i've finally completed my CSB package. 32km route march with 6 dummy mags and field pack and river crossing at the 20th km. my first taste of abrasions. then came the 8km fast march. what i thought was gonna be something easy turned out surprisingly hard. oh well its all worth it. a badge on my chest.

and i still cant get that elusive gold for my ippt. stuck at a measly silver cos of my 2.4km run. sigh. how can i shave off 15secs from my timing. i already run to the point of near collapse. but nevermind i passed my SOC. woots. 9m30secs. quite proud of myself. thats 45secs faster than my old timing.

grandslam II was great! uber fun. especially when we managed to execute the platoon deliberate attack. the rush of adrenaline when the breaching group gets contacted and the whole platoon shouts CHAAAAARGE!! at 5am in the morning cant be found anywhere else. and the chinook ride was fun. 7 mins of fun to be exact. but nevertheless fun.

ROC next week. 9 day warrior, 3 day longstride, section battle drills. hope its going to be fun. i sure as hell know its gonna be tiring. combat rations for close to 2 weeks. eeks. guess im going to come back as skeletor after the trip. so lets fatten up now yeah?

fig&olive with bebs later. lets find more good food to fatten myself up. happy 33rd month. i know it seemed like nothing yesterday and im truly sorry. i guess tiredness got the better of me.