Friday, November 28, 2008
For those who don't know, I am posted back to t]Tekong as instructor. I love being instructor and I really want to do it for life. But to be one at an island far away, that is not the plan I have in mind.The first week was full of lectures and speech. It is not bad, but it is not what I wanted. Leadership talk and all those things about teaching. Well, not to be cocky, but all these I already know. I was hoping for something really different and really help me in my vocation as a BMT instructor. Hope that next week's lesson will be more enriching and beneficial. At least to me. After doing so many leadership roles, I really need to learn something new so that I can improve myself. So far all that I have heard is all those I have already been taught. I am posted to BMTC school 1. But which company? I also have no idea. But it surely won't be Falcon, Kestrel and Jaguar. This hot favour has already been taken long ago. For your information, we are going to do something really different. For those who have been through BMT, it is unlike what you have imagine. The new recruits will be shooting GPMG,SAW and be shot by paintballs. 24km march is also a thing of the past. Ever marched into your graduation parade? Responsibility has never been so great before. It is really different for what I imagine and what it used to be. Nonetheless, it will be a totally new challenge. Instructor for life....
zihao blogged at 11/28/2008 10:17:00 PM
Saturday, November 22, 2008
I received my posting yesterday. I was prepared to go Guards. I want to do the heliborne and watermanship which I feel is totally fun and cool. Whats more, the Guards tab that we will get after we complete our conversion course. It is absolutely cool and full of pride. But to my amaze, I am posted to HQBMTC. Most likely to e a BMTC instructor. I used to want to be there but now I don't really. There is nothing much to do there and it is a very boring place to e in. Nothing exciting and never a chance to go overseas. Day in day out doing the basics, not being able to do fun things and get good badges. Boring life. Instructor is like the best thing for me. My job camp instructor, badminton instructor and now BMTC instructor. I am the best mascot to be when it comes to instructorship. I hope I will be able to teach well and make a good impact to others. Next goal, best trainer.Friends, you are going to miss more of me. I will be station at a far away island with little time back in Singapore.
zihao blogged at 11/22/2008 11:07:00 AM
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Well, I spend time readjusting myself today. I feel so lost and out of place when I returned to Singapore. So I did a lot of revising work today. Read a few blogs and talk to a few people. But I am still lost. I need to get back to reality. I need to know what is going on. I need answers and I need them now. I need to do more catching up and to keep up with what is going on now. I am too lost to know where to start from. I need help, I need assistance and I need them now. Who can fill me in on what is happening?Worse of all, I miss my birthday this year. I miss the celebrations. I miss the gifts and presents. I did not celebrate my birthday this year because I was training overseas. How sad can I be? It is over and it is not coming back. How fast time flies.Brandon my young friend is flying off for some training tomorrow. Though of asking him out but I guess I need to wait again. Time really waits for no man...Current mood: EmoVerse of the day: When the cold and winter comes to hell, only the strongest can resist the bell
zihao blogged at 11/16/2008 11:13:00 PM
I am back from 3 weeks of training in Republic of china(ROC) or more commonly called Taiwan. Not for tour or what, but for training. Army training to be exact. It is something I never wanted to do. But going overseas is a good experience to have. Although it is so much more torturous.When we first reach there, we we stunned. No because of what we see there but is the temperature. Somehow we were convinced that we will train in a cooling environment back in Singapore. But when we walked out of the gate, we found ourselves in a temperature similar to Singapore if not hotter. We walked through the hilly terrains of the central region of Taiwan. Climbed the famous 404 mountain and walked more than we can calculate. We went through navigation exercise from the south to the north of Taiwan. Sounds crazy? It really is. We have to carry a heavy load on us and walked through the journey. Not to mention climb mountains and cross rivers. We have a timing to keep and checkpoints to find. Not to mention when we get lost in the mountains. The extra miles that we have to walk. The temperature is also not helping us in anything. After the navigation, we went for exercise warrior. We were really like warriors. Casting the long walk we have aside. We got lost many times during our march to our location. We climbed countless mountains and many difficult terrains. We harbour on slopes and sleep on them and wake up to fight our objectives. We even sleep in orange plantations and pomelo plantations. The worse part is that we stay on the tallest hill for 4 days compared to the rest who stayed on hills half as tall as ours. Which means we have to climb up and down whenever we go out for missions. It is really a killer for all of us. The hottest weather we encountered was WGBT 22.7. Another 0.3 and we have to cancel the training. That is how hot the weather is.On our last night on the hill, we encountered a cold front. The temperature went down to about 12 degree Celsius. We were shivering and feeling very cold. What makes things worse was a big rain before that which made us all wet. We nearly went into hypothermia. It is sold cold that we were forced to shift harbour to the foot of the mountain where the weather is not as cold. But it is still the same because we were all wet. We had to walk don't know how long to fight our final objective which tested all our endurance. The last few days of our training and in camp, the weather went down to 10 degrees. It was another shock to us all. We will never get to experience all these when we were in Singapore or even in tekong. So in general, it is all a bitter sweet memory which we will never forget and will pass down the memories to others.The last 3 days 2 nights was our tour of Taiwan. It was short and we really miss it very much. We went to 2 theme parks and some historical places. But what is best is the free and easy after dinner which we were looking forward to. I eat many nice food and went to places I wanted to go. I also bought a few gifts for my friends. Too bad I don't have much money with me, or I will buy more. I am now broke and need to wait for my next pay to have some money to use. Sad.Next up, my 3sg journey. It will begin in 1 weeks time. After all these unforgetab
zihao blogged at 11/16/2008 11:51:00 AM
