"this is home, truly..."
yepp that's a part the song. everyone in the ferry was singing it as we draw closer to the SAF ferry terminal 2 days ago. there's no place on earth like home. really.
oh wells no much time alrdy so i'll stop being emo-ishly homesick hahaha. first 2 weeks of BMT was surprisingly enjoyable. seriously. i had good food, good accomodation, good companions, good sergeants, good officers. but good things dun last lah. the commanders were only nice for that 2 weeks, so they told us. bcos they cannot punish us during our "period of adjustment".
2 weeks was very long. everyday me and my buddy sat at the lecture room or on our bed and waited for the moment when we can cross out one more day on our calender. initially, it was so tough for me lah. emotionally and physically. i nvr felt so homesick before. and never once was my muscles strained to such extent. to the extent that i cannot bathe without pain. the first few days is horrible. couldnt keep in pace with the trainings, which aint very hiong at all, and had no friends yet. the feeling's like stranded on an island alone. so hard to cope.
but as days passed things got better. my bunkmates are very nice people! tho they always suan me but i dun mind lah. CSM told us that suaning each other is part and parcel of army life. bcos thru suaning, we actually get to know each other better? that's his theory, which i think was quite true. and talking about our CSM, he is really very funny guy. i've heard stories of CSM being very strict and all but my CSM is very nice outside foot drills training. well, he knows when to be strict and when not to.
there isnt much about army life anyway. nothing much to update and nothing much happened anyway. everyday follows the same old schedule: 0530 revellie, 0545 5BX + run, 0615 breakfast, 0700~1230 trainings, 1230 lunch, 1300~1730 trainings again, 1730 dinner, 2100 RO, 2200 lights out. hahaha. the only free time is from 2130 to 2230. but they always drag. and it's because we are always taking our own sweet time and not on the ball. i just want more admin time lah. dun even have time to wash my clothes lah. that's why i wore 1 set of long 4 for the past 2 weeks and my admin and pt shirts at least 7days each. pt shorts i wear one for the whole 2 weeks lah bcos i couldnt change the size of the pt shorts issued and my friend only loaned me 1 pair. so...dunno. at least i learnt to not mind being dirty and smelling terrible. i think this skill will become a valuable asset when i go field camp. which is...3weeks later? 17th feb if im not wrong. hahaha.
alrights i really have no time to type anymore. time to pack my bag and iron my uniform! 6days more to book out again wheeeee! btw, my next book out is saturday afternoon. so sad right? oh wells..
yepp that's a part the song. everyone in the ferry was singing it as we draw closer to the SAF ferry terminal 2 days ago. there's no place on earth like home. really.
oh wells no much time alrdy so i'll stop being emo-ishly homesick hahaha. first 2 weeks of BMT was surprisingly enjoyable. seriously. i had good food, good accomodation, good companions, good sergeants, good officers. but good things dun last lah. the commanders were only nice for that 2 weeks, so they told us. bcos they cannot punish us during our "period of adjustment".
2 weeks was very long. everyday me and my buddy sat at the lecture room or on our bed and waited for the moment when we can cross out one more day on our calender. initially, it was so tough for me lah. emotionally and physically. i nvr felt so homesick before. and never once was my muscles strained to such extent. to the extent that i cannot bathe without pain. the first few days is horrible. couldnt keep in pace with the trainings, which aint very hiong at all, and had no friends yet. the feeling's like stranded on an island alone. so hard to cope.
but as days passed things got better. my bunkmates are very nice people! tho they always suan me but i dun mind lah. CSM told us that suaning each other is part and parcel of army life. bcos thru suaning, we actually get to know each other better? that's his theory, which i think was quite true. and talking about our CSM, he is really very funny guy. i've heard stories of CSM being very strict and all but my CSM is very nice outside foot drills training. well, he knows when to be strict and when not to.
there isnt much about army life anyway. nothing much to update and nothing much happened anyway. everyday follows the same old schedule: 0530 revellie, 0545 5BX + run, 0615 breakfast, 0700~1230 trainings, 1230 lunch, 1300~1730 trainings again, 1730 dinner, 2100 RO, 2200 lights out. hahaha. the only free time is from 2130 to 2230. but they always drag. and it's because we are always taking our own sweet time and not on the ball. i just want more admin time lah. dun even have time to wash my clothes lah. that's why i wore 1 set of long 4 for the past 2 weeks and my admin and pt shirts at least 7days each. pt shorts i wear one for the whole 2 weeks lah bcos i couldnt change the size of the pt shorts issued and my friend only loaned me 1 pair. so...dunno. at least i learnt to not mind being dirty and smelling terrible. i think this skill will become a valuable asset when i go field camp. which is...3weeks later? 17th feb if im not wrong. hahaha.
alrights i really have no time to type anymore. time to pack my bag and iron my uniform! 6days more to book out again wheeeee! btw, my next book out is saturday afternoon. so sad right? oh wells..
posted by Jiahao4 | 11:03 AM
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