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Sunday, March 23, 2008,5:38 PM
GOLD AHHHHHHHHH!
I'M BACK.
AND WE GOT.
GOLD BLOODY HELLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah man.
we are awesome!
Saturday, March 01, 2008,8:08 PM
COLUMBUS.
OBS 2008 25TH FEB TO 29TH FEB.
VERA JIEN NEE SARAH TAN KRITIKA SHUNJING ASRI YANNY WEIYEE SYLVIA JASMINE HUDA TRAM ANH MICHELLE TEE LAUREN WANDA.
I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU.
ohmygod obs is OVER.
bloody hell those were the toughest, most challenging, tiring, stinkiest, dirtiest, yet most life changing days of my life.
so far :D
Day 1
went to school, took a bus to punggol jetty.
singing and screaming random songs in the bus was fun :D
got to jetty, got on a boat, made my way to CAMP TWO.
got there, walked up a funky hill to this sheltered thing where we were sorted into our groups.
ALL RANDOM MIND.
COLUMBUS ROCKS LIKE SO MUCH.
i'll miss hanging out with them :(
anyway, then we were introduced to our trainer, AHMAD!
he is sooo fucking awesome.
anyway, we were brought to our store where we put down our bags.
then we climbed up this 101 steps to get to the place where the high elements are, but we didn't do it la.
we had this blindfold walk thing, where we get blindfolded and our two partners tell us where to go just by talking.
quite scary cause we went to the forest and there were big freaky spiders.
then we had this trust fall thing, where we stood on this platform thing about up to my neck and we stand at the edge with our backs facing the edge.
then our friends will be holding a mat and we fall backwards and they catch us.
our trainer went first :D
i think i went after him, can't remember.
i was awesome cause i wasn't scared :D
after that we had belay school, where we were taught to belay our friends when they were rockclimbing and all that.
i'm an awesome belayer oh yeah.
after that, we started pitching our tents and cooking our dinner: rice with curry, sausages and mushrooms fried in butter.
sounds good doesn't it?
well, it just SOUNDS good.
i was already homesick, and i was missing normal food, so i cried.
haha :D
then we bathe and slept.
water was so cold, and there was a sanitary pad in the corner of the cubicle yuck yuck yuck.
well, i learnt to trust my friends and take charge of stuff.
i was the FOOD IC :D
so i was in charge of food :)
with jazzy.
Day 2
woke up at like 4am and had to run down 101 steps cause it was raining super bloody heavily.
shivering in the morning la wtf.
we had kayak practice and we kayaked to the AWESOME CAMP ONE.
it's soooo much better than camp two la!
we had to practice capsizing in the middle of the ocean.
wearing life jackets duh.
quite fun, but i bonked my head and i have a big balookoo there :D
heehee balookoo.
we went there and had ACTUAL FOOD for lunch.
like rice and chicken.
i ate like ALOT.
after taht we pitched our tents and we played captains ball with this mix school called kcp.
we got trashed like what, 20 to 1.
fucking guy so bloody tall could bloody catch the ball with one hand wtf.
and we were all wet and icky cause we only got to rinse and not bathe.
i kayaked with erica!
she my supawoman.
during dinner i cried everytime i tried to take a bite so i didn't eat :(
bloody hell when we were keeping the plates and untensils and all, these two kcp guys started fighting, like really puching and hitting head real hard and all.
then i was so close that one of them banged into me.
then the other guys pulled them off each other, so scary.
i was the closest to the fight la.
ater dinner we CLIMBER THE ROCK WALL!
i belayed lots of people cause i'm good.
i even belayed ahmad!
and he's so heavy :P
i got to the top, duh.
if i didn't i would be so disappointed in myself :D
took my first powder bathe!
quite fun.
oh, we peed in the sea when we kayaked hee.
just JUMP IN AND PEEEE!
Day 3
fucking hardest day of the all five.
we kayaked 10.5km for 7 hours to sembawang beach, NONSTOP.
we were cursing all the way: fucking water, fucking kayak, fucking paddle, fucking water skiers.
sandflies EVERYWHERE.
i didn't get bitten oh yeah!
cooked instant noodles for dinner.
i had a breakdown with issy and nadirah.
cried like shit.
went to talk to ahmad, wanted to go home, or at least call parents :(
of course he didn't allow la.
slept in tent all wet.
didn't even rinse or bathe.
the beach is just a beach, not a hint of civilization.
shit in holes and pee in bushes and wild boars kind.
had to wake at 2.30 to guard the kayaks and bags from such wild boars :D
fucking cold and tired i was shivering like crazy.
then woke again at 4.30 to catch the 6.30 tide back towards camp 2.
i was seasick when i kayaked, but not as bad as minwei :O poor thing she.
Day 4
kayaked 5 hours back to camp 2.
against tide la wtf.
saw jellyfish! :D
i got more seasick and barfed this time.
erica said the jellyfish was 99% water, but i thought it was more of 90% water, 8% brown colouring and 2% white colouring :D
when we got back my tailbone hurt like shit.
had jetty jump where we, duh, jump off the jetty.
yuck the water is salty like shit.
we BATHED!
cooked our first REAL FOOD DINNER!
made fried rice, scrambled eggs with luncheon meat and mushrooms, baked beans, and milo in a pot.
peili, the other trainer from the other group, made us PANCAKES yum yum :D
slept in the kayak shed cause it was raining hooray.
ahmad gave an emo talk and played the song graduation.
made almost all of us cry.
got blisters!
ouch.
Day 5
woke up at SEVEN!
the latest oh yeah.
packed bags, packed store.
did the trust fall again, but this time we weren't scared, cause we knew we could trust our friends no matter what.
did this thing sorta like trust fall, but jump forward to hit a bell.
it's like 1.5m away from where we're jumping so it's quite fun.
i was the first again :D
had talk about what we promise to do.
cried.
laughed.
screamed about bugs still.
got certs, got pictures.
went HOME.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO AHMAD, WHO REALLY MADE ALL OF US REALISE HOW VALUABLE EVERYTHING IN OUR LIVES ARE. AND THANKS TO MY WATCH MATES, WHO I'VE LEARNT TO TRUST AND LOVE.
THANKS ERICA, FOR PADDLING WITH ME.
THANKS PEILI, FOR THE SAME REASON I'M THANKING AHMAD :)
I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!
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