Sunday, August 28, 2005 @5:47 PM
The Unexpected "Good" Week
National Service...
Guys who have not enlisted, dread it.
Guys who are still serving, can't wait for it to end.
Guys who have finished serving, breaths a great sigh of relief.
Well i guess for majority of the male population in singapore, National Service is not something any of us wants to go through. We'd rather say, we're forced to go through. Hence, I began to assume that I should expect only the worse to happen. However... The past week has proved me wrong!
Here's what we did. On monday & tuesday we had our practice range on some computer system. Wednesday we had practise on life rounds(real bullets). Thursday we had our test for life firing. Friday we practically didn't do much cept to wait for the next day to book out.
Monday and tuesday was fun firing in an air-con environment.
On Wednesday it was kinda stressful handling life rounds for the first time plus I had a bad encounter with an instructor, instead of helping me, was just yelling his lungs out. The stress probably got to me and my cough got worse. Felt pretty low that day. Until my Platoon Commander walked up to me and asked if I was alright, aware of my serious cough. What touched me was the fact that he did not just asked and forget abt it, but back at the company line he offered me his cough drops.
Action speaks louder then words. His actions reminded me of how some of us always ask why did Jesus die for people as unworthy as us... like my platoon commander was not obligated to offer a recruit his cough drops.
My spirits were kinda lifted the next day as I went for my test. I am very sure that my day range is a lot better than my night. Though slightly nervous I was, I scored 14/16 shots for my day. When came the night range instead of becoming more nervous, I felt very peaceful at the sight of beautiful stars that lit up the dark skies. Somehow I was reminded of God as I was appreciating his awesome creations, like as though he was right there with me, watching over me.
When the test ended, my results were 29/32 & got marksman.
I may not be able to bring my family & friends with me to camp, but nothing can take me away from my God. Isn't it amazing how he can make your day in the simplest ways?