REDCON 2A!

Whee... We managed to achieve that despite some minor hitches, so that means we're now Operationally Ready! Next ATEC is in ten years time...

We're now doing Alert manning again; this time it was (as usual) uncalled for (unplanned, unexpected, whatever...). One whole month of Alert manning. Hopefully there're be no bank robbers escaping to Tekong or terrorist threatening to blow up our critical installations, because WE WILL BE THERE IN 4 HOURS AND GUN THEM DOWN. Now, that said, our REDCON 2A battalion will be ready for anything.

Friday, 11th March

Despatched two-odd stacks of FFI forms to Kranji Dental. They complained that they were running out of forms. Sheesh... Anyway, Ming Hui's going to start clearing from End April. Thanks to a whooping 14-days off for our better-than good results in ATEC, I'll be starting from the start of next month. Heh, gave him a treat; That's for being a great (and patient) buddy during BMT, for going through CMC together in the same platoon, and for covering our ATEC.

Saturday, 12 March

Went down to SUNTEC today for the IT Show and Shin Min Daily Record setting attempt. The IT fair was understandably crowded. There were some great deals, such as the USB adapter (S$ 29), Ethernet modem (S$ 115) and HWM subscription (S$ 120+), which comes together with a free 128MB thumbdrive. What I got, though, was a stack of CD jewel cases; the selling point is its capability to stack on top of each other. Innovative!

Monday, 14 March

NSC appointment today. The Specialist was a visiting fellow, a Sinhalese, whose accent was so strong, I was trying to figure out what he was trying to say half the time. Thankfully my Singaporean accent did not affect his ability to comprehend my sentences.

RHG Check up in the afternoon. Did an X-Ray and check up, all for the price of S$ 18.90. I suspect SMU subsidizes the Check ups. The doctor told me that my BP was quite high. This is of particular concern to me, as the highest I've had so far was 138 (systolic), and that was in Secondary School. He told me it was more like 155! Either the machine's faulty (it's a manual sphygnomanometer, by the way) or the doc's wrong. Well, either way, it's time to buck up and start intensive training. The blood vessels are complaining!

I met a P017 coursemate at Comics Connection. (?)Jake's going to ORD in 2 weeks time. My turn will come soon.