maybe not entirely a week wasted at all...

well, the first ict wasn't as bad as i thought it would be.

it really did turn out to be a chalet of sorts, considering i was active only on thursday in terms of training.

other than the platoon dismounted attack we had where i took up the big ol' gun again to assault a knoll, which was actually quite a therapeutic since the gun didn't malfunction and allowed me to rain a hail of imaginary death upon the "enemy" whilst screaming an expletive-laden barrage at them as well especially after lugging the heavy thingamajig for a good 2 hours, i had the luxury of either not being involved in training or being involved in the technical trainings which were mostly a refresher on the weapons and their respective drills.

it was a great time to catch up with people as well, considering i hadn't seen the other jaguar guys in ages. from the men, to the other specs, to the previous perm staff at jaguar; it was really cool to see some faces after a long, long while.

while it probably won't get any easier from the next ict in, it will be rather interesting to see how things pan out.

i think i've actually learnt a thing or two from the whole experience.