i'm back. tired. itchy. achey! okay. let me describe the camp, which is FAR below what i expected. like NS lidat lor!
17 November-
I reached school at 7am. and then we had to sing the school song and national anthem. but we got to sit in the canteen, in our groups! haha..
Mrs Lew spoke. Mrs Shankar is leaving. awwwwwwwww!!! she's a very good vice principal lahhhh.... but she got another MOE posting. yeapz.
we boarded the bus at about 8.30am++. and rode to Marine Country Club in Punggol. which is like so nearby. i thot we going to changi! so anyway, we took the ferry to PU (pulau ubin) whole we were waiting for the ferry, the instructors were teaching us some cheers and songs. and ya, we dun call them 'teachers' but we call em 'instructors'. the boat ride was monotonous. and noisy.
we reached PU at about 10am? and we went into the confrence room. wow. AIRCON! it was SO hot. there, we were taught how to pitch a tent. for our sleeping. and off we went, pitching tents.
it was difficult and i think i was on the brink of passing out due to the extreme heat. yeah. no exaggerating lah. and ha, our accomodation for the 2nights are '1ST CLASS'. lol.
after pitching tents, was lunch. horrible packet food. i mean, not that we're 'tiao ti' but there's better food than this right? the rice was dryyy.. and we had oranges.
then came the super taxing ubin orienation. we had to walk from the resort, in the hotttttt sun, to Noordin Beach. with no one guiding us. we had to get there ourselves. and so we walked. and walked and walked. for i think at least 3km.
at noordin beach we played this game called back to back. we had to sit on the MUD which was wet. grr.
then was dinner. at the basketball court, we had to cook our own dinner. with the appartus given to us - 8cubes of solid fuel, a lighter, aluminum foil, a can of mock abalone, two packets of instant porridge, two tins that are supposed to be pots and two stoves. i forgot the actual name for them but what the heck lah.
it was a mess. the guys took it in their own hands. esp delwinder. everything like he's in charge. like real.
we had no bowl, no fork and no spoon. so we fashioned a bowl from the aluminum foil, each one one. and ate. and cleaned up. then we walked back to the resort.
when we reached the reost, it was night activities where i guess they want the group to bond. so we played games like 7 up.
okay. here comes one of the most infurating things of the camp. shower time. LESS than 3 minutes per person. great! once we stepped into the cubicle, we had to shower like.. super fast. no time to put on clothes de. we had to wrap in the towel and run to the other side of the washroom which is the toilet part. and chg there. yupp. thats what we did. if we reach the time limit then the instructor will pull the door. speaking of which, the resort too poor to afford proper doors izzit?! it was a piece of cloth so it like anyone can pull when you shower. disgusting!
after shower- supper and more bonding. everything haf time limit. very SHORT ones. ha.
=supper=
lights were out at 11pm. it was so hot! so we opened the netting and fly sheet of the tent. everyone did that. i had to remove the torches from the top of the tent.. but had to be super careful lest someone caught me. haha.. this is an innovation of Jean. cuz we had this loop on the top of the tent and so we tied torches to it.. like a lamp. ahaha.. creative eh? but scared drop. haha... and so after that it was used as a specs hanger. LOL.
18 November -
i slept for awhile, b4 waking up at two a.m to find out that one of my tentmates is sleeping on my LEG. hahaha... so i woke up another tent mate and we pushed her off my leg tog. eheh. THEN we found out the almost all the gals cannot sleep and were chatting, walking about etc. i then slept on and off.. at about 3a.m to 5a.m ppl saw shooting stars. I DIDNT!!!! GRRRRRRRR... at about 4a.m the muslims started to come out and went to the confrence room to pray. some of them complained that they couldnt shower, and they felt "unclean". the teachers din allow them to shower.. and some gals wanted to shower too but was chased back. and ordered to sleep. one gal got caught with a handphone [[not allowed]] but i duno what happened to her. at about 6a.m ppl started to go to the showers. we reported at 7a.m for the morning exercise. which are some really funny and lame stuff. haha... then came breakfast which was really dry beehoon + one wanton. we discussed about the prom night, when we had to choose a mascot which was ashik. we had to dress him up. hahaha.. we tot of some ideas blabla... and went out of the resort to look for some suitable stuff. then lunch.. which was equally horrible + pear.
Ha. now came the teamwork activites namely 'nitro crossing', ' mohawk walk', 'spider web' and 'wild woosely'. grouped under 'low ropes'. they really really needed teamwork. some ppl din play wild woosely tho. cuz the sun was too hot.
you guessed it. the next activity was HIGH ROPES. [[four different stations- like low ropes]] MY GOODNESS. we had to climb (of course with safety stuff) like.. 3metres++? Vertical. and then walk across the rope/log. i did the log one. it's like.. i keep telling myself, 'i'm not scared' but my legs trembled uncontrollably. i wanted to box my leg lor! LOL. so anyway, with reluctance, i let go of the starting point log and walked. slowly. and i started to pray. this high ropes thing needed balance and for me, trust in God. after walking the whole log, i walked to the centre and jumped off. and touched ground. so i was.. feeling so shiok and thankful. that i din fall. the instructor wanted me to go for the other three.. but i was really scared le. haha.. so me and my frens, we sit in the shade. it was HOTTTTTTTT!!! i drank loads of water but not enuf. i'm very heaty now. ahah..
after the whole thing was dinner. you know by now the meals are downright ewww..
then shower. we were the last in the queue cuz the instructor late to dismiss! with no instructors in the shower room, ppl took their time and the wait was long. one of my group gals cut queue but we shooed her back. hhaha. But I couldnt take my time. by my turn the instructors come in le!! wL!
then came prom night. boring lor.. except we sorta chatted with the teachers. not many ppl danced. ha. i would rather haf a campfire seriously.
supper - we had to get our mugs from the tents. 2 mins was all we had. i ran, but i couldnt find my cup in the time so i ran back [[ no time le!! ]] and i tripped over that dum stupid damned rope. alamak! but i got milo anyway, in a styofoam cup. lol. supper ws milo and biscuits. [[same]] we had to pack our bags and so lights off at 11.45pm. i was so tired lor! i slept like a baby lidat. everyone did. and we slept thru the night without waking up. sooo shuang! haha...
19 november [[today]] -
woke up at 6am. we reported at 7.30am with our bags. everyone was supposed to wear our camp tee but ashik didnt. when asked he said someone squeezed COLGATE onto his tee and he had to wash. wet, so he cant wear. the camp chief got angry when she found out that some guys kana colgate cuz ppl squeeze on them. but, no one wants to admit! stupid guys. gan zuo bu gan dang. (all action, but dun want to admit mistake) and we were sitting in the sun. and so, the gals got dragged in. we had to sit FACING THE SUN. without caps. no one allowed to fan/cover him/her self. wL!!!!!!! i got really mad manx. and cannot look down somemore. heng i got put sunblock! for those who know me quite well, they know i cannot be in the sun for so long. they inspected our toothpaste and found that someone (presumely the culprit) threw away his toothpaste on a table. how dum is that. BUT... we escaped early for breakfast cuz we had nth to do with it. the guys no breakfast until 11am. or until the person owns up. and we gals did the rock wall. haha.. i was crapping with the instructor and some frens. and escaped it! the guys i think they had to pick up litter or sth. and then we couldnt do abseiling cuz of the guys!! no guys = no abseiling. grrrrrr. nvm. then after that.. was some prize giving and i almost fell asleep. the culprit is still not found from what i heard. and we departed for home finally. once we reach sch i chg into shorts [[i was wearing tracks]] and bought an ICE DRINK. coool! =p
i think the instructors are temperamental. they like, they shout/set almost impossible tasks. =( but my group got a good instructor. yupp. he got two nicknames: the giant and the person. LOL.
feeling sooo achy cuz of the orientation thingy. my legs and my arms. and tired sehx. shud i go my mom cg later? it's the last this year lehx..
i missss spd camp manx. and yaz, i still need ppl to email me about the manasseh outing [[ preferred place + date and time ]] please tell me like.. from what date to what date can. yupp. thx...
and ha, we paid $105 for torture. lol.
Life is so RANDOM.
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