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Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Hate it or Love it

Last week i juz went for a routine dental check up coz i had these toothache for like months..so i scheduled an appt with the mindef dental centre . It was gonna b my first dental check up it god knows how many yrs..as expected the problem was caused by 2 of my wisdom teeth..1 was impacted and the other deacying..they decaying one could b extracted easily..the other was a stubborn one and needs cutting and stitching..so last fri i got the decaying one extracted easily.And boy did it leave a blood waterfall for hours and a gaping hole ..I sure did had difficulty chewing food..so juz for a day i was on a liquid diet..Today the hole is shut..and i can chew normally..now my toothache is minimised to my lower jaw only..

Last week, I nvr thought i would make tru the field camp..Today it was finally all over...It sure did feel like forever..all outfield exercises are bout feeding mosquitos...a past time..

mosquitos are insects tat breed on still water
they have chemical sensors tat can sense carbon dioxide and lactic acid up to 100 feet away. Mammals and birds gives off these gases as part of their normal breathing. Certain chemicals in sweat also seem to attract mosquitoes ..
they also have Visual sensors which means that if you are wearing clothing that contrasts with the background, and especially if you move while wearing that clothing, mosquitoes can see you and zero in on you. It's a good bet that anything moving is "alive", and therefore full of blood, so this is a good strategy.
they also have Heat sensors - Mosquitoes can detect heat, so they can find warm-blooded mammals and birds very easily once they get close enough.
They are strong fliers, capable of travelling great distances (up to 121 km) from their breeding sites. They persistently bite mammals (especially humans), mainly at dawn and in the early evening. Their bites are painful. Oh boy they sure are!
They bite everywhere..even where u least expect it..
I JUZ LOVE MOSQUITOES!!!!!!!

But this was definitely the most tiring exercise i ever had.But it was kinda fun too..especially when izhar was stung by a scorpion during a tactical halt and there he was with his pants down, explaining tat he felt a "buring sensation"..And the night at the fibua village were the platoon exchanged ghost stories trying to freak each other out..The fact tat our exercise enemy were reservists, didnt help at all..but i felt sad for them..there they were in their early 30s pushing their limits..some of them had to leave their wives, children and jobs just to go through this sh*t...The worst part of the exercise was the 10+ km walk to our objective..not only were we in the blistering mid day sun, the terrain wasnt tat encouraging either...Furthermore most of us only had a couple of hours of sleep the night b4...i cant believe its all over now...next destination...BRUNEI...of course nobody is expecting it to b any easier.. and then there is the AHM this wkend...21km run...sad case..Soon it'll b all over..there was something impt tat i learnt over the week..When u haf an oppurtunity to do something u like...Go for it..who cares wat ur frens think..to hell wif wat the others say...the impt thing is to b tru to urself..oppurtunities come only once..if u r lucky mayb twice..but if u dun make use of tat oppurtunity..u may later regret it..coz no matter how hard u try to make something happen when the window is closed, it may nvr happen again..i learned it the hard way..prevention is definitely better coz there is no cure for this mistake..only regret..

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