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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Sitest over, well all the high keys events i think almost finished 90% already, left 16km and 24km route march which i think is a fatal event for me. I dunno how i am going to handle this but just walk a step count a step lor. Going POP liao, feeling happy yet moody, still got no idea where i will be posted to due to many factors. If kenna xiong unit or command sch, I will feel very stress. If kenna slack unit, I will feel very xian due to low pay. Anyway got pros and cons la, just hope for the best, or expect for the unexpected? That's what my section mate always said.

Well ytd 6 Xians met up again after about 1 month since our last meet up. I think we will get to have more meet up in future cos all of us are no longer recruits. But too bad SR and XJ didn't join us ytd, i think next week ba, next week will be the day when "8 xians strike back". Anyway, ytd was a typical 6 xians outing, no change, still dinner ->CS->movie -> supper. Ytd Sieg drove me and ZH back, on the way we hungry then we drove pass kovan and we decided to go punggol nasi lemak eat. I 1st time eat there, well, its nice la but still not very very nice and I dunno why the queue is always so long.

Come On, left 10 days in total, 7 working days in short and a not very long break is awaiting for me. Suck thumb ...

12:08 PM

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Yeah, week 6 has gone, left about 2 more weeks before pop. This week we have our range, hmm... not bad, I think i got marksman, but i think the whole company got marksman becos they want 100% marksmen so that they let those ppl retake and retake until they got marksmen. But I did not retake, I think I miss 3 in total and these 3 were all night shots. I dunno why i missed it, maybe was LAD thing didn't calibrate very good, but no excuse. Whatever is done has done, now I am just looking for POP and express interest thing as I am going to say no to command sch after hearing so much form PC and sergeants. And I think I oso that kind of ppl who cannot take stress, I am very lucky that I manage to keep low profile till now. If i kenna platoon IC or whatever that has to responsible for the whole platoon, I think I will collaspe. If I go command sch and make mistakes here and there, I think I will oso get confinement here and there or maybe DB. Haiz... so confusing. Unit is still the right choice to me.

Sit Test in 2 more days, dunno how is it going to be, they said if u want to go command sch, u must pass, but what if u dun want to go? 12km route march there, haiz dunno can make it a not. I really dun want anymore route march after POP. Really need a break after pop ...

11:09 AM

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.

Me: "Sieghart, don't worry, all these are over".

10:36 PM

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Tml is my field camp and now I am having slight fever and a bit headache. I think I eat too heaty food these few days. And my company commanders promise us to give their best in this coming field camp, u know wat i mean. I think I might fall out during this field camp thing cos I told myself, no matter what, health is more important than everything. There is always another time to train. And if possible, I might try to down pes as I am slowly feeling that my asthmatic problem is getting to outbreak due to intensive training. Normally bmt is the easiest training throughout 2 yrs of NS life but my company already has about 10+ ppl getting OOT and everyday average 2 -4 ppl on status. What the hell !! This is bmt, not command sch !! This is only halfway thru, the worst is yet to come, I hope u guys won't be surprise if I downpes or OOT, eventhough my mental strength is not bad, but physical condition cannot cope oso no use. I dun wan to be the next guy appeared in the newspaper.

4:15 PM

Saturday, November 01, 2008

This week was fierce, but lucky this week was short due to depavali on monday, got a longer weekend to spend. I think things are getting more xiong, but i dun think will OOT la, becos if I OOT, half of the company will OOT liao. I think cougar training is so tough that it can meet SISPEC standard. So if I can get through this, I might think about going SISPEC. As for OCS, dun think about it, the things they do is in-humane. Also, they training duration is longer. 9 weeks in BMT I already feel that time flies very slow liao. But still, time flies is not that slow too, its the end of my 3rd week and coming up 4th week and field camp on 5th week. After field camp then Sit test, SOC, IPPT then POP liao. My sergeant always said enhance batch is "come and go", very fast. If I have a chance to choose between PTP or enhance, i will still choose enhance, although time is tighter, I save alot of time too.

Very lucky I can book out ytd, cos I didn't kenna guard duty. Some of my platoon mates kenna and I think they can only book out on Sunday and book in on Sunday, sianz sia. My biggest concern now is that I still failed one station in SOC and that is the swing trainer. I tried 3-4 times and I only manage to pass 1 time. I think is mainly becos my palm has no friction. I think if they allow me to use glove then i think i maybe able to do it. And lastly I wanna say, SOC is fooking shag, tats it.

Oh ya, I want ask Gor, why everytime I see you, you are always on status? Want cao keng right?

Later on there is meet up session with polymates, but not all, our group is getting smaller. Come on guys, squeeze out some time for meet up.

1:06 PM