finally. my 1st official corporal pay!
speaking of which. it's already 6 mths since i have been into the army. seems pretty fast huh. it just feels so weird. i can still remember the day of enlistment. the feeling of reluctance and uncertainty as i stepped on the penguin fastcraft and headed towards tekong..
the 6 mths seemed so long yet so short. ah well.. everyday has been a hectic one until you have not much time to think and reflect on the past 6 mths.. maybe that's why time seems to tick so fast. (oh no im contradicting myself aint i?)
im digressing. anyway.. this week has been dedicated to driving! YEA.. the first vehicle that im gonna drive is not a civilian car but... a BX. if u dont know what a BX is it's the short form for bionix. and if u still dont know what a bionix is pls look below:
yes that is a bionix. an infantry fighting vehicle (pls dont call it a tank..). it weighs around 24 tonnes.. super heavy. and the driving compartment is very small and squeezy. not very friendly for tall pple like me with long legs. =\ and if you dont know where the driving compartment is it's just in front of the turret.. anyway. it's pretty simple to maneuver the BX.. i did it on the 1st round.. it's easier than playing daytona lah.
the 1st day was ok cus we were only on basic driving. which meant we were going around in circles, circles and more circles. but on the 2nd day onwards we went on to advanced driving, where we had to cross obstacles like narrow road, U turns, gullies and steep slopes. it's more challenging but at the same time more exciting too! esp when going through the gullies. it felt as if it was a roller coaster ride (at least for me lah).
i was the observer up at the turret there standing and this particular driver is a really bobo one. when going up the gully he didnt accelerate much, so the instructor told him to accelerate more. suddenly he just one shot press down the accelerator and the whole vehicle just jerked up the gully! oh my god my body was flung and hit the back of the compartment but lucky i wasnt hurt. the more "fun" part came right after this: when going down the gully this bobo driver didnt release the accelerator! like WHAT THE HELL!!! COMMON SENSE TELLS US THAT WHEN GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF GRAVITY WE SHLD CONTROL OUR SPEED!! and this guy had to accelerate. so we went at this extremely high speed while going down and HEY! i nearly flew off the vehicle ok! imagine seeing the flying dutchman right here in sungei gedong..
grrr.
and so that driver was labelled bobo driver #1 by the instructors. cold sweat to me and both my instructor loh.
for me it was quite alright until the steep slope, where we had to stop halfway up the slope and then continue driving. i forgot to press onto the brake after i released the parking brake and started accelerating. as a result the vehicle started to slid downwards. i was like OMG lah. but luckily i pressed onto the brake on time.. otherwise confirmed get Fed by ah ken..
well. test is on monday. cant wait. but i dont want the day to come too. cus after driving it will be the start of section training. which will mark the start of our effed-up days, where confinement will be award like free flow of water.. LOL sighs. come what may lah. just hope there will be no major screw ups next week. otherwise life will be so damn sian esp with that ah ken around.
speaking of ah ken. I SAW HIS FRIENDSTER ACCOUNT! how scary can that be. esp when i saw his photos of him smiling and grinning.. it looked so scary. cus whenever he smiles and grins at the section something will be wrong. it's either loads of punishments and scoldings, loads of extras or confinement like free flow of water.. he's so successful in making us so scared of him that even his photos seem so scary. EYEUR =X