just got back from camp.. late at night.. gonna book in again tml morning.. sigh.. then pysical training.. then field camp.. darn it.. oh well.. did security duty e entire day for e 53/04 batch commissioning parade.. 6 more months before its my turn.. can't wait.. argh.. but still, gotta got through 6 months of shit first.. bleah.. darn tired.. so i'm keeping this short.. night.
chiyu

back from camp again.. booking in tml at 9am.. darn it.. gotta be part of the fatigue party for e 53/03 batch comissioning parade.. sian.. such a short weekend... on a brighter note.. wait.. there ain't no brighter note.. argh!!! yikes!! this is bad.. this is really bad.. -_-" oh well.. i'll try to squeeze out what little i can salvage from this situation.. 3 more weeks to pro term.. about 6 more months to comissioning.. darn.. that's long.. things i've done this week.. demolition live firing.. boy.. never can i imagine how powerful 5kg og TNT is.. when the side charges went of, the ground literally shook.. man.. and the bangalore torpedo was even more spectacular.. the way everyone scrambled for cover e moment the explosive had ignited was funny, yet scary.. we also had lotsa close combat lessons.. spent my week licking my bruises from all that breakfalling practice.. shouldn't e army teach us how not to fall instead of teaching us how to minimise injury when we fall? weird.. anyways.. i'm having 2 field camps in e next 2 weeks.. sucks.. hate field camp.. as a trainee.. think it'll be fun if i'm an instructor instead.. can't wait to comission.. argh.. social night in 3 weeks.. at hilton hotel.. $120 per couple.. its compulsary to bring a date along so.. if u are reading this (ladies only) and interested, CALL ME.. i'm paying for it.. so its free... think i'll end here..
chiyu

well.. i'm back from field camp.. and am updating my blog.. field camp was ok.. really tiring but.. ok.. kinda fun even.. we had sort of a technical break after e 1st 2 missions but after that, it was 3 more missions back to back to back.. each mission lasts 10 hours, of which 4 of them are for planning and briefing while 6 for execution.. i was the security force patrol leader in e 3rd mission.. it was by far e most enriching one of e missions.. i have 27 men under my charge.. imagine the deployment i had to arrange when e enemy patrol tried to infiltrate and plant a bomb in my base.. the mission was a success coz e enemy never made it to our base.. haha.. the most exciting mission must be the recce patrol in which we were to infiltrate the enemy compound for recce and sabotage.. it was a night mission so things were even more dramatic.. i spent a couple of hours proneing in e drain, crawling through the vegetation, ducking enemy search lights.. my heart pounded so hard, i swear the enemy could hear it.. haha.. there was a period of time when the enemy was on high alert, searching and combing the vegetation for us.. torches were lit all around us but we managed to keep our cool and avoided detection and capture.. they were so close, i could hear them talking.. its so exciting, scary even.. haha.. shiok..
1718hrschiyu

talk about not updating my blog... firstly, i only home on weekends.. next, i'm usually out.. then, i'm too lazy sometimes to do so.. argh.. life's pretty ok.. for now.. updates.. i'm in service term 2 in ocs.. going for my protection of installation field camp on pulau tekong on monday.. passed my soc.. just have to attend all e field camps before i officially pass service term.. went for exercise wildcat on friday at lower mandai.. that was by far e most enjoyable navigation exercise i've ever been to.. bashing through the vegetation with my section.. playing with snakes and forest tortoises, hurling rocks at macaques, harrassing giant milipedes and getting lost in e thick vegetation.. what more can one ask for.. haha.. and seeing stunned civilians as they see a gang of armed soldiers coming out from e trees.. haha.. went out with casey, jeremy, garrie, paul and gabriel today.. casey just returned from san francisco for hols while jeremy just got back from m'sia after giving up s'pore citizenship.. it's been a real long time since we last met.. nostalgic yet poignant moments.. haha.. was real glad that i got to see jeremy again coz he kinda disappeared suddenly earlier in e year.. although we haven't been like e bestest of friends but i've known him for 13 years, out of which 8 years, we spent our time as classmates and of e whole of e duration, schoolmates.. casey lost weight somehow.. despite e all american meals that he takes in san fran.. seems like just yesterday when i said bye to him before he left for studies there.. anyways.. enough of sentimentalities.. hope things go on well in camp.. and that i survive the rest of the course despite the numerous injuries that i've picked up recently.. been feeling kinda weird lately.. feels like something within me is missing.. like i am lacking something.. lacking that spur to strive on.. lacking a source of motivation that i once had when i was in college.. man.. how long has it been? a year and 2 months.. i'm feeling the 'withdrawal' symptoms.. bleah.. oh well.. just gotta depend on myself and hang on until things change.. think i'll end here.. i'll update again soon.. i hope.. haha..
chill
chiyu