Unit life

Finally half of my army is gone...now its the other half...spent in unit...

Well i've been in training for 1 year already...BMT, OCS, BMC and yea...now i am finally posted to seletar camp as a medic. Well what i can say is this...Unit life is certainly very different from trainee...there is no fixed time to wake up, only schedules to follow, deadlines to finish tasks and stuff like that.

As for me, i am in HQ...doing medical cover and some other shit clerical work which i dont think i shd be doing...but oh wells...anyways I would say its much more slack...But I kinda miss the life of a trainee...The ties we make and the bonds that can never be broken. Though we follow the daily regiments, thats what makes us better friends, cuz we suffer together, have a common understanding and all...

Over at the unit, u are on your own...though it may be more slack.. but there isnt anyone to remind u of what u hafta do anymore cuz u are on your own.. ARGH I WANNA ORD! >.<

The Fragility of Life

Just last week, we were on the way to Zouk in a cab when i heard about the tragic news of BoonYong's dad. Ruiwen was telling me about it and how he was put into this guilt trip when everyone partied while he didnt turn up when it happened.

The gang and I went down to NUH just now to visit him. Luckily, his dad would not suffer any permanent disabilities considering the fact a pipe by the weight of TONS came tumbling down on him. He was in a bubbly state when we got there.. Feeling nervous as i entered the room first, i peeked meekly into the room and I could sense that he was happy to have visitors though we werent close to him at all... Well at least me. I mean thats what brathers are for... and i spell it brAthers cuz thats the name we gave ourselves.

There was a bangala next to his bed... Now this guy is another poor thing. I felt so sorry for him cuz no.1, no one visited him ever since he was admitted. no.2 ( He fell from a lorry or smth ) The Bastard driver didnt even bother to see how is he.

BoonYong's dad, although went through 2 major operations was joking around with him... He told us that e bangala had no appetite to eat...and at night, he was clutching his stomach cuz of gastric... So he asked how much he earned per mth...Bangala replied 400bucks...n he told e bangala, 1 night here costs u 220...u 2 days already exceed ur pay. The bangala immediately gobbled down his food. But he was so poor thing, that we saw him crying himself to sleep... Deprived from knowing if anyone ever cared for him... that really has to suck big time. No one deserves that kinda treatment man..

Well i guess this is a lesson learnt... No matter how minor a case, we shdnt take it lightly no matter what. This has taught me how frail a person's life can be...I guess at the medical center, probably we gotta stop scrutinizing e patient from head to toe to see if he is malingering or not but let the doctor decide...