Back from the Desert

After 3 weeks of having sand blown at my face, I am finally back home! Nothing overseas can be compared to the local food, climate (and even babes*...). :D Wow. Home sweet home.

Since NSmen were already warned by Mindef not to post sensitive issues online, I shall not do the same. After all, who knows? My dusty jungle hat photo might become a breach in security, in which future terrorists could find an interest.

Thank God for those big clouds that cover Singapore during the day and night. Coz the temperature range in Australia is insane. Hate early mornings the most. It can get so cold that you cannot even feel your feet when you wake up. Urgh. Unwillingly volunteered myself to do the midnight shifts just to place my feet on top of the generator. Often, the hard ground and the vehicles offered little protection for my feet against the bitter cold. Should have taken Ginway's advice more seriously

: "Knn @#$%, you better wear more clothes ah! @#$%^&* almost froze to death!!..my whole body was numb one morning...@#$#$ damn bloody cold" Those words rang through my head every morning outfield while I cursed silently at the wind.

Everything western is always larger than our Asian counterparts. Including flies. Those suckers with green eyes and golden bodies are a nuisance to every human beings. Not sure why they would rather follow us than the dustbin....Spent my lonely time entertaining myself by squashing those little critters. Managed to get beyond

GODLIKE streak, after which I gave up. Did I mention that those flies and mosquitoes are also much dumber than our lean, mean, NS-trained bugs? Just like "dumb blondes". Most like to land on the soles of my boots....

Bought a unique present in the form of a chocolate music box! Hopefully it doesn't melt when I give to another person. Currently it is lying at one corner of the fridge. At the end, I was given one week of off. Including the 2 weeks of leave that I applied, this would mean I would be home for 3 weeks! Yipee.

*Note: 3 weeks sure ain't easy. Especially torturous when I am surrounded by males-only. Testosterone levels have reached an all high at boiling point. -.-' Temptation was everywhere during R&R, in which I had an extremely hard (but thankfully victorious) struggle against the animal in me.-.-''' More on that in the next post.*