finally... ex. Earthworm is over... let me see, left 2 more weeks to my pop le... can start packing my stuff from my overly crowded locker. this ex. earthworm is really the whole essence of the FDC, no wonder ppl say this course is super shiong, now i know why. most of us had rarely more than 7 hours of sleep for the whole exercise, which lasted about 4 days 3 night. we did lots of training during these few days, with most of the time used in our trench digging... all i could remember is that we dug and dug, without any faintest idea of when the command post will be completed. but most of us hang on through shere willpower.

i have been wondering why there is so little turnout since last month, as it is a policy to have turnout to keep ourselves alert and vigilant at all times. during ex. earthworm, i finally realised why. they had been storing all these plans for the ex. lor, super sian... almost every 2 hours got 1 turnout, and we were left extremely exhausted (both physically and mentally) cos there will always be some form of punishments everytime, and with the inclusion of 5Bx every morning and trench digging through the night, it is little wonder we were totally wore out...

but never the lest, it is over. now left with a couple of more activities before we can finally pass out as part of the field defence squadron in maintaining the security of our country (so cliche). hope that all's well that ends well ba... i look forward to the day we pass out... POP lol...

this week been pretty busy, with a long chain of unexpected occurences that resulted in a delay in most of our activities for the week. supposedly to be able to complete our platoon live by 3pm as a result of the large number of long status and report sick personnels. thus only left with enough fighting fit to form 3 platoons for the run. but guess not everything is according to plan. the weather decided not to follow the rules and it rained all day yesterday, as such delaying our schedule (almost tot i couldn't be able to book out yesterday night).

these few weeks is the monsoon period ba, and thus heavy showers and occassional thunderstorms can be expected. but i seriously hope that it will be sunshine for the next week cos it's the Exercise le... arghh... after so much fear and anticipation, it's finally here, EXERCISE Earthworm.... time for us to say goodbye and dig our graves for the next 5 days...

penghui going to pop next week le... then he'll become a corporal (then can pump me liao)... so envious and yet happy for him... i wonder when will it be my turn to pass out (3 more weeks)... seems like a long journey considering that i already completed 9 gruelling weeks under our PS and sergeants... press on ba... by then i'll be able to pass out with pride... till then it's time for us to overcome our major obstacle... the exercise...hehe

week 8 of the FDC is over, 4 more weeks to POP lo... not much happenings this week, cos the scedule for us seemed a little mixed up and unreliable, at least for now... all i could remember in my faintest memory is that we had to build another prowl (the roof only) and that we had our IPPT again, this time round with the monetary reward... i guess money can really make the world go round ba, cos even i myself is shocked that i could finally get silver... first time jump so far for SBJ...hehe

there was a water shortage too at our bunk area, first it was only our block, then our entire company had to share 1 pathetic toilet, then something worst happened, the water ran out there too, as well as the water tap from the boots washing point... so in a way, the whole place experienced wat Sgt Zai Wei said " water discipline"... the lucky thing was perhaps we were due to book out early the next day...

we had a outing this sat, which turned out to be a complete failure cos no one went, shawn and daniel and many more decided to "fly F16" on us, and in the end SM, me were the only ones left, good thing was that andy decided to come too, at least late was better than not present... saw so many section 2 ppl in town too... that's all i have for now le ba... next week is late book out, so i guess there will be little time for another outing le...

long weekend this time round, so got more time to rest and play around lor (go back to modern civilisation)... hmm this week been a very busy week, mentally and more physically exhausting due to the POI exercise and all the punishments due to our slow movements. but all was paid off with a long weekend (from sat to wed) more time to rest and enjoy myself in the mood of the national day.

this week is the POI week, thus have a lot of things we have complete by a certain time limit... the training is tough, but the building of the prowls is the worse. so tired until my hands tremble at the sight of the sandbags lor... keep on doing the sandbags so 3 days, so scared of it le... can u imagine the sight of the sand pit and all the sand u have to fill up into the bags...scared out of my wits lor... even until sat also haven finish all, tot cannot go home...

hmm... MB (Muscle Brain) become more sadistic this week, dunnno why also. very stress. came up with a lot of new exercises for us to do (like rotational push-ups, chicken backside, running on the spot, rotational krunches etc etc) almost killed me lor... who knows wat will happen next week during Exercise Earthworm...haiz...

5 more weeks to the end of course le, then after that will be pure heaven lor...hope that day comes soon... till then i shall rest and take a break i continue my journey through the field defence course...

haiz.. corrinne may concert this wed, wanted to go see it a lot, but too bad have to book in by then. haiz... wasted sia. she is a singer i admire, cos she is super pro lor (reminded me of the female version of jay, so talented) haiz...

tmr is the nation's 40th birthday, i wish that Singapore will continue to prosper and grow for all to stay in...