Saturday, January 29, 2005
FIELD CAMP WEEK OVER
Had one of the most unique weeks of my life. A real taste of life in the outfield as a soldier... something that all my other pals have already gone through. And from what I hear is only a taste of what life will be like in further command schools such as OCS and SISPEC as theirs consist of 21 day exercises. Nevertheless it was a very tiring 7 days with no shower, no contact with the outside world, and just training in the "beautiful" jungle of Tekong.
Having camo cream smudged onto ur face layer after layer, day by day.... oh, and having insect repellent in between as well, along with whatever u have from ur powder bath... hoo boy. *hiakz* makes for a wonderful SAF facial. And without fail every day there is some cock-a-nadan who gets the whole company in trouble. From early in the morning when we first fall in till the last light of day.
I was stuck with 2 guard duties during the week too. Stupid me. If I had known i would get "chosen" for another one, i would not have volunteered for the first. :P Nevertheless I did realize one thing. Field camp is a good chance for those overweight blokes in our platoon to lose weight. Can't believe how much they lost just by attending one week of field camp. Not sure if it's the amount of physical activity we do or their choice of giving away their combat rations. haha. Anyways, just booked out last night and I still feel sleepy. Gonna head back to bed. Meeting my darling later today, wouldn't wanna be a walking panda :) ...
Had one of the most unique weeks of my life. A real taste of life in the outfield as a soldier... something that all my other pals have already gone through. And from what I hear is only a taste of what life will be like in further command schools such as OCS and SISPEC as theirs consist of 21 day exercises. Nevertheless it was a very tiring 7 days with no shower, no contact with the outside world, and just training in the "beautiful" jungle of Tekong.
Having camo cream smudged onto ur face layer after layer, day by day.... oh, and having insect repellent in between as well, along with whatever u have from ur powder bath... hoo boy. *hiakz* makes for a wonderful SAF facial. And without fail every day there is some cock-a-nadan who gets the whole company in trouble. From early in the morning when we first fall in till the last light of day.
I was stuck with 2 guard duties during the week too. Stupid me. If I had known i would get "chosen" for another one, i would not have volunteered for the first. :P Nevertheless I did realize one thing. Field camp is a good chance for those overweight blokes in our platoon to lose weight. Can't believe how much they lost just by attending one week of field camp. Not sure if it's the amount of physical activity we do or their choice of giving away their combat rations. haha. Anyways, just booked out last night and I still feel sleepy. Gonna head back to bed. Meeting my darling later today, wouldn't wanna be a walking panda :) ...
yeongest 7:38 am