ok, back to army
it will indeed be a gruelling 13 weeks of training, but I will persevere and continue on!
Well, I am already having a mini trial into how much pain I can really endure - had a rope burn (not so severe, but the blisters have the skin peeled off) whilst climbing some rope. get into a shower, or wash your hands, and you will be in a jolly good time trying to resist the thousands of red guard ants biting your fingers, or the sharp, burning sensation in your fingertips - till the point I actually wince. After that, it is the inconvenience of being left with 3 fingers (not like the last finger is of much use in fact), especially in tying laces!
also, it was a decision to whether to continue running or just giving up and walk back, since i definitely failed by timing - in the end it was purely a battle between mind and body, as what I discovered. Pushing yourself, and not pushing yourself, just for the sake of training your body up. Furthermore, it is also the fine line between pushing yourself enough, or not enough.

for once, i really discovered and realised first hand, the meaning of determination.
but then again, when will there be too much determination that it results in over-exertion? maybe I should try it out too!


so thinking of it in the big picture, there will be inconveniences and pain (suffering) to come. but it is a matter of gritting your teeth, thinking of it in a different light, and going through it.

at the end of it all, when you look back, you can look back with a smile, and with a whole lot of experience and that satisfying "I have done it"