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Thinking about a lot of things recently, yet couldn't find the means to pen them down properly..

Its now like 1430 hrs - more than halfway through the time allocated to me on the mainland this weekend. Considering I only booked out at 0730 this morning, its no surprise that yes, I'm booking in yet again this evening at a very early time of 1850 hrs. And that'll be it for my civilian weekend.

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On Sunday night we were all demoralized on our way back to camp.
Up and down this avenue
SIX more days and we'll be through~
Its a freaking SIX days ahead. Have not had such a long working week since.. confinement weeks in December.

Monday was the only day in the week with PT. Managed to complete the bloody swing trainer after dabbing sand on my palms (helps a lot with the grip.. haha). Dumbbell and medicine ball training (in Long No. 4) in the afternoon after some army recruitment talk encouraging us to sign on.

The next two days was IFC (Individual Field Craft) days where we went outfield (which was actually behind our company line in the forest..) to learn and try out movement and tactical drills, cover and concealment. Got commended by PC for my camouflage and hiding ability.. Maybe its cos some people say I stalk others too much? Hm. Yup that kind of made my day. Haha. Camo cream is a chore to remove; and the rifle became green due to camo on my hands..

Second day wasn't exactly smooth-sailing as the Commanding of School 1 stormed our bunks and was pissed at the mess inside. So he screwed the CSM, PC first. The buck passed from there to the PS, the other sergeants and finally to us and we got tekan-ed straight in outfield. From that day onA LOT of standby area and beds were in order. He commented that the new recruits were much better than us, although that is rather debatable since D coy had company standby area that exact morning - so the things were bound to be clean. Then again the bottom line is that we have to maintain standby condition AT ALL TIMES. So no complaining there.. That night our Admin time vanished as we did area cleaning and standby before lightsoff.

Woke up at 0445 on Thursday for live firing (both day and night). PC indented aircon buses to take us to the 100m range, and also a ninja van (a minimart - guess why its called as such.. Haha) Had to reshoot both in the day and the night.. Lol. So I'm one of the few who fired the most rounds in total.. Hopefully I'll just scrape a Marksman. For my first night round, it was quite funny to hear coy 2IC ridiculing and complaining that the other chambers kept delaying and changing weapons because of one IA (a situation requiring Immediate Action as the weapon did not fire when it is cocked with rounds). And then when it was my turn I IA-ed twice for the 4 50m shoots - hence a reshoot was in order.. Suay la.. That rifle lasted dunno hundreds of rounds already before me =/ First time IA in simulation/live firing.. And it has to be in the test rounds, not practice somemore.

We ceased firing after my group of firers reshot at midnight, and after declaring and thorough check for spent cartridges on us we took the bus back to company line, reaching at 0145 where we had RO, night snack and some admin time before lights off at 0215 hrs. Guess I was the only few people to actually call out when lights was on at that ungodly hour.. Lol.

Friday's schedule was supposed to be like this..
0645 - Reveille
0700 - Breakfast
0730 - First Parade
Foot Drills
Foot Drills
1200 - Lunch
Foot Drills
Foot Drills
1730 - Dinner
2100 - RO

Which was what the other two platoons who did not go range on Thursday got. Instead, we spent much of the day doing area and rifle cleaning instead. Argh, hate those carbon stains on the silver shiny parts.

After dinner we had another standby conducted by the CDS and COS (Lol..) and our platoon was commended by them for having godly toilets with no smell.. RO was funny, especially with 3SG JQ as CDS.
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"All those FAILURES raise up your hands! What are failures in Chinese called?
失败者！
So smart. Correct! Do you all want to go to the gym?
No platoon sergeant!
But.. if you all don't go then you all will have too much energy to sleep, then you all wake up all drowsy drowsy half dead one.

Ok all of you all close your eyes.
Imagine you all are forming up and heading to the gym
Once inside you all begin some super siong workout until damn shag
Then someone banged the weights and you all all down 50.
Finally ok, time's up already. You all form up and head back here (to the hard court)
Ok open your eyes

I ask again, did you all go to the gym?
Yes platoon sergeant!
Excellent!"
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Another standby area in this morning by CSM at 0530 meant we had to wake up at 0445 again to prepare as well as change to Smart No.4. Passed it nicely, chionged for breakfast with field pack and managed to catch the 0730 ferry to freedom, albeit for a few hours only before the real hell starts.
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So now its 1700 hrs.. Leaving for Pasir Ris soon already. Sian arh! 5D4N no phones or proper bathing facilities and beds. The 'highlight' of every recruit's time in Tekong - Field Camp.

Feels like I transited from Saturday morning to Sunday evening in a matter of like, 9 hours? =/

Spent the last few hours sleeping (oops).. and waiting for my phone to vibrate =P Scratched it this morning in the mad rush to listen to the bookout RO.. :(

Hopefully I'll return in one piece after Field Camp on Friday to collect results. So now this' it. Either I 'die' outfield or in the school hall.. Somehow.

Welcome to ~~Field Camp~~Tekan Session!

Still owe our PS a lot after we failed his super ultmate niao(stingy) standby bed. He multiplies one mistake by the number of people in the bunk. That's why we are so so screwed from tomorrow onwards.

Good luck, have fun - And see you all on Friday!
Bet someone will be damn happy next week.. right.. Lol.. :P

Busy night ahead preparing back in Tekong..