My BMT has been plagued wth many problems. What started in the form of a minor cough has turned into acute bronchitis. That's what the doctor told me on Sunday. I had chest pains since last week and I had to see a doctor before I go for my field camp. The shock was that the doctor at Changi Hospital gave me a whole week of MC and another week of light duties. That's 2 whole weeks of slacking. It may come as a pleasant surprise for some but not for me. These 2 weeks are the most important weeks of my BMT. There is the field camp, live firing exercise, live grenade exercise and running in a simulated battle situation. All these are necessary if I were to complete my BMT. If I follow the doctor's orders and stay out, I will have to do a re-course. That means I have to do BMT again. No way man! I want to do it once and that's it. Besides, I endured so long just to complete commando BMT. I don't want all my hard work to go to waste. I went back to camp to endorse my MC as well as to seek a solution. Luckily the medical officer cut my MC to 3 days. That means I am going to Tekong on Wednesday night. If everything goes well, I won't have to re-course. But I'm no confident of going through training. My chest still hurts and I have slight breathing difficulties. The doctor said it will take a long time to recover and definitely not within 3 days. The only course open to me is to get to Tekong and see how it goes. I missed a whole lot of training just because of this stupid cough. Oh boy!

So here I am, slacking at home while my mates are out in the field sweating their hearts out and stinking like mad. Somehow I feel a little guilt. If I manage to pass out of BMT successfully, it will be unfair to them. Why? Because I have already spent close to 2 weeks of BMT at home. I'm lucky, but not when I have to re-course. Anything is still possible now. I just have to wait and see.