Returned to SMTI on thursday morning, the day after POC. This time, it felt different. I was back as a trained medic waiting for posting unlike before where i went back as a trainee. It was good to see the same old building, same old trainees, same old sgts there welcoming me. But I was tense. Everyone was tense. We were very nervous over our posting, which decides the fate of our remaining days as a medic in the army. Got my cert, got my skill badge, got my AED n mask fitting card. Very proud of them, esp the skill badge. Finally got something can sew onto my uniform. Then we, all 3 platoons, were gathered at the open audi where the truth was about to be revealed. As the names were read out one by one according to respective units, i witnessed my friends leaving the pack, some with disapointment, some with shock, other with relief. The group shrink in size as more names were read out. My heart pounded faster and faster. 1SIR, 6SIR, arti, armour, SCE, etc...Soon it was left until about 1/6 the original size. And then master warrant past a remark to the corporal reading out our names "i think thats all for army". We were all very excited upon hearing that. Meaning we shd either end up in RSAF, navy or those cmpb, mmi thingy. And then i heard, RSAF ADOC...a few names followed my mine. I suddenly felt a quick sense of relief. RSAF !!! Omg...after one big round i am back to RSAF. Well, with regards to this, it is a long story dating to back then before i received my medic posting. So i wont elaborate much on that. Me and ah fu both posted to RSAF ADOC medical centre at chong pang camp. I heard its quite good, just that we have occasional turn-outs. I felt damn happy. After lunch and well-wishing some of my fellow platoon mates, me and ah fu embarked on our journey to chong pang camp. It was pouring. We had a hard time flagging a taxi that transported us there. Ah fu's friend working in that camp came out and fetch us. Upon arrival at the medical ctr, we were sorta warmly welcomed. The seniors (corporals and sgts) there are nice people. Very friendly. We learnt that our understudy will commence this monday. In the meanwhile, we sat around and observe. We were shown our bunk. The cookhouse food was not much better than anywhere else. Because we exchanged our 11B for visitors' pass, we cannot have our breakfast since our seniors were not with us to lend us their 11B. So we went up to canteen for our first breakfast there. We balonglong-ed all the way to medical ctr. Not very used to it. This morning we learnt how to prime injections and jab pple. We found ourselves some live-victims from a batch of NSmen going overseas for training. We also learnt how to do ECG and we did it on a newbie and also an encik. We learnt how to draw blood, on the expense of each others' arms. Afternoon after lunch, did not join the rest of my seniors for soccer. Went out of camp at around 5pm. Seemed to be a very slack day. But then i guess when understudy commence and we know our stuff, we should be very busy like our seniors. So hoping for the best, hopefully i get to stay there and have a nice time there.

PS: I am gonna go emart and buy the RSAF tee shirt, PT singlet and beret w/ crest. Omg !!! Sooo cool !!!!

Today is our big day. It is the day me closed one chapter of our life and start on another. It is out passing out parade for us basic medic course trainees. Held at old ford factory where the "superior looking" bukit timah hill stood firmly behind us, in such a "historically significant" place, we witnessed the birth of a new batch of medics from SMTI. Seriously speaking, i really feel very numb then throughout the parade, when the commanders donned the armband on me. Not much feelings. I wonder how far i can go this 2 years with the limited skills i've learnt. I've read one of my sgt's blog on his friendster acct. He is doubtful of our skills. Seriously speaking, i am also a little doubtful of our ability currently to handle a crisis. Perhaps through time and experience, we could, but as for now, being freshly passed out medics, i really dont know. Anyway, most of us will get our postings tml. It is really nerve wrecking. I really wanted to go to a good unit, hopefully near to my house. 8 to 5 is a priviledge I long desired. I can only pray for the best.

9 weeks !!! Before i knew it, i've came to the end of my basic medic course. The next scary thing which i hated and had once experienced 9 weeks ago - posting. Green beret, black beret and khaki beret are equally horrifying for me...plz give me blue. Hahaha. And this final weekend i had as a BMC trainee, i still have to study for 2 more test - M Pam and Prev Med. Sian siah. But i think i've enjoyed enough yesterday. Went kbox lar, its ok and i wont elaborate on it. What else? Oh yes, our grad ceremony will be held this wed at Ford Factory. It is really weird for our course commander to chose a place outside SMTI to have our grad ceremony. And i still have doubts on what to bring to camp, what to bring home and stuff. We are gonna leave our luggage in camp and our postings will b read out this thurs where we will be instantly "sold off" to our new units. Haiz. Still thought i could at least have one day break or something where i can wash my LBV, boots and stuff. Anyway, i am really wishing for an 8 to 5 job. Wait long long is the answer for me with regards to my wish. Haha. Dunno what to expect siah. Hmmm...my fellow friends from SISPEC and navy seems to be graduating from their course at this period of time also. Haha. Its all about postings again. Yawn. Anyway, i know my blog has become the hottest topic for my platoon in BMC, busybody noseparkers. Haha. And plz dont ask me why nightangel...i know it is a lame nick but plz spare me coz i am being very uncreative enough to think of a new nick ever since pri 6. Hmmm...this week gonna spend lotsa money oso i guess. FIR new album and Jolin new album. Haha. Guess whos agent J as asked in my MSN nick...i guess the answer is obvious.

Lets talk about this week in camp. I can say this is the worst week yet in my course. Firstly, when i booked in last sunday, the first bad news that greeted me was that a cat urinated on my book-in-book-out book and i have to rewrite everything from the start and start a new book since I am the book-in-book-out IC. With the week long of tight schedule, i hardly have enough time to restart a decent book and i can say the new book is still now in a mess despite the help of some of my platoon mates...i emphasize the word SOME. Secondly, this week schedule is very tight with BCS and chemical defence. BCS requires us to set up and tear down the BCS over n over again from day till veyr late at night hence we were very shag by the end of each days' training. Chem defence is ok but wearing of the chem defence suit and mask really made us go mad coz its very hot inside. Now i can say i salute the MRF pple. Went into gas chamber, the experience was not as bad as i tot it would be, but still...due to the tight schedule on that day, our sgts were screaming and punishing us whole day long. Yesterday was very mentally challenging for us as a platoon. We were supposed to book out at 7+. And we tot juz like every week, we would make through the gate. Alas, i suspected something was wrong when my snr sgt decided to marched us to the gate from coy line. And yes, my instincts were right. When we were about 20m away from the gate, he berhenti us and started questioning our worth in the course, our attitude towards the course and our deserves to really book out. After the psychologically tormenting lecture by him, he finally announced "gentlemen, you are booking in now" and with that, we ker kiri puseng and march back to coy line and be "confined". While some of my plt mates cursed and swear at his decisions, i was loser and failure enough to sit aside and cry coz i tot i put in so much effort the whole week, all the book in book out thingy and all the tiring bcs sessions juz awaiting for this day to book out, were all gone down the drain. We dunno when we were confined until so when it was 10+, we decided to give up and turn off the lights to sleep. Juz then, we were asked to fall in and given another lecture by him again, this time, we were allowed to book out. With regards to this incident, while i admit that my snr sgt was not very right to play with our book out timing, he was really smart to use this, perhaps as a final warning to us to be serious about the course. I tot it was really effective in drilling some sense into us but then the repercussions of it would still prevail. Anyway, i wont bear any grudges with him coz i understand he also need to do his job. Finally, i am going to book in soon, this time sat night for guard duty on sunday. I was on the standby list, but most probably i will kena later coz some of the real guard duty pple were black listed for not turning up. So i would say i have a very very very slim chance of coming back home later. Still, i have to suck thumb and serve my guard duty i guess. Anyway, it is down to the last 1.5 weeks of this course. I dunno how it is gonna be, how its gonna end, we shall really see...

National day !!! Holiday. Thankyou BMC for giving us a long break of 4 days by granting friday an off day. Anyway, congrats to platoon 3 for finding my blog. This sat i am turning 19. At least i can celeb my birthday in peace. Anyway, i have nothing to blog bout currently...so yar...bye