Army Daze...

Saturday finally arrived! And it marked a milestone in the life of a 20 year old. Yeah younger bro Jermaine is going to fulfil his obligation to the nation!


Every male would not forget this sight. Pulau Tekong looks so calm and serene from the outside. Giving all who visit it a (false) sense of peace and tranquility. It also masks the ferocity of the monsters (and I don't mean wild boar, there's something worse than that) that lurks within the island !!! Don't know what monsters? You'll figure...



Oath taking ceremony for some, photo-taking fun for another... =P

Some of you guys might recognise that this does not look like the standard BMTC auditorium where most of us guys would have surrendered our freedom. Instead it is... As some of you all might recall... OLD SISPEC HALL!!! Poor Jermaine is one of the first batches to be posted to Yankee Company, housed in the old School of Infantry Specialist Building!!!


See? Good ol memories. Current LTA Khairin my Advanced Section Leadership Course buddy won the Silver Bayonet in 2004 and went on to OCS... Damn proud of you!

Back to younger bro... So I told him horrors that all old SISPEC cadets would face. Extra 15 mins to book out and book in due to the need for transport to the ferry terminal, lack of e-mart, bees invading your bunks at night due to the buildings proximity to the jungles, lack of handphone reception unless you creep to the 5th level at night to smuggle a call, etc etc etc...

The farewell lunch followed the opening address of the CO of which elder bro duly fell slept through. We went to the all to farmiliar cookhouse for the 'food sampling' session.


"You kids ah damn lucky... You won't know what I had to ate when I was in army back then..." Elder bro once again laments the bad memories of notorious army cooks in the past.


"Aiyah last time policeman wear shorts, people carry walkman, tv in black and white, etc etc..." Jermaine nonchalently shrugs off the remark and enjoy his first taste of cookhouse food.


And of course the food was good. It always is on enlistment day. The Chicken Rice Set was one of my favourite meal. The instructors tip: Always check the menu before heading to the canteen instead of the cookhouse...


Parents thought the food was excellent though...


One last pic before we bid Jermaine good bye... When I say I'm the shortest kid in my family, I really am... And as you can see by a large margin.


So fast they learnt how to fall-in in platoon level.

This is your home for the next 2 months bro. Take good care!

There is no one to play basketball with me for the next 2 weeks. Sniff!

Hahaha. That means time for other stuffs then. Hope Jermaine will do well and enter OCS when both me and my elder bro has failed. But no matter what's the result, we're all equally proud of you! The national service baton has now been passed to Jerm... Have lots of fun!

Can't wait to see you in 2 weeks time!