ulysses 1109 no more.
BMT is officially over. 7 weeks have just flown us by like that, and i’m sitting back here at home, in front of my comp, ready to reflect upon the entire experience.
i wouldnt exactly say i’ve learnt a lot from BMT, but i didnt come away without anything either. army is truly a place where you meet all sorts of ppl, some of whom you’d never ever speak to even if you met them in the civilian world. but army also has a strange way of making ppl from different backgrounds, attitudes and personalities bond into a unit of camaraderie and friendship. i suppose communal living with 50 other guys, sharing the same toilet and showering without doors for 2 months helped quite a bit.
the commanders i had werent perfect either, as you guys can probably tell from wad i wrote in my appraisal in the post below. but they too had lessons to teach us, and we learnt from both their successes and mistakes. i’m actually quite glad that i got to know some of them, and they’re more like friends now instead of superiors. rmbr, rank doesnt count for shiznit when you’re in civilian attire heh.
so, many of you might be wondering, "what is sean doing, blogging on a monday night?!" well for some odd reason, our passing out ceremony was pushed one day ahead. we didnt get any hints at all, until somebody said that leopard (another pes c company) was booking out tonight. during lunch, justin and gen huong just happened to sit at my table, and they too confirmed that mohawk (the other pes c company) was gonna pass out today. so the ceremony was held at 3, and we managed to pack everything and book out at 7 tonight.
some things i’ll never forget…
- being armskote 2ic, and shouting "seeeeeeend aaaaaaaaaarms"
- impersonations of our commanders
- very very regular moans from random bunkmates accompanied with "guan hui…"
- archie’s very obscene sleeping positions
- rikh’s "shiok man… ssssss" whenever he starts talking abt food
- guan hui’s constant smile and his cheerful walk
- mingyu being explosive with expletives, expressing his general discontent with the world
- ryan’s outbursts of songs and impersonations
- nevin’s attempt to be a ghost at 4am on mingyu’s bdae
- getting pissed off with section 4’s uselessness. :X
well, it’s also nice to see so many ppl that i know that are doing well in army. martin was awarded company best for mohawk, and he had the most awesome speech among the 3 company bests, partially because the other 2 were so freaking boring, predictable and monotonous nobody gave a crap abt what they were talking abt. zhi zhuang was ulysses’ best shot, beating our platoon’s jeremy ong on the 2nd day of range. eric’s infamy as the idiot boy of platoon 4, and blandon being one of the biggest guys in ulysses, ending up as platoon ic for quite a number of days and our favourite ulysses mascot for (the nonexistent) games day.
bmt is officially over, block leave is upon us. another whole new phase of army life awaits us in our units, and we’ll onli know our postings after the 20th of march. i trust that God has His plan for me, as with each and everyone else. and i really need to thank God for sustaining me through these 7 weeks of mindlessness. i really wouldnt have been able to survive without the daily quiet times, the sustenance he provided me healthwise, and the comfort he provided when everything else was so foreign, as well as the assurance when others were worried abt certain possible spiritual encounters.
your left, your left, your left right…
ULYSSES
left right…
PLATOON ONE
left right…
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