tuesday we were whiff off to PLC to set up the command post which will be my house for the whole exercise. the only good news that came to me was that my direct superior did not want me to go to PLC next day because he did not want to tax me as i was also involved in the river crossing exercise which will not allowed us to sleep for 36 hours.
so wed was spent in camp doing all the other works and night time was spent catching "get smart" which is definately a better movie then the international. plus my favourite hollywood actress is in it!
thursday was the real thing. put on the game face. this is my first major exercise. and this exercise alone was label a 5 star exercise which means many visitors will be coming. Chief of Defence was here the only 3 star general in singapore, so was the DPM who came down to see us work.
was put on a 12 hours shift which is no joke. after working for 12 hours in the command post churning out what we are task to do all we can think of is rest and slp. we had a make shift rest area with air-con for us to bunk in after our shift. but the worst thing about this is the whole room is so cold and many people walked in and out of the room which disrupted our slp.
woked up at 4am because could not stand the cold as well as to start preparing to take over from shift alpha. having the early shift means there are more work to do and the only positive thing is that we get to have a normal sleep unlike shift alpha which had to struggle to sleep in the morning.
through this exercise i really get to strengthen bonds with my fellow cell members and also with my different captains and nsmen in my branch.
friday night we decided to go find another place to bunk in because the room that was provided to us simply sigh. DYS4 sir actually msg us because earlier i told him we got a better place to crash in which of course i was pulling his leg. but also because of him we were quite daring to do alot of things which we ain't supposed to do.
through him we get to go shower near the swimming pool. previous night we already went recce for a nice place to slp but could not found any. but thank God it was friday and everybody was not in camp so together with him we found ourselves a real bunk with bed and pillow to slp in.
this is the best outfield experience!!!
sat another day spent in the command post to churn out more work before retiring to the same bunk till 2am where i was part of the advance party to set up another command post for the river crossing exercise.
definately well taken care of by my direct superior. he even cooked my combat ration for me or rather make it hot so that it taste nicer and easy to consume. thing is we were told that we will not be able to slp but he actually gave us some rest here and there.
cannot believe it when he actually told us that exercise would extend till wed. i was so looking forward for exercise to cut but because of problem to the raft as well as unfavourable weather. but God is good somehow exercise was cut as per schedule on tuesday.
because i belong to CAHQ for this river crossing i was the last to raft over to the other side. rafting is a very new and delightful experience. you don't get to see tank or command post rafting too often.
upon reaching back to camp received news that one of my captain giving us half day off which means we can book out at 12pm. left camp only at 3 because there were alot of things to settle.
yesterday was talking to my direct superior for an hour till i missed my dinner. through talking to him i realised how good a superior he is. because of him i can book in on that day for guard duty, if we have any request like wanting extra nights out he will give it to us. supposed to get extra 2 days off because of the effort i put in, due to some incident it was cancelled but he assured me that i need not worry one way or another he will give me more off. he gave us some advices. seriously hard to find a good superior. the sad thing is he is leaving this brigade next month.
caught this fantastic movie. it had a limited release in the US and it will not be screen in singapore as well due to financial issue. but the only bad thing about this movie is it also had a lousy ending!
so far this 6 months have been a very good. no complains. almost all the goals that i had set out some of them have already been met, some already progressing. can't think of any goals that i have not even worked on yet. probably need to plan some new goals for myself.
at the start of the year i wanted to be a vehicle OIC or dealing with finance side. was appointed 2nd ic. not that i am complaining nor am i disappointed. because i found out that in order to go study i won't have time on my hand to juggle army work and sch work. beside i managed to relief myself from lance guard which will free up even more time.
officially on off from tmrw. a super long week to rest up before going back on the 27th afternoon. took off on 27 morning to catch the final btw man u and barca. 29 is off in due as well before heading back to camp to do guard duty on the 31st. well that somehow sum up my month.