A century of posts on this blog. Yay.
Second and shortest week in SISPEC - we booked out on Thursday night. Spent these few days learning a lot about Signalling, and other assorted equipment. Learned technical handling skills for SAR as well. Last but not least, we had lots of physical training, including two SOC lessons, each with a full run-down plus circuit training. Blisters were smearing blood on the low rope ;o
We also had a dialogue session with the CO and Commander SWI, where the most commonly brought up topic was the fact that Specialists were underrated compared to the Officers. The commanders proceeded to elaborate that the two were very different paths altogether, and proceeded to give a load of weird analogies such as "OCS is like a 2.4km run, but SISPEC is like a 100m race. They are different races altogether".
Still, I don't think many were convinced, given the fact that public perception of SISPEC and OCS still remains the same, Specialists still earn lower pay, and Officers are still saluted. People outside of the army won't bother understanding what each vocation entails, they merely notice these tangible differences and make the judgement that "Ah, Officers are superior."
Which is why I still constantly remind myself of what PC Johnathan always emphasised - that all army vocations are equally important and deserving of our respect, and that each and every person has his/her own strengths. "It's not clerks which are f-up-ed, it's the f-up-ed people who become clerks which makes the vocation seem this way," he used to say. So, for those who are disappointed to be Specialists/Infantry Troopers/Recce Troopers/whatever, always remember that everyone plays their own part in the defence of the country =)
Anyway, it seems like I kena a lot of appointments all in one short period of time. First I was Company Duty Trainee (CDT) on Tuesday, so that night was spent in the office, including sleeping on the discussion room table in Smart No. 4 attire. After that I became Platoon Safety Leader (PSL), but thankfully that is a rather relac appointment. Just make sure everyone water parade ;o
Next week, upon completing my tour of duty as PSL, I'll be the next Leader Section Commander (LSC) =/
But enough about SISPEC life...
- Played what could be the last soccer game for quite some time with the Scouts on Friday, where Ashvin the fake pilot pitted his skills against the fake commando, aka me.
- Friday evening was spent lazing around at Downtown East, Zirui's house and Elias Mall, where we had our dinner.
- Held a surprise farewell bbq for Zuo Yi. Chief Organiser: Daphne, Master Chef: Raymond, Firestarter: Yours truly ;o
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