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Friday, September 14, 2007

Oh yeah. I've finally graduated from BMTC! Woot! It was a happy occasion for me. No longer being a recruit and all, doing shit in Tekong. It's been a long and trying time for me, and suffice to say, I haven't really performed to my maximum potential during the BMT phase; I was only at around 20%. My personal problems kept me phased out on a regular basis. Problems with Gu Yu was my main concern. I rarely had 3 hours of sleep because we had so many problems to resolve, and I spent most of the hours after lights out thinking about her and our problems. Only 2 weeks before our Passing-Out Parade did we break up. It was a trying time for me, and I went around my duties with a heavy heart, faking a smile or laugh so that my commanders and fellow recruits wouldn't ask me so many questions.

However, there are so many good things that happened during BMT. I made so many new friends and learned new stuff. My commanders were great and supportive, bearing with the nonsense I perpetuate everywhere I go. All were disappointed when I dropped out of Situational Test (a test to see if you can become a commander), most of all my Platoon Commander, because he put really high hopes on me to get into OCS.

But, the one thing that really brightened up my day in BMT was Linette's call when I was booking in for the last time before the POP. Oh, how I miss that chatty and cynical girl, her sarcasm and wit, plus the occasional words of encouragement. I don't believe that I'll ever meet someone like her again, someone who really brightens up my life so much. We may have had quarrels in the past, but who can really stay mad at a girl like her? Basically, when people ask me why I don't get a Singaporean girlfriend, it's because of her. She's the only Singapore girl that really makes me want her. No other girl comes that close to putting a vice grip on my heart and threatening to squeeze it dry. Heh. That's Linette. You gotta love that girl.

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