Thursday, June 15, 2006
juz suddenly felt lyk blogging... was tinking of my ncc life again... coz it's the biggest regret in my life yet i had the best experience there... was comparing it wif the experiences in perth and penang... it had a different meaning though so cldn't act compare them together...
perth and penang were great times to get away from sch... thou for penang, i went during term time and was a little meng... haha... great trips to take my mind of studies...
but ncc was veri different... it was a journey of twists and turns all the way from part a to part d, which means sec 1 to 4... i rmb for the first three yrs, my attitude was that of a real slacker... pon training... pon camp... slack arnd... when go trng, either pull down the rest or kena pulled out to be tekkaned... esp when dick was arnd... i was even more determined to pon trng...
haiz... i rmb during sec 2 when i was in 2i, got one dae, lujie and jason were trying to persuade me to go trng... i forgot wat i did but they juz walked away liaoz... haiz... during those 3 yrs, i had no thought of repentance... and was persistent in the ponning and all those shit...
until kep yong took over in sec 2 mid yr... frm the start he inspired me... that time ncc was guard-of-honour for ndp celebrations... he brought us to march and practice on the track... he led us to cheer and shout and even made track ppl leave their turf... that was unforgettable... i was chosen for goh... i was happy... but some ppl din make it in and they deserved it more than i do... i felt guilty... in the end, the goh march in was in fact quite well-done... but i still pon, even though lesser... though kep yong was in fact a lot better as a PS (platoon sergeant)...
there was once when we went for a marksmanship test at hq... i rmbed we flopped... quite badly... everytime kep yong wanted to "scold" us... we'll be sent to ep3 block 2nd floor... but he din scold... he was telling us where we went wrong and pointed out our problems and motivated us...
it was onli when kep yong's term was ending then i realised my mistake and decided to work hard... the mutuals and stuff i tried my best... soon, specialist course stuff were settled... there were two batches, one for the better ones and one for the not so good ones... i got in to the second one and saw some ppl i din expect and heard them lamenting and felt veri weird... haiz... in the end, the two batches were merged into one, except for a few who still got second... that camp was great... it was not exactly fun but at least i enjoyed it... haha...
soon, posts were chosen... i got the post of head medic... though i ponned a lot... but this post wasn't veri easy since ppl din haf a great impression of it and simply there was this prejudice against medics... however, there were some dissent over me getting that post since i ponned so much... i was attached to the part b training team as a medic and there were two more attached to part a and c... then ord came... kep yong they left and before it officially ended, he gathered us together and each of the ncos talked to us personally... ky came to me and said that he saw that at least i tried hard in his term and hoped i cld be a good nco... that struck me hard... real hard... i was so guilty i felt so dead...
during his term, i din even try my hardest... i rmb jquek and bryan alwaes pull me out to teach me more since i was lagging... they were fierce... but tinking back, i thank them a lot... there was a period of time when bryan injured his arm but he still came for trng... they realli taught me a lot and made me learn everything so i cld catch up wif the rest...
then i realised that i've wasted 2 yrs of my ncc life away... and that i shall make up by being a good nco, a good medic... soon training started... til today, i still miss trnd a lot... everytime go there and see the part Bs grow... from the first time we met them, they onli noe basics lyk sediya and stuff... until when we ord, they noe sizing and a lot of stuff... and they grew up... trng was nvr boring... i rmb alwaes talk cock wif the cadets damn fun... and wif jason and yushu... haha... it was realli fun...
when i started working hard, i realli haf to thank my platoonmates for being there wif me... esp both jasons, lujie and ernie... plus kc, for letting me get that post when i was that kinda person... they alwaes talked wif me and nvr treated me as a slacker... i'm realli glad i haf these frens...
when we ord, i realised it was the dae when i'll find out how did i do for the past yr... that nite part b gave us, the training team our presents... they gave all the APSes a adidas water bottle each, plus written in silver ink was "Part B / 05 Training Team =)"... it was the best present i've ever received... haha... then we did the same as ky they all... talked to them personally... i asked some of them what they thot abt us, the traning team... some of them thanked me and said thx for taking care of them when they were sick in camp and all those stuff... i felt accomplished for once in ncc... and i rmb a few weeks after ord, we still felt weird as we had nth to do on fri... haha...
i still haf to thank ky once again for inspiring me to be a good nco... i may not be that good but at least i feel glad that at least this part of my ncc life was fulfilling and great... thx to everyone in ncc, including the part Bs for letting me haf such a great time being their APS... haha...
woa... 1.17am liaoz... so much above... lol... still bored... find sth to do now... =)
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