I just earned my first off day! But we were forced to use it tomorrow. Never mind. Think there is another day off. I have guard duty on thursday, so I intend to use it on friday. Long weekend! Last week was one hell of a week. I woke up at 5am for 3 days before travelling across Singapore to SAFTI. First experience of trying to get some sleep on a moving 5 tonner. Crap. I almost flew out of it when I dozed off for a few seconds. Well, that's because I was the first guy, the guy closest to the opening.

For those 3 days, I had to live with my own sweat smell again. It reminded me of my field camp days, when I slept , ate and worked in my own smell. I also took the oppotunity to look at the officer cadets in training. It's more or less like BMT. A little slacker it seems, but certainly as busy. No matter what, I believe none of them minded. Me neither, if I were one of them. After all, it is the rank they get in the end that counts. That one bar means alot for us NSF. Even the food there tastes much better. I remember having mee rebus there. It's like a delicacy in other camps.

The ushering part was the worst. My spot was just next to the smoking corner and I really think my lungs have become yellow. I had to choose between the sun and the smoke. Of course I chose the sun. I didn't have to be there in the first place. But apparently, some people just have no brains and manpower like us is wasted. All in all, I kind of enjoyed my work there. So many things to see. It is almost like I am part of the camp already. Well, it's just a dream I guess.

Have off tomorrow! Wow! Going back to TJ to collect my laminated result slip. Having a day off is so rare that I don't feel like sleeping anytime before 2am. Haha! Nothing much happened in the past week other than this. that is why I didn't bother to update. Just that I feel that my chances at promotion is slipping through my fingers. No news about BMT yet and I don't think I will be going next month anymore. Not for me to decide. For SAF to decide. As I was telling my friend, it was a mistake joining the commando formation. It turned my NS life upside down. But when I think back, I guess not. I have learnt during that period. Valuable experience which can only be found in that formation.