#04-13

my cabin for the past half a year or more since BMT started
facing the parade square, the toilet right at my door step
i don't even need an alarm clock in the mornings most of the time, cos the sound of the "early birds" flushing the toilet or the sound of half awake zombies dragging their slippers would wake me up

the place we look forward most after our trips to mandai, soiling the floor with mud packed SBOs, fieldpacks, and our wet combat boots
dirty no. 4 uniforms and PT rigs stacked up in one pile ready for the washer

the place with our unoccupied "guest bed", which we somehow feel that it's cursed as so far the 3 occupants of the bed has either OOC and undergone some operations
kelvin sleeping on the floor, beds, playing his nintendo DS till he earned names such as "sleeping buddha", "games buddha" and my cabin being teased as a temple
me sleeping under the bed to avoid being caught sleeping during office hours where we were supposed to "wait for further instructions"

the place where we sat around spreading peanut butter on our loaves of NTUC bread, gobbling down junk food, sampling un-used combat ration

the place where we sat in the dark, kelvin and steven brought cigarettes for the very first time into the camp and smoke in the cabin while awaiting hell week to break out
the sound of thunder flash, GPMGs, assault rifles woke me up with a shock as i wave goodbye to my cabin for 5 days

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as the BMT, entire 25th batch, have enlisted yesterday, we were told to move out
now staying on instructors' level, #03-02
kelvin has moved to UDG block and steven to another room on the same level with me

so much memories of this cabin

goodbye #04-13
we will miss u