Yea as the title mentions, I'm into my 3rd week in my new vocation.

I can't say much about it because supposedly it's quite classfied.

However the training so far has been...well...not a walk in the park I guess...

Was half hoping that since i've been posted as a 'man' I would actually be compensated (hah) by some slack vocation which allows me to concentrate on things I wanna learn during free time.

Turns out this vocation is unique in its own way.

I'm not complaining of course.

Turns out i'm a totally different person in this new course compared to BMT.

More 'garang' I guess. I make it a point to involve myself in more stuffs now.

For the first time, I was even the course IC for 2 days.!

Basically i'm in charge of the 'platoon-sized' course for 2 days and make sure their on time for everything and give them commands during marching and falling in.

Something I definitely didn't experience in BMT.

I've also just completed 1 out of 4 outfields i'm going to experience. Not that bad...but It's going to be progressively more difficult so I have to mentally prepare myself for the best.



Honestly, although it isn't considered that tough compared to command school, there are times during this course where I ask myself...

Why am I being subjected to all these punishments?

Why am I still doing these despite being issued a 'man' position?

Why wasn't I given a vocation that allowed me time outside to learn new stuffs on my own and pursue my dreams

So many times i've asked myself these questions and in the 1st week I really had no motivation to go on...

Every book out was a godsend and the hours before book in was like hell, knowing i'm going back.

But I guess I've eventually woke up my idea after being the course IC.

I can go through this. Life will be better after I pass out.

I was also looking at this Music Video by Derrick Hoh.

For those who don't know him, he's actually one of the contestants of Project Superstar in 2005. Shortly after he won 2nd runner up in the competition he entered BMT.

How sucky is that feeling? Haha. Shooting to fame and then having to shave off all your hair in a few months and go into social hibernation.

It's always interesting to hear about another person's army journey, so I went to read the NS snippets of his blog.

I'm not sure what vocation he got posted to, but he still persued his music dreams and still worked on his album during the 2 years in NS.

He, like everyone else, also had to do guard duties and such, and also going for courses like what I am going through.

Though he's obviously living a very different life than me, i actually feel encouraged that although NS takes up a huge chunk of your 2 years, you still have the time to improve yourself and do what you can during the hiatus.

Right now he's a successful performing artist and even a damn good dancer now after training in Taiwan.

Inspirations. sigh