Well once again I'm here at the comp at home doing my weekly update. A shoutout to my friends who're having their birthdays around this time of year. There're really lots of you guys guh. And also all the best to new ns enlistees. Though they should theoretically be in confinement period about this time.
I've talked with Kenneth... And he's in the same company as me when I was in BMT. Talk about coincidence...
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Ok an update on my "dilemma" which was highlighted in a previous post... I've decided that both alternatives aren't too bad really, and I have no qualms on either happening. Well let me explain...
Basically my platoon now has been visited by people from 1SIR, also known as the 1st Singapore Infantry Regiment. Well what do they do there? They conduct training for infantry people, and they need a signal platoon there to help in communications. So 33 out of 45 people in my platoon will be chosen to go there instantly without a need for posting.
A couple of things... Its that if I go there I might or might not do a lot a chionging. My camp will be at Mandai Hill, some ulu place. I may have to carry a heavy signal set or 2km worth of lines. So essentially it will be considerably "xiong".
So my two alternatives are:
Alternative 1: After finishing my course here at SI, go to 1SIR as a combat signaller. Go to Taiwan for 3 weeks with effect from 5th May. Stay in 1SIR and chiong for a couple of months.
Alternative 2: Express my decision not to go to 1SIR because of medicine, and possibility of deferment. Go to another unit which will be decided at a later date.
For now... Doesn't matter to me what happens. Although I'd rather alternative 2 occurs, alternative 1 doesn't seem that bad at all in retrospect. Any advice from ex ns men? Or does anyone wanna suggest something?
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I've been trying to ask people to Alpha... But to no avail. Thinking through it... I've thought of an alternative. Those I wanna bring mostly consist of people who are already "Christians" in name, but still don't understand the faith enough. So I've thought about buying the alpha guides for them. It'll probably burn a hole in my pocket but well... I'm still thinking about it though.
Theres a new friend in my bunk I've made and his name's Alvin. He's been to church before but hasn't really absorbed anything. Perhaps if I teach him the fundamentals of Christianity using the alpha book, he'll understand more and get to make an informed decision? We'll see.
Once again... Anyone wants to give any advice?
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Bought a pretty nice jap workbook. Bringing it to camp, and hopefully it'll help me kickstart my jap learning. Other than that, bought a sign language book. So these are the 2 languages I'm gonna master for now. Sounds good yeah?
Finished Full Metal Alchemist after quite a long time... Going on to Trinity Blood, a shorter anime series that I'm gonna put in Darren's iPod and bring to camp and watch in free time. The next anime series after that will be either Karas, s-CRY-ed or I'll be trying Avatar which is an American anime series. A compare and contrast between Jap and American styles should be interesting...
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I've talked with Kenneth... And he's in the same company as me when I was in BMT. Talk about coincidence...
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Ok an update on my "dilemma" which was highlighted in a previous post... I've decided that both alternatives aren't too bad really, and I have no qualms on either happening. Well let me explain...
Basically my platoon now has been visited by people from 1SIR, also known as the 1st Singapore Infantry Regiment. Well what do they do there? They conduct training for infantry people, and they need a signal platoon there to help in communications. So 33 out of 45 people in my platoon will be chosen to go there instantly without a need for posting.
A couple of things... Its that if I go there I might or might not do a lot a chionging. My camp will be at Mandai Hill, some ulu place. I may have to carry a heavy signal set or 2km worth of lines. So essentially it will be considerably "xiong".
So my two alternatives are:
Alternative 1: After finishing my course here at SI, go to 1SIR as a combat signaller. Go to Taiwan for 3 weeks with effect from 5th May. Stay in 1SIR and chiong for a couple of months.
Alternative 2: Express my decision not to go to 1SIR because of medicine, and possibility of deferment. Go to another unit which will be decided at a later date.
For now... Doesn't matter to me what happens. Although I'd rather alternative 2 occurs, alternative 1 doesn't seem that bad at all in retrospect. Any advice from ex ns men? Or does anyone wanna suggest something?
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I've been trying to ask people to Alpha... But to no avail. Thinking through it... I've thought of an alternative. Those I wanna bring mostly consist of people who are already "Christians" in name, but still don't understand the faith enough. So I've thought about buying the alpha guides for them. It'll probably burn a hole in my pocket but well... I'm still thinking about it though.
Theres a new friend in my bunk I've made and his name's Alvin. He's been to church before but hasn't really absorbed anything. Perhaps if I teach him the fundamentals of Christianity using the alpha book, he'll understand more and get to make an informed decision? We'll see.
Once again... Anyone wants to give any advice?
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Bought a pretty nice jap workbook. Bringing it to camp, and hopefully it'll help me kickstart my jap learning. Other than that, bought a sign language book. So these are the 2 languages I'm gonna master for now. Sounds good yeah?
Finished Full Metal Alchemist after quite a long time... Going on to Trinity Blood, a shorter anime series that I'm gonna put in Darren's iPod and bring to camp and watch in free time. The next anime series after that will be either Karas, s-CRY-ed or I'll be trying Avatar which is an American anime series. A compare and contrast between Jap and American styles should be interesting...
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