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of promotion and a stupid sergeant

1:17 PM - Friday, September 28, 2007

I am super pissed. At first I was told I didn't have to pass my ippt to get promoted to corporal but I have to pass to get promoted to 3SG. So for these few months I've given a damn about all the ippt dates and instead just concentrated on when the date of promotion will be. Then on 260907, when almost all of my coursemates were promoted to corporal, ming tai and I are still privates. When we called to enquire, we now have to clear out ippt to be promoted to corporal, which means I have to find a suitable test date when I don't have duty to take the test. Afterwhich the results will be submitted to some place then only then will I be promoted to corporal with a pay rise of merely $70. I am pissed not because I cannot pass my ippt, but that I was lied to and kept in the dark for so long, when throughout these 3 months had a chance to take the test anyway. And then everyone is asking, "eh Alan, why still private?"

Not that a higher rank meant that you are a better person. Today at 0645 hrs, a bloody irritating sergeant did something to make me hate him forever. At first he woke us up to draw ammo so I told him to give us a minute while we get the vouchers ready. So he assumed that we'd take a long time and started to take our night snacks for the previous night to eat. Then when we were ready, his stupid mouth was still chewing the stupid night snack and stupidly had us waiting in the rover for him. Then when he finally stupidly got into the rover and we went to proceed to the ammo magazine, we reached a point where the recruits probably closed the safety gate by order of the RSM. As it was not locked and the stupid sergeant was sitting in front, i told him to go and open it. Still chewing his stupid night snack, he told me to open it and insisted it's locked. I reluctantly agreed and as I was climbing out the back of the rover, I slipped on the slippery step and fell to injure my left knee and my arm. But the stupid sergeant still did not exit the vehicle to help me open the gate. So he incurred my wrath and I swore to book him if he made any violations. I opened the gate and we went to the ammo mag and blah blah blah... He, still chwing the stupid night snack, couldn't even count the rounds properly. If his handphone rang, I swear I'm gonna book him and report to his OC and my OC. Luckily for him, it did not. How I hope he was eating the poison dettol cupcakes we prepared for the monkeys the previous day.