"School of Infantry Specialists here we come,
soldiers of every creed and race.
soldiers to specialists we will become,
leaders of six men to set the pace!
SISPEC warriors, we are the warriors,
SISPEC warriors with pride we will lead.
fearlessly we lead with pride,
training hard, full of might,
train to lead by day and night!
we will strive for greater heights..."
this pretty sums up the 1st week that i had in SISPEC. the sgts there are so pro in drilling the school song into us until i can feel the school song humming inside my head every moment. dont know if it's good or bad. hah. anyway. training in specs is more shiong than in BMT (duh), with lots of runs everyday. we already had a 4+ 5km run on our 1st day in sispec already. and pullups before every meal. HAH! now i just realised how slack we were in hawk. and it's only the beginning of BSLC. i wonder what is there for us eh..
there seems to be quite a handful of hwachongians in my coy. let's see. SMS, Jkok, nelson, weizong, me, jianting, huiwen, alvin, kimleng, and there's this guy in 04s62 too who played chapteh like mad during jc days. i think there are lots more, just that i cant really think who they are at the moment. and apparently 1 of our PCs like to niao the hwachongians.. i dunno why but i find it very funny when he niaos us.. lol (:
currently i kinda like my sect comms. not to forget our PWO, sgt richard. omg he's so funny la. he's an indian and when he say "har" to him he will talk tamil to us until everyone has the =S look on their faces. lol. and there's this 2 jokers in my plt. they are called jeeva and janar. janar got the lowest in the plt for both m203 and matador technical handling tests. and jeeva likes to niao him. how?
jeeva: -shakes someone's hand- hi, i am jeeva. im one of the 2 indians in hwachong (like DUH no!).. i have been trying to find the other indian in hwachong. i thought that person was janar -pts to janar- all the while, but now im wrong. 'cause he failed his technical handling test..
janar: &^&$#^*&$%$&^%#^
-_-
oh and how can i forget. there's a female soldier in my platoon! her name's xiuying and she's our da jie da cus she's 22 years and 2 days old today! (yea she celebrated her 22nd bday in camp yesterday) quite an eye-opener for many of us who have not seen any female trainees before. but hey her fitness is good ok.. and we really respect her. thanks to her our plt talks very little vulgarities..
i really dunno what else to write already. early in the morning my brain is always quite rusty... wait. what brain?
today's the last day of block leave. and seriously i think today's wasted as there's still alot of things that i havent done. like shopping for new clothes, watching more movies,
asking people out for dates, pubbing with friends, etc. but owell what to do? it's only 10 days of block leave. nvm there's always next time...
tmr will be a new journey of army life for me, where i step into a totally new environment. instead of "where we train to be a chao recruit, that's BMTC " it's "where we train to be a specialist, that is SISpec". lol. but i kinda miss the good old rec days, where life is carefree. we train together, we laugh together and we die together. and that's what makes us stronger in terms of friendship. and it's thru the tough times where we learn to cooperate, unite and work as 1 entity. to the privates from hawk plt 2. u guys have been damn shiok in the 9 weeks of BMT. we started off as individuals but we ended off as one. no matter where we go, no matter where we are. we are still 1 hawk plt 2 from the 01/06 batch! ROCK ON!
hawk plt 2 sect 2. with our very own plt sgt ang :)
our very own hawk plt 2 from 01/06 leadership batch!
aloy, gordon, pohshen, yongmeng, dexuan, weihong, teck, khairul, cheehan, sok, boyang, ken, madan and cheiren.. congrats on yr postings to SAFTI MI. and leonard, daryl, fish, yihern, ivan, jass, jingyee, tq, dik, cliff and alex.. hope to see you tmr in pasir labar camp! and for the rest who tio man.. dont worry. 1 year 8 mths more and it'll be over!
on a sidenote,
is a must watch. worth my $9.50 :)
"You are posted to SISPEC.
Your vocation is INF LDR(TRAINEE). "
posting's out. and seriously i dunno how i should feel. disappointed that i didnt go into OCS? relieved that the specs course is shorter than the OCS course? i really dunno. there's loads more feelings i should say. and it's this mixture of feelings that's making me sian diao for the whole day. zzz.
yes. sian diao. the correct feeling i have been having for the whole day.
during this block leave i have been having 3 similar dreams. of me accessing the miw webby and saw -to my horror- the postings. luckily it didnt really turn out to be a nightmare or what. but it just wasnt a very nice dream.
my wish didnt come true but my dream did.
just now when i clicked on the ePostings on the miw webby, my mind wanted a slack vocation like signals so that i could have good life for the next 1 year 10 mths. but somehow.. my heart wanted something that's fulfilling in terms of the pay and prestige -think OCS-. and what do i get? something in between. or rather, none of the both wishes. lol but it's ok. it's fated anyway and i cant really do anything abt it can i? think i'll make the best out of it since im stuck there for at least 6 mths. cheong as much as i can but not too much until i OOT or what -touches wood- and finish the specs course. if im lucky i can crossover to OCS army wing but if not then im fine with it. then i'll just finish my 2 years and i go "ORD loh!" like my seniors.. lol :)
anyway. i realised that the whole world is going to spec. it's quite scary. my plt got like 40% in spec, my section already got 6 pple in spec. and sher + yimin + yihui too. that means like OMG. a mini chalet! considering that there are only 7 coys -i think- in spec. lol.. hopefully that is consoling and i can sleep peacefully later.
rahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... mixed feelings. i really hate this man.
alrighties im bored. so bored i am actually having 2 posts in a day. maybe this is not really counted as an entry cus it's a quiz!
Rules: Bold the following that are true about you and add 5 people who you want to do this at the bottom. Oh and italics are what I add in.
I miss somebody right now.I don't watch much TV these days.I love olives.
I own lots of books.
I wear glasses or contact lenses.I love to play video games.
I've tried marijuana.
I've watched porn movies. (if the tammy yap sex video counts, then yes)I have been in a threesome.
I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
I believe that honesty is the best policy.
I curse sometimes.
I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me. (jacknife counted?)I'm TOTALLY smart.
I've broken someone's bones. (my bones)I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal.
I hate the rain.
I'm paranoid at times.I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
I need money right now. (who doesnt?)I love sushi.
I talk really, really fast.
I have fresh breath in the morning.
I have long hair.
I have lost money in Las Vegas.
I have at least one sibling.I was born in a country outside of the U.S.I have worn fake hair / fingernails / eyelashes in the past.
I couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
I like the way that I look.I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months.
I know how to cornrow.
I am usually pessimistic.
I have a lot of mood swings.
I think prostitution should be legalized.
I think Britney Spears is pretty.
Slept with a suitemate.
I have a hidden talent.
I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have.
I have a lot of friends.I am currently single.I have pecked someone of the same sex.
I enjoy talking on the phone.I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
I LOVE TO SHOP! Enjoy window shopping.
Would rather shop than eat.
I would classify myself as ghetto.
I'm bourgie and have worn a sweater tied around my shoulders.
I'm obsessed with my blog.I don't hate anyone. I dislike them.
I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
I have a cell phone.
I believe in (a) God.
I watch MTV on a daily basis.
I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
I've rejected someone before.I like someone.
I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life.I want to have children in the future.I have changed a diaper before.
I've called the cops on a friend before.
I am a member of the Tom Green fan club.
I have a lot to learn.I have been with someone at least 10 years older or younger.
I am shy around the opposite sex.
I'm online 24/7, even as an away message.
I have at least 5 away messages saved.
I have tried alcohol or drugs before.I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
I own the "South Park" movie.
I have avoided assignments at work/school to blog.When I was a kid I played "the birds and the bees" with a neighbor or chum.
I enjoy some country music.
I would die for my best friends.I think Pizza Hut has the best pizza.I watch soap operas whenever I can.
I'm obsessive and often a perfectionist.
I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all.
I know all the words to Slick Rick's "Children's Story".
Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it.I have dated a close friend's ex.
I like surveys.
I am happy at this moment.
I'm obsessed with guys.
Democrat.
Conservative Republican.
I am punk rockish.
I am preppy.
I go for older guys/girls, not younger.
I study for tests most of the time.I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
I can work on a car.
I love my job.
(damn who likes to cheong sua)I am comfortable with who I am right now.I have more than just my ears pierced.
I walk barefoot wherever I can.
I have jumped off a bridge.
I love sea turtles.
I spend ridiculous amounts of money on makeup.
I believe in prophetic dreams.
I plan on achieving a major goal/dream.
I'm proficient on a musical instrument. (who can forget abt my suona and me?)I worked at McDonald's restaurant.
I hate office jobs.
I love sci-fi movies.I think water rules.
I went to college out of state.
I am adopted.
I like sausage.
I am a pyro.
I love the Red Sox.
I have thrown up from crying too much.
I have been intentionally hurt by people that I loved.
I love kisses.
I fall for the worst people.
I adore bright colors.I love Dear Abby.
I can't live without black eyeliner.
I think school is awesome. (does that apply to OCS and SISpec as well?)I think pigtails serve a purpose.
I don't know why the hell I just did this stupid thing.I usually like covers better than originals.
I don't like multi-textured ice cream.
I think John Cusack is adorable.
I hate chain theme restaurants like Applebees and TGIFridays.
I watch Food Network way too much.
I love coaching youth sports.
I can pick up things with my toes.I can't whistle.
I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snakes slither.
I have ridden/owned a horse.
I still have every journal I've ever written in.
I can't stick to a diet.
I talk in my sleep.I've often thought that I was born in the wrong century.
I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.
Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
I have jazz in my blood.
I wear a toe ring.
I have a tattoo.
I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.
I am a caffeine junkie!!
I know who Santas L. Helper is.
I read trashy romance novels and I am ashamed.
I love wrestling.
I am completely tree-huggy spiritual, and I'm not ashamed at all.
If I knew I would get away with it, I would commit at least one murder.
I cosplay or know what cosplaying is.
I have been to over 15 conventions.
I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical, the better.
I enjoy a nice glass of wine with dinner.
I'm an aritst.
I have a goal to collect every Johnny Depp movie ever made.
I have an unhealthy Taco Bell obsession.
I have had a crush on a cartoon character when I was a kid.
I have spent more on anime and manga than many spend on computers or other high end products.
I only clean my room when neccesary.I have pointy-ended ears.
I have underwear every colour of the rainbow.I LOVE korean dramas.
I colour-code my wardrobe.
I own more than 20 pairs of shoes.
I cry silently and get over things easily and quickly.
I love blasting linkin park at mum whenever she nags.
I love listening to jay chou music.
I love watching cartoons.
I love lame jokes.
I wish I was a tragic hero.
I hate one of my best friends but s/he has no idea.
and damn. why am i so bored until i did this stupid quiz? it totally wasted my time. on a side note, there's this sec 1 suona junior who has the same bday as chuhe. gg..
as my friend quotes it, block leave = being a block. how apt is that. have been stoning alot during this period. but owell it's better than cheongsuaing every now and then i guess. everything's OTOT in the cv world. so relaxed. no marching. no area cleaning (yes i HATE cleaning the training shed. no matter how much effort you put into cleaning it, by 1 hour's time the training shed will be dirty again). sometimes i just wanna stone like a block in front of the TV and not going back there again.
all of a sudden the thought of AWOL is just so tempting. oops.
anyway. a few of us went to juz's house for movie screening yesterday. me zhiyong nic yitian and gladys. we watched mystic river and yes it's a great movie! the plot's cheem enough yet at the same time not too profound until none of us could understand. i left early and went back to hwachong to see my juniors who were having CO practices. at the same time i saw alex sebby and liangsheng too. surprise surprise.. havent seen them for quite a while already!
apparently this photo was taken cus the both of us were quite bored while listening to them practising. no offence to the juniors out there, but both of us havent been listening to CO music for quite a while already. so we didnt really know what u all were playing yesterday =P
speaking of the practices, wei is still the same old him with all the 没时间s and 安静s, yada yada. it really reminded me of my college days when i was with HCCO. oh man.. the good old days.. if only i could turn back time. but nevertheless these good old days will stay as memories which will be etched into my heart :)
talked to some of the juniors after prac and the 亲切感 still remains, which is quite heartening. that's the cozyness u get in HCCO - it's like one big family. and whoever was from HCCO will always belong to HCCO. the only thing im quite disturbed is that the whole world wanted me to flash my muscles to them, which i did and the whole world went "WAHHHHHHHHHHH". what's with my biceps? they arent really that big... right?
went for dinner with liangsheng after prac at this ulu ulu restaurant off 6th avenue. of course the both of us were ostracised - together with the year 2s present (bong, liangcheng and ningfei). and who ostracised us? the year 1s. haha.. this batch's xyz seems internally united. they really ate their hearts out and they really talked alot of cock. somehow this reminded me of college life again. 2 years ago when i was a jc1 student i used to hang out with the dinner gang after CO pracs. and our usual hanging place would be either KAP or prince @ coro. we would eat and talk cock sing song play along until our parents rang our handphones to remind us that it was late and we had to go home already.
ah. those were the times man... so carefree and relaxed. no stress, no worries.. life's good. but as i always say.. life goes on. i cant keep looking back at the past; i need to pick up my momentum and move on from here. and soon, before i know it 07/11/2007 will come and my pink ic will come back to me :)
had beach outing yesterday with the 64 peeps yesterday despite having a flu. well the risk was worth it, esp when i havent seen them for quite a while. but the aftermath was urgh - bodyaches everywhere and i had a bloody headache for the whole of today's afternoon.
anyway. the beach outing itself wasnt that bad if u dont want to add the vball games inside - everyone was just SO pathetic after not playing vball for so many mths. lol.. even kian & jy couldnt find their touch anymore - kian was either spiking the ball too low or out of the court, and jy couldnt whack the ball properly. we had our fun nevertheless. =)
i dont think there's any pt in narrating the sequence of events which happened in sentosa ytd, but im really really glad to say that i belong to 64. at least the group of fun-loving vball peeps who like to soak themselves dry out in the sun! all the fun and laughter when we mishit the balls in the court and during the breaks - it really reminded me of the times we had in hwachong. all the beach outings in the hols despite having all the lect tests and such.
this outing is really different from the past outings. everyone is so different now.. the guys are either having rec or pte hairstyle (except oon who hasnt been into army yet). the girls have their hair highlighted (except py). during the talk-cock sessions the topics are either about army life and working life, instead of schoolwork, tests, etc. (in retrospect i think the guys really talked too much abt army life... the girls looked abit bored and even irritated.. lol. but too bad =D) everyone looks more lethargic than the past and our energy level has dropped significantly compared to our college times. but one thing never changes: our enthusiasm towards vball and our friendship. it will stay as strong, if not even stronger.
i know this is one friendship that can and will last forever - no matter where we go we will stay in contact together.
this is gonna be my 1st official post in this diary eh.
hi guys (what a stupid way to start an entry).. it really took me quite a while to switch over to blogspot after diary-x died. speaking of which.. what exactly happened? got the news when i was back in camp.. so shocked. my 2 yrs of jc memories just disappeared in a flash? omg. nvm i shall refrain from swearing and cursing. as mr pringles says, "once u pop, u cant stop!" owells. life's like this. sometimes u just cant help it.. it's beyond your control. and there's no pt cursing and swearing cus nth's gonna be solved. u just breathe a huge sigh, start anew, and life goes on.
just like that.
-shakes head-
where's the old eugene who's supposed to be more optimistic and cheerful?
i dunno. i think i became more quiet and introverted once i entered the army. maybe it's the experiences that made me more jaded than ever before. i have experienced numerous cockups in the army and get tekaned almost everyday.. until all these problems seem to be the norm already. no pt screaming and cursing at the corkster cus the corkster will forever be a corkster. u screw him off today and he's gonna cause the whole platoon into trouble the next day.
just like that.
alright alright... army isnt that boring as u think it is.. at least not bmt. bmt was really fun and we really had a meaningful and memorable experience (think M&M) in our 9 weeks. the friendships that we forged were very strong. The times that it grew stronger was when we were faced with obstacles and punishments, esp during field camp where we were punished like no one else's business. and of course it grew stronger when we were punished thanks various corksters in the company and platoon. when POP came many of us didnt really feel like POPing as we know that each of us will go separate ways, some into command schools while others into units. it was something that none of us wanted to let go of. but too bad.. life's like that, whether we like it ornot. ah ohwell.
thought that the block leave would be a period for us to relax and slack. but nooooooooooooo. had our heritage tour last friday. quite fun actually - went to newater plant, then johore batteries and lastly changi museum & chapel for our NE tour. in retrospect it was a meaningful tour as we knew more abt the scars of WW2 in singapore - how our forefathers suffered undered Japanese rule. and the newater plant just ignited my interest towards the PUB scholarship.. i hope i can really be part of the team to develop new sources of water for individual and industrial usage. dun think i need to carry on abt telling u guys how water is impt to us.. but yes. the SAF recognises the importance of water.. at least my platoon does. during water parade.. if our PC sees any drop of water on the ground, we automatically do 20 x the no of drops of water on the ground! see.. this is how water is important to us; we cannot afford to waste even a single drop of water or else we will get pumped accordingly.. lol..
had NUS and NTU openhouses on sat. seriously speaking.. now im even confused on which uni and what course im going to attend when i ORD.. cus the personnel in both unis were so verbal and eloquent they could easily persuade me into joining their uni to study. and yes.. all courses look equally interesting (or equally NOT interesting in another sense).. i think i shld read up more on the courses before making a decision. but too bad.. i have sent a few scholarships apps on sunday night. yups.. MOE PUB and CAAS. hope 1 of these organisations take pity on me and call me up for interview so that i can siam one of the hiong trainings in the future =P
completing those scholarships apps is really tough.. think it's tougher than SOC. at least i can do SOC within 30 mins (i think the whole world can too) but i take like 3 hrs to do 1 scholarship app? omg i think that's very long.. i hate the essay writing. seriously speaking.. once anyone goes into the army i think he/she will become dumber in terms of linguistic abilities (thanks to the constant mixing of english and hokkien and chinese to form singlish).. and in terms of yr ability to think (thanks to the fact that recruits just accept whatever is given to them).. how to draft out a perfect essay to impress the pple over there? sighs.
life's like that. 习惯就好... well i think i shall just stop here. a pretty long entry i guess. maybe i will copy some of the entries over from my personal diary to this blog when i have the time. most probably i have no time.. so see how lah. haha..
