Hallo ihr alle da draussen...sigh, it's already Saturday evening and i'm writing this now...early amn't i? Hecks, that's because i'm serving a little something called confinement tomorra...i shall explain why later but now i'm getting severely pissed off so let me rant a bit okay? Tomorra i have to reach camp by 0700 hours to report for confinement. Everyone else is booking in by bloody 2245. Wieviele Stunden sind denn inzwischen? Ungefähr 15, ja? Und du hast Recht! 15 Stunden!! Was kann man mit 15 Stunden schaffen? Muss ich euch nicht erzählen, stimmt? Scheisse! Find's du nicht? Find ich doch! Mensch...Will jetzt nur jemanden umbringen...Jetzt muss ich 6 Uhr morgens aufstehen...6 Uhr morgens, kannste es dir vorstellen? Es ist doch SONNTAG! Um Gottes willen, hilf doch uns!
How did it happen? Siehe unten: The entry on MILO. Remember we wandered into a sticky swamp during EX NIGHTWALK and got ourselves mired down? So we arrived late and we thought it was nothing because we were honestly stuck and not that we didn't put in effort...They said we'd be confined if we were late due to lack of effort...To me, lack of effort isn't bashing in the undergrowth for 4 hours trying to get your bearings. That, to the pricks (powers) that be, is effort. So we got confined, signed the book on Monday...much to the surprise of the whole course because like so many details got caught but NOT confined...So is there still any fairness? It seems that you ought to be punished for not using the main axes, avoiding capture and observation, making a honest wrong turn, floundering helplessly in the swamp until first light, but not for slacking on the main axes and getting caught. Heard the Liaison instructors actually closed one eye to some details.
Bollocks. Bloody wanking fuckers.
So now let's move on to better things, because Kate Ryan's Libertine is playing on Jump Radio on my RealOne Player. How was SAFARI?
EX SAFARI: Cadets, you are now assuming command of your guns again. You will, over a course of 3 days and 2 nights, deploy at various areas like Pasir Laba Camp, Temple Hill, Murai, Tengah, and Simpang. There are 8 sets of appointment holders which will rotate when your time is come.
SAFARI was simply that. Imagine hooking a 13-ton gun to a tonner and then driving on the main roads/expressways to your various deployment grounds. Also a good opportunity to observe impolite impatient road users trapped between the trailers. Go on and hit us, assholes. You'll pay, not us. It was slack if you were gun crew. Surprise, surprise, i actually embedded the gun without killing myself! Haha. Geschafft! Apart from that, basically when you were waiting for a mission you could be asleep. Yeah...quite slackish but if you were at the CP things were kinda different because you had to handle calculations, communications, command at the same time. Being a GPO isn't easy. I know. I've been there.
Yet we all got very very little sleep...An average of about 2-2.5 hours per day? What's interesting is that with little sleep you actually can function better than if you had a full 7 hours...the day after SAFARI we had a full night's rest and were just so tired, aching and lethargic. It's true...Then at the end we got our blue berets...A pity that it's the wrong shade of blue...it's more like deep ultramarine...if it was sky blue it would be nice but then again those are UN colours. Eep.
Reuben got admitted to hospital again because of some problem with his digestive tract now. I don't know what to say to him. Maybe he should OOC. If got so many problems...can only wish him good luck lor. Then Kelvin wants to go OCS also so he can get a scholarship. Guys...aiming for the stars is good...but then i really donno if i should advice you to carry on or advice you to back off. One is doing it only for the scholarship whereas the other is clinging on desperately like a cliffhanger without any rope. I shall shut up and just tell them to wake up smell the coffee and if you want to go on then please...
Met up with Nicole today. Went to watch Sky Captain and the World of Tomorra...it's not half bad so go watch it if you like the movie...a healthy blend of past and future...even though everything including the robots are so...retro-esque...anyway she's healthy and alive but stressed...i really feel for her and all out there who are dying because of uni...Good luck, girl...you're gonna need it...
Tar, if you read this, she also asked how you were. Sadly, i'm as out of touch with you as she is...let's all meet up, shall we? Or maybe you could go to the Arts fac to eat one day...y'know...Überraschung, ja?
Ohh...mei's also going away to shoot in CRESCENDO le. Hey mei actually kor also going there to shoot la but my gun can shoot 30 km you only shooting 10m range. And i going in December. zzzz. Good luck k mei...then i'll bring u out one day...
Funny how i miss all my friends all of a sudden...Empty Rooms (Set Me Free) by Jam & Spoon feat. Rea Garvey is playing in my head now. I want to say that i love all of you but will you hear me? Is the world really too busy? It was nice talking to nick, even if we were freezing in the cinema or over lunch where we traded little bits of life, me in the military and she an der Uni...Brings things into perspective...So please don't overwork yourselves anymore...you gals ah, bring your JC mentality over. Not that it's a bad thing but killing yourselves over work is...take a break. Read a book...(No time, right?) or do something you haven't done in a long time. Meet your friends. Geh ins Kino. Ess Gelato! Do what's right...okay?
Peace to all.
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