Field Camp Explicitives

I've finished field camp...
Explicit descriptives would not be able to even hint at the conditions that we were put through...

Of course, any NS guy would tell you, "Its nothing lah, wait till you go into unit or Command School then you know".

then I'd give them the *blank* stare and a middle finger and list out these points.

1) My field camp is right smack in the middle of the Eastern Monsoon Season.

2) My OC is a highly pro-field-camp commander, to prove my point, every single person who missed even one small event in the field camp will have to re-do that particular part of the field camp, or worse still - redo field camp. - yes. every. single. person. which includes those dick pain leg pain, attend C, measles, funerals etc.

3) While every other company gets to dig trenches on freshly dug and soft ground, my company has to dig our trench IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OIL PALM PLANTATION, on UNTOUCHED SOIL.

4) The *smack* *splat* *squelch* sound that you hear when you hear "halt!" or "contacted!", and the sick feeling in your stomach when you realized that you didn't tighten your boots tight enough.


But God is good. All the time.
And I really thank my heavenly Father for answering all my prayers at the right time...

I asked for a few things, and only after the field camp did I realize that God gave abundantly and bountifully.

- I asked that something would happen to me, and cause me to be unable to take the field camp.
~ If God had answered that prayer, I would be doomed to have to re-take field camp again under a probably more hostile condition.

- I asked that my hunger will be filled during that camp, despite the sever stomachache I had after consuming the field rations
~ It came in the form of a surprise batch of Deepavali celebration goodies, and on the second last day, fresh rations even.

- I asked that there would be good weather during the field camp.
~ The weather seemed to be sucky while we were conducting field camp, but looking back at it, the weather was a god-sent! Because it only drizzled lightly for most of the days, during the inconsequential times.
And when it did rain extremely heavily for one particular night, we were, prior to that, mobilized for shelter already.
And, if not for the light rain fall that fell occasionally during the 6 days, we would have a hellish times digging our trench, because the rain softened the soil considerably.
Finally, the moment we stepped back at company line, there was a massive downpour shortly after that lasted for more then ten hours. And it rained everyday very heavily for the next few days.

- I asked God not to let me take more then I could bear
~ He made me finish field camp.



God is good, and I trust Him to guide me throughout my life..

=)