Under the pouring rain, 1000 or so boys (or men?) went through with the Passing Out Parade on the 12th of March, myself included. With the parade, these 1000 Recruits graduate from BMT and become Privates. The rain became heavier and heavier, but since soldiers are supposed to be strong, they can withstand the elements.
No CAT1 (when activities are halted cos of bad weather) as there was no lightning. No, they only bring you under cover when there is a risk of being struck by lightning, being soaked by torrential rain and blasted by strong wind is ok because soldiers are strong and will not fall sick or get pneumonia.
As i walked out with my mother from Pulau Tekong, towards the ferry terminal to take the ferry out to mainland Singapore, the message on the display screen flashed: 'Congratulations to all graduands and parents! '
Now i never knew the word 'graduand' existed, so i checked it up, and this was what it said:
" a student who is about to graduate or receive a degree"
Now now, i have ALREADY GRADUATED, so this is wrong! It should read 'graduate'. rawr.
Now as i enjoy my welldeserved 11 days of leave ( i didn't even bother to count it, i only know it's 11 cos someone else said so), i can reflect on the past 9 weeks (omg i just realised that 2 months = 9 weeks. i always thought was 8 weeks. Proof: from Jan 11 to Mar 12 = 63 days = around 2 months = 9 weeks!!)
I cannot be too elated - there's still another 1 year 8 months in army. And BMT is supposed to be the easiest part. :( rawr.
ok i just realised i ended my past 2 paragraphs with rawr. i must really think of a new way to end my paragraphs. anyway. I'm quite irritated that the bloggingbug hasn't bit me yet. When it does, i'm writing freely and it's usually (in my opinion) interesting (subjective, yes, but.. i believe so? :p) . cmon bug bite me. r.... grr gotta stop the rawrs.
Speaking of bugs, do you know that i've NEVER got bitten by a single mosquito in Pulau Tekong?? Yes it's freaking amazing but.. as far as i can remember, i dont recall any mosquito bites. If i did get bitten it's a freaking weak mosquito which gave me just minor bumps. Mosquito bite =a small surface area of slight swelling up and itchiness.
yes, through field camp, through everything, no mosquito bites. i've no idea why. maybe my body is naturally Tekong-mosquito-repelling
THEN, my first night after POP and maybe because of rainy weather, i woke up with not one but TWO mosquito bites! walao! the irony.
alright, i've ran out of things to say. i WILL miss BMT for sure, and my beloved welfare Falcon company. I think i will die in SISPEC (if i go there) cos my BMT was so damn slack. My platoon rarely got pumped, and my company is quite welfare. oh well. hope i get into Echo Wing (the supposed welfare company in SISPEC)
cya.
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Friday, 7 March 2008
hmm
ok after some talking to friends and stuff.. i realised maybe my results aren't so good after all. from what i gather, there are so many people with straight As ! and that's just in SA, a lousy average school. what about schools like rj? hci? 90% straight As issit? ugh how i get my scholarship lidat
and im on a freaking losing streak in warcraft3. i think im just not good enough. keep getting outplayed by my opponents. i need more practice! ugh, gonna train during block leave.
tmr have to wake up at 5+ -_- just to get to boonlay by 715. stupid SAF send me to go visit that place. waste my saturday!! hope i can zhao early.
That song you picked was just so apt. It almost seems like you wrote it yourself
don't worry, i aint crushed
in fact, i think you are right
we just aren't meant to be together
and im on a freaking losing streak in warcraft3. i think im just not good enough. keep getting outplayed by my opponents. i need more practice! ugh, gonna train during block leave.
tmr have to wake up at 5+ -_- just to get to boonlay by 715. stupid SAF send me to go visit that place. waste my saturday!! hope i can zhao early.
That song you picked was just so apt. It almost seems like you wrote it yourself
don't worry, i aint crushed
in fact, i think you are right
we just aren't meant to be together
baaa
woo, just got back my A level results. and i did pretty well!
General Paper: B
:( grr. just couldn't get A for this. Never expected an A anyway.
Math, Physics, Chem, Econs : A
A A A A B
woot. the surprise was econs.. i have no idea how i got A. i never even came close to getting A before in JC.. and my Bs were all bare minimum Bs. like just on the dot. i think they moderated alot.
Mm, i dont think it's THAT good leh. i see got alot of other people getting 3, 4 As, and several with straight As. But still, thank God for helping me through the exam period, wouldn't have been possible without His strength.
And of course, my study partner through As- glad she did well too =)
Now i'm reading up on all the University applications, scholarship applications and stuff. Quite scary ah, almost like entering the next phase of life. I used 'almost' cos im still in my current shitty phase of NS -_-
So i saw that the scholarship applications were open.. so i went to the NUS application form and decided to start filling up.. fill fill fill.. until i saw the last box:
"PERSONAL STATEMENT*
Describe in less than 2000 characters, an exceptional achievement that highlights your academic interests and intellectual capacity that would be of value to the NUS community."
!??!? Ok firstly why is it so weird, 2000 CHARACTERS. They want to test if you know how to use Microsoft Word issit. Or they scared people put too many commas and hyphens?
secondly... i have no freaking exceptional achievement!! I haven't done anything significant in life, i've been always ordinary and never like.. go the extra mile to do something. I dont even have anything that i can butter up and bullshit about!
arhghgh. how to apply scholarship lidat.
ok la, i think i go relack and play warcraft abit. then go back to thinking about my future. :p chowz.
General Paper: B
:( grr. just couldn't get A for this. Never expected an A anyway.
Math, Physics, Chem, Econs : A
A A A A B
woot. the surprise was econs.. i have no idea how i got A. i never even came close to getting A before in JC.. and my Bs were all bare minimum Bs. like just on the dot. i think they moderated alot.
Mm, i dont think it's THAT good leh. i see got alot of other people getting 3, 4 As, and several with straight As. But still, thank God for helping me through the exam period, wouldn't have been possible without His strength.
And of course, my study partner through As- glad she did well too =)
Now i'm reading up on all the University applications, scholarship applications and stuff. Quite scary ah, almost like entering the next phase of life. I used 'almost' cos im still in my current shitty phase of NS -_-
So i saw that the scholarship applications were open.. so i went to the NUS application form and decided to start filling up.. fill fill fill.. until i saw the last box:
"PERSONAL STATEMENT*
Describe in less than 2000 characters, an exceptional achievement that highlights your academic interests and intellectual capacity that would be of value to the NUS community."
!??!? Ok firstly why is it so weird, 2000 CHARACTERS. They want to test if you know how to use Microsoft Word issit. Or they scared people put too many commas and hyphens?
secondly... i have no freaking exceptional achievement!! I haven't done anything significant in life, i've been always ordinary and never like.. go the extra mile to do something. I dont even have anything that i can butter up and bullshit about!
arhghgh. how to apply scholarship lidat.
ok la, i think i go relack and play warcraft abit. then go back to thinking about my future. :p chowz.
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