I was kinda free in outfield so i decided to write my expereince in Austrailia during Exercise Wallaby (not to mention a bloody *&@#&^%#$ snorer in my M113 vehicle.
4th Oct 2008The day has finally came. Dreadful feeling flooded my mind. The thought of going to outfield for may days in the desert, the tiredness, the shagness was imaginable.
The last i came to Australia was 10 years ago, back when i was in Primary 5. Little did i know that the place i was going to, is going to be so much different.
5th Oct 2008I remembered packing whatever shit stuffs i could into my civillian bag.(which im going to bring to the airport)Even charged up an extra hp batt to bring over.
Then when ah hua gugu came to pick me up to the airport that time, i forgot to bring the batt along. -.-
Soon i was in his car with Ah Ma on the way to the airport. Sian feeling.
They asked if I was excited or not.
I said: "Huh." lol
And then we had lunch at the airport and Ah Ma ordered hokkien Mee for me. All of us dunno wad to buy. She went to the same stall again and ordered the same thing, saying that Char Kway Teow takes too long to cook.
She told me and Ah Hua Gugu that when she goes on a cruise trip, the departure is normally at 9pm, she will leave the house at 3pm, so as to be well prepared. zzzzzz.
i jokingly told her that next time got cruise trip again, leave the house the day before the departure time. heh.
Ok, met some friends at the airport, went through the gate and went to eat Burger King. Super Duper full. Went to Departure Hall at T3, filled up a form and went into the plane.
SIA!!! We got Singapore Airlines!
Hmm, my first impression of them was that they were professional and that the games/movies/videos/audios were the top.
Me and my friends all got cheated. ALl were wrong. Games were outdated like 10+years back when Nintendo just produced its first 2-D shitty game. My god. ITs a hundred times worse than Eva Air. And the service was &^$#*&^) up withe the crew giving attitude. Never am i taking SIA if i got a chance again.
6th Oct 2008*Reached Roackhampton Airport at 10plus to 11 plus. Weather was a little chilly but not as cold as my Taiwan trip though. We waited for our luggage and baggage to be checked at the customs. Queue was super long. About 2 hours spent there? We had to empty our duffer bags and civi bags. The Australians are very particular about cleanliness. They checked every corner for mud, soil and plant materials. They are not to be brought to Australia.
Customs checking our Duffer and civi bags.
After that was done, we went to this small cafe that was in the airport and OMG. the items they sold there! A simple sandwich costs $7++. A bottle of coke from the vending machine costs $3.20. Thats 3 times the price of wad is sold in Singapore.
All of us were immediately full and boarded the bus to our camp. We were dropped off in the middle of a look-alike desert.
Our camp very chui. All modern facilities also dun have. the toilet systems are man-dug 5m deep into the ground and the doors have no locks.
After you shit, you have to cover your own shit with saw dust outside the toilet to cover the smell.
Toilet
Urinal
Our camp siteReach there straight go and change to our army uniforms -.-
Our cookhouse
Teo chee Hean came visit us in the chinook.
Kangaroos in our training areas!
Cactus there flat flat de
Our tentage. the grass damn high
Our M113 vehicles
Bathing system's worse. You fill up pails of water, then pour inside huge satchels hung up on a horizontal pole and u turn on the turner, which controls the amount of water to be released from the satchel.
4th Oct 2008Its dusty and sandy everywhere. Soon im covered with dust and sand. Sleeping on safari bed and sleeping bags under a tent. 12 days of combat rations straight. (Relatives say i look skinny -.-)
Canteen breaks of another camp was good but expensive. Chicken kebabs became a favourite amoong us, costing #3 each and cokes costing $2 per can (375ml). Oaks milk was the best i tested. Super rich. Bought a $20 prepaid card to call mama and Bebe back in Singapore. I miss them so much. Tried calling mama the night before i went outfield at 9+pm, she didnt pick up the phone. She's not home. The next canteen break i tried calling her again ard 3 days later. She didnt pick up either.
Wonder if anything's wrong. Today's the 18th, Im on outfield and im still worried. Couldnt call Bee too cos i surrendered my wallet and phone to officer for safekeep.
Sianded. Another 10 days to go! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. 5 more days outfield! Weather here when its hot, its super hot, when cold, SUPER Cold. cant slp at nite.
Good thing here is, you dont sweat much, even when hot, cos humidity is low. when it rains, it only drizzles for 5mins, then stop, den drizzle 5mins again. Seen kangaroos and their droppings. They hop fast. Seen emu too. Ugly birds. Like ostrich.
I dont see kolar bears here though. They got all kinds of weird bugs here too. Mosquitos are stupid here. They fly slow and when they land on you, you can feel them. So un-tactical.
R&R nothing much, just roam around our small city and bring us go to Heritage Village where i think its crap. And den shopping malls thats it. Shop for 3 shirts and bought a digicam 8.2mp with 2GB mem card for Bebe. Seng Chong say that 1 pic max is 1Mega byte. His cam got 1 GB mem card and if 1 pic is 1MB, 1GB can store 1,000 pics. Aiya, i just get the 2GB for bebe to be safe. Later not enough space den have to change mem card den jialat liao. Electronic stuffs there are cheaper than in Singapore. Even the handphones i think.
oh well, overall i think not very xiong there, i quite enjoyed ba. Its a nice experience. XD
