the jellyfish is back! 1st day of Yishun Station has ended, and tomorrow is my off!

Got lost on the way to Yishun Station, thanks to the bus interchange officer who anyhow gave directions. Thankfully I followed an Yishun Station Clerk to the way to the station. He really guided me along. Haha. Now I understand why Sir Greg say even clerks can contribute to a lot! ^^

Nothing much about the 1st day, since it was mostly admin work. Morning met up with the 3rd division ppl and proceeded to collect our uniforms, CA suits and filled in some random forms. The Encik who briefed us about our future was quite ok, probably he tried to make us feel that our lives in station would be interesting and meaningful. ^^

Afternoon, only Yishun ppl stayed, and so we slacked in the admin office from 2pm all the way till 6pm. Apparently Yishun ppl love to take breaks, since I had about 4 breaks today? =D

I realised the medic and admin side ppl are really friendly, they try to help the newcomers in many different ways and how to survive in Yishun station, especially when dealing with higher ranking people. Some were seriously too friendly or helpful until I didn't guess their ranks correctly.

(3rd major misconception)

While me and Yasir finished filling up the interview form. This random guy asked us for a favour to help his friend out in transferring things from an ambulance to the other. He really asked with a question mark instead of most ppl giving a full stop statement which leaves us no choice to decide whether we want to help out or not. We agreed to his request though. So I looked at his rank...



He is a Sergeant... o.o



(2nd major misconception)

Since I reported rather early today, the provost department also like sort of confused on where should I go. So this random Encik came to help everybody out, and tried to ask people on where should I go and at wad time. When nobody knew, he guided me to the watch room and asked whether I was ok with a wet attire since I was caught in the rank. He also asked me to take care of myself inside and don't catch a cold.

A random guy in the watch room asked me this question.



"What did the RSM tell you just now?" O_O



(Major misconception)

After the afternoon canteen break, I realised my comics I drawn while I was in MOC were missing, and realised this random guy in vest and slack looking and asked whether I was the one who drawn it. He said it was nice, although he didn't understand some random medic terms. Haha.

He then requested something through the phone with an officer, and sounded quite informal but courteous. I was laughing all the way through his conversation. He then took some photos, looked at it and cut some into heart shapes. Apparently he was pleased with his cutting, and proceeded to show the office ppl, me and Yasir and asked for comments. It looked a bit ugly, but I said it was ok.

After a while, he left the office to do some things. The friendly office Lance Corporal asked us to look at the organisation chart of Yishun Station. Quite nice, I identified the LCP somehow, and I asked which picture was the random guy who was cutting hearts.



(Points to a Rota Commander picture) The guy you saw just now is this Lieutanant. A very friendly guy.



Wow, a 2 diamond guy talking to privates so closely sia! First time I experience this in SCDF. Generally a diamond guy and a private would have a gap, but this guy can really make everyone feel at home! ^^ After he came back, he brought us down to do some chin-up in a form of a competition. A bit random though. He somehow love to promote the ppl around him to participate in physical activities, a healthy habit indeed.

A pity he isn't my rota commander, if not it would be great! 1st day over!

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