Leaving on a jet plane

Got the scare of my life just moments ago. Incidentally, it has to do with my flight to Brunei tonight. As my mobile goes off with an incoming message, i woke up and the clock i stared at reads 06:33. Noticed i didn't indicated the am/pm meter? Obviously it's pm. Yet somehow i thought it's already Tuesday morning, missed my flight and my reporting time at 2359hrs. I jumped off my bed and ran to the kitchen, just to realise i've made a boo-boo. This scene is a classic example of how bad lack of sleep can cause to one.

4 more hours and i'll be away for another 10 days, in a land of M&Ms. Not the melt in your mouth M&Ms, but the land of Mosques and Museums; Brunei. Somehow i'm not worried or anxious about the training over there, i'm more like numbed with the feeling of having to go through another military exercise, and that's all i have in mind. Whether how tough the training will be, how hungry i'll be, how wet i'll get, are no longer important to me. Cause it's just routine to me now.

My concern would be the aftermath from the trip, where i'll have tonnes of load to bring back home, tonnes of laundry and packing to be done, and getting myself ready to report to my new unit, Signal Institute on the 10th of July. I know we Signallers are getting cursed and sweared for this late reporting date, when most of the other vocations are either reporting to their new unit on the day of arrival back to Singapore, 6th July or Friday, 7th July. Call us slackers or what, i'm just glad i got into Signals, and i don't mind having the title "Slacker" as my middle name. Just hate me for this.

Nothing much for this post, probably ending off with some best wishes to a couple of my platoon mates who stayed back in OCS as infantry officers-to-be. I'm convinced that Tango is indeed the model wing in OCS after today's morning trip to Delta wing, and also after bypassing Echo wing, their staircases are basically tattoo-ed with kiwi marks. Anyone who has been to Tango wing can vouch for the fact that our level 1 staircase, in fact all the staircases are kiwi-free. And for this, i'm proud to say, Tangorians book out late every bookout for a reason. Respect us for this.

Something for my readers out there, if you happened to browse my blog and read this post, watch out for the stars. Someone there could be watching over you..

Till then.