Last week of relax spec

Our commander's prepatory course ends this friday. This means, playtime's over! Here comes our posting...again... -_-" I really wana be a coy line specs and I've weighed the pros & cons...

SME (Subject Matter Expert) Specialist
Pros:
Touch & go...alot of admin time to yourself. You go to a company and conduct a lesson and your day's done. Field camp you get to go back bunk & sleep every night, coy line specs stay with the company. Come back, coy line specs do the rifle inspection and settle the stores.

Cons:
No lull period...Non-stop work. You are always attached to at least one company or doing some sai kang for HQ and other events.
Not much interaction and influence over the recruits' lives.

Company Line Specialist
Pros:
You get lull periods.
More rewarding to work with and change lives of your recruits

Cons:
COS, CDS, DOS and other duty posts covered only by 8 3SGs in a company. This means, every month at least one or more weekend will be burnt doing these duties -__-"
Less admin time, later book outs compared to SME specs.

I'm really praying that I'll be a company line sergeant. Because I don't wanna be stuck with a whole bunch of 3SGs in SME and see their attitude problems day in and out. Just look at the performance of CPC and you'll know what I mean...And, same-rank personnel are harder to scold and correct, unlike recruits who are (forced to be) teachable.

So I'd rather stay in a bunk of 4 specs than a bunk of 16 specs...this means in your SME bunk sure will have one asshole, one-of-a-kind character person...And you'll either have to change him, remove him or put up with him for 1 year 3 months!

So yeah, I'll either be an evangelist (SME), touch & go; or I'll be the pastor (coy line spec), stay and nurture the members. I vote PASTOR! :D Haha.

All in all, pray that I'll become a coy line spec :)

Anyway, today was a major piss off for many of us...We were stuck 1 hour in Tekong Ferry Terminal (TFT)..Not because the ferry had no more space...but because some stupid old man in white shirt wanted to board the ferry and another ops room personnel said that we were not allowed to board the 3pm ferry because there's a 4pm ferry INDENTED for us...

NO FERRY WAS INDENTED. From what we know from our Encik. They could've just let as many of us on the 3pm ferry as possible...We were all really pissed.

But my anger subsided when I saw 3 of my company mates from 2SIR taking a break from training in the Tekong Jungle...they came over to where we were sitting in their camo-on faces and rifle and told us about how they little they slept the past 2 nights due to navex exercise and missions...

Upon hearing their story, my anger was abated because I came to realise that all we were doing is waiting for 1 hour for the next ferry to book out while our other spec friends are STUCK in Tekong chiong-suaing! Haha. One of them told us "Whoa, I really want your 9Div badge man..."

O well, sucking your thumb due to screw ups in SAF (which is uber common) is better than chiong-suaing overnight in SBO. Haha.

And yes Xue Ming & I had a great time yesterday too. Ok, I think he had a better time...Because we went shopping around for his stuff. So I was like his fashion advisor...a really tired one... HAHA! Here's a little snippet of that scene...

While walking home Xue Ming suddenly decides "Aiya, I think I wanna buy that shirt la..." -_-" was my first reaction...but then again, how often do I get a great friend over to my place on a weekday? So might as well spend that time with him :) Off we went to G2000...

While in the queue to the fitting room he decides he likes another shirt..."Jonavan help me take that shirt there, size 15" *Xue Ming walks into changing room and takes 10mins to change to his top...and he opens the door* "Nice?". This is repeated 3 times cos he tried on 3 different tops. HAHA! But I still really enjoyed shopping with him :) He's like me when it comes to shopping, kinda girl and indecisive and all...Haha.

Then we watched "Hitman". Action-packed and sensual. Whoa...It climaxed to the last few minutes of the show....When we realised that I didn't download the movie properly!! The last part was cut off!! So we didn't watch the ending and were left in utter suspense... -.-" HAHA!

And as usual, we chatted at night till 1am+ HAHAHA! We had to wake up by 515am btw...Haha! Talk first sleep later ma...HAHA! Must spend quality time together...LOLS! How often do we talk that richly about ourselves with our friends other than in sleepovers? Haha.

So yup, was a cool evening with Xue Ming :)

It's his 21st tomorrow, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY XUE MING!! :)

And once again, do keep my final posting in prayer!! Coy Line Spec FTW!! :D

Walking with wind...

We were once again back on Tekong's shores. But walking along Ladang avenue felt different this time. Armed with the 3 chevrons on our chest, we all started walking with wind (zou lu you feng) or to put it englishly...we started walking with a huge sense of pride and dignity unlike the days when we were recruits, where we would traipse down the long road down to company line with crestfallen faces.

1st day in Tekong was great. Free & easy. We went to the canteen and to the E-mart in our free time...but quickly came back to our lecture venue to seek refuge in the aircon room! HAHA! So much for all the tough training...LOLS!

Today was just the seven core values (SCV) talk. Where we explore the SAF 7 core values - How can we align our personal values to the SCV and how can we apply the SCV in our journey as a commander....

UTTER BORING. It's not like these lessons are gonna change anything at all...People's hearts are bent on doing what they think is right, how they feel and how their past experiences will affect their present decisions. How much can a man-made talk change? Abit maybe? To the attentive and serious. But come on, 70% of the class ain't serious...they're just being cooperative so we can all book out. HAHA!

That's when I realise that our church pastors are doing very much the same thing...Just that, the church has the Holy Spirit to convict hardened hearts so that the word spoken may be made alive and pierce their soul.

Anyway, today I booked out @ 5pm...considered late compared to the other platoons who booked out at 3pm!!! So I went home. My house for once isn't occupied! The quietness still scares me. Haha. My siblings are in the Heart of God church's youth camp and my parents are at work. Xue Ming? He booked out at 3pm so he went home. Haha

I then took the guitar and started to worship. Once again I flipped my worship file and somehow God used this song to make my heart burst into a fresh expression of worship. This song's "Forever" by Hillsong...



Forever
I'll Worship at Your Throne
Whisper my own love song
With all my heart I'll sing
For You my Dad and King
I'll live for all my days
To Put a smile on Your face
And when we finally meet
It'll be for eternity

And Oh how wide You open up Your arms
When I need Your love
And how far You would come
If ever I was lost
And You said that all You feel for me
Is undying love
That You showed me through the cross

I'll worship You my God
I'll worship You my God
I love You
I love You
Forever I will sing
Forever I will be with You
Be with You

My worship lifestyle is still not on track. Just needa spend more time with God man. That's the toughest part of Christianity - the sanctification process - from Self-like to Christ-like.
 
Yup, needa get a move on with the Fish4men upcoming evangelistic event which I am planning :) Bye! :D

Tekong Here I Come! :D

Tomorrow will be my first day I step into Tekong as a 3rd Sergeant :D No longer as a blur, fearful new recruit will I enter that island man...Haha!

I've not thought much about my expectations of myself as a Christian commander...Hmmm, let me see...

> I want to be friends with every recruit. To try to get to know every one of them personally.
> I want to do things right. I won't punish my recruits without giving them a clear reason
> I want to inspire them to be more than a good soldier, but a good person

That's all I can think of for now... Haha. Gonna sleep now :D

Keep my final posting in prayer! I'll either be an instructor or a coy-line sergeant. :D I want to be a coy-line spec so I can get to work with recruits and get to know them :) So do pray that I'll get that! :D

Yup, on with my 7am - 5pm week! :D

CSB (Chor Seng's B'day) Part I

It was a saturday night. And there's a very unlikely date going on between Chor Seng and Amelia...They know each other and they don't really know each other...So who's trying hook who? :D HAHA!

Turns out that Amelia is a counterpart of our master plan to bring Chor Seng to our ambush site...Teo Heng KTV (if I remember correctly) in Katong Shopping Centre to launch him a surprise 21st birthday celebration for him! :D

All was going well until...

Chor Seng reached Katong Shopping Centre with Amelia...Chor Seng went to the toilet and BUMPED into Sam inside!! The thing here is, Sam came late, but Chor Seng came later...so he thought that Chor Seng had already been surprised and was just using the loo...Chor Seng didn't see Sam so when Sam called him he got shocked and asked "Sam! What are you doing here?!" Upon receiving that question...

Sam replied "Guang Yao they all lei?"

Chor seng was like "Huh? What Guang Yao they all? Sam are you ok?"

That was when Sam realised he almost spoilt the whole plan...HAHAHA! So he immediately switched to bullshit tactics which sort of worked...haha!

So by then, Chor Seng was a bit suspicious liao...BUT when he walked into the karaoke room, he was still SHOCKED big time...HAHA! With our screams and funny antics, anyone who stepped in would get a shock of his life...Haha.

So yeah...I shall let the pictures tell the rest of the story...

Johannes, Sam, Me, Chor Seng, Jill, Serene, Joan & Amelia

Jill & Myself tao-poking Chor Seng into his cake!! :D HAHAHA!!

Sam & Me singing "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" :D Haha. Chor Seng should be singing that man...HAHAHA! :D

Me & Guang Yao :D

We sang many different renditions of many songs...I sang "Tong Hua" with Jill, "I'm Yours" & "Lucky" with Jill (again), "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" with Sam and etc...Haha!

The main action of this whole thing was when we all volunteered Chor Seng to dance in front of all of us to this Korean song...HAHA! The video is stuck somewhere in Joan's camera I think...HAHA! I'll go ask her upload it soon man...LOLS!

Yup, we had our fun that day...But it was short-lived because we wanted to extend our stay there by one hour but it was already fully booked -_-" So off we went to chill-out, malay style at a flight of staircase with bubble tea...Haha.

Once again, Happy 21st Chor Seng!! :D You've been an awesome friend to us all :) Appreciate your friendship bro :D

Still some pictures are stuck in Guang Yao's camera...so stay tuned for Part II :D

Quick Post

Blogging is taking it's toll on me man...I usually take like an hour+ for 1 post...haha

I'm just gonna do a quick post as the blog title says... :D

I'm good. Still in CPC (Commander's Prepatory Course) now...Will be setting foot into Tekong in the next week :D

The week in camp has been spent trying NOT to sleep during the oh-so-boring lectures that teach you about leadership and how to be a commander and all...We have like 5 hours of admin time everyday. So for the past few days, I've pool-ed those hours away in the mess...Imagine playing pool for 3 whole hours! That's life man...haha!

And I just realised last week that I can do only 4 pull-ups NOW!!!!!$%*&$#&*(#@!)(*(^

Upon receiving that revelation, I've spent my admin time doing PT. And I will continue doing that till I can do my usual 12 pull ups again! :D

And we threw a SURPRISE 21st BIRTHDAY celebration for Chor Seng yesterday! :D It was at a KTV lounge :D After the whole event he SMSed us "Thanks so much for this surprise...All I can say is You Guys ROCK MY WORLD!!" HAHAHA!

Can't wait for my 21st man...Make sure you guys rock mine too...Goes to my church mates & poly mates...HAHA! :D

Yup, gotta book in liao...BuaisS :D