Yoyo, I am back~ Long weekend for whole of Charlie Wing as we booked out on Thur night... Very excited and also looking forward for the Taiwan trip as it is the first time going overseas and also taking a plane. Yes, you did not heard me wrong, first time taking a plane!!!! Haha... Hmm, I wonder how it is like to be on a plane... Just can not wait for the trip. *Winkz* As I am blogging now, my gang of buddies in OCS are planning a night's out at Chinablack today, not all will come as they got something on the next day and also their girlfriends, but hopefully the turn out will be good. And another thing, I bought my very FIRST Levi jeans last week, yes the very first pair so I hope there will be more to come! Hahaha....
Aside from the fun and the excitement, something very unpresent happened in camp. The situation is as follows: On Wed night, we had our Happy Hour before we Taiwan, we were all enjoying the night, drinking few cups of Tigers, some even drank more than 5. But when we went back, we were told to drink one full water-bottle which one or two could not take it and puke. Next morning, we were further lectured on why we did not control our drinking as we were going to have a 6km run this noon, and added that the duty instructor had given orders that we were limited to only one cup of beer.
But the actual night itself, there was no information on how many cups we could drink but only warnings of not to over-drink and also not to get drunk. And the instructors were obviously not very happy about it and brought out the TSR (Training Safety Regulation) to further scold us with proofs. Those who drank 5 cups and more and the appointment holders were punished badly, they did head rotation and push-ups repeatedly. The reason they gave was not convincing to us, and obviously there was a communication breakdown as we were not informed of the limit of drinks we could have. In the end, they were given 3 confinements each for not obeying instructions. Our platoon was the most unhappiest, our instructor came up and we had a sharing session, we told him our point of view and sounded out our feelings.
In the noon, there was another session by the other instructors as they want to tell us the reasons. And we could tell that they have been lectured by our Wing Commander but we wanted to hear what they say. The same thing repeats itself, they want to maintain their stand and also their bloody own "faces" They insist that they did set the number of cups we could have and also we should not drink at all as we had a run this noon. As we thought this session was a sharing one, some of us tried to reason back but obviously they did not wish to listen to us and insisted their ground. The session had failed in its objective and although the punishments became lighter, the worst has yet to come. During the night when our platoon booked out, our CWC (Cadet Wing Commander) told us that instructors from now on, will not give any chance for mistakes and also will stick strictly to the TSR because we had been very rude to them during the session.
As we prepared to go Taiwan, we should be very happy and excited but after this incident, I guess the whole wing's morale is going down. Our view on this issue, there was obviously a communication breakdown thus it should not be anyone's fault, it should had been a lesson learnt but it was not taken that way. Instructors should have make sure and pass the information to us even before the Happy Hour, and if there is a run next day, the organiser should arrange the Happy Hour after the run as it was being held on 2 days. What has happened is not being handled very well, and what done cannot be undone. I wondered how we are going to go through the remaining weeks in OCS.................
Aside from the fun and the excitement, something very unpresent happened in camp. The situation is as follows: On Wed night, we had our Happy Hour before we Taiwan, we were all enjoying the night, drinking few cups of Tigers, some even drank more than 5. But when we went back, we were told to drink one full water-bottle which one or two could not take it and puke. Next morning, we were further lectured on why we did not control our drinking as we were going to have a 6km run this noon, and added that the duty instructor had given orders that we were limited to only one cup of beer.
But the actual night itself, there was no information on how many cups we could drink but only warnings of not to over-drink and also not to get drunk. And the instructors were obviously not very happy about it and brought out the TSR (Training Safety Regulation) to further scold us with proofs. Those who drank 5 cups and more and the appointment holders were punished badly, they did head rotation and push-ups repeatedly. The reason they gave was not convincing to us, and obviously there was a communication breakdown as we were not informed of the limit of drinks we could have. In the end, they were given 3 confinements each for not obeying instructions. Our platoon was the most unhappiest, our instructor came up and we had a sharing session, we told him our point of view and sounded out our feelings.
In the noon, there was another session by the other instructors as they want to tell us the reasons. And we could tell that they have been lectured by our Wing Commander but we wanted to hear what they say. The same thing repeats itself, they want to maintain their stand and also their bloody own "faces" They insist that they did set the number of cups we could have and also we should not drink at all as we had a run this noon. As we thought this session was a sharing one, some of us tried to reason back but obviously they did not wish to listen to us and insisted their ground. The session had failed in its objective and although the punishments became lighter, the worst has yet to come. During the night when our platoon booked out, our CWC (Cadet Wing Commander) told us that instructors from now on, will not give any chance for mistakes and also will stick strictly to the TSR because we had been very rude to them during the session.
As we prepared to go Taiwan, we should be very happy and excited but after this incident, I guess the whole wing's morale is going down. Our view on this issue, there was obviously a communication breakdown thus it should not be anyone's fault, it should had been a lesson learnt but it was not taken that way. Instructors should have make sure and pass the information to us even before the Happy Hour, and if there is a run next day, the organiser should arrange the Happy Hour after the run as it was being held on 2 days. What has happened is not being handled very well, and what done cannot be undone. I wondered how we are going to go through the remaining weeks in OCS.................