It seems like I have been rather stressed of driving to the point that I even talk in my sleep about it. Let’s start from the beginning.

For the uninformed, I am now currently on a Military Class 3 License Course conducted at the SAF Driving Circuit at Kaki Bukit. The conducting of the course is handled by ST Kinetics. The driving instructors are well known to be… overly zealous in their work and often shout at the trainees instruct their trainees in a slightly louder than normal voice and the tone is slightly unpleasant.

It seems like I have been tormented to the extent subjected to the above to the extent that it left an impression in me and I would re-enact them in my sleep. Weird. I don’t remember having any dreams about that.

In hindsight, the shouting seems to work sometimes. Though it demoralizes you to the extent of having a phobia of driving as I overheard one of the instructors saying, it helps more than those instructors outside who simply want to earn your money (or so I hear).

At the end of the day, I just want to pass the driving test and get on with life.

Tags: driving, national service

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything and it’s time for me to give an update from the last post.

I finished BSLC on the 17th May 2008 and got posted to 1 SIR to be an Infantry Reconnaissance (recce) Specialist. I was torn between feeling excited and apprehensive when I got this posting because it is a very interesting vocation and at the same time, very physically demanding.

I stayed at Mandai Hill Camp (with some tales and misgivings which I will not post online because I am hum ji; please ask me in person for more details) for a month or so and began my military class 3 driving course on the 12th June until now. For the better or worse, the course is stay out and it costs $1.19 per trip to get home. The course ends on 14 July.

Sad to say, my recce course only starts AFTER those from ASLC finish their course. They finish theirs on 16 August and I begin mine on 18 August (most likely). It will last for eight weeks.

I went driving on the public road for the first time today and the experience was really different from driving in the circuit. You really HAVE to check your mirrors when vehicles take advantage of you just because you carry a “L” plate.

Oh, to all those who got posted to SISPEC today, welcome to Suffer In Silence Please Enjoy, Carry on. (New variation)

Tags: driving, national service