4 weeks of bmt

been thru really packed programs one after another

i figured that bmt would be like actually around 6 weeks

the whole system for my batch has been changed

the 24th batch bmt, incoporated with physical(class 2) and land combat training phase, would be 15 weeks

after which would be dive and 02 phase

and the last thing we would go thru would be team building week, aka "hell week" before going over to ops side

all these constitutes to about 10 weeks

so my whole course would be around 25 weeks, which is 6 to 7 months,

compared to previous batches where the whole trainee divers' course is around 9 months



shorter, but very packed



first week of bmt we already went for SOC 3 times, inclusive of introduction, first and full run thru

the past week we had range 4 days in a row, barely 5 hours of sleep every nite



having IPPT every week is a norm in dive school, or rather NDU

which was hard to adjust initially when i first enlist

i still remembered the first few IPPTs where my heart would be thumping real hard when approaching the chin up bar, once i almost forgot to count for my buddy doing the chin up right in front of me in queue, until the PTI had to "oei! what's the count" at me..haha



been sick on and off these 2 weeks...

started off with sore throat... after which developed into a bad cough...

fever and cough has been spreading like mad throughout the batch...

but somehow it's also because of inconsiderate ppl who dont cover their mouths when they cough...

fresh air huh... -_-

you ming told me that "it's somewhat similar to the "tekong cough".. whereby it will spread thruout the batch and after a period of time, when everyone is cured, our body will build up certain amt of immunity, so it's actually good to fall sick once in a while"



and yesterday, just when i thot i m good to go n fighting fit

at the end of the day at mandai, some dirt got into my eye, or prob the smoke from the smoke grenade, (or camo cream dissolved in sweat which seeped into my eyes)

my left eye began to hurt quite bad and i had to blink non stop... good thing the evolution had ended and we were just waiting for the bus

msg jimmy gave me some eyedrops and the medic gave me some gauze to wipe off the camo around my eye

still hurt when i went to sleep and i woke up this morning with a "da xiao yan" (big small eye)

another good thing, SOC intended for this morning was cancelled because of bad weather

eye got better as the day goes but it was pretty red that everyone thot i had sore eyes

btw everyone is freaked out by ppl who have sore eyes because there was a bad spread thru the senior batch..

now back home getting better



hmmm.. bear with me ar... thots all over the place...

see lah... too long never blogged.. haha :P



yep..

everything is packed packed packed

the past week went like this

mon - range till 8pm plus

tue - IPPT, Swim PT, Static PT

wed - Individual Field Craft (IFC) @ Mandai till dinner time

thur- IFC @ Mandai till 10pm plus

fri - SOC (Cancelled)





this coming week will be

mon - IPPT, Swim PT (think we might be learning swim with fins this week)

tue - 8km route march

wed - hmm... forgot.. but i think is swim again

thur- 16km route march

fri - ? unknown ATM

sat - ? unknown ATM



really have to depend on God for strength to pull thru every evolution



well, something to give thanks.. :)

my IPPT!



Chin ups - 12

Shuttle run - 9.2s

Sit ups - 45

Stand broad jump (SBJ)- 2.43m

2.4km run - 9m56s



now to work on my running...

which i have to hit 9m14s for divers gold (which 23rd seniors, instructors, CWOs & TOs have asked us to start aiming for)

and also to maintain my SBJ mark which i don't hit all the time, and also becos i'd need to hit at least 243 for divers gold

i was quite worried about my physical before and when i was enlisted,

especially the first 3 weeks where the physical training breaks down my muscles

my chin ups drop from 3 to 0

sit ups was only around 30

SBJ, 225 and 2.4 was 12m34s



before every IPPT, i spend a few minutes praying that He will just give me the strength and endurance to pull thru that i will know that it's Him who has allowed me to improve





btw speaking of IPPT, how can i leave out vince

hey man, Congrats for hitting Divers gold

yr key to long weekends and liberties :)



23rd batch is passing out next week, according to what vince mentioned

still got some diving to complete in dive school i heard

after which they will be over to OPS side



hmm... kk

think that's abt the updates for now..

my apologies again for the messy flow of thots... heh :P



gonna go nurse my red eyes

missed you guys at WAC,

hope to be well this sunday