Saturday, August 30, 2008

Last Monday was the start of ASLC. It is definitely not the place I want to be but I don't have a choice. The first 2 days was compacted with a lot of stuff which I have forgotten. But one thing for sure, we go through GPMG lesson. We did our practical and theory test for that big and clumsy weapon.

After that, we went through demolition lesson. Explosive, detonator and all the big explosive like claymore and even bangaloor torpedo. To me, all this is very boring. Spend the whole day learning and settle up but within 17 second or so, the whole circuit will blow up and smashed to pieces. The same thing like GPMG, we have to go through practical and theory test and pass it so that we are qualified to do the real thing.

Last Friday, we walked all the way to the place where we shoot our GPMG. It is on top of a very steep hill. Those that have been there would have heard about this "E-shaped noir". In the day, it was so hot and we have to sit out in the open and wait for our shoot. When we reached there, we got to fire only 100 live rounds. The only thing that made it all worth while was that my team shot down 1 target 500m away. We are the only group that did it. The night shoot was even better. It is just like starwars with our luminous rounds flying around.

We walked back after that around 1 plus in the morning. We slept about 3 hours and had to wake up to prepare for our demolition live range on the next day. Which is last Saturday. It rained the whole day but we still have to go through with the explosive. So most of the time we were sleeping in the shed waiting for the rain to stop. Therefore, the whole thing drag until very late. We went home 7 plus 8. The next day we had to book in early because we have another shoot on Monday.

Monday did section quick attack. Which involve running and a lot of shooting. Live rounds was in play so it became more complicated, technical and even dangerous. It was fun, dirty, dangerous, thrilling and also tiring. Our playground was a steep slope again. So climbing up and down was super tiring. It lasted 3/4 of the day because we did not do the night shoot. So we walked back again to end the day.

The next 2 days we were preparing for watermanship. In simple, river crossing. We have to send people to swim over to another side of the river and tie a rope for the rest to cross. I was part of the rope team and it was really tiring. We make sure our things doesn't get wet by putting them in zip lock bags and waterproof them. It was a troublesome process. Everything got wet when we enter into the water. Our platoon did it 1 time more than others because we were too fast and had to wait for night fall for a better experience. Sun tanning everything the next day was a tirning process.

This is about it for the past 2 weeks. So many things to do and so little time to rest. I really hope I got more time on hand with rest and even my friends. It has been very long since I hang out with my friends and relaxing myself. Hope I have a chance this weekend. After this is a whole lot of activities lined up again.