Saturday, March 11, 2006
just came back from sec 3 camp.. amazingly i dun feel tired... perhaps a little bit only.. hais.. and todae also feeling kinda sad.. in fact i shld be feeling happy.. cos break camp liao le mar.. but i dunno why thats the case.. IN FACT, its a double celebration for me todae.. but.... i just can't lighten up.. sighx.. the thought of homework? i doubt i can be bothered to think about them at this point in time.. time to go into greater detail wat we did at the 4 day 3 night camp..
the bus journey was long yet tiring.. dun wanna fall asleep also difficult sia.. hais.. when we arrived at the campsite.. it was like a relatively short bumpy ride in before we were allowed to alight.. the camp was located nxt to a padi field lar.. and the padi's all looked neatly arranged.. after a few briefings on the entire camp.. it was time to start building our tents... my group pitched in about 7 mins.. which is kinda okae.. dunno if fast or not.. haha.. but who cares.. we were earlier than majority of others.. we settled into our tents wif our "barang barang" and i immediately reserved the corner of the tent.. dunno y but wif past experiences.. i sleep best at corners.. yea.. our first activity of the day was orienteering round the camp site wif a game to play.. we were given bearings and distances from the starting point and we were supposed to find the checkpoints throughout the whole race.. our grp walked so much thanks to one instructor who lied to us that our first checkpoint was correct lorr.. kaoz lar.. den we walk back to our starting point and did everything over again.. it was so tiring and the sun was beating on our backs.. wat else.. dio sunburn lorr.. hais.. den night time we had discussion for our campfire skit.. hardly anyone came out wif suggestions.. and we had to made do wif one of the ideas.. although it wasn't the best that we could come out wif.. practised like some 2 times.. and thats all for the number of times we practised.. and it was rather short too.. hais.. but i can't complain much.. i didn contribute anything to it..
managed to get some hours of sleep on the first night unlike most ppl.. wif 2 more days of camp left in mind.. it just gets demoralising lar.. we were gonna climb a mountain by the name of gunung lombak... the climb was rather tiring and long.. the slope was rather steep.. angle of elevation must have been some 80 degrees mann.. took a class photo at the summit and made our way down after a short rest.. when we got down the mountain.. everyone was just tired out and were all hungry.. thank goodness lunch was distributed to us soon enough and we indulged in our food.. at around 1.30 in the afternoon.. we made our way back to the campsite from the mountain which was a 40 min drive.. everyone just took the opportunity to sleep lar.. derhx.. when arrived back at the camp.. we were given not much time to prepare for the nxt activity because the schedule was a bit tight.. and soon we started on our bamboo raft relay and polo in dinghy.. both were rather fun.. but the cleaning up part was ya noe.. after showering.. was dinner.. the meals were just getting slightly better and better which was a gd sign.. yea.. and after dinner we had night walk in the padi fields.. it was a rather nice experience to walk under the bright moonlight.. we weren allowed to use our torchlights either.. and couldn't even talk to each other.. but it really was a night experience.. u will hv to walk down the path not knowing when a tiger or anything might just pounce onto u at any moment.. scary huh.. hahas..
slept slightly better on the second night.. woke up and brushed teeth.. got ready for breakfast.. weather in the mornings were rather cold.. so.. had to put on more clothing lorr.. after breakfast.. we had water obstacles challenge.. that was one of the best activites of the camp.. as u engage into the different types of obstacles.. u fall in when u r unable to maintain ur balance.. and u get wet and everyone laughs at u.. liddat wan lorr.. den we had a tiny race.. which showed us who the clear winner was.. our class didn even stand a chance.. on we went to raft building and tying of knots.. i tied 3 of the corner knots of our raft wif some help frm the ppl in my group and we made use of 6 bamboo poles and 2 barrels to make our raft.. and when we were launching our raft.. it withstood the weight of 2 of our guys for a minute or two.. but soon enough.. the knots became unstable and the whole raft kinda subsided.. and who else to blame.. but me.. yea.. okae.. my fault.. in the afternoon.. we went to a nearby school to have inter-school games wif them.. there were 5 sports.. table-tennis, sepak-takraw, soccer, basketball and volleyball.. we beat them in everyone except sepak-takraw.. and most of us were spectators cheering our hearts out.. okae.. maybe not our hearts out. .haha.. headed back to the campsite for dinner and had some free time on our own.. before we gathered at the hall to be dispatched to the campfire area.. the campfire was a rather okae wan.. just that the spirit wasnt there between the classes.. so the end result of the campfire was average.. our class screwed up the skit.... yea but wat to do.. not enough preparation marhx.. hais.. den came night snakx and time to go to bed.. best thing was there wasn't lights out.. which meant those who didn want to sleep can dun sleep lorr.. my tent played a few games of "dai di", tried to teach other ppl bridge and a few games of cheat.. yea.. but play until 1 liddat.. everyone sian liao ler.. so decided to go to sleep lorr.. afterall gonna go back to s'pore the nxt day liao ler.. so lets just let time pass lorr..
woke up feeling rather excited.. on the schedule was only area cleaning, packing up of tents and breakfast.. after everything was completed, we left the campsite at around 10am.. which was a little behind our expected time.. but it was okae.. wats important is that we got to leave the campsite! haha.. our form teacher bought us chocolates and almost everyone ate them and finished them on the bus.. had to fill up survey forms too.. 2 lar! 1 from school 1 frm the company who runs the camp.. yea.. reached back in school at around 2 i think.. yea.. den after a few administrative matters.. we were dismissed!! whoo hoo!!
i guess overall the camp was rather fine.. just that it wasn't very interesting and exciting.. dunno why lar.. but i guess the spirit wasn't there in everyone of us.. practically all the meals were organic brown rice lorr.. so healthy right.. living nxt to a padi field wat do u xpect to get.. but it was a gd experience lar.. although the cooking wasnt that good.. yea..
sighx.. 1 wk of holiday coming up.. and it will soon be over in a twinkling of an eye.. and den..... term 2 starts.. how fast sia.. okae.. its getting late.. will blog more often.. hope so.. hahas.. kkae.. signing off......
(6:41 PM)