Wednesday, August 17, 2005
9:55 PM
The Importance Of Knowing How 2 Appreciate What You Have Right Now
finally.. level camp over at last. Now I can sleep in good, air-con comfort. I feel so exhausted.. so here's a review on the 3 days of camp..
1st Day:
Went 2 school as per normal, and we sat under the hot, blazing sun 4 about an hour before setting off.. so shitty.. can't you guys let us at least sit in the hall or something?? it's better 2 be in the shade! finally we set off.. and reached the camp.. got our groupings.. grp 8.. hahax. lucky number. got jocelyn, wei ling, benny, ernest, wei yao, shi pei, yong xin, jasmine(3/4), bi yun so as 2 name a few.. =D group facilitator: Ms Ong Yi Min.. =) so we did field cooking.. grps 1-4 do 4 lunch.. we do ours 4 dinner.. then afternoon was rock climbing. that was pure shit.. i couldn't even hoist myself up!!! why?? then after that was general station. fun!! do all the things there.. try 2 get thru from 1 tyre to the other.. i always fell off.. hahax.. then after that field cooking.. f*** vilau lah. give us wrong info. said that we could cook the rice.. but turns out that we could not do anything until mr choo said so.. so after the cooking, grps5-8 sat at the parade square 4 goodness knows how long.. 1 hr? 2 hrs? f***. it's so shitty.. then as a result, shower late. dammit.. so uncomfortable 2 sleep when your hair is wet. so quite tiring 4 a first day.
2nd Day:
Got up at 5.30. then juz washed up and get ready 4 pt. tired.. i juz wanna sleep. then heard rumours that someone got possessed on the first night.. supposedly after a girl saw an old woman. Really spooky.. at least i wasn't on night duty.. then its breakfast. nasi lemak. surprisingly wholesome food 4 the camp. it's definitely much better than band camp food.. lolx.. then after that vertical challenge. didnt get 2 do. cos 2 many ppl , 2 little time.. then the most fun thing of all, the thing i saw grp 16 doing on day 1. Zipline!!(aka flying fox) it was so cool!!! fun Fun fun!!!!! i hate that stupid helmet!! it's so damn smelly!! combination of sweat and something much worse.. helped 2 get the rope back.. and also helped grab hold some ppl's ankles 2 get them back onto ground.. like jocelyn, ernest.. when it was my turn 2 go, i juz went up all the way 2 the top of the tower.. didnt dare look down the platform. but every fear is gone from my chest when i jumped off and went swooshing down the line.. it's so fun!!!!!!! then it was lunch.. wanted 2 change into another t-shirt.. but decided not to in the end.. cos kayaking later.. so juz changed into swimming costume and wear my clothes over it, and put on my oldest, most tattered pair of shoes. with the intention 2 dispose of it after kayaking. so after that, we went 2 the kayaking area and put on the life jackets.. then after that we all held hands andwalked into the water. yes. fully-clothed. then we were all wet(like duh) and with alot of sand and water in my shoes. sick. then i partner yan ting and we got into the kayak. got alot of collisions. with cedric and ernest, jocelyn and wei ling and alderic and gabriel. then we finally got together and formed some sort of raft. my arms were aching like mad.. siaox. then some of us stood up in the kayak.. and jumped into the water.. it's so cooling!!! good for hot weather like this.. then i nearly made our kayak capsize while trying 2 get on board. hahax. but.. bad luck 2 cedric and ernest. they capsized!! must be because cedric was too heavy.. he must have made their kayak capsize while trying 2 get back on board. and jesselyn was so excited 2 get back 2 get into the water.. we tried 2 row 2 the islands there.. row until our arms ache like mad. then we decided 2 turn back. and just then. thunder. we quickly rowed back as fast as we could. and in the process.. collision with cedric and ernest's kayak. finally. tired out when we finally reached the shore. quickly got all the kayaks, life jackets and paddles back into plac and made it into a shelter just before the rain came. then had 2 shower. get rid of the salt and dirt. then dinner. after that rehearsal 4 talentnight. hah. ernest act as duck. well-given role indeed. he looked dam comical when he act the part. fifi then pulled down ernest's shorts. stupid him. of course i didnt dare look. so embarrassing. then the performance..grp 4 was not bad. quite funny. grp 5's one was really funny. darren came up 2 stage. did the catwalk. his 'skirt'(actually a towel draped around his waist) fell off. he juz ran off the stage, gathering them up. really funny.. sexy also.. hahahahax.. never seen anything so funny in my life. then our turn.. think we did quite ok. grp 12's was equally silly. luther was quite a good narrator.. and the performance itself was really funny. then we juz had night snack, then went 2 sleep. couldn't be bothered 2 get under the covers. too hot.
3rd Day:
PT cancelled!! then breakfast. our group on duty.. then after that was abseiling. it was damn cool. went up 2 the top of the tower with shunding. just like zipline, i didnt dare 2 look downwards. but when it was my turn, the instructor had not finished his instructions, but i went down already. quite easy 2 do actually. after that was done, juz hung around, chatting with shunding abt the abseiling and zipline thingy.. we both felt that zipline was better. more fun and relaxing. then i went up 2 the tower a second time. it was so fun. at least i know what 2 do, so i did it ok. =D then after that was general stations again. tried 2 get our way up the wooden wall.. whatever you call it. then thru the tyre.. stupid thing. the last one was nitro crossing. quite fun. i was the first gal 2 do it. did it ok. when i do the second time, my foot slipped off the rope loop before i reached the platform. landed on my butt. OUCH. then i let jasmine do first before i did it. after that we went 2 take all our stuff and get ready 2 go home. AT LAST. then we 3/6 ppl had 2 carry the benches up onto the table. back on the bus. Finally. good, cold air-conditioning. so i just slept in the bus. so tired. and it started 2 rain. somehow the rain seemed 2 wait until our last day before it started 2 pour. hahax. then went up 2 hall 2 fill out some stupid evaluation form. then finally. dismissed at last.. met up with the band members and ate a little something first b4 going 2 mac's. met alot of 3/6 ppl there.. raphael, ernest, marcela, wendy, justinian, julia, shawn, hendrick.. alot of ppl. wanted 2 join them but the place is overcrowded with css ppl. so ate as much as i could go. wasted the fries. =( so just went home after that and unpacked everything. god. my dirty clothes stink!!! so i'm juz glad the camp is over. can now rest. hahax.
that's all i can say abt this camp. signing off here.
