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Thursday, October 19, 2006
hello people.
im back to civilisation (:
but not in the best of moods i would say.
cus... i sorta miss obs? as in the atmosphere we had and stuff.
now sitting alone in front of the computer, listening to the typings of the keyboard & the sound of my fan. i feel so alone and weird. maybe tats why im feeling so. down? hahah. i dnt knw.
well, i was suppose to do the sec 3 course..
a 5 days program but due to too little people, we were given a choice before setting off
to join the sec 2s or to go back.
i am glad i didnt go back (:
although i was really disappointed the first day because i had to do the sec 2 course again and stuff.
HOWEVER,
we got yongkang again!
i got him last yr as my instructor as well. great guy (:
so. that got me quite happy !
oh. i was in LINCOLN (:
delfina, janice, yilong, peishan, huilin, kokhong, cody, ashwin, jason, bobby, nat, me davis and stan ! started off as people who hardly even say hi to each other in sch, to a grp that was really bonded and stuff. thank you for making this obs another memorable one !
and so, we started off the first day getting wet and wild !
kayaked for quite a journey [ much further than last yr's ]
i partnered mr davis! great partner :D
he was really strong so we were really fast and yilong+kokhong kept saying we had engine under our kayak. haha. they were dying la (:
halfway back to shore it started raining and looked like it was gna storm so we switched partner so as to get back faster. i partnered yilong while mr davis went with kokhong.
not bad. just tat team spirit wasnt there and we didnt really stick close to each other.
oh and that night, the grp from TJC were taking their food rations for their outdoor expedition [ the one the sec3s were suppose to do ]
and frankly, i was kinda upset cus we didnt get to go.
would talk more abt tt later (this is gna be a long post! :D )
2nd day.
morning PTs + silent flag rasings + games.
not too bad. saw many of my pri sch firends!
from rss : yahan, krystal, charlene, stephanie
from st anthony : CLAIRE! we haven seen each other for like 6 years and she recognised me! goshh. i was so shocked! and she definately changed ALOT.
so thats good. anw, we did rock climbing !
fun & challenging (:
nat was really good.
some of us did it blind folded (janice,nat and mr davis)
mr davis and nat climbed up without anyone helping. i was helpin jan by shouting to her.
plus..
trustfall!
much better teamwork shown today as compared to yst. yepp.
and.. today, the TJC were suppose to camp out but they didnt due to the haze, so, i wasnt that upset anymore and moreover, it has been raining pretty heavily these few days.. i was talking to janice.. maybe God allowed us to join the sec 2 at the very start to prevent disappoinment later on? Thank you (:
played some games in the dorm.
namely blow wind blow and the Dot game. wont elaborate cus i knw this is getting really draggy. you jst needa imagine.
kok hong having 8 big black dots on his face (:
jason with 4
bobby with 3
janice, mr davis and huilin with one each.
great fun.
3rd day
expedition day! jason and co. found two cute little puppies in the drain and saved it (:
they said they are gna send it to SPCA if no one adopts it ):
so sad.
yongkang alrdy has a dog tats like 14yrs old. so he say he cant adopt ):
anw. expedition started off quite okay.
until we had a water break where we were suppose to have an activity but well, due to some stuff, we had to walk all the way back to obs and start again =/
and yongkang was angry ):
had to find checkpoints and yilong and mr davis did great!
quotes were inspirational
what lies before us,
and what lies behind us,
are tiny matters compared to
what lies within us
where the willingness is great,
the difficulties cannot be great.
good judgement comes from experience.
usually,
experience comes from bad judgements.
when u write down your dreams and goals on a piece of paper,
you are setting in motion of becoming the person tat you most want to be.
yup. so very true (:
[goshh. this entry is damn longggggg]
settled down at the campsite (OBS camp2)
built our shelter..
cooked dinner !
wanted to cook porridge but it ended up as burnt rice.
lol. the sausages and baked beans were better.
after that.
we had to walk through the dark woods without any lights =/
stopped by a HOLE.
had to climb in one at a time and i was kinda scared cus u really cant see anything at all.
but we managed to help one another and get out (:
i think this phrase is very suitable for tt activity
"while stepping into the unknown, have faith"
shared about our highest and lowest point during the camp.
not bad. he shared abt the Journey of Success again. will type it our next time. this entry is too long man! hahah
eventually fell asleep in our shelter with poncho/ziplock bags as pillows.
poor guys. too many to fit under one shelter. some slept on poncho outside by the beach
day 4. the last day ):
woke up kinda early to pack our shelter and to boil water.
than......
FLYING FOX!
whoohoo (:
it was really high and i found it scary =/
the first step was really hard but after u step out. theres nth to can do right ?
haha. before tt we were made to think abt our commitment and shout it out to everyone before we jump. felt great (:
janice was the first and i think we braked too sudden causing her to hit her head on the rope and having rope burn on her forehead and her pimple to burst.
when she was off the rope.
ashwin : ah! janice! your head bleeding ! pain anot?
janice : huh?! bleeding? where? [touches forehead]
everyone else was also very concern
janice : AIYA. my pimple burst la !
hah. it was quite funny.
stanely got rope burn on his eyelid.
i was really scared up there =/
everything else was fine..
took a shorter route back and had to pack up our rooms and stuff.
managed to do everything very quickly.
lost quite a few items but it was alright.
bought a OBS shirt and got everyone to sign on it :D
rounded up everything and took a ferry back.
one last grp pic and here i am.
before i start on how much i miss obs,
one highlight!
kokhong taught mr davis valguraties!!! =D
super funny.
okay. so.. the whole thing was good.
didnt turn out to be what i expected it do be and i learnt many things,
the whole camp allowed me to learn many more things than i did last yr although i've been through it. being the few sec3s in the grp, we had to take up leadership role at some point in time and i guess it was really fufilling for all of us. namely yilong! i've never seen him so enthu and i think he did a better job this yr than last yr. yupp. yongkang was great. we were kinda rude at times and although at certain point, he wasnt exactly happy. we pulled through.
i've learnt to learn from others and to employ the language of acceptances. because i feel that as hard as it is for you to change yourself or change a certain habit, it is as hard for you to change others. so we have to learn to accept them jst as they are (:
jst wanna say thanks to all the LINCOLN-ers and yongkang!
mr davis was great as well. he didnt act like he was a teacher or anything.
he played taitee with us and stuff.
and we get to see a different side of him (:
so yes. a big thank you to everyone that made this enjoyable.
THANK YOU.
and congrates to you if u really read through everything that i typed (:
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