Saturday, July 10, 2010 9:35 AM
Hey am back from Taiwan. This post will be a short post to wrap up my experience in BMTC. I know this will be the last time to book in to Pulau Tekong. Kinda sad.
I remember going in to Pulau Tekong with an anxious feeling like many how many others do. The initial stage of the training is seriously tough for me. I am not use to the momentum and the level of toughness of the physical training. Its pretty bad then.
However, weeks have passed by and I am slowly adapting to the regimentation. However, there are memorable days when I feel extremely shag and tired. Like a day in week 5, where we have run after a 4km route march and swim after the run. Back from Ladang, we had a quick lunch and sat under the scorching sun for 1 hour to listen to CDS talking. Thats not all, strength training after the talk. That day, I almost died! LOL!
PTP phase is actually better as admin time given is reasonable. When we stepped into BMT phase, we seriously have lesser admin time as lots of military stuffs have to be completed. Range was seriously a long long day and we came back at 2am and woke up at 5.30am. WTF! Haha
Next, fieldcamp was the worst 6 days ever. WORST! Mud, dirty, smelly, sticky, tiring and so many unpleasant words that can be used. Seriously a bad dream!
Grenade and SIT TEST was next. Time pass really quickly after SIT test. Its quite relax after that with little PT. 16m route march was bad as I am not use to the distance. Sigh.
Games Day was a memorable day for me as i performed at my best for cheerleading. We seriously did our best but emerge a 2nd place though. Sigh.
Last week of BMT was rehearsals after rehearsals. I stood at the first row for the parade and execute my drill at my best. I perspire a lot during the rehearsal, standing for long hours, making sure that our parade is at our best. The rehearsal stopped on Tuesday.
Cleaning up the whole of Quebec in Rocky Hill was a feat. Scrubbing the walls in the showering cubicle is like strength training. However, the satisfaction after cleaning is good!
On the POP day, we woke up at 3.30am to get ready for our 24km route march. We set off at 6am exactly. While passing by the cookhouse, the uncle is waving to us. My eyes were filled with tears and i kept resisting the tears to fall. I dunno why did it happened. To me, I felt that the cookhouse is like a place where i can relax, chat with platoon mates and fill up my empty stomach. I will miss the cookhouse a lot!
The 24km route march was tiring but manageable. I think its better than the 16km route march as we were all singing happily and have a positive mind. After the 24km March, I was so happy. I have finally completed the march.
However, it was raining cats and dogs when we are doing our cooling down exercise. We left our field pack there, taking mess tin and valuables. OMG.
Rain didn't stop till our parade. Hence, wet weather programme was activated! Sigh. All the rehearsals have gone off to the drain!
Quite sad for not able to execute the parade for our parents to see. Well, I am happy enough to POP though. Haha.(Pics at facebook)
Thats all for my BMTC experience. A pleasant one i guess. GOod bye Tekong. Next, Taiwan trip! Woohoo!
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