NS medical checkup

I forfeited school for the NS medical checkup. Had to thank Andre and Louis for their company in the rather monotonous way the entire medical assessment was conducted. Pre-enlistees like us felt like batches along the production process.

The part I enjoyed most was the Vocational Assessment. It was like a series of questions you have to solve within a short time span. At first I didn't know that there is an auto-timer and I just took my own time with the 1st test, and I guess I completed less than half of it. I felt real bad, and the rest of the tests went quite well, save for the "science section", where they asked terrible questions like which direction cog 1 will move if cog 2 moves clockwise, and along with it they connect chains, numerous other cogs, and mess it all around. I would fail that session terribly.

I enjoyed the linguistic questions, its interesting but it can get mind bogging at times, as with the number pattern and instructions test.

The entire series of tests took about 3.5 hours and we had lunch there.(The food is not bad) However we regretted it as we proceeded to the bus stop which was opposite Botak Jones, which I heard offers great western food at affordable prices and a most generous portion of fries.

Near the end of the assessment I saw my old sec friend. Met up with him later and visited his house. Discussed about God and religion but he was still as obstinate as ever, but he was gracious enough to let me pray for him and his house. Ah well, I really hope that he will come to accept God willingly. He is so indulged in his own world and it can collapse any moment...

Anyway surprisingly I got a PES A for the checkup. A prelude of tough trainings to come :/