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____Can Run But Can't Hide

While I have not been playing football since last Thursday or so, I have been busy with camp stuff. Not the kind of stuff that can really be called busy. It is more of the kind that occupies time and seeps energy away. Stuff like area cleaning, listening to my CSM talking for hours in the morning, conducting IPPT, and time spent in just slacking around. Football has not been much of a feature. I will not get much chance to play anymore since my ORD date is coming, I do hope I can get to play soon again.
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I have been kind of lucky in the SAF, getting to be a PTI and all that. It has been and enjoyable time. Even after passing out from the PTI course, life has been rather slack and even though there were tough times, busy times, exasperating times, exhausting times, things were rather easy.

Since posting to a newly opened IPPT centre, amount of projects that were tasked to the NSF PTIs have increased by a few folds. Projects are tough in a way because, sometimes the information needed were not readily available, as well as the absence of required equipment.

I remember one job tasked by my 2IC around this time last year, when I had to seek help from all over the camp to settle it. It was tiring and even though I managed to complete it well on time, appreciation was not really shown. Not that I minded, just that this sort of changed my mindset about going all out to do my job. Thus, when my friends and I were beckoned to join the AHM team, I agreed rather readily. Not that I had a choice, I just wanted to get away from the projects from a while at the expense of the chance of not playing football for a while.

Upon returning from AHM, my mind had nothing but ORD and football in it. The thought of completing my national service made me all the more intent to avoid "arrows" from the various regulars. Being naturally gifted in the art of "smoking out", I managed to evade my way from the "arrows". My friends and colleages were not so lucky though. That did not stop me from helping them. I made a point to do odd jobs, small tasks, and conduct IPPT whenever some of them were busy. I try also, to be the first few to initiate daily tasks that were to be done such as area cleaning. I felt I did my little bit in helping the vocation and unit.

Things were going great and ORD was approaching. Unluckily, the new SAF work year coincides with my ORD date. With the new work year, more news tasks had to be done. RT will be kicking off soon, and OC started firing "arrows". This time, there was no escape. He, assuming the role of an onlooker in the gym, sneaked up, caught me off guard and planted the long spear into my back. Blood spilled.

I begin to realise that there is no hiding from the man. Fortunately, the task is rather a straight forward one. I would say I have completed around 60 to 70 percent of it, just that I am not too sure if I have done it right. But, it is beyong the point. No job submitted to OC is right the first time. There is always a level of dissatisfaction.

I will be handing up the task end of this week. I hope not much change is required to correct it.

Currently Feeling Like: Alex Ferguson (Man Utd) requiring to meet the transfer dateline to bag a top player.

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