it was truly a dark and stormy night... well, i am exaggerating... my definition of stormy in this context would be light drizzles accompanied by the occasional gust of wind... you know, the winds were kinda scary in the middle of the night... oh right, i didn't tell you where we were.. in the middle of the JUNGLE... that's where we were.. and many a times, we found ourselves wondering whether the wind was just a natural breeze blowing past in the middle of the night, or a supernatural warning to us that we would suffer the consequences for chopping the poor defenceless rubber trees and hailing a frequent 'TIMBER!!!'... but i guess that was what we had to do to survive... you see, without the resources, in this case, wood, we would have faced the prospect of having to go through the night COLD, face the horror of the woods in the dark, deprive ourselves of activities to pass time by picking out dried leaves, chopping down defenceless trees as well as the occasional defacing, desecrating and destroying of ant hills.. (which we duly brought on our 'flamethrowers'... yeap, you got it right... FLAMETHROWERS... well, flamethrowers here mean a can of ridsect(tm) and a lighter (alladin ones)...) hahaha.. you see, if we didn't bring down the trees, we would have been defenceless against the attacks of the killer vampires... ruthless, killing and sucking machines that attack in packs and can suck you dry before you can say "anorexic"... well, again, i've distorted my true meaning.. vampires here mean.. *sigh* HUNGRY, BLOOD-THRISTTY MOSQUITOS!!! i tell you i've been bitten like 20~25 times in numerous places for a period of 17 hours... beneath the cover of my clothing, i was a horror to look at... ahh.. memories that will forever be in my brain... you know.. camping was really fun actually... i mean, for once, we urban dwellers could face nature in the face... well, with the help of 4 cans of ridsect(tm) la... and we got to try our hands at pitching up a camps, building a fire that constantly threatened to go out, cooking food that we hunted (nah, i'm just kidding.. we had macaroni and cheese.. ), facing our fears with the supernatural, becoming murderers of a different sort (as in mosquitos and such.. bloody pests), and going through the dark with the help of SUREFIRE torchlights of course!... (i will duly explain on SUREFIRE(TM) torches in my next topic..) more on http://www.surefire.com

in the end.. i actually have to say that it was indeed a memorable affair for me... to be one with nature was a satisfying experience not for me, but the mosquitos i guess... i'll have my revenge someday... and if i might add... how many in this world would have the honour of saying that they witnessed a tree having an orgasm... hahaha.. weird? hmmm... i'll let you ponder on that... cheerios'