Category: Army / National Service

And so, with the dramatic, almost theatrical, gasping dash that lasted half a minute over the last one hundred metres, I passed the 2.4km run segment of the IPPT tonight, at 13:29, a full minute slower than my previous attempt more than two years ago. But who cares? An ugly pass is still a pass,…

So I’m taking the IPPT today, whereby if I pass, I will not be required to go to Remedial Training Phase II. The past few trainings have featured new gadgets the instructors call heart rake mongnitors. And they are for you to mongnitor your own cardio training, whereby you should be training at 80% of…

It’s a pity mobile phones and recording devices aren’t allowed in military installations any more. Or else, what a rich tapestry of you know, stuff, a blogger could take out of the things that go on in military installations that are really, you know, interesting. I’d wish one and all a Happy New Year, but…

Photograph of Selarang Barracks during the ‘Selarang Barracks Incident’- from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Things are moving pretty quickly with the Singapore Armed Forces. They’ve caught up with YouTube (whom Google has caught up with) by banning camera phones in military installations. No more pictures or videos from training. That also means no more unofficial…

It’s apt that me and the best man at my wedding are on opposite pages in today’s paper. ‘It’s weird seeing that’, said my fiancée while she was flipping through the National Day Special. We called the best man, and the best man said, ‘eh, I really look like chow reservist right?’, and I said…