Sunday, December 19, 2010
4th ICT
Just completed my 4th in-camp training.
Well, nothing eventful for this in-camp to be honest. As I said to Kaiwei, I think I slept more in this week than I would for 1 month outside! (exaggerating, of course).
As the focus was on the heavy fire weapons, we mostly stayed in camp to do the usual stuff (technical handling and the yada yadas).
Yes, and I'm glad that I've passed ippt before going in, so I felt very relaxed when I went in. And in that relaxed mode, I actually passed ippt again! No point, but happy with my current fitness.
It was again a time to catch up with the boys, talking about those times in army. Well, every ict is a flash back to those gruelling 2 years, the seemingly endless physical poundings we took again and again and again, the loss of freedom, the loss of personal identity, the confinement within arranged premises. Those days were certainly fun when you think back of it, but another part of me wants to block it out also.
The 'real' world and the 'army' world is really so distinctively apart that you'll really feel transported from one world to another, even though the HDB estates are within visible distance.
It's actually quite scary for people who serve there for the whole of their careers. To me this world is rather disgusting, a very closed and suppressed world. To be part of this for half of your waking hours for almost your whole life is total crap.
Ok I hope it has been a good rest away from the 'real' world. But now, I need some time to recover.
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