I was fat, unhealthy and not fit when I got into the Naval Diver Unit (NDU) in 1999. To give you a picture of how un-fit I was, my timing for 2.4Km run was around 14 mins 30 sec, the passing timing is 12min 30 sec. I was only able to do a single pull up while the passing mark is 6 pull ups. But all was gone in 6 weeks after I went for the unfit session (meaning that I went in to train myself 6 weeks earlier), I was able to pass the passing timings and passing marks. This is only just the beginning of real hard training ahead.

The event that every Naval Diver in Singapore had to go through is to experience “Hell Week”, a five day team building week for Navel Diver trainees. We had to go through a lot of physical and mental breakdown for all trainees. We had less than 3 hours of sleep each day, the rest of the time we are doing some physical exercise, challenging each other or teams in competition.

It was only in the third day where every trainees will experience sleep deprivation will occur, and the physical training will decrease to ensure trainees’ safety. Trainees now will do more on coordination training like games or exercise on mental focus we were not able to control our physical movement.

I must say that this was one of the toughest moment of my life, it was this life that I went through that made me different or unquie from others, because I persist and determine to make sure I win and go through any toughest suituation I encounter. My advise is that to start with your inner self first then on the knowledge, it has always the attutide of oneself that will determine how far you go, not on your knowledge or family background.