Saturday, November 07, 2009
End of FIELD CAMP

Going on a vacation to a luxury resort or a chalet near a beach with beautiful scenary for 5D4N is very the SHIOK! BUT, Staying in the jungle for same number of days and everyday is pouring rain is the complete opposite..

That was my life on Monday till Friday..

Day 1 (Monday)
March a total of 8KM carrying the heavy Field Pack, LPV and my Wife Rifle to our first destination.. The place was covered with trees and bushes an nothing else. Then orders were given to pitch our tentage and i and my buddy get our hands working.. Timing was super rushing la.. Then after the tent was build, we made our way to other part of the jungle to do our training.. Half way during the training, the rain started to drizzle and when we returned to our tent, i found out that my whole field pack was drench.. Drench is still Ok, but it was the MUD that make me sream SHIT! Then at night, we have to hug our Rifle while sleeping as the nasty sergent are playing a game to see who can steal the most Rifle.. Rifle stolen 1 time = 1 Confinement Our food are all Combat Ration where they give us a green packet containing food that are like Squash and we have to pill it open and suck up the rice that looks like porridge.

Day 2 (Tuesday)
Still training in the jungle.. Rain Rain Never go away~ And after raining and training is over, we were allowed to POWDER BATH. Its just basically stripping off all your clothes and puting powder all over your body.. Sounds very shiok, but i feel its ineffective.. No soap No shampoo NO water, You call this Bath? LJ lah!
Then at night we were able to cook using our mess tin and that was when i cook my maggie mee which is considered to be the best dinner during my 5 days there.. Oh and to add on, ou uniform are not as clean as you imagine. We are sometime force to seat or prone in the MUD and i can always feel my butt being abit wet wet one :X

Day 3 (Wednesday)
We unpitch out tent and set off to another part of the jungle.. This time instead of walking 8KM carrying those Barang Barang, we walk 10KM, thanks to the sergent for going the wrong way.. Then when we reach, we were told to Dig our Trench Hole using our Shell Scrape as a Guide.. And HOLY F-U-C-K, 2 hours timing is given and if u think building sand castle is Fun, it no Joke when you have to dig MUD till the size of a Grave Yard.. We are suppose to Prone in it with our rifle and aim at the enemy in case if one day Singapore is under attack.. 2 Hours was their timing but i dig till 4 hours just to hear my OC say too Short! =.='' .. Suddenly, halfway till the digging session, our Platoon Commandor gathered all of us together. He handed us all a letter from home.. This was when me and many of my other platoon mates have tears rolling down our Greenish-Black Mascara cheek.. The letter which i received was from my parents and this was what they wrote..

OUR SON RAYNER KOH FROM BOY TO MAN

Dear Rayner,

By the time you read this letter, you will be at the ending stage of yor Basic Militay Training(BMT)

You will the be going trough the grueling 6 days field camp training in Pulau Tekong, an event every recruit will have to experience bfore he can pass out as a trained soldie just like your daddy did donkey yers ago.

As paren, we do understand the hardship tha you have to sacrifice due to the rigour and nature of National Service Training. We alss appreciat what our son is doing for the nation and what it means for us as"Singaporeans".

With our support and your positive thinking, we ar confident that you will be able to pull through the 6 days field camp training with ease and benefit from the challenges.

We thank you for your commitment towad National Service training.

Love from:
Daddy & Mummy
20th October 2009


[PICTURE OF ME, DAD, MUM and SIS]

After reading the letter, i was more motivated and got suddenly got more energy to dig my Trench Hole at a faster rate. In the end the hole was dug and i prone in it.. Felt kind of itchy though and then RAIN starts again! ARGHHHHHH.. The Whole Trench Hole turn Soggy and when the rain stop and i jump in the prone again, i can feel the soil like sink when i place my body weigh on it :\ Night time i was given 4 duty time to be on alert.. 8pm to 9pm, 11pm to 12 am, 2am to 3am and 5am to 6am.. Its waking upevery 2 hours to guide our place.. We have to shout at the stranger who walk by: HALT, RIFLE OVERHEAD, and then ask then for the Password for the day..

Day 4 (Thursday)
Training and we are given a training on our Fire Movement Drill, Fire Movement to the Rea Drill, Road Crossing and RT (A process where you have to prone down on the side of the road and cover your neck and your RT RT RT RT, Quite lame =.='') And yesh after the Test is finish, guess what happen again? YESH, RAIN!!! This time the Trench Hole that i dig turn into a Mini Teh SPA :) Luckily we do not have to sleep in it for the night.. So i just took out my ground sheet and lay it on some other parts of the jungle before going off to La La Land.

Day 5 (Friday)
Pack up to go Home BUNK time.. We cover up our Muddy Trench Hole and then our Test started on the 4 Drill being taugh on Day 4.. Everything ended at 3pm but we left the jungle at 8pm.. Thanks to the Tunner which came so late to pick us back to our company line.. When we reach, we are told to remove all our things for inspection and vow not to have any ammunition on our possesion.. Thenhave rifle cleaning till 2AM! Woke up at 6.30AM and after washing our Super BUSUK LPV, Field pack, ground sheet, BASAH Stick, Tent Pin and more to be named, we took our lunch and then Book Out..

E-X-H-A-U-S-T-I-N-G and this have to be the camp of my life since the day i was Born.. I wont want another Field Camp.. NEVER! :D
Saturday, October 31, 2009
3 and a Half Week Accomplised

Completed the 12 days of misery at Tekong.. :D

Book out yesterday and I was suppose to go home with Tong Jin, Khang Lip and Raymond.. But, my parents who cant wait to see their dearest son after 12 days, decide to pick me up at Pasir Ris Mrt Station :X

This time i wasnt as black as the other time.. Thanks to my Sun Tan Lotion which i have brought in during my last book out.. Training as usual is Dam Shag and now Discipline is twice Strict-er. Some of my bunk mate Kana Confine and wasnt able to go home on the same day as me which was yesterday and have to wait till today evening at 6 before they can book out..

There was one training in the jungle where we have to apply the Greenish-Black Mascara thingy on the face and its super the Dis-Gust-ing la.. We are also given some test. Ill just elaborate on one of them. The test is called Concealment where we need to camouflage ourselves behind the bushes and tree and observe our sergent doing something. However, we have to hide in a way whereby they cant spot us or else get caught = FAIL.. We cannot hide too deep in the bush or else we will not be able to see wat action he do which also = FAIL. I decide to play safe, i tell my buddy to do the looking while i hide super deep in.. Deep until they cant see me and i cant see them.. During the Test, many ppl got caught but i wanst one of them and neither is my buddy.. Then when we were told to come out, i ask my buddy what he saw and he told me.. LOLX! And when the sergent tested me on what i saw, i just answered with confidence "The sergent took a long branch with a Jockey Cap hanging on it" and i Pass :D Haha, Thanks Buddy :)

Haiz, Tml evening at 6.05pm have to report back at Pasir Ris Mrt Station and time seems to fly so fast. Its like come out awhile and we have to be back at that Tekong island again.. I remember 2 weeks before when i book in, i saw my Secondary school friend, Vanessa at Pasir Ris.. Not sure what she was doing there though.. She did call my name and i was kinda Shock that she can still recognise the Botak Me :D

To sum things up.. Ill just end this Post with one song which i learn in Army titled Purple Light..

Purple Light, In the Valley
There Is Where, I Wanna Be
Infantry, Best Batallion
With My Rifle and My Buddy, and Meee-eee-eee

SOC, SiBei Jia Lat
IFC, Lagi Worst
Every Morning, Doing PT
With My Rifle and My Buddy, and Meee-eee-eee

Booking Out, See My Girlfriend
Saw Her With, Another Man
Kill The Man, With My Girlfrend
With My Rifle and My Buddy, and Meee-eee-eee

ORD, Back To Study
Got Degree, So Happy
Cant Forget, Still Remember
With My Rifle and My Buddy, and Meee-eee-eee

Purple Light, At The War Front
There Is Where, My Buddy Die
If I Die, [Will You Bury Me] (Sang in a low voice)
With My Rifle and My Buddy, and Meee-eee-eee
Friday, October 16, 2009
BOOK OUT & Happy Deepavali! :D

I Have Finaly BOOK OUT..........

Ok, lets update abit on my Tekong's Life..

Sad to say, i wasnt with my Good Friends, Tong Jin and Khang Lip.. We were in the same company, G, but wasnt in the same platoon :l

First day, they gave us a Super Big Black Lugguae and 1 Green Field Pack which carry All sorts of item.. Ill just name a few.. Water Bottle, Shaver, Nail Clipper, Uniforms, PT shirts, Admin shirts, Brooks Sports Shoes, Boots and our Dog Tag (A thingy which u wear on your neck and when u die, your buddy have to cut for you and insert nder your tongue).

Then it was training training and training under the SUPER HOT SUN! So HOT till i tiok Sun Burn on both side of my shoulders.. :( To be honest, the training would be considered much easier without the sun as the heat is Un-Bearable..

There are Marching, Strength Training, Speed Training, CPT, and every night we will sleep at 10.30pm and wake up at 5.30am to do out exercise also known as the 5BX. It start with some warm up exercise followed by 3 rounds of running. Then it will be breakfast.. Normally, we will settle our meals at the cook house, but due to the 4th day whereby 1 of my platoon member Tiok H1N1, we are prevented from going there as they scared our company might spread the flu if should there be anyone else still infected by this deadly Swine Flu.

Although im quite particular about my food, its a different me when i am in Tekong.. The Hunger and in addition to the small quantity of food inside the packet box, i could not even select what food to eat and not eat but to Finish Everything thrown to me, including Fruits.. And Banana will have to be the BEST Fruit being served :) Their Pears Taste like Rock though..

Now let talk about the Sergent and Sir there.. Some Cunning, Some Firce, Some Humorous, Some try to be Funny but Not Funny, Some like to Act Smart, Some got the CB Look, BUT ALL HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON! They LOVE TO SAY F-U-C-K! :D

Vulgarities are being heard everyday.. The 3 Most Commonly used are FUCK, Chee Bye and Lan Jiao! So used to hearing them say till now i start to use them in my conversation :X

As for my Bunk, The Bed is very the good to sleep, always i just close my eye, i will sleep till tml morning, but i think partly is due to the over tiring training. *YAWN* The Bed are double decker and i slept at the bottom.. Me and my bunk mate also have to keep cleaning and making sure our locker are neat as there are Bunk Inspection..

Everynight after RO, we will have our own admin time (Free Time) and that was the time the whole toilet will be pack with people shouting "OI HURRY UP LA!" Why? there is only 8 rooms having the shower pipe and we have to quicken out step or you would not have the chance to bath.. I am always the first few as i cant stand the pungent smell and not bathing before sleeping is a NO NO for me..

Although being able to book out early instead of the original rule of needing to be in Tekong for at least 2 weeks, there is nothing to smile about. We have to be confine next week meaning we will not be able to go back home next weekend. This is like to replace the days being given to us to enjoy this deepavali :(

Sian, after tml, i have to suffer another 12 days of HELL ~!@#$%^&*
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
National Service :(



My Hair Really look like this Famous and also considered one of my Favourite Soccer player, JOE COLE :D

Everytime i touch it, it feels like a blunt pocupine :D And really is cooling.. Whenever the fan or wind blow past my Botak Hair, i feel very the RE-FRESHING :P

Tml 1pm, At the Pasir Ris Jetty.. Going to be meeting new people from all walks of life.. Hopefully they are sociable and that we can get past this 1 year and 10 month misery together..

Guess, ill be getting my stuff ready, and the only thing i will be praying for is to hope that Deepavali faster come as that will be the time ill be able to come home.



MUMMY, DADDY, ILL MISS U ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL <3<3<3<3<3<3<3

ok i sound really gay.. LOLX!
Monday, October 05, 2009
Happy Belated Birthday To Me!

Thanks to Vanney, i finally manage to overcome the problem of not having to Re-create another blog. Not sure where that photobucket virus thingy came from..

Birthday Chalet is over..

Wanna Thank Benjamin, Seng Kok and Yong Peng for their Shirt :D

Khang Lip, Guan Soon and Tong Jin for their Lamp and Sushi :P

Shi Tan for his Watch and Red Wine :)

Edwin for his Bird Nest :O

Wendy for her Bubble Tea :B

Terrance for accompany-ing my Grandparents to play Mahjong till 5am! Haha! :l

and Mister Gan, Family and Relatives For your Red Packets Which Add Up to a Total of
$6_ _ :X



Last Saturday, I have also officially Graduated Resigned from Converse after serving them with pride for 3 and a half year. Its my pleasure to work for them and hopefully ill be back some other day. Oh and another special thanks to Neo Kai Yuan who intro-ed me this job back in April 2006. Xie Xie :)

Here are some other people who i work with and have helped and guided me through my years in Converse:

Boutique
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-Mr Gan
-Edwin
-Wendy
-Stella
-Steven
-Roger
-Danny
-Jasmine
-Shi Tan
-Mr Lim

Departmental Store
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-Christopher
-Joel
-Wendy
-Winnie
-Kym
-Elaine
-Katherine
-Mei Ling
-Ken
-Eileen
-Jun Jie
-Angela
-Zi Jie
-Candice
-Winniefred
-Michelle





As for today, i went to shave my hair BALD! Yuppy, IM BOTAK ALREADY! Even though, i will be Re-Shave by the Uncle in Tekong this wednesday, i decided to go and cut it myself instead. The reason behind it is because, i scared the Tekong's Uncle ANY-O-HOW shave lor.. Imagine they have to shave 1 whole platoon in 20 min.. I only worried they shave off my EAR! :X



Oh Well 2 more days and HA-LEI-LU-YA to me :'(
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Muttons Till Midnight <3

$100 SWENSENS VOUCHER and Muttons MUSIC PACK!

SUPER LUCKY ME! Listening to the radio (98.7FM) at work yesterday and around 9.20pm when the shop is about to close, The DJs - Muttons played the game WHAT THE BLEH!!! Its a game where you need to answer and get at least 3 out of 4 primary school questions (English, Math, Sicence, Social Studies) Right to win..

I called in and try my luck.. The first 2 calls didnt get through but on the 3rd, it started to ring.. My Heart Panic like F*CK sia, until Justin and Venon, the 2 deejays pick up my call.. This is what happen..



Gonna bring my family to Swensens for a treat :D

THANK YOU MUTTONS! WHAT THE BLEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH~~~
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Last 3rd Week @ Converse
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Monday - Work

Tuesday - Work

Wednesday - Off

Thursday - Work

Friday - Off (SPGG Dinner)

Saturday - Work

Sunday - Work

*Shivering* The days to enter NS is really near and i am extremely nervous. Till now i haven even bother to look through the packing list of what is needed to be brought to Tekong :l

Sian~
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