Day 19 7:23a.m 2nd dep. site
Woke up feeling a bit better than yesterday night. Felt damn dizzy yesterday; maybe because I didn't have dinner. Nonetheless I had an emergency mean at around 9p.m. As the night was pitch black, some of the men suffered cuts so when they came to me, I had to search frantically through my MOP for the items. Throughout the night, the whole platoon was involved in the attack so there was shouting involved. So much for night discipline. It lasted till the wee hours of the morning. The men didn't have enough sleep as they were busy firing the mortar. And prior to the deployment, the Cp MB got stuck while trying to tackle a divider. It took a rover to pull the vehicle back. For a moment I thought we would have to wait for hours. In the end we deployed near the area itself. 3rd Day: Mission 1. Now the platoon is getting ready for hasty fire plan. What is that? I don't even know. And because I'm going to ORD soon, I don't even care.

11:27a.m 2nd dep. site
Tome really crawls outfield. Had a very long chat with Jinfu, the CP MB driver. We started talking about blogs, about why people have one and how it reflects the person behind the blog. We discussed about about offensive and contraversial contents and all that. And as usual when NSF talk to one another, one can't avoid talking about ORD. ORD... ORD... is it why we're in the army? to serve till that day? Maybe so. Soon we found ourselves talking about medical stuff; explained about some treatment stuff, IV and CMC. Something just tells me the armband that I'm wearing is not just about treating the wounded and the ill. Time now is 12:28p.m. Was talking to one of the umpires just now. Feeling so bored now. The only thing to do in the afternoon is to battle the sun and find a shady spot to sweat it out. How boring can it get?

6:05p.m 2nd dep. site
2 different worlds,
yours more carefree than mine.
My childhood was anything unlike yours.
Mine was full of don'ts,
from parents who loved me.
Yours full of exploring, adventure and fun.
Running around barefoot,
even back then I wasn't allowed.
And when we passed,
though our age differs,
our skin differs,
we spoke different tongues,
our lifestyle worlds apart.
But in my heart,
I know I"m like you.
For I'm still... a child