Another example how good God is. I was actually unable to book out for my family gathering as I was assigned a guard duty. But some circumstances caused a reshuffle and my duty was changed to 13 Jan.

Exactly 2 weeks to the day I would toss my Jocky cap and say good bye to BMTC (er... not just yet). Quite looking forward to the day. Cause that means I would be moving on to the next place I where I would continue my military service. I would also get to know if my application to the Air Force is successful.

So I was hoping for a guard duty to top my BMT off and I got it. 13 Jan. That is during my block leave but I ain't complaining. One week is too short to go anywhere anyway..

First time in BMT I got to book out on friday morning. Felt a bit awkward to be home so early on a friday. This coming week is going to be even more awkward. Book in on sunday evening, book out on wed night. After that book in, it would be POP on the following saturday!

Side track, my desktop just decided that its gonna quit. A 5year old comp. My computer age its a bonus already right? Now I have to decide if I'm going to build a new one. If I get into the Air Force I think I would just go on my laptop for the time being since I would be spending some time overseas. If not then I think I would just go ahead and start building my new comp.

16 Dec. I think thats the 2nd time I spent my birthday away from home. It was pretty alright. Had quite sometime time sitting in the bunk doing nothing. Not cause its was my birthday but it was cause some activities were cancelled and some activities does not involve everyone in the company. The "Best" part was the last hour of my birthday. Was already in dreamland when we got turned out. What happened was some guys decided to defy lights out timing and continued to shower, eat and talk on their phone.

IPPT. Managed a silver for the final test. Everything was going well for a gold with 5 points for all stations except for SBJ which I got 4, till I went for the 2.4km run. Was doing a very good pace(people in my detail complained I was too fast for them to keep up) until 400m into the run when I was hit with a severe stitch. Being the crazy guy I am, I pressed on. Slowed down my pace a bit to try and relieve the pain. However it did not work so I started interval sprinting where I would sprint till the pain gets unbearable and I would slow down for a while. Continued that way for the rest of the run. Ended up with a timing of 11mins and 4 secs.

On wednesday, we were given the option of retaking the IPPT to improve our score. I decided to rest myself as my old injuries are resurfacing and there are still the 16 and 24km route marches to complete. However, all non-retakers were instructed to go for a run with our OC. We ran around 6+km the last 2 were up and down a hill near our camp. That run made me regret not retaking my IPPT as the pace we ran, I guess would have gotten me a gold timing for the run.

Well, so all is over, POP is drawing near. I pray that I would be able to endure through the 16 and 24km route marches. My knees and my proneness to getting mild heat exhaustions in FBO would likely stand in the way. However, I am determined not to let them get in the way. Just for your information, I do not give up just because I want to, I only give up when my body is really unable to take anymore. That is how I got my old injuries in the first place..