Friday, February 11, 2005
gReNaDe & SiTuAtiOnaL TeSt..
Hmmm.. juz come back from my relative's hse not long ago.. i shall not update abt Chinese New Year too much first but concentrate more on my past week in camp.. okok.. juz finish updating a heart felt post juz now.. dunno la.. maybe i abit drunk now.. drink 3 cans of beer.. so little.. yet i felt sad.. dunno y la.. anyway.. here is wat happen past week.. its quite long.. so pls be patience.. haha.. need stamina nia..
Monday - we learnt how to throw grenade by using dummy grenade.. hmmm.. quite difficult to throw.. i tot veri easy hit target one but wrong la.. haha.. but we haf some fun out there.. cos everyone anyhow pick up grenade.. so haf to snatch.. haha.. somemore e instructors like to play us.. keep having grenade drills.. which we had to run away from where e grenade land and prone covering our neck and rifle with e boots facing e grenade.. den muz close e feet according to e CSM (Company Sergeant Major), if not we wont have to celebrate Father's Day..
Tuesday - we went to GAC (Grenade Assault Course).. we marched there.. tiring.. den we learn to throw in various position.. quite tiring le.. cos haf to leopard crawl one.. den muz charge.. sianz.. but i was among one of those who need to throw early cos haf to go for e pilot selection test.. around 11 21 of us booked out.. at e SFT (Singapore Ferry Terminal), got 2 guys came to fetch us to medical checkup and computerized test.. so we split into 2 grps.. i went for e computerized test.. whoa.. it was super tiring man.. 4 hrs plus of computerized test.. more xiong den physical training at tekong.. haha.. but e test was quite fun la.. :P.. e worst is e 187 qns tt required us to ans den shade in a paper.. oh.. saw my bro there who was working there temporarily while waiting for e results of his medical checkup.. around 6plus we went back by shuttle bus.. but our ferry was at 8 plus... so we asked e driver to drop us at Loyang Point.. where we had our Mac Donald's dinner.. though we had fried rice like 1 hr plus ago.. haha.. after which we went back to ferry terminal to take ferry back..
Wednesday.. Today is our Live Grenade Throw!! haha.. we took a tunnel to e venue.. den e instructors got a briefing for us.. den we need to throw SPG (Singapore Practical Grenade) which looked like real one but onli create a "pop" sound.. after throwing we went to another place to report for throwing e SFG (Singapore Field Grenade) which is live grenade but e ball bearing containing inside is 30% of e original war one although explosive is e same.. we got to see demonstration by our OC (Officer Commander).. whoa.. he super zun.. at first we saw e explosive we got a shock.. haha.. like small atomic bomb.. after tt we went to take our grenade detail by detail.. noe wat?? e instructors there issueing e grenade was playing battleship.. haha.. den when got explosion they shouted "hit"!! haha.. den we encountered a "blind".. which means e grenade failed to explode after 6 secs.. so e explomo (who is expert in explosive la..) came to take e C4 charges under my friend's seat.. we all chua tio!! haha.. we cant see wat is happening cos we are being blocked.. den out of a sudden... BOOOOMMM!!!! e training shack we are in shook den e tree oso swayed to one side.. whoa!! power sia.. den when is my detail's turn to throw.. we got into our positions.. e officer at my bay put his arm on my shoulder and said "no blind huh".. so funny man.. den he leaned against me while he using hp.. -_-".. den we began.. till my turn.. e safety ring was much harder to pull den i tot.. those show which e rambo can use teeth to pull e safety ring is bullshit huh!! ahha.. den i throw.. den count.. den explode!! after throwing we went back to training shack.. 21 of us again took a tunnel back cos we need to book out of medical checkup or computerized test again.. so.. ya lo.. but we are abit late.. so after we fall in in our smart 4.. we ran to e TFT (Tekong Ferry Terminal).. but we did not manage to catch e 1100 fast craft.. so we marched back to company line to rest den took e 1200 fast craft instead.. i went for e medical checkup.. so interesting.. super complicated cos they realli check until veri specific.. but we had fun la.. in e evening den we booked in again.. we managed to bluff for canteen break in tekong.. haha.. naughty huh.. den tt nite my bunkmate mistook me.. nvm.. over liao..
Thursday - got nothing much.. we got BCCT (those who forget wat issit can check out from my previous posts.. haha..) now lunch super stressed.. we need to march around e parade square and pretend we got rifle in our hand.. den salute e flag.. den sing song.. den jogged around e parade square for another round before we can haf lunch.. sianz.. haha.. oh ya.. my frd explained to me tt its a mistake lo.. so we are back in good term again..
Friday - we got nothing much still.. onli OC mastur parade ,which is dedicated for our OC, in e morning.. den slacked.. cos some of them got swimming while those who noe how to swim slp in e bunk.. haha.. den at nite we packed our bag to for tml Situational Test..
Saturday - in e morning.. we marched around 12 km to our camp site.. its quite tiring man.. i was supporting my partner besides me throughout cos he cannot take it but i did not wan him to fall out if not he will haf to retake e march again.. luckily.. most of us managed to march to e campsite with such an heavy load and hotday.. e most mentally challenging stuff is to march around e campsite one round.. cos its like e campsite is so near yet so far.. and we cant stopped.. den after cooling down we built our basha tent den digged e drainage system under hot sun.. den we got some knot tying lessons and some lessons on e different skills in a detail.. i am Mohawk detail and i am a medic.. one of e most xiong one.. cos we need to carry a heavy stretcher whenever we go.. den at nite we had our OC nite.. which we had performances for e OC.. all those performers was selected based on e fact tt tey threw "blind" for their grenade throwing.. haha.. we had alot of fun.. and e performances are super corny la.. haha.. den our OC bought us Canadian Pizza.. whoa.. so nice sia.. heaven.. hee.. den at nite e instructors were creating havoc and they forced us to slp..
Sunday - we had a 4 km fast march in e morning.. e rationale behind is to tire us out for e test later.. e test is to see if u can still be able to tink and lead ur men under stress anot.. e march was super tiring.. much more tiring den e 12km march.. actualli i no need to carry stretcher cos its wif another medic at e other platoon.. but in e end i helped my bunkmate to carry for more than 2 km.. after e march hey tekan us for no reason.. around 9 plus we start our test.. e reservist officer first gave us a scenario for us to plan.. den we planned lo.. den after planning and presentation we set off for e real mission.. we walked in file formation (which is practically juz walked in zig-zag and we cant talk).. e mission quite fun le.. got crossing of river using logs and stuffs.. den got detonating of bridge.. den got mine sweeping.. of cos all fake one la.. my mission was to cross a quicksand area using log.. those stuffs dropped for more than 5 sec will be destroyed and cannot be use.. ok.. i hate a guy from my section.. super wayang.. cannot stand it.. i was e commander yet he gave orders as if i am invisible.. as a results?? e mission failed.. and one thing.. i hate SCOUTS!!! cos they literally went crazy when they saw logs and insist of tying them.. -_-".. pls lo.. all those who been through SIT test told be tt juz need to tink simple and work easy can liao.. they super stupid la.. den during lunch we got interview by e reservist officer.. den we got Artillery drill.. luckily i was e casualty for more den half of e distance covered.. while they were chiong like mad.. i was on e stretcher and relaxing.. haha.. den at nite it was nothing and we slept early..
Monday - final day of e test.. we had a 2 km fast march in e morning.. damn tiring.. but our morale made our instructors got no reason to tekan us.. haha.. den we began wif e test at around 9 plus.. as usual.. we did e usual stuffs.. but today was quite different.. everyone start to obey e commander and tink simple and work easy after i debrief them after my mission and expressed abit of my unhappiness.. hahha.. we got do some belaying (dunno spell correctly anot..) den e medic was e most busy tt day.. but we ended early.. luckily we got to take a tunnel back to our company line.. we manage to squeeze around 40 of us into e tunnel wif our field bags.. amazing sia.. after reaching company line we went for our dinner.. whoa.. as Chinese New Year was coming.. e dinner was super nice.. we got roast duck and stewed chicken for dinner.. den we super hungry.. so ate alot.. e best is tt my friend was e last to get e food.. so e uncle practically put every single piece of duck and chicken left on his plate.. den he shared wif me lo.. haha.. eat until wan to puke.. hee.. at nite we sent arms den had an early nite..
Tuesday - we had our 1st SOC (Standard Obstacles Course) lesson.. and e PTI (Physical Training Instructors) taught us how to leap off from high ground and land.. they oso introduced us e 1st 3 obstacles out of 11 to us.. den taught us e correct methods of clearing them.. after tt we got practice.. oh ya.. without our SBO (Standard Battle Order) which is without helmet, rifle and webbing.. SOC we need to run for 700m den clear 11 obstacles which is spread out in 200m den ran another 600m in our SBO attire.. although now no more test.. but e requirement time last time is to finish under 10mins 30secs.. e 1st obstacle is low wall.. ok.. quite easy to clear.. juz need abit of arm power can liao.. den is e parallel bar.. ok.. it was quite tiring if u do it slowly.. but not a problem for me.. den come to e leap off.. which is to jump over barb wire.. ok.. i personally tink is too dangerous la.. though it was not a problem for me.. i said this bcos one of our company mate fell into e wire and got numerous cuts as he hestitated for a while.. i mean why cant they juz replace e wires with something tt made up of e heights?? super dangerous lo.. even it is mean to test our confidence.. we each had to do twice den we went back to company.. den we had a small orange ceremony.. which is our PC handed us 2 mandarin orange for Chinese New Year.. after which we had our area cleaning den we booked out at around 1300.. abit late lo.. sianz..
OkOk.. tts all for tis week.. i tried to update my Chinese New Year days soon.. haha..
NiKe_bOi
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