Originally posted by Gordonator:its called shellscrape btw.
during my very wet field camp, on the 5th or 6th day, we began digging our selfscrapes and fire trench. we started digging after dinner at around 1900/2000HRS. the worst part is it rained for the past 2 days, the ground was so muddy it was very hard to dig since mud is heavier than soil because of the water inside. we wasn't allowed to use our flash lights, only candles is allowed. but candles burn out very fast so for most of the night we were digging in total darkness.
the fire trench is the hardest part. as expected, many of us couldn't finish digging so we were finally allowed to sleep at round 0200HRS. sad thing is, we have to [b]sleep in the muddy selfscrape! yes i repeat, sleep in the muddy selfscrape! we were ordered not to cover our selfscrape with ground sheets. as we were so tired, we couldn't care less, we lan lan crawl into the cold muddy selfscrape and slept. well, that's not all, sleeping halfway, it rained in the middle of the night! it was shivering cold. everyone's selfscrapes became flooded!
everyone's mood hit a all time low. many just stand there in the rain staring at the ground. it's was that demoralizing.[/b]
Originally posted by gonegoose:Talking about OO, saw him only e 1st few times of OO meeting sessions. After that 4 e next 2 OO meeting sessions, we just sat in e lecture hall waiting 4 him to cme...n he just never turned up!!! In e end all OO meeting sessions become stand by bed/ stand by area liao....E specs still can joke "OO dun wan 2 cme n c u all liao, haha cannot complain liao"
to the original poster, you better be super on the ball during field camps! Cos when you are away from HQBMTC and civilisation, your instrs can do anything they want... and you want to complain OO also no chance! unless OO come outfield with you (never gonna happen)[/b]
Originally posted by Gordonator:Brings back memories of my own field camp. Yup, rain is seriously demoralising. My batch was the 'guinea pig' that tested out 10-day field camp. It rained pratically everyday, all of us were wet for the whole field camp... eat in rain, sleep in rain, do IFC in rain, dig in rain.... u get the idea. And it wasn't juz drizzling, it was torrential rain most of the time.
during my very wet field camp, on the 5th or 6th day, we began digging our selfscrapes and fire trench. we started digging after dinner at around 1900/2000HRS. the worst part is it rained for the past 2 days, the ground was so muddy it was very hard to dig since mud is heavier than soil because of the water inside. we wasn't allowed to use our flash lights, only candles is allowed. but candles burn out very fast so for most of the night we were digging in total darkness.
the fire trench is the hardest part. as expected, many of us couldn't finish digging so we were finally allowed to sleep at round 0200HRS. sad thing is, we have to [b]sleep in the muddy selfscrape! yes i repeat, sleep in the muddy selfscrape! we were ordered not to cover our selfscrape with ground sheets. as we were so tired, we couldn't care less, we lan lan crawl into the cold muddy selfscrape and slept. well, that's not all, sleeping halfway, it rained in the middle of the night! it was shivering cold. everyone's selfscrapes became flooded!
everyone's mood hit a all time low. many just stand there in the rain staring at the ground. it's was that demoralizing.[/b]