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Past. Present. Future

Sunday, September 30, 2007

ever since the last post, i’ve finally gotten my driving permit, saw thru the end of the beautiful jeep course, been back at unit n enjoyed a relatively relaxing week. n tmr, i’ll b at pasir laba camp for my scout course.

admin time has largely been spent chilling out to the strains of my bunkmates guitars. time realli flies wif music.
its hard to think of non-army related stuff to talk about these days. when anything non-army related props up, its always about our lives b4 we enlisted.

alvin ong dozed and watched the sawdust trampled night @ 2:40 PM 

Friday, September 14, 2007

my driving instructor’s realli anal these days ever since all of his 4 trainees failed their first driving test. which sometimes gets me veri frustrated. his negative thinking has already got to him, which worries me dat i won’t pass the 2nd test dis mon. but one thing has come out of dis unexpectedly. the 4 of us haf become unsually close in dis course, mainly because of the shared suffering we share.

one of the instructors told us dat our instructors haf to teach us lidat so we can b more alert on the rd. we’ll rmb our miskakes much better. which is so impt cos there’re so many things to look out for at the same time while driving. all the tekaning’s also supposed to give us more confidence when we drive, cos we become more daring when we r angered. it makes sense, but in dis light, i think my instructor has overdone it.

other than dat, its realli fun driving offroad. a real bumpy ride which is quite funky la.

alvin ong dozed and watched the sawdust trampled night @ 8:29 PM 

Saturday, September 08, 2007

one more week of a wonderful week of jeep course, n we’re back to bedok camp. where the gates of hell r waiting for us. where the sergeants r wait to gear us up for our scout course. good things always come to an end some day. sigh. then the suffering comes, but i guess it will come to pass some day. altho pain seems to stick to u longer than pleasure.

i found out dat u can actually tell alot about the driver just by observing his driving. i learnt alot about myself while driving. much to my surprise, driving isn’t exactly the brainless activity i imagined.

sometimes, i think there’s dis barrier between me n some of my fellow troopers. of course we share many light-hearted moments n experiences, but sometimes i feel we just talk for the sake of covering up the awkward silences. how i miss my bmt mates.

alvin ong dozed and watched the sawdust trampled night @ 9:59 PM 

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

the gd life

after such a long while, i believe its time for some updates. to begin wif, the jeep course i’m currently going thru is seriously a welcome break from life in a combat unit. its held at kaki bukit driving circuit. a place far far away from the hell dat is bedok camp. being a stay out course, its heaven to enjoy civilian pleasures for a mth. nothing beats the feeling of a hot shower, a good dinner in jurong west hawker centre, followed by tv and a warm cozy bed to end off a tiring day. time definitely flies outside bedok camp. so fast 3 weeks gone already. haiz. i seriously don’t mind having jeep course til i ord. dream on baby.

the onli pressure u get is from the instructors, cos its seriously demanding trying to master driving in such a short span of time. which includes passing highway code, hsp (highway situational prob. a veri tao tia module which is seriously anal. n is non-exsistent in practice) ur parking. n finally ur driving test. my driving test is next mon, a sign dat dis beautiful course is ending soon.

in jeep course, getting fucked upside down while u’re driving is perfectly normal.
“nao hia u blur fuck ah!”
“u better buy alot of insurance nah bei. n better buy the expensive one hor”
“u whole day yessir yessir. zibai, yessir yessir 3 bag full. lam par la you”
once u kena all these instructors u realize dat ur sergeants back in camp r nothing. cos these pple r realli fierce. n they can fuck u til u feel dam small n stupid n blur. they r the ones dat make ur break ur day. its realli a surprise cos i never knew dat driving cd b so tiring cos u realli need to b alert n concentrate on the rd.

but once again, even after a bad day, u still haf ur home to look forward to.

i hear those in camp r continuing wif intensive training. just yesterday morning, i heard they did a 5.1km run in fbo. which makes stay out scouts like us feel super unfit.

on another note, went to watch ratatouille 2 wks ago. its one of the best animations i’ve ever watched. the imagination n plot is just so original n refreshing. n the graphics give the film just the right atmosphere. wif drama suspense romance action n humor all cham cham inside, its a bao ka liao movie.

alvin ong dozed and watched the sawdust trampled night @ 8:58 PM