The slackest week.
Back. For 6 days this time. Feels good to finally get a good break from hectic camp life. Always the same. Wake up, crap, crap, even more crap,then its off to bed. It's like that, 17 hrs a day, 5 days a week. The only break in the routine is on book out day. There would always be a scent of freedom in the air, the expectation of getting on the penguin ferry to get off the god-forsaken island of tekong. The problem comes when the sergeants decide to give us a farewell gift of push-ups and a bit of hair dryer treatment before we go. But once that is over, FREEDOM!
Anyway, this must have been the slackest week i have ever spent on tekong. 5 and a half days on the island, and i was slacking for 1 full day. It goes something like this. I was called up to attend an Air Force interview for the position of a C3 Weapon System Officer. So dressed up nicely in my Smart 4, went to the confrence room, saw it was full. The people there promised to interview us that day, before lunch. Lunch came and went, still no interview. At around dinner time the officer came up to us and said that he couldn't accomodate us that day and to come back another day. My jaw dropped. I had just managed to legally skip my first day of training without being sick. Haha. Anyway, i signed on again for the Navy, this time to be a Naval Officer. Maybe i will get another chance to slack around again.
It was an okay week this time round. Spent most of my time in the air conditioned comfort of the Individual Marksmanship Trainer. I think i'm a little cock eyed. Can't seem to shoot straight. Got to work on it if i want to get to OCS. Cannot be a wowo king.
The next few weeks are going to be hectic; field camp (7 days of shit, no showers, crappy food), SIT test (held over the weekend, another round of confinement), Grenade live throw, Live range (over 2 days, not much sleep or rest), IPPT (can't do pull-ups anymore, wonder why). All over the next 2-3 weeks. But after that, its going to be fitness all the way for me. Aiming for a silver in the IPPT test on the 24th of Feburary. After that, I will be more or less quite free.
Ok. Enough said for this post. If anyone reads this, i need help on how to create links and to fix up a tagboard. I'm too lazy to learn it for myself and i don't exactly have alot of time on my hands.
Anyway, this must have been the slackest week i have ever spent on tekong. 5 and a half days on the island, and i was slacking for 1 full day. It goes something like this. I was called up to attend an Air Force interview for the position of a C3 Weapon System Officer. So dressed up nicely in my Smart 4, went to the confrence room, saw it was full. The people there promised to interview us that day, before lunch. Lunch came and went, still no interview. At around dinner time the officer came up to us and said that he couldn't accomodate us that day and to come back another day. My jaw dropped. I had just managed to legally skip my first day of training without being sick. Haha. Anyway, i signed on again for the Navy, this time to be a Naval Officer. Maybe i will get another chance to slack around again.
It was an okay week this time round. Spent most of my time in the air conditioned comfort of the Individual Marksmanship Trainer. I think i'm a little cock eyed. Can't seem to shoot straight. Got to work on it if i want to get to OCS. Cannot be a wowo king.
The next few weeks are going to be hectic; field camp (7 days of shit, no showers, crappy food), SIT test (held over the weekend, another round of confinement), Grenade live throw, Live range (over 2 days, not much sleep or rest), IPPT (can't do pull-ups anymore, wonder why). All over the next 2-3 weeks. But after that, its going to be fitness all the way for me. Aiming for a silver in the IPPT test on the 24th of Feburary. After that, I will be more or less quite free.
Ok. Enough said for this post. If anyone reads this, i need help on how to create links and to fix up a tagboard. I'm too lazy to learn it for myself and i don't exactly have alot of time on my hands.
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1/29/2006 09:08:00 pm
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