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Monday, August 28, 2006, 7:21 PM
Off today for us because of half army marathon. Glad that we dont have to participate. Reason our OC gave was that we were'nt trained enough. Well.. I dont disagree with him.I've lost the motivation and interest to do anything. Life in camp passes by so slowly. Dread booking in now. Really looking forward to ORD. Can't wait for it. Sorry to those I have'nt been keeping in touch with. Please wait till I've adapted to the life there and till I stablised my emotions. Every now and then I feel like crying. Never felt this pain before. *Sheds a drop of tear* 526 to ORD Thursday, August 24, 2006, 8:01 PM
I cried. In fact I cried twice today.Once was in the morning when Brian offered to help massage my arms. It made it seem that there's still a bit of warmth in that cold and cruel place. The other was when I saw my mum when I came home. I never experience the mental pressure imposed on me anywhere else. I, not only me, was in constant fear of getting punished at the most trivial reason. I have no idea how to get past 530 days of hell. 530 to ORD Sunday, August 20, 2006, 4:06 PM
9 weeks in Signal Institute was fast and before I notice, it was the end already. In fact, I felt a tinge of sadness leaving such a nice place. Anyway, I am posted to 4th Singapore Infantry Regiment ( 4th SIR) at Lim Chu Kang Camp 1, quite a remoted place.Up to this point in time, to make a claim that NS is a total waste time of time is purely nonsense. The lessons that I learnt in Signal Institute could never be learnt anywhere else and the knowledge and values would be deeply embedded in my mind, hence explaining the attraction this place has on me. I have a suspicion right from day 1 that people posted to Signal Institute are probably the most unwelcome people from their respective platoons in BMTC. Well... if you dont know how I came to this conclusion, take a look at all the previous posts and you'll get the point. The irony now is, they are the people who taught me the values. It was through them that I could see certain traits that resembles mine and how they irk me. This prompts me to change those behaviours. If me myself dont like those traits, then I dont think anyone else would. The most memorable lesson came from our course commander himself. He told me I was the kind of person who is determined to get things done, however the methods I use to get to my destination may not be the most ideal one. He shared with me this story ( which I will post later) which taught me to be adaptive, and how to look at things from a different angle. Heehee and I didnt leave empty handed either. I bagged the Best Trainee Award =) There was once a carrot, an egg and a coffee bean One day, all of them ran into hot boiling water The carrot fought brilliantly but was no match for the water It was disintegrated finally The egg thought it could win because it has a hard shell and it fought against the water too However the shell gave way and crack and the egg disintegrated too The coffee bean knew it was no match for the water and it chose to dissolve in the water The outcome was a cup of fragrant coffee Monday, August 07, 2006, 3:56 PM
Im not going to post anything about my platoon this weekend, not because they behaved well (which will never ever going to happen), but the simple fact that I am sick and tired of them. And the worse thing is that most of them are going to the same unit as me, its either 4th SIR or artillery.Anyway, went to National Dental Centre last week and made a decision I was supposed to make about 3 years ago. Im about to commence treatment for my much misaligned teeth and the jaw itself. It consists of 2 phrases. First I have to wear braces for about 2 years. Apparently from what I heard from Brian, it wouldnt be a pleasant process. After which will be a 4 hours long operation to align my lower jaw. 4 days in hospital and 3 to 4 weeks of leave would follow. Sounds intimidating but Im kinda willing to go through that. Well.. Im a vain person and I care about how others look at me. First appointment is on 29th sept and 23rd of october is the day the 2 years long treatment commences. |