Finally i'm back from the sec 2 camp. Seriously, it's a fun camp. Except for the parts where the instructors are slightly stricter, the rest are fine to me.
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First day when we went dere, we were all seated in our classes. We were like waiting for so long before the whole thing actually started. Everyone was then dispersed into their groups. My group's instructor was quite a big sized guy, but i think he is the best instructor there. He made us played games like "Left, Right, Hump". erm. quite a lame game actually. but from that we learnt de different languages to say left,right & hump. lols. den we had to design our flag and write down our goals for this camp. our flag was quite nicely designed by the girls while de goals were messily written by de guys. lols. i wrote "to make more friends for this camp" and dunno who wrote "to make more girl friends" for me -.-
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Meals is one thing that matters alot to me. During all our meals, we were shouted at for not being quiet enough. I was thinking. During your meals, isn't it supposed to be the most relaxed thing? It is also the time when you share how you feel for the day to others around you. But they practically didn't want us to do so. Some more they want us to queue up for our food. Although its a good thing for wanting us to be independent, but with regards to the time, they should packed the food in packets for us. This way, time could be saved and they won't have to keep emphasising that our eating time is going to cut into our activity time.
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In my group, we had our first game together - message relay. we had to pass down a few messages correctly. but from the results of the game, it shows that we had little team work. So our instructor Jeremiah made us played human entanglement. He wanted us to break the shyness towards each other. Indeed we accomplished the mission and we are closer to each other.
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We had an outdoor cooking acitivity. Yeap, in BB, we had outdoor cooking almost every single time. So to me, its no longer a stranger to me. So i helped out in the setting up of the fire and maintaining it. Of course, to keep up the fire and to prepare a fantastic meal, teamwork is needed. From this activity, i realised there are quite alot of people in my group who can cook. lols. After that there was a gathering again, and tingyong told me everyone in his group noe his name. erms. i was like thinking. bhb? sorrie arh. but that's how i think.
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We then went to the general stations and had problem solving games. I could clearly remember that one of it was using a rope, cross from one end to the other. One difficulty of the game is that we are suppose to try get the rope in the middle, which is quite tough. Our instructor purposely made fun of us by tricking us into releasing the rope back into the middle. The main difficulty is to transfer 16 people ( the entire group ) into one small box. It was quite tough, but we managed to accomplish it, with little spaces left to even stand on both feet. Our activity finally ended when we our instructor too came to join us in the small box and we did it!
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We then had kayaking. Kayaking was not that unfamiliar to me also. So we all went down to de sea. Some of the girls wanted to stop themselves from getting wet, but there was this water confidence activity and everyone got wet. lols. nice one. but through this water confidence, it trained those people who are afraid of water to overcome it and build a stronger trust in the team. After that, we were paired up to go out to the seas. Okay, i was teamed with 2 other guys who had no experience in kayaking. Out at the seas, i was trying my best to give commands and we did it. Although we were slightly disorganised, but it was okay. It's all about the learning, not the winning. Then we had to bring back all the Kayaks back to the shore. There were one or two people who refused to help. but it is very heart warming to see everyone trying their best to carry the heavy kayaks. I myself kept carrying as much kayaks that i can. some guys were like standing one side, looking at a few girls carry de kayaks with others. seriously, i just hate to see girls doing manual work. I mean, isn't it only right for guys to do those things for them?
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At night, we had a Night Trust Walk. It was quite interesting, training us to depend on our 5 senses and test our trust in our friends. Shimin was like pulling my shirt in the beginning but she gradually walked to the destination herself. Some other girls were braver than i thought. On the way back, they even scare the Student Leaders who tried scaring us. lols. Oh ya, i realised that my voice was getting more and more hoarse than i could ever expect.
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During the group debrief/supper, i was like enjoying myself when everyone was busy writing their NYAA. The milo is so damn nice, den i keep drinking more and more of it. lols.
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We were asked to gather by the Camp Chief - Sky. Erm. he was quite strict on us, scolding us most of the time. But we must know the pressure he has handling all of us. He said that we had to wake up, instead of being so sloppish all the time. He was right. Some of us were really treating this camp way too lightly.
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About our dorms, it was a super big room with opened air windows. Our beds were wooden planks, covering the ground. erms. quite similar to the olden beds that those foreign workers slept on when they came to singapore to work. At night, me, yenfung, sherman and bryan, and some other guys were like trying our best to get some sleep, but some people are just that inconsiderate, making plenty of noise. I was quite disturbed, not by the many aeroplanes that kept flying past us, but the noise made. Good thing i was so tired i managed to sleep. I was woken up twice. One by dawn's sms, the other by zhanlun. Actually i wanted to reply them, but the instructors just nice walk past our bunk, so i had to stop messaging.
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I was woken up by my own alarm at 5am. o.O it was the only time when i saw all my bunkmates asleep. lols. so i offed my alarm and continued sleeping. i woke up again at 5.30am. doesn't make much of a difference sleeping 30mins more.
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Breakfast was great, beehoon and hotdog. i got an additionaly hot dog, thanks to shimin who doesn't want it. lols.
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We then had activities like Rafting, Camp craft and abseiling. first about rafting. we were asked to make a raft using 4 PVC pipes and 4 tubes. erms. everyone managed to contribute their part and we had the thing going for once. while we were making our rafts, the other groups went for their kayaking. she was there too. sigh. saw her kayaking with another e3 guy. well. envious. that's all i could say. back to the raft, we then went down to test our raft. successful for the first attempt. but when me and some other guys were about to go down to try it out, time was up and we went down to bring the raft up instead. lols.
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Our next activity was abseiling~ it was quite fun. the last time i had abseiling was last year. erms. quite a long time liaos. when i went up, i was actually quite nervous, but looking at how other's could do it, i managed to calm myself down and went for it. it was actually quite easy, just that i forgot to lock my legs, good thing i managed to lock it halfway down. while i was coming down, i realised that with encouragement, things seem to be much easier than expected. it's true. after that we went for camp craft. building a tent. quite familiar with it. but then there were some communication problems about the groupings. good thing we still managed to complete it. yeap we did. oh ya. some of us were caught by the camp chief for not tucking in our shirts. we had to do jumping jacks, but only with our hands. it was quite easy. yet some guys just refused to do it.
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after lunch, we had rock climbing and challenge ropes. Rock climbing was not very new to me, but challenge ropes was fun. den we received an important message dat we had to pack our bags. erms. den after that Ms Ho say principal thinks that the PSI ( Pollutant Standard Index ) too high liaos, so we must all go home. den actually i don plan to bathe de. most guys also. but den instructors suddenly go crazy ask us all to bathe. same thing 3 mins. den i have to rush up within 3mins to get my towel and bathe oso within de 3mins. when i went down to bathe, that bloody instructor was like counting down 10 secs larhs. den i have to rush in spray water den come out wear shirt and get out. den there was this area flooded with water at the entrance. i had no choice but to just step into that puddle and ran off. then i suddenly heard an instructor scolding bloody hell. den i turned back. a big fat hooligan looking instructor was looking at me sternly. he called for me. when i stood infront of me he said "i was about to kick your daring balls when you splashed de water on me and ran off. " den he ask me to use my towel to wipe off the dirt for him. while i was wiping for him, i felt 2 things - being insulted and stupidity. i felt that i'm being insulted and that he was stupid for standing near the puddle of water. i had the urge to whack his damn balls. but i was controlling myself not to do so. i had to bear with it no matter wad. after i went off, i stared at him for 5mins and made sure he felt guilty.
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we packed our bags and settled down in our classes. after helping out the Student Leader in charge of our class, we all had to do our cleaning up. i was like sweeping every single bit of sand of the staircase, floor and so on. i just felt the need to do so. after that our group instructor gathered us and wanted to debrief us i guess. but some inconsiderate people kept stepping on de floor we have just swept and made the whole floor sandy again. due to time constraints, Jeremiah never managed to tell us wad he wanted to say.
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we went for dinner. it was great. this time, i saw de better side of the instructors, being less strict and friendly. one of the instructors even kindly gave me additional rice when i asked for it. okay. here comes the malu part. i threw away my last spoon during the last meal and i had nothing left except for fork and chopsticks? den i was like eating so slowly.. den dat shaun kept laughing at me. even wanqing laughed at me. hais. paiseh. well. at least i managed to eat faster than some people using spoons. lols. den i competed with wee suan. see who can finish de curry puff first. and of course, i won. lols.
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den we went to gather back in our classes again. the instructors sang some songs for us and we left the camp happily. happily.
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i was like the last few people who got up de bus, so after i boarded it, i realised there was little seats left. so i went to the back and saw wee suan & joan. den i saw one empty seat beside wee suan. so i was thinking. no harm sitting there anyways. so i threw my shoebag towards dere and walked towards de seat. when i was about to go dere, i was so damn bloody freaking omg shocked to see wanqing sitting right beside my shoebag! i almost had a shock of my life. firstly, i didn't noe wanqing was sitting dere. secondly, i threw my shoebag and good thing i did not hit her. den i quickly took my shoebag and ran off. but wee suan and gang kept pulling me backwards till i sat right beside her. erms. i was almost going to blush lor. erms. den on de bus, everyone started making fun of my "zhao sieah" meaning out of tune. stupid tingyong kept wanting me to sing ABC. i can't even reach the letter C. sigh. poor me. den i don even dare to talk lor. normal speaking would even make me ~~ -.- finally reach school liao. den i managed to say bye bye to her before she leave the bus. den de bus driver very kindly sent us to the MRT. den actually wanted to take de same train as wee suan tingyong they all. but my card suddenly stucked and i had to join the bloody long queue at the counter. damn those people who topped up their cards 4 at one go. den when i went up everyone left -.- hais. good thing got shimin jie still around. lols. den we took the same train go CCK. den i walked to my aunt's house and met with my mum and aunt they all. den around 10.45++ den go home. den reach home bathe liao quickly sleep.
I want to thank my group, group 13 consisting of - Dhurga, Vanessa, Pearl, Shimin, Sin Hui, Boon Yun, Nicole, XinYi, Pillai, Tseung Jun, Shaun, Wee Leong, Kok How, Daniel, Jie Wei and Hasif. I also want to thank Instructor Jeremiah and student leader KaiPeng. Thank you all for making me enjoy this camp. Because of you all this camp is one memorable one to me.
mardiinz enjoyed this camp alot. i made alot of friends. i accomplished my goal.