one memorable week...
super fast heart beat followed by even faster pantings and and worse pain one will never want tofeel, followed by the slower but emotional handshake with chief cdo officer, and the shaky legs in
the parade.. it was sure was a great week.. starting from monday to wednesday, we were carrying
that dreaded boat.. freaking shit.. tired., but that was part of our training too.. and building up
to our super big day. i will never forget tt..then came wed morning, after the "are you worth it?" , " it will be agonizing.. painful ..but always ask yourself the qns. are you worth it?!" said the co.. haha..
well wat he said did hit me frequently during the walk. its fucking shag. and we were juz merely trying
our best to keep walking with our load and weapons..(MG SUCKS BIG TIME! CARRIED FOUR KM....)walk started from wed morning 9 to the next day's(thurday) morning eleven..during the walk.. hit a storm.. that grounded us for 1 hour plus.. then co step in to give us ice cream morale booster and stuff.. haha.,.having 'hong cha long gan' in east coast! (a specialty of changi point and tens of years of commamdo patronage) .. having abrasion on the both side of my thighs and blisters at the foot of the
leg.. the moment when we hit 36km mark ( broke record of dot, which we marched 35km) and also the many morale booster along the walk.. the sound of soldiers moaning.. sound of soldiers heart.. and the tears i shed after hearing a song as we pass by the east coast park the 2nd time around.. i think the lyrics goes like " believe in yourself, i know u are painful, your soul is hurting.. but do not give up." haha.. heard that and my eyes went blurry with tears.. the others too felt this way, including YY tan.. who also had fever.. 2 ic also kena fever.. me today.. and i tink many many more. for that i hope god bless them and wished them speedy recovery. there were much much more defining moment in that march itself..but i can only think of these.. cause my head is not in the best state now.. fever.. so tired.. so so tired..
then our big day yesterday 23rd november 2006. nobody including me, in the entire road of life, will ever forget this day.we carried the boat in with our legs and back aching like fuck, and then charging towards the audience, and then lpresented red beret by cheif cdo officer. dawing on the red beret & stileto.. which we worked 11 months and more for..haha.. i was so freaking happy.. but i could not show it.. though i tried.. i was feeling too hot and sick.. haha.. many too..then later.. took photos with mama and ah ma who was present. and then later limber out all the way to the main road with ah ma and mama to take cab home.. on the way, the uncle talked so much about how gd a commando was, i felt proud. and in the nite, popping two panadols and went to sleep.. knock out..
now.. the heart beat had went down.. alot alot.. haha.. and i can think better. chief said, now, we are the real commando, and we this is the start of the journey of upholding the spirit and pride of commandos. sure i will..
oh ya, i miss out a person to thank.. 2lLT Wynn, sir. at the last rest point at changi point of the 72km route march, he asked permission from Captain Eugene to let me march back alone with his supervision.. yea.. and we did, marched all the way back to camp, in the process talking alot alot.. as i enter the camp gate with my jungle hat, i shouted "FOr Honour And Glory!!!Commando!!!!!" hahahaha.. i still rem i was so freaking happy.. and i was clenching my fist and shooting it up into the sky while onlookers, including officer and specialist looked upon, "First soldier to turn operational!" sir exclaimed.. haha.. i was so freaking happy..
then later, went uip to bathe, moaning due to the abrasions and blisters in contact with water, and then later went down to meet sir, i called weida and dad in the bunk to tell them i had completed the 72km route march. on the way down, see all my buddies who juz completed the 72km and coming up the stairs, almost all wished me best luck, i was so motivated to do well.. on the way there, sir was driving.. and i really hard core la.. read and read and read the format.. and yes.. almost nealy always going to fall asleep.. then reach the exam school.. sat down and relaxed bit, then drank the morale booster pack of milo from sir. went for exam, it was totally chicken feat.. haha.. i can do it! haha.. after that really ma fan sir to pick up my grandma and mama .. and then went to camp.. super paiseh la.. ha..sorry sir! thank you sir! linked up with the others, quickly changed into my number 4, bought mee for sir, but he dun want, so i shared it with the bunk.. gave one pack to poh soon. then later went for briefing by csm and oc.. haha.. fever was catching with me then, i was feeling giddy, prayed to god to helped me through this stretch and he did! i did not faint, though in the mist of the parade, my hand shivered as i get the red beret, and i was shivering (my legs) as i was listening to chief as i was standing there.. ha.. so happy..
For Honour And Glory
Commando!
peng yong
posted by py @ 10:06 AM
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