My first week at Seletar Camp, attending the first ever Combat Engineer Construction Course. Previously, the pioneers would attend a course at Construction Industry Training Institute (CITI), which trains civilian construction workers, so to speak, whereas the commanders would go to Singapore Polytechnic for a course. Pity they decided to start with an in-camp course for our batch, if not I would be staying out-camp and enjoying two months over at SP >.>
Nonetheless, it's refreshing to get a change of environment. Too bad the bunks were in horrible condition. The building was kinda dilapidated, having not had any inhabitants for eons since it was used for NSmen (aka the new term for reservists). Some serious area cleaning later, we finally managed to make the place a little more conducive for living in for the next six weeks =p
That aside, the bunks were also terribly small, more so for the bunk which we commanders found ourselves in. It was a 16-man bunk not much bigger than the size of my living room with double-deck beds and cupboards crammed together. There weren't any chairs, nor any space for chairs either, so when we had to wear our boots in the morning we often found Cheok, Jian Wen, Daniel, myself and several others crammed onto Jian Wen's bed and my bed. Shoes were everywhere since "everywhere" only constituted a small area around our beds. Like 30 SCE though, the small size contributed to the coziness of the place. We would simply scurry over adjacent beds and squeeze together to lie down on joined beds whenever possible ;p
The course itself was interesting. It was like going to school, except that lessons lasted all the way from 7:30 or so in the morning to about 4 or 5 in the evening without any extended breaks, save for our lunch break. We learned things like plumbing, electrical circuits, project management, and other construction related topics.
Oh, and my mum's electric iron fried the house's electrical circuits last night. My parents watched in amusement as I deftly and confidently flicked the MCCB's switches to restore the power supply. Whether it was because the task was very simple or because the course helped, I don't know =p
It won't be long now
The music's on loud
We'll sing this song out
And then we'll lie down
Ill hold you close then
Ill let you know when
The space and time bend
And then we'll fall in
Go put on your best tonight
It's you and me and one spotlight
One more show one last time
We are ready
Say you will be all around me
When your body sets your heart free
Say you will be all around me
Ill look for your eyes
To keep me inside
When everything dies
But one last sunrise
And when we stand there together not scared
I'll dry your last tear
And then we'll just have
Go put on your best tonight
It's you and me and not much time
So watch the world burning bright
Say you will be all around me
When your body sets your heart free
Say you will be all around me
Say you'll get me before the ending
Take my body set my heart free
Say you'll get me before the ending
Go put on your best tonight
It's you and me and one spotlight
One more show one last time
It won't be long now
Say you will be all around me
When your body sets your heart free
Say you will be all around me
Say you'll get me before the ending
Take my body set my heart free
Say you'll get me before the ending
Say you will be (you won't be long)
All around me (you won't be long now)
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