Monday, March 19, 2007
NONG time no see
It's been long since i created a post, about 2 and a half month lo, a time long enough for a new born to learn how to walk or talk. Well no choice not that i dun wanna post, it's cause i got no time, and any available time is either spent on eating,sleeping and probably shitting. Trust me, there's really not enough time to do all these in camp.
Well last 2 months or 9 weeks was a blast and an experience that will be etched in my memory forever, haha so cliche, but well it's true to a certain extent. though i have alr passed out(nope i din literally pass out) from bmt, but tekong still will be a place that have special significance in many of us. Afterall it's like the first time u get to sleep in the wild with wild boars roaming abt ur tent and ur dear centipede friends come visiting uninvited. I still rmb vividly the day when i enlist i saw this gigantic banner saying 'bmt is not what u leave behind, but what u will gain in the days ahead'. Haha quite comforting la at least u'll stand to gain something. But with each subsequent book in when i see the banner, the WTF sentiment intensifies. Retrospecting, the enlistment day was the most *%&$^*$%$$#, u go to this unknown place with unknown faces. Everyone constantly wore that 'i dunno what the f***(pardon me, army has done me good) is going on' face which makes it really funny. Then the superiors just brought us abt (without orientating us) collecting all our barangbarang which really had a toll on our poor tiny arms. following up was the first out the infinitely many equipment check. Empty everything in 30 secs, just that being the first day, they not so niao to give a time limit. But seriously closing the damn duffel bag is a bloody chore, and i mean literally bloody cause my hand bleeded while trying desperately to close the zip but well at least all these are a part of a training to make us tougher and more independent. first few nights was terrible, kept having this feeling in the middle of the night of why the hell m i in this horrible place in this stinky mosquito net with like x number of owners, where x tends to infinity. U seriously dunno what the hell those ex owners had done to the net, my bunk mate had a portion of his net covered in white stuff, just that it's solid.lol.
In the blink of an eye, it's already the graduation day(haha sorrie ah not possible for me to cover everything i've been through orelse i'd have written a thesis) and can still rmb the mixed feeling that everyone had in their heart. I guess everyone will no doubt be happy that they have completed their basic training and no longer need to take boat every sunday to book into this mosquitoes-infected island. (well at least we have fed many mosquitoes full, charity okay!, tho we killed alot of them too esp at outfield) Surely to many of us, this nine weeks, even tho may not be 'sunny' everyday, has also been a pleasant experience and personally for me i'd really like to thank this particular person, this person has been a constant motivation for me. thank you, if this person is reading. =)