Any skills I should learn now or anything I should try to get used to now at home? 1 month away from my enlistment on 9 October... But I'm quite a pampered/spoilt child so I almost never do any housework, so quite scared and think I will struggle at HTA...
Anything I should try to learn/get used to now? Any advice? Eg. Shower with cold water/hand washing clothes
Firstly, learn to wash clothes. There's washing machine and by right you're supposed to be able to use them but by left, your company commander might not allow just yet, so can only hand wash.
Secondly, in your bunk, there will be 10 people inside and all of you will have to constantly clean the bunk. Especially on Friday book out, you have to clean the window grills, bed frames, lockers, sweeping and mopping of floor also. You will also have to make your own bed, furthermore the bed linen is very easily crumpled the moment you lie down, so you might want to make it look nice again before you leave the bunk (or just pray you don't get caught especially if you stay on the first floor).
You will also have to polish your black boots to make it kilat (shiny) and you might want to refrain from using the shoe polish issued to you. I advise you to go buy Kiwi shoe polish, only cost $2 and can make the boots easily shiny.
As for police pants, you have to iron the center part for front and back and make sure there's no double line. As for the top, make sure only have one line.
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Some helpful stuff to take note:
1) like what someone mentioned, don't step on grass.
2) Don't touch or lean on the railing. People tend to forget this a lot.
3) Don't adjust. Nose itchy? Scratch if you dare. See whether anyone will shout in your face. (This will probably only happen during confinement to scare you, after that it will mostly be push ups and stuff).
4) Most importantly is to not drop your water bottle during water parade. One person drop, the whole company will have to do push up while saying "thank you TSC (name)" for like 20 times while that person have to stand there and see everyone suffer. (During confinement, I'm sure they will make water parade like your worst nightmare but afterwards, it won't be the least bit intensive.)
Lastly, try to refrain from getting into trouble. Make sure you get along with your squad mates, even if there's someone you don't get along, just don't pick a fight and don't involve yourself with him.
When your training is coming to an end, the vocation you want will be based on how well you score your IPPT, Shooting, Obstacle Course, SBA (Police Case Scenario like how you will handle when you arrive on scene during a robbery), law exams, Police Defense Tactics (feels like taekwondo) and First Aid.
There will also be Peer Appraisal which your squad mates will have to grade you on a scale of 1 - 7 so if you want a good vocation, take note of this factors and make sure you score well on them.