NCC Annual Camp 2008

My first annual camp = Screwed up

Annual camp sounds like fun, joy and laughter. But seriously it's sweat, blood and tears. It was tougher than what I thought it would have been. It's a 4D3N Camp but it feels like a week. Too tired, I guess. Only slept for 4 hours a day. Much worse than the normal 6-hours-a-day.

Day 1
The camp started in the old usual way, falling in at grandstand. We unpacked our stuff for the Sergeants to check if we brought cup noodles or biscuit. Btw, I am in Team Bravo, with Aloysius leading the team as IC. Then, we went to our bunks. Prepared for drill competition. We should have done the "Yang tinggi ke-kanan, rendah ke-keri, Dalam satu barisan PARAS" thing. It's easier than the kentucky drill. Anyway, drill competition is really screwed up. Next, we did some PT. Then, we had dinner. Learned the Food Cheer for the first time.

Food Cheer
Echo after me ah..
Echo after me ah..
Tick tock tick tock, we must eat
1 day 4 meals, cannot miss
Eat already go and shit
Shit already go and sleep
1,2,3 Permission to carry on, Sergeant

Then, we had Night Orienteering (also known as Treasure Hunt). It was damn fun sia.. Ran around the whole school searching for clues and completing task. Everything was perfect until I screwed up. It was really dumb. I lost my water bottle. Then, I go find it myself. Saw CSM on the way. He asked me to ask my group to gather at where he is. Then, he pump our IC. REALLY SCREWED UP SIA!!! Camp IC kenna pump because of me leh!!! Sorry ar, Aloysius..

Then, we had supper. The food quite nice. Reminds me of BURST Camp. Went back to Bunk after that. Bathe and prepared for lights out. We only have 6 hours to sleep. And I have to sleep with my "wife" (the rifle). Didn't slept well the whole time as a result of protecting my rifle. If a rifle is lost, the whole platoon have to pump 50. Btw, the Sergeants will go around the Bunks to steal the rifles. They came 3 times, all 3 times I was awake. So my rifle wasn't stolen. At about 3+ in the morning, there's a fire drill. In annual camps, fire drill is an opportunity for us to be pumped. We fall in below the canteen with our rifles. We saw our flags in the Sergeant's hand and knew we were dead. The next 30 minutes was dedicated to pumping. And the day ended.

Day 2
The morning started with a PT. Then, a breakfast. OMG!!! The food is really oily sia!!! No offence lah but.. I seriously can't take oily food for breakfast. Then, there's got field cooking. Quite fun sia!!! Get to cook Instant Noodles in the outdoors. After that, we went for IFC (Individual Fieldcraft "Something"). Learnt lots of thing about war like Judging distances, Scouting, Target Indication, etc. Didn't know Army stuff was so chim. Had PT (calling for pizza by touching the floodlights; 62353535), dinner then Sports Nite. 2nd time I screwed up in the camp. I went for the 200m, 100m x 3, 360m x 4 and 200 finals. Here are the results:

200m: 3rd (I know quite suck but for me quite good le, and I am not the sprinting type)

100m x 3: 3rd (Wasted 2 seconds when Aloysius pass the stick to me, my bad; didn't hold well)

360m x 4: 3rd (Ran as fast as I could le; Best was given)

200 finals: LAST!!! (I accidentally made it to the Finals and screwed up)

Next was supper, bathe, then lights out. Didn't experience the Sergeants stealing the rifle today coz too tired (was sleeping). At about 3+, fire drill again. Sleeping time dedicated to pumping again.

Day 3
Started the same way: PT then breakfast. Then, we split into Part A's and Part B's. Part B did drills while Part A went for IFC Test. I think I will pass the IFC. Judging distances screwed up a little but overall should still pass.

Next was lunch. We should have field cooking for lunch but it was raining. Then, Part A went to do drills while Part B went for IFC. Very long never do drills with my platoon mates le.. This time, we split into 3. Each group taken by a Sergeant: CSM, Sgt Mervyn and Sgt Nat. I was in Sgt Mervyn's group. Really pity those in CSM's group. Heard that they did more pumpings than drills.

In my group, I was the timer. Miss that timer feeling.. It feels so cool to be the timer again. I lagged at some point of time but overall not considered screwed up. We managed to get solid bangs.

Had dinner next. Watched a movie titled "300". It's about people called Spartans having a war with some enemies. If you see half-naked, 6-packed people with spears, swords and shields, they are THE SPARTANS.

Had War Game next. It was REALLY FUN!!! The objective is to capture your opponent's flag. But your enemy also have the same objective. So if you want to keep your flag safe or find the flag without your enemy stopping you, you will have to get rid of them. YUP! It's to KILL THEM!!! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! By pulling the piece of cloth at the side pocket of their pants. The RED Team have the cloth on the left while the BLUE Team have the cloth on the right. I was on the RED. The first two match was quite screwed. We planned too much but too little action. Third match was the opposite. No plan just CHIONG!!! HAHA!!! We lost the match in the 10th minute. The fourth match was really well-planned. We planned for 10 minutes and then, ACTION!!! There were many teams: The Commando Team (meant for attacking and searching for flag), The Scouting Team (James Bond), The Decoy Team (Stay there and attract, then ambush), etc.

In the end, we won. There were many stories about the fourth match. One of them was 6 of the Red Team Guys fought a hand-to-hand combat with 20+ of the Blue Team Guys outside the Art Room. In the end, none of the Red Team Guys died. But the Blue Team Guys were either killed or wounded. I know what you want to say, Red Team ROCKS!!! FYI, you are right.

After the tiring war game, we had supper. Today's supper is extra late: 3+. But it is also extra good!!! Remmber the Pizza we "called" for? It's here. The pizza was really good. Although we called for Pizza Hut, Canadian Pizza arrived. Hahahaha!!! So the day ended without a fire drill. Day 3 totally ROCKS!!!

Day 4
This is the last day, also the shortest day. Started with a morning PT. This one was the best. We ran 2 rounds around the track and did chin-ups. That's all for PT. Breakfast was as usual. Went back to bunk to clean up, pack up, prepare for Parade, prepare for bunk check and reflect about this camp with the Sgts. I WASN'T THE POC!! I WASN'T!!! BUT WHY??!! WHY??!! WHY????!!!!!!!! Nvm. Gonna work harder. So.. Just like that, the camp ended with a Parade. And Wei Ren was the OOC (Overall Outstanding Cadet).

P.s. I am now a Private!!! No longer a Recruit!!! YAY!!!