To all my dearest friends who’s birthday fall in March. “Happy Birthday to you.” Let’s starts with my 6th ICT that falls on 9th march 09 to 22nd march 09. In this 6th incamp, we are to be ready for our A-tech. Let me tell you more about A-tech. A-tech is an exam that all NS men have to gone thru in his 10 years cycle. This is an exam to test our readiness in-term of any matters that arise after our O.R.D. In this incamp, this is our A-Tech 1, where we are tested on our personal arms and drills. We must know our personal arm super well at our finger tip. Well, it is lucky that I was not tested on these as my vocation does not require us to do so. As for the rest, well….. they have a hard time meeting the required timing. During one of the training in blk 112, I saw xiao pei, a buddy that shares the same bunk in lion coy’, he have all 9 item to be tested. His readiness shocks me when I saw him stripping the M.G 1.7mins is all he needed to lay out the whole M.G in order. “Hei xiao pei, if I was in lion coy I may be as good as you.” This was what comes to my mind when I saw him out perform all the rest in the line. Good job xiao pei, you did not let us down even after ten years of O.R.D. Well as for us, we have TAG training and CCAC training. All these training are to prepare us for the coming A-Tech. Well I score all recon 1 for my AOH and MOI, but I was down to recon 4 for my I.V. sad. Any way, I must thanks Sgt Mike for his two arms. For which I fail to put in the needles into. After much tries on the dummy arm, I managed to get one in, into cpl yap’s arm. As for cpl yap, my hand was his 2nd try. Heehee, this time he nail it in. one hole in my right arm. Now I really know why they have is logo in the SMTC, this is how it goes, “Medic Bloody Proud”. Apart from our training, I also manage to catch up with my buddy from both C coy and SP coy. This is the sad part. Jimmy was from the other platoon. He looks normal. He can joke and have fun with us, during each incamp. He will ask how am I doing and is the training tough. This time round things did not turn out like last. According to his close buddy, he went missing in the last 3 incamp during rest time and before move out. In the last out field according to OC sir, he fall during the training, just then CO sir was doing his regular checks on the combat team, CO sir saw him fell and offer his hand to pull him up. But instead, he kissed CO sir hand. The act of kissing CO sir hands shock OC sir. I was totally blurred when I heard OC sir tell us about it. I can’t believe this if I was to hear it from the other. But this was from OC sir, who witnesses the whole scene. OC sir also told us that he went to report sick without letting him know his status. Well, it is our standard practices that we must let out OC sir know our status after we report sick. Jimmy was excuse from IPPT. Jimmy went out field with excuse IPPT status, because of his unstable condition of kissing CO sir hands, bring CO sir to ask about him and things got worst with all the finding and ……………………………………. Jimmy was send to NUH, where things starts to go wrong…………….. Next is ah lai, one of our best drivers. He was down with grout, for which I do not wish to write about. Just one ICT, I was able to feel the different….. very different, not just the above but also, our A-Tech 1…… here we come Recon 1 at 94% passing rate. |