Monday, November 7


i've finally got down to blogging my first entry after i returned...kind of have to adjust back to life here now since i've been gone for almost 3 weeks...but i haven been or seen much of australia since most of the time we're training and the only part of australia that we've seen is a small town in rockhampton...hope i can return to that country for a holiday soon, ya?

i wldn't say i had fun there although it was a valuable experience...having to do so much stuff within a short period of time....gets pretty tired during outfields cause u need a lot of concentration and alertness to drive during the day and night...and at moments, u can drive for hours...the distance covered can reach more than 30 km...and thats almost lk one end of singapore to the other...with the speed limit on the vehicle, it can pretty torturing at times...and the terrain there is so much different from area d...but we drove so much to a pt whereby it actually gets boring...haha...at least now i'm more confident at higher speeds and i could say that i'm more experienced...

logistics wise, its pretty screwed up...lots and lots of incidents..but there's almost nothing much we can do abt it...and i can say, patience is very very impt and always be prepared for the worst scenario, so at least we wun feel disappointed...working with reservists is a pretty much enjoyable affair...other than the more laid-back attitude they have, its interesting to chat with them regarding issues which matter to them, lk work and family..and the family i mean here is the family that they set up...and a lot of them have kids too...so u hear them discussing over child-handling and such...but i did have some unpleasant experiences with a few of them during atech...its all part of parcel of learning to work with pple of diff bkgrd and character...i wun take it into heart...

anw, i can of miss the times i had back then but i didn't want to go through the same stuff again...but the feeling of being in a diff country is quite gd...get to experience their climate, mingle with their residents...but 1 day or r&r just isn't enough..thats why i want to go back to australia soon...oh, and i really enjoy the sq plane flights, esp the kris world in-flight entertainment...really keep me fully occupied for the whole 6 yrs...watched lotsa recent movie, listen to albums, playing all kinds of games...applause for the presence of that...now, i wld't want to return to camp...after being away from it for abt a month, it feels sucky to go back to the duty routine that i'll be facing...at least, time seemed to pass a bit faster after i've being away, its nov now and i have less than 1 yr to ord...

jel; 1:55 pm