____T.H.E. .P.A.S.S.
up from my brain is where I bleed...
____F.I.N.D.I.N.G
Searching
Refective
Enigmatic
____M.Y.S.E.L.F
My life spins outta control without football.
Currently in search for inner peace.
Finding myself furthur and furthur away from it..
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16:35
Friday, March 11, 2005
____Psst...
It is Friday. It's been another sick week. So damn sick of everything. Will someone come along and pull me out of this abyss?
It's like I'm in the middle of an evil aura. The atmosphere surrounding is so cold. Emptiness pours. Junming keeps asking me to relax. It'll be a while when that happens. (If it ever happens)
I just received my Maths Quiz back today. I got an F. And you know what that letter stands for.
I half expected it but really, it's not like I haven't been trying. Sucks to the core when the effort you put in only warrants an F.
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I have an interesting story to tell...
My time during Basic Military Training was pretty interesting in a way. I have come to respect people the way that I have never respected anyone before. Not even the kind of respect I show my capable CIs back then in secondary school during NPCC. But I have to single out this platoon sergeant of mine during my time in BMT for special mention.
2SG was his rank. Aw was his surname. He was one cool dude. Short tempered but always just and fair. All my platoon mates respected and adored him.
Anyways, in BMT there was always competition to see which was the better platoon. And I'm pretty sure everyone's heard of the water parades that the army conducts so as to prevent the soldiers from heat injuries.
There's this rhyme/cheer/vow that everyone recites before their "drinking up". Something that goes "Loyalty to country, Leadership....." The 7 core values of the SAF.
There was this thing about Phua Chu Kang at that time too. So the different platoons would add "Jaguar (that's my company name - J) Platoon 1, best in BMTC school 1 and school 2! Drink Up!" after their recital.
Then Platoon 2 will go " Jaguar Platoon 2, best in BMTC school 1 and school 2! AND SOME SAY TEKONG! DRINK UP!"
And so, my platoon, Platoon 3 were deciding on what words we should add behind that long recital. There was discussion going round and the conclusion was that we will say "BEST IN
UNIVERSE!"
The excitement that we're about to beat the earlier two platoons in the drinking cheer was growing. (which was kinda childish... But hey, team spirit!) Soon, a commotion evolved and the other platoons were beginning to know our plans to out-do them. We were just about to begin our cheer when a loud voice boomed.
"EH PLATOON 3!!! SHOUT SO LOUD FOR WHAT?! NO NEED TO SHOW OFF LAH!! YOU KNOW I KNOW CAN ALREADY, NO NEED TO LET THE WHOLE WORLD KNOW!!!"
That was my platoon sergeant. And you know why we respected him so much.
But I'll leave this entry with a thought - "You know I know can already. Don't have to let the whole world know"...
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