Nowruz/Flower Day/Baha'i New Year/Single Parents Day
2006-03-21 @ 8:53 p.m.

Okay, my new bunkmates are quite nice. Their backgrounds are a lot more diverse than what I encountered back in Tekong, so it's a bit of a culture shock at first. At least I see people who could potentially become my friends after our 10 weeks here. My course sergeant's easygoing, by which I mean he won't start yelling at me if I answer him over the telephone with a "Yeah?" instead of "Yes, sergeant!" I'm the platoon's contact point, so he calls me quite regularly to pass on instructions. The first few times, I kept appending the word "sergeant" after everything I said. Then I figured he wasn't particular about that, so I started talking normally. Life here is a lot like school, except the subject matter's horribly dry. I'm also the song i/c, so now I'm beginning to appreciate the stress Sam must have been under during BMT. I hope he and the others in command school are doing fine. Randomly, I sleep better here than I did in Tekong, even though the mattress is crappier.