ORD On Monday
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I get my pink IC on Monday.
2 years gone in a flash.Feels kind of strange. -
so what's next?
studies? work? -
good for u
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welcome to the working world
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Now you can look forward to be in a MR parade..
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welcome to another jungle, the concrete jungle, a place far more dangerous than the green jungle.
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Congrats. Do let us know when you go thru "POST-ORD-TRAUMA." Its a frequent condition that happens to most NSF when they don't know what their first step is after ORD.
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wat i did when i got my pink ic was looking for a part time job 1st to get some cash. and at the same time see wat perm jobs i can get
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i took one month to land my job after ord....almost 5 yrs ago
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Related to me by one of best friends.
"wah that day when i finally held my pink ic in my hands, i felt as if the shackles around me for 2 years were finally undone. While i was mingling around with my old buddies and commanders i had this inexplicable grin on my face. They were all patting me on the back and wishing me good luck. Unable to control myself i shouted "ORD LOH! DON'T MISS ME GUYS!" while leaving my unit compound. Finally i was free! At that point of time, i didn't know that i would be the one missing them. I smiled at the RP at the camp gate and said, "take care my friend, ORD OH!" and enjoyed the look on his face. I stepped out of the gate and walked out. A few steps later, i looked back at my home for the past 2 years.
And suddenly, i felt lost." -
damn true...Originally posted by Hellraiza:Related to me by one of best friends.
"wah that day when i finally held my pink ic in my hands, i felt as if the shackles around me for 2 years were finally undone. While i was mingling around with my old buddies and commanders i had this inexplicable grin on my face. They were all patting me on the back and wishing me good luck. Unable to control myself i shouted "ORD LOH! DON'T MISS ME GUYS!" while leaving my unit compound. Finally i was free! At that point of time, i didn't know that i would be the one missing them. I smiled at the RP at the camp gate and said, "take care my friend, ORD OH!" and enjoyed the look on his face. I stepped out of the gate and walked out. A few steps later, i looked back at my home for the past 2 years.
And suddenly, i felt lost."
i rem my ORD...
it was supposed to be the day i look forward to most
but then it didnt really turn out that day
i went to HQ get my pink IC wif all smiles n shaking hands wif everybody whom i noe.
after getting my pink IC, went back bunk for the last time, cleared everything for the last time
memories of the 1st day i was posted in n the days i had began to flash past as i clear my stuff
finally took my stuff n left my bunk n headed for the office where i had a last look at my table... fiona xie, S.H.E, deborah sim n a few other gers "waved" me gd bye.
had a rather sad farewell from the warrant officers & specs in my coy, i've made some gd frens wif them thruout my time there.
some of my buddies were very sad that i'm going off, cos that means nobody to tok cock wif liao... nobody to fool around wif them, nobody to disturb the warrant officers wif them liao...
but i was still feeling very relieved to be able to leave camp at that moment...
it was when i was taking the fastcraft for the last time at TFT, scanned my 11B for the last time that melancholy started to overwhelm me.
although no more waking up early in the morning anymore, no more wearing no 4 anymore, i suddenly lost the sense of belonging...
the next day i woke up still tinking i was NSF... LoL!
but i adapted to civilian life very fast... haha!!!
come come all come share ur ORD stories...
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well the day i ord, i went back to camp. and go for a 'tour' around all the units that i have ppl who knows me, bid farewell to them all. the officers and my friends gave a good luck handshake and pat on the shoulder. some even thank me for fighting fire for them and help them out when they are in trouble. the best memory i had was being in the chinook during NDP. but did not realised time flew so fast when comes to ord day. shouted ord lor!!! to all my campmates, and kick the comander's car and collect pink ic and ciao lor~
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I had quite an uneventful ORD day. My farewells were said a week before that, when I came back to the office for a day or two.I still remember that morning when I wore my no.4 back to camp for the very last time. The office and workshop was quite empty, for some reason I can't really remember. My boss, (Branch Head & CSM) was in though, and I was thinking that I would be lazing around more or less. However, he came up to me and said that he and two of my fellow colleagues would be going to ALB to collect something. Having came back from STK the day before, I didn't mind going out on another trip. After all, it certainly beat sitting around in the oil-smelling office.
Only when I was in the tonner that I found out what were collecting. Matadors.
That was my last "duty" in uniform as far as I can remember. Volunteering to be the armed escort for the convoy. It's one of those rare events where you have 1 MSG and 3 3SGs doing transportation and armed escort duty.The tonner was fully loaded with Matador training kits and we went back to base lying on the top of the crates, not after heading to STK to settle another issue. I still remember the ice-cold refreshing chin chow sold at the STK canteen, and how I mistakenly ordered vegetarian the first time I went there.
Me and the other 3 chaps in the back ended up talking about life after NS, and it's quite sobering to think that while we were moving along to university, lots of the other guys would ORD to uncertainty, fear of unemployment and expensive part-time courses. You've got to be grateful for what you have I guess..
I went back to collect my NRIC on a Friday. No one was in, except my RSM and a few clerks in HQ. I had a good talk with him, and he was basically saying that "All you A-level guys, don't waste your Uni life. Do something worthwhile with it"
He was a good RSM, leading by example and not hesitating to back up his Specialists when issues of professionalism cropped up. So after that, I basically went back to my workshop office and chatted a bit with another friend who was on branch duty and left. The sentry and RP at the gate gave me a high-port as I left.
I don't deny that there were a lot of moments in NS that left me pissed off and seriously questioning the intelligence of the higher-ups, but when me and the mates gather around for a kopi, my NS life was a breeze compared to what the rest had experienced, and I was grateful for the exposure I enjoyed. Being in the know helps, because you see more than the average soldier and you can see the justification for certain ideas/systems. That's all I can say. -
I ord on a Sunday. But got my IC on Friday. That particular week I purposely didnt take any leave or off. Because I know, no one will disturb me. And secondly, I know I will miss the place. So that particular week, I can just appear and vanish anytime I want.
So the friday came, and sadness really fills my heart. I am looking forward to ORD(who wouldnt) but the other part of me was like, Damn I am gonna miss my army life!
Commander PA blanja me at officer mess. Had sandwich.
Then my CSM also blanja me food at canteen.
And my Nsf workmates also blanja me food for lunch. Basically the day was just about food la.
After lunch, I went up to G1 branch to collect my IC. Wow. I was like amaze to see my IC. Like some holy thing like that.
Sign some forms here and there and got some ord souvenirs. A division mug. Division photo holder and cert of appreciation signed by COS. NB!! Why Div Comd never sign!!
Anyway, I hang around in bunk and canteen. I did not want to leave the place honestly saying. I was extremely sad. The division was like a home for me. I can walk wherever I want without any headdress. Go in and out of camp without being search or asked by RPs.
I finally left around 730pm. Hoped on into my warrant's car and he send me back home...
Nothing eventful... but the day was a sad moment for me.
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cant wait to ord.....
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my ord day is bad...
friday is the ord date....short of one signature from my clearance form and that guy is not around (cant remember who though). so cannot get my pink ic.
then on sat, lost my wallet with 11B inside
monday when back camp and had to pay the $50 to replace my 11B.
luckily the S1 people very nice, gave me my pink IC and told me to collect my new 11B when it's ready -
My ORD day:
Went down to medical center. Hid in the documents room and played Streets of Rage 3 on the computer.
Went down to S1 branch to hand in all the clearance forms and collected my IC.
Went back to the medical center. The medics were all in the documents room having a discussion.
I shook hands with every single one of them - including the senior medic and MO. I can still remember how my senior medic shook my hand firmly and advised me to study hard in NUS and wished me all the best.
I closed the door behind me in a tinge of sadness. Just as they thought they had seen the last of me, though, I opened the door again, shouted 'ORD loh!!!' and bolted out of the medical center.
Ok, so my last act before ORD was childish. -
yes please. so that we don't have to endure all your crappy threads.Originally posted by Stooky:cant wait to ord..... -
another boi to man
Thank you for your service. on behalf of all Singaporean -
For Stooky, it's boy to amoeba.Originally posted by LinYu:another boi to man
Thank you for your service. on behalf of all Singaporean -
Originally posted by LazerLordz:For Stooky, it's boy to amoeba.
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Originally posted by Gordonator:yes please. so that we don't have to endure all your crappy threads.
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Originally posted by LazerLordz:For Stooky, it's boy to amoeba.
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ORD LO!
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Thank you for the advice.
Heading over to Melbourne to visit my younger sister first, then coming back to settle some things.Will be starting a UNSW Asia curse on Feb.Until then,might go overseas somewhere for community service.
Again,thank you for the advice.
I will miss my army buddies,but at least got BBQ to look forward to next week.