(Ps: this post will most probably be my very final post as I dun think i can commit to blogging regularly like 3 yrs ago,with Facebook being my most often visited website o meet friend and play Restaurant City Games.)
I will be completing my NS (aka ORD) on 14th September 2010 (6weeks from now!) and resume my life as civilian. I am so happy and excited to this big day. =D
After my ORD (operational ready date), I will be working for Mitsui Phenols Singapore (MPS) in Jurong Island as a Process Technician. i am looking forward to leading a much better life as my salary is rather well paid. Hey, u know what? i'll be working with phenol and BPA (Bisphenol-A) most of the time,so it could be a high risk that i will kena burn by phenol...
Before i was enlisted two yrs ago on 15th sept 2008, i was so unsure and worried abt the life in NS as i will be going thru a transition from civilian to military personnel. i wasn't in good shape,so during the 3 months of BMT in P.Tekong, i suffered a lot as the physical and combat training is too tough for mi that i had wanted to give up. i had made a lot of stupid mistakes that made most ppl in my BMT platoon so dislike mi.
After BMT, i move on to SSC @Changi naval base. the 1st 2 weeks of RP course @ Clementi camp was like in heaven when we can book out from camp daily, with plenty of canteen breaks in between lessons. then comes the 10weeks long grueling SSC. the course was much tougher than BMT as everything was so regimental and we were required to attend swim lessons and ability grp runs almost daily. this made mi so physically shack that i wanted to OOC (which i didnt in the end.)
After 10weeks of SSC, i finally graduated on the POC with a conditional pass of IPPT on that day itself. the following week i was posted to Tuas Defence Squadron @ Tuas naval base. we had one week of block leave. after which our OJT starts when we learnt all the land and sea Ops.
Finally, i was posted to TDS Platoon 1. Life was generally good in TDS as the pace was very slow down and we are not treated like trainees anymore. TNB is near to where i live and there's air con bunk to enjoy throughout my service in TDS. Despite that, the vocation is not so good as we had to stay in 7 days throughout to mount duty until the platoon 2 takes over the following week,but thank God that we are still able to take leave or mounting off during mounting.
For me, life in TDS wasn't like a bed of roses as there's too many bad stories about me in camp. I didn't have good relationship with this platoon,not even with my batch mates. though i had committed many stupid mistakes, i should give thanks to God that i didnt get into greater trouble. Despite many troubles i gotten into, i was given 2days confinement for my SAR 21 getting stunned during combat shoots, 1 extra for misplacing my RCK, and 1 SOL(stoppage of leave) for sleeping while on duty. though i was so unpopular in my platoon, i did have some friends who still talk to mi at friendly level.
As my ORD is approaching soon, i hope that i can throw away all the unhappiness i had in TDS platoon 1 behind me and lead a new life afresh after ORD. Let God bless mi,ok?
Oh well, although this is last entry of my blog,i will still come back occasionally to check out the comments(if there's any)... i shall end it here. Take Care and good luck to all readers!
Regards,
Elvin Hayashi
(Always happy and wise! =D)