BOOK OUT !
at last i got a long weekend to myself - No 0530hes reveille 5BX, & catching up with news and friends.. (well, hope they're free of course)...

Reflecting on the past 2 weeks..
Army life is a mix of hot and cold, certain thing makes sense, others dun and you just gotta swallow it.
The highlight thus far gotta be the live range, shooting a SAR21 rifle for the first time, your finger on the trigger and squeezing it off.. Bang! down goes the target.. CS comes alive! The night shoot was initially a blur, as in you cant see where the targets are. but we get to use the tracer rounds for that, and its really beautiful watching your own effort exploding into a mini fire display at the target board..
then comes the dull part, cleaning your rifle, gosh! firing is so easy, but th amount of carbon built up uh.. is a shit load of black soot to clear..

then also the middle of the night 3am wake up route march to draw arms for the first time. we all got "bluff-ed" by our officer, who gave us some fake next day activity plan & we all went to sleep thinking" tml is an easy day..haha, reminds me of the time when i'd my nite walk at ubin.. thats probably the most shag day thus far..

I'm also glad my OC doesnt believe in corporal punishment, but when he does it, the feelings is damn sucky i swear.. sad to say, my platoon always is the one that kana it.. for all sorts of different reasons.. I've been pondering that why its a must to shout ard in army? doesnt it make sense the more u try to control something the more control you lose..
& then, there are the people that still cant get used to an army life.. abt regimental-ism, abt uniformity, abt teamwork.. once scolded, not shy at all one.. how much bad habit u get used the more difficult it is to remove it, so why not just accept the fact that "2 yrs lan lan have to serve", make the better of it not some shit life..

thats army for you! not forgetting the non stop constant PT sessions daily. changing of attire in lightning speed.. haha, sigh.. every Singaporean son..