Outta BMT! =P
Hi everyone, juz visited this blogg after a long while. Didn't know so much activity's been going on.
Guess i missed out quite abit.
Hehe. And for all e guyz out there in tekong. Enjoy ur stay. It's been fun for me. Now i'm OUT. =P
Since I'm out i shld share some insights of the BMT i've been tru. For those who wonder, i'm in Pes C, 7 weeks course
and i'm in since 26 Dec, that's y i'm out now. CheerS. =)
Pes C, e modified BMT programme i'm in, and out now =P, is one of e most relaxed 'training' acitivity i'm been tru.
No running, no pull-ups, no SOC, no IPPT. Basically, no physical training. We spent times in games, Fatigue Duty(basically means unpaid labour) and weights training. And above all, ADMIN--> do nothing.
Becoz of our unusual Pes status, most of our people are either excused lower limb RMJ (running,marching,jumping), upper limb(no push up, and nobody ever does pull-ups in my com) or for some excused strenuous activities(i hav no idea wad tat qualifies, some say... SeX? =P ) So basically, every1 cannot do smthg, for me is heavy load carrying (never really had to carry any anyway).. Therefore every1 is banned from doing things they're not qualified to do, even if we wan to. For eg, RMJ = no route march, no drills, no field training Ex. They cannot do, but havda sit by e side and WATCH, if not they'll prob be assigned some Fatigue Duty(sai gang we call it). Life's a total dread for those excused many things. One section mate of mine banned(excused) everything except shooting, so most of his life is spent sitting around in bunk alone doing nothing but Wait for our return... Mental torture for pple lyk this, but cant help, coz SAF CHARGES instructors if things happen to Recruits when they do things they're not supposed to. Guess no one is willingly to take e risk..
Nonetheless, it's been fun for us, not becoz of all e dreadful boring Tekan sessions from instructors(Sgts and officers), but e funny and nice platoon mates and instructors of ours. BMT is a place where different pple gather from all walks: smart intelligent JCians(scoring 4 As and 2 Ds for prelims..), streetwise gansters(tatoos all over and one hav a court case on hold), overreacting 'kan qiong' spiders(who always gets really psyched up for no good reason) and blur, lovable pple. there's 24 yr old guy, (who enlisted late apparently due to screw up in system no idea y tho) he's an old but lovable man. He's got psychomotor prob, marching pose as a challenge to him at times: putting out left hand with left leg, bouncing his body at every step he takes (picture it =))... above that he displayed entertaining moves as a platoon IC(leader). Unsure and nervous, his frequent response to problems would be to scratch his hairless head and open his Jaw wide. then he gets really flustered when it comes to reporting strength: pressing his fingers against his notebook (dunno for wad) and giving e jaw-opened blur look. Though this gets us knocked down quite abit, but he was too adorable for us to scold him. In addition, my platoon sgt would close both eyes at times when he know it's him doing IC. Blessed man he is.
My platoon Sgt treat us awesomely well. He understands what it feels to go tru torturing BMT, and he hates e unreasonable punishments given in past. Tat's y he never give any of them to us, unless of coz we're loosening in discipline. Motivating and witty he united us and lifted our spirits high by constant encouragement when we screw things up. also he mixed around wonderfully well with us. By e end of course he got so popular with us that he's receiving hordes of gifts(ranging from cigarS to foodstuff and osso e usual guys prank gift, condom) Thus, we're blessed with him as platoon sgt.
My PC(platoon commander) on e other hand turns out to be a devil. He's extremely Garang(means agressive,but war-loving would be better translation in this case) His motor, "Fast as lightning, LOUD as thunder" anything short would result in him ranting loudly and knocking us down. He always speaks in a low, slangy voice with lots of pauses in betw: "Platoon 3,[pause], well done,[pause] u all think[pause] u all going to pass out[pause] then can gimme this kinda SLACKING ATTITUDE ISSIT?!!!! [pause] never mind[pause] know it down." His words are standard and constantly recycled, however he's adept in reusing them as effective tools to make us suffer. He told us from e start of our field camp that his job was to Demoralise us and make our lives a living hell here so it would be memoriable... And he would emphasise again and again by asking us, "Platoon 3,[pause] wad's my job?" and obviously we would always echo "DEMORALISE US SIR!"... dumb but he enjoys. There was once when we were not loud in our field EXercise commands shouting. He scolded us with Lots of curse and swear words and followed up by making us shout continously while marching in battle order on e spot for 15 whole mins. Nobody heard what one another was shouting, we basically made a loud continuous noise, for some, curse word came out naturally with e indignation and frustration welled up inside. That was one hell exp where many lost their voices. He did his job well, many had hell under him.
However towards the end of BMT, he opened up and joked with us, that's were many who hated him got to hate him less. He shared that he wanted all his man to be war-trained and agressive soldiers, reason for all e hell-treatment. Seems abit psychotic when u see him train soldiers(if we weren't pes C, life really will be extreme hell). Guess his 'passion' to train men was e reason he signed on in e army as regular. They say army had quite abit of these regulars... scary. Nonetheless cant deny tat army's been memoriable becoz of him, he's till date still one entertainment source as we imitate all his slangly sparstic Tekaning sessions when we meet up. It's somehow a joy..
Also there're other sideliners and small events tat marked my BMT, nothing spectacular, but overall a memoriable exp. Enjoyed it. Coz i've been blessed with wonderful Sgts and platoon mates for a good life and a Garang PC to spice up my army life as a soldier. hope e other guyz inside teking hav a great BMT too.
now i'm a clerk, having a 8 to 5 job. bookin out EVERYDAY =P. No more tekong, no more jockey caps. i know guyz in there are envious but wait on, u'll hav ur time too.
All e best for ur A's. May it be e best result u ever get, let's not talk uni for now.
Take care. God bless. =)
,fulun