hai gais!
pre-enlistee foo here!
i just came back from vocational assessment at naval diving unit today and gonna give u guys who googled a brief summary of what to expect there :)
ok firstly in the morning, you will need to go to sembawang mrt at 7.30am to take attendance and board the bus to NDU.
bear in mind to wait at the [D] pick up point, follow the sign, i waited in front of sun plaza with the others... SO STUPID~!
After reaching NDU, you will deposit prohibited items (mainly your phone) inside the lockers, the lockers only work with 20 cent coins... so stock up! and pls share with poor people like me who have no 20 cent coins.
after depositing your stuff, you will go to the auditorium, on the way you will see men running and a frogman with wings statue (very amusing).
inside the auditorium, you will be briefed on what NDU is, they will even show you this video!
after watching this video, they will tell you the benefits of NDU and explain why you are required to serve NS.
then comes the dividing, one group will go do fitness test first, one group will go do chamber diving.
but first! all will go draw blood :)
then will go respective places depending on your group... this post will be describing my group, aiya doesn't matter la, u will go all stations in the end anyway.
ok first went to a basketball court opposite NDU to do pull up and standing broad jump, the pull up bar damn shiok! got wrap padding one so ur palm wun pain (those who actually do pullups, you know what i mean :D)
after tht went for a swim, very short nia just 10m, is see u kia zui (scared water) anot nia. oh ya, after the swim, u wun get to bathe so dunnid bring shampoo ah, soap ah, conditioner ah, face moisturizer ah, and other rubbish. jus a bathing towel and plastic bag to put your trunks or shorts in, dun even need extra set of clothes coz u will probably be wearing it back after the swim.
then will go one on one interview with the warrant officers where you can ask questions about ndu and assess your interest level. i asked some questions for you guys le^^ they are listed below...
Eh~ How to be officer ah?
basically to be an officer you need to have good leadership all day long, be it during training or inside your bunk where your trainer can't see you because got peer evaluation one, not during training u zai means officer.
OOH~ Then come NDU BMT harder to become officer right?
YES. because standard thruout SAF all during BMT will choose only 5% but NDU intake lesser so chances are slimmer of coz.
Ok... So what is the normal intake of NDU like?
about 100-120 per intake
OK final question~! When will intake be?
August for PTP, October for BMT :)
*the above all answered by warrant officer ah! dun blame me ah if wrong!*
next we went for lunch, got chicken wing, braised nuts and veggie. got free flow of fruit juice!
after lunch, went for another check up, got sound test again, same as the CMPB one, got something like breathalyser, nid blow hard into it to test dunno what and lastly ear test, dunno test what also, stick the thing into my ear and press, like huge thermometer but not take temperature one. And bonus if u had irregular heart rate during CMPB check up, u will have to take ECG test (dunno if i got the alphabets wrong anot) to take ur heart rate again.
after the nurses done playing with you, u will have to go to doctor to check up, like put the stethoscope on ur chest and back den you breathe deeeply that one and test if you know how to do the Valsava Maneuver (click
here if you dunno what is Valsava or
here also can, or you want
here?) which the nurses will teach beforehand which will be useful for chamber diving later on.
after check up, its chamber diving time! u need to change into full cotton clothing provided by them, i think i took too small size, almost broke the shorts, heng got elastic band kind den can stretch to my size :) ok inside the chamber, you will have to keep doing the Valsava Maneuver to keep the air pressure out your ears. you will be stimulated a 10m descend which is nothing if you take aeroplane before. the whole thing will take about 20 - 30 minutes.
after chamber diving, dinner time! got chicken wing, fishballs, some fish and veggie!
ok its getting late and now time for tests!
total got 4 tests, first, second and forth test is test personaility one. third one is iq test where you must complete 60 questions in 25 minutes. iq test most fun coz get to use brain while fourth test like shit man, got 186 questions! RAHH!
ok then after the tests will go home liao, go collect your phone and take bus back to sembawang mrt. they scheduled my bus to come at 8 so ya... about 8.15 will reach sembawang mrt.
basically the whole day will be quite boring, you may fall asleep, i did... so dun be embarassed if you do. anyway, thruout the day, you will be waiting and waiting and waiting, so be patient and have fun there :)
FINALLY - scroll up to see things to bring to VA (they are all bolded and underlined)
