"Grenade!", and the grenade flew out of my hand. Grenade throwing wasn't as fun as I thought. The weather that day was blazing hot and we had to wait in combat attire. There were also a few faulty grenades or throw that resulted in a thrown grenade not exploding. The procedure was to wait for 30 minutes and sent in the bomb diffusional squad to plant a C4. Thankfully though, there were no mishaps during this event.
Field camp during the rainy season sure is unpleasant. Mud, camouflage cream and dirt became a part of "seasoning" for our meals. Not that the meal itself would be tasty anyway. The humid and hot weather during the day almost killed me when the heat rash appeared and the rain at night almost froze me to death. Digging the shell-scrap sure is a challenge. At my designated area, tree roots and rocks had to get in my way and as expected, most of us failed the shell-scrap inspection and were turned out to be punished. I'm starting to appreciate the foreign construction workers more now.
We just finished the 16km route march and as usual, I almost died from the sheer weight. The sun that day was scorching as well. Thankfully, there was an hour of lunch break before the last stretch albeit having no water to drink for that 4km.
With that most of the high key events have been done leaving only the 24km route march and the Passing Out Parade itself. Freedom(for 10 days) draws ever closer.
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