A lot has happened ever since my last post ..

Frankly speaking, this is probably the worst birthday I have ever had. The week following my birthday was terrible, everything seemed to go wrong. Firstly, SBJ screwed me up for IPPT but no matter, it was not really tt huge a blow. Secondly, it was the release of the A lvl results. My results were well, well below my expectations and I was quite devastated.

That's probably one bad thing about being a high flyer, coze it hurts so much when your plane crashes.

Well, I suppose experiences like these make u stronger and it's time to move on. Btw, many thanks to the people who showed me concern that week.

Just POP-ed last wednesday. The 24km route march was really shag, partly because of my own stupidity haha. I forgot to bring my extra boots home so my field pack was heavier than most of the people. Was on the verge of tears while doing the parade, the sense of happiness/fulfilment was simply overwhelming.

These 9 weeks of BMT went by rather quickly, yet I will never forget the experiences as well as the people I have met. My PS told the platoon during the debrief session that it was his firm belief that everyone takes back something good with them at the end of their army life.

"At the end of army life, I believe that everyone takes back something good with them. Even if your commanders are fucked up, there is still something good you can take from them. Because instead of bitching about them, think about why are they like that in the first place."

Those were the words of my PS during the debrief, it was quite inspiring. Among all my commanders, I have the greatest respect for my PS, even more than my PC and OC. I appreciate how tough it is being a PS, being the "bad" guy and having to make yourself unpopular. If I am not wrong, PS gets extra duties if his recruits make mistakes.

If there is something good I am taking with me from BMT. I would say it is all the different people I have met. While I am acting as though it was the end of the world because I didn't get my straight As, there are people who are happy to get a few As and even people who will be happy to just get into a uni. In addition, I have seen for myself people who chao keng, people who chiong swa and people who wayang.

Well it's not only the recruits. A platoon commander of Quebec was sharing his experiences in OCS and he told us this "It is only when things get tough will u be able to see who is your true friend." It was based on a 9-day field camp in OCS and they were only given 2 days of rations, he claimed that he actually gave up some of his rations to another officer cadet who ran out of food, After the field camp, tt officer cadet actually went around showing off that he ran out of food becoze he gave up some of his to others.

You can imagine how pissed the platoon commander of Quebec was. One important lesson learnt is that things are not always what they seem to be. Well it does seem really cool to be an officer, only a few actually deserves the rank.

I will miss my commanders, platoon mates and section mates. Most importantly, I will miss Quebec (best company!!).

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Posted by innocent boy