i had my FIRST ever otc weekend... it was at brady braddon (or sth of the like... i cant spell it, and i cant say it either) it isn't far from dundee at all.. about 40 mins on the bus...
on fri i was at our dundee unit at 6pm.. excited and scared... i had to take my own rifle. i dun exactly knw what type of rifle it was.. but it was an S sth... barat yo!! muahaha.. learnt how to put the sling on.. and thanks to the others in the dundee unit (B squadron) i didnt knw how to put it on correctly!!! =(
coach trip was aight... then sampai braddy bradon (ud realise this isn't the spelling i used earlier for reasons iv mentioned) kena serve moulded wine and mince pies... mince pie was aight.. the room smelt awful.. i hate the smell of moulded wine.. or of anything of the kind.. they are dull ish and sticks to your clothes and body!!! SUCKS!!!
then had nothing on that night.. dinner saja.. then the bar.. then it was me asleep =) we were actually staying at officers' mess.. so that was aight... had my own bed.. sigh...
sat morn... i was up at 6am... at which time they started making ALL of us run!!! i was dying by the seventh minute!!! anyone who knows me would know that i HATE running!!! (or walking for that matter!!!) so there i was running for 25mins.. and doing sprinting, wheelbarrow (it requires two ppl, A and B, A will be using his/her hand whilst B angkat B punya kaki..) this was particularly horrible because the grass was frosty!!! and i didnt have my gloves on!! as a result it was bloody freezing!!! and.. have anyone of u heard of the plank? this HURTS!!! its kinda like doing a push up.. but instead of on yr palms... u r on ur elbow and ur toes, so ur body is straight macam kayu... so the plank.. i tell u.. this hurts the rectus abdominis!!! bloody hell!!! dont do this for fun.. because the side effect is NOT fun at all!!!
after that breakfast. then i had morning lectures then orienteering... (two hours of ME walking!!! with my webbing, rifle, backpack) and lunch and then ptg we had platoon attack... by this time, i knew i had Blisters!!! and they weren't fun!!! and i cant walk by then!!! i was the last person in the line.. and i was ultra slow!!! and after everything (after a couple of times me throwing myself on the ground, pretending to shoot at my enemy.. and wriggling on the ground and zig zag-ing to my next area on the ground!!!) by the time we walked back to the unit, it was DARK... 5 ish!!! and i was the last one again!!! but i had my officer to thank as he didn't mind me walking slo.. well towards the end of it, im pretty sure he was pissed.. but i did tell him at 1pm i had blisters!!! muahaha
dinner... we were served by the officers.. which was fun and great.. and dinner (xmas diiner to be exact) was great!!! even if i had to eat vegetable kiev!!!
sunday was bearble!!! i had SPORTS... touch rugby.. which was interesting.. if i knew how it worked better, i would have enjoyed it more.. then football.. i was goalie.. did a few saves.. otherwise a crap goalie, and got a few bruises from this!!! padas eh kalau terkena bola!!! and we had tug of war!!! i hated this because we had to dig our heels in the ground.. and its not nice when u have blisters on BOTh ur heels!!! ;p
then, balik to dundee... cleaned our rifles.. (interesting man!!!) and balik, and jules came.. and jules is here! =)
pokoknya: i think i am wayy too spoilt to be an askar.. if being an army doctor means doing all those physical things, then fer sure, im throwing that ambition out the window.. and stick to being a civillian doc ;p
to quit otc or not? i duno.. i think i shall give it a few more shots.. but i dont think im keen on taking the exams so that i can proceed to higher ranks just yet... i wana do it for the fun of it =)
i think.. and i believe, if i had better physical fitness, and if i like running or walking, i would have found the weekend easy! i imagine people like masnur, shar, fiz would have found the physical demands very easy indeed... so that means, I have to upp my fitness.. sigh!!! something i particularly hate doing!!! sigh!!!
1 comment:
Interesting! hehe siuk bunyinya..u n me babe, we hate fitness! n running hrhr..n to think I'm a sporty person haha..;P
rifle lah apa lah..all this sounds familiar to me mun c rezam slalu ckp n slalu jua liat war dvds olehnya sheesh heh..but then wen i asked, S apa..confused tia..i think its an S16 cos ive heard sth like it haha antamm war..:P
nway, keep at it..they say, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going (now wats dat suposed to mean haha) n goodluck ;)
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