OBS camp day 1

How should I say..I liked OBS? hmmm..overall it's great..I challenged myself with those activites. actually there wasn't any kick if u asked me..I wasn't pushed to my limit yet..I just stepped a little bit out of my comfort zone. Except for the kayaking and the lack of food and cleaning the boys toilet..the rest I can take it.. haha..Im a food lover you know..=P here's how I survived my 5-day camp at Ubin..26-30th April

Didn't go mentally prepared..I wanted to slack my week away..but well..looks like im left without a choice. Ermm..reached school..met chao yang along the way..and damn his parents didn't consent him to go for OBS so he stayed in school for the entire week. haha..chao yang tt slacker. Met the 109 peeps gathered at the quarangle. As usual you know ker ling was full of lame jokes and together with Xiang Long and jin wen..the morning sun can seem insufficent for warmth..haha..coz they always tell cold jokes ma. We're making fun of Jin wen coz he wasn't in the same group as us. He was actually suppose to go OBS with the rugby team but then he quitted rugby..then the school placed him in other groups instead with our class..haha..we labelled him as "pan tu zhe"..betrayer..lol..

Got into the bus and off we go for the punggol jetty...yey~!!! We got there ard 10+ close 11..we're the first few to arrive but we were the last few to go! damn..and we had to wait in the blazing sun..until we get our turn to go into the ferry. during the wait manage to have a short talk with wen jia and paulin..ppl whom I seldom to in class...haha..trying increase the class spirit you know..lol..they are a bunch of friendly ppl ya..they weren't those self centred type. Ker Ling was trying his best to freeze the atmosphere up by telling cold jokes..haha..

finally..got into the boat..along the way the ferry sped past the new OBS camp site..and damn! I tot we're going there..but nope..we sailed past it! awwww!! so we're indeed going to land up in the old camp..hmph..I didn't pay 200+ for nth! lol..actaully the Old camp wasn't tt bad..it was better than the campsite I went to during my sec2 camp. yup yup..got there..assembled at the MPH..(multi purpose hall) and our class with the rest of the school was split into watches. 109 was in columbus..while jin wen..hahaha..got into da gama..our buddy watch. At so bad ya? at least he gets to be with us in expiditions. There..Mario one of the instructors gave a opening speech..lol..he's funny..I liked the part when he cautioned us not to 'do it here'"Ok..no matter wat...be it if you got boyfriend..or girlfriend..don't do it here. Be it you are a boy..or girl..."then He stared down at ker ling who said nth"Or Gay?"Ker Ling was stuuned..He didn't said a word and Mario put words in his mouth..hahaha..The entire school laughed..ker ling had his 30seconds of fame. suprisingly, along the days I found out that mario was from the same secondary school as me..CTSS..haha..me and ker ling was pretty shocked. and everyone had a impression now tt CTSS harvests lame students out...all full of jokes. but maybe im the defective one..I don't seem to be like ker ling or mario..lol..

Dean was our instructor..Mario calls him an american import..lol. He's the oldest instructor among the rest..So tt means he had the most exprience there. The rest of the instructors all looked vibrant..like those ppl u see in beaches. When Mario was introducing them...the pointed fingers everywhere..confusing us on who was who. Yup..after the briefing..we took a group photo near the rock climbing area..then we went to our store room..Dean briefed us on wat to do and he left. We checked the stuff..making sure everything was there..jerry cans..bottles..bags..bla bla bla. Got the rations..most of them were biscuits..bread..and maggie noodles. Dean was different from other instructors..the other instructos told them exactly wat to do..like how to pitch a tent..or like how to cook food. but as for Dean he expects us to learn from one another..when he knows some of us know some skills..he'll leave it up to us to settle it. haha..american import? maybe he believes in independence..helping yourself..and learn from others. I mistook him for a slacker at first..lol..Ker Ling also complained about him..comparing others to him. Other watches were properly briefed and taught while we had to learn from one another..first timers like me, in camping have difficulties catching up at first. Maybe it was a challenge? maybe..

Learnt how to Pitched a tent..all thanks to Andy and EJ..haha..or i'll be a lost sheep. ANdy was a scout so he could tie things well..haha..our tent's pretty strong. Group activites..then learnt how to belay a person..climbing. Dinner time! but it was raining bad...storm's above us..we took the ground sheets out..and we got into a unlited shelter to cook our dinner. Me and Boon kiat ran to the store room to Grab Torch lights. we had to get caught in the rain while running from block to block. When me and book kiat ran across from the instructors' sleeping area to the toilet..there was a lightning followed by a loud Thunder! it sounded as if the lightning was behind us..so loud that I tot I got struck. And I think the lightning struck quite close to us? coz the instructor in the other block shouted us to take shelter immediately..he seemed pretty serious. manage to get torches..after the scare..me and boon kiat waited for the rain to simmer down. Dinner was fine..rice with mushrooms..hotdogs..

thank God..Our tent was fine and standing. It wasn't tt wet. as for ker ling's tent..it was wet..lol..and they had to get the water out before sleeping. Andy. Ej and me tucked in quite early..while kerling..Xiang lOng and boon kiat were making noise outside..haha..but soon a instrcutor manage to 'force them to bed'

Suddenly woke up in the middle of the night by soft karaoke sounds...hmmm..someone was singing karaoke?! It's so late..maybe it was the residents in Ubin singing..wow..some party huh? The Malay karaoke songs slowly drove me to sleep..replacing the usual nights when I used my walkman to listen to my songs to sleep..