was once a cute chubby boy back in his secondary school days. Until the day he was brought into army. His BMTC in Ninja Company (2006) and 35SCE Survey Platoon (2006-2007) brought
about a transformation (and a little quirkiness) in him. He obtained superhuman powers and is now called, the Super Pioneer! By day, he is a lazy bum who slacks around at home,
blogging and doing useless things. By night, he turns into Super Pioneer, doing the relentless works that is given to him. After the defeat of his Arch Nemesis, The Brain,
Super Pioneer Daron is moving on with his life and onto the next villian, the NUS Monster.
Saturday, September 08, 2007
= Thailand Claymore Recee =
"Waa.. Si Bei Jammed liao"
-1SG Ronny
Shiau Kien must be thinking "Ohshit... Why did I bump into you guys?!?"
-1SG Ronny
Shiau Kien must be thinking "Ohshit... Why did I bump into you guys?!?"The task dawned among me and Daniel when my PS first selected us to go for the commander's recee from 3rd Sept to 8th Sept. Oh how the days flew by! Preparations were done as early as 2 weeks before the recee, such as familiarisation myself to Thailand and store preparation. Since it was our 1st overseas recee (including PS), we were all stumped as to what we were supposed to bring, so we decided not to 2nd guess the commanders and literally brought the whole office to Thailand. And then 3rd September came and a group of 9 individuals set off to Thailand, Bangkok Airport.
Once we touched down, we were greeted with the camp peeps at SaiYok Camp. We left the airport shortly and took a longer bus trip(plane=3hrs;bus=5hours!) down to the Training Camp. Now the norm was to sleep in longhouses, sharing common bathrooms and carrying endless amounts of stores for following days in camp. On this situation, with 2 3crabs and 4 2crabs, we were treated to one of SaiYok's untouchables: The Guesthouse. The exclusive features of their rooms were the carpeted floors, electric heaters, fridge and the best of them all: Air-con. Sadly, we weren't able to enjoy the full facilities the room had to offer us, cause we were off to prepare the recee stores for the next day. This means collecting stores, sticking 7 sets of 4 pieces maps, telqing them and plotting out the routes our land rovers would be travelling. No joke? You bet. We slept at 3am tat night before waking up at 7am for the recee proper.
Day 1 recee was pretty chaotic if you were to ask me. We didnt noe what to expect, we were not organised in our job roles, and we were heavily pressured by the ppl above. There were times we got lost (partly the map's fault too) and there were times we couldnt do what we were set out to do. Anger flew and misunderstandings were created. We ended our day at the canteen in Saiyok Camp drowning our sorrows over the yummy TomYam Soup, Fried Calamari, Kangkong and sweet and sour pork.
Day 2 was a little less frustrating. We were able to recognise our roles better, know the routes better, and eat better..!(Yummy Western Breakfast set in the morning) It was a reliving factor for us as well, since COS and the 2 towers had to go back in the afternoon. We were given a breather at the end of the day when we were offered to go down to K-town(Kanachanburi) to jalan-jalan. It took plenty of convincing (even Ltc Mike had to persuade me) to go to K-town. Eventually i did. We had a great dinner of Thai-chicken rice and thai crispy pancake dessert. Then, we entered a genuine fish tank. Girls seated nicely in a row with number tags facing you, waiting to be selected so that they can give you a "sensual" massage, and you can give them 1500baht. There were, of course, e more experience ones, but they were going at 2000baht and 2500baht. Well, i wasnt really intending to do anything in that place, so the whole group left the place and ended up at a 250baht massage palour further down the street. 1 hour and no strings attached, figuratively and literally. :X
Day 3 was to cover up e stuff we have left out on day 1 and also to find long forgotten sites hidden in clutches of evil Thai farmers who are after SAF's money, who are after our parent's money. haha~ Sadly, out of the 5 sites we bashed through, only 1 was really deemed fit to be used. Quoted from LTC Mike himself,
"I think we should provide the Plant PC more challenge. If there are too many sites that are set out for you, then we wouldnt be simulating real battle situation"
You can imagine how much trouble the Plant PC is in for... We ended our recee expedition at 1530hrs, covering more than 100km of route and more than 30 sites.
The last day of our recee before our flight back was spent going to Bangkok and R&Ring. Journey there was bad, hence living up to its reputation of being the place with the worst traffic. But the shopping was fantastic, living up to its reputation of being the place with the cheapest goods. Went over to MBK centre, and it was so big that you really couldnt even see the end of the shopping centre. SO IT WAS A SUPER-COINCIDENCE THAT WE BUMPED INTO 3SG SHIAU KIEN WHO HAPPENED TO BE THERE ON HOLIDAY, and boy was he stunned to see us..! Lol.. had a good laugh, the next thing you noe, he disappeared.. (Really, it was too crowded)At the end of the day, i ended with a hot shower, some time to draw and a heavier luggage full of shopping in it..
My take at the end of my recee trip? Definitely xiong, but enjoyed it towards the end. But it isnt over until the Commander Armceg demands, and im left with a !@#$% Claymore report to struggle with.. but hey? Look on e sunny side of things man!!
Recee Team : Real Men Doing Real Work
The last day of our recee before our flight back was spent going to Bangkok and R&Ring. Journey there was bad, hence living up to its reputation of being the place with the worst traffic. But the shopping was fantastic, living up to its reputation of being the place with the cheapest goods. Went over to MBK centre, and it was so big that you really couldnt even see the end of the shopping centre. SO IT WAS A SUPER-COINCIDENCE THAT WE BUMPED INTO 3SG SHIAU KIEN WHO HAPPENED TO BE THERE ON HOLIDAY, and boy was he stunned to see us..! Lol.. had a good laugh, the next thing you noe, he disappeared.. (Really, it was too crowded)At the end of the day, i ended with a hot shower, some time to draw and a heavier luggage full of shopping in it..
My take at the end of my recee trip? Definitely xiong, but enjoyed it towards the end. But it isnt over until the Commander Armceg demands, and im left with a !@#$% Claymore report to struggle with.. but hey? Look on e sunny side of things man!!
Recee Team : Real Men Doing Real Work
Departure hall in Bangkok AirportDue to the nature of the recee, i cant show you anymore photos.. Sorry guys~!
Up, up and away says Super Pioneer Daron.
10:16 PM.
10:16 PM.