Sunday, July 30, 2006
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when flowers gaze at you, they're not the only ones who cry when they see you.]]
grandslam + wanderer next week. time for some fun revisiting tekong.
i get it now. kinda, well, anyway thanks to my platoon mate reasoning things out with me. it's not you, but the phantom idea of what could have been that i'm chasing. i'm sorry for dragging this on for so long. was chasing the idea of a lover, not the lover herself. i guess you can come out of hiding now. someone told me in army, before you get into a relationship, get yourself sorted out first, because a relationship ain't going to make everything fine and dandy. so i'm going to do just that.on another note, i'm jealous of my new platoon commander's car. i
waaaannttttt my own mazda rx 8.
`donovan. |11:07 AM|
Sunday, July 23, 2006
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leader of 6 men to set the pace.]]
whew. sorry for no update during the 4th week. anyway, the 5th week's over, and we're starting to see the light at the end of this tunnel we call BSLC. it's been really fun so far, i'm already starting to dread the time when we will get split up after our posting comes out. my section mates, you guys rock man:
ivan,
poh huat,
dragon baby a.k.a. wen yu,
mr kuang,
li hang,
alex,
aman,
ci yuan.
i know this seems pretty boring to read though; i have no absolute idea why you're here reading this. either you're a close friend wanting to keep up with the jonesus, or you're just blog hopping too bored to notice that entry after entry just describes my army life so far. nothing much i can do to remedy that though, it's not as if army gives me a chance to have a social life, except maybe with the crickets and mosquitoes in the various jungles i've bashed, proned, ran, squatted, kneeled, sat in.
5th week of BSLC. outfield is in full swing, and will only get worse as the next two weeks go by. section quick attack, immediate charge, immediate ambush, fire movement and various other section drills have been conducted so far. we've section deliberate ambush next week. actually sounds pretty fun to play army boy, carrying a heavy load and a gun to pretend to ambush and contact enemies. though the apparent cost of such fun so far are numerous insect bites, scratches where i proned on rocks and blue black knees from kneeling most of the time when not moving.
this week we had another ippt test, outfield, then soc test, then more outfield. i got my gold already so i didn't have to take the ippt test, but i took it anyway, to motivate and encourage my section to make gold too. (pst, ivan when are you gonna treat me dinner huh?) then came the outfield, which was not too bad still. soc on friday was worrying though. my previous trial test got me 9:42 and a fail cause i failed low rope. this time though i managed to pass all the obstacles except swaying bridge on the first try, and managed a timing of 9:32. although i passed the SISPEC requirement of 10:30, i didn't make the OCS standard of 9:30. and i was so close too. so was pretty miffed at that. must have been the stupid swaying bridge.
chemical defence lessons next week, followed by more outfield, battlecourse test then section live firing. should be fun. and tiring. and i've
early book out next week! yay, sat morning book outs, here i come!
cya guys. take care.
`donovan. |8:51 AM|
Saturday, July 08, 2006
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wasteland.]]
3rd week. SISPEC.
it's still alright here. slowly they're putting on more pressure and increasing the rigours of training, but it's still at a level which i can cope with. the training program's getting more and more fucked up each week though. we used to complain when we had SOC and running training or IPPT one day after another. this week, we had outfield navigation practical test, followed by IPPT, followed by SOC, followed by 5BX with run (P.S. the run is at a speed which can kill you. not easy to run 2.4 in the morning with a minimum timing of 10 mins and below). next week things will become even more fun.
Monday - Ability Group Run (long distance continuous run). Strength training CPT 1, 2 and 3 with dumb bells. Navigation Exercise Gypsy 1 in Lower Mandai till late night.
Wednesday - Speed Training Run, 60-120 sprints. Strength training CPT 1, 2 and 3 with dumb bells. Navigation Exercise Gypsy 2 in Lower Mandai till late night.
Thursday - Live range.
Friday - SOC.
As you can see, pretty cool trainign program there. But don't worry, it'll get better in the weeks to come with Nutcracker, field camp and all that crap. =)
oh and i got my IPPT Gold. 9:37 timing, 234 cm for SBJ. whew. that's an achievement which i'm pretty damn proud of.
aight, gtg. i've weekend duty as company duty trainee on sunday, sitting by the company line answering phone calls. yeah. life sucks.
`donovan. |3:05 PM|
Sunday, July 02, 2006
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2nd week of sispec. here i am.
1) 9:49 for 2.4 run. my fittest ever. 230 for SBJ, my farthest ever jump. nearer than ever to my IPPT gold. hence that'll be a goal to work towards. wish me luck on tuesday for my test.
2) SOC, now can do all obstacles including the goddamned
low rope. it's all about technique and mental. grin and bear it.
3) i resolve to do my best in SISPEC. where i go, i will not bother much. cross over, or remaining a spec to me is immaterial. what's important is the 110% you put into training.
4) i resolve to forget that i have CDT duty on sunday and that i'll most likely burn my weekend doing it only booking out for a couple hours next weekend. nevermind, all in the name of duty.
5) i resolve to forget you.
6) i resolve to get stronger, physically and mentally.
prove to you people what i can do. it's really pissing me off, constantly being at the bottom. now that i've a chance to get near the top, i'll show you. just. wait.
`donovan. |6:56 PM|
