Thursday, March 13, 2008
The Not About Army Army Post
Well.. Hellos Blog! Helloo to everyone too..
Its been 13 weeks exactly since I have been away from this blog of mine and somehow like a blink of an eye (or the scroll of your mouse down) I have finally completed my Basic Military Training. Yeah! pop on 110308..
BMT has been really interesting and eye opening indeed, during this time holidays were abundant, barely into 5 days and I was already out of camp on a fever. This was followed by Hari Raya, Christmas, New year and Chinese new year book outs.. good life you may think.. What made the deal even sweeter was the sea view of Singapore right outside my window. We were the only company who had the privilege of this sea view and everyday you could watch the plane take off and land from afar. Especially during the Singapore Air Show, the spectaculars were just in front of us and the planes flew right over us.
"Miss The Things You Love, and yet Wished You Loved More Things"
During certain times of the day (sunset etc) it had the most wonderful view of the sea and its coastal line. It was the kind you wished someone special was beside you to enjoy its beauty. Singapore never looked so near across the sea but yet so far..
“The Ulysses company ah, the best companee ah!”
Oh forgotten to mention that I was posted to U Coy Platoon 2 Section 2. U stands for Ulysses which is the Latin name for an ancient Greek character. The batch in particular consisted of mostly JC students with the few minority of Polytechnic, PHDs (polyhalf-waydrop) and foreigners in the entire company. Overall my platoon had a good mix of us and we also had better performance compared to the others. Best Platoon of the company lor!!
It is as exciting as it can get!
During these 3 months we did many very memorable activities, stuff that will be remember by every soildier for a long time. 24km route march, throwing of a hand grenade or firing at a live range and the infamous field camp. It was damn thrilling to throw the hand grenade something each of us gets to do once in an army lifetime.
It’s amazing how the army changes mindsets, stuff like the 24km march which were once thought impossible could be done after all. I guess its a way trains us all to be a Real Man after all.
Looking forward to my next vocation! I know the 2 years of National Service will go by really fast and the skills we learn will be crucial for the protection of our country and love ones.Enjoy the photos of my Passing Out Parade!
March Past..
My Mum
My Dad
My Sis
Soldiers All Around.. Never Let You Down
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