Lame n idiotic: Armour trngin institute

Friday, June 09, 2006

Wah monday almost report late 2 gedong camp. Tat camp situates @ lim chu kang there onli 1 bus. Sian my dad cant drive in so i got FBO n pull duffel bag in2 the camp. I kan pua suay my camp is the furthest frm the main gate n i got 2 pull the heavy d.bag 4 10min b4 reachin my camp. Upon goin in, c the wrds "Once armour always armour" I sian jibua coz mr lim jl say after my course confirm post 2 an armour reg. Of all 6 regiments, abt 4 is in gedong which means i reservist oso muz come back tis camp.

Upon reachin went up n den went 2 a table wif 5 lists 2 look 4 my name. Hweva i cant find my name on the lists n i was like shit dun tell me i come wrong camp. Den the guy there pass another lists wif less name. Wah heng ar my name was on it n he told me 2 wrds tat made me almost happy like bird(my new sgt fav phrase). Tank commander. Ha i nt armour infantry cmmder. Tank cmmder dun dismount frm tank n rd march. No more FBO no more shellscrape fire trench. SBO nw onli 4 soc nothing else. AI is still infantry n the onli diff between them n norm inf is tat they take vehicle 2 obj n nt rd march.

Hwever, my joy was shortlived. The sgts suddenly said out of 39 pple there, they will choose 27 pple onli. Thus, got 2 go thru cycle motor test 2 test our reaction n innate abilities 2 ctrl things. The test ok lar like playin arcade game. @ last, i m qualified 4 TCC. Nt wrk 4 The Coffee Connoisseur but go thru tank cmmder course. Ha veri funny we r oso called s tankies. Got some pple cock until call us dung kee who r those pple tat hav ability 2 get possessed by deities 2 solve supernat prob or giv 4D.

Nt bad TCC got alot of pple i noe. My sec sch fren like charles. Orion plt mate like ming ze, chan n xianghan. Echo plt mate like chok, chengwee. Lastly sa schmate like kelvin n weisheng who is oso my buddy. Bunkmate all veri funny n cooperative. Act everythin ok xcept 4 the bunk n toilet super dirty machiam 4 mths no pple clean. But heng i kena staircase cleaner. The most sian thing is the feng shui of my bed. When i slp, my leg face the door n my head face the window. If i nt wrong tis means tat i hav placed my leg in2 coffin n my head is abt 2 rise 2 heaven. Ultimate touchwood! Tik i goin 2 consult a geomancer 2 solve tis.

Tis wk got signal package. After tat package, got theory test. S'pore army realli 3G army. Theory test nw oso do on com. Super smart the sys. The person bside u will b doin diff qns frm s the qns will come out in random order. If u wrong n press ok, it will indicate u r wrong. The worst is 80% 2 pass. Heng i got studied lar but still got copied some n passed. If u fail, u will sign 4 xtra duty or get confinement. Anw 80% pass is a muz 4 all theory test frm nw on. Haiz in army still got 2 mug liao.

Tis wk oso got familarisation of tank. nt bad lar mount my trngin tank n learn the openin n closin of hatch, all the switches, wrkin procedures n mechanism of engine. Pai sei cant reveal 2 in depth coz the tank infos r oso considered classified. If i say 2 much confirm kena DB. Anw the most xiong thing abt tank is the maintenance part. 3 person got 2 clean, check oil, grease n oil the tank, check the tracks n suspension. Nw got 3 nw suits 2 wear when handlin tank. I tik it makes us look more like those painter paintin norm hdb blk walls.

We oso had co n oc openin add 2 tell us more abt the course. Ha our oc veri cool. He even laffs @ all those wif short hair s cpls liao, they shld keep long hair instead of shrt hair potrayin a typical rec look. Our course is the longest among the rest 2 get sgt rank. 18wks. Tis time shiok overseas go taiwan on 8/9 until 29/9. Finally can go taiwan eat those streetside food. If i nt wrong, Oct 8 den pop. Tis time the parade shiok. Less trainess wif big space which means i can get more tickets. Tis time rnd instead of marchin in we will b drivin our tanks in. Ha looks impressive.

He oso tells us the requirement of the course. Gettin 80% of all theory tests n prac tests. If nt got 2 recourse until gettin tat. 2 match wad last course did, 100% soc pass n 75% ippt gold. Lastly, integrity n gd attitude is oso impt. Tokin abt ippt, i had my ippt test tis morn. Finally get silver wif all 5 pts xcept sbj but runnin slower by 11s liao. Haiz i almost celebrate my silver lyin on the sick bay bed in medical centre. After the run, my head super giddy n after cool dwn, it was worst until i almost black out. Bobian i sound off n went c medic. Haiz over exert myself again coz after 4 rnd i start 2 feel unwell liao but 2 more rnds 2 go so i juz press on. Tot recover liao after some rest but in the afternoon after doin chin up regime the same old headache came back again. Is tis worth it? i oso nt sure abt the ans...

Anw my cse operates on a 5 day wk sia. Happy like bird. Hahaha. Nxt wk trngin realli starts 2 kick in liao. Entire wk on drivin tank n almost every mornin got spd trngin. Wif those trngin hopefully i get used 2 runnin n solve the headache prob. Nw got world cup but dunno y i dun hav the mood 2 watch oso. I wld rather spend time goin out than watchin world cup @ hme. Tis entry 2 long liao time 2 end liao.

We strike. We fite. We roll in day n nite. Armour Elites-Tankies!