It's 12.54am now and Mav's POP is later in the evening, but I thought I'd just do a (not so) quick ~*reflection*~
POP (Passing Out Parade) marks the end of a recruit's BMT (Basic Military Training) that they go through upon enlistment in NS, so this also means that Mav has been in the army for 2 months. During the first week of NS, the only time we could talk was at night after all his training (i.e. during admin time, usually after 9pm). We mainly communicated through phone calls because hearing each other's voice was much better than texting la HAHA. Our phone calls in the first few days were quite short, with an average of ~15 minutes per call. There are 4 platoons in his commando camp, and we're extremely lucky because I know other platoons are give lesser admin time than Mav's platoon so ptl!!!!
Besides only being able to talk at night, the recruits have this thing called "confinement" in the beginning of enlistment which sux balls la :(. Basically, they cannot book out for 2 weekends so I didn't get to see Mav for 18 days with minimal communication!!!! Er not going to lie, it was hard to get used to especially because before enlisting, we were seeing each other like 3-4 times per week and texting throughout the day???
But I guess as the weeks went by, it definitely got easier la. After confinement period was over, Mav was booking out every weekend and our phone calls lasted longer (~60min)!! At that point in time, I was still schooling and it was such a hectic period?? I struggled with trying to balance school + Mav but I guess I did it so thank God HAHA. I just tried to finish up my studying & assignments ASAP so I could leave my weekends free for Mav. But usually I just end up bringing some of my work to his house to do LOL. Another thing was because I always take naps after school, I just set multiple alarms to wake me up at 8.45pm so I don't miss Mav's phone call.
Over the 2 months, I've also just gotten used to talking to myself on Whatsapp throughout the day LOL. Sounds a bit sad but Mav replies my messages when he can at night or addresses any outstanding "events" during our phone call so it's really fine la!!
Plus I actually do enjoy our phone calls a lot :) It's like for that 1-1.5 hours, we're fully focused on each other only as opposed to texting where u can still do other stuff at the same time?? Sometimes connection sucks and we can barely hear each other sometimes which is quite annoying... but suck it up lor.
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Anyway, before Mav enlisted in army, I really did my research leh!!! I went to google all about commando training and even what it's like to date a boyfriend in NS wtf......... Because you ALWAYS hear about break up stories once the boyfriend enters army so naturally I got a bit scared la. One of the things I found on the lovely internet world was to be prepared if the guy appears more "hot-headed" or just angsty???? Their explanation was because they're so used to receiving fierce instructions and fierce sergeants and reacting in a certain way so they might (unintentionally) channel that to the girlfriend too???
I really prepared myself for that change in Mav leh!!! But............... Maverick is really top notch lol because the most prominent change I saw was that he became SO MUCH cheesier and good with his words wtf!!! The other noticeable change is using A LOT more singlish, because he really speak like ang moh prior to enlisting LOL. I really didn't think he became any more "hot-headed" so I'm vvvvv blessed???????
We also don't go out as much as we used to, like 4/5 of the weekends I have with Mav when he books out are all spent in his home LOL. The remaining 1/5 was only spent outside because it was my birthday and I wanted to eat sushi HAHAHA. I 1) don't like shopping (in physical stores)(cause taobao yo), and 2) am equally tired & lazy as he is... so that whole not going out thing really works for the both of us HAHA.
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Mav also had a field camp midway through BMT, which in non-army layman terms is camping in the jungle for 6D5N without phones LOL. IT REALLY SUCKED LA because I couldn't even hear his voice or have him reply me for 6 days???
but it wasn't that bad because
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ya sry damn cheesy but i'm really vvvv loved and blessed???????
HAHAHA it did feel like he was talking to me everyday beause he had 6 diff notes for the 6 days, so it really made things easier :) I also briefly mentioned what I was going to do those 6 days when he was in field camp (e.g. project presentation, CHAT meeting, church) so he knew what to write in each note AND IT'S SO SWEET LA :( The only hard part was controlling the urge to read all 6 notes at once and he specifically told me to only read it at night......... although I cheated a bit and read the notes progressively earlier and earlier as the 6 days went by HAHA.
Also before the BMT fieldcamp, the NS officials (???) would ask the recruits' families to write letters to the recruits. The sergeants would then give the letters to the recruits as a surprise halfway through fieldcamp to boost the recruits' morale esp because fieldcamp is vvv tough!!!! Mav's mum actually texted me behind Mav's back before the fieldcamp (HAHA) to ask me to write a letter to him?? So I did, and Mav ended up receiving letters from both his family and me during the fieldcamp!! Anyway I was really very touched that Mav's mum included me in this letter-writing-thing sobbles
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So I guess overall I'm really happy and think I just basically lucked (blessed) out with a good guy like Mav and everything else working in my favour?? The past 2 months haven't been as bad as I had expected it to be so I'm extremely thankful :)
But then again..... the hard part will only come in January when Maverick has to go to Hendon camp :( Also otherwise known as Helldon (legit) because that's where the "real" commando training starts............................ really not looking forward to that but bo bian???? Just gotta enjoy the next few months as much as I can first and trust that everything will be ok HAHA.
ok bye omg I TOOK LIKE 2 HOURS TO WRITE THIS goodnight!!!!!!
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