Shame
3 months ago, I packed my belongings and leave the camp which feels like home.
Now, 3 months later, I packed my belongings once more. This time, I am going back to the very camp I miss so bad.
Yes, I have completed EMT Spec2 course!
Wanted to blog about my experiences in the course, but I wanted to keep my admission to the course as low profile as possible. Just in case something happens, Murphy's law. Also, blogging about the course would remind me how I pen my experiences when I was in the course, which I would choose not to walk down that memory lane if I can help it.
Back on the course, I have met new people, gained new knowledge, and tried jobs that I never imagine I would do. My NS life got more interesting and colorful in a different way. Like what I told Shar, I seems to be scraping as many goodies as I can from SAF.
However, I am not proud. Why? What would you think of someone who only got his 3rd SGT rank after 1 year and 9 months of training? The norm is 7 to 8 months, which means this late "bloomer" here is really slow because he is lagged by 1 year!
Furthermore, he first went into a course which most NSFs would like to go to. This fellow went through full 14 weeks yet couldn't pass-out because he is not fit enough. Great!
After 2 weeks extension, he got himself injured, thus officially OOC-ed. Alright!
After that he went to ASLC but got OOC-ed due to chronic back strain. Wow!
After months of waiting due to slow processing in SAF, he finally got posted out to Medic Spec course and completed it. It's been 1 year and 4 months after his BSLC.
This fellow is weak! I agreed with myself even if there's objection who say he is not.
Meanwhile. some of my peers have achieved much more, and it makes me jealous. Golden Bayonet, or Silver Bayonet. Got promoted to 2nd SGT. Received the Best Soldier Award.
You may think that these titles are insignificant, but I don't have the chance to even get close to getting those titles. This fellow has difficulties pass-out from course(s).
Alright, enough of confidence-demoralising statements. Just want to rant it out because I felt so shameful, felt so lagged behind, felt so useless.
I am just a pathetic fellow who got shamed by his own ego.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
10:27 PM
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