First day at seletar camp
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
♥ 8:45 PM
Its my first day at Seletar Camp as a RP trainee. I arrived there at about 0730 after getting a cab from 42. I was first told to exchange my 11B for a camp pass and thereafter I proceed to the RP bunk where I put my stuff in my room and wait for a guy there to bring me to see the RSM. RSM was busy scolding the duty RP for not raising the flag and other stuff. I met the security officer first and he seems like a nice guy. He interviewed me and asked me many questions. From him I found out that my RP course is on the 18th dec to 19th dec. Seriously I had a cultural shock at seletar camp. When I was in Armour formation, there were no malays and now I am the only Chinese and other for one Indian and one Japanese, there rest were malays. Anyway, most of them are very nice and friendly except for one which I dun really like. Basically, RP is classified as security platoon and we have a PC which is the SO, a staff which is a provost and RSM. There are 3 jobs mainly, sentry, main gate and pass office. Other that these 3 main jobs, RP have to raise and lower flags as well as do sai kang allocated by the RSM. Its only my first day, but I have tried my hand at all 3 jobs. The things we do are boring but time pass very fast when its your shift, so its not that bad after all. The good thing about here is that the RP stay out and we are only required to stay if we are duty RP on that day. So at any day, 2 RP have to stay while the rest book out. Booked out at 1812 today and have to be there tomorrow by 0730.
