Spring Blossom, Autumn Sorrows

Saturday, June 16, 2007

My apologies for the foul language used in previous post. I was trying to portray how people in army usually communicate which I found it quite disturbing for me. Perhaps I should have used a nicer way to describle...Never mind I shall continue with the army story.

During the 7th wk of our army we were forced to shift from the usual accomodation area in Ladang to Rocky Hills. Through the name it seems tat Rocky Hill sounds cool to stay in but wait things always go what u expected. Rocky Hill, originally the old SISPEC( place where sgt are trained) was a horrendous place to step foot in. Although the bunk was bigger than our previous one in Ladang, it was filled with dirt and dust tat can easily reach up to 5cm thick. The toilet bowls were prone to choking. Occassionally, spooky and unexplained stuff does happen e.g platoon-mates saw figures which disappeared in an instant, lock will open on itself. During my stay there, I am glad tat I did not actually encountered any weird occurrence. I can't imagine if I happened to face one how am I going to react. Our slping time at Rocky Hill was pathetic. We onli managed to slp from 12 to 5. When other companies were resting in their bunks located in Ladang, we can onli sit in the training shed where birds will fly past to shit.

Through the 9 wks, I could see people from different family, school background and people who possessed draconian characters. Frankly speaking, I had a slight culture shock when I first stepped foot on tat island becoz commanders there used tremendous amount of expletive and majority were smokers. (I hate smokers) They were boorish in their language. What amazed me was they can construct sentences with at least 1 crude word in each sentence. They always find excuses to cover up thier mistakes and poor planning. In army, trainings weren't as easy as it seems. However, through the darkness one can always find light tat illuminates their way. In army, I got the chance to widen my social circles. Friends like Weiming, stanley , weesong and many more may nv come by if not of army. Yet this doesn't change my initial perpective of army: time wastage. If i'm given a choice I would not wanna be part of it.

he told the story ... 5:00 PM