August 21, 2004
haha...finally back frm obs...actually..nvr regretted the fact tt i was forced to go for obs...cos really enjoyed it...anyway..shall comment abt it day by day..haha..
Day One
damn sleepy today...cos slept at 1 last night..all thx to my dear irs...everyone was commenting how small my luggage was...though i think it is quite big liao..anyway..set off to obs in pulau ubin...was sitting with mOo and wl-mei in the ferry..and wl-mei was letting me listen gu dan bei ban qiu and yu jian ring tone..lucky her!!!..it is all so nice!!!!!!...and mOo had to sit outside..cos she got THREE luggages..haiz...and when we reached..it was super ulu...like..other than the school...nth else liao???....anyway..drag my luggage all the way to the multi purpose hall..dunno how mOo managed to do it with all of her luggages..anyway..was divided into eight watches...armstrong, magellen, da gama (or how you spell it), livingstone, batutha, hilary, columbus and raffles....was in magellen..wasn't too happy at first...cos most of my close friends are in other watches...then had a briefing by sam..one of the instructors...then met my own instructor ai chin..quite nice actually...then we had a group photo at the rock wall...then after tt we all had to be squeezed into this circular rope and move frm one place to another...haha..took at least 5 minutes for 14 of us to get down about 10 steps...then we all sat down and started playing two games..first is that we will say our own name then the cca, then another person name then cca..and subsequently...everyone is supposed to recite frm the first...so was kind of dying...then we had to pair up with someone either of different gender or school..and tell each other three things abt yrself..was paired up with chuan lui...wah..he is secretary of npcc...anyway..before i forget...the people in my group are julie, karmen, me, elbert, alistair (dhs gep), chuan lui, jia xu, kian long aka action man..haha..joanne, shan yan (dhs mainstream), mervin, nuraih, nadia and nikki (sgs)..then after tt had a long briefing abt the stall and lunch...
THEN WENT FOR KAYAKING!!!...haha..paired up with julie..got briefing once again..damn sick of it..then practised some paddling movements and finally went into the kayak..got capsize drill...actually quite fun..haha..then went out further to capsize and rescue each other...irritating..when julie and i first capsized..we first thought tt it is quite deep..cos we are rather far frm shore..then i couldn't get up on the kayak after being rescued...irritating...-_-"...super embarassing...and then after tt it is time for us to rescue jiaxu and elbert...then they could STAND UP...sickening..it is only waist-deep..argh...made us look like fools...after tt pitched tents (finally learnt how to), bathed and had dinner..then had discussion with ai chin..mervin was complaining that the noodles were too hard...then went to get our life vests and water bottles frm the beach..but found out tt 10 water bottles were missing!!!...we are so dead...after tt went to sleep..but can't sleep...cos homesick and the ground super uneven...
Day Two
woke up at abt 5 plus..then washed up and had morning circle...our buddy watch was armstrong..then had some briefing on belaying etc etc etc...quite fun...esp tying the double figure 8 knot or wadever u called it...can do it..but still not very nice..always need ai chin to do dressing for me...haha...then afternoon had lunch and packed our haversack..super heavy man..sure will be hunchback...and then did rock climbing...i almost can do it..but keep slipping down..and finally..i decided i shall give up...sadness...everyone in our watch managed to climb..except karmen...cos she didn't want to at all..haiz...sometimes i really dun understand her...then we hiked for abt 1.2km from camp two to camp one...and was introduced to the camp...sickening...the instructors LJ and ai chin didn't let us have a bit of air con...then we went to pitch tent and bathe once again...then we ate dried food cos not much time left..but honest alistair told ai chin tt and she shooed us off to have a proper dinner...met columbus at the beach..they were very nice to let us drink some of their milo...THANKS COLUMBUS!!...haha....got the noodles quite soft..and we decided that we shall have a mervin's school of cooking..haha...then everyone ate frm one pot...after tt met ai chin and went to sleep...
Day Three
today is my d-day...cos got height activity...haiz...karmen and julie were the first pair to try the inside..and they took quite long..but they managed to reach the top *applaud*...and then after some time shan yan and me tried the outside one...which is cargo net, caterpillar walk and zig zag line...wah..i failed terribly...cos tried to push myself up for the zig zag line...but couldn't..must do more push ups now...sowwie to mervin, karmen, julie, chuan lui and one more person whom i forgot who..for telling me wad to do...then after tt...feeling too guilty..i decided to attempt the inside one with shan yan...which is rock wall on both side...logs, six tyres and cargo net...i went up first....but ended the second..thx shan yan..for helping me and motivating me...and all the rest of the watch...for telling me where to go..esp jia xu and elbert...and thx elbert...for being my belayer..although i really dunno whether i should trust my life to u or not..haha..but in the end i did...anyway..u didn't make me break into two pieces..after tt went to the other side..and to my surprise..chao han started the same thing before me..but when i finsihed everything..he is only at the top of the rock wall....heard tt he is super afraid of heights..anyway..saw allison telling him to breathe in and out...and with lots of help frm his partner..he managed to finish the whole climb..and everyone was cheering for him..then after tt had lunch and was preparing to leave to reach the shopping centre..but in the end it was raining..so magellen, armstrong, livingstone and batutha was stuck in camp two..most of the geppers in the four watches gathered together and talked..and i was happily eating my raisins..haha...after tt got briefing for sea expedition..OMG..WE WERE SUPPOSED TO KAYAK FRM THE SHOPPING CENTRE WESTWARDS AROUND CHEK JAWA AND PASS BY UBIN VILLAGE AND REACH CAMP TWO...haiz...really gonna kill me..everyone was like going to faint..then we were taught to relieve ourselves directly by jumping into the water and peeing thru our pants..haha...then when the rain stopped..we hiked 5km to the shopping centre..met the other four watches on the way there...poor them...they had to hike in the rain..and were drenched....then when we reached the shopping centre...so called i must say..there wasn't any toilet..and since magellen was the first to reach there..we quickly pitch our tents..cos we are always the last group to reach campsite and always get shitty spots for pitching our tents...then had dinner and pack our stuff for tmr..cos must wake up at 4.30...and shaun and cy were damn funny...cos i think most of the girls in their watch went to find other guys from other watches...so both of them were trying to find partner..so they ask me...then i ask them to do scissors paper stone...then shaun was willing but cy didn't want to..then jz called shaun and shaun went over to talk to him..then i decided i would partner cy..haha...poor shaun...at least he found mwina...during the night..it was raining...and the tent almost collapsed..thx to julie and karmen for supporting the tent poles...haha..i just gave moral support by keeping awake and shan yan was too tired..so she just slept...she didn't even realise tt it had rained...
Day Four
the day has finally come..anyway...do some last minute packing and we started to bring everything down from the camp site to the beach...and then we four watches form a human chain and brought down all the kayaks and paddles to the beach..then we had briefing..one of the sea ex leaders was running up and down the rocky beach cos he was trying to control the situation..in the end he got a very bad fall..luckily nth very serious happened...then we set off at abt 7.30...wah...super tiring..and we saw a jellyfish..no one dared to touch it haha...then jz and the rest were offering chao han S$1000 to capsize...but apparently chao han si dou bu ken...anyway...we didn't manage to reach chek jawa by 10..so was caught in the tide..haha..but no one capsized..then cy and i were complaining tt both of us wanted to pee....before the start of the sea expedition...then when we reached around chek jawa there...the water was only knee-deep...so cy got off to pee...and i held on to jz and chao han's kayak to prevent us frm drifting away..but in the end we pull cy along...haha....and sowwie cy..for keep turning here and there...and sowwie to everyone whom we collide into...when we reach camp two..everyone were super happy..reached abt 3 plus...then only two pairs capsized..one was on purpose..the other was alistair and bird..they capsized when they were trying to get out of their kayak..haha..then wash all the kayaks and paddles..and was splashed with water by LJ...damn refreshing...but super cold afterwards..then we had jetty jump...very fun and shiok...(btw..my mum and bro said tt i should not say the word shiok..cos it sounds very rough for girls)..after me was chao han...actually he was supposed to go long ago...but then he was too afraid..then after i jumped in...he was like...slowing bending down and sat on the plank..then we shouted to him trying to persuade him to stand up and jump down..but he wouldn't dare...after tt i accompanied shan yan to the toilet..but i heard tt chao han in the end didn't jump..haiz...and so sad we cannot jump a second time...after tt bathed and washed up stuff in the stall and had dinner...and everyone was feeling super sad...the guyz helped us pitched the tents..and they were so nice and straight!!!...i think scouts are super pro at pitching tents...then we all had dinner..was teasing nuraih and kian yong...cos they were partners for kayaking..and we called them action woman and action man...haha...after tt went to slp soon..cos too tired..haha...
Day Five
whole day washing washing washing...nth to do but washing...then frantically trying to get everyone's contact number....then got morning circle too...kind of feeling sad...naughty joanne kept on asking when the ferry is coming..and we were like dot dot dot...then had discussion with ai chin once again..and got our certs and photo..I LOVE MY WATCH PHOTO...haha..alistair looks damn cute...elbert looks too guai..action man got his action hand movement...mervin looks so cheeky..and every every one...argh!!!!!...i m missing them once again...then some went to buy obs merchandise..but i didn't...thrifty me..haha..played blackjack too..then after tt left obs...was like...so she bu de...haiz...i m missing everyone once again..
anyway...after obs.....i have the following conclusion...
1. MAGELLEN RAWKS!!!!!!!!!...i really love my watch..sowwie towards ppl like faye berns deborah jz cy shaun grace kang etc...i know tt u all didn't have very nice watch..but cheer up???
2. got two idiotic triangular sunburns on my thighs..thx to kayaking..plus abrasions on my fingers and sun burn on my face and arms
3. blisters and cuts...plus abrasion at my tt part...when i was trying to climb tt stupid zig zag line -_-"..i seriously think it would worse for guyz...wonder how they did tt...
haiz...missing obs all over again..i m not sure if i want to go for the 21 day course...cos i will get terribly homesick..but i dun mind going for the 5 day course again..haha...but this time..MUST BE RESIDENTIAL! =P..
after obs went to rivervale shopping centre with shaun, ryan, ym and samuel..bad mOo abandon me...we actually planned to go compass point..but kind of lost our way..haha...then went to eat at macs..then was discussing how much fats or cholesterol we were consuming...ryan was whole day sms-ing to this girl called kimberly in columbus..someone must tell me more abt her..haha...then hitch a ride in ym's taxi to his house...then samuel went home first...ryan and shaun took turns to bathe..then we started playing daidee until we got bored..then ordered pizza and started playing hearts...sad ryan...he shot km...cos he shot the moon..haha...sickening lor..i would still only have 13 points if he had not done tt...ym attempted..but he failed in the end..then i emerged winner!!..haha..one less point than ryan..but i think they were just being nice to me...cos didn't give me very bad cards..then i learn how the scoring system of hearts is like...then at abt six...took bus 15 with shaun...while ryan stayed at ym's house..
yesterday was watching li jia wei against kim hyang mi...sadness...still dun understand how she could lost...after all one of the games she won kim 11-0...and she died again today...sadness..
anyway..wad a long entry..shall go and do hmk liao...or else teachers will be waiting to chase me...