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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Brutal Week 5 ended

Ended my long 6D5N field camp.
The highest peak of BMT, the field camp and I managed to get through it, it was tough physically and also mentally. Not showering for 6 days, sleeping inside a shell scrape dug by me (super tiring, hands became numb and blisters) , eating combat ration (some were nice, some were... eeekkk! but due to hunger, everything also went down the stomach), every drip of water was like holy water. HAHA.
The weather was good, no rain for the whole 6 days, so we were mud-free. But it was the humidity that shag us out but whatever it is, 6 days flies and I got it done! (:
Another thing, after this field camp, my section mates also got closer, helping one another, pushing each other to soar! amazing people! How we started off 5 weeks ago not knowing each other to now today where we are. HAHA... sharing jokes and sharing life story. :P

One thing for sure I bring home from this field camp is being mentally stronger.
On the 3rd day when all of us were pretty much shag out physically and mentally, the letter from our loved ones came.
To be very honest, I never expect my loved ones to write to me, I was expecting a commander letter inside the envelope. Before we get to open the letter, we were literally 'torture'. We had to run here and there, leopard crawl, taking off our LPV and helmet and putting it back. Then came the high knee and the 'lecture' done by our PC. What he said was actually quite true, true emotionally enough for some of us to tear or fighting back our tears.
After the 'torture', we went back to where our stuff is and the letter for each of everyone is placed there respectively. Never did I expect when I open the letter, I saw a foolscape and straight away, I was holding back my tears. Open the foolscape and I saw the first word, Mummy, immediately, the tears just accumulated by my eye bag waiting to drip. Then finish reading, it wasn't over, there was another brown envelope, I thought it was a family photo inside and I opened it, it was another letter. Shocked and surprised, who could it be? I totally had no clue that it was from her, none other than my dearest baby girl Yvonne. Straight away, the tears couldn't hold on and floodgate open, as i read line by line, the tears drip on...... It was just a simple piece of paper, called letter but at that point of time, it wasn't just words on paper, every words was like a voltage, sending power into the body system, it was a morale support. Totally touched with supports from all of them, it caught me off guard. Thank you my loved ones, I don't know what to say or how to thank you but all I will do is to show you back my gratitude for your support and love in time to come. I love you.

Jon