C/LTA TAN J. H. CLEMENT
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[12/12/1990]
[Ductus Exemplo]
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NCC Central District
HIHS NCC
RP DOAL
FCBC DE Tribe
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I hate it when he scolds me for being noisy at night when his tv is no different :/
bleh. that aside. went to beach road because Sebastian insisted he wanted to go today. i told him most of the shops would be closed cause it's chu san. lol. he wouldn't listen and we're going back this sat. bummer.Gonna get a bag and maybe a nice digit dessert camou pants. Didn't go to the supposedly last training today because there was none. and if it wasn't for a crappy schedule that the specs just crapped out i wouldn't even know until i'm at the gate of the school. those guys REALLY need to use more brains. i mean the problem last year was that trainings were basically the same everyweek, and it was made boring by 2 thirds consisting of footdrills. when i came back as an officer i made it very clear to them, one hour footdrills, one hour physical training and one hour of fun activities. some of which are in the teaching syllybus as well. so they all agreed to my thoughts but it seems that it died along with year 2008. Looks like i'm gonna have to do something harsh to make them remember. the supposed training schedule for today was like 2 hours drills and one hour physical training. the perfect formula to lose your men's interest. sigh. why must it come to this. I hate to tekan them but it seems as though nothings gonna get into thier head if i don't. I was probably too soft. yea, a soft approach was what i thought should be the way since these guys are already sec4/5. they outta be old enough to think. but the balance is off and i guess i gotta use the 'good ol ways' once in awhile. and i really got to talk to Mr Tan about the training date. it's not beneficial to the cadets at all. how'd you expect them to get a good training AND stay awake on thursday morning classes? sheesh.
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Went visiting today. something cool i found out-music is the key to break the uncanny silence of 2 of my uncles, who are extreme introverts. lol. So i was sitting at the back of dad's van with the two of them and i decided, ok, I'll play some of the oldies i have from my phone, since they, like my dad, probably wouldn't know how to appreciate modern music, lol. so i started to play them out of my speaker and wallah! magic! the both of them sang along! hahaha. it was like some unorganized choir of 3 but i was happy i found something to break the silence.
Anyway, zheng yi wants to create a new system for the HIHS NCC officers. so far it sounds good. But I'll stick to my ways of training the cadets. cause i want to know them well and let them understand what i want for them, it's not just the standard or the fun, it's really about shaping their characters, turning them from boys to men. teaching them morals, and hopefully change their lives for the better. i'm still gonna make it down for as many trainings as i can, and since i'm in charge of combat training, individual field craft and tran-fire/technical handling, I do have a good reason to be there at trainings. i'm gonna fight for the training day to be at sat! we have 26 sec 1 cadets! now that we have proven ourselfs abit here and there, we should have more of a say to irritating biased mr XXXXX XXXX.
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Dreams, Reality, Emotions. all mixed up right now. It's as if God placed the dreams last night as a preperation for what i read today. No i will not follow emotions blindly. They rage in my heart, stirring up non-describable feelings of yearning, but that's the way of the world isn't it? getting into it just because thier emotions tell them to. Getting into it just to take and not to give. Getting into it without a Godly end in mind. I will not go for it until i know that i can resist the flesh, until i can be sure of the compatibility, until i can be a man who abides by the word of God. I won't put her at risk until I'm sure. Let this be a test for me, though my heart yearns like never before even as i type this post. True, I've waited long, but if i rush blindly, the devil will easily attack me at my blindspots. hmm, never let emotions blur your judgement right? waiting an unbearable wait, Lord, it's only through you that i can do this. Your will, your time.
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Went to recon with a few of my NCC guys today, went to a highly vegetated area near sengkang. The grass was waist high, the mozzies were plenty but we just kept walking. (i'm gonna get a machete for the next such trip :D) well it's a good experience for the guys. we later went to the "coastline" which was really just the side of a humongous canal, more like a river actually. well who knew? the "black beach sand" turned out to be knee deep mud and Sebastian went straight into it and got himself stuck. haha. what a klutz i thought. didn't i tell him to check first before plunging yourself into a new environment? any way i decided to give him a hand and what do you know? The algae on the rocks proved too much for my boots grip and i went knee deep as well. worse, my hands as well or it'd be my entire back in sticky gray coloured mud. well so much for helping him. though i did manage to pull my legs excruciating step by agonising step outta the mud, you can't stay still or it'll be harder to get out, so i finally got to the rocks, and finally helped Sebastian out. Boy were we a mess. so Sebastian suggested we wash our legs with the river water and i thought "no way can we get to the water unless getting our thighs plunged in mud." And i was right. once you get off the rocks, it's mud.\, mud and more mud. We even saw a little snake, looked like a baby python to me, consuming a fish and hiding in the safety of the rocks. That was the last straw for us. Back into the vegetation. we soon found a shin deep pool of water in the grass and i ferociously worked on removing the clay like mud of my boots and pants. I doubt any bus driver would let you on their bus with mud like THAT. lol. I pictured a plum 40-year old bus driver going:"uh uhhh..... OUT!" while shaking his head and index finger simultaneously. quite a funny thought. we went on checking out areas that could be used for jungle warfare training and fooled around from time to time, hey no uniform/rank means i'll be a fool with them and enjoy the simple pleasures of life, heh.took some beautiful pictures of scenaries, while the guys mainly focused on stupid pictures like the whole bunch of us sitting one of the construction machines, just like soldiers would take pictures on a tank. lol. i guess dreams can go a long way if the right stuff are put in, so i didn't stop them, also because there wasn't a single construction worker in sight.
well really. i only slept for 2 hours last night and after all that i'm not asleep yet. results are tomorrow you see. that could mean the difference between just dreaming the dream or living the dream. but i'm confident it's the latter this time, my greatest thanks to all you friends keeping me in prayer.
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