Friday, November 16, 2007
A Few Things I Hate
1) to holan and have to make a U-turn.
2) dawn delibrate attacks.
3) 1/3 alert.
4) not allowed to eat the oranges.
5) stand-to
6) sect comm's naggin and bush beating nonsense.
7) needin to carry the section stores.
8) wearing the 732's headphones.
9) see the ninja-bike pass you and not be able to buy anything from him/her.
10) to miss the ka3 la4 ji1.(fried spicy chicken)
11) feel weird when section's not ard.
12) losing my head to the shaggness.
13) to be denied the permission to start a fire to keep warm.
14) to not be able to see anything beyond 2m without torchlight.
15) to live in constant fear that centipedes and snakes might attack.
overturned @ 11:28 PM
Monday, November 12, 2007
finally back after a long long time in taiwan..
we were really lucky to get introduced to the place sooo throughly, we actually had to climb the numerous moutains to enjoy the scenery. feed some mozzies along the way and not to mention, freezing our asses off at night.
its amazing how we managed to pull through all the gruellin missions.. requiring you to wake at lyk inhuman hours, eg 2am, and start marchin to the objective only 14km away.. fight up the moutain,then march 16km back nedin to cross another moutain along the way. walk walk walk walk.. walkin took up more time than wadeva time we had to rest. not that i'm complainin or wad, but it just seems insane that we did all of that.
exercise longstride was a memoriable one. basically this is a navigation exercise requiring us to find multiple checkpoints over a stretch of lyk 4 days. during this ex, beautiful sunsets were watched atop moutains. friends were made. our physical and mental endurance were pushed to the limits and tested. in addition, it's the first time i ever encountered a total stranger who's willin to give all of himself to help someone else in need. someone who's willing to go that extra mile beyond giving directions. i tink he showed me that there's really some people still out there, who haven't been consumed by the coldness of this world. it's them who continue to keep this place warm.
exercise warrior, another 7 day field camp was held a day after we got back to camp from ex. longstride. as mentioned earlier, the time of the walks and the duration of the marches made us shagged even before the fire fight has begun. craziness i say. over 80 km walked ? it was during this ex that i witnessed myself goin berserk and lose control i would say. everyone was worked up and tired and i guess that didn't help any of us. tension was high, even amongst the commanders. but everything worked out for the better ultimately i guess, sooo we manged to pull through it without havin much casualties.
and finally R&R. probably the most funn after longstride. it was just shoppin and eating and sleepin and everything. walk around and for once, be happy getting lost. everything was good. everything was nice.everything looked fresh to me. nice weather greeted us every morning. the whole trip was just an incredible and memoriable one. one which, i believe, bonded us all together. the knowledge that everyone was there for one another. is just beautiful.
overturned @ 2:21 AM