16km Route March..

This week we had our 16km Route march.. kinda tired becos we were carrying those weapon that a platoon is require to bring.. stretcher, tripod and GPMG.. plus 6 saw, 6 M203 and 6 laws.. the worst thing was that our platoon only left with 24 figthing fits cos the rest of them were on status.. haiz.. 1st 4km kinda tired.. maybe is bcos we had not yet warm up.. i carry the M203 and law.. plus of cos our FBO.. i was following behind.. then next 4km was quite relac cos i was carrying the sar21 and my FBO.. reached the 8km mark.. can see that some guys can't make it.. esp those who carried the tripod and stretcher.. LTA Daniel ask for volunteer to carry the GPMG.. no one volunteer so i volunteered myself.. haha.. but it was alright.. the last 8km i was carrying the GPMG.. i use neck sling all the way cos if i side sling, the weight will be unbalance thus making it harder for me to carry it.. reach our wingline, our instructor ask us to weapon over our head.. imagine i was carrying the MG which weigh abt 11kg.. haha.. while the rest was like arn 4-6kg.. hmm.. no matter how tired i was, i still manage to lift up the MG over my head.. all of them were surprise.. LTA Timmy told the rest that "LOOK AT THE MG" immediatly i was so paiseh.. dunno my face got turn red or not.. but hack la.. haha.. must give my platoonmates some motivation..

Anyway i did my SOC with a time of 8.26mins.. to some of them are maybe fast.. but to me it is actually quite slow.. nvm my aim is to hit below 7.45mins in pro term.. hope i can achieve that.. and ya.. finally got Gold for IPPT.. finally got 234cm for SBJ.. haha.. my 2.4km was slightly worse than the previous.. the previous one my time was 9.01mins.. almost sub 9.. this time i aim for sub 9 but in the end got 9.10mins.. nvm la.. gold can liao..

oh ya.. One more week to Marathon.. yes..!! finally .. been waiting for a very long time.. ytd did a slow run for 2hr 13mins.. hope all these preparation is enough for next wk event.. sianz next week outfield the whole weekdays.. platoon field camp.. haizZzzz..

Ex SPADE..!!!

Finally the most "sianzest" and the most "SiOng" field camp has ended.. haha.. actually not the tough also.. i would rather use Sianz than Siong.. imagine this is the only field camp where u doesn't require much thinking.. all u need to do is to dig and dig and dig.. oh man.. how sianz can that be.. it's Damn sianz lor.. after our lunch we march to rambutan hill.. just beside the link bridge.. we arrived at the training shed and feeling gd.. cos the whether is gd.. yeap!! bright and sunny.. put on camo cream and off we go..

hmm.. i was assign to dig the GMPG trench with 5 other guys.. but on the 1st day, my section short of manpower so after i finished digging my own shellcreep (roughly abt 1.8m x 0.8m x 0.6m), i went and help my sectionmates with the fire trench.. the shellcreep was quite alright cos i was taking my own sweet time.. *oOpz*.. relac man.. the soil wasn't that easy.. it was more like clay and the ET blade din help much.. everytime i dig, the "clay" will stick onto the blade and had to use my hand to "peel" off.. it was really very tendious.. KNN..!! took abt 2hr+.. erm this is consider VERY SLOW.. haha.. had our dinner and suddenly it rain.. all of us were very sianz.. somemore rain so heavy.. how to dig? more like scooping out the rainwater!! after the rain stopped, we started digging on our trench.. dig and dig and dig.. then came the rain again.. lightning come thunder and wind.. all of us were feeling very cold.. i had nv stay under rain for so long.. guo wei and i were very sianz.. everytime we dig, more water flow into the trench.. at certain point we just wondering if we need to shift the trench.. if we wan to shift, then we have to re-dig again.. haiz.. in the end we did not shift.. just continue with the stupid trench.. at arn 2 we were tired and took turn to rest.. after awhile, the rain became heavier and force both of us to stop.. somehow both of us felt alseep in heavy rain.. imagine hugging your own body and sleep.. aiyo.. it was really torturing.. after while LTA Timmy came.. then quickly both of us wake up and start digging.. my section mates infront of us were sleeping.. and LTA Timmy had to wake them up.. and the worst "PIG" of all was Jiawei.. LTA Timmy push him, use touchlight and shine at his face, called out his name and he still can sleep like nobody business.. haha.. guess what he was wearing ear plug.. haha.. then sir came to our area.. he told us to take turn and rest and did not scold us for such a slow progress.. cos he knew that the condition was tough.. and finally the rain became lighter abit and soon it morning.. message passed down was that we had stand-to from 0715.. so i took my time and walk back to my own shellcreep, and guess what!! CPT joel was infront of me.. he shouted at me "what am i doing here" i reply that i going back to my own shellcreep and prepare for stand-to.. immediatly he called the CPC and CPS and scolded them for not passing down the message properly.. the stand-to start at 0645.. OMG i ran as fast as i could cos he ask me to fly back to my shellcreep.. haha.. i immediatly jump and prone inside my shellcreep with pool of muddy rainwater.. haiz.. morale was low man.. after awhile someone told me tt cpt joel given us permission to prone beside the shellcreep.. i was like WTF.. why din tell me earlier.. haiz forget it la.. i was inside already.. that nth much i could do..

On the 2nd day, we learned defence.. use constancetina wire and set up mine all these.. and the rest of the day was basically the same.. digging.. but this time i was digging the GPMG trench.. the soil or rather mud was damn diffcult to dig.. there are some points where i use my own bare hand and dug.. haiz.. it was really tiring.. actually it not that siong one.. it the rainwater tt causes us to feel damn shag..!! Our boots were heavy.. kept sinking inside the mud.. =(

At night we had those defence training.. nth much also except one of my frend kena misfire.. haiz.. poor thing have to end up like me liao.. RCP.. anyway.. next day we were back at our camp.. our feets were like rotten feets like tt.. the skin all these.. YuckZ.. can't expect anything better than this cos our feets were wet for like 3 days.. haiz.. back to clear store all these.. sianz..

anyway Standard Chartered Marathon 05 is just 2 weeks away.. my preparation was just alright la.. last week ran non-stop for 1hr and 30mins.. and today ran abt an hr++.. maintaining at a pace of abt 10km/hr.. i must get use to this pace in order to run my 1st ever 42km Marathon.. though is was kinda slow.. but my aim for this Marathon is to complete it within 5hr.. wish me luck..!!

Restriction of Cadets Privileges

Life as a RCP Personnel is not easy.. we got our hair shave and confine inside camp for 20 days (24OCt - 12Nov).. My hair was nv that short b4 even worst than BMT time.. now i just look like any of the guy from DB.. Morale damn low.. have to report to OCS HQ ops room every two hours with full pack item.. we don't walk there but we march.. marching up the hill is not easy but we are used to it as the days gone by.. the only times that we no need to report is when we are in training or sleeping.. the 1st reporting time is 0530 and last is 2145.. we had to wake up early to get ready and were the last few to sleep.. cos we had to help them to lower down the flags at the parade square (if there is shortage of CDS) and check all the rooms in the HQ are locked b4 we can go back..

1st week of RCP is damn sianz.. everywhere we go we have other cadets staring at us.. cos we were very OUTSTANDING with the new Botak hair.. i hate going to cookhouse to have my meal.. the staring from the rest was so F****** irritating.. KNN.. Dunno why a misfire incident can lead to so many punishment.. though i know it a serious offence but i dun think there a need to shave our hair.. there r 7 of us including me.. we were the famous 7 monks from Tango wing.. everywhere we go WSM will just call us Monks.. haiz.. 1st weekend was rather slow.. i saw my fellows friends book out but i'm still in camp to serve my punishment.. there nth for us to do other than eat and sleep.. or maybe ironing our smart 4 and polishing boots.. On the 1st sunday morning i was damn sianz.. i change into my PT-kit and did a 50mins run.. this is to get myself prepare for the upcoming 42km Marathon..

We had a celebration for Depavalli and Hari Raya.. the whole of OCS gathered at the cookhouse to enjoy the meals and performance.. din expect myself to attend this celebration cos i'm still an RCP.. anyway.. the two public holidays were burned.. i stay inside camp doing nth but reporting to Ops room.. sianz.. luckily there is a room called "Learning Room" at our wing line.. there r two coms with internet connections.. was inside chatting on MSN and checking email.. luckily din get caught cos it a holiday.. not many people was arn.. if kena cuaght confirm jia lat one.. *Phew* the other "good thing" abt RCP is that what u do is OTOT (own time own target).. this is only possible during wkend and public holiday.. On the 2nd wkend i ask my dad to pass me a set of civil clothe.. cos we are having our "Happy Hour" at the 3rd wk.. he drove all the way from home to my camp and pass me my clothes.. anyway the happy hour thing was kinda fun.. the whole thing was held at the Cadet mess.. there are beautiful "tiger mei mei" serving us drinks and beers.. and 4 hot chicks entertains us with their sexy dances.. omg din expect to get this kind of "entertainment" in OCS.. we also had drinking beers and arm wrestling competitions.. My wing din win.. but that doesn't matter.. the most important thing is to enjoy and relac our mind..

We had our 2D1N patrol field camp.. this camp is to teach us how to patrol an area and attack cum defence when being contacted in a section level.. this field camp was fun bcos we learn alot of things.. as expected we get only few hours of sleep.. i was the section commander for one of the ambush mission.. LTA Jeremiah was the one who accessing me.. at the end of this ambush mission.. he wrote that i was lack of passion and need to be more enthu.. omg.. was damn low.. but anyway.. we learned from experience.. i told my platoon mates abt the comments i was given and since then i was known as "passion" everywhere i go they will called me passion and keep reminding me to show some passion in everything i do.. haha.. kinda funny..

On that week we also had our GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun) live firing.. wow.. the MG was so Powerful.. i had nv seen such a powerful gun b4.. is like confirm die thing..!! i love this weapon man.. but hor it was heavy.. abt 10kg..

Basically that what happen during my RCP life.. actually when i think abt it.. it was quite enjoyable too.. oh ya i remember LTA denash told the 7 of us that we were "lucky" cos we are enjoying the full package of OCS.. cos only a handful of "fortunate" cadets like us can enjoy the RCP life.. haha..

Finally book out after 20 days confinement and life as RCP..!! sianz next week Have to go digging..!! EX SPADE..!!