Well, hello! Its been so long since I visited this blog and I understand that it is somehow dead. For those faithful ones who still visits this blog from time to time, thank you for your support. Life have not been the same ever since the day I enlisted into the army. Many things had happened and I experienced a life( by the way, still experiencing) that I never thought I would live through. Honestly speaking, it is not that tough- from what I had gathered from the other people who have went through army, I expected worse. Perhaps it was the mental preparation that "it could have been a lot worse" that got my through. Either way, I survived and it was not so bad after all.
Firstly, I have made many friends. People who I thought that I would never be friends with are now my friends. I have lost that personal barrier that kept people who are different from me away. I guess I finally see people as humans instead of stereotyping them( not entirely convinced, but halfway there). They turn out to be a bunch of lovely people, yes, there are some who I find EXTREMELY stupid and annoying at times, but they turn out to be just human and they can be nice too. They just need people who understands them and willing to go deep deep down to their level and they will be fine.
Of course, not to forget the stuff that they teach during the BMT phase. Like for example, how to shoot with my dear wife, cherry. It is an amazing experience that the females who never sign on to army and losers who chao keng will never get to experience. Then, there is the grenade throwing, jungle warfare and urban warfare- all these experiences that are not just pure torture but fun moments in my life that I dont think I will ever forget. All these are so much better when you know you are not learning and doing it alone; you have your buddies and commanders going through the same motion as you.
My BMT life is coming to an end soon, I do not know where the army will locate me to( most probably a medic because I studied health science) and if that happens, so be it. Oh yes, one thing I forgot to mention, for some reason, I was and am chosen to participate in EVERY SINGLE EVENT that requires people to perform or participate it. I have performed in the Christmas skit, joined the CNY orange peeling, eating and decorating competition, be the company song IC and now the main character, who sadly, is going to be tortured( pour red paint over me) on stage for the National Education skit. Although I am lamenting about this now, I am actually quite happy that I went through all of that. It is a memory that I can take back with me and something that not everyone experience in my company( haha, suck it up losers).
One thing that Army have thought me so far is that to never give up. My platoon's motto is to never back down and I am glad to have that imprinted in my head. No matter how hard the situation appears to be, just push on and do your best because when you do that. Things happen, you will get through it and by the end of the day, you will get so much stronger. That's when you will build up on your confidence and do things more firmly( which I lack the most and is starting to get a hang of it).
That's about it I guess, I am sure there's more to talk about like my how each and every people in my platoon are and blah blah blah, but its 2am and I am tired. So I am going to rest now and see if I got time anytime soon to continue writing about my current life! Until next time!
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