Back to updating my blog, just wanna say its been a bloody hectic week for me, having just completed a week of standby duties.. ( ie: if anything was to happen in singapore during the wk, we wld prob. be the first bunch of ppl on the scene.... how assuring to know that im ur first line of defense eh.. haha... ) k k ... quick summary of my wk in camp...
MONDAY 16dec Relatively slack day except for a 4 km run. Was running fine till my left leg started to stiffen up. Kept running though. Uneven now. Left leg refused to bend. Swearing. Slowing. Looked around. People overtaking. More swearing, Hokkien this time. Losing momentum. Kept running. Pain sapping my stamina. Cant believe it. Barely running. Leg muscles tightening... Finished the run though. Spent the rest of the day lying on the bed.. haha...
TUESDAY 17dec Rio Ferdinand gets banned for 8 months... What the fuck?! Arsenal gets away with their hooligan-like behaviour at Old Trafford and Rio gets 8 months? This sucks man.
MONDAY 21dec Had a CO (CO stands for Commanding Officer, ie my big boss) address on the trip to Brunei next wk. CO conferences shd be classified as an Olympic event, or at least a SEA games event. They are stamina trials, triathlons for the brain, endurance trials being scribbling notes and desperately trying to stay awake.
In case u didnt know, a CO conference can really stretch for HOURS. He wld talk all day if u let him. Talk is fine. No one can object to talk. But my CO didnt talk. He conquered. He would open his mouth and the most overwhelming tide of words would gush forth, drowning everything in its path. He didnt just talk in words or sentences or paragraphs. He talked in pages. He covered everything from the flight number to the exact schedule and safty precautions.
At one pt of time, just as we thought the briefing was over, he started summarising what we had done in the past 12 months or so.
Take a knife. Plunge into heart. Twist.
Help.
I guess he was just trying to motivate us for the tough trainings ahead of us. Kept repeating that we were 'one of the best bunch of ppl' around and we had the potential to be 'the best in the SAF'... Eyebrows were semaphoring all ard the room. We are talking Oscar-Winning Eyebrow Performances here.. haha... 'Yeah Rite' we seemed to be saying to each other..
After 50 minutes of agonising talking, my CO looked at his notes once more, cast his eyes heavenward for a second, and finally asked:" I think thats all for u.".
My writing hand was throbbing severely. Relieved and frankly exhausted, i gathered my stuff and shook my hand back to life....
Kennyster @
12:04 AM
The Unpretty
Kenny Loh
23
Formerly from Dunman High, VJC and formerly a proud member of the 2SIR 11th mono Alpha Company Apache warriors.
Currenly a 3rd year student at the Singapore Management University.
I'm into books, pool, soccer & conversation (by day), justice, honour & vengeance (by night).
Constantly on the lookout for crimelords, deformed megalomaniacs and women.
