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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
today started off really well, only for it to get progressively worse. ended up with a horrific 1000 word essay i've gotta write. thats why im always wary of happy starts to a day!
ok so today was atec debrief day at pasir laba camp, kinda nice to return to good old sispec ground once in awhile. went to macs to get a fillet evm for breakfast. to my delight, the lovely auntie gave me a one dollar discount and flashed me a warm smile. all because i was an army boy in my smart four, looking v smart indeed haha! so for once in my one year 9 plus months in the army, i felt appreciated! other than by family and friends la. for all the shit we get and do for our country in the army, countless weekends burnt, nobody but us fellow soldiers understand what we go thru. i speak strictly only on behalf on us cheong sua soldiers, stay-in personnel who only get to book out on weekends! not those lucky 9-5 bastards who have the cheek to complain about working overtime even though they get to go home everyday. so do something nice for an nsf today, you'll be surprised at what even the smallest things like a note can do to brighten up his day :) fillet o fish never tasted that good!
then things all started to go downhill frm there. after a whole freaking day of 9 hrs of debrief by all the umpires, we were dropped the bombshell that the battalion failed atec. okay granted probably one of the worst kept secrets in recent military history! but the feeling still sucked. and seeing my pc getting screwed ten times over by brigade commander in front of the whole batallion's commanders wasnt easy to stomach. feel for the guy. but then again thats what their thousand dollar a month pay's for right...hazard pay!
as if that wasnt enough, our csm made us reflect on our performance and ordered a research style paper, all 1k worth of words of it. ouch. these are times you wished you were a man, free of such 'commanders have to bear responsibility' krap. its the higher echelons that screwed up their planning not us, why do we have to kio their sai? the perils of army life..
on a brighter note, i'll be going to chiangmai for mission trip in march! and hopefully visit burma too. i've always been intrigued by the land of pongyis and aung san so i really hope it materialises. but before that theres much work to be done to get spiritual life back on track.
everybody count down to the greatest party on 6 feb!
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ok so today was atec debrief day at pasir laba camp, kinda nice to return to good old sispec ground once in awhile. went to macs to get a fillet evm for breakfast. to my delight, the lovely auntie gave me a one dollar discount and flashed me a warm smile. all because i was an army boy in my smart four, looking v smart indeed haha! so for once in my one year 9 plus months in the army, i felt appreciated! other than by family and friends la. for all the shit we get and do for our country in the army, countless weekends burnt, nobody but us fellow soldiers understand what we go thru. i speak strictly only on behalf on us cheong sua soldiers, stay-in personnel who only get to book out on weekends! not those lucky 9-5 bastards who have the cheek to complain about working overtime even though they get to go home everyday. so do something nice for an nsf today, you'll be surprised at what even the smallest things like a note can do to brighten up his day :) fillet o fish never tasted that good!
then things all started to go downhill frm there. after a whole freaking day of 9 hrs of debrief by all the umpires, we were dropped the bombshell that the battalion failed atec. okay granted probably one of the worst kept secrets in recent military history! but the feeling still sucked. and seeing my pc getting screwed ten times over by brigade commander in front of the whole batallion's commanders wasnt easy to stomach. feel for the guy. but then again thats what their thousand dollar a month pay's for right...hazard pay!
as if that wasnt enough, our csm made us reflect on our performance and ordered a research style paper, all 1k worth of words of it. ouch. these are times you wished you were a man, free of such 'commanders have to bear responsibility' krap. its the higher echelons that screwed up their planning not us, why do we have to kio their sai? the perils of army life..
on a brighter note, i'll be going to chiangmai for mission trip in march! and hopefully visit burma too. i've always been intrigued by the land of pongyis and aung san so i really hope it materialises. but before that theres much work to be done to get spiritual life back on track.
everybody count down to the greatest party on 6 feb!
- adelene
- andrew
- bear grylls
- bt
- charmaine
- dhanesh
- elaina
- gabs
- geri
- jasmine
- jon
- joy
- joyce
- khai
- lydia
- may
- ngiam
- peter
- reina
- rhea
- sewei
- wingman
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