.:. Habits .:.
All the punishments and all, they are just in the lesson plan.
So here I am, entering my last week in tekong island as a recruit. It dosen't seem that far ago tat I was in my civies, filled with uncertainties as I carry my field pack and dragged my duffel bag into the coy which I now am so happy to be in. Having gone through 8 weeks of it all, heaven or hell, sweat or tears, its now coming to an end, my life as a recruit. But through it all, I have gained some habits, good or bad i dunnoe, but tis shd be a suitable topic for my post before POP.
Just gonna type in accordance to whatever comes to my mind, so no particular order then:
1) I normally dun like to wear watches around my wrist, but now I permanently have one ard on hand. I mean why have a watch when your phone has a clock function? But when your in NS, where your phone is secured in that locker of yours, your watch is your best friend liao. So now I have a watch that I wear almost 24/7, and I am proud to say it bears mud stains from my fieldcamp that I cant wash off too :) I also just recently received a free Discovery Channel watch, which is 2 clocks in one, and I tink its so cool, gonna use it as my outing watch.
2) Reading newspaper. My friends will know that I never had the habit of reading papers, never, not even for GP. My onli source of info, news. But when your in army, the onli thing thats entertaining is that set of Straits Times and Newpaper that is delivered not very on time daily. So ya now I've started reading papers, and it has sort of taken on a habit. Sometimes on weekends I wan to read papers too, but due to the short "time of freedom" that I have, I cant haha.
3) I dun even noe if tis is a habit. What happens when you see guys walking around at least half-naked in bunk all the time, you start to wish you had more muscles (sushan dun start laughing again). You walk around, see people with huge biceps and abs, our new sarg has such huge biceps, we call him Bicepman. So ya I find myself looking at my tummy, always wondering if it is fat or muscles, but one thing is for sure, I dun hv abs. Need to train more sit ups and bridges.
4) Spending habit. As NSF, we draw an ALLOWANCE of $420, yes allowance not pay. And considering I have family commitments, and I am hoping to save up for uni, it really dosen't leave me much to save up for. So now I try to limit myself to $20 per outing, and am glad to say so far I've been able to reach the quota. But one thing I failed to factor in, and that is my block leave OMG! I find myself now always thinking of which is more value for money, and sometimes even hv to control on things I wan to buy, like food. Even when I wan to buy my book in snacks, I must also search for which is the most value for money (Ritz for the win!). Wat to do, ppl poor ma. But block leave cant scringe, or I need my freedom of enjoyment then definitely. You can call me Aunty Dalvin HAHA!
5) Eating! I eat like a dinosaur now. I eat every and anything. I eat alot, ALOT ALOT! All I do nowadays at home is munch n munch. I am not saying the cookhouse food is bad, its quite good actually. I now go cookhouse eat must ask the aunty to "jia fan:. But 5 days in tekong, where you cant choose wat you wan to eat, and its caifan daily, you will definitely want outside food alot. So when I bookout, I immediately chiong food. Dunk it all into my stomach! I've kinda actually forgotten how it feels to be really hungry, cos nowadays at home I am always snacking! Even in bunk I also hv my biscuits to munch on. Sometimes I wonder to myself whether I eat because I am hungry, or cos I have the craving. But one thing's for sure, all this increase in appetite is making me...heavier. I weigh 54kg now, my highest ever! I dunnoe whether it is muscles or fats, thats the worrying thing. OMG. I tink most of my money goes to food.
6) I feel weird everytime I go out. As per every NS man, we all are close to being bald. So much so it is like a status liao. So everytime I go out, with or without my uniform, I get people looking at me, and i get the "you are a NSman look". It jus feels weird lo, but not to the extent I wan to get a hat to cover my head la. Nothing wrong with being a NSman.
7) I start to use "cui" alot. And I can link almost anything to army now. I tink tis applies to all NSman la, what to do 5 days a week we're all in that island. Although I try my best to not say it out, try to best to stay out of army once I bookout, otherwise people like sushan will complain haha.
Ok thats all I can tink of for now...so these shd be it ba. My NS habits...
Revealed on [8:42 AM]
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