Okay!

I'm back from Rockhampton, Queensland. Its a nice place and all, but i only got to see civilisation for about 2 days in australia. The rest were spend in the bush, grassland and whatever one would call the australian wilderness.

And while out in the field, during endless dry powerpoint presentations in the day, and enduring the bitter cold with insufficient clothing in the night. Our tents back in the base camp burnt down. 20 tents to be exact. Everything not made of metal or stone turned into CO2 and various other gases.

Everything burnt down so quickly. In some places, it took as long as 5mins!

ACE SETS THE BLAZE!

Needless to say, everyone was upset. Expensive bags, pricey shoes and belts, Ipods, mobiles, wallets, cash, credit cards, items of sentimental value, and ONE portable dvd player. Why was there a dvd player, i don't know. But he's a funky guy. The one who brought the dvd player.

Till now, there's no word about any compensation for the lost items. No speculation was allowed either. Draconian but thats the army for you.

And priceless quotes such as "Lucky your tent burn down ah, not mine, i feel so blessed."

Coming from quite a high ranking officer, imagine the blow to everyone's morale. Of course, the offending person shall not be named to protect myself from the Army's underhanded way of treating people who say bad things about them.

And now that i'm back home, the smell of this country has ignited a quest to quell the little demons in me. They're called, "Food Cravings". Quest is in progress currently.

Out.