Well Im done with the physical part. I have 1 or 2 written tests and then Im officially done and I start with Ulpan. My ceremony is on Tuesday at 4 in some jail in Akko. Apparently the jail isnt used anymore. My ulpan starts on Wednesday and is for 2 months.
Im so glad its finished. It was a really short week. We went in on Sunday and left Wednesday afternoon.
We woke up early on Monday and went out to the fields where we learned the basics in Combat. We practiced those for a few hours then went to the shooting fields where we had more shooting practices. We also spent the night there. And we had Shmira in the middle of the night. Shmira is guard duty. It was only for a half hour/ hour. It wasn't too bad. They would wake us up in the middle of the night and pretend we were under attack. They wanted to see how long it would take for us to get into position.
In the morning we had our 5 kilometer walk. That is only like 2.75 miles. It really wasnt bad at all. I dont know why everyone was complaining. Its the same thing we do everyday just not in a field. But whatever. They can complain all they want.
Im proud I finished.
Tuesday Night we went to a special ceremony for the 65th year after the holocaust. We were invited by Gabi Ashkenazi who didnt even show, he wanted new olim soldiers to go. New Olim are new citizens. Im not a citizen but maybe in time I will be. It will benefit me greatly to be a citizen in the army. The president and prime minister of Israel were there. It was really cool. It was all pretty much in Russian though which in a way sucked. I dont know Russian and its all I hear every day all day. I want to learn hebrew not russian. And to be honest it sucks when they refuse to try and learn and just be with other russians. How can we function as a group if we cant communicate? Im trying, why cant you?
The next day was Wednesday. Yay!!! We got to sleep till 830 which was great. We went down to Chet, ate breakfast, then went to a raising the flag ceremony. Natan Sharansky was there. He talked to some people when walking through the base. Then finally around 230 we went home.
President of Israel: Shimon Peres.
Prime Minister of Israel: Benyamin Netanyahu
Natan Sharansky...I have no idea who he is or his importance but apparently hes important and was once in the Knesset.
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