Sunday, February 08, 2004

   Guards was hell for us.. first week in Dieppe Barrack... were greeted with a rude taste of Specific Muscle Group (SMG) Training... It was like this... First was 15 standard push-ups where ur chest hv to touch the ground n ur body parallel to the ground. all this done at a veri slow timing given by the instructor. then followed by 15 T-shaped push-ups where ur hands are placed wider than ur shoulder width. then followed by 15 spider push-ups. then 15 diamond push-ups. Sometimes they'll add a new variety like Diver push-ups where ur body must follow a certain curvy motion like a swimmer diving down n coming up in a reverse order. we did abt 4 sets of this. :(

   After all the pumping, my arms were really aching n longed for a rest. upon given the rest break, i wanted to sit down. wanting to use my hand to support my weight as i prepare to sit, my arms gave way. they din have enuff energy to support me anymore.. i fell freakly from that action. i couldn't believe that my arms had no more strength anymore..

   then we got to know that every wednesday there'll be a soc training. freaking shag event lor... sianz... worse was to come. after the tiring session of clearing the soc, our oc made us run sbo attired for another 2km.. marched n hentak kaki for a long time too!! damn shackled but he gave us an incentive by the end of the training by giving us a nights off till 2200h. i went home to surf n enjoyed a bath. talking abt baths juz reminds me that the lights in my platoon's toilet were spoilt n we would hv to brush teeth, shit n bath in the darkness!! i dun mind brushing up in the dark but bath n shit? ecks!

   everyday was torturous for us as we trained SMG quite often. targetting our abs, upper body n certain specific body parts each time. abs training was like we do 40 flutterkicks then 40 scissors kicks... it didn't hurt my abs much but my thighs were on the verge of cramping up... before every meal, we'll have an chinup regime.. at least 6 chinups else kena pump again..

   every saturday would be an ippt test where we had the 4 specific stations namely: sit-ups, pull-ups, standing broad jump(SBJ) & shuttlerun. then the tiring 2.4km run. i did the test with these proud results: 46 sit-ups in a minute, 8 chin-ups, 234cm jump, 9.7 second shuttle run & 9 minute 39 seconds for 2.4km run (Yippee!! i broke my previous record of 9 min 47 seconds !!) the scary part was that if the oc is not happy with ur effort/results in ur ippt test, he can give u Remedial Training(RT)... that means while those who did satisfactorily would be able to book out at 1200h while u book out at 1700h after doing more training... Freaking low morale right?

   i booked out with much joy on my face. guess u could tell from my wide smile if u'd met me that day... haha.. met apple at northpoint shopping centre. intended to bring her into a jewellery shop to buy a necklace for her. but she refused to go with me. she kept saying no need to buy la... dunno whether she realli dun want the gift or she dun want me to hv her tag along to buy. think she wants me to buy by myself la. more sincere maybe...

   walked around n shopped for some groceries like viennese sausages, 2 cans of mushroom soup n a few cans of coffee to add to the lovestruck pizza meal i ordered from pizzahut! she had a bad cough n i had to be careful in choosing food. no spicy stuff for her then.

   on the way home, i had also bought 2 croissants for dipping into the soup.. hehe... upon reaching home, i returned my father the money for the meal coz he had signed for it. then i proceed to making the soup for her. it was my first try but with some minor advice from dad, i was able to make some good soup.. slurpy!! at the same time, i had grilled some sausages too !! From the spicy chicken drumlets to the croissants to the sausages to the soup to the pizza to the cans of coffee... we had a sumptuous meal in front of us.. heh.. it was a happy day as she finally had the smile i wanted.. it was hard to get her to smile n be happy but i could sense she was indeed that day... hard-earned sia... heh... :D

   sunday was less eventful but i went out in my new sandals.. got them the previous night while shopping at amk centre where i got myself n her a few vcds which was going at an amazing rate. 35 bucks for 5 movies. i got spiderman, and some chinese movies... yeah back to sunday... i went to orchard and then bugis with kp, dn, jiahao & chiro. got my necklace. heh.. i dunno how to choose so hope she dun mind. i choose one with a heart-shaped diamond on it. heh... we walked around somemore before me n kp took cab home. i surfed net n arranged a meeting with dav next sunday at his church.. hmmm... intend to attend service too!! am i crazy? i dun believe in god... duhz.. heres hoping saturday come sooner than i thought... :D
Blabbered bean @ 19:03 //