Wirajaya

It was 6th March 2010, 1.45am in the morning.

I stared into the dark woods, while it was pouring out there.
I looked around.
Trees, trees and more trees.
No stars, just clouds.

Ting and Fong were sleeping soundly.
Sing and Quin were sitting and staring at the opposite side of the tent.
Guess they couldn't sleep either.

The ground was hard.
Towels were our blankets.
Ting was bitten by a leech on the stomach.
We never had a chance to take off our wet boots, and now they're soaking in the rain.

Cold.
Wet.
Dirty.
Smelly.
Tired.
Sticky.
Sweaty.
Those described every 422 of us.
So this is what it's like being in the woods on a rainy day.

Hours ago, we had trouble putting up the tents.
Half of the team finding bamboo sticks, half buttoning the 'raincoats' together.
We had to double up all the work, fast, thanks to the rain, slippery mud and with the sun going down fast.

A few packs of maggie were being cooked in a real unique way.
The fire was going nowhere thanks to the down pour weather.
"Siapa ada torchlight?" was just heard often.

Overall, everything was quite okay.
At least better than expected.
There were toilets. ^^
And I could use 5 minutes to walk back to our dorm.
Well, I'd do that if it wasn't illegal that night. xD

...

I stared back into the dark woods.
2.00am, I watched my watch.
It's still raining cats and dogs out there, with my feet out out the tent accompanying the rain.
Well, I guess it's continue-to-sleep time.
Just another 10 hours before I'm done with Wirajaya. =)

For my first and only time out in the woods, it's not really ALL that bad.
Friends, experience.
Couldn't really ask for more.