uploaded the pictures we took yesterday. had fun doing all the things

 

 
 
 
 

 

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11 more days to POP. woots! cant wait. where i can get my formation badge and my jungle hat. woots! haha. provided nothing goes wrong and i got posted out instead. having a slight feeling that might happen. if that happens i will be uber disappointed.

well. today met up wif my sec sch friends and ate at yuki yaki (or was it yaki yuki. forgotten. haha) the food there was nice and is really worth the price. really shld go there with my other frens.ate like for 4hours plus. haha. talking and eating.
after which went to suntec IT fair. crowded on a saturday as usual. just went to creative booth to look to see if i can get any accessories for my new mp3. after that we sat down at one corner and slacked. the gals of my group started to cam-whore. lol. and took their cameras to play around with their iso and all. haha
after that walked to millinia walk. and walked to a place with nice sculptues and a beautiful fountain. the gals cont to cam-whore. and i started to join in the cam-whoring session. lol. yes me. cam-whoring. but well only did some pose by doing somethings my frens tot were impossible. haha. guessed army helped me to gain confidence to do stupid things like cam-whoring and having fun thru it. haha. which i felt good. coz i manage to gain confidence to do such things. haha. so i future if my frens want. might cam-whore with them. hee hee

update on my latest IPPT test results which i took yesterday morning. well i can say everything had improved except i still short on juz 1 chin-up to get silver for IPPT. below is my results:-

Chin-up: 7 times
Sit-up: 45 times
Shuttle run: 10.0sec
Standing Board Jump: 230cm
2.4KM run: 9.46min - 9.54min (didnt really take note of my own timing so not sure wad is my exact timing. all i know is its below 10min. haha)
really happy with my 2.4km run timing as i was aiming 10min flat but i exceeded it. so really happy on my performance.

oh one thing i finally understand why guys will be different before entering NS and after entering NS. there will be change in thinking and everything. and its so very true. after experiencing it today. there is some difference.

well. long week for me. and i shall turn in soon. shall upload the photos as soon as possible when i get it.

my mp3 is offically dead. brought to the service centre and was told that the hard disk inside is gone. and since it is no longer under warrenty. servicing it will not be worth it as the cost can allow me to get a new mp3. so currently looking at the creative Zen X-fi mp3. tempted to get it. as i cant live without music. so i shall see how. maybe have a look during the upcoming comex show next weekend.

thats not all. my camera phone didnt manage to get it to the service centre today as by the time i went, it was closed. so gotta have my mother to bring it down tml. this means one day later to have my phone checked and serviced. damn.

still there is more bad things happening. the new phone i bought yesterday. have some firmware or software problem. it could not access the media storage memory which is 4gb. which i really need to store my songs and other things into that internal memory. so brought it back today and oso it have to be kept and bring for repair which i do not know will take how long. damn. seems like everything just broke down at the same time. and now i gotta live with nothing and an old phone which no functions or what so ever. feel like crap. argh! haix. feel so sian coz of all this... if only a miracle can happen to change my mood...

in an hour time gonna book in. feel very sian oso. have this feeling every week when i book in. haix. really wish something to make me happy and make my day =/

anw 17 more days to my passing out parade...

both my sony ericsson K850i camera phone and my Zen Vision: M mp3 are both officially dead and are required to send each of the to their respective hospitals for treatment. damn its like 2 knife stabs to me. the 2 things that i use the more frequently are now not working. feeling crap and like a lot of things is missing. what worries me the most now is my mp3 as my warrenty is over. so i am not sure how much the service is going to be. pray hard that it wont cost much to the extend where i can buy a new set of mp3. pray pray pray.

for my phone i think it shld be can be repaired for free as it is still under warrenty. for now juz bought a new phone to replace and be used as my camp phone. phone model is sony ericsson W950i. still playing around with it and getting use to it. but still i do hope both my mp3 and camera phone will be back in one piece fast and as soon as possible

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Back frm 8 days field camp in tekong. below is a summary of my 8 days of out field.

Day 1
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Arrived at P.Tekong. 8km route march to our camp site (CCP 7). was a ok march, and did field signal along with the march. halting and high kneeling all the way. allocated our spaces and setted up our basha (tent) thn had Individual Field Craft lessons (IFC) both day and night. lights out at 2230

Day 2
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Morning PT. followed by an hour plus of admin which includes our breakfast time. fall in and had more field craft lessons and pratical pratices. praticed on judging distances, target indication, visual searching and keeping directions. keeping direction was fun. was caught by instructors who acted as enemy terrorists and got "tortured" by crawling in mud pool during the day pratice. at the night pratice manage to go pass without being caught with the help of "operation Panda". was really tired during tat day due to the long night walk back to our camp.

Day 3
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Morning PT again. then had more field craft lessons. praticed on crossing danger area and contact drills(things to do when enemny attacked). was quite tiring while doing esp need to crawl around. but was ok as we were rewarded with rests if we do well. praticed it non stop till night.

Day 4
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Moved to a place with lots of buildings. praticed urban operations (storming a building and clearing a room) really like urban ops. is like playing call of duty except now its real life. really cool esp when we praticed in team/grp of threes. after which during the night moved to another location to sleep.

Day 5
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One of the most fun yet tiring day. During the first half of the day went to the live granade range to throw live granade. its really a once in a life time experience. while at the waiting area the blast was really loud which i thought of using ear plugs while throwing. but ended up not using since its once in a life time. but the sound was surprisingly softer while inside, but could feel the change in air pressure when the granade exploded. During the 2nd half of the day. did Battle Innoculation Course (BIC). is pratically crawling a distance and under barb wires and having machine guns with live rounds shooting over our heads. the whole thing was really really tiring. esp after the 2nd round. was really exhausted and the heat got to me. felt giddy and weak with no energy which cause me to nearly faint. damn >.<
but still manage to go thru.

Day 6
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Finally a relax day. had a circuit of IFCs to help us revise on our field crafts. was easy and my Detecment did really well in all the stations which we were rewarded with rests =D
After lunch had lesson on how to cross corn wires. and praticed. yet again my detechment did fairly well.

Day 7
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Another relax day. had IFC tests for the whole day. had very long rest and slacked around as we got to wait for our turn to be tested. so it was an easy day. and further more we were allowed to sleep at 1930 hours (7.30pm) which was super early. but the relax day didnt last long. had a turnout at 0130 hours (1.30am) thunderflashes which stimulates granades and had machine guns firing all around. this marks the start of our day 8 event. "Exercise Thunderstorm"

Day 8
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Exercise thunderstorm. day started at 0130 hours with a turn out. it is to stimulate we being surprised attacked by enemies and were "tortured" as POWs. we were forced to crawl, push ups, jumping jacks and lastly roll which made most of us vomitted. the whole torture thing lasted for like an hour after which had de-brief and learnt some special skills for our missions. After the tourture, had a 5km route march to our starting point of our missions. was really tired and i nearly fell aslp while marching. was fighting to keep myself awake as eyelids were really heavy. when reach start point started on our missions. total of 7 stations which is = 7 missions. shant describe the stations as it will be very long. want to know talk to me when u see me. haha. after all the stations were done. another 8km route march back to jetty which means going home! yay! marched pass lots of BMTC companies and sang really loud to make our presence felt. and the thing is bronco company had a 2.4km run but failed to find yk and raymond. haha. guess too many guys. back in pasir ris camp. had a really good dinner. one packet of nasi lemak and a can of cold coke. really nice after 8 days of combat rations.

Overall the field camp was a nice and wonderful experience. sleeping with and without cover in a jungle. doing businesses in a jungle. it was fun come to think of it. and at the same time it was tiring. esp i was the Detecment(group of 12 men) In-Charge (Det IC) for the whole 8 days. was more tired as got more work to do as an IC. but still i had a fun and great experience there.

now its time for pure training of physical for my SOC and IPPT really hope to pass these 2 so that i can continue to stay in commandos and get my red baret. oh and 2 more weeks till i pass out!!! woot! time was really fast. soon it will be 3 months and my BMT phase will be over. looking forward to my Passing Out Parade!

time for me to rest...

2 more days to tekong field. Feeling the stress coming to me and the fear of not being able to cope. Haix. I Juz hope time will pass fast and everything will go smooth.
Read it. Didnt know it was tat bad tat u need to go for an x-ray. Really hope everything will be alright and ok for u. Now im really worried abt ur health after u have fallen so ill really hope u recover soon. Even thou wont be ard online or so. But will always be there when u need. Will be praying for ur health always. :)
Rest time. Bye all

another update of the week...

these week was really tiring. had a lot of straining activities this week. First was the field camp in Marsling. although it is only a 2 days 1 night field camp. Was really tired after reaching back to camp. did not have a good night slp as the floor was really uncomfortable. and suffered quite a number of bruises and injuries all over my hands and both legs especially on the knees, and the 12km route march was really tiring. carrying a heavy load, walking up and down the roads and walking on broken road with gravels all sticking up, causing my feet to be super pain.

next after the field camp the following day we had a event called "Ultimate Detechment Challenge". It is an event where a total of 16 groups(detechments) compete against one another to see who is the strongest as a detechment and as a platoon. The tasks we were suppose to do were split into 4 stations.

Station 1: 400 Push-ups, 400 Sit-ups, 200 Chin-ups
Station 2: 1.5km casualty evacuation(60kg = 3x 20l jerry cans)
Station 3: Weapon proficency (Strip and assembly of weapons and IA drills)
Station 4: 50m Full-battle order leopard crawl

after all 4 stations, we are to walk a 9km route march in Full-Battle Order. Sadly to say i had to fall out half way nearing the end of the route march due to heat exhausted. vision was blurry, no energy at all, feeling damn warm all around, hands and legs were numb. and was really close to fainting. really really disappointed in myself not being able to hold on all the way to the end point. And im really sad and disappointed that we didnt came in first or second. nither did our platton came in 1st. We were super demoralised the whole day after seeing the results. Should i have not stopped my detechments and continue to push on. i believe my platoon would come in first. damn!

after that had lessons on grenade throwing and praticed using dummy grenades. Then the next day which is today. had a parent engagement session (something like parent meeting session in secondary schools) to show our progress so far.

now really tired. need rest.

and the whole of next week will not be back. will only be back on the following week due to another field camp. now it will be a 8days field camp in pulau Tekong. now im feeling really really stressed and scared that i will not be able to take it. argh!

Time to rest...

manage to have a short meet up wif some frens. had a good time talking to them and catching up and remembering the old times b4 i entered NS, when meeting ups were much easier. haha. but still had a good time together with them.
an hour+ or so left before i book in to camp again. every week when i book in i just feel damn sad and sian. always having the feeling of AWOL. haix but still. life goes on...

that a side..

To you: a short post for you to get well soon. and that you will have a fast and speedy recovery. and that your voice will return soon, your cough, sneeze and aches will just disappear soon. Rest well. and get well soon!

Rick Price - Heaven Knows
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She's always on my mind
From the time I wake up till
I close my eyes
She's everywhere I go
She's all I know

And though she's far away
It just keeps getting stronger
everyday
And even now she's gone
I'm still holding on
So tell me where do I start
Cause it's breaking my heart
Don't wanna let her go

Maybe my love will come back someday
Only heaven knows
And maybe our hearts will find a way
Only heaven knows
And all I can do is hope and pray
'cause heaven knows

My friends keep tellin' me
That if you really love her
You've gotta set her free
And if she returns in time
I know she's mine
So tell me where do I start
Cause it's breaking my heart
Don't wanna let her go

Maybe my love will come back someday
Only heaven knows
And maybe our hearts will find a way
Only heaven knows
And all I can do is hope and pray
'cause heaven knows

Why I live in despair
'Cause wide awake or dreaming
I know she's never there
And all this time I act so brave
I'm shaking inside
Why does it hurt me so

Maybe my love will come back someday
Only heaven knows
And maybe our hearts will find a way
Only heaven knows
And all I can do is hope and pray
'cause heaven knows

Maybe my love will come back someday
Only heaven knows
And maybe our hearts will find a way
Only heaven knows
And all I can do is hope and pray
'cause heaven knows
Heaven knows... [ x2 ]


lyrics of one of my favourite song. and the meaning in it really fits me right now. lol.

a short update on this week.. lazy to write down in details.

all i can say this week was an easy week. but as the saying goes. the sea is the calmest before a storm. and my storm is a 8 days field camp in 2weeks time. which i hope i can pull through =/

this week mainly had lessons of field camp nearly everyday. well. just take is that its like a lecture in a poly. only is in military context. noting much.
also this week had another IPPT mock test. and i can say im quite happy with my results as i see improvments especially on my 2.4km run. manage to run in 10min 14sec. which at first i was surprised on my own timing too. its like a 3min+ slash from my very first 2.4km run at pasir ris camp. overall im happy.

that aside...

shared some stories here and there with my platoon mates. they have been saying lots of things which really make me confuse and all. sometimes i do not agree on what they say but somethings i do. wad i feel now is that it seems i have some problem talking to you. feels like sometimes u just do not want to reply back. and that you are busy to meet up. i do not know if its true. coz it seems you still have the time to meet some other friends. it just seems like everything you are avoiding me, and reading somethings really makes me wonder our "close-ness". i really wonder what is what now. can you please tell me?
yes i know somethings im thinking too much. yes i know maybe you really are that busy. but is just that somethings i just dont feel that way instead i feel some other ways. it sounds very dramatic. you may say that im jealous and all. but thats whats on my mind, and i have said my piece. just hope it didnt piss you off...