Thursday, January 31, 2008
Before and After.
Just a little update on my life. Had a BMT section dinner at Fish n Co on Tuesday! The organizer was yours truly, and it was quite a successful one, to say the least. =X 11 out of 12 of us attended. Only Amrik couldn't make it, as his head was injured (I could only catch him saying he just got 7 stitches, couldn't hear the cause of the injury over the phone) and he said the wound was still quite bad. Hope he gets well soon! So anyway, just a little comparison of how we looked during BMT POP:
And after ORD:
Everyone certainly looks better with hair.
So anyway, did quite a bit of catching up with the lot. Small Andy has a new girlfriend (his 8th, I think. Everyone was shocked when i said that, because I remember he was with his 7th during BMT.), while Siong Kiat has become single. The rest of us remain pretty much the same. It seemed as if SAF didn't change us at all. Looks like the saying that the army changes boys into men is wrong. =/
So anyway, it was kind of funny seeing everyone again. Obviously, we are no longer as close as we used to be during those days. But it was kind of nice to meet up after such a long time too. I suppose the structure of the training in army is.. not perfect, as we only have 2 years, since it's a citizen army. Been in so many different places (BMT, SISPEC, ETI, 30SCE) with such short duration that I don't even remember when I met some particular guys. There really isn't much time for bonding unless you're in mono, or until after your training phase and you stop jumping around units. But I suppose BMT wasn't too bad. SISPEC was 2 weeks longer, if I remember correctly, but the bonding was worse. Can't imagine meeting up with some of the horrible guys in my SISPEC section. Actually there's only 2 of them, and the rest of the section should know who I'm referring to, so I'm not afraid of any misunderstanding here. Damn I'm getting bitchy again.
But anyway, it's all over. Unless you count the 10 year NS cycle. For now, I'll just relax and get used to being a civilian..
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And after ORD:
Everyone certainly looks better with hair.
So anyway, did quite a bit of catching up with the lot. Small Andy has a new girlfriend (his 8th, I think. Everyone was shocked when i said that, because I remember he was with his 7th during BMT.), while Siong Kiat has become single. The rest of us remain pretty much the same. It seemed as if SAF didn't change us at all. Looks like the saying that the army changes boys into men is wrong. =/
So anyway, it was kind of funny seeing everyone again. Obviously, we are no longer as close as we used to be during those days. But it was kind of nice to meet up after such a long time too. I suppose the structure of the training in army is.. not perfect, as we only have 2 years, since it's a citizen army. Been in so many different places (BMT, SISPEC, ETI, 30SCE) with such short duration that I don't even remember when I met some particular guys. There really isn't much time for bonding unless you're in mono, or until after your training phase and you stop jumping around units. But I suppose BMT wasn't too bad. SISPEC was 2 weeks longer, if I remember correctly, but the bonding was worse. Can't imagine meeting up with some of the horrible guys in my SISPEC section. Actually there's only 2 of them, and the rest of the section should know who I'm referring to, so I'm not afraid of any misunderstanding here. Damn I'm getting bitchy again.
But anyway, it's all over. Unless you count the 10 year NS cycle. For now, I'll just relax and get used to being a civilian..
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