Why Are You Here?

Go West ! Young Man Never Settle Down

Yet another week has passed. In another 6 more days, I’ll be getting my 3^rd sergeant rank. Yes… after a near 1 year of trainee life, I will be getting a 3^rd sergeant, not “Officer” rank with the rest of my other 18 fellow course trainees. Sound damn pathetic but hey it might be better to arrive later than never. Agree?

The commander course make you mentally stress about the project and never ending project lectures conducted by CO. However, somehow in 1 way or another, I do enjoy a portion of it. Even though CO may not be a “good” lecturer or some might say a “weirdo”, there is no doubt that those lectures and training he make you undergo does make you improve whether as a soldier or personal life. He will make you think long,hard and deep, make you to express yourself. Essentially, he is forcing you to make you THINK. On the hindsight, I could see myself 1 year after this day, back to civilian life, attending classes and perhaps enjoying every moment of it provided the Z monster do not start attacking.

Perhaps I should not be saying this but I think some of us are not putting in any effort or do not have the ability to earn their rank.

My dear beloved SWO aka Polar Bear also had quite a number of talk cock session with the commanders. In front of the SSC trainees, he looks and sounds damn serious. Behind close doors, he relaxes, talk cock and joke around with us. Sometimes he will also teach us a lesson or two about Life. Often the conversation will start by asking: “Are You a Virgin”. He does stress that we should start exploring members of opposite sex when we are young and NOT stick to a particular female all the time.The KEY word is “EXPLORE” For a moment, I thought he was basically asking us to be a bastard and fcuk as many girls as we can. (Do forgive for the crude language) Actually he was trying to stress: We try eating other fruits to enjoy their rich taste such as pineapple, oranges, durian, and honeydew instead of apple all the time. Instead of lamenting Why This, Why That, Why the sky is always blue when you are old, poor, with a patch of balding hair on your head…we should definitely try living life with no regrets when we are young. “Young Men, Strong Mind. Die Young!” Haiz, if only it’s as easy as it sound and No! No! I’m not going to “Here we go again” about One True Love. Phui!

The Governor General of New Zealand is coming to visit the base and I am among those selected for the Guard of Honour. How come others VIP come they can wear No 1 while we always tio this and wear No 3 instead? Though the drill training may be tough and tiring, nevertheless with our ever ready “CAN DO “spirit, we should be able not to make a fool of ourselves when the day come.

Want to know what exactly is my vocation or what am I doing for the next 1 year of service..check out this website http://www.emindef.net/index.asp?cat=vid. Look out for the red bold heading DEFENCEWATCH VIDEOS 2004. The title is "Alert and Vigilant, Changi Defence Squadron" The video last 5 mins btw and a lot of things has been spice up to make us look very very garang. Dun say I didn't tell you hor.

posted by Immortali @ 6:03 pm