Day 30.

Prefect duty officially over.

Sun burnt after standing 4 hours under the sun for foot drill.

If tomorrow's first aid lecturer is someone with less qualification than me, i'm going to write for exemption. Better not waste my time.

Day 29.

The morning started okay, maybe because I slept so early last night and still feeling sleepy by the time i woke at 6 this morning.... But by the time the real lesson kicks in, once again, can feel nothing but tireness.......

The afternoon, pretty normal...... Fired my first 12 bullets, results are not too bad, grouping: Single action - 4 inch, Double action 6 inch...... still, got rooms to improve tho~

The trigger seems like a thousands tonnes during the last few rounds...... any exercise I can do to improve?

Tomorrow is going to be the last day of my prefect duties..... looking forward.

Sleepy Sleepy Sleepy.....

Day 28.

Day 28.

Still, the prefect duty is wearing me down.

Feeling more and more pressed by the upcoming exam...... but i believe if the 'luck' is still there, there's no point i should fear of written exam.....

Very busy day today. Handled my bread and butter skill today...... firing a firearm. Cant believe it can be so tiring to pull the trigger.

Afternoon, resistance control...... great to finally laid hands on weapons...... i guess i'm a much better learner in muscles than in brains.......

Sigh.... Exam on Monday....

Day 27.

"What are you doing?"

Have you ever aksed yourself this question?

What's your answer to it?

Frankly, I'm totally blank when i suddenly ask myself this question in class today.

Is this the life I've been seeking?

I dunno, hope inspiration will come soon.

Still tired.

Muscle pain.

Mental cramp...... I need to study.

Day 26.

Mentally exhausted day.

Maybe the sleep during the weekend was too good...... too many places to go to (for work) and too little time...... time spent on Op order....... as a result i feel really exhausted.

Another reason maybe due to my role as intake prefect this week. With unexpected problem popping up from nowhere day and night is draining all my mental power fast.

Very tired.....

Feeling the stress for the Op order presentation tomorrow.

Leave alone the upcoming Exam on 3rd of August.....

Sigh.....

Today's PT lesson is killing me..... chin up, sit up, swim and then sit up, and the cycle continues..... so drained.

Day 22, 23, 24 and 25.

OPDAT is finally over.

At first I still doubt if this programme is effective in training..... but after enduring extreme conditions, hot, cold, wilderness, deprivation of sleep, mosquito bites and rain..... I now have a feeling of fearless.... i guess that's one of the purpose of this training.

Starting from Day 1..... Hike, hike and more hiking. It's not too far, but under such hot weather a little while outside is already causing a great deal of discomfort. We had a training at a water tunnel around noon and my mountain boots are all wet, but my journey continues till around 9 pm that night, you can imagine in what state i was in..... That night we were abandoned at a peak, and our instructions was to await further instruction, I dont mind staying out in the wild, so at first i had the first part of the night sleeping okay (though dirty), but tough luck struck around 4 am, it started raining, not just misty rain, but a heavy downpour..... We were all left soaked wet even in our "supposedly water proof" windbreak..... It was so freaking cold at the peak because there is no shelter that we can use...... it keep on raining and raining, at some point i was so cold and down that i started thinking why am i not sleeping in my bed at home but staying there.... it's such negative thought but i guess it's very normal at the same time..... glad i have the support from my mates that we finally make it through the 45 minutes rain...... As the sun rise the mood went up again.

Day 2 was a bit different, after cooking breakfast we were assigned to a water sports centre, doing canoeing, it's very fun and i enjoyed the day there. That night, we had some more training games..... it's always good the spend time with the best people available, i feel that my colleagues are awesome and their viewpoints are sometimes very enlightening..... for example, from some stupid 'treasure hunt' game we ended up in a deep discussion related to the 'fundementals of leadership' and the importance of 'selflessness'..... I havent quite expected this.....

Day 3.... our bonding are getting better and better...... with more hiking we spoke more and understand each other more..... we ended up doing more and more climbing and went to Sharp Peak, not just climb, but run on top of the 468 meters peak..... that's quite exhausting task but also a fun one.

Day 4. We broaded a marine vehicle and ended up in a camp site at Wan Tsai.... originally i expected the camp may go longer till saturday afternoon or even sunday..... but upon arrival the instructors gave us a surprise by claiming the OPDAT is officially over...... we had a relatively easy night staying there and we used our time well there. Lots of laughters and joy filled the air..... Like what i shared in the debriefing, the OPDAT is not too hard (for me), but certainly it's a very memorable one.

Gosh, I'm totally exhausted..... needa take a nap..... before working for the assignment for next week.

Day 21.

OPDAT day 2.

Once again, sun burnt.

Feeling myself burning from the trip even staying in air conditioned room for hours.

It's just the warm up for the upcoming ? days trip (? coz I've no idea when I can go back home).... some map reading task and at first, a gentle hike..... then the real challenge..... I now realize how important a good road system can be. (Consider you have in-your-face experience with a palm size spider.....)

Afternoon. Good leadership training game, wall climbing and raft making... I've done similiar exercise before, but this time, what they're looking for is quite different. Importance of a leader can not be over emphasised. Leader doesnt mean superman.... but should be one who do the right thing at the right time and like a machine, relying information to others and giving them confidence....... hoping to improve on this aspect.

Chatted with Jeff for a while. Seems everyone is with some problems with their life...... All the best to Jeff and Alvin.

Homework is still pending..... damn.....

Need to sleep now. Later.

Day 20.

The OPDAT day 1. (Outdoor Professional Devlopment and Training)


Turns out it wasnt as exciting as ones predicted. The whole day was spent in the campus.


Morning for Absailing and evening for Power pole (6 m from ground and doing some task) and Sky ladder (requires great balance). Pretty much the same leadership/trust game that i have played/lead during my secondary school life. But this time, the standards were much greater. Both the participants and the difficulties of the game. Really awesome, but at the same time exhausting.

A trace of regret is the drive to perfection.

Finally got my own room, but for every reward there's punishment behind. Was working like a slave when switching and tidying my room. So glad I'm now settled (sort of) now..... Really sleepy, must sleep now~

Day 19 and old ghost dinner.

The 4th week gone by.

Still, the usual uneasiness surround me.

Finding my desk piled up with the notes and homework, but still, I'm with very little intention to deal with those.

Saturday spent on gym and with ex-floormates. It's been great fun to meet up with the old buddies once in a while.

Sunday, busy preparing for the coming camp..... headache.

More headache aroused when I try to read my notes..... It'd be fun to read if i were given a long vacation..... but cramping all knowledge in one day seems impossible......

Still need to work on the op order...... where is the time???

Day 18.

Nothing much today.

Nothing serious done today.

Only more and more law concepts piled up.

The formal physical test result came out. I didnt do too badly, but there're only too many people better than me..... Need to work hard.

Probably it's a better idea for me to sleep now. Gotta wake early again tmr. Later.

Day 17. Exhaustion kicks in.

Finally feel what the senior said about condition. "It always goes down for the days in Police College" Though it's only 4th week for me here but i can already the effect of it on me..... feeling tired whole day long..... worst still, the lectures are all about laws and legal principles that means it require a lot of attention. Gosh.

Once again, wet as hell in the morning footdrill session.

Lecuture mid afternoon is okay. Got an unexpected 'outing' (meaning a jog to deep water bay).... it's good to breath some air of FREEDOM once in a while.

Time is running short. Need to take care of my operative orders and prepare for my first exam on 3rd of August...... and I'm really sleep now..... Later

Day 16.

Following the mental exhaustion yesterday.

Today is more or less the same. Law concept on AR, MR and defense argument.

Afternoon is the worst footdrill lesson yet to date. Not sunny, but very humid and no break in between the hours mean I'm all wet from head to toe (ie. All wet means you can gently pat on my clothes and it'll drip water out.)

PT in the late afternoon.

I need to work now or it's too late. Later.

Day 15.

Physical or Mental?

Abuse to any of the above two are not good thing....

Quite different from previous training. Today's focus is mainly on academic. Had lesson on laws from 1000 till 1700.

It's mental abuse.

Gosh.

Now very tired. Struggling whether to sleep early for tomorrow. But a lot at the upcoming schedule suggest otherwise.

Dilemma.

Day 14 and wasted weekend.

Nothing much happened on day 14. The same hotness and wetness.

Mess night for celebration of the passing out squad, I wish time can pass sooner.

Drank a lot on that night.

Weekend, pretty much wasted. Been drinking again on Saturday. Must not allow myself to slack off like that again.

Now back to the College. Got a lot to read.

Endless Story - Yuna Ito

Day 13 over.

A lot to learn.... the laws are killing me.

Tactics, it should be fun to learn~

Very very sleepy despite of a 7 hrs sleep. Want to sleep now. ASAP.

Day 12.

Ultraly physically demanding day.

But it seems to pass by so quickly.

Uniform inspection.

Lesson, and more lessons.

Footdrill and PT, this time doing all the test within 3 hours period..... exhausted is a true understatement.

More chores this night....

Must sleep. Feeling the stress now.

Day 11.

Day 11 pass by already..... time to me now seems inexistence..... coz frankly, i cant tell time accurately here. With no watch/clock. All i can do is to rely on meal time to tell if it's morning, afternoon or evening. (Coz everything done under the sun can be distorting in times, eg. a jogging for 30 mins can seems like ages, or sitting in classroom sleeping through lecture will see time gone miracously)

PT in morning. Once again need to swim.....

Hostel inspection afterwards..... no idea where all the dust come from.

Relatively easy afternoon, with lecture and footdrill

Need to catch up soon on books.... or else it's big trouble in exam.

31-Aug and 29-Sept will be my test 2 and 3 exam..... why it all clash with my friends birthday??

Day 10.

Impressive day.

Morning footdrill.... wet as hell.

Afternoon for presentation. Obviously underprepared...... outcome is not too good.

Unexpected extra PT lesson.... so much fun playing netball..... hope this kind of team spirit will last.

Doing cleaning whole night for tomorrow's inspection...... Crazy~

Must sleep now.

PS. Happy Birthday to Horace.

Weekend.

Weekend spent like hell....

Exhausted and cant focus on work.

Been thinking about the presentation since afternoon but with little success..... turns out I'm still working on it now.....

Very tired and must finish it soon and get some sleep.

Write Later.

Confinement.

Being confined by big boss today.

Maybe it's a blessing tho.

People grew closer together than before.

And it's been ages since i spent my saturday on books and works.

Still got a 12 minutes presentation on something i'm not familiar with.....

Just give me the strength to finish those.....

Need to work. Later.

Day 9.

What should I say about day 9?

A very tired day.

PT in the morning, running a 400m track with circuit of tasks, some jumping, climbing, crawling... you name it...... in short, a demanding track..... not a bad time for me, 2'15". But still plenty of room to improve.

The studying part is getting harder and harder..... must find a weekend to KO my notes before they overwhelm me.

Been confined today and tmr. But it might be a blessing in disguise. Our group has grew closer because of this..... It'd be a funny and full of events 34 weeks coming.

Sleep now. Later.

Day 8.

Very physically demanding day....

Morning was better. Just some skills on presentation skill, which most of my colleague are doing more than fine.....

But then.... problems starts to appear when 'boss' told us to prepare a 12 mins presentation next week, with topic related to HK and politics. I simply hate the choice..... end up i shall do something related to the 'Police Image in the eyes of Public'. Hope this general topic is going to save me....

PT lesson before lunch, you may say it's Physical Training, or more appropiately, Physical Torture. Running for 2 hours and then swimming for 1 hour is no fun. Got seizures all over my thighs and hamstring..... crazy.

Practical/Leadership exercise is challenging as ever..... in the forseeable future my 'study-time' will be cut short as i have to prepare for these lessons.....

How much time do I left????

I'm so sleepy now... better sleep now. Later.

General Holiday.

It's a good day today, considering i have a holiday mid-week.

Went back to home and ZZZzzz...

Only wake up at noon and had lunch with friends.

Worked on the presentation tomorrow. And tomorrow will be a swim test..... feeling nervous.

Better sleep now.