atec 2's finally over but not without alot of drama ard it though. shldnt have tried to pull the tow shackle while ramping up. big mistake. shld have just let the tow shackle be twisted instead of my index. OC says that my finger was picked from the trash. haha. and it was most traumatising for ks and me. bt it's not ur fault ok? i called you to ramp up.

so after 3 stitches (disclaimer: no bones, tendons or underlying structures were hurt in the process of filming) and something else that im not at liberty to say lest i get lihongi-ed(names have been changed to protect minors; who knows who's reading this), i went out for stage 2, much to hengq's relieve. Just ask joel, who was 39Z for 1 night. =P but i was very grateful for hengq's company for mission 1 at least. and downloading of rds. the 2 missions for our cbt tm were pretty hum-drum affairs and were quite different from what we were normally used to. well at least there was no opportunity to do naturally camou so im not complaining. but oc was definitely not at ease.

then just as we were about to roll up north for the last mission, my vehicle generator caught fire. erupted in flames lietrally. haha that was a first and i wasnt feeling too panicky. but i briefly imagined the vehicle going up in a spectacular show of fireworks. so after a series of events which i shall not bother to mention becos i have already narrated to 2 gps of 'investigators', i returned to camp a good 12-13 hrs before everyone else. Having no rush to dismount the mind-blowing amount of PE, TES, OVM, wpns, signals, optics and ammo, we finished everything by ~0430 hrs before proceeding to wash up and proceeded to the cookhouse for our first hot breakfast in 3 days. hehe. it was gd to be able to be spread across 2 beds and be the only one in the bunk, under the fan, knowing that i was safely ensconced by pillows and blankets while there was an ABG out there courageously and valiantly staging a magnificent show of force for the dedicated defence of our nation. :)

so sleep till 10 i did and then proceeded with the rest of the S&M routine. when everyone else returned and i was in admin, it felt as if i didnt really roll out with them. perhaps i just was not meant for this ex. but i was already exuberant as the pinnacle of yr 2 was over. ppl still ask why i volunteered to go and it's like...i trudged for so long and couldnt just turn away when i had my turn at the water point. now that only bothersome admin's left, i guess we can really take it easy.

am looking forward to DSD tmr. hopefully it'll be as gd as the last times that i caught them. pretty upset though that i couldnt get to watch HP 5 this wkend. spoilers are sure to abound back in camp. o h well.