Sunday, October 30, 2011

PALAPES Darat/Rejimen Askar Wataniah

Sudah berapa bulan tak update blog nih... I guess I lost interest when I left Nilai.
Ataupun sebab memang takde pape nak dituliskan sepanjang cuti setengah tahun sebelum masuk IIUM Gombak nih...
Well I got something to write about now, even though no one reads my blog. Kecuali ko Suhaib, aku tahu ko setia baca blog orang lololol.
Anyway, I decided to join Wataniah when I joined IIUM, and maaaannnn was I pumped! Aku siap ajak rakan-rakan join sekali, Suhaib, Faisal. I managed to convince a few of them too. Askar Wataniah is a military regiment which consists of volunteers, though we are trained as soldiers. In IIUM the program is adjusted to suit the studies of the students.
Also offered was PALAPES Udara, officer training for the Airforce, and SUKSIS, which is training for young police officers. Asalnya merancang untuk menyertai Udara, tapi tidak menjadi sebab kita orang pergi ujian kecergasan untuk Wataniah dulu, and that totally killed us.

So, a few weeks in and I absolutely love the lifestyle. Physical training, both mandatory and voluntary, is the best! Kecuali side-roll. Dammmmm... Benci rolling... We found out that Wataniah exclusively is being discontinued at IIUM, and that our batch and some of the seniors are being absorbed into the all new PALAPES Darat. Well, all new in IIUM that is. Baru habis isi borang semalam. Latihan akan diadakan setiap minggu Sabtu DAN Ahad (darn it) di Universiti Malaya. Oh well.
Personally? I cant wait. Everyone's telling me I'll feel differently after a few months of it. I hope not, I really dig all this military stuff. It might even be my calling.