Sound of Silence By Disturbed

After I completed my compulsory 2 years of service serving the army, I walked from SAF Ferry Terminal to Bedok Camp to Pasir Laba Camp, which in total was approximately 50km long. I planned to do this in my last year serving the army and I planned to complete it in 1 day. On the day itself however, I didn’t manage to complete it and so the walk was completed over 3 separate days.

I planned to do this walk for several reasons. The main reason is because it’s to tell myself that I’ve officially completed serving the army. Movies like Into the Wild & Wild also inspired me to do this. Another reason would be I wanted to experience walking long distance. To see Singapore when everybody else is sleeping n also to experience the SOUND OF SILENCE are other reasons. By sound of silence I mean no handphone or music, just you and your mind just like when you are swimming. I also wanted to see how far I could push myself and, it’ll be a representation of infantries all over the world as walking over long distances is an integral part of any army. The longest march I did in the army was 32km with a heavy bag and, so I wanted to see if wearing sport shoes with lesser load would help me cover longer distances in a shorter amount of time.

I started off the walk in 2016 after June. Bought 1.5l of 100 plus and did a few stretches. I got excited and jogged the start instead which was a mistake. I remembered an Indian guy asking me for directions to the airport and I told him it was a very long distance and even after checking google maps, I couldn’t figure it out myself. I reached Bedok camp and that will be last time I will see that disgusting place. 12km completed. I had Macdonalds, continued and quit at Dhoby Ghaut MRT because my feet were in a very deep pain. From Bedok Camp to Dhoby Ghaut MRT is 14km. There was a sharp pain in my feet every time I walked. I visited the doctor a few days after that and he reassured me that the pain will vanish in due time.

I continued the march after July 2017 because I was working full time from December 2016 to August 2017 and did manage to have the time to it. I decided that I wanted to complete it because I must fight the habit of doing things halfway. I alighted at Dhoby Ghaut and planned to march to Jurong East MRT, but I completed it at 4AM. I had about 90 minutes to burn while waiting for the first train to get back home so I decided to continue and ended it at Boon Lay MRT with 30 minutes to burn. I finished 18km on that day. I could continue and try to end it on that day itself however I was starting to have blisters. I decided to quit because I did not want to repeat the same mistake as before. A few days later I walked 6km and finished it. It was by chance there was a graduation ceremony at Pasir Laba Camp when I reached it and that made it a sweet ending. Overall it was a positive experience. Since I walked from the east to the west of Singapore, I plan to walk from the north to the south of Singapore and maybe it could be my first house in Woodlands to a rented house we lived in in Outram Park.