SCS WEEK 2

Week 2 was met with a lot more challenges as the physical and combat training began kicking in. Together with SOC and IPPT, our navigation course and practical test became that much harder as our muscles ached from the previous day and our uncomfortable SBO 1 made us sweat buckets. Navigation course was fun in the day because as a scout, it was my element – I could run around and get to my destinations without much complaint. However, in the night, as previously in scouts I did not have much practice for night navigation, I found it abit of a challenge and didn’t do so well as in the day. All in all, despite the scoldings, I still managed to take away lessons, be it soldiering skills or life skills such as how to take care of one another or those under you.

IPPT was really a delight for me as I managed to improve my 2.4km timing to an amazing 10.46 , a timing even I haven’t gotten before in my life! ( fastest was still 11.01 in BMT then) and although my pushups decreased by 2, my situps moved up by one point! It was an achievement because I managed to improve my score as what Encik expected and raised the bar for my physical fitness – a challenge for me to work hard during trainings!