when the going gets tough..

the tough gets going.

although very reluctantly, i became abit enthu about ncc for the first time since last year. it wasn't as tough as i thought it would be, but the tests were all scary, cos i didnt study or prepare for anything..

yeah but things turned out fine.. slept late everyday, woke up at like 4.45 once. so the food was better than usual, so the CLTs were nicer than usual, so the cheering was fun, so what? ;) i mean, so what? big deal.

okiee, so it was kinda better than expected, i kinda enjoyed myself, behind all the suffering and sweating. and i learned to strip an m16 yay, plus assemble it back together. oh oh and throughout the camp i had this whole rifle-pointed-at-me-phobia thing going on. i was super scared of the rifle nozzle laa, especially when it was pointed at me. in my face. my forehead. one mistaken bullet loaded into a supposed empty magazine could send me flying back. breathless. heart not beating. blood gushing. ohh man, how it freaked me out. i was scared, very scared.

and the sickos kannan and prahbu. how gay can gay get mann. prahbu was delibrately making funny noises at night on the bed and kannan was recording it! the whole bunk was listening to them, including me. i couldn't sleep. they did that for all three nights laa. and kanna stroked me on the hand one time and i was like, what the toot did you just do to me?!, and i stared at him. he stared back and started laughing and i started laughing. i knew he was trying to act gay. but that was abit too gay.

there were alot of fun and funny times at the camp, including cheering. oh how i love cheering! haha, i shouted so much i lost my voice on the third day. but that didnt stop me from shouting somemore :) oh and the cheers are so funny, created by acs(i) ncc cadets original.

Tinky Winky (echoe)
Dipsy (echoe)
La La (echoe)
Po (echoe)
We are hungry (echoe)
We are hungry (echoe)
Can we eat?
Pleeaassee..!

couldnt help but shout my heart out. and oh, for the first time in my life, i managed to sprint in a run longer than 2.4! yay, no stitches no pain just sweat and fun. i never knew runs were fun and it rhymes somemore :) . haha.

i just remembered something i dread at camp. doorless cubicles! ah. i remembered camp feast when i stepped into the toilet to bathe. there were no doors to the showers, just curtains! there was this trust thing involved, you have to trust that the fellow campmates were straight. i remembered the second day, some guy went to open the curtain of his friend's cubicle for fun, what an ugly sight man, and i was just behind him queuing. that made me wonder whether the same thing would happen to me, plus the toilet was always filled with guys queuing in front of the cubicles. in this kinda situation.. you just gotta pray that nothing bad happens to you, or.. you dont bathe. oh yarr the cubicles were always flooded, cos the drainage was clogged. yeah, sick. standing on murky water bathing.

i met many new friends from dunman, unity, cath high, sji.. haha, all from eagle 2 were great. although i didnt quite like my CLT, but she was fine. oh and sock mui thanked me for helping her retrieve her pen from inside the drain, haha yay. surhan was the best leader a cadet could have, he was soo sporting. and mark koh, the bullshitter, haha he talks too much. too many people to mention.. haha and people know me better as C E FOO rather than john. haha

oh and i brought my bible there haha, didnt get to read it though. the schedule was too packed, just spent time praying abit at night and saying grace during the wonderful meals. yay, at least i passed the test and became a spec.. now i can make people do push-ups instead of the other way round! yay

quoting one of the staff sergeants: everyone fights, no one quits. you either fight or die fighting. yeah quite inspirational i feel.

oh well, i think that was all for camp, i missed so many people, friends family friends family. ah well, i'm back.