Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Of Field Camp

hello public

i now have a high respect for those contestants on Survivor. i used to think that these people were really stupid and dumb to put themselves through such torture for the sake of one million dollars. well, i still do think so.

then what respect am i talking about if i think that these people are out of their minds?

well, having been through my own 7 day Survivor. i know how uncomfortable life must have been for these contestants.

if you're wondering what i'm talking about, it's field camp. for 7 days, you learn how to be the modern age tarzan. u get up, close andpersonal with nature. as in being 2centimetres away at most from the nearest insect.

personally i'm impressed with myself at how well i managed to cope with survival in the jungle. for someone who cringes at the sight of spiders and rather die than use that filthy koptiam toilet, i took to field camp suprisingly well.

aside from not having a proper shower for 7 days, not brushing my teeth for 7 days and having to dig a hole before i shit in the open, field camp had many beautiful memories too.

for the first time in my life i saw fireflies. i was beyond euphoria when i had my first encounter. it was really beautiful. they looked like flies on fire.

also, being in a forest, there's like extremely low light polution unlike mainland singapore. and visibility rate of seeing stars are really high.i'm talking about those stars in the skies not those on caldecott by the way. and so there i was lying on the hard clay-ey ground while staring into the dark night sky filled with stars. it was truly an awe experience for me which left me speechless.

foodwise, we survived on mostly disgusting rations that has been pre packed. for the first time too i learnt to eat maggie mee without cooking it. it desnt taste that bad straight from the packet. and how do you drink 3in1 packet drinks when u dont have a cup or hot water? well, jus pour some of the powder in ur mouth and pour some water from ur bottle in ur mouth and gargle to mix. wierd but edible.

well well. field camp was definitely a memorable time. of course there were goods and bads but we treasure the good and learn from the bad. and so life goes on.

thats it for now. might do a short pictorial update later before i leave back for camp at 7pm.

toodles

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