The BMT Days - Ullysses Oasis
its been a long time since i've blogged
bmt has ended for me
and i must say
it wasnt smooth sailing for me
been constantly falling ill
i was only present for 19 days
lol
i had 3 days compassionate leave
and
19 days attn C
(attn C = MC)
7 days - viral fever
12 days - pneumonia
dats makes 19 days of attn c
i may not haf learnt much as i've only been there for 19 days
but i sure learn how to work as a team
and i've made lotsa wonderful frens
especially those bitches from section 2
(wif the exception of LCW?)
I LOVE U BITCHES
hahahah
at the start of my bmt
i din like alot of the ppl in my platoon
but never judge a book by its cover
as they turned out to be pretty fun people
as my platoon have a mix of peeps comin frm ite, poly and jc
we din really click well and fast
everyone's just socialising wif peeps frm their own section
but as time passes
we participated activities together
went thru tough times together
(i wun dare to say i had any tough times)
we learn how to help each other regardless of section
as we're one platoon
we work as a platoon
sad to say i missed my field camp
damn pneumonia
thanks to the damn medical officer (MO)
i'll come to that later
field camp is really a good time for bonding
when i return to tekong when my mc expire
which is few days after field camp
i noticed that the whole platoon had gel together
and we showed dat on our last day on tekong
after lunch we din haf to form up as a platoon to return to company
but we formed up n marched back as a platoon
we sang our song loud and proudly
and we shouted ULLYSSES for the last time
we were the only platoon to march back as one whole platoon
im so proud of my platoon
im sure our commanders are proud of us too
PLATOON 1 rawkz!
even thou i was quite homesick in the beginning weeks,
missing my family and THAT girl,
my tekong experience was amazing
meeting amazing platoon-mates, sergeants and sir
everything turned out to be what i never thought wld be
hahaha
EXCEPT....
what they say abt the medics n medical officers r TRUE
2 words
SCREWED UP
here comes the ugly side of my tekong experience
i swear the medical officers r ASSHOLES
n u cant blame me for my outburst
well the medics r screwed up
but fine
they're trainees only
they always face problem putting the drip properly for me
but nvm
its all okay
little pain
i can take it
furthermore they're trainees
i dun expect professional stuff from them
but the medical officers
gosh
they r freakin doctors
and they can make such a big mistake in diagnosing me
i told them i've got coughing flu fever n im breathless
they din see it as anything outta the ordinary
n just put me on drip
so i too tot it was nth THAT serious since the MO din say much
its prolly my asthma again
i was admitted to the sickbay in the morning
discharged in the evening
i was better then
next day
everything came back again
breathless, weak n all dat shit
i gave up
i din wanna go to the MO no more
i just stayed in bunk as im booking out later in the evening
booking out was a nightmare
yes i cant wait to book out to see my doc
but
i was so weak so breathless
i cld barely make my way to the jetty
not to mention dat i even had a fully filled bag on my back
i was panting like as if an asthma attack hit me
cld barely catch my breathe
when i reached singapore jetty
i made a few steps only
den i started to pant again
i was literally dragging myself to move forward
but thanks to c. paul
he helped me carry my bag
at least i had the load off my back
i cld breathe a LITTLE better
but i was still panting heavily
i really thought i was gonna die right there
it almost felt like a heart attack already
board the bus n to pasir ris interchange
i had to walk to my granddad's car
even thou it was a short distance
but it felt like 1.5km to me
even wif dayuan carrying my bag for me
it was too late to see my doc when i got home
so i went to see him the next day
the moment my doc saw me
he said
u look bad, i better refer u to tan tock seng hospital
den he listened to my chest
he said he suspect dat i've got pneumonia
so i was thinking to myself
"erm wtf?"
wasnt it just cough n flu n fever
how did it bcome pneumonia now
kidding me?
n true enuff
after an xray at ttsh
they confirmed i've got pneumonia
and immediately admitted me to the CDC ward
(CDC = communible disease center/isolation wards)
my family flipped when they heard abt this news
ITS ALL THE MO's FAULT
even my family doctor was damn pissed wif em
if they had gave me attn C
i cld come out earlier n cld seek treatment earlier
and maybe it wouldnt be sth serious in a form of pneumonia
my dad called demanding an explantion for this
they replied us dat they've got limited resources n bla bla
but fuck dat shit
come on
all u need is a stethescope n YOUR GOD DAMN EARS
place the stethescope on my chest
n u'll hear crackles
n dat's pneumonia for ur info dear MOs
seriously
if they're doctors
den im professor?
its just dat easy to detect pneumonia
ok fine
i mean if u hear crackles
imeediately u give him attn c isnt it
y wasnt i given attn c
OBVIOUSLY they werent paying attention when they put the stethescope on my chest
OBVIOUSLY they just put there for the sake of it
due to their mispractice
my cough bcame pneumonia
cld these MOs treat our lives more seriously?
ahh fuck it
its getting to me again
we've sent a complaint letter to mindef
now its their job to go find a satisfactory answer for us
happy times and sick times brings my bmt days to an end
7 weeks
for me
its definitely fast
i wonder whether was it fast for the rest?
lol
20th march
i'll be reporting to my new posting
hopefully i get superiors as good as those i get in the sergeants n sir of ULLYSSES PLATOON 1
and
special thanks to PC Teo for taking good care of me
i tink he'll remember me as
THE RECRUIT WITH THE MOST PROBLEMS
hahaha!
PrmZkuOus.E