Bunch of monkeys... The zookeeper i am... But its just getting started...

Hahaha... I feel like a zookeeper. Reason? This new batch of recruits are a bunch of monkeys! Highly mischievious and frustratingly irritating. Kind da makes you wanna waste them. But incidentally like all monkeys, they are highly intelligent too. Most of them came from the top 5 jcs. Impressive academic profiles, stupefying knowledge and most annoying of all, amazing gift of gab. You can tell them a million and 1 times not to do a thing and they will still do it.

Sheesh. Many a times the sgts juz wanna blow up and unleash upon them all our fury. But they are still under protection. So our powers are limited for now. But aside from their slightly nonchalent disregard to advice and ocassional blatant disrespect to higher orders, they are a fun bunch of people to be with. Sometimes you just do not know whether to laugh at them or to scold them. They can be smart, and yet amazingly blur. But like all recruits in MOHAWK, i am sure they will be super kilat soldiers one day. We will make sure of that.

Ok. About me now. The past 2 weeks were rather hectic. This is because most of us get by with around 4 hours of sleep daily. Not only does our work ends late, we also have to take turns to prowl the recruits bunks to ensure that they are able to sleep well for at least their first 2 weeks.
As instructors, it is hard to keep ourselves fit as we do not take part in the training enough. There must always be more instructors to supervise than to take part. I am getting fatter for sure. so that is good in a sense right? Hahaha.

Anyway, the rewards are high too despite the amount of sacrifiction done. At the end of a hard day's work you can proudly say things like "Yes! My recruit can tie his own laces now!"
Indeed, there is no greater reward than a recruit coming up to you to thank you for making a difference in his life. For the first time, there is a meaning and a more tangible sense of accomplishment in what i ever did since enlistment.

I am beginning to enjoy the fast paced and yet fulfilling vocation. To teach all i know! That's what i am to do. It is just getting started.....