It's been another long week... without janmeet too. Dont be too sorry dear, cos you volunteered to take on all the rest of HQ's duties. haha but there's no more for the rest of 4NTM!!! you can volunteer for future CDS duties.

Should have nvr understudied ammo ic. now i got to be tootsy ammo sorter when the rest went outfield this time. haiz. no wonder ppl say that it's not good to know too much - they'll just exploit you: Guard comd, ammo ic, pds, "help with this (and that)". wadever. but it doesnt seem as bad as when it was initially. maebe becos the work's more spread now. speaking of which i'd better get more involved in OM tasks. feeling very...inadequate now. on the other hand, am feeling rather accomplished at having filled in HQ's 235A and finding all the missing dates, sending emails and settling admin on all matters from promotions, birthday celebrations (talk abt welfare and morale), to the more mundane area cleaning and uniform accessories, convincing BSO to grant 24 OA access and complain about spoilt comps and monitors, planned next month's duty forecast -no, im not sorry at all for planning weekend duties cos i just did Saturday. HAH! better u than me, rite? someone remind me to include the G2IC / 3IC pts. forgot yesterday night or rather, this morning. long term VS adhoc, i ask for your understanding.

Speaking of duties, was guard comd this morning when i walked into the shed at abt 0244 hrs. Lo and behold, my sentry was sound asleep and feeling absolutely mischievious, i took the rifle and locked it in cupboard 2. Suspected they knew when i told the prowler to switch with the sentry at 0304 but no they didn want to approach me. They approached weijian first and only woke me at 0445 (45 min into my only bit of sleep, tyvm) when they still couldnt recover it. the people one blames when things go missing - BDO, BOS, all the COS, even poor ol' gan who wasnt even in camp, but could have cabbed into ulu pandan SGC to stun the rifle and go back! :D weijian said the tension was palpable when i declared that CSM would have to be informed of the matter. cruel i noe, but i had a hard time maintaining a poker face. Drama training paid off. not knowing how to end the whole affair, i jus returned the rifle and all returned to normal, as if nothing happened. oh well, i cant bear to make them sign 3 wkend confinements. but i earned myself a slave in the process. not a bad deal, haha.

after the recent spate of events, it is concluded that coy morale is non-existent. poor sy pls dun get too depressed. (i noe u'll be reading this sooner or later). perhaps that's the reason of the unusually early book out last friday. am absolutly proud that hq made it to the top of the list, even though they finished first, they still booked out the same time as those tankees(yes, your heard rite, those). just becos armskote was not cleared. haiz.sometimes it's hard to get around such things ya? i did everything in my control but was stumped by armskote clearance. clearly not a specialist's job.

Turbulent times ahead. wonder if things will turn for the better. motivating people has become the hottest topic of late. it's more or less aligning what you dun want with wad is required. Ms V would claim this to be an irony (A contradicts B, but this makes sense becos....). i guess certain people have failed to grasp this point, being swarmed with 1001 things to do and dealing with all the other things in life - family, cars and handling fledgling adults especially. To be fair, he really isnt that bad, jus demanding perhaps, and in the process, could have hurt others unintentionally. can be nice if he wants to too. so dun be too biased cos most of you guys havent seen the other side of him.

SO everyone just give and take a bit, reflect on ourselves. Dun tell me that all of us have been saints so far and have done all that is regimentally required of us. things like basic discipline, first parade, breakfast, area cleaning, listening to instructions, not exploiting loopholes in the system and demanding privileges. so all of us behave, the top gives adequat privileges and everything shld be fine again. BMT serves as the bedrock for the 2 yrs of NS life. returning to BMT days means forgetting your basics, so dun go all out to accuse us of circumscribing you guys. Ive always believed in "you give us what we want, we give your what you want." clearly what we and you want needs to be defined.

I guess for HQ specs, we jus want to be able to finish our daily workload and that is required of us. so we are more or less at peace. everything can be solved, come what may. HQ pls sort out problems within yourself. everyone does his bit and life would be much better i am telling you. see what happens when u listen to me? you are the first to book out. Perhaps we should just have 2 persons in 1 position. then it'd really be tough training balanced with welfare to provide a "positive" NS experience. not to mention names but someone fits the bill...