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22/05/2005
The defining moment of the 16 km route march was our doggie companion that did 12 km of the way. one of the tekong dogs, it was very much our march dog. The weather was sublime; cooling and just simply awesome after thunderstorm that had preceded our march. we took the tekong highway, a much smoother route than the jungle route. So doggie w followed us. He would move up the column and move in front of the front scout, then later fall behind to make sure everyone passed him. Then, he'd move to the back to be with the stragglers. We shared our dinner with him at the 12 km point.Interestingly, he had to chase away some birds from sharing dinner with him as he had initially shown scant interest in makaning. our last 4 km was around the tekong bmtc parade square( as the army guys would know) n we went around the whole comlex like 5 times. doggie got bored n eventually wandered off. I hope to see him around for our 24 km route march. These are the experiences of a tekong dog n a tekong recruit.

So what's left is the soc challenge, A very adult playground and the ippt final test. I'm deadset on improving my running but it isn't so easy after all.getting valuable advice from the better runnners is good but they all say one thing: that is running is all about being mentally strong n unwavering. I'll look into that and hope my 2.4 km run on saturday will be a solid experience.

BMT is coming to an end. i honestly can't really believe it. Of course, there are the fair share of clowns n klutz n i've had my down moments. All about the bunk living and learning to acclimatise army life. It's taken time but i'm better used to it now. amazingly, it just hit me one day that is possible n it is necessary to be happy with my status in life now. On tekong island, i've seen the amazing build-up of rainclouds n the ensuing thunderstorm; taken by the melodious tune of the 'category 1' siren; seen the most beautiful stars on a beautiful n pitch black sky; had to experience the hottest weather n also sleep in muddy conditions. The contrasts can't be more obvious.The days when i run down my hp, scrolling the phonebook to find for people to contact,bah tt's life in reflection.

wizzing away on 10:46 AM

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