Earliest regular book out in ocs so far!
5 weeks has already passed in OCS... Life is getting back to normal! haha...
Came back from Section Field Camp... Shag... It was a 4D3N camp, let me mention the good things first...
1. Sleep on Safari Beds in bunks
2. Damn windy, because of all the fans installed
3. Can bathe
4. Not out to make us shag
5. More than half the meals were fresh ration
6. Coach bus to SFT
7. Take tonners from place to place except during the exercise itself
etc etc etc...
Now, the not-so-good things:
1. Fucking dehydrating... I almost knocked out; I had the some of the symptoms coming...
2. Wait to rush, rush to wait!
basically, that's all...
The camp was divided into 2 parts, Navigation Exercises and Section Drills
Navigation Exercises was fun, but was irritating because of all the walking... The terrain was rather refreshing, we totally got lost during the first day, but thank god we had an instructor with us who guided us along the way... But all was only put to good use when I decided to navigate...
Section drills were blaady shag but quite exciting... it's all about combat fitness, which most of us don't really have... And with the total weight on us, gosh... We learnt a few drills and practised, the practice session was fun, but the test on the last day of field camp was a killer... shag down to earth... haha... and after that we still had to fast march back to TFT for fast craft back to mainland... *shake head*
And I thought we could have a break... NO! We cleaned our rifles till dawn, and only slept at 2am!!! And we had to wake up at 5.30... Ended up half my platoon was late for fall in for breakfast... haha... And because we rushed down to fall in, we didn't bother to brush our teeth! hahahahahahaha... Which for most of us, clocked up to 5 days straight!! haha...
Oh, Ben and I were so sick of taking towel & soap from our field pack, we decided to just bathe with water thoroughly, and just wear our new clothes, and let ourselves get dried! haha...
This section field camp is indeed a good experience... But I'm suffering from all those sand-fly bites, blisters, muscles aches, etc...
BOOK OUT!! WEEE!
Although the book out's short, but because of the length, I realise the value of it... This week ain't that shiong...
Monday: Stagmont Camp (for lesson)
Tuesday: Stagmont Camp (for lesson)
Wednesday: 1st half day at Stagmont Camp for test, 2nd half day back at SAFTI for Ops lesson...
Thursday: Morning; (forgot already), Afternoon; M203
Friday: Morning; IPPT, Afternoon Matador
Saturday: Area-cleaning, M203 & Matador test.
As you can see, this week rather relaxed, although the hasty pace is still there...
Going back to Tekong for Section Field Camp next Tuesday... Heard it's gonna be a hell camp... Oh wells...
Will "Speed through Skill" be my next vocation? haha... Or the ever tempting black beret? haha...
Oh, I almost forgot to mention about last night's Hari Raya Celebration... There was food, games, performances... But above all, I enjoyed meeting up with Pegasus mates the most! It's like freaking hard to meet up, less to chat... Everybody's still everybody... Chiu Hao seems a little sad though, cheer up! haha... Benny is as *ahem* as usual... Sherman & Darryl still their own pattern... Eddy still as talkative... Modi as quiet as before... Felt damn happy yesterday, because of IPPT and the meet-up... However, all was gone when we had our field pack inspection... Gosh... Disappointing...
Can you believe it, I've got stuff to read up on and homework to do? haha... Can't imagine... and definitely don't believe...
Alright, that's all, gonna study then prepare to watch movie! (cable tv...) -_-
Finally, I'm home!!!
It's been 3 long weeks...
If I were to write about all the things that happened these 3 weeks, it's gonna be damn long... So I'll summarise...
Basically, a few important activities that I can remember...
1. Confidence Jump or 'Cool Dip' ==> jump from a 5m high platform into a 4.5m deep pool, in your No. 4!!!
2. Tower Run ==> running up the SAFTI Tower and shouting at the same time (show aggressive-ness) haha... it's 256 steps up anyway...
3. Leadership Field Camp ==> Basically a tekan camp... but learnt the art of navigation too! haha...
4. Family Visit ==> as the name suggests, your family comes to SAFTI MI to visit you...
5. Live Range ==> the first of the 13 live ranges I'll be having in this Service Term... Fired with the Saw, SAR 21 and SAR sharp shooter...
6. Gas Chamber ==> wear a mask and go into a room filled with tear gas... it stings your skin when naked to the smoke and dries up your throat... quite memorable, but tortorous! haha...
The rest of the time spent was on lessons... Boring some are, most are prep talk initially, a bit dry and tends to make one sleep...
Physical training wise, we have had 1 IPPT Cat test and 1 IPPT Trial Test, and the real one's coming up next week...
Life in OCS has been quite hectic, because the pace is very fast and the mood is rather tight... Rest time is never 7 hours of sleep, and the recent route march I had, we completed 4km in 28 mins time... Seriously, it's a great cut-down from my BMT route march...
Had some friends in the same Wing too... The instructors are not bad, some of them are very nice. Still remember the first day in SAFTI, I was like a lost sheep... Felt so out of the world, but today, the whole platoon is talking and joking around, of course, not forgetting the shouting at each other to get things done... But it's only 3 weeks, and some of us have a certain amount of bond already...
About my Wing. Has a very strict Sergeant Major, and a very serious Wing Commander... The bunk I'm staying in is a 2-man bunk, and it's quite well-facilitated, with a computer with internet access... =D
My Wing is also popular for cleanliness, so I won't be surprised if the instructors hold us back due to poor area cleaning...
Mosquito nets are a must now, but thank God I'm sleeping under the fan, at least there's a little wind... My buddy is quite alright, quite nice actually...
*yawnss* i'll continue updating tmr...
