Monday, February 02, 2004

   *Sigh* Resigning to fate, i went back to find my usual happy self. Lemme do some update. Monday was a boring day. Radio Test. Having not studied for it on Sunday night, our whole platoon scored pretty badly. A few were really unlucky, like HongYu & HockBeng, who failed by juz a question. I scored 60% though. Passed the test but deep down i was a lil' disappointed coz all my previous results had been 80% and above.

   Tuesday was pretty much the same as Monday. This time is Combat Comms Test. With all the tips that were taken down via the mouth of our CC, Mr SivaRaja, we juz couldn't fail. i scored 51 marks out of 60 for my Section A (MCQ). For Section B, i scored 15 marks out of 18. For Section C, we weren't told our score. so it's 66 marks in the bag. I don't think CC doesn't even need to mark my last section (Long Question Answer).. haha... coz in army, they're juz concerned in getting you to pass. that's all.

   Wednesday was test for CCIS. 3 tests in a row. so you could imagine our nights were pretty stressed out as we had already done badly on monday's test. Thus didn't wanna infuriate our CC further. We returned all our stores in the evening and discovered the loss of 10 AF Adaptors. For your info, they cost abt SGD$200+ each!! That adds up to a whooping $2k+ !! If we were to divide the cost among the 30 of us in our platoon, it would still be about 80+ for each of us.

   We searched high and low for the 10 AF Adaptors. From our G.store to our individual field packs. We even searched some other platoon's G.Store. But our best efforts were in vain. I served my extra guard duty from 7pm till 7am the next morning. I prowled together with Bryan. We chit-chat a lot and went through all ppl in the top ten peer appraisal list. Bitching also got lah.. haha..

   Basically, we walk one round in our first prowl when we were supposed to prowl for 2 rounds in the 2 hours. then our 2nd prowl we went searching for places to sleep. we found our way to our bunk. then we tried to wake them up by making some noise like clocking our guns. but they din move. so we decided to sleep at the left over beds. but due to a guilty conscience, we couldn't sleep well either. afraid of over-sleeping n also afraid of being discovered. Then Bryan went to his cupboard n retrieve some camo cream. he painted their faces.. haha... n their spects too.. meanwhile, i switched their spectacles around. The 3rd prowl was pure sleeping at lecture block. we were too shag to move liao. then we went to spy at them scurry around bunk at around 5.20am from downstairs.. n we really luffed our hearts out... haha...

   Thursday morning was really tiring for the guard duty personnels due to the fact we ween't given any time to rest before we had to go for the presentation of our certs of completing the signal course in S.I. and also a CC disposal where he announced i had gotten 5th in peer appraisal n 3rd in studies n also in overall performance. heh.. quite happy to noe i'm quite well-liked lah.. hee hee... :) bryan was splashed with a pail of water of which i kena some on my pants too... i was lucky la... though i can vow that i din camo their faces. i wouldn't want camo cream on my hands...

   frantic investigating of what happened to our 10 AF Adaptor took place. i did my part as publication ic by collecting n accounting for all the manuals too as part of returning of stores. it wasn't until around lunch time that got wind that another platoon have the 10 lost AF Adaptors. in a way, we felt angry with them as we had appealed to the other platoons to return any extra AF Adaptor which could have been handed over to them accidentally and they hadn't responded. then after wasting all our effort in searching high and low, they come out n say it's been with them all along.. anyway, we were also a lil' relieved la... no need to sign twelve O Six. which means paying for the lost/damaged item.

   Friday was departing day. we got to know our posting and waited for our repective units to come and fetch us. one by one, we departed. first to go was 1SIR(Support Infantry). then 42SAR(Armor). Finally (20SAR)Artillery. which left the 22 1st Guards- bound "sway" personnels. we waited till 1630h n still no tonner to fetch us. upon informing manpower, we were told to come back tomolo n wait again. we booked out n were told to report at 0745h the next morning.

   the tonner came at around 9+ on the bright sunny saturday. we reach the camp around 10. a briefing ensued then the unpacking of our duffel bags into our bunks. then an orientation after a briefing n appointment of all the respective ICs... i was appointed PT IC after he decided to take a peep at our 2.4km running timings. after the orientation run, we were allowed to book out. all the worst thoughts cloud us. our mood plunged. the rest of the saturday i was sulking n had no mood to go out. i slept my day away. evening i went amk centre to shop n looked around. i got a pair of t-shirts for apple n me. heh..

   sunday was soccer in the morning. afternoon we went to sim lim n i got my wish of an optical mouse. 23 bucks. i also shared the cost of 100 CDRs with jm. 50 each i guess.. it costs $35 for 100 discs so $17.50 each. evening was a get together for S.I. Info Com 2 Operator Jaguar Platoon Bunk 2... but oni shuwei, bryan, hongyu, eeping & binghuang came for the makan session at marina south. after eating to our hearts' content, we went orchard.

   chaffeured by Mr Huang HongYu, they were thrilled by his confident driving skills. i had, of coz, got my experience ahead of them when we went for prata makan session. we went macdonald's for ice-cream. i had juz a drink though. ktv next. we had fun laughing at one another. haha.. n eeping had a realli good voice. he kept singing andy lau's songs n initially after coming back from the toilet, i thought they hadn't turn off the audio of andy lau singing but in actual fact it was eeping's voice. impressive!!

   after ktv, we went for prata at jalan kayu. this time chaffeured by lianghua who joined us for the ktv session. we took separate cabs home after the supper. reaching home at 3+am i surfed around for a while before sleeping at around 4+. i woke up late for my meeting with apple. i was supposed to meet her at 0930h. she called me at 0930h to wake me up. i rushed down via cab n got there around 0950h. we had breakfast n i sent her home. she wasn't feeling well thus had cancelled our going out ... haiz... though disappointed at heart, i didn't wanna force her. so i told her to get a good rest n recover soon. then here i am at home typing this super duper long entry... haha...

   Eecks.. i shaved my hair after meeting her too.. super short now.. the thought of booking in in smart 4 attire to 1st Guards still lingers as a terrible dreadful thought. wish me good luck.. i still have the "Never ready to strike" mentality instead of guards motto of "always ready to strike"... :P :(
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