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yeppp. so here i am back again to a place called home. goodness. taiwan was cold man. the first day we stepped on the chinese soil, my lips started to dry. worst still, when training started over the mountainous terrain. almost everyone started to have symptoms of hypothermia. even the jacket they provide didnt help. vapours start to form out from the mouth. the cold wind blows infinitely. and shiverings was non stop. temperatures at night can easily drop to a single digit. dayume. at one point of time, the thought of being dead was already in mind when the rain came at an altitude we were harbouring. i can feel them minor muscles working hard to keep the body warm. solid fuels came in handy then. they were solid golds to keep us going thru the harsh weather. and yep i wont forget eating hot maggis in them mess tin. it tastes so good i finished 14 packets in one night. it kept me warm alright and the salt prevent from having cramps when resting in the cold night.

i forget to mention this. i almost got myself killed in the nav exercise over the high altitude landscape. being the point man i was bashing with the ever sharp parang. it was night and thick dark. still bashing, we came upon heavy vegetated location. so yep the team said keep on moving on. so i slashed one two vines and taking small steps so that i wont fall into any sudden pot holes. a few steps now. then suddenly my left foot couldnt feel the ground, my right slipped and the whole body work according to gravity. i was halfway down when my mate caught me by the field pack. goodness, when they shine the torch over where i lost balance, it was a frigging cliff. and i realised i almost fell over hundred metres up. alhamdulillah im still alive mayune. i gots traumatised for one night on the incident. you can ask my team mates how crap my feeling was back then. and never ever again navigate at night with a map thats not updated for 20 years.

running around with mg under heavy fire is no joke. proning beside cow dungs is something new. and riding the humvee made us feel like special ops forces. ok enough of the war stories, here comes the best part. pictures at no particular order.