Night's off
hullo mr blog, i am currently on Night's off....
Here's a status report of how my day at camp was spent from 8:00 am this morning till the time i left camp for night's off at 6:00pm.
Life's pretty mundane, my morning was spent lazing around on my bed(gee, i suddenly feel like a cheshire cat..meow!) doing random stuff like planning my leave; as i am going to ord in a couple of months time and reading a book on digital photography; yes, i am trying to equip myself with a better knowledge on handling a digital camera and things related to it. I foresee more of such a lifestyle in the weeks and even months ahead. Really, now that we are done with our final and major exercise; where we were evaluated on our engineer skills and competency, life is going to be pretty slack(yes! i have cleared my soc and ippt). In fact, this will surely bode well for me as it means having more time to do my stuff; like upgrade my 'mental hardware'. However, this would not always be the case, especially if you have an annoying platoon commander who says he trusts you with his work and thinks you are very meticulous, hence, suitable to help him with his work (such a lazy bum, yar?). With that being said, i am thereby effectively entrusted with everything. Personally, i have been too obliging, always agreeing to help without giving much thought (self-less? *wink, no fool-hardy, i tell ya). I am now beginning to feel that i am being taken advantage off. But really, at this juncture if you are in my shoe you will somehow be helping that PC of mine because, there is no running away from him. Everytime when there is something that needs to be done, he will surely look for me. I have become his PA (personal assistant) of sorts. This is a position that no one coverts. Even though at the end of the day, or even before i start doing work for him; he actually tells me that if the job is done up to expectation; i would surely be duly rewarded. Well, i am not counting on that. I will just do what i have to do and hope he does not bother me ever again. Of course not, i can count on him to call me down to his office just so he can entrust more things to me. Argh!...i am burnt out from helping him so much all these time. Give me a break will ya? On a consolatary note, i am going to ord or at least start clearing leave soon. That means he won't be able to hound me for long. This i say, good luck to the next person; it surely isn't nice being in my shoe. Its a thankless job i tell you. its even worst than doing stores; because once done, you will get rest at the end of the day but not in the case of helping him. I live in fear, not knowing when he will call me down again. I am keeping my fingers crossed that he does not.
In the afternoon, we attended some AAR (after action review) for the exercise that recently concluded in thailand. Boring stuff. Following which the OC talked to us about when is the time allocated to us to start clearing leave. Good stuff.
Went for dinner than it was time to book out for night's off.
Now in the evening....
just got home from camp. took bus 193 from outside of my camp to the boon lay bus interchange. Walked to the bus 178 bus stand, and waited there for like 10 minutes before boarding the bus for home. Journey home was for about 10 minutes. On the way home, i thought about what i had said over the phone to my dearie. There was just too much unhappiness on my part as i thought i did not express myself coherently while telling dearie about stuff pertaining to leave clearance. I must admit i was not too clear headed at that juncture due to all the shouting and screaming from irritating imbeciles in my section coupled with the incessant drilling coming from above my bunk; due to some renovation works being carried out on the toilets. Dearie listened patiently to me but i was just too caught up in trying to explain the details that i completely missed the point. I just wanted to win. What is there to win or lose? Bottom-line is, I just wanted to be on top of things and unfortunately this characteristic does not bode well for me. The moment things said by another party does not seem to coincide with my explanation, i do get pretty agitated. Bad mentality on my part. From today on, i resolve to be more patient and not get too angry with myself even if i do not express my thoughts in the way i think i should. And if someone can do a better job in explaining or interprating what i said, i should be more thankful and less vindictive.
Cheers to a better year ahead. Life is inevitably filled with many an undulating terrain, one may trip and even fall. however, one must not be afraid to pick himself up and continue walking the journey. Its never a be-all end-all. Life goes on. And i am glad it does! This just means i have yet another opportunity to be a better person.
12 days to Christmas!
Here's a status report of how my day at camp was spent from 8:00 am this morning till the time i left camp for night's off at 6:00pm.
Life's pretty mundane, my morning was spent lazing around on my bed(gee, i suddenly feel like a cheshire cat..meow!) doing random stuff like planning my leave; as i am going to ord in a couple of months time and reading a book on digital photography; yes, i am trying to equip myself with a better knowledge on handling a digital camera and things related to it. I foresee more of such a lifestyle in the weeks and even months ahead. Really, now that we are done with our final and major exercise; where we were evaluated on our engineer skills and competency, life is going to be pretty slack(yes! i have cleared my soc and ippt). In fact, this will surely bode well for me as it means having more time to do my stuff; like upgrade my 'mental hardware'. However, this would not always be the case, especially if you have an annoying platoon commander who says he trusts you with his work and thinks you are very meticulous, hence, suitable to help him with his work (such a lazy bum, yar?). With that being said, i am thereby effectively entrusted with everything. Personally, i have been too obliging, always agreeing to help without giving much thought (self-less? *wink, no fool-hardy, i tell ya). I am now beginning to feel that i am being taken advantage off. But really, at this juncture if you are in my shoe you will somehow be helping that PC of mine because, there is no running away from him. Everytime when there is something that needs to be done, he will surely look for me. I have become his PA (personal assistant) of sorts. This is a position that no one coverts. Even though at the end of the day, or even before i start doing work for him; he actually tells me that if the job is done up to expectation; i would surely be duly rewarded. Well, i am not counting on that. I will just do what i have to do and hope he does not bother me ever again. Of course not, i can count on him to call me down to his office just so he can entrust more things to me. Argh!...i am burnt out from helping him so much all these time. Give me a break will ya? On a consolatary note, i am going to ord or at least start clearing leave soon. That means he won't be able to hound me for long. This i say, good luck to the next person; it surely isn't nice being in my shoe. Its a thankless job i tell you. its even worst than doing stores; because once done, you will get rest at the end of the day but not in the case of helping him. I live in fear, not knowing when he will call me down again. I am keeping my fingers crossed that he does not.
In the afternoon, we attended some AAR (after action review) for the exercise that recently concluded in thailand. Boring stuff. Following which the OC talked to us about when is the time allocated to us to start clearing leave. Good stuff.
Went for dinner than it was time to book out for night's off.
Now in the evening....
just got home from camp. took bus 193 from outside of my camp to the boon lay bus interchange. Walked to the bus 178 bus stand, and waited there for like 10 minutes before boarding the bus for home. Journey home was for about 10 minutes. On the way home, i thought about what i had said over the phone to my dearie. There was just too much unhappiness on my part as i thought i did not express myself coherently while telling dearie about stuff pertaining to leave clearance. I must admit i was not too clear headed at that juncture due to all the shouting and screaming from irritating imbeciles in my section coupled with the incessant drilling coming from above my bunk; due to some renovation works being carried out on the toilets. Dearie listened patiently to me but i was just too caught up in trying to explain the details that i completely missed the point. I just wanted to win. What is there to win or lose? Bottom-line is, I just wanted to be on top of things and unfortunately this characteristic does not bode well for me. The moment things said by another party does not seem to coincide with my explanation, i do get pretty agitated. Bad mentality on my part. From today on, i resolve to be more patient and not get too angry with myself even if i do not express my thoughts in the way i think i should. And if someone can do a better job in explaining or interprating what i said, i should be more thankful and less vindictive.
Cheers to a better year ahead. Life is inevitably filled with many an undulating terrain, one may trip and even fall. however, one must not be afraid to pick himself up and continue walking the journey. Its never a be-all end-all. Life goes on. And i am glad it does! This just means i have yet another opportunity to be a better person.
12 days to Christmas!
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