Went to see my platoon mates this evening during their book in timing. Glad to see them achieving their target despite my absence. In 10 days time, they will be passing out and promoted to private. Looking at myself, I feel that I am a total failure. My plt mates have high hopes on me, till the extend that they actually think that I can make it to the command school. In the end, I got out of training because of the negligence of my injury. Recourse is nt an issue to me as it would be best if I am in the condition for a recourse. The problem now is I am a half-paralysed man. I would not be even liable for recourse as my internal injury is so bad that I can no longer bear anything heavier than a normal assualt rifle. Nevertheless, I am very happy that my plt are able to pass out.
Congratulations Bronco Coy Platoon 4!
Friday, August 29, 2008
`Gundam 00 dispatching enemy ;
Everything changed
Took the day off today to visit Bartley. Although I have told myself many times not to return back to my secondary school as the memories there haunts me, I still have tt desire to go back there.
Went there at 1230hrs, thought that Bartley's friday dismissal remains the same, 1230hrs. Chose to go there during their dismissal as I remembered being locked outside of school during CNY eve this year as ex-Bartleyans are not allowed in until school ends. Forgotten the fact that I left Bartley for a long time and the dismissal time changed together with the principal. So I have to wait till 1300hrs before I can go in, what a bother!
First thing I did was to walk straight to the staff chart to see who still remained teaching in Bartley as those ex-Bartleyans who visited Bartley looked so alien to me; seems to be those who just graduated. I was surprised to see Ms Diana, my DnT teacher, still around so I went to the DnT staffroom to check. Sure enough, I saw her black Mitsubishi Lancer parked alongside the road in front of the staffroom. She seems to be the only one in the staffroom as she was the one who opened the door when I knocked for a long time. She took sometime to recognised me as you know, every teacher recognised me as a nerdy and plump boy as I was really quite plump at tt time. It was only after serious and direct criticisms by some members of the opposite sex did I start some devillish and hell training to pull my weight down and my waist as thin as possible. The result was even more obvious when I went for the first few weeks of BMT. She said she was unable to switch sch so she had to remain in Bartley; she moved to jurong so it made travelling to sch a challenge to her.
Went up to the main staff room and happened to see Mr Ng Cheng Chai, my Chemistry teacher outside the staff room chatting with some recently graduated ex-Bartleyans, complaining about their poly life. Come on, army is worse but I refuse to complain as it is somehow less tougher than the previous batches. School life is definitely paradise, some ppl will only treasure it when they lost it. He took a longer time to remember as he is quite old, memory is failing him. Heard from him that only the older teachers are left here. Ms Geraldine Goy, my secondary 3 physics teacher left for Australia for further studies. Ms Melissa Yam, my sec 4 Physics teacher, she had informed me last year tt she is leaving bartley for St Joseph Institution, so didnt expect to see her there tis year aniwae. Ms Irene Yong, my geography teacher, had resigned and todae is her last day of work. Left before I came. The rest of the teachers happened to be awae from the staff room when I came. I went on scouting around the school, hoping to see some familiar faces.
Walking around the school, esp. the classrooms bring back lotsa memories, bitter or sweet. Used to fool around the classroom corridor, beared with Mr Sng, my science teacher's military coporal punishments like carrying the table/schoolbag above our heads if our area cleaning is nt up to standard, getting involved in BGR, getting mocked and bullied, fighting etc. etc. Went pass a classroom and saw 3 familiar faces in home clothes. Happened to be some juniors of mine whom I noe, Charlotte, Ashley and one whom I dunno. Ashley was the girl whom I used to cover up the fact tt I carried a torch for Audrey. She used to be this very shy girl who dun usually tok to guys. Today, she was the first person who talk to me and she asked me so many questions tt i got a shock, she had become so outspoken. Everything had changed, but I think she changed the most, she had become more bold and outspoken. I feel that we could have gone on chatting for hours if there is no time limit. The most shocking thing was, she started talking to me when I didnt intend to. When I ran out of topic, she was the one who created sth new to tok abt.
Today's visit to Bartley was truely a fruitful one, I sure hope that I would have a chance to visit Bartley again.
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SETSUNA name: Darren Ng age: 21
Occupation: SAF Gundam Meister
bday: 06101988
WISH
*Christ 2nd coming
*A just world
*God's better half for me
