20 days of update-less days, I wonder how you have been living without fresh content from my blog
Not that I could have helped it in any way, I was in Formosa, better known as Taiwan nowadays for a 14 day trip as an enemy to the First Guards Battalion, which was being evaluated [...]
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Time does fly: As I go through all my old entries (I like to read them as my own diaries!), I have realised how much I have gone through — already, I am staring at my first trip to Taiwan.
Meanwhile, so many people have come in and out of my life: acquaintances and friends, contacts [...]
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Before I book in to camp now, I would like to mention something that I only found out on Friday:
I am now a Corporal.
See you in a few days!
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Plowing through my visitors’ record, I realised that somebody had used Google with the search terms “[>>> BMTC Ninja curious attempt at mockery
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It actually turned out that I was not selected for the main Cobra Challenge team, which in turn happened to be the company’s dream team. They had an elaborate ceremony, where everybody turned up in their battle attire (read: skeletal battle order), and had the battalion flag handed over to the BoB (Best of the [...]
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Being with my platoon mates always evoke a feeling of belonging — they seemed to contain certain dynamics that make me feel especially close to them.
Is it their bitchiness? The same bitterness about our common suffering under inefficiency?
Whatever it was, I might never know, for I can feel the fabric of our unity unfolding, maddeningly [...]
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Remember the company cohesion that I had some time back?
While yesterday’s platoon cohesion programme had nothing to do with it, I was constantly reminded about the bad experience at Sentosa, and that led me to keep my fingers crossed all throughout the whole of Monday.
In the morning, in the stead of the usual 5 km [...]
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Dealing with criticisms by people has never been an easy job. Even the most popular person can’t help but bend to its negative powers, though temporarily.
I am not talking about myself, but rather another platoon mate. He is on the verge of downgrading his medical status. If it is successful, he will be posted out [...]
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