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How’s everyone doing? Shall we meet up sometime soon, after all your exams are done? I almost cannot remember what it’s like to listen to funny people bitching.

hi guys. seems like we all died off to somewhere…haha. How are all of you doing?

I’m now going thru on-job training (OJE) at nee soon driclad centre…it’s beside nee soon camp for those who know. So yea, i’m under this trainer who’s super kancheong and stutters when he speaks. Not to mention saliva sprinkles. Haha. And he loves giving OT, the last two days we were released at 6.15 and 6.45 respectively. It’s not too bad but tiring, even though we dun exactly do physical stuff, the work we do, dealing with lotsa heavy equipment and having to go under vehicles and all that…quite strenuous on the body also. Everyday i come home with aching muscles…yea. Feels like i just run 5km everytime…

So anyway, i’m just saying that ns is getting really boring now. I probably shouldn’t complain cuz i’ve got a fairly good deal compared to other combat dudes but nevertheless it’s utterly boring.

Yea. Happy christmas and a merry new year to all of you!

I see everyone’s really busy…I’ll just post something to keep this site going. I wanted to tell everyone what a splendid day today was for me but i’m lazy to write the same thing again, if you have the time why not take a trip down to my own public blog?

Take care everyone! =)

Hi dear friends. As the title suggests, yes, today was a perfectly horrid day. But I guess if you look at it from another perspective, everyday is a horrid day. But that’s beside the point. First, I would like to bitch about one particular platoon mate of mine, yes, bitch about him. Hah~ See this guy, initially being appointed as a 3rd IC for the platoon, was meek and timid and useless. However as day one progressed, he somehow miraculously transformed into this naggy, noisy, big-headed(literally, his head is bigger than a size 5 standard football) and power-wielding(whoa…) asshole. Woops sorry, please pardon me but I must use that term “asshole”, cuz for so much of the time that’s all you get to see. Well ok not the hole, but the whole big fat ass. Argh. This is why: Every single practical lesson, which is like the time when we get to go down to the workshop and do some hands-on mechanic work, whenever the instructor has something to demonstrate or explain, he would invariably be at the most forefront of the whole group as we gather around, so all you see of him is his ass. Now you see, that is perfectly fine, he being the knowledge-hungry super-enthusiastic loser. What gets on my nerves, and just about everyone else’s, is that as soon as he finds his spot at the forefront, he will remain there forever and ever till the cows come home. Perhaps it be good that I explained that due to some unfortunate circumstances this cohort of trainees is unusually huge so it’s really difficult to conduct practical lessons. Done. So yea, basically, he gets his fair share of education, but refuses to make way for others to take a look/feel what the instructors are talking about. And this even after the instructors very explicitly say, “dose whoo-uh seen de ding moo-uh aside, let dee udders dake a loook”(to quote one of my very interesting instructors). It’s disgusting. And today, we witnessed a whole new phenomenon, that of the tidal wave. Goodness knows what he’s thinking, PUSHING people aside to get in front, exclaiming not so loudly, “let me see, let me see”. I cannot comprehend. I cannot. Why I’d be damned if I ended up with better results than him at the end of the course(which is the most likely, hah!) just by slacking around and acting disinterested while he’s out there so eagerly learning. Ptfuee!!

But of course the most horrid part of the day was when this other platoon mate of mine somehow managed to get hold of my phone and sent junk sms to a friend, a female friend. I’d explained and she didn’t seem too impressed, not surprising at all. I don’t really blame him, cuz well, it is expected of guys to be immature losers, even much more in camp. I am utterly disgusted, that such idiotic activity could have taken place upon my very own handphone, the sms right out of my sim card. Of course he didn’t know how seriously I viewed this kinda thing, of course he didn’t know how much this particular friend means to me, I cannot blame him, can I? Fortunately enough my friend’s too nice a person to mind, and that’s the end of this story. =/

And what better way to end the perfectly horrid day than with a farcical accident? To be absolutely brief, while alighting from the bus on my way home, I actually managed to fall flat on my face. Period.

Hello, I’m having tea-break now and I’m posting using the internet terminals in the trainee lounge of which I’m the vice-chairman of the committee but it’s all just rubbish. Haha. Oh and a tank just rolled past outside. =/

Life’s really boring here even though it’s only monday, I just completed 24hrs of guard duty starting 0730hrs on sunday morning till 0730hrs this morning. Yawn. Dunno why I got so red on saturday and I almost couldn’t wake up yesterday morning. But it was cool to see you guys again, those who didn’t come, WHY???

hi guys. Next time those of you posting please indicate who you are by checking the boxes on the right side of the “write” page ok? Just so we all know who’s writing what.

Anyway, for those who don’t know and might wanna know, I’m at Ordnance Engineering Training Institute(OETI), once a.k.a Only Eat, Talk and Idle. Haha. Having once been in infantry, this place is like heaven. Very much unlike an army camp, ‘cept for the usual guard duties and extras. There’s a lot of senior ranking regulars around camp, many many captain and above, and mostly 2WO and above. The lowest ranking of my instructors is a staff sergeant, which is something like 7 ranks above private, if you include private first-class. Anyway my point is that it was really amusing see all those guys fresh from BMT shaking in their pants, overwhelmed by all the ampulets(the ranks that are worn on the shoulders) around camp.

The food here is absolutely great, once we got 2 chicken wings in one meal, and the very next day a WHOLE chicken was served. Compared to the food in other camps I’ve been to, this is good. Only bad thing for me is that this place is Ayer Rajah Camp, which is quite near ITE Dover or the anglo-chinese schools, for those who know the area.

And if you’re wondering how come I’ve ended up at this place, well it’s because I got downgraded, but only temporarily, due to my ankle problem. Basically, I once twisted it real bad in sec 3 while playing basketball during recess(what an unfamiliar word nowadays). Guess it never really recovered, and after bmt the pain returned, and my knee is somehow affected as well.

I’ve said so much about what happened in the past, it just goes to show how boring NS life is generally. For me, being in OETI is very much like going to school, only that after dismissal I go straight home and rest cuz well, there’s no cca, no homework (yet), and no one to go out to town with after “school”. But still it is already so much better than having to stay in.

I am less miserable now than I used to be, and take care all of you.