Seventh Movement: Last Leg

041005 11:12a.m
First day of Ramadhan. Going to close MARS 3 soon so will be heading for camp together with the lunch tonner. Last few days in Brunei already. Learnt quite a lot throughout my stay here. Personnels that are posted here gets a monthly allowance of $1200. Combined with the 2 weeks off in Singapore once every 3 months... unimaginable. On one hand, you have so much money money just waiting to be spent (or saved); on the other, there is so much that you miss back home. So it is kind of a mixed emotion, for me at least. Some of the perm staff here said that it is okay for them to be posted here... kind of vague though. The food cooked by the cookhouse back in camp are prepared by reservist cooks although the vocation is now no longer available, at least to my knowledge.

041005 3:26p.m
Back in camp. Haha... no more covers for me. After a bath, it feels great to lie in bed. The weather is cold, the bed is soft; it is enough for me to drift to slumberland. Already packed some of my dirty laundry. Getting ready to fly back to Singapore on Saturday.

041005 9:14p.m
Now at the medical centre with the guys. Tomorrow I will be on duty so I do not expect anything amazing to happen. Found out that there is a lot of changes that happened. Overwhelming thoughts are filling up right now as I write. Really have to let go right now. Maybe in the last few pages (some of you may have read). Have to end this before it gets bad...

051005 7:53a.m
Today is the real official start of Ramadhan. Imagine my feelings when I came back to camp realising that yesterday was not the start. Hopefully today turns out to be a better day because in a few days time we will be flying off so I do not really want to spoil the mood. Yesterday night talked cock for a while with Fairus, Ong and Chandra. Could not sleep well last night as there was a lot of things on my mind. But nevermind, today is a new day just waiting to be explored.

051005 8:47p.m
Now at the medical centre entertaining people who wants to report sick. Already in the last leg of my stay in Brunei. Just called home and realise that everyone is back home is missing me. I miss them too! Haha. First day of fasting and it was not so bad. Food here is great.

061005 9:32a.m
Our last day here before departure on Saturday morning. Tomorrow must wake up early, as early as 3 a.m to make our way to JAC where we will harbour for a day. I do not know hows the E-tour is going to be conducted but the muslims and the non-muslims will be separated into different buses. Since we came to Brunei 2 weeks ago, we were not introduced to Brunei so I hope that the tour will give me a better insight to Brunei's culture. Since half of the battalion has already left for JAC and probably halfway through their E-tour, Lakiun Camp is very quiet and the bunk is mostly empty.