socjot

What is socjot?
It stands for Support Officer Cadet Jungle Orientation Training. It is basically a ten-day course in Brunei where we, officer cadets of support arms, in my case, arty, will be going through. When people hear of Brunei, the first thing that comes to their mind is, woah! mount biang! JCC (Jungle confidence course)! dam xiong. But no worries, I am rather optimistic about it. Why am I so optimistic? It's not because I'm confident of clearing the jungles in brunei alone, or surviving on eatin grass bark and wild boars. It is because it's "just a picnic in the jungle". OH, don't get mistaken. I wouldn't taking it so lightly if not for the quote from our very own arty instructors. While people in infantry have to go through the gruelling 10 day course, which includes JCC, and a long tumultous navigation that tests the limits of one's mental and physical capabilities, we on the other hand, are given combat rations for all the four days of navigation out in the jungle. Apart from the four days (compared to ten days) in the jungle, we will be spending the rest of our time (ie 6 days) in the "comfort" of the bunks in brunei, not forgetting the most promising R&R on the last day. Haha, no promises though, as the ten days in brunei might turn out a nightmare, so we shall see how it goes!

Putting brunei aside, I am actually bringing lots of *reading materials back to my bunk, as I foresee there will be much free time this week too! Let's rejoice! And welcome back our half-converted civilian life!
*One japanese novel, one japanese magazine and NEWSWEEK of issues from June to September.