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Monday, April 30, 2007
Am back! It was quite a short day, considering that it was mainly lectures or area cleaning, since I had already gotten gold for IPPT =)
Had the handover of the cadet wing appointments this morning, so all the best to Samuel and the new safety personnel. For myself, shall be taking over Kory (who became the new Cadet Wing Commander) as the Section 2 safety IC until further notice. Was so relieved at surving that I felt like throwing my jockey cap again after we were dismissed =)
From a little less than a month ago, with a single white strip and lanyard,
to the two vertical and one horizontal bar of the Safety Officer.
So its farewell to my epaulette with the two torpedoes which are perpetually aimed at my head...
Now am back to using an ordinary one... Just two white stripes. And now that my Safety IC post has been removed, I'm back to my VJC, accident-prone self. In 24 hours, I burned my hand on the iron and then whacked the same hand against one of the railings of the staircases...
Also had to soak my 4 non-parade uniforms in some anti-malaria / mosquito solution today... So I'll be using effectively one uniform for the rest of the week. But then again its all lectures for now, so it should be ok... Maybe wash once will do.
Section field camp next week. Am a little nervous but also a little excited haha... Jeremy says that "After that you'll get to know all your friends much much better" so that's probably at least partially good =)
Everything seems quite fast... Its so surreal. On the first day our instructors asked us "Has anyone been here before?, and I was the only one in the platoon who had come, but not for a commissioning parade. And the instructor asked me "So has anything changed?" and I replied "Not which I've noticed, sir".
And indeed from then to now, nothing has changed since the 6th of May 2005 when I visited with my classmates. The winglines, the gym, the Warriors' Hall (where people had been complaining about it being freezing cold), the parade square (where the senior cadets had told us that "that's what we run up in the first week" and hey, two years later I did!). As I walked around the first two weeks, I was just thinking the last time I walked here I wore beige instead of black green and brown, and I worried about SPA instead of extras.
Or maybe there are some changes.... Now there's Internet in our bunks, and we actually do use the CAI haha...
Then there was that cadet who invited us to his room n told us about NS... And he said things which I eventually found were true... "NS is not just about torture. You really learn a lot of things also" or something to that effect, and so much so for an OCS cadet.
I miss VJ, and my class, fencing, SJ immensely, really, a lot... But i guess at the end of the day, OCS is the best place to be serving NS in =)
Had the handover of the cadet wing appointments this morning, so all the best to Samuel and the new safety personnel. For myself, shall be taking over Kory (who became the new Cadet Wing Commander) as the Section 2 safety IC until further notice. Was so relieved at surving that I felt like throwing my jockey cap again after we were dismissed =)
From a little less than a month ago, with a single white strip and lanyard,
to the two vertical and one horizontal bar of the Safety Officer.
So its farewell to my epaulette with the two torpedoes which are perpetually aimed at my head...
Now am back to using an ordinary one... Just two white stripes. And now that my Safety IC post has been removed, I'm back to my VJC, accident-prone self. In 24 hours, I burned my hand on the iron and then whacked the same hand against one of the railings of the staircases...
Also had to soak my 4 non-parade uniforms in some anti-malaria / mosquito solution today... So I'll be using effectively one uniform for the rest of the week. But then again its all lectures for now, so it should be ok... Maybe wash once will do.
Section field camp next week. Am a little nervous but also a little excited haha... Jeremy says that "After that you'll get to know all your friends much much better" so that's probably at least partially good =)
Everything seems quite fast... Its so surreal. On the first day our instructors asked us "Has anyone been here before?, and I was the only one in the platoon who had come, but not for a commissioning parade. And the instructor asked me "So has anything changed?" and I replied "Not which I've noticed, sir".
And indeed from then to now, nothing has changed since the 6th of May 2005 when I visited with my classmates. The winglines, the gym, the Warriors' Hall (where people had been complaining about it being freezing cold), the parade square (where the senior cadets had told us that "that's what we run up in the first week" and hey, two years later I did!). As I walked around the first two weeks, I was just thinking the last time I walked here I wore beige instead of black green and brown, and I worried about SPA instead of extras.
Or maybe there are some changes.... Now there's Internet in our bunks, and we actually do use the CAI haha...
Then there was that cadet who invited us to his room n told us about NS... And he said things which I eventually found were true... "NS is not just about torture. You really learn a lot of things also" or something to that effect, and so much so for an OCS cadet.
I miss VJ, and my class, fencing, SJ immensely, really, a lot... But i guess at the end of the day, OCS is the best place to be serving NS in =)
~JcZw~ at 11:49 pm
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Ever since I came back from the med interview, so many people have told me "don't worry you can get in one lar".
I'm very grateful for their confidence in me, but then it makes me feel worst, because so many are expecting me to do well... And I don't want to let anyone down. I know that I've probably got a biased point of view of the interview, and I know my portfolio is probably as good as it will ever get but I don't know.
Novices 2006, the Chinese exams, times when people told me "you'll do it this time" but then I didn't... Its not just about the results... Its that your friends expected you to be capable of doing something and you aren't.
I'm not so worried about not getting into Medicine - I know God will put me in a place where life will be the best for me. But I don't want to have to, for a few months after the results come out, hear people say "What, you didn't? I thought XXXXXXXX" and etc. I mean, it happens for normal results, so why not now...
Sigh just don't want to disappoint anyone. And again, I don't really have a valid reason to complain since I'm already in a better state than some...
Just to say, thanks to everyone for their support, especially those who have been praying for me and reminding me to leave things to God.
Psalms 124, Jeremiah 33:3 and Joshua 1:5. I shall take comfort in these passages for now.
I'm very grateful for their confidence in me, but then it makes me feel worst, because so many are expecting me to do well... And I don't want to let anyone down. I know that I've probably got a biased point of view of the interview, and I know my portfolio is probably as good as it will ever get but I don't know.
Novices 2006, the Chinese exams, times when people told me "you'll do it this time" but then I didn't... Its not just about the results... Its that your friends expected you to be capable of doing something and you aren't.
I'm not so worried about not getting into Medicine - I know God will put me in a place where life will be the best for me. But I don't want to have to, for a few months after the results come out, hear people say "What, you didn't? I thought XXXXXXXX" and etc. I mean, it happens for normal results, so why not now...
Sigh just don't want to disappoint anyone. And again, I don't really have a valid reason to complain since I'm already in a better state than some...
Just to say, thanks to everyone for their support, especially those who have been praying for me and reminding me to leave things to God.
Psalms 124, Jeremiah 33:3 and Joshua 1:5. I shall take comfort in these passages for now.
~JcZw~ at 6:51 pm
Saturday, April 28, 2007
No post for the past two weeks, the simple reason being cos I'm STILL the cadet wing safety officer so still had a lot of reports to do, and also cos these two weeks was medicine application week...
Rather not talk about the essay or interviews... Sigh, it seems that everywhere I turned I fumbled, but I'll leave it to God and see how it goes... Family and friends still say I have a chance, having answered from the heart and all, but hmmmm I don't know... I really wish I had gotten the night before off to get myself mentally prepared...
Is it a crime to be sincere during an interview? And on a more important note, is it a crime to leave someone to suffer and die a slow and agonzing death? hmmmm. Sometimes its hard to be true to oneself when one is competing against people who are so much more vocally adept, but who's reason for taking medicine is so that one can get out of NS...
Anyway life in OCS has hotted up. The extras are flying thick and fast. Even I got hit by one for a reason which I and my platoon mates find quite lame... But the thing is that there are so many extras given that even though the duties for the next few weeks have been planned and all, my name is not among them o_0 For the first time this week, I did not have enough time to make calls back home every night... The duties are just a lot... And guess what, this is still only the START of service term!
We've also moved on from physical training and lectures to, let's say, more serious stuff... Section field camp is coming up and all... Hope nothing bad happens.... Hope I still can think even when I'm tired...
Oh yezz! Finally got gold for IPPT! I will never know what my body went through to be able to cut my 2.4 timing down from 11.30 at the start of BMT to 9.39 in my first month of OCS, but thank God for the physical ability!
What else? On sunday I attended Liling's youth choir performance at her gospel service (The last time I heard the song "People need the lord" I was still lower sec at my old church)... It was a good performance haha and the songs subsequently stuck with me for a lot of the rest of the week... Met a lot of friendly people as well! Am very grateful for the invitation =) It was well worth the rush after the essay...
Welll should push off now to do my NE and weekly report... Will be back again on monday night for labour day =)
Rather not talk about the essay or interviews... Sigh, it seems that everywhere I turned I fumbled, but I'll leave it to God and see how it goes... Family and friends still say I have a chance, having answered from the heart and all, but hmmmm I don't know... I really wish I had gotten the night before off to get myself mentally prepared...
Is it a crime to be sincere during an interview? And on a more important note, is it a crime to leave someone to suffer and die a slow and agonzing death? hmmmm. Sometimes its hard to be true to oneself when one is competing against people who are so much more vocally adept, but who's reason for taking medicine is so that one can get out of NS...
Anyway life in OCS has hotted up. The extras are flying thick and fast. Even I got hit by one for a reason which I and my platoon mates find quite lame... But the thing is that there are so many extras given that even though the duties for the next few weeks have been planned and all, my name is not among them o_0 For the first time this week, I did not have enough time to make calls back home every night... The duties are just a lot... And guess what, this is still only the START of service term!
We've also moved on from physical training and lectures to, let's say, more serious stuff... Section field camp is coming up and all... Hope nothing bad happens.... Hope I still can think even when I'm tired...
Oh yezz! Finally got gold for IPPT! I will never know what my body went through to be able to cut my 2.4 timing down from 11.30 at the start of BMT to 9.39 in my first month of OCS, but thank God for the physical ability!
What else? On sunday I attended Liling's youth choir performance at her gospel service (The last time I heard the song "People need the lord" I was still lower sec at my old church)... It was a good performance haha and the songs subsequently stuck with me for a lot of the rest of the week... Met a lot of friendly people as well! Am very grateful for the invitation =) It was well worth the rush after the essay...
Welll should push off now to do my NE and weekly report... Will be back again on monday night for labour day =)
~JcZw~ at 9:47 pm
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Remember how I mentioned that
1. The night before the 4 technical handling tests I didn't know a single technical detail of any of the weapons, and could only vaguely remember how to strip them
2. The night before commander's parade I only could iron my uniform for about 5 minutes
cos I was busy with safety stuff, but then I didn't get killed in either of them haha thanks to a God-given strength, which enabled me to wake at 4 am each day to get ready, and moreover enable me to survive through the day without any too serious or life-threatening side effects...
Well, now I'm in a similar situation.
Yesterday I received a a letter with nice orange borders and a nice NUS letterhead:
We are pleased to inform you that you have been shortlisted for admission to the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. You are required to appear for the admission essay test and interviews and to submit a portfolio
What I've always been dreaming off for the past few years seems to be coming through haha... But here again I've so little time to prepare! One hour away from booking in left only!
Essay's next sunday, interview's the friday after. Hooah. And the only thing i've managed to do, what with all the NE homework from OCS, is to find people to write testimonials for me heh.. Hopefully, my commanders will give me off... The prospect of studying again is definitely very appealing =)
But anyway I'll just see how it goes. In about a month or so, I'll know whether I've got what the present doctors think it takes to be one myself...
1. The night before the 4 technical handling tests I didn't know a single technical detail of any of the weapons, and could only vaguely remember how to strip them
2. The night before commander's parade I only could iron my uniform for about 5 minutes
cos I was busy with safety stuff, but then I didn't get killed in either of them haha thanks to a God-given strength, which enabled me to wake at 4 am each day to get ready, and moreover enable me to survive through the day without any too serious or life-threatening side effects...
Well, now I'm in a similar situation.
Yesterday I received a a letter with nice orange borders and a nice NUS letterhead:
We are pleased to inform you that you have been shortlisted for admission to the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. You are required to appear for the admission essay test and interviews and to submit a portfolio
What I've always been dreaming off for the past few years seems to be coming through haha... But here again I've so little time to prepare! One hour away from booking in left only!
Essay's next sunday, interview's the friday after. Hooah. And the only thing i've managed to do, what with all the NE homework from OCS, is to find people to write testimonials for me heh.. Hopefully, my commanders will give me off... The prospect of studying again is definitely very appealing =)
But anyway I'll just see how it goes. In about a month or so, I'll know whether I've got what the present doctors think it takes to be one myself...
~JcZw~ at 5:07 pm
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Ok so the last post was very incoherent heheh... Maybe I should start from the beginning.
Am out from my official confinement period, though last friday we did get to bookout for 24 hours for Good Friday =) I missed the youth group Good Friday event, which I wanted to go to and invite people =/ as well as sunday service unfortunately...
Then again, this week has been still not too bad... For the following reasons (and from here one will know what I've been up to hehe):
1. VJC Fencing aced the A-division, doing what my batch never succeeded in doing: Winning a team event!! Plus Zhongqi and Jon Boon and JieShi won the Individual Champion and 2nd-runner ups (guys and girls respectively for the latter two) for Epee =) So VJ effectively managed to defend championship and more heh though I admit I won through iffy circumstances... Hope the new Year 1s will stay!
2. AHSJAB aced the Zone comp! Was so happy when YeoLiting and later Evelyn told me bout it haha.... On saturday I wished so much for once that I was at SJ HQ though of course it was but a wish.. But still, good result = good news! Hopefully N-comp can go equally well (and I'll be able to attend this time).... Sometimes I wonder when I will ever let go of SJ...
3. My technical handling for the 4 weapons we learnt got ALMOST a perfect score haha... Minused two points for a really stupid mistake... Hmm that is, for the practical part. I was so busy helping with wing appointment that I didn't check my theory scores... But considering that what studying I got done for the test was done at 4 am that day, thank God that everything went well, and nothing got stuck etcetc haha...
4. I cleared the low wall in SOC at my first attempt for the first time today! Was so high after that that I managed to come in second in my detail despite being the last at the start. Overtook the most people on the balancing log.... While everyone was inching their way up slowly, I adrenaline-powered up the steps and nearly fell off the other side =Pp
On a more minor scale, OCS is rather inspiring in the sense that you actually feel useful, not just minion like I mentioned in the past... Think its cos they keep emphasizing that we have to think ahead and act like officers... It's rather like a week long St. John camp, with fun here and tekan there, jokes here and screaming there, down to the fact that we're still called "cadets" haha... Though my St. John footdrill and the SAF footdrill doesn't always agree =D
Guess at the end of the day, when we're charging up the slope after SOC, dying from a hundred jumping jacks and anything else that's tough, I have to switch on my idealistic side (the side that wants to become a doctor) and remember why and for whom I'm going through all this for... heh I sound like some propaganda machine....
Working with the Cadet Wing Comm, 2IC and the rest is also rather fun, if quite tiring and sleep-depriving... Since they are all pushing themselves for the wing to do well, which I agree with haha..
Well, with a grand total of 10 hours sleep over two to three days I guess I should be pushing off now. Cheerio and will update again in the near future!
Am out from my official confinement period, though last friday we did get to bookout for 24 hours for Good Friday =) I missed the youth group Good Friday event, which I wanted to go to and invite people =/ as well as sunday service unfortunately...
Then again, this week has been still not too bad... For the following reasons (and from here one will know what I've been up to hehe):
1. VJC Fencing aced the A-division, doing what my batch never succeeded in doing: Winning a team event!! Plus Zhongqi and Jon Boon and JieShi won the Individual Champion and 2nd-runner ups (guys and girls respectively for the latter two) for Epee =) So VJ effectively managed to defend championship and more heh though I admit I won through iffy circumstances... Hope the new Year 1s will stay!
2. AHSJAB aced the Zone comp! Was so happy when YeoLiting and later Evelyn told me bout it haha.... On saturday I wished so much for once that I was at SJ HQ though of course it was but a wish.. But still, good result = good news! Hopefully N-comp can go equally well (and I'll be able to attend this time).... Sometimes I wonder when I will ever let go of SJ...
3. My technical handling for the 4 weapons we learnt got ALMOST a perfect score haha... Minused two points for a really stupid mistake... Hmm that is, for the practical part. I was so busy helping with wing appointment that I didn't check my theory scores... But considering that what studying I got done for the test was done at 4 am that day, thank God that everything went well, and nothing got stuck etcetc haha...
4. I cleared the low wall in SOC at my first attempt for the first time today! Was so high after that that I managed to come in second in my detail despite being the last at the start. Overtook the most people on the balancing log.... While everyone was inching their way up slowly, I adrenaline-powered up the steps and nearly fell off the other side =Pp
On a more minor scale, OCS is rather inspiring in the sense that you actually feel useful, not just minion like I mentioned in the past... Think its cos they keep emphasizing that we have to think ahead and act like officers... It's rather like a week long St. John camp, with fun here and tekan there, jokes here and screaming there, down to the fact that we're still called "cadets" haha... Though my St. John footdrill and the SAF footdrill doesn't always agree =D
Guess at the end of the day, when we're charging up the slope after SOC, dying from a hundred jumping jacks and anything else that's tough, I have to switch on my idealistic side (the side that wants to become a doctor) and remember why and for whom I'm going through all this for... heh I sound like some propaganda machine....
Working with the Cadet Wing Comm, 2IC and the rest is also rather fun, if quite tiring and sleep-depriving... Since they are all pushing themselves for the wing to do well, which I agree with haha..
Well, with a grand total of 10 hours sleep over two to three days I guess I should be pushing off now. Cheerio and will update again in the near future!
~JcZw~ at 4:40 pm
Friday, April 06, 2007
Was back for 24 hours
9 pm to 9pm
now its off to camp again. barely enough time to do one update
day's been spent either on church (which was good!)
or eating lunch and dinner
or buying army things, polishing shoes, and ironing clothes
even outside army there is army stuff to do
now it'll be on to the third week
when we can start getting confined and charged and what not
OCS is stressful, but still, I have a good section and platoon like in BMT. Good instructors too!
Am the Cadet Wing Safety Officer for next week. Means I'm kinda like the COS IC for the company in charge of safety, in St. John terms. Hope it goes well
Keep us in your prayers!
And AHSJAB. All the best for Zone Comp! Get those 4 championships!
9 pm to 9pm
now its off to camp again. barely enough time to do one update
day's been spent either on church (which was good!)
or eating lunch and dinner
or buying army things, polishing shoes, and ironing clothes
even outside army there is army stuff to do
now it'll be on to the third week
when we can start getting confined and charged and what not
OCS is stressful, but still, I have a good section and platoon like in BMT. Good instructors too!
Am the Cadet Wing Safety Officer for next week. Means I'm kinda like the COS IC for the company in charge of safety, in St. John terms. Hope it goes well
Keep us in your prayers!
And AHSJAB. All the best for Zone Comp! Get those 4 championships!
~JcZw~ at 7:13 pm