Saturday, September 23, 2006
11:13 AM

Went through the 10km run on the 1st day of course & passed under 60mins ( Test requirement is 65mins )..Got my navigation detail at night..Paired up with SSG Bernard ( BMTC ) & Wei Xiong ( SISPEC ).

The world is just so small..SSG Bernard is 1WO Eng Chin Teck ( My EX RSM )'s company csm in BMTC ( Leopard Coy ) & Wei Xiong was my last mono's section commander when i was a platoon sergeant back in 1 Guards...Nice working with them for this navigation..

SSG Bernard , Myself & Wei Xiong = C05 ( Team Callsign )

The day checkpoint was alright as i gave the general bearing & with Wei Xiong's local knowledge & SSG's role as a camel ( Carrying the signal set ) we cleared the 3 Day & 1 log point the fastest..
We waited anxiously for the night checkpoint & finally revealed to us...
Damned it! The checkpoint is all the way to the corner of the navigation area & our end point is the right in the middle...

My last day checkpoint before going to Day End-point.

From our night despatch point to night check-point was about 1.1km BUT it's very difficult to walk & bashed through the vegetation in a no lighting & very dark condition..After that,we still need to make our way back to end point which is about another 1.2km....TOUGH!!!!

To cut short everything,i managed to get to there & back to end point before the cut-off timing...After all the hard work & effort,we finally reached back camp & returned stores & by the time i laid on my bed was 2am...

Just now went for a FULL breakfast before going back home...Must rest & recovery now for my 32km route march next Tue night....Cross fingers..


2 EGG prata , 1 Kosong Parata & an ICE-Milo

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