Okayy now for a proper post before i book in later. Life in ETI is...tougher than I thought. As in the regimental is dam strict, compared to sispec at least. Im in the same bunk as my long-time buddy jon ang again. HAHAHA. The whole BTC-STW only has 2 platoons, im in plt 2, while raphael and sinyean are in plt 1.

All of us feel asif we're back to being recruits. We get scolded and punished for not singing while running. Hell, how much and how loud do they expect us to sing while we're running 4.5km? I was at the back, trying to lead songs all the way. Me and a few others reli try to lead until du lan liao, come back still kena scolded. Then water parade must say 7 core values/ specialist's creed. Wth sia. And we have dam lil admin time. I hardly have any time to stay in the bunk since first parade till last parade. And we always have activities until 9+pm. The bathing water is soooo freaking cold that i dread taking a bath even though im all sweaty and stuff. Of course, i still bathe. But ZOMG 2 platoons use 2 toilets for bathing. There's ALWAYS a long queue for the bath. So, 2 choices, either really rush up, strip, get bathing things and be first, or relax, wait for everyone to finish then go bathe. I've been doing the latter. Too lazy to rush.

And im the armskote 2ic now. Sian. Picked by random, i was thinking i wont so suay one. 46 ppl, choose 2 for armskote ic and 2ic. Somehow, i just kena. Lol suay. Had a stupid highway code with no prior experience, no revision or anything. So obviously, i failed to meet the 90% mark. Only got 64% the first try, 86% the second try, then finally PASS 90% at 3rd try. LOL. Anyway, life there is quite boring, lectures most of the time. Then lecture finish, go practical. It's been all about demolition this week, i wonder if we're doing something else next week.

For the first time in a long time, im actually feeling emo that i have to book in again. Iuno, i thought i should have gotten used to army life by now. Maybe its just the sudden change in regimental discipline thats hard for me to swallow. Im reli glad at least jon ang is in the same bunk as me again. Things are gonna be that much tougher if i dont have any close frens with me in ETI. But then again, i bet it's the same everywhere else. Heard from ching that boonping is saying air force is also dam strict. ASLC cant be any better, with darence wanting to ooc already. YJ's going to taiwan for 4 weeks armor training. Bahh, i reli envy hou cheng and jer who're gonna become 3SG next week or something. =/

Okayy enough of complaints. At least there's something to be happy about. I'm only gonna stay in ETI-BTC-STW until 14th Sept, which is when we will have completed our basic combat engineer course. Will be going back to PLC for beret ceremony on that day. Then post out again after that. Most likely CBRE at seletar camp, if i do well for the interview next week. I just hope life in cbre gets at least a lil better than this. Bleh.

My email inbox is flooded with "*name* confirmed you as a friend in Facebook". LOL.