hey hey. man. i miss aussieland heaps. i am v home sick... just the australian weather, enviroment... the trees...my house and room >< and of course my friends and family.....!!

last wk was my first armour field camp. and thank God i survived! of course there were physically challenging bits like carrying and bashing with a 10+kg man-pack set.. (a portable telephone so the officers can communicate to each other when they are in a mission) so yea i have to carry that as my vocation as a PC RUNNER and the set didnt sit comfortablly on my shoulders soo it was painful but yeaaa i think i can get use to it...i need to get fitter.... but it was only a short day mission this time soo can cope... next time.... it will be longer arrrr!!!

but the camp was more mentally challenging... it was tough being squeezed in the armour vehicle... really squeezy... you are seriously sleeping face to face with each other... 7 ppl crammed in the back like the booth of a car... we are able to sleep around the vehicle like on top of it... but all the good places were taken and i didnt get a good spot the first night hahahaha and on the last night.. our commander didnt allow us out of the "booth" soo we all had to squeeze in there and i even used someone as my head rest hahahaha. its mentally challenging coz it can be frustrating being soo close to each other.. and my friend got pretty bad heat rash and arrrr its sooo annoying being sick or having that kind of thing outfield coz you just want and need a nice bed... our meals were not regular as well coz the food was in a basket at the top of the vehicle and too tired to climb up top soo just left it hahaha so i lost weight yay!! but i am gaining it back again hahaha we got to bring our own food like tuna and bread soo we didnt have to eat combat rations but my friends complian about combat rations soooooooo much.. its annoying... arrr dont eat it than and stop complaining!! if i had to eat it always i wont like it too but one or two the whole outfield is okay... arrrrrr i miss bmt days when our platoon would all seat around and compare rations.. i never got the good ones hahahaha but ohh well it was the company that made it good.. of course the fresh food was v freshing and i'll need to bring a lot more coz on the last day we were running out hahahahaha bring maccs and kfc there. that would be sooo cool! hehehe thank God i didnt get any major problems and didnt lose my mind during the field camp soo yay

i got to stand up and see the sceney while the tank was moving and to describe it.. its like a pagent float and you are standing on top waving to ppl. hahahaha thats how i felt hahaha felt like waving but of course i didnt. hehehehehe standing is not easy too... coz its really weird about the vehicle is that everytime it is moving.... you seriously fall asleep straight away.. i swear everytime it moved i had a great nap... i think its the vibration and the speed of the vehicle that made it sooo good to sleep.. at nights when it wasnt moving it was sooooo hard to fall asleep.. i wantted to turn on the vehicle soo it would shake me soo sleep hahaha but yeaa so when you are standing up you have to fight the uncontrollable vibration putting you to sleep... my legs kept falling like to go to sleep but in the end i slept standing up which was quite amazing... coz dunno how ppl sleep standing up..but that is the amazing power of the armour vehicle.when you are sitting inside it.. you cant see anything outside soo yeaa nice to see where you are going..

another mentally challenging thing was putting back the swimming screen coz its really really difficult to put it back.. okay the swimming screen is umm hard to describe but its like an extension of the vehicle on top soo it can float when swmming... its extra levels at the top coz when swimming the whole vehicle is in the water and the screen protects us from the water.... we did the swimming at 12am+ when it was all dark and it was really a kodak moment...the moon shinning.... the mist surrounding the tanks and vehicles... i am heaps bad at english and descriptions but it was really magical and also a you have to be there moment. but yeaaa soo cool!! i got hurt that night.... we set up the "screen" and we were travelling to the river to cross... i was standing up with my hands holding on to the screen like a little boy looking out and the vehicle when too lose to the tall trees at the side and a branch smake my left hand hand and it still hurt todays ><><... arrr hope my hand heals coz dont want to affect my training ><>

this wk was more of a time of socialing with platoon mates.. mon they had section live firing and the "new birds" - me didnt do anything but sit there and rot.... we read time mag...listened to hillsong united music and talked soo yea.. the day ended really late..... and yeaaa the night its just really tiring.. tuesday did some ovm stuff.. nothing much wed and fri had soc training and thank God my hand didnt affect me clearing the obstcles although it hurt after the training... worried about it ><><

this wk i have been talking to a lot more with my platoon... i wantta talk to everyone of them soo can have a friendship and the platoon is soo much like high school.. there is the cool group and the semi cool group... there are ppl who hate each other and talk bad about each other and even ppl who use to be friends but are now on bad terms and ignoring each other.. i'm trying to be in all the groups but realisticly dunno if it is possible coz loyalty has to be in one group but yeaa i dunno... need more time.. thurday night was free time soo i spend most of the time going around the room talking to different ppl soo yea.. starting to make friends..

yeaa... i think i talking about everything about my army life... ohh btw on thu and fri we clean the weapons and it was quite dirty hahaha just though you should know that since i am updating you... ohhhhh yea and on sunday wow what a good day... i went to visit my dad's mum and i was really scared coz there is a HUGE communication gap.. i only know one sentence and even than i dont dare to say it could i might say it wrong soo was really scared that it would be awkward soo yea i grew enough courage to just go and visit her.. and when i got there... my other uncle.. a nice uncle and his two children were already there sooo wow God was really at work... my uncle tranlated for me a bit and i was able to see my grandma... showing that i care about her.. play with my cousins and talk to my uncle for the first time i can remember without my parents... soo yea.. it was quite good yea? quite different to the awkward situation that i was expecting soo yea...

my christian life has been kinda quiet... its true the christian life goes through high and low stages... the start of the yr was high going into army and my new camp.. but now its low but at least i want it to be at a high stage soo i wantta change... its tough but i do want to know God better and make him a bigger part of my life soo yea.. will work on it ><

heyyy there is soo many ppl in aussie i'm starting to lose touch with and its really sad i dont want too >< cya =")">

mark s wants me to post pics here but i got no photos to post ><><>


** edit arrrrrr blogspot deleted bits of what i wrote... cryyyyy.... sooo hurt >< ohh well.