I've been thinking about this for a while already. Blogging at fixed days/intervals. So for now, I plan to blog at least once a week (probably every Sunday). Maybe it might grow to become 3 times a week, but for now, settle with this. And so our story continues......
Actually I've seen most of the rehearsals the weeks before I went to Tekong, so there was no new surprises for me. The actual day just went real smoothly. I don't even remember if anything went wrong on that day already. And yes, someone with real skills acted perfectly on that day (I'm talking about Eddie). Although personally, I think it was more of luck than skil-/shoot
Then Christmas celebration at my house. I don't quite remember much of it except that it was memorable. Oops, contradiction! I mean, I don't remember much of it but some things were memorable... but overall I can't remember much detail... sorry. Haha, I just went round in circles with this topic... I really can't seem to get anything out of it though.
Oh yes, before that, the NS story isn't finished. So the following Monday after BMT, I was posted to CMPB, along with my buddy and a few other people. So we met and all and gathered at the Careers Centre. Waited for a long while (maybe like 15 minutes) then we were all moved into the auditorium. There were more people than I had imagined. I thought only a few people would be around but I guess when you combine an entire company of four platoons, there will be quite a number.
We were given forms to fill, talking about what skills and qualifications we possess. Much like a job application form. Then we were told that we would be interviewed in threes. So yup, we all waited and waited and waited. I actually don't recall ever going downstairs to eat but theoretically, it should have happened. Eight in the morning to three in the afternoon; finally, it was my turn, along with two others of course. I did my normal "being an interviewee" routine. One guy was unusually quiet. Very very quiet. The other just could not give answers as long as mine. Then I was suddenly asked if I would be okay doing a job involving lots of numbers. I took it up. After the interview, more waiting......
When all was done, it was about 5pm. At this point we already knew that this place wasn't our final posting, that we would be posted somewhere else, since a few people already received their postings and have gone straight to their respective locations. I was hoping for Paya Lebar Air Base. David was posted there and it sounded like a nice place, mainly because it was close to home. My buddy got the location, I got CMPB. My workplace was the Careers Centre; the very same place that I had the interview. It was kind of a double whammy for me since I had my hopes up of getting a good posting a few times already (like in BMT and in CMPB). I was then given a brief tour around the office, and my upperstudy was kind of surprised that I became his understudy, since we kind of knew each other beforehand, and the chances of being his understudy were as remote as 1 out of a whole company of about 160 people. The tour was short, since it was so close to office closing hours that it went by instantly.
I have no idea how many were posted back to CMPB. There was another person who was in my platoon that was posted back to CMPB as well, but he was in a different building. I also learnt later on during my time in NS of another in my company that was posted to the medical side to draw blood from his victims, so I have no clear number how many came back to this faraway place... well at least far away for me.
And so begins my NS life, in the Air Force Recruitment Centre.
