Dear Diary,
Well... it's that time of the year again. When the postings of the newly passed out privates are released. I got that feeling last year. Luckily i refused to let myself hoped for too much. Then after knowing that only 1 guy ended up at OCS, i felt better.
Then i began thinking, if i wasn't in Delta Coy, or rather if i wasn't in platoon 3, then maybe i would have ended up at OCS. Then Eugene, Jiaxian and Deneng would have gotten in too. Yes the system sucks. I reasoned that if they gave you a "better" life in BMT, then you ain't going to get the "priviledge" of going to where you want to.
I reckon they kind of fix this quota for each batch, each coy and each platoon such that it sucks big time. Someone "lousier" than me in some other coy might be on their way to OCS because they have to cover the "quota" that was set for that coy whereas for out platoon, we only need 1 guy so the platoon best is selected. The rest of us "good-but-too-bad-cos-there's-no-space" are left with going to a place to learn how to "with pride we lead".
Or maybe... my PC during BMT, Warrant Yip-with-no-one-to-comb-his-cockhair, just didn't bother to care. He was just there to blast vulgarities at us, asked us to do his shit, and perhaps once in a while act all nice when it came to the scheduled interviews. Maybe he just didn't bother about who goes where. Afterall, with each passing day and month, he collects his pay as usual.
Well... i turn out pretty well anyway. SISPEC wasn't too bad. It got me damn garung. Most of my army memories are from there. I love my section, and how garung all of us are. How we all got marked by the PC. Every single one of us. Until our dear Section Instuctor, Thomas(HAHAHAH to this day the thought of him still makes me laugh), kind of gave up. Our PC, Warrant Felix has to personally come lead us for training on one of the days. We weren't bad you know. We were just better than Thomas. And it kind of sucks when someone who's "unfit" is your instructor.
I love my Specialist life now. Perhaps i can say i am lucky that's all. There were times when i was reflecting on the various routes and choices along my army life; like what if i got into ASLC, had remained in infantry, then i wouldn't had the chance to go through BPCC, what if i had gotten posted to Alpha instead of now at BSS, then i wouldn't be able to book out everyday to spend time with my loved ones. I also wouldn't be able to know people like KP, WK, Shaun, Zico, Alvin, Andrew, Weiming and more who taught me many more aspects to life. I wouldn't be able to give them the Good Life that i have always strive to. Maybe this gave me the chance to fulfil my promise to myself of not knocking anyone down ever.
"Specialists are the backbone of the Army." I heard this said a few times before... and yea... without us... i would love to see all the officers do the work.
"With Pride We Lead"
Yours,
Lah
Well... it's that time of the year again. When the postings of the newly passed out privates are released. I got that feeling last year. Luckily i refused to let myself hoped for too much. Then after knowing that only 1 guy ended up at OCS, i felt better.
Then i began thinking, if i wasn't in Delta Coy, or rather if i wasn't in platoon 3, then maybe i would have ended up at OCS. Then Eugene, Jiaxian and Deneng would have gotten in too. Yes the system sucks. I reasoned that if they gave you a "better" life in BMT, then you ain't going to get the "priviledge" of going to where you want to.
I reckon they kind of fix this quota for each batch, each coy and each platoon such that it sucks big time. Someone "lousier" than me in some other coy might be on their way to OCS because they have to cover the "quota" that was set for that coy whereas for out platoon, we only need 1 guy so the platoon best is selected. The rest of us "good-but-too-bad-cos-there's-no-space" are left with going to a place to learn how to "with pride we lead".
Or maybe... my PC during BMT, Warrant Yip-with-no-one-to-comb-his-cockhair, just didn't bother to care. He was just there to blast vulgarities at us, asked us to do his shit, and perhaps once in a while act all nice when it came to the scheduled interviews. Maybe he just didn't bother about who goes where. Afterall, with each passing day and month, he collects his pay as usual.
Well... i turn out pretty well anyway. SISPEC wasn't too bad. It got me damn garung. Most of my army memories are from there. I love my section, and how garung all of us are. How we all got marked by the PC. Every single one of us. Until our dear Section Instuctor, Thomas(HAHAHAH to this day the thought of him still makes me laugh), kind of gave up. Our PC, Warrant Felix has to personally come lead us for training on one of the days. We weren't bad you know. We were just better than Thomas. And it kind of sucks when someone who's "unfit" is your instructor.
I love my Specialist life now. Perhaps i can say i am lucky that's all. There were times when i was reflecting on the various routes and choices along my army life; like what if i got into ASLC, had remained in infantry, then i wouldn't had the chance to go through BPCC, what if i had gotten posted to Alpha instead of now at BSS, then i wouldn't be able to book out everyday to spend time with my loved ones. I also wouldn't be able to know people like KP, WK, Shaun, Zico, Alvin, Andrew, Weiming and more who taught me many more aspects to life. I wouldn't be able to give them the Good Life that i have always strive to. Maybe this gave me the chance to fulfil my promise to myself of not knocking anyone down ever.
"Specialists are the backbone of the Army." I heard this said a few times before... and yea... without us... i would love to see all the officers do the work.
"With Pride We Lead"
Yours,
Lah
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