Thursday, May 31, 2007

Mind Over Matter

The arduous ordeal is over. The culmination of the course, a 28 km graduation route march with all the usual equipment. To make things more challenging, they HAD to schedule it from 10 pm to 6 am.
Tramping along the roads in the darkness of the night, when all is dark and silent… The pace was set at 4 km per 40 – 45 mins, a little challenging for the “vertically challenged”… heh heh. At least there was a little 10-15 min break every 4 km. Walked from the campsite all the way to NTU, about 8 km. A light mist shrouded the campus, everything highlighted in an eerie orange glow from the streetlamps. Trudged along the perimeter of NTU, an irritating up and down slope. Saw some hardcore muggers studying late at night, even as we clomped our way past the hostel at 1-2 am in the morn. Felt rather irked that there they were in the comfort of their own rooms while we were made to wander around in the middle of the night…haha…but no pain, no gain. Fought to keep from sleeping at every rest point, push back the pain and exhaustion of overworked muscles… Reached the rest point at one end of NTU, then it was all the way back to camp, then a second circuit there and back. Agony =(
Having survived the grueling challenge, there was an overwhelming sense of achievement. NO BLISTERS HAHAHA.
Got posted to signals. Mayhap there be a chance to learn driving =)

ĴÖÑ dosen't know what to do with his time @ 8:06 PM

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