Saturday, February 26, 2005
OBS!!!
Saturday, February 26, 2005
this is the longest camp i've attended-5 days in ubin. one of the best memories ever. ha.
day1:
i came to school about 7 plus. met in the canteen with the other ppl going for the camp and settled some stuff. at about 7.40, we left school for punggol jetty. at punggol jetty, there were a few schools like ACS(barker), farjar, seng kang..... waiting to get on the boat to ubin. we settled down a little while mr kumar did some admin stuff with the IC there. we got on the boat and left for ubin. the boat ride was great. haha, though it was a little too slow, the view was magnificent. i was feeling really excited and desperate for something interesting to happen. hahaha. ok, so we arrived on the island. it was a very rugged place. at the jetty, we saw some fish with pointy nose. lol, we were quite swa ku. we assembled outside the multi-purpose hall and waited for other schools to arrive. sitting next to our school was ACS(barker). lol, those boys were really crazy. they just seem to have so much fun burning leaves and twigs. most of them there are sec 3s. after everyone was there, we were seperated into our watches. mine was Amundsen. named after some great explorer who sacrifised his life for his friend. he's like totally in love with the north and south pole as he conqured them. he said it was the greatest thing to die on the poles. and he did. ok back to subject, we were divided to our watches. amundsen consisted of assumptionites and barkers. from aes: julia, liyah, charline, yu fong, damien.m, benjamin, aufar, alfy and me.
from acs: eugene, xiang tian, hans, tim, samuel, matthew and hang feng. our instructor was chin yong. he's a really lame guy. haha.. after some admin stuff, we played an ice breaker game. after that, we went to our store and check out our store. did some stock taking and collected our rations, we had lunch and changed for wet activities. we learnt how to do some strokes with the kayak paddle and carried some kayaks down to the beach. then CY brought us to the jetty and we did the jetty jump. it was really cool. hahhaha.. you'd just jump down the jetty like peter pan. some of them did not dare to jump but we encouraged each other and did it quite fast. swam back to the beach together. haha, that made us really excited and eager to kayak. we later spent the next few hours kayaking and capsized and learnt how to save the capsized ppl and how to empty the water in the kayak. my partner was benjamin aka diver chan. haha.. we changed into dry clothes and went to pitch our tents and prepared dinner. we spent quite a great deal of time pitching tents so dinner came a little too late. we had instant noodle for dinner. we set up the fire and boiled the water and everything. after eating we had to clear up the place. it's really about discipline. setting up and clearing up. not easy. after dinner, we had to let our instrustor to check our utensils to see if they were clean. after that, we had a debrief and got our stuff and went to sleep.
day 2.
we got up at 6 and un-pitched out tents. moved down to the sotre about 7 and had breakfast. we got the maps and compass and met CY. we did some map readings. it was quite boring. i almost fell alseep. lol, samuel did fell asleep. after that, we had lunch and packed up our stuff for our expedition. we have to trek to our new location to stay over for the night. my bag was freaking heavy. heavier than my own personal bag. i almost fell when i stood up with it. hahaha.. so we walked for about an hour and reached the place. it was near the beach. we put down our stuff and changed into our wet attire. after spraying tons of insect repellent. we had to walk to another place and met up with another watch-cheng ho. we had to set up 2 rafts and the rafts have to go through 3 series of test then we can raft it out on the water.
we spent the next 1 and 45 mins building the rafts. by the end of 1 hr and 45 mins, chang ho's raft wasn't done yet. but my group's raft passed. so in the end, we could not get it on the water. we had to dismantle everything and put it back to the store. when we were carrying it back to the store, edwin walked pass me with a pole. then he accidently knocked into my hip. i was like 'OWWWwwwwWW!' but i did not said it out loud, but i guess my expression was kinda comical as edwin was laughing like a crazy manic. he was laughing non stop and i was laughing at the way he laughed so both of us went crazy. hahahaha.. so idiotic. after everything was done, our instructors told us that we have an incentive. they allowed us to swim in the quarry. omg, that feeling was incredible when i jumped into the quarry. the cool refreshing water was such a relief in that hot unbearable weather. then we swam about 15 mins and we had to get up to go back to the campsite. that 15 mins was incredible. hahaha.. later char, julia, liyah and me went to change. lol. we had a difficult time changing out in the open. we used ponchos to cover ourselves up and changed out there. it wasn't easy man... then we had a powder bath. haha, felt better after that. we set up our tents and later cooked dinner. when we were having dinner, the sky was alerady pitch dark. the sky was so beautiful. i could see the orion belt and the stars were scattered all about like dust. the sky had this orangy pink shade, it was so pretty.
after dinner, we had to wash our utensils with sea water. thanks to charline we manage to get it done. after that, we had an early night. not exactly, as i heard some malay song playing somewhere. i think it's from malaysia. the concert was till 2 plus i think. it was after 2 the noise stopped.
day 3:
we woke up early in the morning and got our tents down and had breakfast. we were supposed to meet our instructor at 7.45. we got everything ready and moved our bags on a boat and got the kayaks down to the beach and left the place at about 8.45. the first few mins of kayaking was so messy. we were so excited and we were scattered all around. after getting everyone organised, we moved on. the next 6 hours on the sea was a torture. my wrists and fingers were all weak and tired. my butt was feeling the fatigue and my stomach was growling crazily. though it was a torture, it stretched our limits and we pushed each other and endured it together. it was the highlight of the camp. it was really great. xiang tian and damien was on solo kayaks, they were amazing too. it's not easy being on single kayak. when we arrived at OBS camp 1, we were so glad that the kayaking was over. we were so tired and hungry. after settling our kayaks and bags, we had a quick shower. wooa. the water was so refreshing. after that, we went to set up our tents and went for a bath. after that, we met our instructor at the outdoor rock wall. the camp director wants so see alfy and diver as they broke some rules on the first night of the camp. the rest of us waited at the steps and crapped for about half an hour. after that, we went for dinner in the canteen. haha, the food wasn't great, but it was the best we had in days. we wolfed down the vegs and rice. haha.. after dinner, we went back to our tents to collect our whistle and torchlight. we took a walk into the forest and were supposed to go the a jetty, but it was blocked so we had to return back. but, our instructor gave us a challenge. we had to walk back to the checkpoint alone in the dark without the torchlight. haha, after being through the LTC, most of the assumption leaders were game for it. so i just walked out of the forest alone. it was kinda scary, but it was nothing actually.. damien said he saw a snake. and ben was running to him haha.. okok then we walked back to the campsite. our instructor confiscated a handphone on the way. we later went for supperin the canteen, it was green bean soup. it was so yummy!!! i love the soup. we had a debrief and went back to our tents about 10 plus. and we found the girl's tents damaged and the food on the ground. some dog bit its way into our tent and got the rice and some buns out. haha, we were like 'OMG, where the hell are we going to sleep???!!!' haha, then we got the instructor down and looked at our tent, he told us to clear the leftovers of the dog and he fetched a tape and taped up the torn area. we were quite appalled and did not want to sleep in the tent cuz some smelly dog strode into our tent and OMG. hahah.. but there's no choice, so we just had to bear with it for a night and sleep in the tent. omg. ok, then we sprayed the insect repellent all over the tent and tried to psyco ourselves. haha.. it was diver's birthday that day so fred and gang wanted to celebrate for diver. it was really sweet, all the assumptionites came together and sang diver a birthday song and gave him this sponge cake from our rations and that was his birthday cake. then we sang our school song. haha.. i really liked that point. we were like so united and so proud of our school! haha.. that night, i slept like a log.
day 4:
we unpitched our tents and did our toileting and went to have breafast with our harnesses and helmets. we were doing rock climbing that day. DUH. lol. we waited for the instructor and crapped as we were waiting. damien told us some jokes and i was laughing like mad. hahaha.. later, we spent the next 2 and half hours climbing the rock walls. my fingers and arms were freaking tired. hah. oh, there were quite a few things we did as we did the climbing. some of the boys were trying out for speed and competed who can go up there the fastest. and some blinfolded themselves and went up with the supporter's guidance. and there's this partnering thingy. you have to have a partner to go up with you and have to go up at the same speed. it actually challenges more and it's so much more fun than climbing up there alone. there was this wall which is quite difficult and no one, i mean NO ONE except alfy made it to the top. we were like 'WOA.....' haha... woa, he's strong! haha. after rock climbing, we had lunch and proceeded to the inverse tower. it was like a really high playground but you have to climb here and there. it was pretty fun but you have to stragetise quite a lot. like who goes here and there. the view up there was great. really beautiful. after climbing it for about an hour and half, we packed up and got ready to move the camp 2. we hiked for about 20 to 30 minutes and finally reached the place. my bag was so freaking heavy that i almost fell. once again........ our instructor was so bad. ha, he made us sleep in the wet forest. it was freaking wet and cold in there. but thank god, that place was infested with termites so we were allowed to move our tents down to a nicer place. the boys pitched the tents and the girls and alfy and diver cooked our last dinner in OBS. we had a great time cooking. haha.. we had shrimp and curry noodle. with baked beans. sound yucky but it tasted awesome. haha.. we washed up and cleaned everything and took them for checking with the instructor. he told us to bring them to the store and do our stock checking and bathe and pack our bags. we did these by 9.30 and he came to check. of course, we had to do quite a lot more of washing up. we went to sleep at about 11 plus. we chatted from our tents. lol, at about 3 am, the BB boys puked and they went somewhere else to sleep.
i don't really feel like blogging much already..... so that's about it. the interesting days. the last day was kinda boring. just packing up and waiting here and there... OBS rawk my life.
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Sunday, February 20, 2005
hero
Sunday, February 20, 2005
mm, so sorry. my blog's collecting dust. haha.. couldn't find time to blog.. we've started training in the stadium for a few trainings. 1 or 2 huh? lol. ok anyway, the first training in staduim was quite tough already. doing the steps makes my legts go wobbly and i fell with a huge thud and bruised my knee badly.
i'm leaving for OBS tomorrow!!! ha, it's going to be totally cool. heh heh heh. i've not packed my bag. this morning kwan zheng called and gave me some tips for the camp, like what to bring and stuff. had tuition this morning too. i don't have much things to say. so bye. haha. will blog soon i swear!!! i'll share my OBS experiences with you guys.
and i'm quite desperate for testimonials. write me some testimonials PLEASE.... ahaha...
ciao. muack
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Saturday, February 05, 2005
aes x country 2005
Saturday, February 05, 2005
yesterday was the last aes cross counrty i'd run. i made sure i did my best and i did it. i'm glad that i got what i aimed for and enjoyed the race throughly. the track team started warm up at about 7.20. then we went down to where everyone was at about 7.40. i assembled with the class and started streching and applying counterpain everywhere. haha.. all of us had fun with the counterpain. lol, i was super nervous and queasy inside. so some of us went to the back of the tents and did some tai chi moves. lol... it was so funny!!!!!!!! ahahaha.. all of us laughed like crazy. after tai chi, the sec 4 and 5 girls started our race. lol, vanessa and i were crapping as we walked. mr joseph tan was like 'wan wen must get 1st'. omg. no way man. mr jerome tan led us to do some streching and told us to arrange ourselves and mrs wee started the race with the air horn.
i stated running with patricia and amalina in front of me. i kept up with pat. about 5 mins, i was 2nd and pat was infront of me. i tried to keep up with her and maintained my pace. after running for about 3 more mins, i saw siew mai. she said ' i run with you i run with you!!!!!!!!!' i was like 'NO!!!!!!!!!!' omg. she is SO irritating!!!!!!!!! argh!!! okay, back to the race, after running up the slope, i was exhausted. that was when ren feng overtook me. she's good, i must admit. i tried to keep up with her and continued running. at the turning into the last stretch, i picked up my pace and went all out. still couldn't catch up with ren feng. so i got 3rd.
i drank so much water after the race i felt like puking. argh. after the prize presentation for the individuals, was the team relay. lol, didn't expect 4/1 girls to get it at all as we were not very strong. thanks to elvany who help to run or we wouldn't get it. need to give vanessa, charline and elvany a big thank you for giving their best! hahaha..
the boys were amazing too. tho they did not get the top 3, but they still got 1st for the team relay. very happy for them!! well done 4/1!! i love you!!! hahahahah
after everything, caryn went to my house. i wanted to bathe before going to town. lol. i don't want to smell like dog poo in town. we went to town and had lunch there. i was so freaking hungry i could eat an elephant. we went to hans. then started shopping. haha.. i bought a nike tee, a skirt, 2 earings, 2 pair of pointy shoes, a roxy slippers, a pinky ring and some barang barang..
i was truely happy. =D
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