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Saturday, November 15, 2008
Yes!! Field camp finally over. That's the worst 6 days ever I've been through at least for now. Maybe there are more worst shit waiting for me in future, who knows? But really happy that I will not go thru field camp again unless I go command sch which 99% I think I not going liao since I dun really like BMT life. For this pass 5 weeks, I think that I haven been putting in much effort and just going thru motion. I hope this ends faster and get posted to unit that is located in mainland, at least I will have a sense of belonging here.
Well, I won't talk much about field camp, just summarise what I've been thru during these 6 days. 1st day route march 8km to field camp location. The field pack damn heavy la, but no choice, and the bag straps were pressing against my shoulder so hard that I can feel that my blood can't flow thru and my hands were starting to feel numb and even no feeling. And the route march is fast walk somemore. My boots dunno why, eveytime I wear it I will get blisters. Both of my legs were having blisters here and there and this last for the entire field camp which I endure it cos I got no plasters there. After route march, we set up basha and I can say our basha sucks.
So and so until 3rd day, we were simulating that our camp base got attacked and we have to tear down our basha and move our location. So we route march another 5km (they claim that is 5km) but I dun think is 5km cos we walk damn long. On the way, we saw other company oso field camp. "Wa Lao", I saw 1 company ard 4.30pm already powder bathing, and we usually is 9.45pm then powder bath one. We oso saw some ppl, should be those OCS one having field camp in tekong, but didn't see ES. I really dunno how those OCS ppl going survive 10 days like that without bathing.
Then we set up our base in another location, but the place is worst. We did not set up basha, we just lay a piece of ground sheet on the mud and sleep. I said mud becos the last 3 days at there were raining. Dunno should I say I lucky or unlucky. Although it is very cooling, won't get heat stroke, but very muddy, cold and unhygenic as our shirts won't dry.
On the 4th day, I would say is the most memorial day la, cos we were having dinner, around 7pm+ when cold strong wind blows, very strong and we knew that its going to rain. However, I continue having my dinner. After I finished dinner, we were suppose to go back dig our trench which is only halfway done. Our trench digging location is about 100m upslope so we have to climb up climb down often. When we were about to go back, thunderstorm strike, with thunders and lightning. It was so so so cold and we were all very scared cos normally we will hide under shelter but then, there were no shelters, so we just sit together, hold on one another tight and squeeze in as a platoon so that our body can warm each other down. All this lasted about 2 hrs and I can say bonding is really a need in a platoon. 1 for all, all for 1.
The rest of the days were just average, if you guys want to know more interesting stuffs, u all can try asking Sieghart, I guess his platoon got many more "adventurous" story to talk about.
tsesin; fourteen