This post is actually about ICT. The title is as stated for reasons to be explained below.

Just done with week one of my high key ICT, which is actually my 5th reservist now (out of the 10 that I'm supposed to complete). Contrary to what I expected, this ICT turned out to be a good load of fun.

Sure, we had the usual chores to do. Take over vehicle, take over OVM (all the tools that are vehicle related), run IPPT (and failed... sigh, gotta go and train and pass my 20th Sep one!!!), etc. Clocked quite a bit of engine hours driving the Bionix around the forest; we even went outfield for a one-day training. But what was enjoyable was meeting up with the people in my company whom I meet once a year and still feel like it was yesterday that we were serving NS-fulltime together. The best part was catching up on what they were going through. Alot of them have proposed / going to propose / getting married, and alot more with cars. It was great seeing them all again.

Just that my PC is really a thorn in the flesh. He's those types that wasn't with us during NS-fulltime, but attached to us for the reservist unit. It must be tough on him, but sometimes I really wonder why he must say the things he said.

Encounter #1

"We need masking tape to mark out and label these crates of xxxxxx. Who knows the CQ sergeant's handphone number? Dunno? Drivers have such a good life."

Please, how does not knowing the CQ spec's telephone number equate to having a good life? You also dunno the number, so... officers have such a good life?

Encounter #2

As the story goes, we need to conduct water parade the eve of IPPT. It requires the drinker to sign on a declaration form twice: once right after drinking that night, and once next morning right before IPPT. I signed it once, and didn't sign it the next morning cuz when they were passing the declaration form around I was doing some major business in the toilet. So I was asked to go down to the lecture room downstairs shortly after returning to the bunk after IPPT. The clown was looking for me. And when I saw him this was what he had to say.

"Let me educate you. The declaration form for water parade has to be signed twice. You only signed once. So I have to cancel your row, and then you have to fill everything up again."

Well, it would be alot easier if he just let me signed again. But he had to cancel the whole row. It was funny. It made me doubt his intelligence. I mean seriously, it does have its implications, the way a person speaks and acts.

Encounter #3

"Why you look so shag? You're just a driver, drive around only. Is it really so shag?"

Come on. Don't act like an imbecile. You have your day training in the woods that's fine. Drivers don't have a good life like you think. No point explaining it to him. He's actually someone who does not help out with the mounting and dismounting of OVM from the vehicle. One night after a night drive, he actually just left his driver to dismount all the OVMs and where'd he rush off to? The internet room to use computer and check the internet. Drivers good life?

Encounter #4

"Do you know whether the armskote is open? Do you know the armskote man's number? Dunno? Everything also dunno?"

What everything also dunno? I mean, if you're asking these questions, don't the same remark apply to you too? Please, if you also dunno, be humble. Don't freaking think you are above and beyond all these things, when you yourself have not done anything to convince to the platoon you are worth the rank.

First, you told your spec that you will be doing the swimming stay exercise but you did not. You left your section to do it and you weren't even there to supervise. Second, you were supposed to take point in the night walk but you did not and appointed your spec to do it. Seems you're only good at a one thing: excusing yourself from duty.