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Saturday, July 28, 2007, 11:33 PM
The past week has been a equally exhausting one.I never thought the preparation for activation would be so tortuous. Having slept less than 4 hours for 2 days straight has taken its toll on me. Mucus refuses to stop running from my nose and my throat hurts like hell. I guess they wouldnt allow us to go for leave without tormenting us first. Sunday, July 15, 2007, 4:55 PM
The past week has certainly been a harsh one. We were given a good tongue lashing by CSM for not packing our field pack the right way. It would be good if he stopped at that. But he didnt. He made us ran close to 3 km in LBV and BPV with rifle. Not fun at all.On Tuesday we had a 5km fast march in FBO with BPV. Its not the same with just FBO because the BPV ( Bullet proof vest) presses down on your shoulder, so blood supply to the arms are greatly reduced. Almost everyone had numb arms after the march. Coupled with the humid weather that afternoon, the conditions werent favourable. On Wednesday we had a 10km endurance run to prepare us for AHM. I was tasked to be the safety rover driver and was lucky to escaped it. I was supposed to go for a 8km night tactical march that night itself but again was lucky to escape it. My PC deemed me fit enough, so I do not require further training. =P On Thursday we had a equipment inspection. It wasnt physically but mentally taxing. I have a careless and absent minded PS. He has this tendency to take some parts from a signal set and forgive all about it. Things are always going missing and I often have major headaches trying to recover them. On Friday we had a division 9km run at east coast. Not bad at all with the refreshing breeze and non-army personnel. It wasnt as exhausting compared to running in camp. And this morning I volunteered to run in a charity event held at Toa Payoh Stadium. Believe me running 50 laps isnt a joke at all. I was naive to think that I could breeze through it effortlessly with my current fitness level. It wasnt sufficient. My knees, ankles and calves arent conditioned to run that kind of distance. But still with encouragement from my PC and platoon mates, I managed to complete it. It was the longest distance that I ever ran and at $5 a lap, it was the most I ever raised too. 205 days to ORD Saturday, July 07, 2007, 11:10 PM
Depressed.Thats how I felt for the past couple of weeks. In NS, the more things you know, the more skills you possess, makes you a more prominent target to aim at. For the past 2 weeks or so I have roughly gathered what we are going to do till we ORD. And it doesnt look good. I have always assumed that as that much celebrated day approaches with each passing day, things would get better i.e less hectic schedule and training programs, at least thats the case for other units. My unit has a well established reputation of wanting to be unique in whatever it does, however in the negative areas. Not that I want to complain, but ever since we came back from our overseas training we have participated in numerous activities without rest. If not for brigade commander's intervention in the schedule we would not even have the block leave in August. The longer I stay in the camp, the more I find out about the commanders, those that are higher in the hierarchy. I was terrified by what I learnt. And it snaps me back to reality, that what I see now would probably be how it would be like in the commercial world. I'm so tempted to post all the atrocities here. I find it very difficult to stay at home now. I hardly talk to my parents. Sigh.. 213 days to ORD |