just went for my ns checkup today, and hmmm... its not that bad lahx. actually, it was alright. there wasn't like anything funny that happened and neither was there any HUGE hiccups that made me sleep on the way. well, its partially because i was like the first at all stations, so errr, like naturally would be one of the first to leave for the day? haha. it was alright lahx. hmmm. just that when you get there, totally like some blindman like that. dunno where to go and what to do also. sianded. ahhaa. okayy, so you want a full account here it is:
went to cmb (central manpower base) at 7.45am. madness right? well, that's cause i woke up at 6am and propabably left house at 6.30am. went breakfasting and thanks to the pain in my back teeth due to my braces, i left pasir ris in a taxi at round 7.10am. and oh ya! if you're coming from pasir ris, don't bother taking a cab to cmb. cause the entire journey time is around 30mins and mind you that does not include waiting time. rawr. so i was one of the seemingly cuckoos there when i reached. ahha. i also made the driver go in and well malu himself. haha. cause cannot go in wat, so the dunno how many soldiers on duty came and told him to make a U-turn and come out. rawr. totaly cab fare was exhorbitantly high at $21. my gosh. here's where my diet comes in REAL handy. haha.
so waited at the errr... waiting area? for about 10mins, then went to register. got myself a pink form, (realised how polite i actaully was- all the other guys ahead of me didn't even say thank you when they got themselveves the pink slip.. haha) and no, a pink slip doesn't mean you're pregnant or have some wierd disease, its just a normal form. haha. so useless that last sentence. anyway, went to take a photo for some ns card, and mind you. of all the people in the room, i wore the smallest size. well at least that was what the man said. he took the uniform off the rack explained to use the know-hows when you take a photo (like HUH?) then said "this boy can wear size 3 which is the smallest size..." after which, handed me the thing, then said "you ready? come sit there" thanks. take photo, then okay liaox lohx. the photo of me was actually quite good lohx. so... yay. haha.
then went in to register AGAIN. this time for dunno wat. ahha. i was actually attended by this dunno-what-he-was-doing army guy, until another woman came by. recall recall recall: friends told me she was some bitch, but to me, she didn't really piss me off. if not i'd probably head0butt her. haha. then again, she got cushioning in front, so maybe not that impactful. ahaha. mad. anyway, taht man really dunno what he was doing lohx. go there, read instructions then errr.. "excuse me wat am i supposed to do?" ya. i asked that lohx. then he also sor-sor wan dunno asked me to take out all documents. then that's where the woman came. then instruct him to do things. after a while, it got pretty amusing to see a full-time national serviceman donning the dark greeen uniform to be literally pushed around by some woman donning, well commoner clothes as they like to call it. (for some reason, why can't they call it home clothes? must be special lahx) *roll eyes* then i was ushered, literally to sit down. haha. and wait. didn't wait long, then they called my name. went straight to the ent station.
damn funny. first thing they do there: on the chair, you'd find instructions; read it and then wait. being the first to reach, didn't even wait for 5mins then ask me to go in. haha. put on the headphones and wait for sound. damn scared cannot hear sia. ahah. then instead of say a piano's monotone play, the sound was some alien-atic music. haha. no meaning. can hear, thne put up the hand on the same side as where you hear the sound in the ear. haha. damn funny. they play the music then look at you, then you raise your hands. haha. the people outside (thank God, not much) look at you and think you're spastic or something. ahha. that was done, then went eye station.
i think i failed this station. even with lenses on, cannot read the third last line of the set of letters. ahha. so enough said, cannot be in medics already. later anyhow poke poke here and there. patient come to me alive, go out pronounced dead. haha. dun wannnn... ahha.
went for x-ray next. no gay guy there wat. ahha. it was just some guy who spoke quite wierdly. hmm, come to think of it he was damn gentle with me when he held my arms and asked me to stand close to the machine. hmmm... maybe he is. haha. still ask me to relax. and then i stood there like cuckoo again. dunno when it ended. casue there was no loud thumoing sound when the photograph (well, technically it is right?) was taken. okay lohx. then go straight for blood test. thanks.
the blood test station was combined with the urine test so when i got there, i was yet again first. haha. the guy before me at the x-ray station was sent for dental first i guess, but nevertheless i was first at the urine test. haha. went there then they just said take one bottle and one stick go to toilet and read the instructions there. it was funny i guess, cause i was the first there, then when i went into the toilet, somehow couldn't find the instructions. eventually i did, without anybody's help if not it'd be damn malu lahx. haha. so did it, threw the urine away then went out, showed the stick to the officer who was dunno why scared of the stick, then threw it away. that dustbin must be awfully disgusting. ahha. after which, stayed there for a while cause i havent taken my file back wat. haha. and so, after waiting for bout 5mins, i realised that i was also at the blood test station. and mind you they dunno why have to poke me twice with needles. haha. first time was a small one at hte tip of my middle finger. haha. first time i see myself bleed so much. haha. cause they squeezed your finger when the blood oozed out? haha. then as they squeezed, they used some capillary tube to contain the blood. make my finger look so bloody lohx. i went back to my seat with a bloodied finger, probably scaring the shit out of the people who were waiting for their turn. once again, waited pressing the cotton bud while i wait (the blodd sill didn't stop), until my name was called out from the room. thanks. my moment now. went in, amazingly not fearing anything. saw the needle and still no fear. then when they poked it in, of course i looked away lahx. then after that no pain. then i even had the courage to look back at the syringe left in my hand, then saw that the officer placed another piece of swab over the point of insertion (i still remembered i wondered what in the world he did that for), then mercilessly pulled the entire syringe out while holding onto the piston. inventive way of drawing blood i must say. quick and painful. haha. lucky never scream. haha. if not will be damn malu. ahha. anyway, that was done.
went to second last station which was the dental station. waited again. then tunderwent the station. nothing much. all healthy gums and teeth. the normal. nothing lahx.
went to last station. take heartbeat and pressure and height and weight. nothing much. just that it got pretty irritating cause all the medical officers there were undergoing training. so the professionals had to explain like mad until i think even i can work the machine lohx. haha. damn funny. nothing much. and oh, the coughing station is also here. haha. damn funny.
last station: the mental tests. ahha. i think i failed the maths section. haha. never finish. ahha. dunno why cannot calculate. ask me percentage error lehx. crapizoid. hahaha. but proud to say i think i passed the physics section damn well. and oh, the rotation section also damn infuriating. halfway, i forgot the instructions. so was pretty much fumbling with the thing. but finished it nevertheless. actually the tests were not tiring lahx. just damn sianded. really. finished it and left. did a short questionaire, and well left not just medical centre...
... but cmb for good. well at least for the day.
haha.
