrary was more eventful.. there was this company retreat and everyone in the company went to the chalet on monday and had fun.. the chalet was on til tuesday.. played mahjong til 3am.. i didn't know how to play but i still won 14 bucks nevertheless.. beginner's luck i guess..
tuesday was time to go home and return to camp at night.. but my encik had an important task for me.. he chose me and another friend of mine to escort someone to detention barracks.. if you didn't know what's detention barracks, it's like an equivalent of a military jail in contrast to civilian jail.. you;ll get a criminal record in your database.. the feeling was not good to send somebody there..
was familiar with the procedures to be done as well.. my other friends said next time if somebody were to go there again, i would be chosen to be the escort IC again.. you need to sign the form to prove that you're responsible for the accused.. if he were to escape, then the IC would take the sentence in place of the accused.. fortunately nothing much happened.. saw one of my tekong platoon mates at tengah as i needed to bring the guy to see the doctor..
just hope that when he comes out, he'll be a better person and as well as learn this hard lesson..
other than that, the week was just spent rehearsing for the initiation.. it's like we have to do a siong activity whereby the battalion will welcome us and give us our black beret.. it was started with a 8km run, change parade of 5 minutes from PT kit to Long 4 plus sbo and camouflaging of the face.. fortunately all of us did it within 4 min 51 sec.. if not we'll have to change back to pt again and change within the timespan of 5 min..
after the run and change, we'll have to carry our fake mortar bomb that weighs more than 12kg to clear the obstacles in the standard obstacle course.. it was kinda cool and challenging.. 4 bombs were shared amongst us and we finished it in the end..
then we have to do the stuff we specialise in.. the mortar drill with the bombs we've carried in our caterpillar car.. it was a success and there wasn't any hiccups.. shall post some pics when they're ready.. the black beret was worth the trouble of getting..
went to shumin's birthday on thursday.. actually it was also jaryl's and bernard's birthday as well.. haha.. so many peeps born on this date.. fortunately, nights off on tues and thurs for everyone so i managed to go.. glad to see all the sec school peeps again.. good to see everybody's doing great and well.. hope to see them soon again.. =D
Sunday, March 04, 2007
nothing much happened nowadays.. a bit bland after settling for about a month in this new battalion.. not a bad place.. gotten used to the place.. met up with the rugby peeps this weekend.. glad to see all of them again.. some are already in the army just like me, while some are just awaiting enlistment.. talked about the good old days.. it was great and not mentioning funny..
i seemed to be used to being a bo chup person.. not that i don't do my field of work.. i still fulfil the tasks that ranges in my responsibility but it's just that other than this i don't seem to care about stuff.. you can give me the wrong order of food, i'll be able to accept it.. i'll wear anything i want and i don't bother what others think.. and i seem to just fall asleep whenever i get a chance..
Now that's BAD.
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