i hope this entry wont be screened by the people "up there" but i think im gonna talk about my lil trip to taiwan.

lets talk about navigation. well all i can say is i walked from the south part of meilin area all the way to the north, crossing several rivers, mountains and plantations. thank god my route was relatively easy as we could follow the pylons to most of our checkpoints. we passed many weird areas like a chicken farm, a pig farm (damn disgusting) many many temples, and villages. not to mention longan trees. i think i ate like 4kg of longan in the 3 days i was navigating. heh. but i after longstride, im much more confident of my navigation skills. but the company i was with (ritesh, siew, jefferey, kai yang) was great too! we had loads of fun navigating. and im glad to say that me and jeff finished longstride as true warriors, we didnt buy a single thing from the ninja scooter uncle and survived solely on combat rations and alot of longans. heh. and we finished 4th in the whole company and spent the last night all clean and dry and warm in the bunk.

next was warrior. the missions (ambush, fighting patrol, recce, capturing objectives) themselves werent tough, but it was the movement TO the objective that was a killer. on the first day, we walked about 10km in the hot sun to our objective. crazyness and everyone was panting and grunting and moaning along the way. gah. the 2nd day was only about 4km, but it was sickening nonetheless. moving in the dark at 12am isnt much fun. especially with potholes, a river to cross, fallen trees, upslope downslope undulating terrain and rocks everywhere. i cant remember the number of times i fell down. and the weather was the worst part. fucking hot in the morning and afternoon, wet and rainy throughtout the night. i slept in mud for all 8 days which isnt much fun. everything was muddy and wet and disgusting.

but i made it. we all made it. zero report sick in my platoon. we did it guys. we are Warriors. pictures will be up once my camera arrives from taiwan.