Countdown and CSB

With e 2nd yr coming,i realised am nt blogging as often as i used to.There will b more outfield during my 2nd yr like taiwan trip n maybe,jus maybe,ATEC stage 1.But anyway i'll try to update as often as possible though i might b tired.

Finally i've got 361 days left to ORD :-) Many of my platoon mates have started counting
down nw.ORD ORD....pls let it come faster!!!

Tis wk has been a ICSB(individual combat skill badge,e one on e left) wk.For the past few days,i've been doin all those refresher course on e weapons etc.....Then the real deal of hell starts 2 days ago when we set out to tekong 4 e final tests:completing 32 km route marcharound pulau tekong in 6 hrs,passing all the weapon tests and using SAR21 to get at least 5 hits out of 10 shots at 100m range.


During the whole route march,many of us were simply walking n walking n walking n walking,somemore at a quick pace.It was totally energy-sapping.But during the march,all of us were trying to help one another in many ways like pulling one another along,carrying another.I rmember tat after we've reached our 8km mark.I was tested on grenade launcher,which was the easiest but the most difficult if one fumbles thru.Even though it was pretty dark,we were asked to strip the launcher.Somehow me n rafi(my sect 2IC) did it in double-quick time and the rest of e test is history.After the test we had to march again.When we reached the range in the morning,i was totally tired out.But somehow when it comes to shooting,i hit more than 5 shots.The rest again was history,jus to keep a long story short.

During the whole journey,the route march displayed the best side of human character when we are all facing trouble.Trying to cheer each other on,encouraging one another tat we can all do it and carrying each other's burden etc....During tis whole ICSB journey,since last mth,i've witnessed God's grace upon me.Never in my wildest thought did i tink tat i can walk e 32km though my leg is really "chui".But God realli gave me strength thru people's words,action n his presence when am walking.To get e badge,i also nd to get IPPT silver.But i nv realli did tink i can get silver until i seriously tried.Overall,it's been quite an incredible time.It's something i'll nv do in reservist service ever again(thank goodness :-).It's also a memorable story to tell coz it's nt by individual strength or skill tat i can get tis badge but it's thru everyone's help n God's grace tat it's possible :-).