Life's Like This... in Luzern

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
pLaTo0n FiELd CaMp

im finally back 2 the civilian world and im hopefully gettin myself engaged back 2 the world..

081207

its supposed 2 b a weekend and wat am i doin here in marsiling wif my medical stores and field pack?? it realli doesn't sounds nice.. furthermore im at pasir laba 4 the last 2 daes helpin out wif some live firin thingy for the JC students.. im realli sick of the field.. the SBO and the helmet and the sun and all sorts of crazy weather this island could bring.. i jus wan 2 stay under a urban shelter.. fortunately its exactly the opp.. 4 the entire field camp im sleepin in a hole tt i digg for myself in the cluster of trees..

(note: i haven mentioned the weather yet.. jus read on..)

091207

its a sunday mornin!! and i woke up from the forest knowin tt i still hav 3 daes 2 go on.. im walkin ard like a zombie and most times i dun feel like talkin 2 anybody.. and true enuff no one realli tok 2 me..

then i tot it'll b a gdd dae since the sun's shinin gdd at 8am.. but by 10am it started 2 rain.. and it kept rainin heavily and stopped onli 4 a moment.. this momentum kept on repeatin for the nxt for the entire dae and im realli worried abt my field pack.. coz its not waterproof.. after the rain subsided 4 a while i went up and check my field pack and thank God tt nothin is wet except 4 the pack.. i quickly took it 2 a sheltered area 2 dry off.. thank God it did not rain at nite.. i hav 2 scoop up the water from tt hole tt i sleep and its super muddy all over.. im totally dirty like an animal.. and i slept there in agony..

101207

i always wonder how 2 go on in a time like this.. the weather got me down and here i am providin medical coverage 4 the trainin and im all dirty and muddy all over.. even when i treat the guys i'll stain my medical equipments and compromise wif the hygiene standards a little..

and so 2dae i observed the weather again.. it dod not rain and the sun was shinin till 10am.. i tot tt it'll b a strong sunny dae.. i was wrong at the nxt hr coz its pourin again and this time the rains ar even fiercer and stronger than the past 2 daes.. it over flooded the holes tt we digg and its impossible 2 slp in there unless u wan 2 b like a piggg 2 roll over the mud and water.. thank God our supoeriors ar kind 2 let us slp in the trainin sheds.. but i suffered quite badly and i was drenched.. im realli cold and the feelin was indescribable.. i stayed strong w/o the tot tt i feel like dyin but 2 endure 4 the final daes of the field camp..

111207

my morale realli reached so low tt im not thinkin abt anythin else.. i tot tt this field camp will last 4eva.. i dunno when i'll see the light again.. (even though i noe when the field camp ends..) my tots ar whacked.. my mind's completely dead.. and i found out tt im not the onli one depressed.. in fact everyone's depressed.. ut the whole lot of us jus shut down ourselves emotionally so tt we wouldn't feel so stress as the guys could perform well at the battle course they ar embarkin..

in the late afternoon the battle course comes 2 an end and it started pourin again where earlier in the dae the sun's smilin at us.. rumors of the battalion goin back camp earli has been spreadin from mouth 2 mouth but no one confirmed it.. in the end our CO came and gave us a thumbs up and praise us 4 our effort durin the battle course.. he officially announced tt we will go back camp 2nite and there'll b no route march back 2 camp!! the men were overjoyed.. some of us were like, "huh?? goin back already??"

121207

2dae we ar supposed 2 hav the route march back 2 camp but we were in camp cleanin all our stuff tt suffered thru the mud and water 4 the past few daes.. well as 4 me i hav 2 settle the medical stores and the platoon medics'.. nothin much except 4 cleanin and cleanin and cleanin.. our superiors remind us tt the long break is comin and somehow it serves as an encouragement and motivation 2 finish the yr strong.. so here i am.. my superiors gave us the privellege 2 stay out 4 the nite and im on my way tunin back 2 my usual self again..

wEiwEi|9:53 PM