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Saturday, April 30
Long weekend lor... Last week was quite tiring mentally... Have ta wake up at 5 plus every morning to catch the bus to Bukit Timah... Been trying to devise ways to shorten my travel time so tat i can sleep more everyday... My best route so far is taking NEL to Little India then transferring to bus 67 to reach rifle range road... This route takes 45 mins in total, but onli viable in the morning, cos in the evening NEL is damn crowded, sometimes cant even get in... therefore option 2 kicks in, i can take 151 to hougang central then transfer to 161 home... it takes 1 hr liddat, abit longer but not too bad lor...
We, the so-called "lobos", have been posted to Peirce Ammuniton Depot(PAD) for "fatigue work" until 13 May, cos our course dosen actually start till june... Luckily the corporals there also very slack one, haha, so actually do very little work, spent most of the time reading my book or talking cock with other "lobos"... I actually hope to go for the ammo spec course instead, can stay at Sch of Ammunition longer and also get 3SG rank... Hopefully the CSM help me to get in this course lor... Otherwise ammo storeman go depot become perm staff liao got alot of extra duties to do one... Sian... At least at Sch of Ammo, everyday 8-5 is guaranteed...
Been fairly worried bout my future too, KL got his letter of acceptance from NTU le, to go common engineering course... We share the same grades but i haven recieved anything yet, so i'm quite scared they forgotten me or wad... I thot it might be bcos i had put tat as my 2nd choice while KL put it 1st choice... Or did i do something wrong during the online application and NTU actually never received mine??? Haiz... juz hope to get some assurances from NTU asap...
Private Tan feeling lost and lonely... life is getting very boring... who can brighten up my life?
Signing off now and not knowing wad to do after this... HAIZ...
1 yr and 7 months to ORD...
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MoNtOyA*
3:44 PM
Monday, April 25
Today was my first day at my new unit, Sch of Ammo... Met TYS there during lunchtime, haha... quite happy to see him there, at least got someone i noe, can take care of one another... As wad TYS said, the unit is damn slack, i spent 4 hrs watching the monkeys climbing ard then booked out for the night... Haven seen the very fierce retired SWO yet, heard he is on leave this week... Anyway hope my course starts asap, dun wanna waste time hanging ard there watching monkeys whole day...
Quite sleepy le, so juz a short entry todae ba...
Private Tan signing off...
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MoNtOyA*
9:41 PM
Wednesday, April 20
I have officially disembarked from RSS Panglima, packed my bags and left on Tuesday nite... The new posting order has came, i will be an ammo storeman, undergoing a 3-week course at Sch of Ammunition in June, b4 being posted to 1 of the 9 ammo dumps in S'pore as a storeman...
The Sch of Ammunition is, of cos, the camp where TYS is also undergoing ammo spec course... So i'll see him every day huh? If TYS was to be believed, that place is damn slack and i would love it there... 8-5 vocation, no physical trainings, no outfield trainings, no SBO & helmet, no nothing... Juz plain studying and i'll most likely get to stay out for my 2 years of NS... Sounds fantastic, but i'm juz keeping my fingers crossed, hopefully everything will be the same as wad TYS say...
Honestly speaking i'm quite sad to leave the navy, the place is actually very good environment also, plus my enthusiasm in working with warships, shld actually put me in a very good position in the navy... There's juz 1 shortcoming, i cant swim... Haiz... On my last day in camp i actually went to the berths and saw the warships up close... They were beautiful man... The Landing Ship Tanks(LST), Missile GunBoats(MGB) and submarines looked so awesome, i feel proud of our navy... Though peanuts compared to other navies, i truly believe somehow our ships are really able to guard Singapore's waters...
Private Tan signing off...
Leaving the navy with a heavy heart, but also looking forward to the future...
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MoNtOyA*
7:43 PM
Sunday, April 17
Well my long weekend has come to a close... actually it dun seem so long, gone in a flash... hopefully the next 5 days would be liddat oso, very soon will be booking out again...
Didn't achieve anything much this weekend, also never play much actually, dunno where did all the time go... I'm starting to hate NS, losing our freedom, freedom to lead our lives the way we want... But we've got no choice, need to protect country (tats wad ppl say, but as if Singapore is going to war liddat)...
Nvm la, how unhappy oso no use, lan lan have to serve these 2 years, juz cheer up and be happy and the 2 years will pass by more easily...
Tats it, i'm booking in later tonite again...
Private Tan signing off...
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MoNtOyA*
4:17 PM
Friday, April 15
This week was quite good, alot of "fatigue work" for us the "Orion" class to do, so not so bored... Was able to book out yesterday nite after some fatigue work at sembawang camp, but our officer in charge saw us leaving 20 minutes early, so dunno whether next week go back will kena anything or not... may have confinement... haiz... Losing a weekend juz bcos we left 20 minutes early is so not worth it...
Todae went back sembawang camp early in the morning for more fatigue work, carried tables, chairs, metal cabinets all the way till 5 plus, wa damn shagged lor...
Anyway word is that my new posting will be out next week, all da best for me man....
Private Tan signing off...
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MoNtOyA*
9:15 PM
Sunday, April 10
Last week was one of mixed emotions... On Monday i recieved official confirmation of my OOT status, but at the same time was told that we couldn't stay out, had to make full use of camp facilities by sleeping there... WTF!!!
So stayed in and slacked whole week, sleeping, staring at the ceiling, going for canteen breaks while all the rest went for classes... Its so god damn boring, i wished i could die... Luckily had psychiatrist appointment on thurs, able to book out and get my zen micro from home, or else really gone case...
Speaking of psychiatrist appointment, it was really sucky... We were more like facing an interrogation panel of 1 Major and 2 Captains... Stressed ar... They talked alot of crap inside, dunno whether to believe them anot... According to them i would either be forced to stay and take remedial swimming lessons during weekends, or sent back to army as infantry rifleman... Both options lead to death... haiz... dunno wad to expect when my new posting comes out...
Hopefully, the Pope will bless me from Heaven... Let's observe a minute's silence for him...
Private Tan signing off... returing to RSS Panglima again...
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MoNtOyA*
1:49 PM
Sunday, April 3
After 1 week of "zuo bo lan" i'm back at home, i really dun understand why i had to stay in camp for the past 2 weeks... My everyday routine goes like tis:
0530 reveille
0600 5BX
0630 breakfast
0800 colours parade
0830 zuo bo lan
1200 lunch
1230 zuo bo lan
1730 dinner
1800 zuo bo lan
2000 area inspection
2200 zuo bo lan
2330 row call (i hate tis)
0000 lights out
very sian rite? shld have let us stayed out everyday... heard from my sergeants its bcos the new CO of IMOS too garang so we have to stay in and zuo bo lan... Very stupid actually, have to provide us with all 3 meals plus accomodation, water and electricity, no wonder SAF budget always not enuf... Haiz... But anyway i shld be on my way out of IMOS, cos my name not included in JRC (junior rating's course) namelist, hopefully can stay out everyday while i am attached to training branch for the time being, until my new posting comes, and hopefully they dun let me be a rifleman...
This weekend quite short actually, played some pool yesterday and went to K Box juz now, and i also bought a bike from DW, 45 bucks, quite worth it i think... And speaking of DW, he will finally be enlisting next thursday into Tekong (haha, going to be botak like us)... DW, if u r reading tis now, i wish u good luck for ur BMT, and thanx for sending my bike all the way here to hougang...
Private Tan returning to RSS Panglima tonite, with high hopes tat my agony would be gone soon....
wE aRe ThE wArRiOrS, tHe WaRriOrS oF pAnGlImA...
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MoNtOyA*
4:48 PM
