Picture taken over the Easter Weekend on the Banff Gondola.
Overlooking the town of Banff in the Canadian Rockies.

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Post?

Well received my posting order on friday.. going to airforce.. pilot selection and stuff.. like was super shocked ah.. but anyway just to let ya know, am not a pilot yet.. am only goin for the air grading and stuff.. fly the plane and see whether i can take the Gs.. haha.. tink it'll be fun.. IF i were to be a pilot, i'll have lots of money!!! haha.. IF!! but to tink of it, it'll take alot of sacrifice of my time and loved ones.. hai.. really dunno how.. well all im gonna do is to go thru this process and see how it goes.. dun mind being a pilot and serve the country ya.. let God decide.. for those who dont know, if i dont make it, i'll either be posted to sispec or ocs.. if i make it, i'll go to australia for further tests i tink and dan if i make it at the end, i'll have to sign a 12 yr contract.. and most of that time away from our sunny island.. so thats essentially how its gonna be if i make.. IF.

actually kinda disappointed that i didnt get into ocs with the rest of my buddies.. hai.. wasted not with them.. now 3 months of just tests and stuff.. for better or worse? i dont know.. why did the air force take me away? i dont know.. but i'll leave it to God and i'll just do my best wherever i am.. he'll handle the rest.. getting into the pilot thingy is already a blessing considering i already turned down another air force vocation to be an air traffic controller.. Only God knows wad is gonna happen and i'll put my trust in him..(if i make it, i wanna fly the F-15!!!) will try to update as much as possible ya.. to the rest, take care and enjoy urselves!
Cheers!
God Bless!!

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

back and going soon

well the past week out in cv life has been great.. everything's great if you compare it with life back in tekong.. i actually looked forward to my book-out to collect my results la! just becos i wanted to book out.. haha.. well that phase of my NS life is now over.. come friday i'll find out where im off to next.. on hindsight, BMT wasnt totally that bad.. it was not bad actually.. ive made many great friends and life apart from a few occasions was ok.. life was not hell all the time but just sometimes.. anyway tink its all part of the training rite? the meaning of pain has been brought up a few notches.. but there were times when i actually had fun.. like sleeping my 7 hrs everyday.. washing the toilet was not bad too.. very relaxing becos you get to spray everywhere with water.. haha.. and the LITTLE admin time i had was spent relaxing too.. i would like to emphasize the word little! is admin time a priviledge or a right? up till now i dont know.. cos others in the other companies get at least 1 hr everyday and wad do i get? 15 mins to bath and do all my stuff before lights out.. its not nice la.. but i guess you can live with it.. i lived with it for 2 plus months.. after awhile, you get used to it, like everything else.. the pumping, crunches, alternate leg thrusts, jumping jacks, marching, running ard with rifle overhead, all the crawling, the running to and fro and running up and down your company line.. you get used to all this stuff.. i personally like alternate leg thrusts the most.. do like 20 sets of 4 and your leg goes numb.. but thats not all.. not everyone is counting together so you start back from zero.. and the cycle continues.. looking back at it all, coming up with all the punishments we went thru really takes some creativity.. not bad..
anyway thank God at least one phase of my NS life is over.. wanna thank God too for the blessing he gave me in the form of the best recruit of my platoon award.. really didnt see it coming.. didnt even tink abt it until i was told so.. God's favour i must say.. in a platoon which comprised so many outstanding personalities, im greatly blessed to have received it.. the thanks too has to go out to the guys from jaguar 3.. they really made my life as IC much easier with their cooperation and help..

well a piece of advise to those going into the army, no man is an island.. depend on others as much as yourself. be strong up there and dont give in.. its all mental.. (this mainly is for the direct enhanced leadership batches..) you'll fully understand wad this post is talking abt.. haha..
to all, God bless and take care.. this should be one of the very few posts this yr.. no time la.. sorry!! :D will update as much as possible..

CHeers!!
GOd BLess!