Thursday, June 10, 2010
Hey people! Here I am to post about what happened during Sec 3 camp! :)
On the first day, we had to meet in school at 7.20am, and we were asked to sit in the canteen according to our classes. We had a briefing about the camp by the camp chief, Wayne. While he was talking, three of the Sec 4s helping out for the camp started pasting the sheets of paper which contained the groups allocated on the notice board behind the canteen. Some of us were eager to know our groups, so we started rushing forward to take a peek. Unfortunately, we were scolded by Mr Tan to get back to our seats. Shortly after Wayne finished his briefing, we were finally allowed to go look at the sheets of paper class by class. Since 3S1 was the first class to go, all of us chionged there. Haha! I was allocated to Group 1 (so easy to remember lol). If I'm not wrong, for 3S1, me, Chiuchoo, Feona, Fion and Yihao were in Groups 1 and 2. At first I was thrilled to find that Gowri was in the same group as me. BUT in the end she did not went for the camp! RWAR! Siying told me that Gowri told her she would be going for the camp just 2 days before it D; Anyway, my group's instructor was Salman, and he was really funny! Some guys asked him why he was not called Salmon LOL!
We boarded the bus to HomeTeam NS Adventure Centre and gathered at the basketball court, which was also where the guys would be sleeping. Shortly after, the girls went to put our bags at the chalet type of houses, which was better than the guys' sleeping area. Heh heh XD Groups 1 to 6 were called the Alpha team, while groups 7 to 13 were the Bravo team. Alpha went for our water activities first and Bravo stayed behind for their land activities like abseiling, zipline and rock climbing.
My group did the improvised rafting first. The instructor asked if any of us were from uniformed groups, since they expect us to know how to do the tying of knots. Some people pointed to Yihao, and said that he was from NPCC. Then, Yihao and Yusri pointed to me and told them I was from Girls Brigade! -.- So in the end, me and Yihao were sort of treated like the knot tying "experts" from our group. We planned on how to build the boat meant for four people as a team, and finally came up with an idea. We positioned the barrels and everything, then they asked me and Yihao to tie them together using the ropes! Both of us were like staring at the ropes for a few minutes, and I think we totally blanked out on how to tie the ropes HAHA! Lucky for us, in the end we managed to remember some techniques and finished the boat on time. It was drizzling when we finished that. They needed four volunteers to sit on the boat while they pushed it out to sea. Actually, I was excited to volunteer,but it would be awkward if i suddenly shouted "ME!". We sabo-ed each other, but in the end one girl asked me if I wanted to go, and I just agreed. So all of us carried the boat to the edge of the sea, and four of us had to climb up. Me and Vickie had a hard time doing that, but the guys (I think was Wesley and Roy) climbed up in just a few seconds. Amazing! O.O I think it was Roy who helped me take my paddle while I climbed up the boat. When I finally managed to do so, there was heavy rain, and the instructor hurried us to go back to land =.= I was the last one to climb down, and my leg got stuck under the boat!!! My group didn't know that, and they dragged the boat up, with my leg still under it! And so that was how the scratches and bruises on my legs came about, after being dragged on the uneven ground surface T_T But well, that's how camps are. You will eventually come back with some minor injuries. The thing that I was most upset about was that we didn't manage to go kayaking!!!!! I was really looking forward to that during the camp... :'( At night, we had the Blind Man's Trail. It was quite fun, working together as a group with our eyes covered. :D In the middle of the night, I kept waking up once every 30 minutes, when I thought I had already slept for hours ._.
The second day, Alpha stayed for land activities while Bravo went off for water activities. Zipline was so fantastic that I even wanted to go for a second round! But sadly, I didn't get the chance :'O As for the rock climbing, I was proud of myself for climbing up to the top for the first time in my whole life! :D The abseiling was quite good, but when I was going down, Instructor Salman shouted, "Hey! You look like you are doing moonwalking! Stop going left and right while coming down!". HAHAHA! I couldn't help it, and just kept walking left and right while going downwards XD I must have looked really funny lol! When we were done with those activities, we prepared for the campfire songs/cheers. Our group combined with Group 2 to do the bumblebee song and another hilarious dance which instructors Salman and Sasha taught us. I find that the campfire was the most awesome in all the camp activities, because it really bonded us Sec 3s together as one. I had an amazing time screaming at the top of my voice with all the other people, until my throat felt a bit sore hahahaha! ;D
On the last day, we had the prize giving for the best group, best male and female camper. I was happy that Zuhairi from my group won the best male camper award! I really think that he deserved it, because I could see that he was doing well in the camp :D We had our area cleaning and camp evaluation after that. Actually, I'm a little sad that the camp is over, cause I really enjoyed myself there. All in all, IT WAS AWESOME AND FUN!!! XD Other than bringing back with me scratches and bruises, I brought back with me mosquitoe and ant bites as well! And...a big fat worm accompanied me back to my home. BLEAH. It's giving me goosebumps whenever I think about it >.<
Here are some pictures and memories of my scratches and bruises from the camp :D
On the first day, we had to meet in school at 7.20am, and we were asked to sit in the canteen according to our classes. We had a briefing about the camp by the camp chief, Wayne. While he was talking, three of the Sec 4s helping out for the camp started pasting the sheets of paper which contained the groups allocated on the notice board behind the canteen. Some of us were eager to know our groups, so we started rushing forward to take a peek. Unfortunately, we were scolded by Mr Tan to get back to our seats. Shortly after Wayne finished his briefing, we were finally allowed to go look at the sheets of paper class by class. Since 3S1 was the first class to go, all of us chionged there. Haha! I was allocated to Group 1 (so easy to remember lol). If I'm not wrong, for 3S1, me, Chiuchoo, Feona, Fion and Yihao were in Groups 1 and 2. At first I was thrilled to find that Gowri was in the same group as me. BUT in the end she did not went for the camp! RWAR! Siying told me that Gowri told her she would be going for the camp just 2 days before it D; Anyway, my group's instructor was Salman, and he was really funny! Some guys asked him why he was not called Salmon LOL!
We boarded the bus to HomeTeam NS Adventure Centre and gathered at the basketball court, which was also where the guys would be sleeping. Shortly after, the girls went to put our bags at the chalet type of houses, which was better than the guys' sleeping area. Heh heh XD Groups 1 to 6 were called the Alpha team, while groups 7 to 13 were the Bravo team. Alpha went for our water activities first and Bravo stayed behind for their land activities like abseiling, zipline and rock climbing.
My group did the improvised rafting first. The instructor asked if any of us were from uniformed groups, since they expect us to know how to do the tying of knots. Some people pointed to Yihao, and said that he was from NPCC. Then, Yihao and Yusri pointed to me and told them I was from Girls Brigade! -.- So in the end, me and Yihao were sort of treated like the knot tying "experts" from our group. We planned on how to build the boat meant for four people as a team, and finally came up with an idea. We positioned the barrels and everything, then they asked me and Yihao to tie them together using the ropes! Both of us were like staring at the ropes for a few minutes, and I think we totally blanked out on how to tie the ropes HAHA! Lucky for us, in the end we managed to remember some techniques and finished the boat on time. It was drizzling when we finished that. They needed four volunteers to sit on the boat while they pushed it out to sea. Actually, I was excited to volunteer,but it would be awkward if i suddenly shouted "ME!". We sabo-ed each other, but in the end one girl asked me if I wanted to go, and I just agreed. So all of us carried the boat to the edge of the sea, and four of us had to climb up. Me and Vickie had a hard time doing that, but the guys (I think was Wesley and Roy) climbed up in just a few seconds. Amazing! O.O I think it was Roy who helped me take my paddle while I climbed up the boat. When I finally managed to do so, there was heavy rain, and the instructor hurried us to go back to land =.= I was the last one to climb down, and my leg got stuck under the boat!!! My group didn't know that, and they dragged the boat up, with my leg still under it! And so that was how the scratches and bruises on my legs came about, after being dragged on the uneven ground surface T_T But well, that's how camps are. You will eventually come back with some minor injuries. The thing that I was most upset about was that we didn't manage to go kayaking!!!!! I was really looking forward to that during the camp... :'( At night, we had the Blind Man's Trail. It was quite fun, working together as a group with our eyes covered. :D In the middle of the night, I kept waking up once every 30 minutes, when I thought I had already slept for hours ._.
The second day, Alpha stayed for land activities while Bravo went off for water activities. Zipline was so fantastic that I even wanted to go for a second round! But sadly, I didn't get the chance :'O As for the rock climbing, I was proud of myself for climbing up to the top for the first time in my whole life! :D The abseiling was quite good, but when I was going down, Instructor Salman shouted, "Hey! You look like you are doing moonwalking! Stop going left and right while coming down!". HAHAHA! I couldn't help it, and just kept walking left and right while going downwards XD I must have looked really funny lol! When we were done with those activities, we prepared for the campfire songs/cheers. Our group combined with Group 2 to do the bumblebee song and another hilarious dance which instructors Salman and Sasha taught us. I find that the campfire was the most awesome in all the camp activities, because it really bonded us Sec 3s together as one. I had an amazing time screaming at the top of my voice with all the other people, until my throat felt a bit sore hahahaha! ;D
On the last day, we had the prize giving for the best group, best male and female camper. I was happy that Zuhairi from my group won the best male camper award! I really think that he deserved it, because I could see that he was doing well in the camp :D We had our area cleaning and camp evaluation after that. Actually, I'm a little sad that the camp is over, cause I really enjoyed myself there. All in all, IT WAS AWESOME AND FUN!!! XD Other than bringing back with me scratches and bruises, I brought back with me mosquitoe and ant bites as well! And...a big fat worm accompanied me back to my home. BLEAH. It's giving me goosebumps whenever I think about it >.<
Here are some pictures and memories of my scratches and bruises from the camp :D
what we could have been, 1:10 PM.
