NCC Training - 7 Mar 2008
Full Strength: 29
Present Strength: 28
Toughness of Training (also known as Sergeant's mood): 75%
Dismissal Time: 7.20 pm
Reach Home Time: 8.10 pm
Interesting Stuff: Today is the first time we are wearing our No. 4 Uniform. I took 30 minutes to prepare (wearing shirt, slacks, gutters, socks and boots, tucking my slacks into the gutter, folding my sleeves, stuffing the Beret into my side pocket, etc.). We learnt 2 new drills today, namely "Kekeri puseng" and "Kekenam puseng" (not sure of how to spell). The purpose is to turn to the left or the right in a cool way. After being in NCC for 5 weeks, this is the first time I saw my CSM (also known as Company Sergeant Major). He's kinda cool and is kinda cold (as in he is not as friendly and warm like Encik). He is like that kind of person who makes his Juniors PERFECT no matter what. I don't believe in physical tortures helping the performance of Recruits. We did a lot of stuff (e.g. Warm-ups, Squats, Pumping, Sit-ups and Jogging) for PT. It's so tiring. Btw, all my energy needed for that 5 hours depended on that packet of Cheezels!!! I had no choice. Cheezels makes things fast and is cheap. Did I mentioned that I was the Timer (the person who shout to control the timing for the drills of the platoon) for today? Anyway, the training ended and I took the bus home... Think the story would end here? Unfortunately, NO!!! When the bus came to somewhere at AMK Central, the Bus Driver came up to the upper deck and started shouting. My friend who was right before me thought that the Bus Driver caught him eating in the bus. But he was wrong!!! He started scolding the old man who had been standing on the upper deck. He was shouting and screaming hysterically. Even after the man sat down, he did not stop his hurling of abuses. I remember vividly that the bus driver insulted the man by saying that he eats from his ass. Man!!! That's insulting!!! When the old man alighted, an Indian lady reassured him that she would help him complain to SBS about this incident. A fellow NCC Cadet who was in the bus said that he would write a letter to SBS complaining about the lousy service and the creation of the dispute.
