back at this blog again...life as its been in 2005

yeah...been a long time since i last blogged.

supposed to have written journals during bmt and posted them up here, but that never happened. supposed to have done a post at the end of bmt but that never happened too.

but i think its emotionally and psychologically beneficial to think about what has happened and do some psychological housekeeping. so that's what i'll do below...


bmtc in my time, now, seems like a military utopia. there's a scholarly lieutenant colonel running bmtc sch 1, corporate management practices, newly introduced syllabuses, organised training programmes, commendable safety practices, brightly coloured camp buildings and great facilities together with a nice sea view from the running track. and although some things are still screwed up, like a sometimes improperly-planned training programme, some lack of sensibility in the running of training by the sergeants and all that standard military screw-ups, most things are relatively perfect, compared to all the bad things bmt used to throw at young, mostly unwilling recruits. i was impressed.

training wasn't very tough, and i was in a good platoon with nice section mates. there were acjc and/or acs alumni scattered across the sections of the platoon, and their mutual friendship spread to the rest of the platoon and facilitated our bonding as a platoon.

i guess there's quite a fair bit to say, but its been a rather long time since bmt ended...too long for me to muster enough enthusiasm to recall it all quickly and type it all out.

then at the end of bmt there was a two week break, at the end of which i received my posting to the next unit. i wished to be posted anywhere but at sispec, and that was what came true haha...

so here i am, at the last week of term 1 at the Basic Section Leaders' Course (BSLC), with another 4 more weeks to go and praying real hard i don't get into ASLC.

things have been quite good so far, i'm living with a great section with approachable and friendly pple who make great pple to talk with, and that includes having my classmate with me too!

hmm i guess i'm out. out of stuff to type. just worn out of words. its been quite an experience thus far, not terribly exciting, but certainly was a fair bit to bet through. right now i'm hoping to get some progress working on my personal projects (if only i could just find some time for them!) and reading more and writing more.