Palapes FOMDEX-Fizikal orientated Mental Development Exercise. It was suppose to be in Gunung Nuang but due to "No budget" excuse we had the training at markas Palapes UM aka HQ whereby we shared the facilities with the Army.
5.30am Early Morning Activity (EMA). New PTI, we jog up bukit cinta until 10 residential college then returned back to the HQ. We had Latihan Litar (same like KDSI), and latihan JEDA (Pyramid run).
8am watches, Mail check us but gave us 10 push up each just for fun while Mia didn't give anything to the Cadets...HAIZ..after that we got a set of 20s as a team. Kadets only got a set of 25? Hey! Cadets standard is 30 ok...haiz...Everyday we kena more than our cadets because GI don't allow his precious cadets to be touched.
Evening Activity(EA) was usually Volleyball. Once we did bola beracun, something like dodgeball.
Our makan was prepared by the army...Army, the juniors wash the seniors plate but in the Navy, our seniors wash our own plate cause our GI(General Instructor) sayang our junior so much that our juniors all already upgrade to BRAVO routine even though they are still cadets and not yet naik pangkat to junior midshipmen. Haiz... We all still ALPHA routine, run and kawad when we move around especially when there's no roof.
Our Cadet's movement is so slow and they really like to take their own sweet time. All this because our GI don't let us take(hell/punish) our Cadets. Can you imagine Seniors run, baca sifir and kawad, cadets walk and no kawad and no baca sifir? Cadets don't fear senior or even respect senior, they insult and talkdown on seniors...I'm thinking IS THIS PALAPES? Very RUDE but we cannot touch them...
Even serving food to officer and GI, senior are the ones that notice and do it while cadets don't even care about others...really no respect and keprihatinan.
I really wander who is the cadet and who is the senior? Seriously our GI's bias-ness to the Cadet is so evident. GI also scold us cause to many mustering(kumpul) and GI scold seniors and said senior should do things, not ask Cadet to do "everything"...
Our army also confused who are the cadets and who are the seniors. Now it's more like Cadet is subby, Senior Midshipmen can FLY.
Basically this FOMDEX training is very light, very Summer Holiday...cause of our GI. can you imagine your GI saying Hockey Deck is dangerous? rempuh halangan and jalan lasak is dangerous? He don't let anybody take the cadets, always scold senior and subby in front of cadets and seriously bias? Dirty and heavy job he ask Senior to do? We had plenty of free time since GI hates us to Muster.
At KDSI we muster about more than 20 times and each muster takes at least 10 minutes...so muster is good as training for KDSI but GI doesn't like us to muster.
When we were cadets, cadets had to kumpul and shout "ALL OUT(officer under training) MUSTER NOW" but our cadets so relaxed, nothing to worry...very Subby-like of attitude.
Our Cadets don't know mark of respect or pemerintahan regimental...they take things so lightly and take their own time cause they know GI sayang them. Anything also they complain straight to GI...
Our cadets is so gedik, they went back to college to take extra shoes. Seniors all wear back the same shoes. When squad leader and senior don't let, GI allowed cadets to go back to 5th residential college to take other sports shoes. When we were cadets we were only allowed to wear kasut issue even though the size is huge...but these cadets, GI allow to wear other shoes besides issue shoes or white shoes which should be standardized...
I feel like our cadet is not in PALAPES but better they enter SUKSIS...cause in Suksis, cannot take/punish them. They didn't kena from us so much that they really don't behave like PALAPES. So berani to jawab balik and complain terus to GI.
Our cadets like to show mental face, they don't know how to hide their mental face, keep showing people their weakness...really lembik and low mental strength.
I miss GI Nasir, he was very fair and not bias.
Classes on general navigation and morse code. Kawad bersenjata, normal kawad and swimming.
Our new PTI(physical Training Instructor) is from ALAM (Akademi Laut Malaysia), he's very good, he just taught our cadets and in one day all our cadets can swim at least to the middle of the swimming pool.
[ALAM is the abbreviation for Akademi Laut Malaysia or Malaysian Maritime Academy, a
maritime institution which trains SPM leavers to become deck officers or marine engineers
onboard merchant ships.]
On the first few days we shared the sleeping place with the army in the hall. Guys slept in the surau outside.
After that navy ladies were asked to shift to the army's inter room but there were army seniors using that room so the navy ladies went to the surau inside but then the lady armies went there too to pray...so we had no room. It's UM markas PALAPES but in reality more like Markas Palapes Darat... Navy don't have a room for it's own..all we have is a storeroom and GI's room and staf gaji's room. Rest all belong to the Army. We don't even have a classroom..
Last night we had a very light jalan lasak. more to PT(physical training) like front support and rolling, push ups and swimming across the tasik. The group with GI was so boring cause the Subby was not allowed to take them, so that group just walked like taking a leisure walk around UM, while other groups had a bit more challenging activities such as bridging, rolling, front support and so on...
During the jalan lasak when our subby or PTI ask us to volunteer, actually I don't want to volunteer but I was thinking of my team mates, they are more weak than me and I am the strongest female there, so if I kena I can still take it and tolerate but if them I don't know whether they can tahan, So I volunteer to kena all the tough tough things.
This reminded me of the advise I once told another palapes girl...The burden on me is heavy since I'm the strongest and fittest female in my intake. If I give up, the other girls will think "Tengok, Hilda pun tak boleh tahan, kita orang yang tak apa-apa ni lagilah tak boleh"
I have to be strong for them or not they will give up on themselves. Actually they can tahan cause their mental strength is strong but physically they rely on me. If I can do it then there is hope that they can do it...If I give up then their mind automatically shuts down and give up even thought in reality they can do it.
Whenever I want to just give up or belit, I have to think what impact will it do to my intake...
Taking the log while jalan lasak reminded me of Iron team where we ran in drill boots, 6kg backpack while doing the obstacle course.
Do you wanna know the reason why GI so sayang the cadets? Cause when he was in training to become GI, he was the youngest therefore everything also he was to do...
But now, if everything also senior do, cadets don't go through Cadet Life no more Cadet can fly and really hancur...they straight away feel subby life without going through Cadet or Junior or senior midshipmen life. Mark of respect and pemerintahan regimental is totally lost...everything also show mental face. Slow slow slow, no ALPHA routine means no Cadet life.
If they don't experience Cadet life, how are they gonna teach their cadet? then better Palapes change to Bomba or Polis instead of the Tentera label.
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