Unfortunately, i was without my camera handphone as i had just booked out. Gosh, Chocolate Crunch was the most expensive (in terms of volume:cost) ice cream. But it was well worth it. It served as a good pat in the back, or consolation more like it after my new posting to 1SIR. Its hell, not cause i had to walk on scorching ground or hit with whips and canes, but cause i was burned with flames, and those flames will last for eternity. At least, they will seem like they are going to last for eternity.
But i swear! I'm a signaller by blood, and i wear the 2 flags on my collar proudly. (still i cant imagine how am i going to survive my remaining 535days in NS without my PSP and mp3 player, gosh...)
<< LTA karen of two bars, where hath thou go? that major pain in the arse doth treat us badly so we'd miss thine laughter twinkle in the eyethine smell o lavender makes a guy go high your daily ways and visits instantly warm our hearts the days we count by digits sweet they are like tarts LTA karen be there i a wish to make for eternity, for you! all the shifts i'd take >>
Actually i'm not sure if i can blog this sonnet here but its cool eh. Mdm if you ever stumble upon this, fear not. The one who wrote it is not i. Its my partner Chi Weng. Lol.
Unfortunately this Event was classified secret so i cant say anything at all. But the commander in charge of me during this Event, well its a she. So i guess my partner and myself had our share of laughs with our dear commander, and between ourselves. Right Chi Weng?
So like 1 month ago, i was offered triple E in NTU (Electrical and Electronic Engineering). About 2 weeks ago, i received an email telling that i was offered triple E in NUS too. Cause i put both of them as my first choice thus boy, was i surprised when i received the letter (like real). Lols. I was really surprised partly cause my physics was a C. I thought they do take a look at that. The main reason why i was surprised was, my reaction when i received the letter was "huh? im really going to do EEE ah? omg" rather than "yes! i got it!", though the latter reaction did kind of seep in later on.
I hate physics, i really hate physics. But i'm a self declared geek. I love computer and hardware. I can totally imagine the newspaper saying "central processing unit with 32 cores finally stabilized by engineer in Intel led by Lee Wen Qin". But I can totally NOT imagine myself working on that tiny core whilst doing all the crazy calcalutions which are so going to be physics. Right now, i still can't decide, is it going to be engineering? If not, then what should i do? I have no idea at all. But yet i can't take my time and compete with my juniors next year cause i'm so sure that they will all do better than me since they had my batch as the guinea pigs. Oh well. 船到桥头自然直. 走一步算一步吧. (alert, juniors pls dont follow my footsteps)
NTU had their tea reception and NUS had their orientation. I knew i had to go for both to make an informed decision. And so i went.
NTU It was held at Marina Mandarin. Yep, where my graduation night was held, in the same room. I didn't go with any friends, neither did i spot anyone there that i know of. You know, i always base my choice of education depending on where my friends were, though i didnt always get what i want. This is the first time i didnt go with the herd. (cause i totally can't imagine myself doing business, medicine or aeronautical engineering?) It felt kind of lonely, and weird. Weird because, the guys are dressed in flip flops? The girls are like, totally not appealing? Lady luck must have not been on my side for the girls part. Gosh, will i become like those guys? Flip flops and berms in a hotel? Unthinkable.
Nonetheless, the event started with a almost full house attendance. Before that i spoke to this lecturer.
I didnt even realise its him until the conversation ended, my god. Anyways NTU was quite informative. The direct honours is quite appealing though i cant imagine me getting a first class honours. The food was not bad but too many people chionged for it. Would be nice if they had taken away that video they borrowed from EDB. That was totally no point. At least NTU didnt scare us with previews of theory work.
NUS It was held at NUS. Gosh, it was so far away (from my house that is). It was very annoying that i had to find my way to LT6 myself. I walked to this linkway only to find out that it was blocked by labs. It was really a disaster for a directional-idiot such as myself to look for that LT. The bad part about NUS's orientation was really due to me not able to stay throughout as i was booking in later. But still, its shocking to see the LT less than 1/3 filled. I thought, that must speak "volumes" of how NUS is like. I didnt like the look of that, seriously. However, the admin did a good job explaining to us about the course. I felt that it sounded more appealing than NTU's. But the momentum had to be broken by someone who cant speak well. Oh well i guess everyone has their first time but seriously, choose someone better next time. You know how many people fell asleep? The bulk of the orientation was about this orientation gamey thingy that you have to join a group and go to their labs to learn about projects then answer a questionaire to win prizes. I had to choose one that sounded most fun cause i aint going to stay throughout anyways. Mixed reality was interesting. But it was at that station that i realised that NUS reeked of a foul smell. The smell of geeks. Somehow, it was a "foul" smell. I cant explain it, it just feels, awful even though i declare myself a geek.
Leaving soon after the NUS orientation thingy didnt help me to make a choice. But looking at things now, i think i'll choose NTU cause seriously, the response was bad at NUS for a reason. That reason i do not know but i choose to believe that the majority has to be right.
Gosh this must had been the hardest decision of my life. I have no friends to turn to cause even i myself dont know what i want to do. Dear me... the deadline is on its way...
I guess I have not mentioned that I was posted to Signals Institute 6 weeks ago. Well now you know. At first i was really feeling miserable there, mainly due to the fact that I was rejected from Command School due to some stupid reason and I felt lost having no friends at all. The first one week was really so terrible that i called my friends so much. My handphone bill for calls (before considering free incoming and outgoing) was about $100. But as time goes on, I find myself knowing more people and appreciating more people. I guess NS really did open my eyes. [danger elitist statement ahead] I used to think that most people my age go to JC. Maybe like half goes to polytechnic? I guessed a small amount goes to ITE. But oh boy was i shocked when i got posted to Signals. I realised that I'm the minority, especially when my sergeant said that they will become the majority if i ever get posted to an infantry unit. I guess i didn't take this news too well at first. Come to think of it, i guess i was too naive. Learning to accept people with different education status from me and smokers was little on the difficult side frankly. Oh well these things aside, I've graduated from Signals officially today. (presenting to you, the trainnnnned signals!)
My days at signals ended with a bang. I meant "bang". Out of the blue, sergeant decided to choose the platoon IC and the course IC himself. And viola! "PTE Lee Wen Qin!" was shouted in front of the platoon. "Congratuations on becoming the Course IC, permission to fall in IC," said my previous course IC. And beside me was my sergeant laughing at me. Until now i still have no idea what he was laughing about. But it was really not bad, i mean, this "bang". The last week of the course was filled with lectures and more lectures. My platoon IC was responsible and up to task such that I totally didn't have to worry at all. My 1 week and 2 days as the IC was smooth going, except the stupid cycle motor-ing in the theatrette in front of the whole company. The only "tough" part was a excruciating(ly short) 8km route march. Stupid Chin Hua refuse to exchange his front scout appointment with me even after the rest point. Darn it. But it was fun to march beside the platoon and talking to everyone especially when it's so easy. Sweet.
Games Day today was really fun. We played Ultimate frisbee and we had Sgt Leon on our side. My team had Sgt, Joshua, Shaun, Kian Hong, Louis, Jia Hua, Pang Hua and me. The other team kept switching people but if i remember correctly they had Chin Hua, Yen Shan, Shang Long, Kay Siong, Robert, Iven, Nicolas. It was always so funny with the other team kept losing so they get the frisbee after we threw it from our side. Chin Hua will get his team to move forward slowly and he will wave his hand forward for them to advance like some stupid idiot. Hah! We were all not good at it so its really funny when we kept dropping the frisbee like some goons. Thats really the best moment for my time in Signals Institute.
Closing ceremony was nothing much but presenting certificates. Platoon best was obviously not me cause there was a height requirement (like real). After that and a small talk from 2nd Lt Lim we marched off to pack up. Marching off for the last time wasn't as painful as during BMT. I bet Sgt wanted to say that he has never had such a problematic platoon before. Cheers to WO Jude the elite officer and the most handsome one in Signal Institute and the probably the fittest and nicest course sgt, Sgt Leon. I guess i won't forget people like funny bunk 1 people, xiao mao mi, snorlax, big ben, the shauns, the indian army general, the monks, my eating mate Pang Hua, SK Peh, many more and of course my partner Platoon IC dear Chin Chin.
