ORD!

The 3 Words that you can say to a Guy is not "I Love You" But "Operationally Ready Date"

THE GREAT ORD MOVEMENT!
Catch The Fire!

I'm Obsessed with being Operationally Ready! because the day I become Operationally Ready! means that I become Proficent in my vocation and am ready to serve My Beloved Country!! But that's just the minor benefit of being Operationally Ready, the Main Benefit is that I don't have to Serve the Army anymore! and I get back My Pink IC!!! Wooohooo!!

As a LT once said "ORD is not just for NSF, It's For Everyone!"

And a wise man once said "To Chao Keng is smart, but to O.R.D is SHIOK!!!!"

So Join the The Great ORD Movement, because every second you waste reading this stupid post, you're 1 second closer to ORDing.

1 second more to ORD, 1 second more to ORD, 1 second more to ORD, 1 second more to ORD...

Haha! the top part of my Blog is just a whole bunch of nonsense, I'm just really excited about the Great ORD movement! simply because I cannot wait to ORD and become more active in Church! But while I'm waiting for those 3 powerful words, I'm not gonna spend the time just slacking and wasting it.

I'm gonna make myself stronger spiritually by praying and reading the bible whenever I have free time(most likely during area cleaning and after R.O), I'm going to do my quiet time more, I'm gonna help out my platoon mates with their problems! but most importanly, I'm gonna be wise and seek God in everything I do.

Mong just showed me 2 very Powerful verse in the bible, I'm take these verses and use them as guide lines in camp.

Matthew 10:13
¹³ If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴ And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. ¹⁵ Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!

Matthew 9:37
³⁷ Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

Amazing...

Love,
Henry

The Common Question

Life is filled with crossroads, the right path may not always be right

Checking back on the date of my last entry, It was dated 21 july 2009?! Woah! My Blog has officially died! Haha and if you think it's because I'm too lazy then you're about 75% Correct! :P
Yeah but the other 25% was due to the fact that I was invovled in the National day Parade, which sucked up much of my time! but it was a experience I would never forget as during that period I experienced what it was like to lead the slack life!

Haha yeah those who had talked to me in the past while I was still doing NDP would be extremely shocked at reading this message, but yeah! I have to say that the NDP peroid was actually the slackest part of my life at 30 so far! even though we have to do monotounus work everyday, get our weekends burned while at the same time get scoleded for packing too slow, it was during this peroid that I got to know my platoon mates and actually create genuine and real relationships with them!

On contrast, I also experience what is like to live the tiring life in 30. The life I have now revovles aorund the pull up bar, My rifle and the floor!(for doing lots of Push ups) though it's no longer monotounus anymore! it has become physically and mentally exhausting for me and my platoon mates to handle(even the very fit ones) after leading two totally different lives for the past 4months, I began to wonder about one of the dilemma every single NS will face in His Army Journey, To Chiong or not to Chiong?

I always thought that in the Army, as long as you don't do anything stupid you won't get in trouble. But in 30 I've learnt that the theory is totally wrong! as in 30, you can get pumped for doing something correct! So the question of whether or not to chiong kept popping up in my mind, should I be a Up Soldier and volunteer for everything or be the first person to run down the hill to fix the Short trackway Bridge? or should I be the person who stands at the corner working my eye power and just spends most of the day whining and complaining about how sucky the life there is?

Well, I believe that after 4 months, I've come up with the perfect solution, the idea is to be

Real.

Haha, yeah! it's that simple! just be Real! just be who you are! you don't have to be the first person carrying the stores into the tunnel, but neither should you be the person standing there looking at the rest work, the logic is simple! if you're too slack in the Army, people will hate you! but if you're too Garang, they will still hate you! haha because when you're too slack, they label you as a chao keng who just want to smoke you're way through the excercise, but if you're too up, you get labelled as a Wayang who just wants to kiss up to the commanders!

But if you stay Real and do you're part, no one will say anything! in fact! you will most likely be the person who is well liked by everyone in the company!(inculding your Commanders!)

So yeah, I've decided that for the next 1 year 7 months of my army life, I'm not gonna Chao keng my way to become a Store man, nor will I chiong my way to become a Coporal first class, instead I'm gonna keep my eyes on the prize and win the hearts and soul of the people in 30 for the Kingdom. Anything is possible with God, but possibilities become reality when you trust and rely on Him.

Love,
Henry

Turns of Tide

A Change can be seen

Hmmm...something interesting is happening in my Family, My whole family seems to be going Topsy turvy! My brother is rejecting Christianity and questioning my faith! preferring to listen to his Army colleague instead of those who are genuine to him!

But on the other hand, My Mum and Dad are becoming more open to Me being a christian and God! Wow! months ago when I told My parents that I was going to Church, they would scowl at me, mock me with petty insults and even threaten to disown me for being a christian! NOW! they are supportive of me going to church! offering to chauffeur me from Home to Church or from church to camp! No longer do they insult me instead they encourage me and love me more!

The situation now is so ironic! What is going on?! What is God Planning?! I have no Idea??!! But no matter what! I'm Excited about the future!!

Love,
Henry

Change in Mentality

Difference comes from Action

It's time to change my mentality of Evangelism and towards Approaching God with my problems, no longer will I sit back and wait for Miracles to happen, It's time I took the fight into my Own Hands.

Loving my friends and bringing them to church is My Responsibility and My Goal, I cannot constantly rely on the efforts of my CG mates as in the End I'm the one who knows them best, I'm the one who has spend the most time on them, and I'm the one who initiated and invited them to church. So there is no point starting something that I cannot complete and leave the work to others to complete it for me.

My Friends, My Responsibility, My Dream & My Vision. God can create the Miracle, but it is up to us to finish it! God can create the right opportunities and moments, but it is up to us to take it! God can give us Dreams and Visions beyond our wildest imaginations, but it is up to us to Live it and Fulfill it!

It's time to stop be passive and wait to be approached by others, that's not what Christianity is about. Christianity is about being on the offensive, it's about being active! it's about be Productive! it's about being Other's centred! so in the name of Jesus

CHIONG AH!

Love,
Henry

Thoughts during the 13 weeks of BMT
1st week of BMTC:When can I get out of this stupid Island!
2nd week of BMTC: My First bookout!! YAY!!
3rd week of BMTC: Only 10 more weeks to go!
4th week of BMTC: When the enhance batch come in, Cookhouse is going to be very crowded
5th week of BMTC: Oh no! Field Camp is Next Week!!! IFC!
6th w eek of BMTC: Suffering in field Camp, When can I use a proper toilet...
7th week of BMTC: What?! Strenght training 9?!?!?!
8th week of BMTC: Swine flu still must go SIT test?
9th week of BMTC: If I belonged to the enchance batch, I POP this week sia
10th week of BMTC: Wah sian...the training is getting really boring!
11th week of BMTC: OC EVENING WAS AWESOME HAHA!
12th week of BMTC: Recruits night! oh! and Mong got posted out!!!
13th week of BMTC: POP LOH! kinda sad about leaving BMTC sia...haha at least I can use my Hair wax again!

The throwing of the jockey cap marks the end of the journey of every recruit in BMTC and it signifies the readiness of the newly promoted privates to embark on a whole new journey in their respective posting in future. The feeling of passing out is like Ecstasy, you get high for the next 2 hours or so, but after the adrenaline and hype fades away you are left wondering to yourself, what was the defining moment of your BMTC life that made you the person you are today, a stronger more mature young adult.

Could it be the 5 days of gruelling torment in field camp? the day you are entrusted with your Rifle? or even the moment you got your head shaved and every single working particle inside of your brain just died? Well the question it self is pretty subjective as different people have different views, but for me personally I feel that my most defining moment in BMT would have to be the entire 13 weeks.

For me, the 13 weeks of BMT have been a turmoil of emotions for me as I experience many highs and lows and I discovered myself more, both the Good side and the Ugly side of me but most importantly the spiritual side of me. From day 1 when I entered into Cougar company, I had asked God, "Why have you placed me in Cougar Company?", and I had the right to ask that as Cougar Company was the notoriously known for being the toughest, meanest and least welfare company in the whole of BMTC, I never understood why I would be placed in Cougar Company, until today.

I realised that God placed me in Cougar company because he knows that this is the place where I will be able to grow the most. And I believe that I have grown quite a lot ever since entering Cougar Coy, I've grown to rely more on God for the decisions that I make, I've grown to Love God and Treasure his pressence and ultimately I've grown to learn that the World is different from what I perceived it to be, and that We should live in the World and not Be of the World.

My journey in BMT has given me Memories that I will never forget, but more importantly BMT has given me conviction in my spirit, the bonds that I formed with the people there are unique and special, its a bond deeper than friendship almost like a brother hood, and quoting one of the speeches of my Platoon Commander

" The Muscle you build up during BMT may sag after 10 years, but the Friendships and Bonds will last you a lifetime"
-Platoon Commander Tan

In conclusion, My defining moment in BMT started and Ended at the Ferry terminal, It's not what you leave behind, but what you bring back, I entered Army with uncertainty and fear but came out with Faith and Conviction. My Journey in Tekong is finally Over, but I will still carry the Motto of cougar with me into my new unit, to be "Stronger! Better! Faster!" in everything I do.

MY ARMY DAZE

herefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Love,
Henry

Pictures Finally speak A thousand Words AGAIN!

Let them Speak Again!!!!































Haha Today is just a Demo run! Better photos and post when I POP!!!

Love,
Henry

Reaching into the Unthinkable

Living for the sake of Others, Sacrifice.

Psalm 58:6
"Break off their fangs, O GOD!
Smash the jaws of these lions, O lord!"

When we talk about revival, we always think about our schools and our workplaces but when we talk about a revival in the Army, many of us would just shun the idea as Nonsense or Unattainable because of the cultural difference between Church and Army.

But I believe a revival in the Army is not only possible, it is happening! You May think I'm crazy, but right now I'm taking a step of Faith and stretching my arm out to the mouth of the Cougar, and breaking the Fangs and the Jaws of their resistance.


Love,
Henry