The Interview II

so today, paramedic interview. 10am till 5pm ya!
soooooo loooonggg.
36km from bedok to Civil Defence Academy. i can't rmbr when, but it seems like i've been there before?! maybe in my dreams hur. ahahs.


its supposed to be like a physical test. i though how xiong. but ok la. like warm up like that.
and o.m.g. GUESS WHO i was one of the 'testers'. THAT Major who disapproved me of my snr officer dream. hahas.
YA. quite funny. i saw him.. then i was like.. "omg. u again". hAHHAHA. ok luh. nice guy. he has his reasons, but i still wished that he could have been more frank with me though. i can take it one la. HAHA. i just want to know the truth.


anyways.
first was the CA thing. (Chemical Agent?)
wear the suit. ahhas. omg. FUN man. hhhas. always wanted to wear the whole thing. then got gas mask and all. then wear full gear, run up 1 storey, run down, then run round the campus. supposed to be 300m. but it felt like maybe 250m? then come back must do 30 sit ups. ahahas. totally inspired me to wanna join FRS. hahahhahs. it wasn't that physically challenging as compared to rugby trngs... but it felt like the mt k. climb- the lack of oxygen and must control breathing kinda thing. i like.



then, was the space constraint thing.
and omg. GUESS WHO I SAW AGAIN. Jason chua(?) HAHA. the super fierce guy i saw on the DART selection trng videos. hahahs. he's actually quite a charming, friendly and nice guy. keep smiling only. HAHA. i think coz we're like testwater and not trng so we see this side of him. hahas. but this was the part i enjoyed the most.
first u gotta climb the ladder up 1 storey. the climb one storey down. then go through this dungeon looking debris collapsing tunnel. at first got light. then no light. hahhas. then must turn right. then i hit my head coz too excited. HAHAS. lucky got helmet. hahas. but this was what i wanted to do!! (: felt like they could have made it more challenging and exciting.


next was the part where we had to carry 2 heavy bags and walk 2 rounds.
i thought how heavy. they say until like damn heavy. but i think the bagpack barely weighs 10kg and the hand-carry probably about 6kg? hahas. i think this is where my bowling trngs come to good use. ahhahs. coz last time when i was younger, i scared to take the lift late at night. so i would carry like my sch bag plus 4 bowling balls up 6 storeys ya. and in speed some more. ahhas. that's probably like (7x 4 + 3 = ) 31kg. hahahas. so this test..... nothing la! hahahs. aye seh. ahhahahhas. how chill.




next, played with the stretcher.
played around it. had the nsf guy to be our 'victim'. ahhas. quite fun ah. but i think must play more with it then can be really familiarized with it.



after that.. it was the balance test.
so the patient was in the ambulance... then the ambulance go around the campus like 2 rounds. the driver anyhow only. speed. then brake. then anyhow turn at the bend.. basically he tried to make it as wobbily as possible. then the test was for me to take things up and down, open the cabinet and so forth... and basically be able to balance in a moving ambulance lor.
ahhaas. ok luh.





overall.. ok luh. it reminded me of how much i wanted to a fireman in the first place- to save lives.
and ya, as a paramedic, though i have a degree, i will receive a diploma pay. thus, i have to rmbr y did i even ended up at scdf again- to save lives. i think secretly deep inside, when i faced the rejection for my application as a snr officier, i was quite resentful (and maybe still is, i dont know).. so i majorly psycho-ed myself to join the airforce.


but then again, i know i can't work as a paramedic for 20 yrs. but as an engineer, i can.
ultimately, i do want to be able to repair aeroplanes like my dad. but at the same time, i still wanna save lives. joining paramedic will allow me to be a useful person when there's emergency. there's probably some other avenue for me to learn all these life saving skills, but i think paramedic will give me that exposure i would appreciate.

so, it really looks like i'm creeping towards my 3rd option, which is to paramedic (2yrs) > snr officer, 4 yrs? > see how and when > do a scholarship with ST Aero, 5 yrs > about 35 yrs old, and join SIA Engineering and settle there..


nothing's confirmed yet though.
its just interview part II and there's a part III - the panel judging.

so i'm still roughly exploring my option 2, diploma in aerospace + bond with airforce > ocs > bond again to study in NTU > come out, either straight to SIA engineering or might wanna explore ST Aero first.


yup. so after the day's interview, went down to depot road and ask for some career advice on the JPSDS scheme. they're not too sure about it also. but i do think that i'm able to excel in the airforce more i guess. hahas. oh wells.


pls do pray for God's directions. if this paramedic door were to close on me, at least i have a clear airforce path. it otherwise, i.e, JPSDS not applicable for 2nd time diploma, then ok, scdf. if both closed. OMG. last restort- AIRFORCE C3 ok. hahahhahas. at least my pay will be good then. aahhaas. what a consolation.

ok. but i still want to save lives. ahahahahhas.





ok. i sound damn 矛盾... hahahs. okok. leaving it up all to God!