Sunday, September 30, 2007
ASC Week 4
yay.. finished 4 weeks of training.. another 9 weeks to go =)
these few weeks of training have been rather slack.. mostly lectures then hands-on. this coming week would be driving which will be slack also. week6 marks the start of gun drill where outfield training will begin. our outfield training will be within the camp on a patch of grass. then there will be 2 fieldcamps (exercise dwarf and giant, 2 and 3 days respectively)
this week i went to pasir laba camp on wed and thurs to help out in the ns40 dinner. walked around the camp on wed to look for aslc friends and foxtrot instructors. i felt good to be back in my old camp. did my job as an usher on thurs to direct VIP to the leaders hall for security check. i think i saw most of the high ranking officers in SAF walking right in front of me on that day. at around 8pm, the PM arrived. the event ended at around 10pm.
booked out on friday at 8pm and booked in at 11pm for sat's guard duty. doing weekend guard duty is mentally tiring as we had to do in shifts for 24hrs until 8am sunday. which means my weekend is burnt and i am booking in again soon.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
8:09 pm
Sunday, September 23, 2007
ASC Week 3
the 3rd week ended... and it's only 10 weeks left b4 another pop! really looking forward to 1st december... by then i wun be a trainee anymore =) i really hope christmas comes early.. lol
this week is mainly GPMG.. spent a few days learning about the gun and went for live firing on friday. we went to temple hill(near lim chu kang area) and fired 35 rounds each.
have not been exercising much for this course. .feels rather unfit..hopefully i clear the ippt on tues..
anyway.. i am assigned guard duty on sat... this means tt i will do guard duty from sat morning to sunday morning and book in at nite ... i think i am very suay....
7:03 pm
Sunday, September 16, 2007
ASC Week 2
hmmm.. end of week 2... things are getting better... not much punishments liao.....
everyday is lectures followed by hands on exercises..
the howitzer is very tedious to operate.. alot of things to learn..... i think they should phase out the gun .. lol..
anyway i cant even open the breech(the cover to insert the projectile) of the FH-88 with one hand.. =S and i hate to carry the 43kg round..
booking in soon~! 11 more weeks to go~!
this week we are gg to fire the general purpose machine gun(GPMG) ...
8:26 pm
Sunday, September 09, 2007
ASC Week 1
reported to my new camp on monday.. . all the ppl are splitted into 4 courses... and i got into the most xiong course... suay suay... haiss...
anyway i will be gg thru the 3rd Artillery Specialists' Course(3rd ASC). it's 13 weeks long. so i will only pop on start of dec (cant wait to pop!!). the weapon i will specialise in is FH88 155mm Howitzer. it's a bloody big artillery gun... not those small small kind in ndp.
the bunk is in a very bad condition.. small and dirty... cant believe it... cos upgrading works are in progress.. every1 are shocked to see the bunk condition.. =(
plus the commanders in my course are the fiercest and strictest.. makes me feel worse than a recruit sometimes.. and i start to miss my times in bmtc and sispec.
the 1st day and 2nd day were full of shit job... moving of stores here and there... plus i am th store IC.. wtf...... okay okay.. slightly better than toliet cleaner bah...
i really have a big culture shock in the new camp.. the fierce commanders, giving RO in a formal way, the bunk, formal water parade. .... blah blah...
the 2nd nite we had a water parade outside the bunk and we were forced to drink 1 full water bottle and every1 felt so bloated... we were punished for not filling to the brim, for moving, for not standing still on time... wtf...!
the 3rd day i was appointed as the Trainee Seargant Major(TSM) and i had to handle lots of stuff..... from admin to disipline of the coursemates to standardisation of bunk during area cleaning... plus every1 will bombard me with questions.
standby area was an exceptionally bad experience... as the TSM, i had to be responsible for everything under the sun, and i got punished for everything. i had to do pumping in the toliet, jumping jack and alternate leg thrust in the bunk. zzzzzzzzz..
on the 4th nite when i was giving the RO, i told my coursemates to pull their water bottles down.. the seargant was ridiculous as he wanted the water bottles to be in a straight line until it was very neat... wth... this kind of treatment is worse than a recruit and very unresonable.
on friday, by right my TSM job was over and a new person should take over.. but the sgt did not assign any1.. and i continued all the way until evening.. and all these nites i dun really have time at nite to do anything cos i have to do TSM report also...
hmmm.. end of bitching... i hope things will get better for the next 12 weeks... and the most stressful week for me is gone. .
ehhhh.............. plus 1 lightest artillery round weighs 43kg... heavy ones are 48kg.... =.=
6:41 pm
Monday, September 03, 2007
BSLC Week 10
hmmm... feeling feverish now... having fever for few days already.. shall go and zzz soon..
monday we had additional obstacle course(AOC)... but my company only did 1 obstacle ie high wall and went back
tueday we had confidence obstacle course(COC).. my section did only 1 obstacle ie reverse ladder and it started to rain.. =D
wed we had 28km route march aka graduation march. We had our Full Battle Order(FBO) on and listened to some speech b4 we started marching off. We walked round the campsite as well as to and fro NTU. After the gruelling march, we ended off by standing on the leader's square with FBO to listen to speech and then finally receiving our corporal rank. Anyway the march lasted from wed 8pm to thurs 4am(estimated) o.O
finally time for posting! those ppl who are gg to ASLC had their names read out 1st. every1 was praying hard their name would not be called(including me of cos!).. this is cos we dun want to get into the xiong D company.
lucky for me, i got into Artillery.. i was overjoyed. no more fire and movement, quick attack, nite ambush and all the drills. i dun belong to infantry anymore =D
2:50 am
Sunday, September 30, 2007
ASC Week 4
yay.. finished 4 weeks of training.. another 9 weeks to go =)
these few weeks of training have been rather slack.. mostly lectures then hands-on. this coming week would be driving which will be slack also. week6 marks the start of gun drill where outfield training will begin. our outfield training will be within the camp on a patch of grass. then there will be 2 fieldcamps (exercise dwarf and giant, 2 and 3 days respectively)
this week i went to pasir laba camp on wed and thurs to help out in the ns40 dinner. walked around the camp on wed to look for aslc friends and foxtrot instructors. i felt good to be back in my old camp. did my job as an usher on thurs to direct VIP to the leaders hall for security check. i think i saw most of the high ranking officers in SAF walking right in front of me on that day. at around 8pm, the PM arrived. the event ended at around 10pm.
booked out on friday at 8pm and booked in at 11pm for sat's guard duty. doing weekend guard duty is mentally tiring as we had to do in shifts for 24hrs until 8am sunday. which means my weekend is burnt and i am booking in again soon.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
8:09 pm
Sunday, September 23, 2007
ASC Week 3
the 3rd week ended... and it's only 10 weeks left b4 another pop! really looking forward to 1st december... by then i wun be a trainee anymore =) i really hope christmas comes early.. lol
this week is mainly GPMG.. spent a few days learning about the gun and went for live firing on friday. we went to temple hill(near lim chu kang area) and fired 35 rounds each.
have not been exercising much for this course. .feels rather unfit..hopefully i clear the ippt on tues..
anyway.. i am assigned guard duty on sat... this means tt i will do guard duty from sat morning to sunday morning and book in at nite ... i think i am very suay....
7:03 pm
Sunday, September 16, 2007
ASC Week 2
hmmm.. end of week 2... things are getting better... not much punishments liao.....
everyday is lectures followed by hands on exercises..
the howitzer is very tedious to operate.. alot of things to learn..... i think they should phase out the gun .. lol..
anyway i cant even open the breech(the cover to insert the projectile) of the FH-88 with one hand.. =S and i hate to carry the 43kg round..
booking in soon~! 11 more weeks to go~!
this week we are gg to fire the general purpose machine gun(GPMG) ...
8:26 pm
Sunday, September 09, 2007
ASC Week 1
reported to my new camp on monday.. . all the ppl are splitted into 4 courses... and i got into the most xiong course... suay suay... haiss...
anyway i will be gg thru the 3rd Artillery Specialists' Course(3rd ASC). it's 13 weeks long. so i will only pop on start of dec (cant wait to pop!!). the weapon i will specialise in is FH88 155mm Howitzer. it's a bloody big artillery gun... not those small small kind in ndp.
the bunk is in a very bad condition.. small and dirty... cant believe it... cos upgrading works are in progress.. every1 are shocked to see the bunk condition.. =(
plus the commanders in my course are the fiercest and strictest.. makes me feel worse than a recruit sometimes.. and i start to miss my times in bmtc and sispec.
the 1st day and 2nd day were full of shit job... moving of stores here and there... plus i am th store IC.. wtf...... okay okay.. slightly better than toliet cleaner bah...
i really have a big culture shock in the new camp.. the fierce commanders, giving RO in a formal way, the bunk, formal water parade. .... blah blah...
the 2nd nite we had a water parade outside the bunk and we were forced to drink 1 full water bottle and every1 felt so bloated... we were punished for not filling to the brim, for moving, for not standing still on time... wtf...!
the 3rd day i was appointed as the Trainee Seargant Major(TSM) and i had to handle lots of stuff..... from admin to disipline of the coursemates to standardisation of bunk during area cleaning... plus every1 will bombard me with questions.
standby area was an exceptionally bad experience... as the TSM, i had to be responsible for everything under the sun, and i got punished for everything. i had to do pumping in the toliet, jumping jack and alternate leg thrust in the bunk. zzzzzzzzz..
on the 4th nite when i was giving the RO, i told my coursemates to pull their water bottles down.. the seargant was ridiculous as he wanted the water bottles to be in a straight line until it was very neat... wth... this kind of treatment is worse than a recruit and very unresonable.
on friday, by right my TSM job was over and a new person should take over.. but the sgt did not assign any1.. and i continued all the way until evening.. and all these nites i dun really have time at nite to do anything cos i have to do TSM report also...
hmmm.. end of bitching... i hope things will get better for the next 12 weeks... and the most stressful week for me is gone. .
ehhhh.............. plus 1 lightest artillery round weighs 43kg... heavy ones are 48kg.... =.=
6:41 pm
Monday, September 03, 2007
BSLC Week 10
hmmm... feeling feverish now... having fever for few days already.. shall go and zzz soon..
monday we had additional obstacle course(AOC)... but my company only did 1 obstacle ie high wall and went back
tueday we had confidence obstacle course(COC).. my section did only 1 obstacle ie reverse ladder and it started to rain.. =D
wed we had 28km route march aka graduation march. We had our Full Battle Order(FBO) on and listened to some speech b4 we started marching off. We walked round the campsite as well as to and fro NTU. After the gruelling march, we ended off by standing on the leader's square with FBO to listen to speech and then finally receiving our corporal rank. Anyway the march lasted from wed 8pm to thurs 4am(estimated) o.O
finally time for posting! those ppl who are gg to ASLC had their names read out 1st. every1 was praying hard their name would not be called(including me of cos!).. this is cos we dun want to get into the xiong D company.
lucky for me, i got into Artillery.. i was overjoyed. no more fire and movement, quick attack, nite ambush and all the drills. i dun belong to infantry anymore =D
2:50 am