Direct Enhanced admission (9 weeks) vs PTP batch...(13 weeks)

when i failed my napfa, i tot.. gone-ed... 4 weeks more... now thinking back, i'm actually quite grateful i entered ptp..

ptp vs enhanced admission is like "JC with 1st 3 months" vs "JC without 1st 3 months"...

for the latter, u have to go for lectures after school till evening almost daily.. and 4 e former, everyday is machiam holiday... (e best time of jc is 1st 3 months)...

same with bmt vs ptp.. heard from sh tt his platoon had 10 minutes for 48 pple to bathe in about 7 toilet cubicles.. lol..

well for ptp batch, or @ least my company, we have at least 1 hour daily of admin time where we do watever we want.. apart from illegal stuff.....

in the 4 extra weeks, we completed so many things.. 1st aid test, Technical handling of weapon, swim test, drills, etc... imagine those 9 weeks pple have to squeeze these into their already packed bmt phase..

of course i'm not sayin its impossible to still do well in bmt for those direct enhanced.. jus like some pple *cough* can still get 3 As without 1st 3 months jc.. its possible, but much tougher... i bet none of those 9 weekers will ever get to watch lord of the rings in their lecture room, nor will they get a 2pm Routine Order, nor will they get to sleep @ 9pm..

perhaps 9 weeks is too short.. 11 would be jus right, considering i had so much holidays.. new year, christmas + my mc..

so for u guys who've yet to enter, dun be too happy if u're direct enhance and dun despair if u're in ptp phase..


but no matter, u just have the feelin army life sucks.. or @ least a recruit's life.. whether u're ptp batch or direct enhanced i believe its the same.. maybe apart from a rare few.. i believe its a feelin no one will understand unless u enter bmt...


if i had a choice, i'd rather study for A levels than carry on my bmt.. its tt bad.. the instructors (@ least most) dun really care about ur welfare.. despite all the talk about welfare.. they give u impossible deadlines and punish u for not meetin them.. they punish u for smiling, they confine u for sleepin in e afternoon etc etc etc... furthermore the water in tekong contains cleaning chemicals, chlorine??, that makes everyone cough..


the worse is yet to come... my field camp (7 days outfield) is directly b4 cny and my sit test (3 days outfield) is directly after it.. wow.. and there's soc and ippt..

today i'm bookin in with only 1 tot in my mind, i'm bookin out in 11 days! - for a 7 day holiday... & i cant wait..