Alright. Been a while without updates so here is the big drop!

January was focused on Vehicle CQB course but I got into an accident.

A 9mm bullet went inside the car and exited on the driver seat door at the base of the window where you can put arm to rest. An exit hole was made with the center of the radius at the base of the driver seat door window with depth approximately the radius of the 9mm bullet.

After I secured the VIP at the rear seat, I quickly sprinted around the car on the other side to get into the driver seat. The moment I pulled the door to close it holding the door at the base of the window, my middle finger on the left hand was already punctured by the 2 metal splints from the 9mm bullet exit hole and once I have closed the door and pulled my hand, the flesh was lacerated, close to trauma.

Fortunately, almost all of us in the course have attended the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course so that means a lot of us has TCCC tools and first aid kits.

The head instructor applied first aid with wound powder to dry it up and applied gauze and bondage. It happened 1100H and after lunch break it was opened again and a anti-bacterial ointment is applied.

I still finished the Vehicle CQB course but slowed down on my movements because the time that I moved so fast like a lightning, that is the time I was injured.

By the time the course ended at night I was able to visit the emergency in a nearby hospital for an anti-tetanus shot but the doctor after seeing the wound insisted that it needs to be stitched so I ended up grunting at the operating room as injections of anesthesia was struck around my wound. The nurse told me I was like about to transform into Incredible Hulk 😅. But damn, it was too painful.

After the anesthesia effected, I didn't felt my finger anymore so I watched the doctor and the nurse clean my whole finger, cut a part of the skin that was dangling in the middle of the wound, and stitched my wound. 5 stitches. I was given anti-biotics and pain killer and was discharged.

I still had to travel by land for about 8 hours to reach my home at the beach area.

It took me 1 month before I went back to have my stitched removed but since it was overdue, flesh healed around the stitch and the doctor can't risk nerve damage so they had to put me in operating room again to remove the stitch with anesthesia and as usual, I grunted again and the female nurse told me while they holding me down that I was like transforming into a super saiyan in dragonball Z LMAO 😂

Anyways, I cancelled the supposed CCR training so my deposit is already forfeited. I had to do some reprioritization after realizing that CCR is not really a demand in the PMC industry but a specialization from a niche skillset and instead spend a lot into the CCR which is expensive by the way, I reallocated my budget to the course Anti-Surveillance and Counter-Surveillance. which I took in January and was followed by a training on Intelligence Analysis and also the Vehicle CQB.

I was able to cancel my booking on the hostel at the island but was not able to refund my plane ticket and the bus and boat tickets. Decided to rebook my plane ticket and align it with the CyberSec Asia in Bangkok but then as days came closer to flight I didn't push through because I contracted a flu and was recovering near the flight date and also the risk of the Nipah virus. Thought that I might be incurring unnecessary risk so the tickets are a loss at that point.

All tactical trainings has to end and was only done from October to January. February is now focused on an ISO certificate on International Security and Risk Management Professional Course which is difficult because it is comprehensive and I also need to dig deep into it with tons of case studies.

Also went back to my martial arts training under my master, a former police and SWAT operative.

On the other hand while I am super busy on building myself as a tactical security and risk professional, my ideas in STEM regarding weapons design is still hanging at the back of my head.