Saturday, January 15, 2005

what a tiring week i juz endured..!! went for a Battalion Tactical Route March on Monday night. due to the rainy season, many parts of the bashing was realli unwanted for.. the water. the dampness. the mosquito bites. the sandfly bites. the prickling grass, leaves & vines. the smell. can't imagine a girl's reaction to these. especially if they ain't willing.. when u hear the "Gua, Gua" sound, it's not the frogs but the sound made by the suction on the boots of the person walking in front of u when they pull out their boots after stepping into mud. Yurk!

all the dampy, yurky, sweaty and hot feeling aside, they're still the load! a signal set weights about 10-15kg, the field pack of clothes, water etc weighs around 5 kg plus plus? the total would be around 20kg. it's still unimaginable what a mere 20kg load could do to you. until the distance n duration u hv to carry it is like 8-10 km and lasts from 8pm till the next morning 1am!! i suffered an ankle having abrasion, a headache from wearing the helmet for so long and also a left shoulder pain from the load i carry.

wed morning the pre ops forces went out. i stayed in camp. i'll rather go with the rebros.. they juz go there set up shop n sleep. machiam picnic loh.. incamp, me n bingcheng got to be in the planning room and mann comms. lotsa work to be done. gotta collect Mike Golf Romeo, plot on 2 different scale maps, make entries into the INT journal etc.. sianz

wed night i carried my heavier-than-monday-night's load outfield again. reached LCK and start walking around 2230h. this time the route is worse.. 80% of the route is bashing. i have to man the signal set somemore now. got to translate info from the scouts to s2 n vice versa while walking in the dark. wanna write oso very difficult. and the duration is much longer.. it lasted until 6am which was our H-hour. then still not much of a rest. coz they attack then n i hv to follow andoni around 8+9 we reached a place we call our tact hq to be set up. as the commanders gathered n discuss certain issues etc, i slept like there was no tomolo.. simply collapse with everything on n slept. pix to be included later..

then still not over loh. mission two is hasty defence. basically i hv to man comms thruout loh.. can't realli sleep well tho there're times where i juz heck care n went to sleep. mission three started at 2am. i hv to walk again. haiz. full of walking rite.. sianz.. walked around getting comms with the 2 sniper teams till around 7-8am then s2 very good.. told us to find a spot to concuss.. haha.. we did juz that! returned back to camp around 2pm. booked out around 5.30pm.

reached home surfed net. had my Prosperity Burger Meal dinner at Macdonald's.. wanted to try the twister fries mah.. else u usually wouldn't catch me patronizing the macdonald's near my house. took a short stroll around the neighbourhood. uncharacteristically and unknowingly thought of the good times together with her. the times we skipped night classes and just being together. hmmm.. i could remember the playground where she got plenty of mosquito bites while i got less more often than not. it juz goes to confirm that she is sweeter than me. haha.

a walk down memory lane.. sadness dawned on me as i reflected the changes in me. i hadn't wanted it to turn out this way. but ain't this what everyone says? must be on the first few pages of the book 101 Excuses. i have seen. i have exerienced. now i know.. i will continue to learn....
Blabbered bean @ 13:26 //