DELUSIONAL...

Saturday, September 6, 2008

3RD SEPTEMBER 2008, WEDNESDAY

NOODLES FOR BREAKFAST!!! Courteousy of James Loo Jing Qian!!! YAY!!! Seriously, his house there the 肉脞面 damn damn damn nice and addicting. Physics remedial was very helpingful in clearing any doubts or difficulties we may face about energy during FYE. Note to self: Mr Ng's very important IS IMPORTANT. He was like smiling lah, very obvious, too bad he didnt do the big-board-ol'-summary like last year, maybe the last week before FYE.

After remedial, went to the hall with Kun Liang to play basketball, but the floorball team was there so ~~we heck them~~ stoned there. As usual, we i spammed PSG3(Read previous post), broke Keefe's 100m record after so many tries of 8:96 with a record of 8:93!!! HAHA...also after several tries, i broke Kun Liang's long jump record which was supposedly "IMPOSSIBLE" as quoted by Kun Liang himself of 9.40m with 9.46m!!! IN YOUR FACE KUN LIANG!!! I now own 3/5 event records on your phone!!! Though i didnt manage to break the other 2 records, it is only a matter time...

Went to store, practiced rising sun and j hook, i did many times lor(Yu Cheng go ask Kun Liang and James Loo), after that played basketball in the hall, got thrased by Kun Liang 7-0 in a space of 15-25 minutes. SHAME SHAME...

Ran to bubble tea after that, YES RAN, stupid shop(Just joking) make so slow slow me down, in the end i took 12 mintues, i could have taken about 6-7 minutes only lor. Came back store do homework/sleep and took the store's old pair of NO 3 shoes exchange at HQ, sian lah it rained came back to Bishan again after that, cut hair and went home prepare my stuff for the next day.

4TH - 6TH SEPTEMBER 2008

NCC Air/East Senior Specialist Course 2008. The pinnacle of my NCC cadet career.

LOYALTY TO COUNTRY
UPRIGHTNESS
LEADERSHIP
DISCIPLINE
COMMITTMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY
CARE FOR FELLOW CADETS
ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT

Ideal values of the NCC, and yet the irony is that none of us so called "Senior Specialists"embodies all these qualities, some people do not even have one in them.

Woke up, wore NO. 4, and came down at 7:10-7:15 just in time to see Yong Hwee's mother's car, reached Amoy Quee Camp at 7:35, called Wei Kit to find out they are inside already ~~while we waited like idiots~~.

In-processing took quite awhile ~~while we waited like idiots~~. Finally went into bunk to put our bags. By the way, I was in Foxtrot Company Platoon 2 Section 3. Our PC was C/LTA Fang Xiang, APC's was C/(LTA/2LT?) Amirul, C/2LT Farhan, C/2LT Hafiz(Spec Course Hurricane 3 PC, i was in Hurricane 3) and CDO Helmi.

Marched down to parade square/canteen area to take company picture.

Foxtrot Company. "Sir, Yes Sir!" Spot me if you can!!! If you can spot the mistake with me, i give you $1000000. Oh yah i just realise, OOC Munir is standing at the top row, directly above course commander, RSM NCC, woah coincidental.

Went to MPH for RSM NCC's lessons. Namely, DUTIES OF A USM; WORDS OF COMMAND; PACE STICK DRILL. Overall, quite interesting but i almost slept(Maybe i was too lethargic). RSM like Encik Low, is a JOKER. Yups, SIMPLY HILARIOUS.

After lunch which was a little different than Spec Course of which Spec Course one was catered by Lion's Restaurant while this one was catered by ~~No Signboard Seafood Restaurant~~ i dont know who and also in view of Hari Raya Puasa,the muslims had to fast, was Advanced Arm And Foot Drills. Foxtrot 2 did arm drills first at the training shed. We learnt alot of difficult and weird drills(Definition of advanced?). After that was foot drills and RSM taught us formation of squad and for a squad to get on parade. Pace Stick drill was next and i got the nice and shiny and new and...big f*** etc. brown one. So practiced in the Theatrette which was very slack, got aircon somemore.

Dinner was good as usual, dont know why after Camp Feast so budget, NCC got so much money to spend on such nice food. Sir Hafiz came at this time. Lots of admin time as the muslims went dont know where, so F2 played "Concentration", HAHA we keep bullying Paul, make him do forfeit like write his name with his butt in the air and pole dance. So everybody came back and Paul and Nicholas(We 3 keep alternating as timer) got a chance to try a mock mutual before the actual one the next day. Very helpful for Nicholas, you will know why later, read on. After that return to bunk admin time and sleep.

The next day(Sounds like a Primary School composition), woke up and fall in in NO. 4. MAKE OR BREAK. DO OR DIE. Ate breakfast and prepared for our mutuals. Foot drill mutuals were first, wrote our name on the scoresheet and started. Of course, i did my best for both mutuals lah. Originally, it was supposed to be an entire day, but there were only 11 people in my section, so we finished before lunch.

After lunch, went back to bunk for admin time, studied for air proficiency test and stuff, after that went to MPH to do sai kang(Move chairs). After that damn crap, march back to block 246 and march to MPH. Did scenario planning at canteen and went for RSM's lesson at MPH which was BADGE PLACEMENT; MANAGING PARADES AND CEREMONIES; ETHICS AND DECORUM. After dinner, marched back to MPH, i was the timer for about 80 people or 2 platoons, in fact i was the timer along with Nicholas and Paul for most of the course. Two songs and a hentak kaki cheer was enough to take everything out of me. Not drinking enough water made it worse. Out of my 3 years in NCC, this was the only time i sort of(NOTICE: SORT OF) lost my voice. Admin time and someone lost her inhaler, so Paul, Nicholas, Hun Ing and I volunteered to help. Searching was to no avail, went back and bathed then sleep.

Woke up and realise it was the last day of the course, YAY ME!!! Packed our bedding items, went down fall in. Ate our last real meal, and went back cleaned bunk, after CDOs inspected our bunks, brought our bags down fall in, hand in CDO appraisal and marched to MPH. Put our bags in the landing terrace. Had AAR and rehearsal for the graduation ceremony, the Mdm(emcee) was damn monotonous lah. Nicholas was F2 Best. In the end, the real thing, MAJ James(Commander East) talk quite long, and Mdm screwed up, call out OOC then COC. Haiz...went to canteen had refreshments, fall in at parade square. Broke up into sections, saw Sir Hafiz holding the envelopes and lanyards, counted got 11, so everybody passed. He at first called out my name, than he play me, say i wouldnt get because i failed, then Sir Helmi say dont give me because i only got MKE badge, no AKE badge. I got it in the end lah, as in really at the end, i was the last to get. Got a 2 year old magazine(NCC 105th Anniversary). Dismissed, want to go home also cannot. MP was activated so i cant back my handphone which i surrendered at the start, looking back i dont even know why i brought it with me. Note to self: Never bring handphone again...at military camp.

Through this course i hope to become the leader and role model i had hope to be when i was a cadet to all cadets under me. I have tried my best, and not saying i was very good, but i really felt that Foxtrot COC and Best In Foot Drills Mutual didnt deserve it, i was definitely better as i have observed her conducting her mutual, but im sure the CDOs had their reasons for choosing her, call me biased or whatever, this is the stand that i hold and am entitled to have. Of course, CONGRATULATIONS to Hairee for winning POC in his platoon. The funny thing that i have learnt, is that people who didnt deserve the rank and lanyard got it(People like Mong Jia Hong, even Paul agrees with me) while some who truly deserve it didnt get it, i.e., Josiah. It is really a dubious system of marking that the CDOs have, as such different CDOs have varying standards so it is not really accurate as to who should get an award, not saying that Munir and all other award winners didnt deserve it(Faggot Firman ACT blur in the end get Air Syllabus Best). Though i didnt get what i wanted, i realise by aiming for it, i have actually enabled myself to be a better leader which i have to test it out in the trying months ahead before POP 2009. Special thanks to those who have help me pull through this course, of which without them, i would not have imagine myself getting the rank and lanyard, in no order of merit: Caleb(Not really actually), Paul and Nicholas from SCSS, Hadi(Not really also but still thanks anyway) from North View, Marcus Tan from Macpherson's, Marcus Ho, Eric Yeo and Glenn Khoo from CCHY, Satya(CGOD, only F2 will know what it is) ~~the satay man~~, Eugene and Sean from SPS, Hun Ing from Unity, Wai Loong from Outram, Hong Wei from Manjusri(Weird name for a school right), Hidayah the only girl in my section, Aaron from St Gabriel's, Josiah and all other people whom i have forgotten the names of.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN(YOU ALSO ATTENDED SSC): MAYBE I WAS TOO CAUGHT UP WITH SUPERFICIAL THINGS, MAYBE I WAS COWARDLY, MAYBE I WAS JUST PLAIN STUPID TO NOT EVEN SAY HI OR ANYTHING, BUT IM TRULY SORRY. I WAS DUMB, I FINALLY REALISE THAT A PLAQUE DOESNT MAKE ME A GOOD LEADER, IT IS ALL MY FRIENDS THAT COUNT. THOSE FEW DAYS OF WANTING AN AWARD SO MUCH HAVE UTTERLY RIDDED MY BRAIN OF ALL OTHER THOUGHTS, I WAS TOO ZOMBIFIED. I NEGLECTED YOUR PRESENCE, AND ALL THAT I CAN ONLY HOPE FOR IS YOUR FORGIVENESS, PROMISES I HAVE MADE BEFORE WERE BULLSHIT IN THE SENSE THAT I HAVE BROKE IT.

I AM SORRY.

*Blogger screwed up and didnt publish this last night, i only realise it just now.

Hui Yang ~~is YOUR MAKER.~~

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