Sunday, December 12, 2004
well... i had my atp on fri and sat. for those who dosent understand, itz a range test. Test whether u can get marksman a not. Hm.. history has shown, i've been a BOBO shooter since BMT. it took me 4 test b4 i pass during bmt.(but well, i got marksman in the last test). And again, my bobo shooting got the better of me during friday. I wasnt even qualified to take the test on fri cos i keep failing the day practice. scoring like, 2/16, 3/16, 5/16 & 6/16. But each test, my score was getting better. SO, sat had to confine. Reached camp at 12am at fri, bathe, etc, slept at 1am. Woke up at 5 am again to go for the stupid range. SHAG! Morning again practise. I scored 8/16! 1st time passed. Second practise, i shot 7/16, but i had 3 rounds of IA. Dammit. Angered by the IA, i went to clean my gas regulator.(cleaning any parts of the rifle is somthing i hate to do). Den went for the trail test. i scored 10/16! woooOooo! I was very happy. But den, finally come the real test. B4 the test, S2 spoke to us. he said that if we don score at least 11/16 for the test, he will void the test, and will have to join 3rd coy for the atp package. FUCK! i was devastated. i never shot anything more than 10 b4. wtf. somemore the 3rd coy package falls during our leave! I was very sianz, cos i tot i'm dead meat.
THE TEST
After i drew my ammo, i went into the chamber. I was in the same lane as my fren, Xiongzz. He missed quite a lot of shot bcos of IA. Den he turned to me and told me, 'seems like i have to join u for the 3rd coy shoot liaoz.' FUCK. i havent even shoot, den he say such nonsense. i felt an adrenalin rushing inside me. I must pass! He got 8/16 for his shoot. Finally, my turn came. There i go. Foxhole with support. FUCK! i missed 2 shots. Foxhole is the easiest part of the test, something which we shldnt miss more than 1. argh. my morale was damn low. 2/4 for the 1st part. 2nd part. Prone without support. But we were given support of sandbag anyway. i got 3/4. Which was quite a good score to me. after part 2, itz 5/8. 3rd part, sitting or squating without support. my worst nightmare. most of the practise, i get 0/4. LOLZ. but this time rd, i got 2/4. A very good score in my case. Total, 7/12. meaning, the final part, i nid to get all 4 targets. we ran down 50 metres. load our mags, prepare to shoot. I was panting. I prayed. the 1st 2 target came up. 'boom boom' i hit both of them. I felt there was a chance. 3rd target came up. i prayed more than i aimed. 'boom', it went down. the last one went up, i prayed even more. the phrase 'do or die' came into my mind. In my heart, i said please. i took a deep breathe, and press the trigger. HA! the target went down! yea! 4/4! in total, i got 11/16! wooooO! no nid join 3rd coy~ i clinched my fist and celebrated silently.
But my fren Xiongzz did get his reshoot afterall. FUck. This isnt rite. He dosent deserve it. LOL!! But in the end, he got marksman.
The nite shoot was fairly easy. i got 11/12. so my total score is 22/28. i missed marksman by 2 shots. If only my foxhole got 4/4. but itz okie. cos i juz dun wanna come back reshoot again. and from a bobo shooter, i became someone 2 shots away from marksman. i felt pleased with myself. i dun care wat others said. esp Xiongzz. LOLz. anyway, in my own pt of view, i was happy with the overall shot. i did get an average mark. nt juz pass. :)
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