Friday, April 21, 2006
LOOKING BACK
One Year Ago, This DATE
21 APR 2005 was my last day as a civilian. Can still remember the little details of how i prepared myself physically and mentally to face the fact that i was enlisting. Enlisting to fulfil my national obligation as a son of spore. LOL. SO DRAMA HUH?
One Year Ago, This DAY
I enlisted on a FRIDAY(which was 22 APR 05). Woke up with a heavy heart. Unsure and insecure. Left house for the ferry terminal with parents and brother.
- On the first day, Tekong appeared to be so different then how i remember it to be like in the subsequent days to come.
- Seeing my crown of hairy hair(which i kept since A levels) flying onto the ground.
- Discovering that there were a total of 4 ex TPJCians in my bunk.
- Discovering that my buddy was the canoe team vice cpt. Discovering that theres only 1 number difference between my buddy's NRIC and mine.
- Tasting tasteless food and drank undrinkable water.
- Being given a complimetary Phone Card when all the telephones in Tekong were Coin-Operated.
- And discovering that TO ANYBODY's GREATEST FEAR AND HORROR, I WAS POSTED TO MOHAWK to be treated like ........
THE PRESENT
As i approach the 1 Year Mark, it means that i have spent 10 months in GSMB.
- Though the time is relatively short, i have seen quite a number of people come and go. Like today was Raymond - the Docu Medic IC last day. And Jonathan gonna spend his last week in office this coming week afterwhich he will clear his leave all the way till ORD. For this year, I'm gonna bid farewell to 7 people in my office alone.
- I have had 3 section OICs within this short time span. And has experienced 3-4 mths without an OIC. These few mths has really taught me lots of independence. It has taught me to be more resourceful and has developed my mental strength, Soft Skills and PR ability tremendously.
- As i guide juniors, i realise that my own weaknesses and strengths, the wide knowledge i have for in some areas, and the lack of understanding in others.
CONCLUSION
- I hope i will have enough perseverance to strive on for at least half a year more.
- I have always believed in having pride in everything i do, and the everything-also-can-do-and-never-say-die attitude.
- I look forward to a better working relationship with my branch and unit. I hope we can build upon the present rapport that we have, with whoever who is left of course.
- Basically, i just look forward to going ORDing.
END
HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEK
- Today, left office ard 2 to visit DYS1 for his wisdom tooth thing. Ended up at THOMSON PLAZA buying 15 dollars worth of goodies for him and having a drink at Han's.
Was with kenny and timothy. Met dy there.
- Yesterday. Had section dinner as jonathan is going ORD. Was Mdm Lee's treat. Shes indeed very motherly. =)
- Monday went library to borrow books.
Been extremely busy at work. Stuff like monitoring Emob contact tracing, medical screwups, digging up past awol records for one guy from the awol list since 10 years ago who keeps pestering NSAD for his NS Bonus(and we dunno how to deal with him coz he is 42 now), chasing ppl for dockets, creating more and more workfiles, arranging ppl for courses, monitoring medical board results and the list goes on..... and on and on and on...
As the clock strikes 12 tonight, I will keep a vigil. One year gone and One year more. One year more.... =)
|| nobone ran out @ 4/21/2006 08:18:00 pm ||