Well, here i am once again to talk about things that happened during the weekend. On friday nite, we were all set and ready to proceed to our outfield. we move all the stores up and waited at the waiting point for the transportation. from 7pm all the way to 10pm. In the end, we come to conclusion: We Kanna "fly aeroplane" by the transport company.... No choice got to wait till next day night time then we will move out again. went back to bunk, uniform full of sweat.... do nothing for that night. next day, went to the waiting pt again to wait for the transport. This time, it finally arrived. we load up our stuff immediately and started our 1 hour ride to the location. reach the place set up admin point and sleep.

Next morning, began our training. Only one word to describe my performance during the day: Sucks. went thru a lot of time but still cannot really adapt to the terrain. Quite disappointed with myself, though everyone keep telling me that this is my first time its okay. I wanted to do well one, but one time after another, my performance keeps on dropping and dropping...... until finally the last time, managed to go thru it, i would say fairly acceptable ba. My confidence also gained back a bit. By the nigth training, I began to level up and do quite well i would say for a beginner. Finally, pack up and begin our journey back camp.

Recently, begin to feel the side effect of being overseas and in the midst of non believer. started to scold vulgarity and have lesser and lesser time for God ler. Should I say, God has dropped from the no .1 place of my top 10 chart ba... trying very much to behave in the way God wants us to be, pure and blameless, light of the world, to be a good testimony... Well, I know all this are not good. So now what i need to do is be on the track again and am trying to control myself in the areas of vulgarity and at the same time ont to judge others.

Thus, brothers and sisters, need your prayer once again:

- pray that God will constantly tame my tongue that i will not speaks words of unwholesomeness
- pray for strength for the daily physical training
- pray that i will be a good testimony among my fellow platoon mates
- pray for safety, especialy during the period of oufield training( which is once every two months)
- pray also for good health, the weather can be very hot at times and also very dry.

Think thats all for now. I thank God for giving us technology that we can communicate with one another thru internet. continue to keep in contact ba!! :)
Caleb at 8:20 PM

Well here I am once again blogging myself away in the internet cafe... Good news for all, I have PASSED my IPPT test last thursday!! O maanged to secure a pass for this time. all my stations I've achieved silver standard but just for one staion: SBJ. I was 4cm from the silver standard. so can only get pass. However, i still wanna thank God for bringing me thru all the stations especially the running and also protecting me from danger.

3 more hours and i will be on my way to the outfield for a good 3 days. won't be able to gain access to internet.. if you ask me how i'm feeling right now, i would say kind of nervous and a bit exciting. As never been to outfield in a foreign country, so dunno how it will be like. Anyway, thats about it for now i guess.. will update more when i return ba..
Caleb at 3:06 PM

Just book out from Camp to come here to use internet. Life has been pretty good for this week I would say. As usual, been doing the CNY Decoration in the office for the past few days. Also, this week i would say half of the week is doing the preparation for the outfield this week. Have just check my bank account, my allowance seems to be lesser than what I was being told... Don't really know how do they calculate the amount... Guess will have to check with the admin branch cos the difference is rather huge i would say.

My Physical fitness has been rising up.. Now i could pull 6 chin-ups (though not as good as before), SBJ 216 ( 1st time I pass!!!) and running which i'm most proud of , can run 20mins 50 sec for 4.6km, so should be able to get a pass at least for my IPPT ( Which is tomorrow!!). Tomorrow also will be going for our monthly cohesion. will be going out for dinner together with the whole detachment. Guess it will be a great time for us before we go for outfield ba. Recently got two new bird being posted here, than i suddenly being promoted to the post of old bird. Showing them around, bringing them to the town, even though i've been here for a month only. however, the more new birds come, the more closer i am to my EOT which is still far far far far ....far away.Actually, I'm thinking of extending my stay here, cos the place seem rather good for me. and by the time i EOT, I would be the most senior personnel in the detachment here. cos all the rest including my officer, specialist and platoon mates will EOT earlier than me (sob sob so sad sia). But the date is still far away and I've not even return to singapore for home leave yet. Think i will just put it aside 1st till i'm closer to my EOT date ba.

PS: really miss you all there in Singapore!! Continue to tag in my blog or send me an email/ greeting cards by post to let me know how you all are doing ok!!
Caleb at 7:31 PM

Now at Coffee zone, wasting my time here.... Time really flies... I've been here for about one and a half month liao.. things have kind of settle down. Have gotten used to the physical training here.. ( Running getting faster and faster!! HA! HA! HA!) Hopefully I can passed my IPPT this coming thursday or else will be confined for the weekend. will be going outfield this coming week, dunno how it will be like since its my 1st outfield here. Recently, have been busy with the making of the CNY Decoration here. Been drawing drafts of the floor plan in office for the pass few days. Hopefully the floorplans and all the design will turnout good ba.

Since my arrival here, I've been trying to read up on the book that i brought over. So far I've completed 2 books: Flag of our fathers and Every Men's Battle series. Hopefully I can finish half of the books that i bring over so that i can bring back during my home leave to bring up another set ( Which is still far away...) I've been thinking quite a while of Why God want me to be here? What is my purpose here? Cos, I've seen the Christians here as rather luke-warmed ( I don't know if I'm Judging here ) and the piracy here is really very serious. You can see ppl setting up stores and sell pirated DVD and Games openly. illegal downloading here is like being legalised. With all this things, I do not know why I'm here? Is God trying to test me whether I will fall in it and start to buy those pirated stuff which is not right ? I think only God knows ba.

What I want to achieve here is to get a driving license, IPPT( Sliver), to be a Child that God is Proud of, to complete my tour here and return to Singapore to be with my love ones, my friends, church mates and most importantly my family. Hopefully, I will be able to achieve all this, and not let God down.
Caleb at 8:21 PM