Sunday, July 09, 2006
{ 6:06 AM }
i just returned from camp this afternoon, about one plus. this whole camp was fun and rather nice..as in not THAT tuff..compared to 2005 the acc, it's considered not bad. when we all parted, i suddenly feel that i will miss them all..all the fun and stuffs, but at the same time, i wanted so much to return home, to be sleeping comfortably on my bed and to be able to eat properly. parting is such sweet sorrow(:
ok..so let me tell you about my camping experience(:
day 1: we had to go to school on friday before the camp, but the school released a bit earlier on friday, so i could go home and bathe. i was a bit late in falling in, but because we are already nco, they didnt scold us. then we made our way to the jetty. reached pulau ubin about 15-30mins later and we hiked in to the camp as a whole area 11. it's such a long way with a lot of mud road and uneven treks. by the time i reach there, i was so exhausted. then we the sec 3 used the noordine campsite again. had some briefing when we arrived, and we had to do the row calling thingy so that we can have our grouping at first i was in group 3, but then xueli was afraid that after pamela go for the ndp, then she would left alone, so she exchanged with me..and i became a member of group 2. after that we had our tent groups. i'm in tent 3, with xueli..so coincidental. first time i managed to be in the same group as a chung chenger(: ok..then we proceeded to pitch our tents. after pitching our tent, i think we had our dinner. after our dinner, we were told that we had to do camp fire performance. we had to combine with grp 1 cuz grp 2 and 1 is together de. and so we had games, some games to help us remember each other's names. after that, we had the discussion. after the discussion, we were made to sit in the hall, and one weird man asked us to go and remember all the rules for this camp. i can vividly remember mine: no buying of food from the villages or markets without the permission of the OIC. hahaas..after this we had grp debrief, and we discussed about some incident which happened during the day. soon it was lights out, but our grp was the first to do sentuary duty, so we waited there. then the mdms and the sirs brought us on our route once. then we were deployed. after about 15mins, we returned to the foyer, but then, i found out that my tents was infested with ants. one by one, the girls found out their tents were infested with ants also, so we all moved into the foyer to sleep. hahas..i went to bathe after all these incident. i couldnt realy sleep at first, then slowly i managed to sleep..
day2: i was so tired the next day..and think about the many things that was going to happen that day..i suddenly feel like flying home. we had pt early in the morning..and the pti was so..i dont know how to describe..because he wanted us to shout out loud..if not..we'll have to redo. and we ran..but the speed wasnt fast. i was glad i didnt fall out(: then we had our breakfast..and i didnt feel like eating anything..so i only ate biscuits. at first i wanted to drink milo..but then..no time, so i didnt drink it after all. the first activity that day for grp 1,2,3 and 4 is the high elements. i didnt want to do it..because i'm scared..but then..i decided to overcome my fears, so i didnt it. me and estelle and gn and gn's friend did the dark tunnel first..the tunnel was so dark, but we worked well together..but the mdm keep wanting us to take different colour balls out..she thought that we were lying to her..so..hahas..but we were great bcuz we managed to finish the challenge very vv quickly. after we finished this, we went for the high elements. i think i did the easiest one..but it was really scary. i wanted to give up..but then, it's a point of no return, so i cheered myself on by saying,"you can do it!" and i managed to finish it. but then..must thank all the people downstairs who cheer me on..and supported me with the ladders. hahas..thank you! after the high elements, ewe had our lunch and changed for kayaking. when lunch ended, it began to rain and we had to take out our ponchos, but mine is taken by some people, so i borrowed from mdm..and we almost wanted to walk to the kayaking place when it rained again. but the rained became smaller and we walked there. by the time we reched there, we were one hour late. the instructor taught us some basic things about kayaking and the parts of the kayaks. then we had to pair ourselves up. we then wore the life vast and did some simple paddling steps. next we proceeded onto the beach to carry the kayaks. we were taught how to capsize and how to embark and disembark the kayak. after this, we were all set and ready. vincent and me got up the kayak and we began to follow the rest. it's like so tiring..i think i didnt practicse for a long time..that's why i'm like so weak. we built a few rafts and disratch a few times and went back to keep the kayaks. i've got blisters and abbrassion on my feet, so i rested while they wash their kayaks..i'm like so weak. i couldnt dont admit that i am weak after this seesion. after this we were suppose to have our dinner and bathe, but me and gn went to the sick bay to apply some medication because of our sored feets. and i threw my shoes away becuz it's giving me so much pain! i managed to bathe again..and had a bit of food before leaving for campfire. our grp was the first to perform. it was great, but i was a bit paiseh, so i didnt do much lar..the campfire was great and we all had fun! after this was debrief again. then i had to squeeze into my gps tent..but i think it's a bit squeezy for them, so i told the officers, but then the officers asked me to sleep with them. at first i could sleep, but then, i soon woke up. then xueli also couldnt sleep, so we sat behind the canteen and tried to sleep there. mr lee came along and saw us there, so he asked us to sleep in the foyer. it was so comfortable that i slept right through the next morning(:
day 3:the next morning we woke up and had our breakfast. we didnt have pt, which was yippe! hahaas..we had area cleaning and my group was incharge of cleaning the log room. however, after we cleaned our area, we helped the other grps. and guess what? i saw one of the ant's butt being stuck. hahas..the other ants were trying desperately to help it get it's butt out. so funny. the bad thing was, after the area cleaning, we had punishments. we did pumpings and crunches and jumping jacks because we werent fast in doing our things..after this was orienteering. we had to figure out the way of using that weird compass and our grp took like forever. by the time we figured it out, we only managed to finish one station. and we ran back. this was the last activity and we had to take our belonging and fall in into out diff schools. our school was the 2nd last to leave. when we were about to leave, it rained, so we had to wear our ponchos again..but i didnt really wear lar..we reached the jetty and were "transported" home. i was so happy we finally reached home..but then..i missed them..haiz..the fun and stuffs.. i want to go back for atc!!! and elite rox(: