Outreach.
Field Camp is finally over.
It's amazing what you can learn in a few short days.
1. Water is your friend.
People who didnt drink up because they didnt want to pee found out why the hard way. No water= no chance. No chance = fall out. Fall out= recourse. Recourse = wtf.

2. Combat rations are NOT your friend.
Eating combat rations for a week... Well after that eating your mom's cooking will bring tears to your eyes. No, really. The only nice part about not eating the rations is that you can go 5 days without taking
a dump.

3. The wildlife is NOT your friend.
The red beret mosquitos infesting the campsite had 3 stripes on their legs, at specialist rank. Armed with pneumatic drill mandibles, they were tactically proficient and hit and faded with no apparent difficulty.
The mosquito PC will always be directing the mosquito section and once identifying a weak link( i.e you) will comms for backup. Soon your section will be overwhelmed by a horde of droning mosquitos from hell. You have been warned.

As for the sandflies... Well some people look like they have chicken pox. You need to sleep. Sandflies do not. At all times, they will be on high alert. The second you look the other way, they strike without mercy.

As for wild boar.. They are very different from your typically fat and sedentary white pig. Lean mean and dark, they run faster than you, go up to your waist at least and can grow to up to a car length. Myself, I saw one that reached my thighs. Dont mess with a pig that has tusks longer than your typical steak knife.

Other than that... Well Tekong mantis and Tekong toads are your unlikely allies against the red berets. DO NOT kill them. Or you will regret it the next morning when you seem to have contracted genital herpes.

The night sky in tekong is amazing. Unfettered by the glaring city lights and gasoline lined clouds, you can actually see the constellations. Actually you dont have much choice because there's nothing else to do when you're lying down on the cold rocky floor trying to get to sleep.

Orion, Aquarius, Taurus, Sagittarius, all of these are visible.

Polaris.






Chi Hou @ Sunday, January 30, 2005