What a day. (Part 3)

I'm back and.. having a headache. I guess I can't be under the sun or heat for too long now. Need the conditioning and getting used to being under the sun.
(Oh, by the way.. 2 days ago I stayed over in camp.)

My headache has been brought over from yesterday's activities in camp. We had a 5km Route March, nothing to brag about.. I really felt weak as I reached the 4km mark. That's the start of the headaches. I might have been mildly dehydrated and had not drank alot before the march.

Then, we had a Technical Handling of the SAR21 rifle. Haha, why weren't we issued with this rifle in the past? It's probably the easiest rifle I've ever handled but, it's heavier than the M16, by about 500g ~ 1kg. It makes a lot of difference this weights. Not kidding. Just holding it for about 5 minutes.. your arm is hurting. Heh. About an hour later after lunch, we had range at Nee Soon Camp for our SAR21 Familiarisation Shoot. That's where the fun and hell began for me!

I don't know if I'm supposed to say this here, but FUCK IT! I was issued with 5 x 6 rounds, meaning 5 magazines with 6 bullets in each. So total 30 LIVE bullets. My detail is then called to head towards the shooting 'bay'.. and commanded to load the a magazine of 6 bullets in the SAR21, only to realise, 1 of my 5 magazines, IS MISSING 1 BULLET. I WAS TOTALLY IN A STATE OF CONFUSION. I might have forced the magazine out TOO hard from my SBO and caused the bullet to be released from the magazine, OR I had miscounted when I was issued. But oh well,.. I was re-issued with one more bullet (meaning I now had drawn 31 bullets, one missing)

Shoot was fun! But I always made a silly mistake, I HAD ALWAYS LEFT MY "SAFETY" on! I missed the last target, sadly.. 'cause I was thinking about the missing bullet. So out of 24 Targets, I hit 21 (2 'missed' because safety was on accidentally and 1 official miss).
So, I got a 87.5% accuracy, not satisfied 'cause the SAR21 is DAMN EASY TO USE... haiz... I used to get.. 93.8% in the past, hitting 30 out of 32 targets with the M16 (Company Marksmen then.. hehe). But too bad, not a marksmen comparable to a sniper's 98% ~ 99% accuracy. Hehe..

After the shoot, I was double-checked for the bullet, but never found it on me.. or rather anywhere in the range. So now, I don't know what's gonna happen.. Time will tell.

By 8.30pm, we're in the Lecture Theater back in Kranji Camp, and having our last lesson and briefing 'til 9.30pm. Then, we headed home.. with me having a terrible headache..

Heh.. What a day.

What a day, (Part 2)

Sheesh..

Being a reservist ain't as fun or as interesting as being an active personnel.

BUT.. lesser work to do! Hahaha..

Kinda like a small vacation for us man, even those 'taking care' of us told us to do "anything you think you can do.. if too hard, leave it to the NSFs". Hahaha..
Seriously,.. that's what we're told. Only real drawback about this.. is that we have to do alot of waiting.

Slept plenty of times awaiting for our 'jobs' to be issued.. Heh,.. and we're by the vehicle.. OH MY... we only did small... really small jobs, like tightening the screws, changed the tailboard 'straps' or change headlight bulbs. Haha.. damn..

Hmm.. well, for now.. this is what we've been 'actively' doing.. I'll be back soon..
Cya.

What a day.

And so.. Officially, my Reservist has begun.

Got to know old mates from my Selarang Camp days is in my company and bunk.

Happening sia.

Ok, cock-up alot from beginning of the day.
Cock-up number 1:- a really long delay.. about an hour from the In-Process before we got debriefed of the upcoming events. Damn long speeches from the In-charges. The guy sitting beside me,.. was snoring kind of loud. Haha..

Oh, the best part is... There's a Route March scheduled for the day at about 4.30pm. MOST OF US RESERVIST PERSONNELS DID NOT BRING OUR HELMET AND SBO! Hahaha.. cock-up number 2.

So, took us another... 2 hours get our bunk, officially. Heh.. WE NAPPED FOR ABOUT A SOLID 1 hr after that! SHIOK!!

AND the best part.. it rained.. so no Route March. Waste our time only falling-in.

But the cock-up of 'em all..

No one informed most of the others, that we have to choose individually if we want to go back to Selarang or Kranji for the On-The-Job Training. So most of the East-siders are now doing the training at Kranji Camp.. and vice-versa. Haizz..

Oh well..

A few more days and I'm DONE!!.. I Miss working LIFE!!!!

The last day.

I guess... this is probably the last entry for the week.

I've dusted, ironed, primped, packed, shine and polished. Heading back to camp in a couple of hours from now.

Been a quiet day.. no chatters from the handphone.. no calls for me and no smses (or not much).

My girlfriend just still seems cold.. but I realise.. it's just her way. I believe deep inside.. she misses me.. as much as I do towards her (and she will miss me when I'm away from tomorrow onwards). I guess this cold-persona she is putting on is something as a result of me being a jerk for the past few weeks or months back. It's my fault.

Well, what's done is done, I will remember it and move on.. and learn from it. I pray she will be safe from any harm or disaster.

I'll always think of her in camp.

I'll always love her..

'cause I know she loves me too.

(People, I'll be back soon..)