++ NS Life. ++
Looking at my previous post, dated almost 50 days ago. Maybe that's the reason I did not blog as much nowadays. Limited usage and internet access in camp, drop-dead-tired mode caused by daily activities. Uh.. What else.
Anyway, army life as one could ever expected there to be - tough trainings, loss of freedom, strict military discipline, rules and orders to be followed. We have to wake up at 5am (Oh God, I know) and lights out at 10.30pm. And what awaits us for another brand new day, is just another same old set of physical activites. Due to military confidentiality and saving my ass from unwanted trouble, I am not going to reveal much. But since I'm in the PTP phase (yes, I failed my NAPFA. ZZ.), what we're doing everyday focuses most on our physical fitness, strength and endurance, so we can go through another 9 weeks of BMT (Basic Military Training) later on.
Life at Tekong couldn't be much fun if my buddies are not there. From strangers to become bunkmates, from bunkmates to friends, friends to buddies. Maybe that's the only thing that is keeping me sane, we encourage each other to fight on, to improve, most importantly, we endure the same shit together. In the military, no one is alone, so I believe, unless you want to isolate yourself from the rest.
On a pretty side note, I got a silver for my second IPPT, not bad eh? Considering that I failed badly on my first one. Initially my 2.4km run timing was 14.55min, but after two weeks of training, I managed to get a 11.31min. Perhaps the real reason is the idea of booking out early kept running in my head during the run. What now, is to maintain my silver status, and aim for a gold!
This two years will be tough, but when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. Moreover tough times don't last, do they? But one thing I'm sure of is that: Tough men does.
Fight on! Orion!
Anyway, army life as one could ever expected there to be - tough trainings, loss of freedom, strict military discipline, rules and orders to be followed. We have to wake up at 5am (Oh God, I know) and lights out at 10.30pm. And what awaits us for another brand new day, is just another same old set of physical activites. Due to military confidentiality and saving my ass from unwanted trouble, I am not going to reveal much. But since I'm in the PTP phase (yes, I failed my NAPFA. ZZ.), what we're doing everyday focuses most on our physical fitness, strength and endurance, so we can go through another 9 weeks of BMT (Basic Military Training) later on.
Life at Tekong couldn't be much fun if my buddies are not there. From strangers to become bunkmates, from bunkmates to friends, friends to buddies. Maybe that's the only thing that is keeping me sane, we encourage each other to fight on, to improve, most importantly, we endure the same shit together. In the military, no one is alone, so I believe, unless you want to isolate yourself from the rest.
On a pretty side note, I got a silver for my second IPPT, not bad eh? Considering that I failed badly on my first one. Initially my 2.4km run timing was 14.55min, but after two weeks of training, I managed to get a 11.31min. Perhaps the real reason is the idea of booking out early kept running in my head during the run. What now, is to maintain my silver status, and aim for a gold!
This two years will be tough, but when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. Moreover tough times don't last, do they? But one thing I'm sure of is that: Tough men does.
Fight on! Orion!
