Received a letter from Commando Unit for an recruitment interview.
Asked my brother for some opinion (he is a Commando Officer).
He say its ok to Not go for the interview. But in the letter, it did indicates that people who skip this interview will be punished..
Anyway, i went and got selected.
Before enlisting my mindset of army training is tough tough tough not to say about commando training.. ;p

Day 1
My parent drove me to the camp(PRC).
After the briefing from the army personnel we head to the canteen to try out the food that i will be having for my army term. Standard wise i guess is still reasonable. :)
Mum and dad went back after the orientation. And the next time i see them will be 2 weeks later.. :(

There were about 240 enlistee. We were divided into 5 platoon. I'm in platoon 5.
Platoon 5 stays in the 3rd floor which is the highest compare to the rest of the platoons.
And theres only 6 of us sharing one room compare to other platoon 12 or 18.
6 of us sharing one bunk meaning theres 3 double Decker beds. 2 of which is near to the windows and 1 near the door. (mine is near the window)
The name of my bunk mate-- Mervin Chiang LW--Keith Wong HH--Jason Loke KL
--Charles--Ah Meng--( last 2 were sleeping near the door)
We all know we got to stay close and help one another to get through this BMT phase,
I think all other enlistee have this so call 'common understanding'.

During the 9 weeks i can say i didnt give my best. I never lead in front of the platoon.
I never put in 100% for all the training. I will always conserve my energy to prepare for any surprise work out. ( i should have give my 100% abit regret)
But i'm the only 1 in my platoon to achieve perfect score for Ippt + Shooting.
Erm... quite proud la..

Time for vocation-
Vocation is not holiday or taking a break. Its choosing a course that you will be specialise in.
Theres Weapon, Boatman, Signal, Medic and lastly Leader. ( Leader is the course everyone wants to get into it. Because once you get in to the Leader course, you will pass out as a Sergent or an officer)
Due to my low profile showing during the BMT, my platoon mates were abit shocked to see me getting in to the Leader course. Well i was expected it from the beginning. :)
However i was never sure if its a good news for me. I injured my back during the field camp training. So i wasnt sure if i can make it through this new phase of training.
I think through alot and finally i come out with a conclusion.
I asked myself weather i want a career here or its just a two year of national service.
My answer is i didnt want to sign on as a army regular. With that, i'm clear of what i want and that is to not risk my back injury for the 2 years of glory.
I still went for the leader training for 4 weeks. And finally was granted to fall out after the 2nd request to my officer.
I was grouped with those who had fall out. Soon CH, Gary Lau, Francis Tan and Ian Tan were my new army buddies.. :P
We had lots of fun. Very memorable. Still in contact with Gary Lau. ( he is doing not bad, happy for him)
But april we were all sent to different camps... :(

Keat Hong Camp
I consider myself lucky because when i was going to my new bunk, i saw someone familiar,
Guang Hong. Its Gary Lau poly buddy. So with Guang Hong helps, i blend in the this new group of army friend very quicky.
Times flies and ORD lor...

Next will be working phase..

i read her latest blog- at times i like to pretend that everything is alright....
the sentences really meant nothing but i can feel it. feel it so close so real. So hurt..
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