DAY1:Departure
Not so funny when you're the Cadet IC of the lagguages and also a Packet Cadet IC.. hahahaa.. call it misfortune but yes I had to get busy once we were at the airport.. The good thing, I got to work with the nicer superiors rather then the ugly ones..
INFANTRY PHASE:
TRAIN CHOING BOOM what more can I say..
BIRTHDAY (13-11-2009) aka friday the 13th: EX CHINDIT
So I woke up in the middle of the jungle to birthday greetings from everyone (thanks!) and had to prepare for a mission.. So once again, luck or misfortune got me into some shit, because I was made freaking sec comm the night before and therefore have to be the first man into the river to secure the crossing rope for the company.. then had to be the receiver which means that I was in the river for 41 mins (that's our time and it's fantastic!).. movement thereafter and guess what, HORNET ATTACK!!! OMG, that was the scariest shit.. because our platoon was the rear platoon, the message we received was like: 'BEES BEES BEES!' from the front.. I was in shock because everyone had to freaking turn around and with an entire soaked FBO run in the opposite direction.. never have I ran so fast with FBO ever hahahahahaah.. MY god.. in the end, some were stung but it wasn't very bad.. thank god.. had our final attack on our objective and ENDEX! woo hoo! I love the sound of ENDEX :) back to base camp and had an awesome tomyam dinner! and the guys gaev a surprise birthday song when we were in the mosquito nest training shed.. hahaha.. definitely a birthday to remember :D
JCC
so begins our jungle confidence course, basically 9 days of group/solo survival given only a jungle, 2 days worth of food, a live quail and a banana.. comprising of 4 exercises, 3 navigation and 1 main survival.. the first 2 navigation exercises was madness.. I have no idea how much we walked but it's probably the most I've ever walked in my life, it's crazy.. nomad was fine, explorer was the bomb..
we had to scale telugong on all 4s literally.. and finally hit Mount Biang.. If you ever think it's easy peasy, you're SO wrong.. Biang is just nuts.. it's takes forever to get up not to mention get down.. we lost our way so many freaking times but we still managed to become the first few teams for every excercise and eventually the first team to end JCC.. B07 rocked some socks! wild fruits were probably the only thing that got us going, Chempedak, Rambutans and Lukus.. awesome! hahahaha.. the pain from walking so much and the weight we had to carry, not to mention the pathetic food amount we had..
then came survival phase where we had to built our own shelter, trap and fireplace with all the little rods and spears as well.. my stupid site had so little resources it's amazing how I cramped up some shit to pass.. hahahaha.. I had monkeys for company through the 3 days as well but the smell of the jungle just irked me so much.. it kept giving me headache or probably it's just the lack of food.. fire at night was ALWAYS appreciated but RAIN just had to come every single day and night.. so maintaining a fire was hard but it was ok in the end i suppose.. the 8th night was our final night, we were given a live quail and a banana.. Never has a banana tasted like sushi to me and yes we had to kill to survive.. it was part of the assessment, so yup.. twist and pull and the head of the quail will be out.. it was rather sad for me but i guess it was an experience.. we also had to skin the poor birdie and clean it's innards and stuff like that.. the sickest part was that the heart would still be beating even after you rip open it's ribs.. total disgust.. let's skip the part where we had to skin the poor creature.. and I chose to boil my game and had a really good meal that night.. the bones was used to boil like soup 2 times thereafter and never has blood tainted hands taste good at the dining table..
our final morning took us into our final exercise back to base camp and it was the most fastest navigation my team has ever done.. we ended really quickly, way before the main body came in.. o man, we so rocked.. BRAVO 07!
R and R and R: the rest, the relec and the return..
R and R was seriously not very entertaining but I still had some fun here and there.. there was great food and some little shopping and I got a new pair of shoes again! hahaahah, i'm such a shoe freak.. it's a spiderman shoe hahahaah.. how retarded.. the return flight was the most painful plane ride I ever had.. the palne was small, and it was just rushed.. o well, i'm back safe and sound anyway.. was THE last cadet that left the airport being the cadet IC for lagguages.. o well, it's OVER! :D
BRUNEI HAS BEEN AN OUT OF THIS WORLD EXPERIENCE.. it's been crazy and i'm sleeping only 3-4 hours a day now.. it's been pain! but it's over :) got my JCC badge now and it'll be a memory.. now i'm free! first stop today, IT fair @ suntec so people LET'S GO OUT AND PLAY! :D
