Regimental Stress

argh..OCS is very regimental. what can i do? we're supposed to be the cream of the crop so we have to act like cream. anyways, just an update for the week and here goes..

booked in on tuesday night after a long weekend, wednesday went fairly simple with lectures all the way. only shiong part was loading the stores for thursday's live firing exercise. it was very shiong, but damn cool. i could get killed anytime, just a sweep from the SAW gunner and off to heaven i go. it was really like war, very real and dangerous. very very good experience but at a price to pay if anything goes wrong. spent the whole day at the range basically. friday was spent on decorating the cookhouse for the DeepaRaya celebration and celebrating the occasion. our book out day was to fall on friday night but they changed it to saturday cos they wanted us to do our e learning in camp. so saturday, morning spent on interval training, i didn't join in cos i was unwell, e learning, just keep staring at the com and clicking then area cleaning and book out.

i miss home so super badly, it's just a few days only but i simply miss home alot. sigh..gonna book in later..

Monday Blues

it's a monday, nice and fresh. i'm glad i'm not in camp now, i need this long break. i've got a disgusting blister on the bottom of my feet and it looks like it's rotten or something. i can't even walk properly now, can't even spend the long weekend properly. i guess that's all for now, maybe i'll blog in later in the day.

Section Field Camp

finally a long weekend break. the field camp at tekong was super tiring. wonder why the 4km route march was so shack, maybe cos our field pack is much more heavier with added weight. anyways the campsite was at the OCS training shed. large area for tekaning. but at least the tekan i tasted is much lesser than the other sections cos of my instructor, he trains us in a way whereby he don't do the stupid stuff like casevac. he teaches us in a very effective way and i'm sure me and my section have learnt to be section commanders. the 1st daywas quite an experience, 2 NAVEXes (navigation exercise), both "holland" (meaning we got lost). the day was alright, cos we could see. but the night 1 was a supper killer, it was dark, we couldn't see clearly, the terrain sucks and the vegetation was super thick and we had to bash through. then we finally saw light but..there was a fence, so we had to go around the fence and finally get out. we were the last section to arrive at the meeting point for both day and night, i suppose LTA Sam was very disappointed. day 2 was totally on section drills, all the section drills were taught to us, run and prone run and prone. day 3 was the actual NAVEX and guess what, my section came in overall 1st. haa, before we moved off we can see LTA Sam was like super worried, that actually made me feel that i'm lucky, cos he's really a good leader and i'm gonna be like him 1 day. anyways i'm glad we came in 1st and made him proud. the 4th and last day we spent the morning doing our summary circuit, something like a test in the section drills. then packed up and moved off to TFT (Tekong Ferry Terminal). we managed to board the 1600 fastcraft and reached wingline at about 1730 then we cleaned our weapons and cleared all the stores, thats about it for the field camp..there's actually more to it but i'm kinda lazy to type it cos it can go a long way..just a summary will do.

Settling Down

well, finally i'm back. been in camp, though i booked out last week but it seemed like i had no time to blog in. so i'll just briefly update, just a summary will do cos there's really too much to write about. the 1st day in OCS was very quiet, i felt very lonely and lost. but slowly we came to know each other better and began to go through shit together. next came our 1st field camp in OCS together, though its just 2D1N, the last night was super shack. casevac all the way back to wingline, about 5km. in OCS, the instructors push u to the limit, its till u can cry while running, tears just roll down naturally. we have frequent runs, up to 4 times a week, we are training like national athletes. the thing about OCS is, they provide the best equipment, very good to work with. after 2 weeks, finally its parents visiting, whole family came, including siyu, grandma, uncle simon and aunty huay. brought them around, showed them my living conditions, told them about what i've been through in the past 2 weeks. and when it was time or them to take their leave, i suddenly felt an emptiness in my heart. can't bear to see them leave. the following monday, had initiation parade, got my junior bar, 2 milk chocs. the air and mids people are then transferred to air and mids wing. now it's purely army people in Sierra. training got very packed, a whole week to learn 4 weapons. now im trained in 4 new weapons. then came to the 1st book out. very short but better than nothing. booked in with a heavy heart. then after a busy mon-wed in SAFTI, we got a break. we went to signal institue on thursday-saturday. and now im out again but i'm gonna book in tonight again. sad sad sad..section field camp starts tomorrow, i'm very sure it's gonna get tough. will be going back to tekong. well i'm just looking forward to the coming long weekend. with that i end this session, hope i'll be back soon.