Thursday, July 21, 2011
9th July 2011 was my Sister Commencement Day. Finally the day she's been waiting for is here. The whole family went but only my parents got to go inside the ceremony as they only gave each student 2 tickets and the rest are only allowed to view at the viewing room. The place looks lovely and they were so many people. I was proud seeing my sister walking down the stage receiving her certificate as all her years of hard work has finally paid off. It reminds me of my graduation day too haha!
Once the ceremony has ended, we took some photos and headed to Arnolds for dinner. One of our favorite fried chicken place & damn It taste as good as ever haha. Once done we head down to IKEA as me and my sis wanna get some stuff and check out the latest products. Halfway through my Aunt called and so we met up and we decided to head down to Changi Beach to chill. My dad bought Otah and we just chatted and relax till late night. Haven't been doing that for a very long time as we use to hang out with my aunt family during my younger days.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Today post is about my ORD Day. It's just a brief short post on my National Service Journey. You can check out my archives If you wanna read my other post on my daily army journey & I can't post all the photos here but you can see them at my facebook.
14th June 2011 marks the day i finally completed my National Service. I can't believe the day is finally here as I would never expect myself to survive the 2 years haha! I still remember the very first time I received the orange letter which every guy in Singapore dread about. The letter indicates my enlistment date & I was pretty shock as I was left with a month. It really ruined my day and I was really afraid as I'm not mentally and physically ready.
Our BMT Roar:
The day of my enlistment, me & my family took the ferry and we were heading to Pulau Tekong where all new enlistees were posted for their Basic Military Training. I was a PTP batch so I was there for 3 months. PTP batch is for those who let's just say are not fit enough haha so we had to stay a little longer to train us up on our physical. I was posted to Quebec company platoon 3. Once we had settle down It was time to do the thing which all of us hate that is going bald. Damn I remember how ridiculously I look with no hair haha! Being a recruit was bad as we get punished a lot haha. Adjusting to the life there too was hard at first as we have to wake up really early and all the constant training was really exhausting. But after a while I got use to it and It was pretty alright. Touch a rifle for the very first time and getting the opportunity to shoot it was awesome.
Once my BMT was done, I got posted to SISPEC but now the name has been changed to Specialist Cadet School. I was in Charlie Company Platoon 1. No longer a recruit but a SCT rank now. Till today I can't believe I got posted there haha. The lifestyle is so much different from BMT as we had more freedom as we get to run the show but as we are training to be section leaders. It was really rushing all the time. The part I hate was the constant lecture's and outfield. We did so many navigation on different jungle's. It was fun but stressful at times. The awesome was navigating at Pulau Tekong Jungle. Oh ya in SISPEC i got to try out many more weapons and grenade's too. But the main issue I had in SISPEC was my IPPT. I remember that very day where I almost had to repeat for another 5 more weeks but a miracle happened and thank god I finally did it!
A video I made:
After SISPEC, I got posted to Military Police. I screamed when I got to know about it haha! It's something I been wanting to get as I hate being an infantry soldier. There were only 30 of us and I was the only malay so It was hard to keep a low profile haha. I love the life in MP as we learn alot of Police stuff and laws too. But we had a lot of physical training compared to SISPEC. But compared to other vocation, I guess MP is much more relax haha! We had a lot of leadership roles too especially during field camp as we had to lead the men under you and It was no simple task.
Finally after graduating i finally became a 3SG Military Police. But my next phase was going overseas as I volunteered to be posted to Brunei at one of our Singapore camp over there for 10 months. Best & bad times of my life but I'm glad I went there as I really learned so much! Did so many new things. It made me discover a different side of me which I didn't know I had it in me. My leadership was really put to the test and It was a challenged being a sergeant over there but overall It was a good experienced.
There's just too much for me to say but words somehow isn't enough to describe my Army journey but Overall throughout this 2 years, I experienced so much. I was glad I made it as I wanted to prove to them that even though I'm weak but with hard work and determination you can make it through. Who would have thought someone like me can be a Sergeant. But definitely there are good and bad days but I learned so much and I was lucky to meet so many great friends. We were like a family & I'm thankful for that. To those who are to be enlisted someday, yes the first step is scary but stay positive and keep and open mind and you will do just fine. Never give up! This is definitely one of the highlight of my life and it's a memory I will keep with me for the rest of my life.
