Hey everyone so sorry that i din blog for such a long time. All right,after being absent for 2months, i shall update what happened for the past 2 months,be it in ssc or outside camp....
Firstly, i have successfully passed out from my ssc,which was the 19th batch. In addition, on that passing out day on last friday, i have also managed to do 6 chin-ups for my IPPT,thus i was granted a conditional pass,which means i have managed to pass this ippt (with chin-up being the only station i failed previously) together with previous ippt results. In all, i am really very delighted that i have come to make such a good achievement. To many, a pass in ippt is nothing but to me,its a great achievement cuz for the past 7 years since sec sch i have never passed a single NAPFA or IPPT test before. Besides, SSC has helped me improve on my 2.4km run timing from 13:00 to 11:20,which is a great improvement and also my standing broad jump(SBJ) has "jumped" from 195cm to 225cm...thats the wonder of SSC,i just cant believe that i can achieve a pass in ippt ever in my life.....so if those just passed out from BMT and has been posted to sea soldier vocation, pls dun be sad or demoralised cuz SSC will make u become even stronger person,be it physically or mentally. Trust me. If i can do it, so can you.
Yes, SSC have indeed changed mi into another person who has more self confident and physically fitter, with all the swim lessons and AGR runs in the morning daily. All the effort i have put in has indeed paid off. Praise the Lord for giving me the strength to be able to do 6 chin ups and pass my final ippt! I will continue to train hard and aim for a silver for ippt....Amen.
During this 10 weeks of SSC, i am assigned to this section Shield. (the iother 3 being Spear,Strike and Storm). i have attended all the programs without getting a single status, such as physical training (AGR and speed training), weapon training (SAW, M203,GPMG,M16S1,P226),swims lessons,fire fighting and chemical defence course @CDA, Control n Restraint, section training, urban ops, and finally the basic seamanship course. I must say the 10 weeks in ssc is damn siong. with all these training programs mentioned earlier packed in the 10 week schedule, it can really make u so demoralised.
Not just all these, we all still have other routine which are done daily such as do 12 chin ups (assisted) before meals, and standby area,bed,bearings,pt shoes,and other silly things u can think of....standby like siao. Besides that, we still have to march from Panglima to 215 (2km long) in clean fatigue,SBO or FBO most of the time. By the time, we reach the destination,be it Panglima or 215 (Home of the sea soldiers), our smart 4 will become damn sweaty....but usually after reaching to 215 we have water parade,so should be ok.....Oh yea in ssc, all the trainees are required to shave their head to even shorter than bmt hairstyle...wtf, its like going bk to bmt....well,ssc is really like my 2nd bmt...haha...and somemore we have go back to the olden days of army where we all have to iron and starch uniforms and jockey caps,kiwi boots until kiwi shine like crystal shine and no touching of bed until RO is over...sian ah,ssc is such a f***** up vocation.....
Well, despite all these, some of the nice instructors are here to help us. these are my appraisal of the instructors in ssc:
2SG Gopi (PS): When he shout, he can be really intimidating...So "u all better wake up your idea!" or double or he'll pump u like hell...(30 push-ups is no joke!).... anyway he always like to find people whose timing around 12min to keep pace with...he's getting less fitter man,as i always see him struggle during 2.4km run in ippt.
2SG Matthew Mak (ACSM): the most f***** up person i have met in ssc. Always like to tekan ppl alot,especially when we din meet his std of march...his pet phrase is "Hello!" in a sharp and sarcarstic manner...It is rumoured that he doesn't have a pleasant childhood and teenagehood in secondary school days...just like mi,i can understand how he feels...To think he dare to label us the Girl Guides,Pussy of the seas...
3SG Gerald Chee: My sect commander (Shield). Can say that he's my section's most fav instructors cuz so far he never tekan us b4.. hehe..anyway we are like good friends. can talk cock under the sun...Ever since i met him in 2pdf for RP course, i knew that he's very slack one and i am so glad to be in his section..haha
3SG Monty (Montgomery) : His name is very unique. Not sure if he's pure singaporean anot,but when u see his face, u wun believe that he's only 20 this yr when his face tells u that he look around 24 or 25...
3SG Gulshanpal Singh: A "horny" sergeant. Always love to disturb and make fun of his trainees like Pte Tan zhi wei, he named him as "Pte Too Tall" as zhi wei always hunch back cuz of his height....haha...and also sgt gul like to make fun of zhiwei many times, like he asked zhiwei how do he kiwi his boots? then gul says must use pre-cum....haha! anyway, since he always like to disturb ppl,whenever i see his face, i cant help laughing.... :D
3SG Yi Long: A person with nice personality. but he like to keep blinking his eyes. anyway he look older than his actual age,appear to look around 27. he's only 20 this yr....haha to think when i first saw him i tot he's NSman....lol!
3SG Shaun Marcus Joseph: Look at his name and u can tell that he's of mixed blood parentage. He's a Eurasian. Though he's a nice person, he always appear to look arrogant and cool. Just dun like the way he speak....sux!
3SG Valentine Chris: Admin specialist. When comes to range,ippt or imt or swim cat test detailing,he's always the one in charge. No wonder he can rmb all his trainees' names very well. He's also the future ACSM for next batch, according to what my section mate said. He's damn nice man,hehe...
3SG Jian Sheng: One of 5 new ssc instructors. Looks innocent but it was during the interview then i realised he is quite lone ranger among other instructors. just cant believe it...
3SG Wei Tze: Seems a nice person,but i dunno him that well. Not much to comment. But he can be good looking when he wear contact lens.
3SG Firdaus: A siao on instructor. he's specialised in training the Gold potential trainees for ippt. he can do chin up with his chest above the bar. No wonder he can get best PT for his batch. Steady!
MSG Bala: my course sergeant major. most of the time he's my source of motivation, be it during ippt or weapon training, or during AGR runs. when he's present, most of us can go beyond our limit. I am his so-called the "best trainee of the urban ops"....i also why he keep forgetting my name but anyway , Thank u sergeant major! (Favourite pet phrase: Roger? Good to go?)
MSG Loh: My course commander. He plays a major part in helping mi to overcome hydrophobia during swim lessons. he has helped mi a lot during swim lessons, and i learnt a lot from him,especially that day i almost kena drown on one of the lessons. He can str8 away tell mi where i go wrong and why i almost drown and he taught mi the correct way to thread water. Besides, he also coach mi the correct way of doing standing broad jump,SBJ,during the ippt test. indeed,i have get a silver standard for this after several attempts. Thank u sir!
Other than those mentioned above, other instructors i met are 3SG Yong sheng,Ivan,Ming Gen,Kai Han and Thong Hao.
Also, i would like to thank Shield 1 ppl (Privates Zhiguang,George,Sulaiman aka Madam,Jun Chong from NDU and also Nick Tan my "buddy") for being there for mi throughout the ssc.Without u guys, i wouldn't be so much happier as compared to my bmt section mates. I will always remember u guys and the happy and sad memories we had even if we go separate ways from ssc. shield one rocks!