YO!!! got a new blogskin. hope u like it..
anyway, i'd like to blog abt OBS today.
firstly, being at OBS has taught many things.. and i feel that these lessons can never be taught at school, but only by people like my instructor, hiap luh.
for example;
It takes an hour to find a friend,
It takes a day to appreciate that friend,
It takes a year to love that friend,
But it takes forever to forget that friend.
this was said by Hiap Luh, a very wise man. hehe.
ok, firstly, a grp photo.
this is the Raleigh watch. hehe.
First Day:
We gathered in school at 7.30, as usual. so dam heavy sia the bag. the pack list write so many things. tell us to bring so many clothes seyy. wth. but in the end the clothes nearly not enough.. sang the anthem and said bye to other band members..
arrived at the punggol jetty at arnd 9.. and though 3J was the 1st class to arrive, we were the last to leave the damned jetty.. haha. arrived in ubin at arnd 10. zzz. so.. we were randomly grouped into watches. i was RALEIGH!! WOOO!! haha. i thought it sounded indian. whoops. anyway my group had 15 people..
Me
Ming Wei
Quan Feng
Abhiyan
Zhen Hui
Chang Hao
Ismail
Filbert
Jin Quan
Jian Ting AKA Robert Lee
Nigel PEH PEH PEH PEH
YinShuang
Constance
Jasmine Kok
Joyce.
uh. no particular order.. and sorry if i spell ur name wrongly.. XP
so.. we didnt know what to expect at OBS..
we immediately played some teamwork game: something that requires us to pass a roll of masking tape arnd the grp in the shortest time possible. tricky part was that we could not pass the tape to the person beside us, and we must shout the name of the person we were going to pass it to. because we didnt know anyone well at all, our first try was done in 32 seconds. we thought it was an achievement at first. lol.
then, Hiap Luh talked to us and we started brainstorming.. then the final result, we passed the masking tape arnd 15 ppl in 6 secs.. haha. that IS an achievement. then, we were sent to clear the store.. took out the tent equipment and ponchos and prepared the rations for the 4 days and 3 nights we were gna live in ubin. quite devastating, the food. haha. for every single day we survived on buns and biscuits. and for dinner we could either cook rice or noodles. ON OUR OWN. haha.
after all the preparations were done, we were told that we were going kayaking. LIKE WTH?! SO FAST GONNA GET WET?! everyone was shocked la.. but anyway, better not waste time. so we quickly prepared our life-vests and got down to the jetty/rocky beach.
the part that kuku-ed me was that though we may not be soaked if we kayaked properly, even b4 we started kayaking we were told to get into the water and soak our whole body in la. like wth.
after that we were taught the different ways of paddling and how to capsize and how to rescue ourselves. oh yeah. during the lesson on how to capsize my right lens of my spectacles dropped into the sea. and as the water was very murky and the coast was littered with sea rubbish, i had difficulty finding it. zzz. but miracles do happen. haha. after i told Hiap luh, he was skeptical la.. then he suddenly dived into the water, and after 3 seconds, he came out and said," na, ur lens."
i was like omgwtf!! siala!! so pro seyy!!
then i partnered jasmine. kayaked arnd. so fun. then saw nigel and jin quan capsize. jin quan dunno how to swim, so he was floating by his life-vest. and he drifted and drifted while nigel clung on to jianting's kayak. so.. i went to rescue jin quan. then hiap luh came over and check jin quan. scolded him very harshly because JQ never tighten his life-vest. it was on the verge of leaving him. HAHA.
after dunno how long we went back to shore.. carried the kayaks to some kinda carpark thingy at the jetty. then we washed up and packed up our stuff for the expedition thingy the next day.
we then pitched tents at some high hill where we had to climb 101 steps to reach it . haha. oh yeah. the high elements were at the hill.
then we cooked dinner. hehe ate noodles. but spilled mine coz my mess tin handle suddenly came apart. haha. whoops!!
after eating then go slp liao.. zz. tired sia that day.
The Second Day:
woke up at 530, though we were supposed to wake up at 5. haha. the alarm was Rocky. lol!! Quan Feng's immediate reaction to the alarm was a middle finger and the occasional "F*** u". haha.
ate breakfast and played a weird game where u have to do some weird red indian dance and then scissors papers stone. lol. got owned in the early game.
then.. we had some kinda grp sharing thingy where we discussed our feelings and thoughts. then we played a blindfold thingy where we were guided verbally by our partner. scary sia. going down steps with absolutely no sight. lucky never fall. XD. after that we played "canvas fall", where the whole group pulls a stretch of canvas for a person to fall on.
some ppl were light, and some were heavy. haha. when hiap luh jump we all go wrap him in the canvas and i did something.. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
after that we set of on our hike to the other campsite. hiked through forest. hehe. hot seyy. i was the navigator at first. then change shift. was pretty eventful.. thought we were lost. ends up we were on the right track. hehe. SO MANY DAMNED MOSQUITOES.
the view at the campsite (another rocky beach) not bad. can see our beloved singapore. haha. then we pitched our tents there and appointed CX leaders.. i was appointed for Raleigh. zzz. damn scary. and worse, i was appointed for the navigator to lead the 4 grps back to campsite 1. BY SEA. omg omg omg omg omg omg. damn nervous sia. we then ate dinner: squashed bread with canned food. but still damn nervous la. what if i lead all of us some where else?
but then relieved my self by joining the grp in slacking time to throw fruits and stones into the sea. FUN. then i ACCIDENTALLY (ok la purposely) threw a stone into the instructors speedboat. that resulted in all raleigh-ians running in all directions. haha. WHOOPS AGAIN!! but seems like nobody noticed, all the instructors eating in some kinda pavilion thingy. so we all went and throw stones again.. after that ran out of apples. haha. then retreated into the tents.. so many big dogs there sia.. I WANT ONE.. then we were told that every half an hour at night 1 tent of people have to take charge of sentry duty. hehe make sure that the dogs dun come and sabo our tents and that mas selamat doesnt run away in one of our kayaks.. i was in the second shift with ming wei and quan feng. haha.
before 9.30pm (lights out) me, Hafiz, Samsul and some other ppl were telling ghost stories. haha. fun.
after that had sentry duty.. bla bla nothing happened. at 10.30 nigel and his shift came and took over.. i retired in the tent and almost immediately fell asleep. haha too tired liao.
Third Day:
woke up at 5 the next day.. unpitched tents, ate breakfast and final planning.. cleared the campsite and we were setting off.. haha i partnered samsul. as the navigator we leaded the people.. some people keep saying we too slow. so we speed up. then the instructors came and scold us. coz some people lagging behind so far away. got quite pissed at the part.
after a while Hasif took over as navigator.. then i became port side marker. halfway thru the journey samsul peed in the damned kayak. fucking smelly sia!!
then when near to the coast we had some kinda game. we were to stand on our kayaks. asyraf solo his kayak. so gt problem. damn funny. he standing halfway his kayak capsize and he fell. strangely, he immediately stood up and got on his kayak again. the sea bed was like not even knee level at that part lol!!
after that cleared the kayaks and everything.. washed up. i bathed thoroughly to clear the pee off me. damn. that stinked. then we did high elements..got some problems there cause people were stuck. XD. after that we cooked a feast for dinner.. Last night in ubin wad.. enjoyed it with the great company of raleigh. haha. then we had to check all our equipment and wash them. i painstakingly managed to check our equipments full attendance. then we slacked for damn long. haha first grp to complete the store so fast. hehe. since we had so much time, Hiap luh prepared for us some kinda special milo. tasted quite good. then he told us ghost stories.. haha. nice nice.
Last day: ZZZZ
we played some games in the morning.. vandalised everyone's body. haha hands and legs only. i think joyce pitiful. haha. Hiap Luh drew hair on her legs and wrote: PLEASE SHAVE ME.
haha. then we went to jetty jump. haha. damn shhhiiiioook. i was the only one to jump thrice. hehehe. I LOVE MY LIFE. woohoo!!
then we received terrible news. our back door to the store was left open and our key was no where to be found. and we went in, people had stolen our mess tins!! WTH. my effort gone to naught. zz. luckily other grps got xtra and gave to us... Thank you!!
we then gathered at the jetty and shopped for souvenirs.. got our photos certs and phones.. haha. then returned to singapore.. so sad. gonna miss Hiap Luh.
overall i think OBS was a great experience. learnt many valuable lessons from there. i also learnt to treasure my current life. haha. the luxuries of having a computer. haha. oh and btw thru out the whole camp i missed band like wth. oh and got some photos of ming wei snoring at the jetty XP.
oh well, cya!
