chiongsua

spent the last 2 weeks outfield for ICT.

seriously its been such a long time since i last went outfield but somehow everything still looks familiar. i guess its either that bad memories last a long time, or that singapore is really small! still remember the times at tekong, OCS, and later on, mono-intake with 5 SIR.

new things this time:

- going outfield with NSmen. initially i thought that NSmen would be unmotivated and uncooperative but it proved the contrary; active personnel can sometimes be the weakest link instead! made lots of friends and got to know some interesting stuff about them: for e.g. my signaler is the owner of fashion.lab. useful to network around in case i get retrenched!

- lbv. managed to get myself a set of the new lbv (the 2nd generation one, not the latest one with armour plates) and so i brought it along with me. first impressions: lots of compartments so i could store lots of stuff. however the straps sat quite heavily on my shoulders and caused some discomfort. maybe i just need to wear it more often to break it in.

- pixelised uniform. not that new actually given that i wear it on a daily basis. however first time wearing it in a field environment. the material is quite rough and does not dry quickly, so i got myself rashes in quite a number of places. just like the lbv, maybe i just need to chiongsua more often.

- maintenance ops. well, i never went through LOCC or BLOC so i had to learn everything on the job. was a little confusing at first but luckily i had a good PS to help me out with the job taskings and paperwork so all was fine in the end.

next chiongsua in 2 weeks time. hooah!