ADC and CQ
Alrite, prepare gallons of coffee or dozens of warhead sweets to jack up your eyes. I suppose the entry would be long but no longer than the 5 days that took it. A whole set of new experiences and unexpected events. I really did not expect them to happen.
Maybe I should start off with Sunday night, when me and the CLTs from West District booked in. Was supposed to go to HQ to assist in the briefing for the Mt Ophir climb. Did the usual stuff and after that get them tucked in so that they can leave on time the next morning. Then we combed the blocks for some place to sleep and finally settled on a bunk. It was the eve before the ADC began and we were feeling so nervous that we started to become siao, crazy, gila or what have you. We were seriously crapping non-stop and it got worse when WL said something about if you feel ticklish on your thigh when someone touches it, it means you always masturbate. Frankly , I haven heard of anything close to that until that night. Eventually, we got sleepy and then slept. It wasn't a peaceful sleep because we didn't had bedsheets and pillow cases. It was pretty uncomfortable. I was just half sleeping. I woke up feeling kinda drowsy.
ADC Day 1
The in-processing took a while because of the inconsistency of the participants. Nevertheless, the CLT cum Band did not really had much of a problem as we were a minority. The day was not very tiring as there were only talks and lectures. Nothing interesting except that one of the CLTs chose to leave the course as he claimed that he was exhausted with work or something along that line. But from observation and rumours, the reason was because he was not able to live with the fact that he is under the command of people who are ranked the same or for others lower than him. I'll just let the matter rest to that. I can't be bothered to find out more. My comments if the rumours are true: How unprofessional. Oh ya, my section commander was a char bo, S/CLT Grace. She's okay. S/CLT Melvin was okay too. But the other one wasn't. I found that out later during the course.
ADC Day 2
It was the day to go outside and have some fun learning drills. As for lectures, it was about managing parades and ceremonies if I hadn't remembered wrongly. Today was when we learned or re correct some foot drills , rifle drills and stationary drills. Before I go on any further, I must say that I love the drills that executed. Simply because we did it together. Okay lar, not 100% of the time but at least most of the time. I loved the solid bang that we CLTs produced and it sound as one. Unison. I find it wonderful because we haven't do drills together before. From experience, it took me and my platoonmates from CSS NCC months to just get a solid wonderful bang of the leg. I guess we CLTs owed it to the years of training we had when we were cadets. Nothing much also for today. Other than the interview with the individual section commanders. Well, I must say I didn't do really well. In fact I didn't perform during the whole course. When you start at the wrong footing, it's hard to change to the right one. Its not as simple as tukar langkah. Anyway, thanks to S/CLT Grace for the comments.
ADC Day 3
New stuff learned today: Slow march, sword drills and colours drills. It was fun on the whole and we pretty muched enjoyed it though today's weather was worse than yesterday. I became more demoralized when I find that I needed a longer time to do all those drills. Some were really new to me. And for the panji-panji drills, it was my worse ever executed drills. Haiz...I need more practices. And strength. And I better be more open and receptive to advices and pointers too. The planning for the passing out ceremony got worse. The CLTs were given the task to plan out and handle the passing out ceremony. From the start I could already see that the whole thing was not steady. Different people had different ideas and I don't think most of us are patient or considerate enough to listen to others. And there was the lack of respect for appointment holders with people doing the job of others. It was really hay wire. But it was good enough that we didn't broke into a fight or quarrel. THAT trainer didn't do us any good either. Instead of boosting our morale, he demoralized us and the OIC even more. Stupid SOB. I'll touch more about that later. Oh ya, almost forgot. Me and a few others volunteered to clear and oil the rifles. I must say that it was the first time I cleared so many rifles. I must say I enjoyed it. Though it proved to be a disadvantage for me as the whole population of the course were to do pull ups. And then came the theory test. It was okay la...just that the things that I sort off studied slipped out of my mine. Lastly, learned of one really cute and funny cheer. The banana song.
ADC Day 4
It was a big day for us the CLT trainees. And the worse thing came. The trainers delayed the whole thing. Morning was okay but when the photo taking started, it was havoc. The trainers stubbornly wanted everyone to be inside the picture. At first I thought it was taken company by company. But then no. It was stupid la I must say. 200 people squeezed into a picture. What the hell. And because of that, it delayed the whole schedule. The CLTs had to hurry their western food lunch so as to prepare for the ceremony. Other people shit, other people clear. I was the ceremony commander. And on the real thing I cocked up something. Sian...was totally demoralized. Damn. After the whole thing. Things didn't get any better. And again THAT trainer was being a sarcastic asshole. Hope he burns in hell. In the end, the 4 trainers(releveant) showed their true colours. And I concluded 2 of them were being farkers. The other 2 was okay.
First issue. THAT trainer. In the beginning, I thought he was okay due to some things regarding punishment which I won't elaborate because that was fair enough. But then, he showed the real him. Like what SM NCC stated, patience is one of the qualities of a drill instructor. I guess he suck at that. He was a sarcastic freak and doesn't really respect others. He failed to gain respect from his men. At one instance when I tried to discuss with him, he actually humiliated me and shooed me away. What a total farker. I might salute him but he will NEVER EVER get my respect. Not even over my dead body.
2nd issue. ANOTHER trainer. A fresh CLT from 52nd intake. He got 4 strikes during course AAR without the trainers around. Another goner.
3rd issue. My confidence level during the course was damn low. I think the lowest of all time. I'm lost all the time. Always monkey see monkey do. Due to that, I didn't perform at all. I've no idea what happened.
4th issue. My temper nearly got out of hand. But everytime I nearly blasted, my temper was short circuited. Lucky. If not I confirm kena suspension from HQ. Plus the course really drained out my energy because of lack of sleep.
5th issue. I really don't feel like wearing my supernumerary badge. It feels really heavy. Especially after all that the course did to me. And I don't feel at home when with the the other supernumeraries. Except for some la... Sigh...
After all those shit came CHALLENGE QUEST 2007. I was tired in the morning. And then at0645 had to depart for my duty as bus ic. Okay la..not so bad...Only a few trips. Then the best thing. Was 'forced' to go MOC. After that even more exhausted. But guess what made up for all that? WEST IS THE NEW CHAMPIONS!!! It was the first. East district had been holding on to the title for 3 years running. I guess they were really strong. Respect them a lot for that. Damn pro.
Due to the win...the rest I don't think really matters. Haha...looking forward to Camp Feast 2. And thanks SM for saying "west rock on!" LOL... :)
Oh yes. one more thing..finally got to meet the legendary CLT Sukhbir. A really entertaining guy. LOL.
I can salute anyone, but I don't respect everyone.
Maybe I should start off with Sunday night, when me and the CLTs from West District booked in. Was supposed to go to HQ to assist in the briefing for the Mt Ophir climb. Did the usual stuff and after that get them tucked in so that they can leave on time the next morning. Then we combed the blocks for some place to sleep and finally settled on a bunk. It was the eve before the ADC began and we were feeling so nervous that we started to become siao, crazy, gila or what have you. We were seriously crapping non-stop and it got worse when WL said something about if you feel ticklish on your thigh when someone touches it, it means you always masturbate. Frankly , I haven heard of anything close to that until that night. Eventually, we got sleepy and then slept. It wasn't a peaceful sleep because we didn't had bedsheets and pillow cases. It was pretty uncomfortable. I was just half sleeping. I woke up feeling kinda drowsy.
ADC Day 1
The in-processing took a while because of the inconsistency of the participants. Nevertheless, the CLT cum Band did not really had much of a problem as we were a minority. The day was not very tiring as there were only talks and lectures. Nothing interesting except that one of the CLTs chose to leave the course as he claimed that he was exhausted with work or something along that line. But from observation and rumours, the reason was because he was not able to live with the fact that he is under the command of people who are ranked the same or for others lower than him. I'll just let the matter rest to that. I can't be bothered to find out more. My comments if the rumours are true: How unprofessional. Oh ya, my section commander was a char bo, S/CLT Grace. She's okay. S/CLT Melvin was okay too. But the other one wasn't. I found that out later during the course.
ADC Day 2
It was the day to go outside and have some fun learning drills. As for lectures, it was about managing parades and ceremonies if I hadn't remembered wrongly. Today was when we learned or re correct some foot drills , rifle drills and stationary drills. Before I go on any further, I must say that I love the drills that executed. Simply because we did it together. Okay lar, not 100% of the time but at least most of the time. I loved the solid bang that we CLTs produced and it sound as one. Unison. I find it wonderful because we haven't do drills together before. From experience, it took me and my platoonmates from CSS NCC months to just get a solid wonderful bang of the leg. I guess we CLTs owed it to the years of training we had when we were cadets. Nothing much also for today. Other than the interview with the individual section commanders. Well, I must say I didn't do really well. In fact I didn't perform during the whole course. When you start at the wrong footing, it's hard to change to the right one. Its not as simple as tukar langkah. Anyway, thanks to S/CLT Grace for the comments.
ADC Day 3
New stuff learned today: Slow march, sword drills and colours drills. It was fun on the whole and we pretty muched enjoyed it though today's weather was worse than yesterday. I became more demoralized when I find that I needed a longer time to do all those drills. Some were really new to me. And for the panji-panji drills, it was my worse ever executed drills. Haiz...I need more practices. And strength. And I better be more open and receptive to advices and pointers too. The planning for the passing out ceremony got worse. The CLTs were given the task to plan out and handle the passing out ceremony. From the start I could already see that the whole thing was not steady. Different people had different ideas and I don't think most of us are patient or considerate enough to listen to others. And there was the lack of respect for appointment holders with people doing the job of others. It was really hay wire. But it was good enough that we didn't broke into a fight or quarrel. THAT trainer didn't do us any good either. Instead of boosting our morale, he demoralized us and the OIC even more. Stupid SOB. I'll touch more about that later. Oh ya, almost forgot. Me and a few others volunteered to clear and oil the rifles. I must say that it was the first time I cleared so many rifles. I must say I enjoyed it. Though it proved to be a disadvantage for me as the whole population of the course were to do pull ups. And then came the theory test. It was okay la...just that the things that I sort off studied slipped out of my mine. Lastly, learned of one really cute and funny cheer. The banana song.
ADC Day 4
It was a big day for us the CLT trainees. And the worse thing came. The trainers delayed the whole thing. Morning was okay but when the photo taking started, it was havoc. The trainers stubbornly wanted everyone to be inside the picture. At first I thought it was taken company by company. But then no. It was stupid la I must say. 200 people squeezed into a picture. What the hell. And because of that, it delayed the whole schedule. The CLTs had to hurry their western food lunch so as to prepare for the ceremony. Other people shit, other people clear. I was the ceremony commander. And on the real thing I cocked up something. Sian...was totally demoralized. Damn. After the whole thing. Things didn't get any better. And again THAT trainer was being a sarcastic asshole. Hope he burns in hell. In the end, the 4 trainers(releveant) showed their true colours. And I concluded 2 of them were being farkers. The other 2 was okay.
First issue. THAT trainer. In the beginning, I thought he was okay due to some things regarding punishment which I won't elaborate because that was fair enough. But then, he showed the real him. Like what SM NCC stated, patience is one of the qualities of a drill instructor. I guess he suck at that. He was a sarcastic freak and doesn't really respect others. He failed to gain respect from his men. At one instance when I tried to discuss with him, he actually humiliated me and shooed me away. What a total farker. I might salute him but he will NEVER EVER get my respect. Not even over my dead body.
2nd issue. ANOTHER trainer. A fresh CLT from 52nd intake. He got 4 strikes during course AAR without the trainers around. Another goner.
3rd issue. My confidence level during the course was damn low. I think the lowest of all time. I'm lost all the time. Always monkey see monkey do. Due to that, I didn't perform at all. I've no idea what happened.
4th issue. My temper nearly got out of hand. But everytime I nearly blasted, my temper was short circuited. Lucky. If not I confirm kena suspension from HQ. Plus the course really drained out my energy because of lack of sleep.
5th issue. I really don't feel like wearing my supernumerary badge. It feels really heavy. Especially after all that the course did to me. And I don't feel at home when with the the other supernumeraries. Except for some la... Sigh...
After all those shit came CHALLENGE QUEST 2007. I was tired in the morning. And then at0645 had to depart for my duty as bus ic. Okay la..not so bad...Only a few trips. Then the best thing. Was 'forced' to go MOC. After that even more exhausted. But guess what made up for all that? WEST IS THE NEW CHAMPIONS!!! It was the first. East district had been holding on to the title for 3 years running. I guess they were really strong. Respect them a lot for that. Damn pro.
Due to the win...the rest I don't think really matters. Haha...looking forward to Camp Feast 2. And thanks SM for saying "west rock on!" LOL... :)
Oh yes. one more thing..finally got to meet the legendary CLT Sukhbir. A really entertaining guy. LOL.
I can salute anyone, but I don't respect everyone.