SISPEC - School Of Infantry Specialists

Yes, thats where I am training in now. SISPEC, for those who don't know what abbreviation means, you can just read the title. Specialists! What does that mean? At first, I thought I would be specialized in something. Well, in a way yes, its just a place to train section commanders, and pushing people to become sergeants through BSLC (Basic Section Leader Course) which I am currently in, and then ASLC (Advanced Section Leader Course). Ha, basic intro for those who are lost.

Hows life in SISPEC? Hm, many people asked me that. One word, tiring. Much much more tiring than BMT. Its the tempo of training. Its almost as if they don't give us any break at all. In the morning you can have ability group run, then after that SOC, then strength training, then another run. When I finally get to lie on my bed and rest, I can only say "woah, what a day." I read my bible, pray, sleep and wake up to the same thing again. 6 days of that in one week.

Its so bad that I actually got a little depressed around the 3rd week of my training. It was really tough. I had injuries on me and I still had to push on through the training. My muscles were aching like crazy and I missed home badly. I dreaded every single day I was in camp. But somehow I managed to pull through. Every night I would read the bible and pray, seeking God for encouragement, and then something great happened to me.

God helped me to realise something. He helped me to find joy in every single little things around me. Like there was this time when dinner was pretty good, and I got cheered up by that. Haha, I know its a little lame but I was really quite happy after that dinner. I also learnt to take each day at a go and not try to take down the whole week with one breath. Every night when I lie down on my bed, I would thank God for the day and thank Him for helping me through it. I also became more cheerful and crapped alot more with my friends, this lifted their spirits up too! Ha, I am glad I can spread my joy to friends around me! Its finally working, I remembered I promised someone I would spread my joy to the people around me when I was in BMT, I finally fulfilled it.

Well, life's alot better now. I am going into the 5th week of the course and its going to be half way through the 10 week course. Once its finished, I don't know where I will go. Its either ASLC, OCS, or CBREDG. Well, CBREDG basically stands for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosives Defense Group. The name speaks for itself. This unit made me go through a 3 hr psychological test, when everybody could rest in their bunk! Argh~~!!

Ah, just completed my appointment as a leader section commander. This basically means I had to be in charge of the section for 3 days. Was fun. And busy. Especially since my appointment just happen to fall on the day of Exercise Gypsy 1! Its always busy when theres an exercise. You have to constantly check on your men, check equipment and make sure you complete the mission. The section depends on you, so you need to be extra vigilant.

Well, exercise Gypsy 2 is this week. Pray that I can be successful in this exercise! Next week is long weekend because of Labour Day! Yeah yeah! Finally can get some rest! Woooot~~! :D