Skin to Bone: fieldwork

Yeap, this is the fieldwork ;)

Two fieldworks in a row? Yeap, that is how I spent my semester break this time. Being bathed under the blazing sun in my own sweat.

This time around, after the Structural Geology Fieldwork, we; the Applied Geology Students had our Geophysics Fieldwork in the Pengkalan Balak, Melaka up to the North of Melaka area :) Gotta say that this time, the fieldwork puts us so deep inside God-knows-where, so far from the town, but by the beach of Straits of Melaka. This fieldwork is a more laid back one, hence less tiring than the one before. Our task was pretty simple, involving electrical method surveys and granted such great groupmates :) Two tasks before we hit our chalet in the evening for the Beach Rugby and just dipping in the sea! :D Dinner was always so much fun since we will be going around for seafood hunting together with the boys and girls.

By the way, we managed to see a live National Army Battlefield Practice as we got stuck doing our fieldwork in the middle of the battlefield. We were all freaking out, I mean who wouldn't right with the shooting and such and we were like fools in the middle. God, was so hilarious! Such an amazing experience :D

Anyhowever, the drama got so tensed by days passed. I do not know whether to be disappointed on how it got viral or otherwise. So heart wrenching at times, but oh well, I guess that's how this is going to mark the coming semester? I am so tired of the never-ending drama, I just literally threw a fist and was as pissed as hell when I got back. I do not know how to start my semester, oh dear.

The best part of the fieldwork was basically just the evenings by the beach. Felt like we lived in California, by the beach, watching the boys play Beach Rugby and we were all running around and getting dipped in the sea. So much fun :)

Loves, xx

Listening to: The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala by Arctic Monkeys

This is us by the beach; taking a break from the beach mapping (Y)

Another Geological Fieldwork! :D

Being all sunburnt as I type this is the worst feeling ever. Both Pure & Applied Geology 2^nd Year Degree Students of University of Malaya had our Structural Geology Fieldwork in Mentakab, Pahang and Mersing, Johor under Dr. Mus & and also our Japanese Lecturer; Dr. Massa for a week started from 26^th January 2012!

One word to describe it is definitely TIRING. I definitely did not get my Fieldwork Mojo at all (be it before, during or after!) I just can’t find that excitement anywhere in any ways -.- But, I had a good time with my course mates despite the inevitable drama and blazing sun. Some bonds got tighter, some got oh well.. just not good. Heartbroken moments conquered most of the time there. Disappointments mostly. But, who am I to whine about it eh?

Moving on, the 1^st day of Fieldwork, we stopped by the outcrops and sites in Pahang Darul Makmur. It was super tiring because our lecturer brought us to more than 4 sites in an evening, can you imagine the structures that we had to digest? + the historic tectonic events to be understood was haihh so ma fan! All I see was the same, look-a-like structures! I just cannot differentiate them :( It was so saddening. Adding to it, we only checked into our hotel at 8 in the night. But, thanks to Ieka’s friend’ Bad! He made our day when he picked us up in Mentakab and drove us to Temerloh to have Tom Yam for our dinner :D

The 2^nd day was pretty slow as we went to visit a few sites and then we continued the journey all the way to the South; to Mersing in Johor Darul Ta’zim! It took 5 freaking hours to reach there. I swear, I almost died of boredom (despite the boys singing along to some off-tune songs and those inside jokes between us the front seaters) as all I can see was just green trees and more of green trees T.T The roads to Mersing were horrible, it was so deep inside, that it took 5 hours out to the main North-South Highway!

Mersing was just so hot! The beach was so so. We were divided into a few groups to identify and complete a Structural Geology Map of Pantai Mersing! You know how horrible the feeling was? It was just too much :/

Food was okay. All thanks to Ieka’s friends (AGAIN) for treating us dinner on our first night in Mersing! Seafood by the beach ;) The next few nights were bonding session between the course mates during the dinner. Gotta say that I love the Girls Gossiping Session in the night in our room. And also my session with my boys, telling them about my feelings. So good to know that I have such great friends around! Loves!

The (forever inevitable) drama during the fieldwork got worse. I honestly did not want to pick sides, but, it was just so hard! I hate looking like a bitch, but in the end I lost everything. So, that was a big hit to me. I am really sad of the decisions made. I have never thought that it would end this way. But oh well, fate has decided isn’t it?