Sunday, March 09, 2008
i can't stop thinking about obs. i can't wait to go back. i think it has the council camp effect. so here you are a day to day account of my obs journey.
day 1went to jetty said byebye to ms teo and ms sab then went of sat there for very long apply sunblock and insect repelent wait wait then lead cheer and briefing. met vivian for the first time, checked the wet smelling store, learnt to fold tents, went to collect food and have lunch of bread and biscuits and raisins that people didn't want to eat cos they didn't want to shit. went to learn to pitch tent, trust fall that was too fast for me to enjoy anything, fake high element that was not high at all, did it once with vivian as belayer and once with dawn, belayed for dawn. started to rain, cooked dinner, madly opening cans to get food and throw away the food, had uncooked rice, sausages and corn. went to pitch tent in darkness, quite successful then went to bathe and then there was the packing that was totally not successful and the fire drill that allowed me to talk to ying hui for a bit. then go pack, was so tired i don't know why then fell asleep almost immediately. felt that camp was so boring i would rather go graces
day 2packing day and then learnt kaying, rescue and capsizing and see-saw, kayaked to camp one, was day i/c and well the packing took way too long and i had no idea how to organise the people. so got to camp 1 that was like so luxurious, changed to dry stuff, went for high elements climbed first and then ended up in alya's way, had to climb down the other direction, went up the tyre's encouraged wan yi my good friend to perserve and when she reached the top, i was so glad for her! then i reached the top myself then dawn lowered me down, didn't give me enough slack and i was hopping around looking like a rabbit and have the da gama people and vivian laugh at me. so after that was the best obs dinner at the cook house with the nice chengtng tasting syrup and chicken that was fresh and then to tent pitching and walking into the wrong toilet to bathe and then supper and the huging of crying people, pig personality test and then sleep. was more awake, giggled with wanyi abit too much at someone's snore then fell asleep.
day3woke up late, missed flag raising, was so sad i felt bad ok cos i like flag raising, i am proud of my country, the flag i feel for. pt was like one of the best cos of fast run the the games and moving of bags from this place to that and then games which we won one, skipping was horid but i know that most tried their best then pacing with huijun. i counted wrongly at first then in the end we didn't need it and just anyhow walked to the obstacle course then went to the water plant to hide from the rain, played lame games and then started journey, trekking was fun! i enjoyed it with jiawen eventhough i was carrying shirlynn's ten tonn thing. talked complained, reached finally and scolded this guy stupid guy cos he didn't say hello and thanked this uncle for getting off his bike i don't know why. saw the super nice adventure camp, continued trekking, bowed infront of an alter with jiawen, finally reached campsite, pitch, cook, listen to vivan talk, packed a bit, sleep, woke up for sentury duty which was irritating and painful, walked one round. couldn't stand it anymore, slapped legs and then woke hui jun's tent up. went back to tent, killed insects and whatever not, couldn't sleepcos of limited space, tossed and fell asleep on my side and whacked lanxin in the middle of the night accidentally. wanted to go home so bad
day 4woke up at 4.20 packed, panicked, pour water,shifted bags onto boat and as i was on the boat i was spared the shifting of the kayaks. got down started of with huiyan as my partner, was really enjoyable,then jumped into the water that was nice too then huiying(big) and then ate salted oranges while peeling the peel out for her. she was light and easy to push on. the later partner was not that light. the well the ultimate. i changed with ingrid cos i felt sorry for her. that i made her so tired. it was my fault and so i took the responsibility to account for it. i am sorry i made you suffer ingrid. truly sorry.along the way i threstened to slap her, throw her of board and let her float back to her mother land or crash into the fence. thankfully that did not happen. then she told me that she wanted to talk to me. that was my lowest point. i shall write that for my reflections instead. so i was a little more polite on the boat and then when we were sent back to shore, she whacked my paddle my wrist went back and that was when it was really bad. she hit me a couple of time both hands but i persisted cos i wanted to finish the journey not the race. then it was the shifting with ingrid and sijia and i din't use my right at all then the round circle. and everyone was so tired we were all pissed i did not feel at all accomplished as i kept thinking about the talk. how to retaliate. then pitched tents, collect water bottles, embarrassed myself infront of many then took clothes went to bathe with sijia and jessica tan, complained about the ultimate and then went to buy time for the rest to bathe, took mess tins, pots and food out, met vivian along the way, picked up the food, dropped it and there goes my wrist. so i picked most up with my left walked to mph them went back to help wanyi wash and the took food and other things, went to meet vivian as a group. did first incisions for cans then opened with left for the remainding. ate with dawn. sharing with her is fun! then went over to complain to sijia and dione and then ingrid fed me they cried for haizu, i still didn't feel anything for vivian. washed everything on time met vivian with the lv bag and then got my wrist wrapped, went to bed with jiawen cos we forgot to built one tent. fun cos i got to talk to her but kept waking up and moving around to find space cos my wrist was hurting. hurting
day 5last daywoke up up pitched, left tents out to dry, washed fly sheets, met vivian for pt did some wizard version of scissors paper stone then when we were suppose to play captain's ball, i told vivian about my swollen hand, she reduced the swelling but it still felt weak. went to the souviner shop there to have this last reflection and group talk where ultimate told everyone she tried her best and her partner did not appreciate it and she kept dreaming about her hand the whole night because it was so numb. i told everyone about my take aways from the camp and stuff like that and also how short my focus span is so ya then we had breakfast, did the jump and i made the bell ring the loudest. i comitted my self to perserve, to be patient and to give my full to everything i do. i shall start from tomorrow with the revising of my work. then went to pack store, was sent to sweep floor cos of hand and then help hang the tents and ponchos and whatever not up then when all was done, sat in a circle, did evaluation for vivian and obs then gave out certs thanks dawn for clapping real loud for me. got photos and was standing beside ultimate bleah and then got things bought souviners for cheryl too then talked to libin and alicia then asked vivian for ice didn't get it in the end, did three cheers for vivian, teared and tried to hold it back then got her msn that i don't know whether its right or wrong and also her telling me that she will call me to check on my hand but i have not received the call. and i can't wait for it! vivian! ya and then the journey on the boat, then when we reached punggol i looked back to obs, looked out for ms teo then told her about my hand and then claire saw ms chia, jumped and fell so unglamorously onto the rough ground and got herself cut. then ms sab said i looked dead and my wrist looked weird then called mum, sms ms teo to complain and then talked to claire and then after that reached school then drop libin and alicia at libin's house went home, bathe call elaine, told ms tan sleep wake up eat. the rest i shall not say.
things i will
never forgetnature valley, chocolate bread,can openingvivian!you made me learn lots more than i could since you didn't help us so much. thank you vivian. i really thank you and it makes me have fond memories of obs.that will be etched in my mind forever. I LOVE OUTWARD BOUND SINGAPORE. I LOVE VIVIAN. I LOVE MOST OF COOK.
toot toot toot haha *
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