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today, went for the vocational assignment thingy at pasir ris camp. woke up bloody early to take bus to tampines den change train to pasir ris, where we were suppose to wait for the bus to pick us up and ferry off to pasir ris camp. tt bugger weixiang, tell him meet at the bus stop at my hse at 715 to take the bus to tampines, coz alvin meeting us at pasir ris 815~ when i called him at 715 he juz left his hse...%$@#%^$*#%..

reached pasir ris camp in the end, first thing, physical and pyschomotor test, they split us into two grps, mine did the psychomotor first, wx and alvin physical first..did rather badly for the pyschomotor one, coz all balance and stuff one, and everyone noes i suck at it.

physical, got four stations, sit ups, pull ups, push ups, and standing broad jump. did rather well at all of them, except standing broad jump, which i only barely made the grade. nvm tt, as they say in commando, physical can train one, so train lor, if i really get in, den all the more i gotta train.

interview wasn't too bad, the officer who interviewed me was pretty amiable, talk cock here and there, blah blah yada yada...talked to him for a good 20 mins i think, got answers to some of my qns abt army and commandos, and ttz abt it.

lolz, think i may have a high chance of gg into commandos bah, coz the officer keep saying they wan ppl with keen and positive attitude towards the vocation inside commandos, nt to mention tt bugger weixiang keep saying i sure will go in one, first wad "1 leg into commandos" when i did rather well for the physical, den "both legs inside commandos" when i spent 20 odd minutes in the interview.

killer was the pyschology test tt followed, which also summed up the whole day at pasir ris camp. really, NO BRAINER ar, the test, first was five sets of 12 pattern recognition questions, den came two more sets, one 150 qn long asking abt how u cope with stress, den another 185 long, with 170 personality qns and 15 simple problem solving ones, and all do with OAS, the optical answer sheet thingy tt we all did so frequently back in secondary. seriously, by the end of the thing, i was drained, nt to mention goddamned hungry, since i went on an empty stomache.

while waiting for the bus to pick us up and send us back to civilazation, wx commented tt he's starting to feel the gloom of serving ns le, the lack of human vibrance and life all ard us, and the separation from civilation, esp in tt big and somewhat empty camp, at least if there were soldiers training there, it wouldn't have felt so jialat...somehow, both alvin and me agreed with wad wx said, altho if i am gg to choose a career in army next time, then i definitely cannot avoid such a life, so if i do eventually get in or sign on, den will have to adapt as best as i can le.

and so ends the day at pasir ris camp, the commando selection thing, really took quite long, we were there all the way from 9 to 2, was seriously starving by the time we got back~lunched with alvin and wx at white sands and watched i do i do with wx at plaza sing after tt, which alvin opted to take a miss. the show was quite a no brainer too, with cheap jokes all throughout, and some subtle jabs at the current state of the society. still, it was pretty funny, tho i wouldn't say it's one of the best productns of jack neo...home after tt, finally, feeling kind of beat now too..haha..

as for the commando thing, i'll give it a rest for now, since i ald tried my best there today, if i get in~ok lor, den cheong liao!! if not, nvm, there's always others like guards or artillery etc tt i can hope to get into. like wad alvin said, it'll be gd i go to commandos, as it'll help to shape my attitude and character for the better, nt to mention the extreme physical training which is good too..haha, guess will have to start keeping fit from now on le..