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JMave
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Singapore1806 Posts
January 23 2009 14:22 GMT
#1
I've really lost track of time. I haven't read the newspapers in 2 weeks neither have I had any sort of contact with the rest of the world for two weeks.

As you know, I enlisted in the army two weeks ago and we were required to stay two weeks on an island for us to adjust to military life. I've just been away too long. Surprisingly, I never felt a single urge to play starcraft nor use the computer over the past two weeks that I was in the army.

I'm back today and its hard to adjust back to the civilian life I once had not too long ago.. even typing on the keyboard seems weird. Maybe its because I've been handling my rifle for too long.

Life in army was okay. The first few days were a little tough. Its just the contrains and margins drawn that kept me under pressure alot. I missed my family so much that I almost broke down on the third day. I usually see my family everyday and not having to do so for 3 days was quite hard for me. But after 6 days, I must say that I kinda adjusted well.

Handling a real-life rifle was a nice experience. I think it needs alot of responsibility.. My bunk mates are also fantastic people. I will miss them when we part ways.

Anywayz, its good to be back home.

***
火心 Jealous. I always loved that feeling when I was young. Embrace it.
meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
January 23 2009 14:47 GMT
#2
Where was this island?
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magicbullet
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Singapore163 Posts
January 23 2009 14:48 GMT
#3
hey army buddy. Glad to hear ur adapting well to tekong. enjoy your days with ur buddies cause it is really numbered. try to have fun and chiong field camp to go ocs. gogo
In the long run we are all dead - J.M. Keynes
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
January 23 2009 14:59 GMT
#4
Never had the urge to play Starcraft? Stop lyingg :D
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JMave
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Singapore1806 Posts
January 23 2009 15:09 GMT
#5
On January 23 2009 23:48 magicbullet wrote:
hey army buddy. Glad to hear ur adapting well to tekong. enjoy your days with ur buddies cause it is really numbered. try to have fun and chiong field camp to go ocs. gogo


Thx!! You ORD already?

And its an offshore island from Singapore mainland but its actually really developed with nice buildings and great facilities and stuff. Field camp next week lol.
火心 Jealous. I always loved that feeling when I was young. Embrace it.
Narrator
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States868 Posts
January 23 2009 15:14 GMT
#6
Ah, welcome back JMave. When are you going to leave again? o_O
magicbullet
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Singapore163 Posts
January 23 2009 15:19 GMT
#7
wish lah. still got 10 more months in service. still got to stay in camp mon - fri. the army knows very well how to waste time, more often than not we're just around waiting for the next event and having nothing to do and not allowed to rest. see time flies past while doing nothing. so unless you wanna be officer or chiong try to get 8-5 vocations.
In the long run we are all dead - J.M. Keynes
JMave
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Singapore1806 Posts
January 23 2009 15:32 GMT
#8
I'm booking back in on Tuesday evening and will be back the following Friday I hope... that's if we clean up our stuffs well after our field camp heh.

Magic, you in which unit?
火心 Jealous. I always loved that feeling when I was young. Embrace it.
rkarhu
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Finland570 Posts
January 23 2009 15:51 GMT
#9
On January 24 2009 00:19 magicbullet wrote:
wish lah. still got 10 more months in service. still got to stay in camp mon - fri. the army knows very well how to waste time, more often than not we're just around waiting for the next event and having nothing to do and not allowed to rest. see time flies past while doing nothing. so unless you wanna be officer or chiong try to get 8-5 vocations.


This seems to be the case with every army in the whole world.
pangshai
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Chinatown5333 Posts
January 23 2009 17:30 GMT
#10
lol. Hearing about people's BMT experience makes me feel young again. I think during field camp they'll introduce you to the other section weapons. Nothing gets your adrenaline pumping more than hearing a GPMG firing continuously for a minute or so. You probably won't get to experience that for a while though.

During that BIC crap on the last day of field camp, they'll tell you about how an MG will fire live rounds 3m above where you're supposed to be leopard crawling to simulate "battlefield conditions", along with random thunderflashes exploding to simulate mortar rounds. But the fucking MG fires like 10 rounds a minute, its such a turn off.
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il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
January 23 2009 20:06 GMT
#11
Only 2 weeks? Are you going back soon?
poilord
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Germany3252 Posts
January 23 2009 23:13 GMT
#12
hehe I thought this blog post was about how you quit all forms of human interaction because you had to watch Lost :p
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