「 Eric Lim yawns... Tuesday, February 28, 2006 」

In the early mornin run
Wif my rifle on my back
Wif the achin in my lungs
When the cold wind blows...

Tis song came across my mind when i was runnin my 700m wif SBO, helmet n rifle 2wards the lo-wall durin my SOC test. After considerin much, i decided 2 juz chiong the SOC test, trustin my lungs rather than comin back durin my blk leave 4 it. So i juz kept my MC without shwin it.

The 700m run was horrible den came the lo-wall. I so short jump liao still got 2 depend on arm strength 2 go over it. Jump over barb wire. Almost fell off frm parrallel bar. Ha lo-rope rest abit due 2 congestion. Den after tat super smooth n my lungs cooperate wif mi. Jaccob ladder almost got prob when goin dwn but tat day quite heng nvr fell. Lo-ramp liao den look @ my time.

The last 600m run most jialat wan. Run until the 400m mark i super buay tahan start 2 wlk until 300m. Den frm 300m i realli chiong until end pt. Upon finishin i faster go check my timin heng i pass. Hweva, quite disappointed tat i shld nt stop @ the 400m or else i can get A 4 SOC liao.

But nvm go unit still hav chance. SOC gd but ippt sucks: "D+22=Passed despite 2.4" under 9.45. Heard tat there might b a re-test on blk leave. Most likely, i tik i will go back tekong 2 take again 2 get @ least a silver.

7 more days 2 POP. Nw got more admin time even in the afternn. Spent most of the time tokin cock, eatin, listenin 2 pple play guitar. Ha goin 2 hav a bbq on blk leave. Really hope tat most of us can end up 2gether again in units or command sch. All the cocksters, all the cock-ups, all the cocky rd march songs, all the damn funny punishments we kena n the most cock play we ever put up 4 the company happy hr. Bloody hell ask mi wear PT shirt n wrap towel arnd my waist n act s ger. Haha nt bad act until all the sirs n sergeants c liao realli feel like goin 2 the stage n blanket party mi. Haiz just the fun begun den it's time 2 part.

Haiz A lvl result.... Realli dunno wad the outcome will b like. Tikin abt tis oso remind mi abt the specialist contract signin which i didnt sign in the end. Despite the master warrant off kept tellin mi tat i shld noe whether i can do well 4 my As by den, i still tik tat tis type of stuff is unpredictable. If i juz signed it, 10yrs of army life plus $12,000 but if result gd can onli study U after the contract. Ended up i didnt sign the contract n kena kb by him.

Anw juz hope tat the contract rejectin is the right choice. Ha it will b damn funny picturin myself 10yrs time or longer, being a CSM, leadin a grp of soldiers 4 rd march n teachin them the Geylang Song if i cant go U n army willin 2 offer me another spec contract. Like Sage Gk always likes 2 say: Hope 4 the best n prepare 4 the worst!

「 Eric Lim yawns... Sunday, February 26, 2006 」

Upon bkin out, cant resist the big M temptation so end up eatin mac wif boonkeng, yeekiat, calvin n you cai b4 we went hme. We tok cock, did some SCO n den ke blakang puseng hme. S i was like coughin 4 1 mth plus everyday confirm will hav phlagm which is greenish-yellow so decided 2 c doc on nxt day mornin.

Mornin went breakfast wif parents den go polyclinic. Where i went realli wth! 8.20 the polyclinics almost full liao. Lan lan hav 2 wait lor. Wait 4 abt 1hr went in2 the rm n consult the doc. When i told him tat my symptons is 4 1 mth liao. He asked mi y nvr go c MO. Ha i say MO nt efficient n alot of pple complain abt their wrkin attitude. After checkin my breathin thru slethoscope, i tot can leave liao. Instead he sent mi 4 x-ray.

After waitin 4 1 hr 4 x-ray, i just go inside the rm, remove shirt n stand in front a device 4 less than 15s den can liao... Take my x-ray went up 2 find the doc again but still hav 2 wait 4 30 min. He look @ my x-ray n show it 2 mi. I was like wth my lung like damn swollen den got dots dots here n there. Den he said i got lung inflammation den the dots r all phlagms. Den he told mi tis. "NS is onli 2 yrs. If there is something wrong wif ure body n u dun care bcoz u dun wan 2 miss trngin, it will affect the rest of ure life." Tis realli made mi feel quite sian coz i shld report early 2 receive treatment. Den he oso warn mi tat if i hav high fever or shortness of breath nxt wk, i shld report 2 MO immediately coz i may get pneunomia which will lead 2 lung failure. Nxt sat got 2 bk out 2 do another x-ray n c the doc again.

Den he wans giv mi 1 wk mc. Hweva, i told him i cant miss my graduation parade rehearsal or else the army wont allow mi 2 participate durin POP. After a while, he gave mi light duty mc instead n ask mi 2 rest s much s possible. Haiz i tik i realli garang 2 much n goin overboard liao till i landed in such plight. Nxt wk still got SOC n 24km graduation road march which is physical intensive. Tik i juz pia thru these 2 events den i will rest myself liao.

Went hme n join my class pple 4 dinner @ fish n co. Long time nvr eat such gd food liao. After tat we all went esplanade den go inside some tea bar 2 tok cock n share some ghost stories. Nw i tik my company nt tat "clean" anymore. Haiz i always need 2 frequent toilet in the nite wan nw realli sian 1/2. After tat went hme n lied on bed n juz dozed off n forgot 2 take my medicine. Suck 2day may hav 2 take xtra dosage 2 cover up.

Wah the medicine is veri strong made mi super drowsy. Haiz hope all our a lvl results turn out 2 b gd n every1 can go U. Most imptly, really hope i can recuperate fully b4 my POP. Kk pple take care!

3 plus wks nvr update my blog liao. Quite busy recently plus got 2 wks confinement. Time realli flies. My bmt period is goin 2 b over liao most major events over liao except 4 the graduation 24km road march. 11 more days 2 pass out parade n abt 4 more days 2 a lvl result release day. Sort of 已经做好最坏的打算... Anw left 11 days 2 POP can c tat every1 in my platoon r bcomin veri on liao n realli can wrk 2gether in unison. Sort of sumarise wad i did in the last 3 wks ba.

IPPT diagnostic test
Tis time all got As xcept 4 SBJ. Damn gek my 2.4 oso meet the requirements 2 get gold but thx 2 sbj cant get gold n even silver. Sigh...

7 days field camp
(Permatang)
Spent 3days @ tat rubber plantation area. Sian 1st day den rain liao end up all of us wet frm head 2 toe. Livin in basha sucks big time coz i so small size oso hav difficulty movin abt in the basha. Den @ nite got powder bath 4 hygience purpose. We need 2 use the prickly heat powder 2 powder our entire body. In the end, alot of geishas in my platoon. The funniest team is we r req 2 b able 2 eat spring squeeze trigger successfully (pull ure elastic band of ure underwear n den release 2 produce mushrm cloud of powder) in front of sgts in order 2 pass the powder bath.

Nightmare on 2nd day. I kenna plt IC. tat day kena knocked it dwn 60 bcoz of whole plt late n i didnt noe need 2 report parade state s well. @ nite almost lost my rifle magazine so kena sentry duty when we went oil palm. The worst things is it rains damn heavily when we slpin. In the end, we r like swimmin in our dreams

3rd day nuthing much so we marched off 2 campsite 2. Thruout the whole FC, we everyday got 2 put on camo cream which is made frm veg oil on our face, neck n hand. Outfield shittin exp is the best! i tot i can remain constipated 4 the entire FC but on 2nd day cannot tahan liao. Got 2 dig my own shit hole. Once the shit come out, all the flies will land n eat ure shit some may even land on ure ass. Dunno y durin outfield the shit smell super jialat compare 2 the shit in bmtc2. Muz b the combat ration. tokin abt tat, the field ration some menu veri nice some like shit esp chic pontay rice. I wld rather eat butter biscuits 4 lunch rather than CPR. Some menus r veri nice like chic bolognese but some super jialat such tat we come up wif a song 2 sing abt durin our march.

Durin the 3 days of FC @ permatang, we had individual fieldcraft lessons n practices which comprise of firemovement, camouflage n those jungle warfare stuff. @ the same time, we can fire blanks usin our rifle which onli got pop sound.

(Oil Palm)
We spent another 2D3N @ tis plantation. @ the same time, i did a 2hr sentry duty on the 1st nite s punishment 4 my magazine. @ oil palm, we practice diff types of firemovements everyday except 4 technical break day. Durin tech break day, we were served wif fresh ration n we were allowed 2 bathe. But i super suay end up bathin @ water pipes outside toilet s the toilet got onli 3 shower n we got 2 rush 4 time. On the last day damn cock. All thx 2 the preserved fruits i ate durin dinner. After dinner, went 2 urine n halfway shit start 2 come out. Realli wth. End up goin 2 alv basha 2 borrow toilet paper n ET blade s my basha is 2 far by the time i reach there the shit land on my underwear liao. Luckily made it in time. Durin tis process i lost my last day ration. Scarly i cover the ration s well when coverin my shit hole...

(Reclaimed Land)
6th day marched 2 reclaimed land. Surprisinly they provide us wif fresh ration 4 the entire day. But when the diggin of own shellscript starts i realise y they provide FR. No matter wad is ure height, every1 got 2 dig a 2m by 0.5m by 0.5-1m coffin 2 simulate defence operation by usin a small ET blade. The most unfortunate thing began 2 happen. It began 2 rain heavily. After finishin shellscript, 2 sect will dig a fire trench which is 2-3 times deeper than a shellscript in the rain. Every1 will take turn 2 help diggin while some will prone dwn in their shellscript drinkin the mud water in it. When i was pronin damn hungry so take out biscuit n eat n end up eatin some mud s well. All of us r like bangala wrkers diggin n diggin. @ nite thx 2 the rain we no need 2 slp in our own mud swimming pool. Instead we slpt @ a nearby trainin shed

(BIC)
B4 we head back 2 BMTC, we went 4 our BIC. In tis course there will b a GPMG firin live rnds above us so we had 2 crawl our way thru the wire obstacles b4 reachin a grenade bay 2 throw a dummy grenade. Wah heng it rains or else we will suffer more cuts frm the dry sand. After tis course i realli hate back crawl s it is damn time consumin s compared 2 leopard crawl. after all the tedious crawlin we all went back 2 bmtc wash up n bk out on the nxt day which is sat.

100m live range
Bk in on sun den do PT 4 nxt 2days. Den spent 2 days @ the range 2 use our rifle 2 fire live rnds @ diff tgt boards. Nighttime shootin is totally crap. I almost got perfect score 4 day shoot but nite shoot quite jialat. My rifle oso quite screwed up kena quite a no of IAs. The worst thing is the person bside mi misfired n tat rnd land veri nice 2 mi n realli freak out the whole lot of us includin the commanders. I realli got 2 thx god tat the bullet nxvr reflect back frm the grnd n hit back in my direction. If there is some1 in front of him, he might kill tat person lar.

SIT test
Our last outfield trngin. Damn suay my field ration all chic pontay rice. Tis test is veri impt 4 pple like mi who wan 2 go OCS. 1st day pitch basha den learn knot tying. Super suay i kenna Light Anti-tank Weapon something like bazoka. Realli sian 1/2 coz got 2 carry tis n my rifle whereever i go den got 2 hug both my "wife" n "mistress" 2 slp 2 prevent kenna stolen. Nxt day ext accessor came n gave us the missions 2 complete in my team which comprises of medic, LAW, navi, claymore, miner, signal, demo. 1st day the missions i abit sian 1/2 mostly tie knot n i nt veri well in doin tat. @ the same time, i nvr kena IC or 2IC 4 ani mission on tat day. Tat day oso got interview on y u wan 2 b jnr SAF commander. Hweva on 2nd day, my knot tie skill improve n somemore i kenna IC n 2IC 4 2 missions super happy sia.

The worst thing abt SIT test is they realli wan 2 c whether u can still wrk well under fatigue. Thus they made us do fast march every mornin b4 our missions. Fast march realli sucks lar the spd is runnin but the fact is we r nt runnin but marchin. Den frm 1 stn 2 another stn got 2 run (damn the LAW!) n super hot(Tat's y we all nw super chao ta!) Tekong realli sucks when it rains it nvr stop. When it is sunny, temp can reach up 2 40!

IPPT/ guard duty
Came back frm field camp damn shagged. Nxt day got SOC run- dwn(super tiring), BCCT, 60:120. Tat day i nearly suffer frm shortness of breath. Den the nxt day got 16k road march. Heng our whole plt keep singin or singin or else i tik we can b zombies liao. Den the nxt day got IPPT.

hweva i kena regimental guard duty. tis 1 every1 has 2 do it once so i lan lan still hav 2 do. I kena prowler wif my fren(patrol arnd the whole sch1 n 2) frm 8.30-10.30 n 2.30-4.30. B4 we went 4 guard duty, we wld go 2 the altar bside our guard bunk 2 offer incense 2 the deities 2 bless us after hearin so mani ghost stories in tekong n the fav spot 2 spot them durin guard duty. Along our patrol we kept tokin 2 1 another den reach those funny spots we will walk briskly. End up we juz hav 2 walk 2 rnds per shift. When we went back coy line, we went 2 bathe n were entitled 2 hav another 2 hrs of slp.

BAC
When i woke up, went 2 do peer appraisal 2 rank all ure plt mates in 3 cat: most preferred fren, stress tolerance, ability 2 lead. do until super pek cheh. Den go 4 battle assault course in which we will simulate rifle fightin wif dummy. Damn sian obj is 2 b confident n aggressive thus got 2 apply "make-up" 4 1 last time. Thus frm 1 dummy 2 another dummy, we hav 2 YA........ (Got 2 hold like those yam seng durin weddin dinner) n run. While doin the combos on dummy, oso hav 2 Ya..Ya..Ya..! Realli like yaya papaya! my most hate stuff came back. Along the way bside fightin got combination of leopard crawl n BACK CRAWL! 1 rnd is enuff 2 make me realise it is damn tired 2 YA..... n run @ the same time! Unfortunately thx 2 some ah guas who cant b aggressive n YA.... properly we re-do the whole course again. YA..... until i no voice.

Live HG throw
Nxt day went 2 throw live hand grenade. but 1stly we got 2 practice thrwin drill grenade who onli gave out a pop sound. den went 4 the real 1. Got some pple throw live HG who ended up s blind( means the grenade wont xplode upon landin).So we got 2 wait 30min per blind b4 some special pple go in, set up C4 2 ignite the grenade. Got 1 sir best. when the rec @ his bay threw the grenade, he count 1000,2000,3000, 4000, 5000,6000,7000,8000,9000,CHIBYE! coz it is a blind. The cb is super loud lar coz he says it in2 the walkie talkie n all those havin WT get shocked by it. Got 1 incident when we kept our HG inside our SBO got 1 cockster throw a blind. We damn sian sit there waitin n we were like walkin bomb. Anithing wrong in our SBO we might explode. Soon my turn... Quite nervous but the sir @ my bay kept tokin cock wif mi. Heng when i threw no blind feel damn relieved or else pple will blanket party me. After tat went back n we prepared 2 bk out.

So fast! Nw onli left wif SOC test n POP 2 sum up my BMT! Feel quite happy but sad 2 depart frm such a wonderful platoon except 4 ...... Nw can onli c whether i can get in2 OCS or SISPEC.

「 Eric Lim yawns... Thursday, February 02, 2006 」

Ha 5 days holiday sounds quite long when we heard abt it initially. Howeva, these 5 days pass damn fast n later tis afternoon got 2 make my way 2 pasir ris bus interchange again. S usual, i will spend the bk in day @ hme stoning or playin game.

3 wks in tekong liao n left wif 34 more days 2 go b4 my parents go tekong 2 help mi put on my jockey cap durin POP. Tis wkend burnt off due 2 7 days field camp startin frm sat until nxt sat. After tat field camp got 2 go 4 BIC course plus live grenade throwin b4 i can finally bkout. Den when bk in time 4 live range plus SIT test which means gdbye 2 my wkend again. the other wk SOC test plus IPPT final test. By then, sigh A lvl result will b out liao which means i can bk out 4 a day. Ha if result bad i rather go back tekong straight after takin. Abt 1 more wk, 24km rd march den nxt day POP. After tat, 2 wks of anxious waitin 4 my postin result n mayb my army regular contract signin. Den, time 4 mainland army until nxt yr nov ORD or even later.

Seems fast rite? No matter wad, everything will depend on tat piece of laminated A lvl result slip. If tat piece is full of crap, i can kiss gdbye 2 my army career n even an admission 2 a local U. Sigh the reality is damn harsh lar. By tat time, i may end up in poly or even shatec...

Durin tis few days, keep tikin abt the army career thing. Some pple tell mi 2 sign on while some advise me dun sign on. Super sian. Suan le 走一步看一步吧.