3 down...7 more to go

just came back from reservist...wasnt as bad as i thought...in fact it was quite alright to some extent...

was abit shell-shocked on the first day after looking at the time table they planned for us...the trng schedule was like a high key ict packed into a low key ict...and from the experience of the 1st 2 icts-i was expecting to undergo yet another shitty ict...

BUT this time round we were under the charge of 2WO Yap instead of uncle mikey...on the whole he did made things abit easier for us (as compared to mikey)...and maybe my expectations werent that high to start with anyway so yea...when expectations are low and some minor minor good things happen, it makes everything feel better i guess...sthg liddat la...

so anyway...just a summary of my so-called lowkey ict

day1
-orientation driving+sar21 familiarization
drawing out the vehicle and bii was a chore...it's like a waiting to rush and rushing to wait procedure...after that went for orientation driving, first lunch in camp was packed...after lunch it was the technical handling test of the sar21...

the day ended early...but i had trouble sleeping...i always liddat one...cannot sleep on 1st night of ict...its those anxiety things...the night before the 1st exam paper...the night before sch reopens...the night after booking in...

day2
-sar21 range+IV
reveille was damn early-530...then had to drive to nee soon camp range for the sar21 live firing...mundane drive at snail's pace....50km/h along the expressway was bloody crappy...so boring and sleep inducing that it even made changing lanes exciting...

after firing 3 mags of 4 rounds each...we did our IV...i poked tang and he poked me...both of us were not successful...heh...after self inflicting pain session was over...lunched...some ccac revsion with short naps littered here and there...then night shoot of 2 mags of 4 rounds...then long drive back to camp again...

day3
-platoon battle course
outfield day...drove to track 13 area...did all the drills and what nots on the lsvs...lucky no night nvg driving...that wld have sucked and i wld have fed even more mozzies...but not too bad la...din get that many mozzie bites in the jungle...killed 8 huge mozzies straight at 1 target...
engagement area...

day4
-utws fam on agl
spent the day in camp learning the utws thing+clean rifle+clean mg

day5
-agl live firing
drove to track 13 area again...this time to shoot agl using the utws...reach back camp to wash the lsvs and return wat we could return

day6
-ippt+out processing
chose not to take ippt cus i got gold liao...returned the lsvs...out pro at abt 1215...then lunched with my friends at bedok corner...got a ride home on lee yin's new toyota yaris...hohoho

the whole ict was made more bearable with the jokes and chats with my army friends...food was great too!!(except the combat ration of course)-i had a good 5 day servings of meat!!!hohoho...lotsa meat and veggies...yummy!!!