Tuesday, June 22, 2004 0 comments Post a Comment Updates from the Crypt. Booked in yesterday night anyway, thought i'll try and see if i got better while resting in camp.(already got excused officially by my Regimental Sergeant Major for parade) Woke up the next day, not feeling 'terrible' but felt really insecure with no PROPER medicine with me - just my own Panadols for Cold and lousy MO's diarrhoea medicine (he jus assumed it was only diarrhoea despite my declaration of many other symptoms like nausea and flu and fever - THREE types of diarrhoea med somemore). And i got increasingly tired just sitting in my office. So with a push from my ma'am and mom, i decided to book out AGAIN and report sick outside. Civilian doctors are so much more assuring. FIVE types of medicine - 2 for diarrhoea (still), 1 for phlegm, 1 for cough and 1 for nausea (bonus: 2 out of 5 makes me drowsy. woohooo~ no more insomnia at night for sleeping too much in the day) i have GOT to recover by thursday! which seems so soon all of a sudden. I need to go for thursday's parade! i hate being left out of parade! it's like being classified with the REAL kengsters (slackers) and weak. Which i am SO not. Altho i AM sick. The drowsy medicine hit me like a baseball bat within 30 min of consumption. And i fell asleep for a nice 3 hrs, all wrapped up in my mom's thick comforter in a no aircon, no fan room ( and i din even sweat ). But i woke up feeling like i was better off dead. Clogged nose, dehydrated lips, slight fever and a whole lorry hanging on my head. Okay, so i'll be home for today and tomorrow. (xtine... now u can visit me...LOL~ *winks*) two days MC. *** WHY i'm here is for something ELSE. I am most offended by an sms i received by a fellow campmate when i woke up and turned on my hp. The background information u need: 1) I am pretty well-liked and trusted by my ma'am in camp. 2) For the past 4 occasions, i have been able to fight for our due rewards/rights for our hard work on parade from our ma'am - like a few longweekends,ss staying out to bring our clothes to wash since parade ends pretty late and the next rehearsal is 2 days away. 3) My platoonmates know the above. So as u guys know, i din go for parade today while the others went. And this was the sms: " Hey Zheng Yi, This is *****. Can help us ask for stay out tonight. Pai Seh. " I was totally taken aback. WHY: 1) Firstly, i think it is exceptionally rude to actually ask some1 who's not feeling well to do something like that, without even PRETENDING to be concerned over his state of health. 2) I WASN'T EVEN IN THE PARADE REHEARSAL today. What business is it of mine, in the first place, to request for any priviliges? 3) Their overt display of awareness of my ma'am's 'trust' is precisely why i have to avoid being too close to my superior (i hate office politiks) and also why my ma'am would have to do the unnecessary in order to appear fair (when in fact she has never been UN-fair -> i deserve every bit i have with my hard work). 4) I feel made use of. Suddenly i feel like i'm just a tool dat these f**kers get close to, so they can 'apply' my privileged status when the time comes. Whether or not i'm being paranoid, i dun care, i jus dun like this feeling. All though i might not display it, i think i can no longer trust these ppl in camp. Prob can only trust those ppl who have the similar 'privileges' as i do, the ppl dat ma'am CAN trust. 5) And believe me, asking ma'am for such stuff, is ONLY an sms away, no matter who that sms came from. I can't believe they're so useless. PUI. 6/22/2004 06:04:00 PM

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