hadn't blog for 2 months now. initially i was just being lazy currently i have been busy with something called platoon sergeant course since the mod of last month. its a 6 weeks course held at sispec at the newly allocated pasir laba camp, just one exit away from my house that is if you're taking the pie towards tuas. the whole course is broken up to 2 weeks common phase & 4 weeks operational phase in other words, 2 weeks full lecture & theory based & 4 weeks of agonizing outfield practice. so far i've only ended the first week of the operational phase & i've already fallen sick. well i've always been sick these few months but it has just gotten worse. probably cos of the training on friday under the scorching sun. it was so damn bloody hot. i've had major heat cramps & i've suffered dehydration causing me to burn out. how i wish the 3 more weeks would pass by fast!
anyway backtrack to the days before i started the course, i've had some interesting events. one of it is when my company had a nights out & one of my man under my charge came back drunk. totally in a whole of his own & wasted. unfortunately he had stirred a minor problem at the place he went to drink & was thrown out. so he didn't accept that & started to argue. it was lucky he went there with his friends. they manage to escort him back to camp but even in camp he was still causing a ruckus. and that's when i stepped in. i happened to notice him being escorted from the corridor of my bunk. so i decided to come down and so call investigate but actually i was bored and didn't have anything else to do. hah! founded out the situation and decided to intervene.. as rough as he was, he still had the respect towards me as his commander. but still he was drunk and begining to piss me off so i pinned him down like a wrestler repeatedly shouted at him to snap out of it before i decided to charge him for misconduct. well i did manage to subdue after an hour plus.. by then i was pretty beat out myself. so i left him be with the supervision of his platoonmates. i went out took a smoke along the corridor.. at the same time i check on him again. was suprised he wasn't in his bed so i took a closer look and saw him at the dustbin puking the hell out and he was bleeding on his forehead. so i instructed one of the guys to wet a cloth so i could wipe off the blood on his face and sent him back to bed. its quite tasking to be a commander.. whether to be stern or to be caring. but these guys actually look upon me as their older brother than as their commander. however the next day the same guy apologised to me and the rest of the guys had a total changed of look towards me. they were somehow a bit scared of me after witnessing a small portion of my aggressiveness as i've always been nice towards them. but all in all its just a lesson learnt for them. their discipline level just went up a notch. haha.. at least something good was gained from that.
a friend of mine from the same bunk suffer what i suspected to be insomnia. after knowing that he hadn't slept for a week i confirmed my suspicion. he had always been an outgoing sort of guy but suddenly he snapped at everything and was convinced that the whole world was against him. however i had to go off for my course.. the latest update i got was he's recovering quite well.
sorry, i hadn't complete my submission then. here i am 3 weeks later, finishing my course soon. just 4 more days! had 2 weeks plus of hell and torture. the last 3 days overnight in the outfield especially. had to dig alot of trenches (something like a grave), carry a lot of heavy stuff & endure all the insect bites, including scorpions and also encountering alot of huge spiders of different colours! yucks.. that just creep me out.
i'm resting at home now, will be booking back into camp tmr noon. i've suffered alot of sandfly bites on my wrists, necks and face. i'm in utter despair cos the complexion of my face is destroyed. lolz!! it wil heal back in a couple of days. i've also suffered alot of scratches from charging thru all the branches and bushes. but i've very glad that its all over now! it was a good experience. hmmm.. i've met some old friends while i was there in Pasir Laba Camp. it was good seeing them again! haha.. alright then i'm signing out now. will update soon! ciao.
