Training to be Specs.

I've survived the week. Thank goodness.

I'd just experienced the first of 9 weeks of training in the Specialist Course of The SAF Medical Corp. All right, i must first declare that to us the intermediate platoon, it's like heaven. Now, isn't it ironic? We are officially the first batch of MRF Spec2 trainees who don't have to wake up uber early for training in a MOPP suit. Now we sit thru lessons dressed in the standard SMART 4 attire, and life's been good. =) The best thing of all? Ever since the course started, no team leader can volunteer himself to be platoon IC! Muahahahaha! The team leaders had just won immunity challenge and could more or less enjoy these few weeks. As i proudly declared to some of my guys - "In Spec2, i'm no more a team leader, i'm just a trainee..." Haha. I can finally take some time and responsibilities off to enjoy the life of a trainee. And the added bonuses of it all is that i get to watch certain individuals who were generally more laid back being forced to play an active role as platoon or Course IC. And i'll never forget the times when they gave the team leaders so much trouble with their insubordination; this time round it was our chance to bite back, to show them that it's not easy to lead men.

The course basically was a time for the deeper understandings on the human body, and more advanced levels of PAM and other protocols. Nevertheless i learnt lots, especially from Encik Anuar (funny but psychotic dude), and i didn't know that our body could do so many amazing things. It was particularly a more profound understanding of who made us. As i read thru my text, and as i explored the human body and it's various functions, i can't help but declare that God is indeed a creative Lord whom designed us even to the smallest detail, and the design of our bodies are so intricate, to believe that we came from a long line of monkeys would be an insult to me. Our bodies have a million processes running, some even without us controlling, and yet they all run together in harmony. Homeostasis - where the body functions are work towards the producing an equilibrium to sustain the normal body function. I'm also simply amazed at how the body defends itself in face of danger, like how the body constricts our blood vessels in an event of heavy loss of blood to maintain our blood pressure as much as possible, or how insulin are released to police the glucose count in our blood stream. Isn't it amazing? Even my lecturer declared that the human body is a handiwork of God.

And besides all the medical knowledge, we had plenty of physical training. And i'm quite thankful to Encik Munir (MRF CSM) for teaching me an effective running technique that requires the usage of very minimal energy. It was put to the test on Thursday when i had to complete one round medical Centre in less than 10 mins. Naturally the speed was insane, but i managed to sustain myself all the way till the end point. Of coz i felt a natural high after that. Man! I simply love that feeling, that's the reason why i run all the time in camp, albeit slow runs. And i have started a course of caffeine intake after my exercises to increase the heart rate, pumping more oxygenated blood to the different parts of my body that i had trained. I don't exactly know whether it works, but i definitely can feel that i've grown stronger. =)

And yeah, well done this is my first week of training to be a spec. Things will definitely get worst as the weeks unfold, but as usual, if i cannot even survive such a minor thing, then i'll never be ready to face the real world, which is often more brutal and unforgiving.

But i've got no complaints.

I'll just take it like a man.