| Francis Daniel Zhang Zhaoyi a.k.a Sh'i-Lah |

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Sunday, August 28, 2005

1+ week to P.O.P!!! leaving BMT soon. can't wait to proceed on with my route and training. will it be the predestined road to warrant officer? or can i pave a new path for myself into becoming an officer. as a spec, i deffinitely will become GUARDS. if i cross over... i possibly might be thrown into any other unit. so the question comes back down to GUARDS or officer. but its not really my decision to make, the choice of whether or not i can become an officer is relatively out of my hands.

OC mentioned that under BMT, if u're company best or maybe platoon best, OCS wouldn't turn you down. after analysing the other members in my platoon alone, i doubt i'd cut the mark to be the best already. haha, i might still stand a fighting chance if i can get gold for my IPPT. my 2.4 timing is the one holding me out on my officer route. haha, 10:34. need 9:44.

Games day coming up soon. i'm taking part in 2 events. hehe drill comp and tug-of-war. its diff to juggle 2 things at the same time, most of the time they have the training run concurrently. so i'd be faced to make a choice. i hope that neither of the teams would suffer due to me skipping out on training sessions.

left knee started to feel strange after the 16km route march. will it heal? will the condition worsen? this only time can tell...

SicNarF
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8/28/2005 08:56:00 am

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Sunday, August 21, 2005

surprises are fun yet when it affects you in certain ways. i just came back from SIT test, and i had 12hrs notice before i set out. haha, always ready ready to strike. why was i only told so late?
last week before our bookout, the regulars were informed that we are not going for the SIT test (orders from up-stairs they said). felt like crap, haha, was so looking forward to going for another out-field and a chance to perform and hope of going OCS. those were dashed when the announcement came "Regulars not going" CRAP!~

So i started making plans for a relaxed 3days while the others were out running arnd. cookie session in bunk, sms'ing and staying in touch with friends, and stuff like that. 12hrs before the company set out for SIT test, "selected regulars must go" and i was selected! Damn! there goes my free time... then felt like crap again! hahaha

BTW! Mon and Tue was live firing. the rifle computer calibration is crap! haha it so off. aim at the centre, always hits the same spot top left. so i manually calibrated the rifle myself. and it got better.but overall my marks for the shots are just pass grades, 23out of 32. hehe prone unsupported position is so diff to fire from.

SIT test, started off with the 12km route march. then lessons and that was the end for day1. day2 consisted of 6missions, i had a DJ for an assesor!!! POWER98 DJ LTA Sebastion. how cool is that? he came up with a rule "anyone who spoke a word of non-english had to drop 20" i suddenly felt so at home when that rule was set down. the language spoken was so comfortable once more, no need to stress over trying to figure out chinese words!!! hahaha, day2 was another officer taking our detail. this time this guy juz wanted to get things done and over with. he didn't even give us a chance to come up with a solution. he juz gave it to us and forced us to follow...haha, but that was great in its way too! finished "chop chop" and headed back before the rain poured out of the skies. Woot!

SicNarF
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8/21/2005 01:02:00 pm

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Tuesday, August 09, 2005

today is national day. haha, but i wun get to see the fireworks this yr. going back into tekong resort at 1945 later. haha

these days coming back to singapore means catching up with friends as much as i can. taking turns so that none of them feel too left out. haha, gimme a break pls i only got 24hrs out each week. haha and i probably spent half of it sleeping. so i meet up with 1-2 grps each weekend. haha

other thing i spend time doing is hacking at the keyboards infront of my comp. check mail, check friendster, listen to music, read up on the latest thingies online and such

haha the minds still wondering about alot of toys even though i can't bring any of those things into tekong. haha, miss my oakleys, miss my car... want a SOG knife, want a 20gig mp3 player, want a bluetooth handsfree, want a new phone... haha so many many wants, none of them qualifying as a need

SicNarF
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8/09/2005 01:26:00 pm

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Sunday, August 07, 2005

I'm ALIVE! haha field camp juz ended. insect bitten are the scars i have to show for this GREAT week out in the lush lands of Tekong. haha

Day1
Route march to rubber plantation. first time doing route march and it was straight away a 8km one. felt so High sia! set up shelther and got tekan. haha

Day2
Nothing much went down on this day. the same kind of torture. learnt and was tested on some skills on identifying enemy targets and their range as well as simple surveillance.

Day3
March to oil palms. Technical break! quick shower and hot food.

Day4
Got to re-set up the shelther twice... tekan session!

Day5
Movement drills for qrp and section. cover Immediate Assault, Fire and Movement and Flanking exercises. also learnt how to get pass danger areas such as cross roads.

Day6
Morning march from oil palms to reclaimed land to set up the shell scrap. the walk was tiring... Full Battle Order... then dig dig dig hole to snuggle up and sleep in during the night. that place is FULL of insects man... and they attack without me knowing... only realised how bitten i was after looking at my hands to see the itch marks. insect repellent juz doesn't keep those blood hungry creepies from my sweet saviour blood. haha

Day7
Morning 4am had a rude wake up call with artillery bombartments. haha was sleeping like a log before the shells fell and had to put on FBO the moment arti lifted. then got tekan for 2hrs till day broke. Grp movement test was a breeze, BIC left sand abrations and sandy clothings. haha and that was it! the end of Field camp! Bunk sweet Bunk here we come.

SicNarF
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8/07/2005 12:57:00 pm

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