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.....