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Army-related Ramblings(Can't think of a better title)

The word "exercise" is ambiguous. It used to mean just doing sports, stretching here and there, flexing here and there. But now the army gives it a whole new meaning, being to sweat like a pig out in the field infested with blood-thirsty mosquitoes under the scorching hot sun. And to add a SAF-vocabulary-comment to this: BOTEK!

So you can guess what my complaint was about. This week was just plain hectic. Had SOC on Monday. It's been such a long time since my BMT days that I have last done SOC and I guess it's still quite manageable. Through it I gained confidence. It reminded me of my childhood days where I used to be so adventurous climbing around playgrounds, jumping off high platforms and all that. SOC is probably the army "playground". It breeds confidence. But please, not too much of SOC. Here's a top 3 activities ranking in terms of shagged-ness during my BMT life.

1. 24km route march
2. SIT test
3. SOC

On Wednesday and Thursday had outfield exercise in preparation for our Battery Fatep. Honestly I hate to stay overnight outfield. The feeling simply sucks. Imagine wearing your stinky No.4 and pretend you are moon-tanning under you gun's camouflage netting. And you have little time to sleep. And you have to do sentry(guard). And when you are having your meals, the mosquitoes are mealing too(on you).

And the worse thing is there will be 3 or 4 more exercises to go every week from now on. I always believe all these tiredness, all these mental drain is but a process I have to go through. I have friends who have ORD-ed. I wonder how they survived. For now, I think I WILL SURVIVE.