yep, i finally jumped off from 1000 feet ytd..the first live parachute descent of my life. and from a chinook no less! fucking shiok..the feeling of flying above everything and looking down is indescribable..one muz really try it for himself to feel the sheer adrenaline rush..even if its juz less than a minute, its still really shiok.

but..altho jumping out was exciting, the landing is another thing altogether. its damn painful, even when i landed on the grass patch. totally unlike wad i experienced during my grd trg back in camp. for one..the feeling of the grd rushing upwards is really scary..and the impact was so hard tt i got my breath knocked out for a couple of seconds. and tt was on a grass patch, cant imagine wad it would feel like if i had landed on the tarmac.

ok. tt was for the first jump. for my second jump, i really did experience landing on the tarmac, and its really fucking painful. when i first jumped out, i saw below me one huge strip of tarmac, so i tried to steer towards the grass patch next to it. but just as i tot i was moving towards the grass patch and preparing to land, the wind changed direction and swept me back towards the tarmac..end up i landed half on the tarmac, and half on the grass patch. it was so painful i juz crumpled to the grd and couldn't even get up to recover the canopy. next thing i knew one of the instructors on the grd was there in the safety rover collecting my chute and getting me into the vehicle.

for this fucked up landing, i kenna injuries on my heel, elbow, and butt ,of all places. altho its nth serious, its still kan tia..i had to limp ard for the remaining of the day. and they made me go report sick when we got back to camp..together with some of the other jump casualties..after which, the mo sent 3 of us to cgh for xrays.. heng nth really serious, went away with 4 days of light duties and some medicine. but one other guy in my sortie damn suay, he actually got his ankle fractured and was warded with a big cast ard his leg..

ttz it for this week, i'll be jumping again next wed and mayb thurs too, if we able to get the air time. but first, i hope my slight injuries will be able to heal before i go for my next jump.

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