On the way to school tonight, I decided to pop by Caltex which has the 2 for $2 deal drinks. It seems like the idea of having 2 bottles Peppermint Green Tea to down while getting some work done was ideal especially with the sore throat that I have. Damn, it is the wrong time to fall sick. Then again, when is it ever the right time to fall sick?
To my utter surprise, City Harvest just finished a service(on a Wednesday night???). So, traffic conditions there were, for lack of a better word, disappointing. I hate being stuck in traffic and as always, the thought of clear open road tempted me even if it means making one big round just to get to my destination. As long as I could keep cruising, nothing else matters. Inadvertently, it brought me towards Pasir Laba Camp. That place sure holds a lot of memory for me.
For about 26-28 weeks of the second half of 2006, I spent my days there as a trainee. Every other night was nights-off. It got to the point that nobody could be bothered going out. We basically pissed everybody else off because our company was, seemingly, the only company that constantly got to go out on a weeknight. Golf Company, 40th BSLC- we got a total of 8 nights-off. Echo Company, 40th ASLC- I actually lost count of the number of times we got to go out because after awhile, the novelty was thoroughly worn out. No other companies could understand why we got to go out so often. The first thing that comes to their mind when they hear about us can be aptly summed up in a single word- slack! What I would give to let them know how "slack" we all really were. I suppose its to substitute for what we truly are as a result of their envy. How I, along with the rest of my company, would actually think of ourselves are efficient and competent.
I still remember the incident when I was shoved the appointment of LSM(Leader Sergeant Major). In simple terms, I was the Company IC. I was the LSM for the longest time possible! All in all, including the block leave that we had during the week where NDP 2006 fell, I was the LSM for a total of 3 weeks. Normally, one would only hold the post for a few days, maybe a week max! I could only think of 2 reasons why I was one for 3 weeks. 1) They forgot about me. 2) They really wanted to test me.
Well, it was the latter reason, I guess I had failed big time since I got one hell of a scolding for failing to move out on time. All this thanks to a certain Bravo Company which took their own sweet time in handing over the stores. Apparently, my delegation skills were not up to standard. So yup, that was one hell of day for me which led to me requesting to resign from that appointment.
That was that. What made me think about that place even more was the June of 2007 where I spent 5 weeks in that place to complete my platoon sergeant course. That was sweet. It's erm...really sweet I suppose.
Well, I'm not sure where or what I am getting at here but it seems like the Zzzz monster has gotten a grip on me. And since this is not going anywhere, maybe I should just stop here.
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