It blew me away. Our turnouts and casualty evac made it all worth for our second bar presentation. We were e first batch to include an additional 1.5 km apart from the 4 km standard distance. The rationale behind all this was for the commanders to display how officers should be ready for challenges that lays before us. When e pressure is on, 'tough time dun last, tough men do'. Tho' we tot it was all over, demoralized there was more distance to cover, we motivated our buddies onwards n overcame e fatique tt was biting in.

Nevertheless, i had my fun wif all e buddies in my platoon..whenever training gets tough, it was all these tt kept us alive..

We've learnt various weapons like Sar21, M203, SAW and Metador. Fired M203 n Metador..great fun n experience..

Last sat booked out at 1500hrs, reached home bout 1630hrs and did 'touch n go' ops cos haf to report back to camp by 2230hrs. Went out for a short while n had some simple shopping to help remind myself im still civilian afterall..haha..

Sun came n guard duty was 24hrs from 0800hrs till monday morn 0600hrs. It was raining e whole dae..wif juz my gortex jacket wif moi, i seeked comfort within the insulation of e material..while i was rather wet, e cold wind blew and i tot of my family, how my parents were doing and if da was doing fine at thailand wif excercise cresendo..rain splashed gently on e face, memories surfaced n i began missing everyone..haha..wad a weird phenomenon..

Indeed, army doesn't juz take e time off us n ourselves to make e sacrifices..it returns us wif the acknowledgement of treasuring what we have in our possession and how we shouldn't take those for granted..all i could hope for was some time to sit down n haf a hot bowl of soup and simple dinner wif my family and find out how everyone was doing esp my dearest bro of whom i love dearly...faraway as he may be in thailand as of now, my prayers will stay wif u, ya?

Army changes a person. Perspectives and living. Perhaps, we shouldn't haf held back all our feelings and emotions n learn how to express them out effectively. In every opportunity, will we not let go of possible chances to do the stuff tt leads not to e field of regrets. Treasure n breathe everydae as a form of learning to live, live because there is a purpose, to appreciate all these tt is around us..to be inspired wif our life compass...