On the 27 i had done my first COS duty (Company Orderly Sergeant) aka (Company Operating Slave) aka (Company Only Superman)... ok la it wasn't that bad.. but many things do come to the cos.
Ok it was morning and we had a meeting with the DOS (Duty Orderly Sergeant). Den came the question. "Who first time cos?", i raised my hand. "OK, 1,2,3,4 flag party", den came the HUH!. Conversations... den came the reply "but we haven't done before and we don't know the procedure!"
To my horror, we will be flag party for both the flag lowering and the next day flag raising. OMG balls shrink.. So the day went by, with me doing the cookhouse duties for lunch and den a bit of dinner. It was rather smooth-sailing. Moment of truth: flag lowering time has arrived. With just 5 mins of preparation and some previous experiences, the 4 newbirds just went ahead with the flag lowering.
The ceremony started, we balls-shrinked fast marched to the flag pole. Do the neccessary preparation, music start. Balls still shrinked, lowered the flags and drap it over our shoulders. At this moment, we folded the flags. A smiley face fold for the flag ensued and we were alright. I was almost in deep shit as the flag seem to be sliding off my shoulder. After the ceremony ended, Balls Unshrink LOL.
OK the Continued portion:
Due to the uncomfortable continuous usage of balls shrink now i shall use the state of anxiety.
After sleeping in the air-con office, on the uncomfortable but better than nothing foldable field bed, i woke up feeling kind of tired from the lack of sleep and the improper positioning of my feet due to the boots. Our feet's natural position is abt 45 degrees. However ,with boots on, its either straight up or flat out. As such, my feet feels kinda sore.
Round 2 of anxiety attack. Early morning, and its time for flag raising. This time i am still pulling the flag which give me the least responsibility, though its still a lot. While the flag raiser of the state flag has changed. The DOS was kind enough to relieve the previous flag raiser from suffering another anxiety overdose.
Once again the flag raising ceremony was a very nervous situation for us. When we finish raising the flag, gone is our anxiety and the adrenaline is no longer produced. WRONG! Now we have to fear if it will somehow drop to half mast in mid-day lol. Ok u can say we are paranoid but it did happen before. My flag's knot was not exactly the most secure.. so it was quite dangerous. Thankfully no, it survived the fast winds that blew throughout the day.
Sunday, 30 December 2007
Tuesday, 25 December 2007
Kinda Gloomy
I have got an answer, I want to know the answer and had preparations for it. However, it will not go away just like that. My spas friends thx to CY, asked me if I am attached. I seriously wanted to say yes, but the answer is no. It felt terrible to answer this question, but its a fact and i have to get over it.
CY - Dun worry spas are my friends there's no need to hide from them. I won't blame u.
I just got the answer yesterday and i can handle the fact that its not going to happen. I do not blame her as a relationship requires both people to be happy for it to happen. From what i infer, there are other things she had in mind before even considering whether she wanted a relationship. There are some things that she can't let go of and i am sure that she had her reasons.
I am obviously better as a friend and i rather have her as a good friend than lose the friendship. The time spent with her has definitely not been waste of time. I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent. I feel that our explanation to each other havent been very clear, its like downplaying the situation to the point because I rather have her as a friend then lose the friendship. But its also better to not informed of some of the reasons. Ignorance is bliss.
Time will heal all wounds as many dramas always remind us. It is a slow process... The times when I used to think of her, the person i want to see when i feel unhappy, the person I think of during the most difficult times. My nearest and most recent objective in life. Now all these will have to change.
One of the best friends i can turn to when i am feeling sad. A friend who is willing to listen to my complains and be there for me. A friend who i can be comfortable to go out with. And one of my best female friends. Life sucks when events like these happens. But then again, when it havent started its much easier to end it. I am glad I seeked an answer, such that it didn't drag too long till it becomes a problem.
I have lost a direction in life for now, but i am sure i will gain a new one in time to come.
CY - Dun worry spas are my friends there's no need to hide from them. I won't blame u.
I just got the answer yesterday and i can handle the fact that its not going to happen. I do not blame her as a relationship requires both people to be happy for it to happen. From what i infer, there are other things she had in mind before even considering whether she wanted a relationship. There are some things that she can't let go of and i am sure that she had her reasons.
I am obviously better as a friend and i rather have her as a good friend than lose the friendship. The time spent with her has definitely not been waste of time. I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent. I feel that our explanation to each other havent been very clear, its like downplaying the situation to the point because I rather have her as a friend then lose the friendship. But its also better to not informed of some of the reasons. Ignorance is bliss.
Time will heal all wounds as many dramas always remind us. It is a slow process... The times when I used to think of her, the person i want to see when i feel unhappy, the person I think of during the most difficult times. My nearest and most recent objective in life. Now all these will have to change.
One of the best friends i can turn to when i am feeling sad. A friend who is willing to listen to my complains and be there for me. A friend who i can be comfortable to go out with. And one of my best female friends. Life sucks when events like these happens. But then again, when it havent started its much easier to end it. I am glad I seeked an answer, such that it didn't drag too long till it becomes a problem.
I have lost a direction in life for now, but i am sure i will gain a new one in time to come.
Monday, 24 December 2007
Long weekend? Why does it still feel so short?
I am having a holiday from work well sort of from 20-25 dec. Almost everyday i am out from afternoon till midnight. Why does it still feel so short? It is just because when you are happy time pass faster? Or isit not satisfactory? I don't know.
The short 1 week at work has made me understand how to behave more ike a sergeant. As the saying goes, sergeants practically spend all their time interacting with the recruits, while officers do most of the admin work. As such, we also see all the good, the bad and the ugly of our men. I am currently taking an intake with low education levels and i was actually quite surprised it is not as bad as i thought.
Well, they can understand english, not totally Hokkien Peng. Or i suppose, they act like they know what we are saying even though they do not understand. The first 2 week, we are always up there at their bunks doing standardisation for standbys. At first i thought the more educated ones are more prone to be blur. E.G. Zw once told me this story of a supposedly damn smart RJ student. "Er sergeant, got manual to strip and assemble rifle?" But no, there are also those who are damn blur or act blur, huh? among the less educated.
Why i say they blur? They never seem to be able to follow instructions even when i REPEAT, give 1 step by 1 step instructions. Or maybe they just refuse to listen to instructions of which they should be duly punished after a proper investigation ^_^.
Thankfully, they are generally streetsmart and don't 得纯进尺 too much. I believe we have been good sergeants as we try to leave them alone as much as possible.
Admin time is admin time, do away with all the formalities and we can talk. Training time is when we demand them to meet our standards. They do have many different attitudes and i need to treat each of them differently. Some of them had attitude problems, thinking this is their grandpa's army. But by the end of the 2nd week, i can see a remarkable improvement in some of their attitudes. Is it because of the fear of confinement? Haha.
Soon i will have to return to the line of duty. Haiz. As a sergeant or a recruit we still look forward to bookouts. Isn't it ironic? Haha.
The short 1 week at work has made me understand how to behave more ike a sergeant. As the saying goes, sergeants practically spend all their time interacting with the recruits, while officers do most of the admin work. As such, we also see all the good, the bad and the ugly of our men. I am currently taking an intake with low education levels and i was actually quite surprised it is not as bad as i thought.
Well, they can understand english, not totally Hokkien Peng. Or i suppose, they act like they know what we are saying even though they do not understand. The first 2 week, we are always up there at their bunks doing standardisation for standbys. At first i thought the more educated ones are more prone to be blur. E.G. Zw once told me this story of a supposedly damn smart RJ student. "Er sergeant, got manual to strip and assemble rifle?" But no, there are also those who are damn blur or act blur, huh? among the less educated.
Why i say they blur? They never seem to be able to follow instructions even when i REPEAT, give 1 step by 1 step instructions. Or maybe they just refuse to listen to instructions of which they should be duly punished after a proper investigation ^_^.
Thankfully, they are generally streetsmart and don't 得纯进尺 too much. I believe we have been good sergeants as we try to leave them alone as much as possible.
Admin time is admin time, do away with all the formalities and we can talk. Training time is when we demand them to meet our standards. They do have many different attitudes and i need to treat each of them differently. Some of them had attitude problems, thinking this is their grandpa's army. But by the end of the 2nd week, i can see a remarkable improvement in some of their attitudes. Is it because of the fear of confinement? Haha.
Soon i will have to return to the line of duty. Haiz. As a sergeant or a recruit we still look forward to bookouts. Isn't it ironic? Haha.
Saturday, 8 December 2007
More updates!
Yesterday, met zw cy n edwin for supper. I not sure who was the 1 who intiated the supper, but it was surely on short notice. Recieved a call from cy at 1945, suddenly asking me if i want to eat prata. I was still on my dad's car sia (o.0) so i said 2030h instead. OK, so they reached my house at 2015h while waiting for edwin to reach the place which was abt 2045h.
Next up was listening to zw's raging and battered soul from all the shit he suffered in 1SIR. From what he said, i could sense the despair and disappointment he had. He definitely did not have a good time. Ok, so we ate some prata and while our ears took the beating, it was actually kinda funny sia. Zw had this uncanny ability to turn serious stuff into funny stories and with such passion and realism when telling his stories, it wasn't as dry as lectures at the very least.
Although we are all freaking tired, it was a nice chill out nonetheless. How often can we come out like that? Not anytime soon again i guess especially my schedule sucks.
TODAY
Went out spasing to watch golden compass and ate at cafe cartel. It was relatively productive to me leh, we had quite some fun. Although jinhe appeared out of the blue and wanted to watch the show too, resourceful cy helped her get the tickets. It was quite an amazing feat sia, so late and yet we got to the movie in time.
Skipped lunch due to everyone being late, ended up having hi-tea. That was quite a bad decision, as i was rather full still when i joined my family to a buffet at Carlton. Oh yes, edwin failed NAPFA again! If he continues like this, life will suck quite bad for him to go through the PTP bmt phase. However, he injured himself quite bad during his test yest. Limping around quite sadly sia.
Ok after they went Hagen daaz, I went to carlton hotel for buffet dinner together with my family. It cost about $40/person but i think it is quite a good deal considering the food was quite gd. Movenpick ice-cream wor. With my not so full stomach, i escalated the threat level to threat-con bloated. Ok, with heavy protein loading, i ended my dinner and headed home.
Next up was listening to zw's raging and battered soul from all the shit he suffered in 1SIR. From what he said, i could sense the despair and disappointment he had. He definitely did not have a good time. Ok, so we ate some prata and while our ears took the beating, it was actually kinda funny sia. Zw had this uncanny ability to turn serious stuff into funny stories and with such passion and realism when telling his stories, it wasn't as dry as lectures at the very least.
Although we are all freaking tired, it was a nice chill out nonetheless. How often can we come out like that? Not anytime soon again i guess especially my schedule sucks.
TODAY
Went out spasing to watch golden compass and ate at cafe cartel. It was relatively productive to me leh, we had quite some fun. Although jinhe appeared out of the blue and wanted to watch the show too, resourceful cy helped her get the tickets. It was quite an amazing feat sia, so late and yet we got to the movie in time.
Skipped lunch due to everyone being late, ended up having hi-tea. That was quite a bad decision, as i was rather full still when i joined my family to a buffet at Carlton. Oh yes, edwin failed NAPFA again! If he continues like this, life will suck quite bad for him to go through the PTP bmt phase. However, he injured himself quite bad during his test yest. Limping around quite sadly sia.
Ok after they went Hagen daaz, I went to carlton hotel for buffet dinner together with my family. It cost about $40/person but i think it is quite a good deal considering the food was quite gd. Movenpick ice-cream wor. With my not so full stomach, i escalated the threat level to threat-con bloated. Ok, with heavy protein loading, i ended my dinner and headed home.
Friday, 7 December 2007
UPDATES!
Due to popular demand, i must fight off the lazy pig in me and start updating someting on this blog. There are a lot going on these days but i really wonder if they are experiences worth memorising.
I was really glad that ASLC was over, POP LO! Throws Beret skyward, catch it precisely when it is about the touch the floor. Yeah, can go to the reception to see all the sisters, cousins, friends n girlfriends especially when we just displayed our manliness during the parade. (o.0!) Seriously, it is just so overwhelming when we finished our parade, we were so proud of ourselves. Proud of the amount of time and effort we invested in the rehearsals to make the nice to see. I have yet to see the video my dad recorded, but it should be pretty impressive!
But all is not over! Finishing ASLC is not the end. It is not even the end of the beginning. But it is perharps the beginning of the end. LIKE REAL! I am posted to BMTC on the tropical island tekong. So far, i just finished the main gist of the course. I have visited my Dragon company line and so far so good, dats what i can see from the brief meeting.
However, the main problem is, it is the course is very dry and boring. I try to absorb as much as i can, but theory is quite difficult to translate into words. Well, we can only try out and see for ourselves whether what the course taught is useful. I really want to take the new recruits who have came, but i dun want the responsibility yet, at least not now.
Sunday will have to book in again.. ready to be confined next week. Together with the poor recruits. The OC sounded really glad to see us there, ready to confine us. However, thanks to the directive set by our course commander, we had our backsides covered and can repel any duties directed at us. When our liason sergeant told us about the ultimate saikang shield, we were so happy, shouting for joy.
As such, we ended our friday on a damn happy note.
I was really glad that ASLC was over, POP LO! Throws Beret skyward, catch it precisely when it is about the touch the floor. Yeah, can go to the reception to see all the sisters, cousins, friends n girlfriends especially when we just displayed our manliness during the parade. (o.0!) Seriously, it is just so overwhelming when we finished our parade, we were so proud of ourselves. Proud of the amount of time and effort we invested in the rehearsals to make the nice to see. I have yet to see the video my dad recorded, but it should be pretty impressive!
But all is not over! Finishing ASLC is not the end. It is not even the end of the beginning. But it is perharps the beginning of the end. LIKE REAL! I am posted to BMTC on the tropical island tekong. So far, i just finished the main gist of the course. I have visited my Dragon company line and so far so good, dats what i can see from the brief meeting.
However, the main problem is, it is the course is very dry and boring. I try to absorb as much as i can, but theory is quite difficult to translate into words. Well, we can only try out and see for ourselves whether what the course taught is useful. I really want to take the new recruits who have came, but i dun want the responsibility yet, at least not now.
Sunday will have to book in again.. ready to be confined next week. Together with the poor recruits. The OC sounded really glad to see us there, ready to confine us. However, thanks to the directive set by our course commander, we had our backsides covered and can repel any duties directed at us. When our liason sergeant told us about the ultimate saikang shield, we were so happy, shouting for joy.
As such, we ended our friday on a damn happy note.
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