the temperature here is starting to go up. (unfortunately) it's getting similar to singapore's weather which is such a shame considering that my first 5 days or so here were spent in cool almost air-conditioned like surroundings.

lodging here is horrible, as expected. i feel like a squatter trying to get shelter from some impending natural disaster bent on wiping out our homes from the face of the earth. but, of course, i'm dramatizing here for effect (would you rather read a boring, factual blog?). in all honesty, one gets used to the situation one is in, as is usually the case in almost everything, and this is no exception.

the food here is as bad as the lodging, with only one difference: it takes a much longer time for you to get used to the food compared to the proposed sleeping arrangements. some of the meals are just so bad and inadequate that it's... i dont even know what to compare it with. thank god for the canteen which serves highly edible, albeit fattening, food.

it's already my eighth day here. about 2 more days till the end of the exercise, 5 days till i leave this camp, and slightly less than a week till i return home. can't wait to touch down, lie on my own bed and eat good old unbeatable singaporean food.