Ah my experience was really varied. A huge roller coaster of a
ride compared to my civilian lifestyle. Learning the new basic
footdrills were really fun and all with all the shouting hehe.
Just finished polishing my boots with the standard issue KIWI
but I don't think it looks shiny enough ha. Let me see... I
couldn't sleep well on the first 2 nights cus some guy in my bunk
set the alarm to 4am as a joke and the fact that I couldn't drop
dead and sleep on the dot amplified the damage...
During all the talks in the huge hall by the senior officers, we
could literally see a load of recruits falling asleep all over,
myself included unfortunately despite my best efforts to keep my
head up lol
A MAJOR downside to me would be the fact that it is near
impossible to wash the mess tray and cutlery to perfection in the
time that we have so I'm considering some alternative to being able
to eat in a more hygenic manner... This really bothers me at the
moment and I'm thinking of approaching one of the more senior
officers in camp for some advice. OOOhhh and did I mention that one
of the camps big guys actually sat down on the floor to chat with a
few of us outside the Medical Center after overhearing the laughter
my new friends and I were having(he approached me a short while
earlier when I was inside the medical center where I mentioned my
deep feeling of depression etc). He has got me thinking of signing
on now but I'm still struggling to perform the footdrills due to my
inability to get accustomed to the malay commands. I should soon
however.
lol. can't be worse than my first exprience at foot drill. i
could never get the commands right, i was even asked to shout
"pandan, banana, pandan!"lol. i got my platoon mate to write down
the commands and i spent the entire night memorizing them.
lol yeah the talks quite boring. did you see captain segar? is
he still there?
