My RT (Remedial Training) begins this Sunday at Bedok Camp. I have booked for a Sunday and Tuesday slot (it was either Sunday or burn my Saturdays). It will last for around 8 weeks.
I still remember 4-5 years ago when I just ORDed and was in NUS. Shortly after, I failed my first NSmen IPPT then immediately got called up for RT. I still remember how depressed I was about having to go to Maju Camp for what seemed like an eternity of torture till I could pass (not likely to happen). It was like, I just ORDed but now I am going back to army camps again. The long traveling time was a real killer, too. Then, at the end of the first lesson, fortune smiled on me as they learnt I was studying fulltime and removed me from the program. They should've just mentioned this somewhere on the NS website or something. Even today, I see lots of innocent fulltime students attending RT & ICT because they are unaware that they can actually defer it if they want to.
The feeling is kinda different now. My RT is in Bedok so it is not so bad. And having attended that one fluke session, I more or less know how it operates. Even though each session is around 4 hours, a medic friend, Kaijie, said that they don't usually train you for the full 4 hours. That's quite a relief. Though I really hate the RT experience (it's generally a big waste of time; some people just can't pass no matter how hard you push them), I guess I can treat it as a way of keeping fit.
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