Confined no more!
I've done it. I've actually survived 11 days confined on that grotty little island known as Tekong. It must have been the longest 11 days i've ever had to go through. Reville at 0515, lights out at 2215, the same old shit continued 11 times in a row and you can get real sick of it. Furthermore, the last few days training was all physical. So it was running and running and running... And to top it all off, even more running. My legs hurt. Ok, there are some other programmes scattered around too. Footdrill (i hate it), Technical Handling of the M16S1 rifle, Individual Fieldcraft, First Aid etc. And then there was the concealment test which i failed miserably because i hid myself so well that i coukdn't see anything more than 5 meteres in front of me. And then there was the SOC lesson. I couldn't get over the wall properly so i had to do it over and over again. I must have jumped over the wall 10 times before my platoon commander was satisfied.
Enough of the shit. Here is the best part. I reported sick and got 3 days of light duties, which equates to sleeping in the bunk for the whole day, with a smattering of other activities such as talking cock with the sergeants, cleaning the toilets, cleaning the company office and setting up waterpoints all over the island. And i thought i was supposed to be resting in bed.
Anyway, during the course i've made many new friends and some new enemies as well. Its not that i don't like these people, its just that their attitude pisses me off. So basically is that i hate them and let's just leave it as that. My buudy is a little weird too. Everyone calls him "Commando' because he seems to be able to do anything (except march properly). And he's crazy about signing on, not to the Airforce or Navy, but the bloody ground pounders of the Army. How sad a life can you get? Imagine spending the next 20 odd years rolling around in the mud, camo on camo off, and digging your own toilets. Not my kind of life.
Got to book back into camp tommorrow at 2000 hrs. Sian. The weekend is too short to waste in front of the computer. I'm going to rack up some sleep time. Till the next book out!!
P.S. The next book out is going to be 6, yes count it, 6 days long!! Yippee!!!! Its nearly a full bloody week! YEAH!!!
Enough of the shit. Here is the best part. I reported sick and got 3 days of light duties, which equates to sleeping in the bunk for the whole day, with a smattering of other activities such as talking cock with the sergeants, cleaning the toilets, cleaning the company office and setting up waterpoints all over the island. And i thought i was supposed to be resting in bed.
Anyway, during the course i've made many new friends and some new enemies as well. Its not that i don't like these people, its just that their attitude pisses me off. So basically is that i hate them and let's just leave it as that. My buudy is a little weird too. Everyone calls him "Commando' because he seems to be able to do anything (except march properly). And he's crazy about signing on, not to the Airforce or Navy, but the bloody ground pounders of the Army. How sad a life can you get? Imagine spending the next 20 odd years rolling around in the mud, camo on camo off, and digging your own toilets. Not my kind of life.
Got to book back into camp tommorrow at 2000 hrs. Sian. The weekend is too short to waste in front of the computer. I'm going to rack up some sleep time. Till the next book out!!
P.S. The next book out is going to be 6, yes count it, 6 days long!! Yippee!!!! Its nearly a full bloody week! YEAH!!!
posted by ivan at
1/21/2006 10:28:00 pm
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