missing vespers & kaffeeklatsches

i stayed up through the entire night to dawn today amazingly. Had platoon deliberate attack live-firing yesterday which totalled more than 24 hours. We set off at 630am on Saturday morning, marched back to camp at 430am on Sunday morning, when we're all trying to maintain steadiness when our minds are careening off to dreamland. After which i joined the zombish trainees in cleaning our rifles. Its amusing coz we'll just doze off uncontrollably even when our hands are occupied, scraping away with a pincer at hand. By the time we're done, it was 6am. I had 25 mins to wash up to book out.

Tiredness and fatigue were shelved away as i was overcome with a surge of freshness and excitement. I'm thankful that i was able to attend the morning service in church. The sermon was indeed very good, although i had to admit i was battling against the Z-monster for the 1st half of it.

I thank God for His guidance, this week i endured through a arduous 32 km route march. Yesterday was quite depressing for me and almost everyone else. I thank God for Christian brothers and sisters that i can turn to for words of encouragement and whom i can trust to pray together with me, for me. liangfa, huey, dz, thank God for putting you guys into my life, as much as God is our comforted, let us comfort others with the comfort that we've received from Jesus Christ.

starting tomorrow till Thursday, i'll set off for a gruelling field camp. This is a field camp which holds no distinction between night and day, i'm unsure whether i'll be able to handle the pace, physical and mental demands of it.

my mum has taken an interest in rugby. I came home today to hear of how sensational the French comeback was in their stunning upset of favourites New Zealand (All Blacks) in the scintillating encounter at 2am local time. haha... there are components of the game I'm still trying to figure out, its an interesting game no doubt, when i'm more captured by the staredown at the start, each carrying his heart into the game saying that they're all ready for a bloodbath or slugfest, their eyes gleaming with hunger for the flesh of their opponents, its a showcase of grit, will and strength, all in its very finest.

Alright. Another week, each one tougher than the previous. I'm looking forward FINALLY to a long weekend next week. The following week i'll fly off to Taiwan.

God is good.
Vin