those non-swimmers goes for swimming while the others stayed at
bunk to have their admin time...
Wah, welfare dah. Guess the low priority is still the same after
all these years. Note for non-swimmers: this is one of the times a
conscript learns it's best he helps himself, cuz there's only
something like 4-6 lessons during BMT with sometimes
non-personalized instruction. Then it's a dry-run (ooh, bad pun)
before taking the test.
The circuit training I witnessed involved 20-25 minutes of
push-ups, sit-ups, duck-walks, etc. from station to station. Then,
with arching muscles & fatigued bodies, the swimmers were told
to complete a length. Quite kiam-chye attitude.
Unit-based swimming was rarer (something like once a month) &
it's supposed to be recreational, but it turned out the PTIs who
followed us must do something, right? So my colleagues were ordered
to bring our No. 4's along, to either swim in them or to tow them
along. No more hazing like BMT, but the circuit trainings
continued.
about my friend.. he finishes his a levels in JUNE 'o5(cause
he's not doing it in singapore)... technically he's not due to
enlist in the beginning of 'o6 right but he wants to go to the
armed forces badly, so since he's finished with his studies, can he
enlist early? and if so, can he choose to go into army, or does
point #1 still apply?
http://www.google.com.sg/search?q=cache:gY4q3z6kcUQJ:content.miw.com.sg/Mindef/Static/NSRegistration/Pdf/VEES.pdf+enlist+early&hl=en