first week of ptp is over liao. overall, it was exactly wat i had expected it 2 b. hahaz. damnit. still got 2 weeks to go before bmt. den e real fun starts. so far, its been pt (physical training) mornin, afternoon n night.
Tuesday 15 March
freedom has been lost. literally. they took my IC at e registration. ok, so i finally met my squad mates. btw, im in squad 11 of alpha coy. its an sc-oct squad- sorta elite ah. got 28 guys. less den 1/2 are chinese... e rest r malay, indian n a paki. all r either 'a' lvl or poly diploa holders. most look damn fit. but juz fail by a bit. like khamsya ah. den theres dis guy named muhammad. he failed sit n reach. den come 2 ptp jjuz 2 find out tt ns no need 2 do sit n reach. wah. sia suay!
e rest of e 119th intake is ite ppl. ok ah, nt bad e 1st day... kena punish 3 times. no sightings of ghosts. was kinda sad coz im botak now. mangkok actually. but wth la. ugly! haha. e barber had a problem n took a long to cut it.
... so e best part of e day was probably e sleep. haiz. 1 day down, lots more to go
Wednesday 16 March
trainin proper. need some gettin use to. 1st bunk inspection. kena do 100 push-ups as punishment. coz got 5 dust specs on e floor! kaoz. but e day was ok... coz got our uniforms n stuff. had 2 create a human chain 2 deliver e goods. was neverending sia.
so we slacked most of e time. tt was e best part. damn fun. food still needs some gettin used 2. erratic ar, sometines nice but sometimes its yucky. 2nd day wif stomache ache.
Thursday 17 March
one more day to go b4 booking out! 1st day of full on trainin. ok ah. crunches, jumping jacks, pushups, joggin on e spot, leg raise. joggin on e spot was e killer. damn man, hope ptp is over fast ah.
ok, our FI (raj- he's a indian-chinese ns man tt looks like a gurkha) proved tt he is dr jerkyle mr hyde. durin trainin damn fierce. as he puts it, hes e biggest mother fucker in tracom. but off it he is damn nice. 2dy took us on a tour of tracom. showed us e ol medical clinic. supposed 2 b e 'dirtiest' place. well, i saw smtin. den e guys herd sometin. haha. worse still, i say a bat circlin a tree. well, only 1ce... we turned back. after tt he told us bout himself more. said tt he was wif e gurkhas 4 a mth. their trainin damn tough. 3 ippt (napfa test) a day! den got 2 jog 4rm tracom 2 macritcie (18km) almost everyday! haha. sleep tt night was sucky. y? coz damn itchy. den keep seein smtin pacin e bunk.
Friday 18 March
finally, 1 week down! trainin intensity increased to 25%! imagine tt. already tough ah. damn. finally met out oc. hes damn nice. went 4 prayer. damn tired so slept durin e sermon. final pt was extra sadistic. 1st time i cldnt keep myself up wen doin e push ups. haiz. body gonna ache durin e weekend. finally saw ahmad 2dy. den saw hanan oso. he doin ob.
tensions among e boys is hot. almost had a fight b4 e final bunk inspection. ali (e pakistani) was as usual damn blur. irritating ah, but i guess he was tryin 2 help. but he pissed off yunus. so e rest had 2 hold em back.
booked out immidiately went to toa payoh. my bag damn heavy. wanted 2 take a cab but damn suay, no cabs on my side of e road. e empty ones tt did come along didnt stop. so in e end me n khamsya took e train. haha. long time since i saw so many 'diverse' ppl.