SISPEC Golf Coy Platoon 3, Section 2, Bed 1...

Well... back from a week of not very xiong training... pratically whole week of lectures and stuffs...
And yar.... in Golf Comapany.... met alot of familiar people... in my platoon alone got a total of 6 from my previous Hawk platoon... 3 in my bunk(including me).. 3 in Section 1... not bad lar..
Got quite alot of peopel from Hawk too... so basically can fit in quite quickly....

And well... now i am the section IC liao... and i was the Section commander from Friday to Saturday(they started with all the first beds).... not bad leh... get to wear the Sergeant rank... quite cool....
But actually also do nothing much one... fall in that time stand in front.... then just get the section to fall in in time and stuffs like that....

Not much physical training for the whole week... just some 5 BX every morning unless there is rain ( and this week it rained quite alot... so not much 5BX also...)
And also ran a 4km run....
And well... the morning before the book out...we did SOC... but without the first run down... only the obstalces and the last part.... we did twice... first in SBO... the second time with rifle only....
And i am happy to say... i cleared all the obstacles (including low rope) successfully... and ran all the way for the last part...
But actually this is expected also... i didn't have much problem with SOC... just the timing only... and that time the SOC test at BMTC i cock up abit... but that's all...

Oh yar... forgot to say some special stuffs about my company... In Golf company... we got 2 female trainees... both regular... older than us by 3 years... and both in my platoon, section 1....
So.. in a way... we got abit more of motivation than other companies... adn our platoon also not that xiong.. due to consideration for the girls....
But seriously... i respect them... one fo them became a regular to support her family... go through all the hell for her family.. really respect that....
And well... we also got 2 female instructor... a tomboy and a malay.... the malay one quite good looking leh.... haha...^_^
So.. yar... we got more motivation in a sense....

And for my classmates... DJ and John also in SISPEC.... and that lucky John.... got into Delta... he from BMT slack until SISPEC... wa cow.... BMT that time he in Scorpion.. then now come to Delta... both are bloody welfare companies.... really turtle man....
He gets canteen breaks like we go for meals like that... everyday....
And Mr DJ.... good luck.... haha... he in Foxtrot... the company that is linked to mine.... but was one of the xiongest comapny around....
Btw.. Golf was something like my BMTC Hawk coy.... not very xiong.. but also not very welfare that time....
And everytime saw him.. he will be complaining about how he and his mates are so afraid everytime... because you can be screwed anytime... anywhere.....
So well... all i can say.. good luck... and pray hard by 6th week you can cross-over.... haha...

Well... honestly... i am also aiming for cross-over to OCS... but i doubt i can get in over by the 6th week.... so i guess i have to tr y to get it during ASLC... if i can get to it..... my PC say have to get IPPT Gold.. or else he won't consider it....
Basket.... i think my PC got somethign against me man... on the first day we did a short run.. then after that went to do pull-up.. and i manage only 5... then he and me section commander sort of condemm me liao...everytime see me is ask me to go pull up... then my PC even highlighted me specially during one of the platoon lectures... highlighted my pull-up.... damm basket.... what say i what from Start of BMT to IPPT that time only improve from 3 to 6 lar... and sort of compared me to another guy who kena OOC on the first day... because he failed his IPPT... then say what that guy can do pull-up one lar... it's only his SBJ....

The way he say it... i really feel that he condemms me.. and i think he feels that that guy who kena OOC one should have stayed instead of me...
Damm basket.... 2WO big arh? you think i like to stay arh??? Not happy send me to OCS lar~~~

Anyway... i was quite challenged by that... and i am going to prove him wrong... so i almost everyday train... everytime go pas tthe pull-up bar i will pull some.... and the last time there was a pull-up session... i managed 8... and i am going to push for more....

But i guess i was really lucky.. of all there stupid stuffs... we have a very good motivator.... our PWO ( or platoon Sergeants in BMT terms)... 1st Sergeant Richard Morgan.... and i must say he is one of the best motivator man... always crack lame jokes... and say lame stuffs... it really lifts our spirits....
And thaks to him... i am now well- known by my platoon mates as "Zhong Kui"..... thanks arh.... but hey.. i don't mind that... quite cool... haha....

And thanks to him... i think i am going to enjoy my stay at Golf Coy... something which he encouraged us to do... enjoy the course....

But sometimes... i guess i don't mind being a Sergeant also... i mean if really cannot cross-over.. then never mind lor... jsut do my best as a Sergeant then... i guess sometimes life is like that.... you cannot have everything you want( not that i got much anyway......)

This 2 days... did nothing much... jsut stayed at home to rest.. and prepare my stuffs... alter going out to get some supplies... didn't go out with the Senghou gang because of my late bookout time yesterday... and different interest this morning... i don't like playing soccer that much...
But it doesn't matter... i was quite tired also.... so can sleep late....

Later got to reach Pasir ris at 2130... so also can't do much le... just rest lor....
Got to go settle my stuffs le... see ya next week ( if i don't kena extras or guard-duty of COS...)

No more slacking le....

Well... reporting back to Tekong tomorrow.... SISPEC.... got inside source informing me that i am in Golf.... heard it's quite a good company.... well.. see how ba...

Going SISPEC wasn't exactly what i intended... but i guess it's better than being a MAN at units... but after hearing that everyone who asked me where i went were in SISPEC too.... i can only conclude that going OCS is really not easy... but dono where my company best went... lazy to ask...

Well... at least i still got a chance for cross-over to OCS.... and i am going to work on that~~~~
In a way... i guess being comissioned is really better than a non-comissioned soldier....

But got to admit... i desire to go OCS is quite alot because of the honour.... i have this character in me... i always wanted to be different.... so actually i don't mind going into guards or commando... because they are different.... but since now should be comfined to infantry... then go for the top honour... OCS....
Well... see how .... got set alof of targets before.... not much seem to have succeed.... but i guess i won't give up.... i am a never-give up man~~~

I guess i succeed in being different in one thing.... i didn't get into the 3 main-stream university~~~ different from my VS friends..... (Ha.....Ha.... trying to console myself here...)

Speaking of which.... i serioously think i made a mistake in my university application.... i received rejection letter from NTU and NUS for university application for academic year 2005-2006...
Is this suppose to be correct? Because i remembered for NUS.. i forgot to put my enlistment date... for NTU i didn't put the ORD date.... so i was wondering... could my rejection be because of the wrong year of application?
But i suppose it doesn't affect that much.... does it?
But if it is really due to that... then i think i sort of wasted my chance....
Aiya.... think also not much choice liao... try again next year ba.... got a tiny hope.... NTU haven't reject my appeal yet....

Actually... in a way... i realised i haven't been that slacked for the whole of my block leave.... because i practically went out everyday.... and i didn't really have one full day spent at home to properly rest and really slack.... so today was the chosen day for it....

And as a result.... pang seh WK and gang for Kbox.... and seriously.... i was abit tired... and i still have stuffs that i haven't packed.... so i seriously want this day to be free for me to do my stuffs..... and so... well... sorry about that man....

And as to why i was tired today.... the answer is simple.... i spent hours yesterday night clearing up.... thanks to the 3 not very helpful bums.....

And what happened yesterday?

Went to play basketball in the morning with WK,KL,JK and YS.... played among ourselves...
My performance was quite average... didn't perform very well... but also not very bad....

Then after that just suddenly decide to have steamboat at my house (my suggestion..)... since the last minute Marina bay thingy with my classmates didn't work out... because as mentioned... it's last minute.... i only started telling them on Friday night...
So.. well... got a last minute one with the SRJCVSNPCC gang...

Think maybe because always go out with them also last minute one... sometimes like 2 hours before then say one... so thought also use the same method for my classmates... but well... don't work... haha....

And so... bought too much food for the steamboat session.... and as KL would keep proclaiming " i told them already... buy too much food liao don't believe~~~"....
Well... when buying the food.. basically i was just keeping mum.... i let them decide... haha... but i did too thought there was too much food....
And WK dono why always come my house for steamboat is off-form one... maybe army did something to his stomach....
And well.. YS didn't come.. he went for his Marina Bay sesisons with his camp people... and thus... the extra food was given out to them when they went home... i kept abit...
Actually... i came to realise that maybe shouldn't have given WK teh harsh browns... because my brother likes harsh browns... so can let him eat.... should have given him the bacons... haha...
Oh well.. too late for that....

Think don't want to blog too long le... so sleep liao... tomorrow have to wake up early... to start my life as a trainee again....

So.... ta da.... Saturday then see can blog or not.....

In the Eastern part of Singapore,
There's a place where we belong to....
Where we train to be a Specialist.....
That is SISPEC~~~

Arrgghhhh......

Arrggghhh... no.... WTH..... not Tekong again!!!!!

Slacking.....

So far... been slacking throughout my block leave.... no training... no nothing..... even too slack to blog... and well... as a result... put on some weight.... diao~~~

Doing nothing much for the past few days... except go shopping with my parents... and packing my army stuffs... and basically.... lazing around.... feeling so very slacked...
Went out a few times with friends too... but mainly my SRJCVSNPCC gang and my section.....

Last Sunday.... went out with LKL,TYS and TWK.... went for K box... then played abit of pool... Then after that plaed basketball with TWK and LKL.... we didn't have much people that day... because some still in camp.. or went overseas....
Played the matched quite ok.... jsut that my strength wasn't there... because i just recovered from my illness... not in the fittest form... but still manage to shoot some nice jump shots... satisfied le...
And well.. met one whom i would considered as one of the best basketball player i have seen so far.... he really moves like the wind.... Woosh..... chop...... and his finishing can be very patternful... some more he jumps very high..... think he plays even better than De Jian..... Ooops~~~ oh well.... one mountain still got another mountain higher....

Then this Tuesday.... went to meet TWK to collect our A level certificate at SRJC... and after that we went to Parkway play pool.... long time never play there le... but the palce never fails to give me a better form then whatever other place i play... think it's the environment... good table.. nice music.... competition white balls.... cool~~~

Raced to 16 with TWK in 9 balls... and the final score.... 13- 16... to me~~~~

But seriously... would say that it's because his luck not very good... snooped him aciidentally alot of times.... plus i got quite alot of tyco shots... some involving the "9" ball....
i would say i was quite lucky too... played towards the end and was abit tired le... so the form dropped alot... but i guess TWK's bad luck still brought him down....
Oh well... it's just a game... don't get too affected by it, ok? (WK was qutie sad after the lost....)

After that went to join half of my section for a stayover at one of the section mate's house... who lived so near to SRJC... went to Chomp Chomp to eat dinner... then later go his house play Xbox... while the rest gathered at the computer to look at photos... friendster and dono what .... and they actually found out that a girl that one of our section mates like is the girlfriend of one of our platoon mates.... haha.... this one is really suai man....
I also didn't played much... quite tired... so slept early...

The next day... we went for breakfast together... then went to chiong lan... CS.... and i got the top frag for the ice world map.... (if i didn't remember wrongly on the map name...)
83 leh.... the next closest was around 50... haha.... guessed i went abit crazy in that map.... chiong all the way with a para.... just kill whatever i see~~~~
Good way to destress huh~~~
Spent 2 hours playing... then after that we went home le....

At this point... LKL called me to ask want to play pool or not.... but because i was abit tired... plus the day before just spent $11.50 on the pool session with TWK.... don't feel like playing so soon....moreover WK only want to play if it is at Hou gang... which i don't want.... so in the end got to reject him... and the very sad KL went home sadly after OJK deserted him to watch movie with his cousins.... or was it the other way round?
Sorry dude.... spent too much moeny le... weekend then play again lar....

And so... finally... today... went for my NE tour in the morning... and the whole Hawk Company basically gathered outside White Sands there.... like some more of illegal gathering.... reached there on time ... but dono why got to wait for another 45 minutes or so before we finally set off....
Visited the Changi Chapel and museum... the monster gun... then the NEWater plant at Bedok one....
All in all... it's quite interesting.... just that the guide talk abit too much... it's like every minute he will be talking... including the joruney to and from our destination.... think he trying to enrich us to the maximum... but i guess everyone is not really interested.... even i am just faking to listen.... listen abit... stone abit.... oh well.... NE tour... what do you expect???

After that... went back to Whitesands to eat at Macdonald... and after that went to play World Combat with my 2 section mates...
Even though so long never play le... i was still the longest lasting... and of course the most powerful player among them.... We all spent $2 each.... but one of them spent the $2 at the first game.... while the other spent at 2 games.... same as me... but i lasted the longest throughout... so in a way.... it's more worth it for me~~~
But still.. died at the 3rd last stage... bacause no one to let me gain life as a leader le...

After that... went shopping around for VCDs... bought 2 VCD...Cassherin and some dono what disc... on offer.... both japanese VCDs.... block leave too bored le... so got some VCDs to watch...
Then after that my parents came to fetch me for dinner with my aunt... then after that went home le...

That's about it from the last entry till now.....

For my university thingy.... did my appeal for NUS and NTU le... appealed for Materials Engineering.... actually that one i also anyhow whack one... don't really know what i can do le... so try to choose the least popular choice of engineering.. so hopefull can get in from there....
Didn't think much of what i want to do in the future... just try to get into university... then proceed from there.... like abit aimless....

Also looked through the SIM website.... found that their courses also not bad... but dono leh... like abit hesitating about going in... heard that there got alot of SRJCians also... like going back to SRJC like that....

Haiz... actually this university thingy has been affecting me quite alot... made me don't feel like doing anything.... and to think that i am the only SRJCVSNPCC person who didn't get into NTU or NUS... the rest all got their university courses and place le....
Haiz... throw VS's face... feel abit sad that i most probably won't be proceeding on with my friends at the same place...
Which kinda makes me wonder... was it the college's system? the people i hang around with? my own discipline problem?
Haiz.... oh well... just wish for the best lor... really hope to get into NTU... think it should be a better place for me...

Go sleep le... wait for my posting ina few more hour's time....

Private Lim reporting...

Been some time since i last blogged... will explained it later....
By the way.... i am a Private now... not very big.... but at least not a recruit......

Start with last week first....
Didn't really have much things left already.... did my SOC and 24km route march....
For the 24km route march.... i marched until blisters came out from almost all my toes... and that was like only 20km... so the last 4km was like a stuggling hell for me.... but i guess my will to get the whole thing over with made the pain felt painless.... i just carried on...
But it was quite mentally torturing for me for the last 4km.... because the route was my guard duty prowling route times 4.... and i have already walked the whole route 9 times for my guard duty..... luckily they decided to change it after 2km....

By the way... i already got abit of blister from all guard duty prowling... so i guess it adds on during the route march.... and well... guard duty is actually quite ok.... just that it's tiring.... we did 24hours.... 4 shifts of 2 hours each, with 4 hours rest in between...
And during my guard duty... my buddy kena diahorrea... so it's like at every round we will be making a stop at the toilet..... he also quite "suai"....donon kena what food poisoning...

The next thing is.... i failed my SOC..... Haiz...couldn't get up on the low rope..... actually is can one... then going to touch the top liao... then my leg dono why keep slipping.... then i just slipped down all the way..... then the next 2 tries i cannot make it le... too tired...
Come to think of it.. maybe i should have just used hand strength to pull myself up.... think too used to using legs to help....
But normally also can climb one.... that day dono why cannot... sian....

And so... for the rest of the obstacles... i just crossed them... then the end run down slowly run le... sian liao.... then my timing around 14 minutes plus.....
Wasted too much time at the rope.... around 3 minutes..... so on the whole... i think i can manage a passing timing of 10:30 min one...
But well... it's over... heck..... maybe can try again if i can get into command school....

Last saturday.... i got an early book out.... because of the drill thingy.... plus 1 day off.... good deal huh~~~~
But we train alot one ok...... so i think we deserve it.... at least we deserve it more than some of theactors man.... the actors from our company who won the performance at the CO's evening.... the actors who just hold a chair in the air for like 2 minute only... the actors who just sit there and clap here and there....
Like that also can get half day off.... kao.... we train under the sun for hours one leh....
Haiz....

Anyway.... that's when it happened... the day i reached home... already feeling abit unwell liao... but still carried on watching TV.. and eating snacks.... and so.. by night time... the fever and headache came liao.... but i still carried on doind stuffs till midnight like that....
And when i slept.... the more serious headach and fever set in.... woke up in the morning at around 0300 feeling very terrible.... and it didn't quite lessen much even after so much rest... so decide to go see doctor...
My brother brought me to the Bedok polyclinic.... only to find it closed... didn't know it close on Sunday... so in the end went all the way to Changi hospital.... ( in case you are wondering why we keep finding government hospitals... well.... it's easy.... it's free for me... SAF personnel.... haha.... government help me foot the bills...)
But it's not always good.... went in... took my temperature at 38.6, so got to sit in a glassed enclosed area...
Waited a few hours... just to see the nurse.... and my temperature was at 39 already... then waited for another hour or so... then can see doctor.... then diagnosed liao.. got 2 days MC... go collect my medicine.... then went home to rest le..... and inform my company line....

And so..... i booked in on monday night.... myself.... thanks to my brother who worries about not getting a ground floor parking more than my health.... even though i am still not feeling as good... i went there myself.... du lan at my brother..... heck....
And so... missed out on some parade rehearsals.... not i want one... but because feeling really weak.... all in all i only attended 2 rehearsal... the 2nd rehearsal... and the last rehearsal...on the morning of the POP day itself...
But the rest i didn't deliberately miss leh.... the 1st one is because of guard duty... and the remaining one is because i still on status... cannot take part.....

On the POP morning...after the parade rehearsal... we still have to practise for a few hours on our drill performance.... while others are resting at company line.... sianz.... then after that we have to rush back to pack our stuffs.... then eat... then go back company line for some rest before the actual thing starts...

And then.... the parade itself.... well..... the drill squad was the opening show.... and like not stress... kao..... all the eyes of about 2000 people looking at our squad performing.... But i think we were still very steady... perform without any mistake or anything... at least not that i can see.... but the marching part like suddenly become very fast.... think everyone also quite anxious.... but judging from the crowds' applause... i think we are ok....
Even the SSM told us we did a good job.... so i guess it was all ok....

Thenw e rush back to join in the march in formation.... and from there.... everythign went quite smoothly.... the weather was very good.... not sunny... then abit windy.... unlike during rehearsals.... when the sun was so hot.... the kiwi on my boots melted....
I guess because we have trained in such harsh conditions.. that's why on the actual one nobody fell out.... good thing....

For that day... my parents and my aunt came to see... because i managed to get an extra ticket( each person given 2 only)... the other one is suppose to be for my brother... but since he can't make it because he got to work.. so well...

When my parents came down to help me put my jockey cap.... i thought i was suppose to have a very "touched" feeling... but dono why.... i felt nothing... think all the training in the morning made me quite tired... then just took photos.... and after that...did the "Infantry Roar"... and well... that's it..... Private....

After that.... basically we just took photos all the way to while away time... because we are the 2nd last company to book out.... thanks to our alphabet.... H.... is after B,C and F....... before J....

Finally... we get to book out.... and that is the start of my 12 days block leave..... Yeah~~~
But actually also quite sian.... because most friends either in unit or tekong.... so cannot go out also.... sianz.... stay home to rest lor....

That's about it le..... damm long.... haha.....
T.E.= $10

Well.... it's good that i POP liao... but now got another problem..... all 3 universities reject me liao.... now trying to appeal... but dono what to write.... haiz... if anyone got any good ideas... do email me or something.....