boot camp version 2.0

ok, the holidays have finally rolled around and its time for a much-dreaded second dose of military boot camp. this time, we are having our 5-week-long camp at the flaky campus of the Combined Logistics School (whose name i had to google for its equivalence in english), snugly situated in the windy/rainy flatlands of Linkou.

the lessons thus far have been unbearably boring, save the few emergency rescue sequences involving random and desperate entanglement of limbs of students, and an extremely lively CPR class involving Annie - a rubber doll with tremendous personality (and a head of hair that falls off in its entirety). Annie's sexual orientation was one of the main focal points of the 4-hour long lesson - from chin up she/he looked like a man; from the torso, she looked ever so feminine. Groin examination did not yield any substantial result as the manufacturers of said product have conveniently decided that Annie would suffice with sponge pelvis and legs. Also, while Annie had brilliantly gold-brown eyes, she was donning white sneakers with blue soles - a painful reminent of the most cheena of students, circa 1970-1980s. Flattening of the world, indeed. alas, vigorous attempts to revive the comatose Annie at the standard ratio of 30:2, resulted in nothing but a bunch of very sweaty students with bruised hands.

food in the combined logistics school outshines the school cafeteria by light years. if not for the chronic under-preparation of meal rations, i would have consumed far more. the snug little tuck-shop at the CLS is a sanctuary for NDMC students for what it lacks in variety it makes up in rock-bottom prices. NT10 for a pseudo-solero cone (available in vanilla/choc and blueberry-that-appears-purple), and NT12 for a chocolate coated vanilla stick of whatchamacallit. comfort food never comes any cheaper than that!

well, to balance things a little, just in case it is starting to sound like the place is growing on me, here are list of annoyances and irritants at the CLS:

1)people-in-charge who drone on and on about nothing at all (and eating into our bridge schedule)
2)dimwits who steal cutlery
3)giant mosquitoes of the aedes variety which have proboscis so goddamn fucking thick that you squeal in pain the moment they penetrate your skin, promptly causing a reflex action that unfortunately results in the untimely desmise of the winged-vampire.
4)suspiciously smelly mosquito nets
5)annoying rules that force students to stay awake in class
6)equally annoying rules that prevent students from reading 'other' books in class
7)dearth of exercise time
8)instructors who think that EVERY student is signed on to the military (sigh)
9)constipation (common ailment in CLS, dunno why)

typing the above list has made me tremendously sleepy. therefore i will end here for tonight, Au Revoir you guys!