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Well, i just returned from a field camp and i think i had one of my worst nights over there. From the start, i hate camps. I don't like to leave my comfy bed, my clean toilet and i don't like to eat bad food. I guess it's not a matter of choice in the army but a matter of when i'l get used to these "disgusting" camps. Well, i mentioned about having a very very bad night there. There are TEN good reasons why i say that.Thursday, May 17, 2007 1) i didn't get to bathe. Cleanliness before sleep is especially important for me. To feel like shit before i sleep makes me unable to sleep comfortably. Well, i could very well powder bathe myself that night but what's the point? I'm just putting powder over dirt. In the end, i'll end up doubly uncomfortable. 2) The sleeping area/camp site was near to a cemetry. Well, i'm not intimitated by the prospect of meeting a ghost (although i would choose not to meet one) but this adds to the eerie nature of sleeping somewhere foreign. And even if i am not intimitated, i may be influenced by my friends. (read below) 3) The whole dramedy about what's in the bush. In the middle of the night, one of my friends heard a sound of movement within the bushes behind our sleeping area and he predicts it's a snake. Next my other friend got freaked out as well when he heard the noise himself. The next minute, i have two freaked-out people beside me sitting up facing the side where the movement is and keeping still because they wanto see what "it" was. They didn't see anything. I was couldn't care less about what was "it" - i just wanted the two persons to shut up so i can catch up on my already-deprived sleep. But it was really funny watching two grown men looking so afraid. haha The next morning, the speculations were even more ridiculous. "It" now became either an "ant-eater" or a sgt. My take? Wind. 4) Insects - mosquitoes, sand flies and who knows what The idea of sleeping in an uninhabited area was quite scary. To really sleep in one was a nightmare. There were a battalion of mosquitoes on their highest alert, stinging everyone, and sandflies, attacking my hands, legs, back, well almost everywhere. The pain is enough to kill me. To top it off, with mosquitoes buzzin around my ear every other second or so just irritates me to the core. The result - ZERO sleep and a WHOLE lot of bites. My left and right hand were FULL of it, as if i had chicken pox. Can someone answer me, "what's the value of mosquitoes in the ecosystem"? 5) Regret over fighting over my sleeping position I truly regretted fighting with my friend for the "so-called" good spot. According to him, the sleeping spot was well-cushioned by the thick layer of high grass below it and the positioning of his butt there was ideal for sleeping. I won the fight with my "i put my helment there FIRST" reasoning. I So regretted it man. That sleeping spot was not exactly what he described and i was involved in a fleshfight with the mosquitoes. It was physical pain (due to bites) and mental torture (utter regret). 6) Thristy throat To make matters worse, my throat was dry until i had difficulty speaking. This added to my discomfort. And my water bottle had run out of water. Some "Good" night i had 7) Damp ground Somehow i wonder why people like sleeping on waterbeds. They should experience sleeping on a ground sheet. A ground sheet is so called "one-side" waterproof. By placing the "waterproof"side facing the ground, we can be kept dry. That is bullshit. The groud sheet was damp and super disgusting to sleep on. 8) Squeezy How can a ground sheet fit three people (one of which is quite meaty) and five weapons? I dunno how but we did it. There was no space to move without hitting someone else. 9) Rest Disrupted by incoming rain due to lightning/thunder, we had to evacuate from our sleeping spot to the shelter area. You would think, what so bad about it? One, my rest was disrupted, and two, we had to sleep sitting down on benches. (and it was squeezy i tell you) 10) Monday and book in blues The usual monday blues kicked in and i was ever so moody to begin with. The rest you know already. music.city.soul || 7:50 AM || 0 comments |
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