i jus realised... i cannot be in this way anymore!! work, sleep, eat, np training...

its time to enjoy!!

my road to winning

After morning's session of training(not quite of a training though), went point for lunch then went punggol end with part of the team to have some fun n relax, since some(most) of them dun wan go home so early. Took this time to really hav fun with them after 3 whole months of trainings. Really had so much fun with them. Started throwing people down into the water one by one. First down was sean(if im not wrong). Then fangning, then kenny, blah blah.. And im not spared, its just that i didn't expect it to be my turn that fast. haha!!

my road to winning

There was once a npcc cadet in Hougang Sec. He dreamt to make it big in npcc, wanting to hold the highest rank of a cadet which he thought was Staff Sergeant then.

First npcc training, came 2 Cadet Inspectors, Hafiz Sir and Keng Yee Sir. Learnt the first proper foot-drill, the first song, the first cheer. Had fun for the next few trainings; games after training, lunch after games, together with his squadmates and TO.

And there was once, a "flasher" came to town. Together with his squadmates, seniors, CIs and TOs, they went round near the school to keep a look-out for the flasher. It was a close encounter to catching the flasher with his CI, but due to safety reason, CI told him to give up and wait for others.

In the first camp, he fought with his squadmate and was sent back home. But TOs didn't give up on him or mark him down. After camp, he was given more opportunity to perform. He was the I/C for the squad for the swearing in ceremony. And that was when his story of npcc cadet begins....

He attended every weekly training with much anticipation. Never did he missed the training without valid reason. And when he was in Sec 2, the pioneer batch of HS NPCC cadets passed out. And to his amaze, there is a higher rank then Staff Sergeant for cadets, Station Inspector. And from that day onwards, he told himself, he will be the Station Inspector for his squad at the end of his cadet years.

Everything in NPCC only started to seem interesting when he was sec 3, as a NCO. As having to teach and be taught was what he loved, he was happy to have the opportunity to lead, teach and passing down the knowledge learnt to his juniors.

A Cadet Inspector at then inspired him to be a Cadet Inspector too. He respect the CI very much. Not only the CI can joke and play, but also be serious at the right time. And that was what of a CI he like. The CI also knows a lot of npcc knowledge, be in drills, campcraft, songs and cheers.

During the end of sec 3, he joined the unit's campcraft team hoping to be in the top 10 jus like what his unit acheived 2 years ago. But the fact is, his team got 60th!! hahaha'

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The feeling for UATC was not tat great as expected. Mayb due to amazing race, which took up about half of 1st day. NCOs wasn't performing tat great on 1st day. Mayb i've pushed them way too much to their limits, expected too much from them. I should have given them much more time, im just too anxious.

There wasnt much discipline in the camp. Campers took their own sweet time, NCOs heading nowhere, alumni taking over as NCOs, CIs scolding all day long.

After whole day of reprimanding the NCOs and pushin them to their limits, I gave up hope, on them and on myself. I've decided to walk off and leave the camp, mayb this way will make them feel less pressurised. Went home at about 1am, chat with wan ying and she sort of enlightened me. I've told her about the NCOs wanting recognition, to perform well and all. And she gave me quite a few solutions. When she asked me if I wanted to go back to the camp, that's when I pondered and said, no. She told me if it is a NO, I wouldnt have wanted to talk about all these. And that's when I realised things can be done a different way.

On the 2nd day of camp, went back at about 8am. No more scolding of NCOs, I told myself. But guiding and leading them. At night, talked to the 3 COs, trying to know how they feel about the camp, the campers, the NCOs and they themselves. Sometimes these little talks with them make everyone learn. And I suppose they did learnt somethings.

There's oso other prob tat made me left the camp. And i've been asking myself, do things have to be this way? If only in the first place, everything were to be told, made clear to everyone, be frank with each other, things wouldnt result this way. And i hate this kind of things to happen. It suck big time. Seriously it does.

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out with edward, brain, pauline & jia min.. wanted to go watch Fool's Gold, but in the end, bought tickets for Charlie Wilson's War. Reason being that we dunno wat show was that, and brain's comment to Fool's Gold was, "NOT NICE".

Then went up the cathay to slack. and when the trailer for CWW was shown, we were like, -.-" Wanted to change the tickets for Fool's Gold but was too late. Cus we gotta change 2 hrs, before the show. So in the end, guess wat, we went in, but to the Fool's Gold theatre.. lol!! missed the first 5-10 mins late though.. and i think the show was alright lor..

after that, dinner at the BLISS @ punggol park. then sent jia min home, then pauline, then went home!!

workin 2morro, the day after, the day after after & the day after after after........ camp on sat, looking forward to it.. =)

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CC prelims for girls postponed die to the heavy and consistent rain.. sad.. gotta wait for further notice. just hope it dun clash with the camp next week...

my road to winning

WONG GUO JING
黄国景
4th Jan 1990
Singapore Polytechnic
DEEE/3A/03/59/84