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I am back and badly bruised. Also dunno why so many bruises. One leg at least got ten can u believe it. then comes the mosquito bites. my legs are also covered wif them too. although got so many injuries, but i had alot of fun let me describe what happen from day 1 to day 4.Day 1: we reported to school at 7.30. super early la, i went with this huge reebok bag, 1 sleeping bag and 1 nike shoe bag. very heavy, i carry until almost die ah. we went up the bus at abt 8 something. it was a long journey, the camp was near kranji. upon arrival, we had to clean our bunks. our group had to clean the facil bunk. i have something to confess. we did not clean it at all cos none of us had rags so we sat there and chit chat. hahahaha. then we went to our own bunks. After lunch, we had kayak school, went out to paddle for a couple of hours. The most interesting thing was we learnt how to capsize. OMG that is super fun. My partner is Yi He dragon boat vice captain. Not bad hor, so smart of me la. He paddled almost all the way. Then we had to capsize, had problems getting up, luckily somehow another we managed to get back up. Night time was some leadership talk, the ususal. Haven't been exercising alot, so my limbs were aching like mad.Day 2: woke up at 5.15. couldn't really slp that well, maybe because of the change in environment. did some PT then went for breakfast. after breakfast we reported to the kayak shed. gg for our kayak expedition. the problem was, everyone was rushing, nobody applied sunblock. haha, the tofu me, of cos applied a little on my face. we paddled and paddled. my boat was at the back of the pack cos we were supposed to chase those slow kayaks to move faster. about 1 hr into our journey, we raft up cos one of the boat faced some problem. my boat was at one end. then my extremely intelligent facil, teng leong suggested we play a game to kill time. the pple at the two ends of the boats had to exchange places, which means we have to run from our kayak to the other end kayak across all the kayaks lined in a straight row. so freaky but so glad i had that experience. then we carried on. abt 2 hours later, the teacher in charge came up with a scenerio. a kayak capsized. being at the back of the pack, Yi he and i had to paddle back to save that kayak. however another scenerio came up: upon rescuing the capsized kayak, we capsized too. omg and down we went into the water. bye bye sun block, washed away. but capsizing was fun. yup we got rescued anyway.we kayaked for another 3 more hiurs b4 returning for lunch. by then i could feel my limps. then we had high elements after lunch. MADNESS. i embarrassed myself as usual by not being able to climb to the top of the rockwall. thanks to my short hands and legs, cannot reach. lol. i learnt how to belay, that was fun.CLIMBER: AM I ON BELAY?BELAYER: BELAY ON!CLIMBER: SQUEEZE CHECKBELAYER: CHECKEDCLIMBER: CLIMBINGBELAYER: CLIMB ONso cool la, this is the comments we had to shout.Day 3: Morning, more high elements. i partnered yue kiat for the vertical challenge. i guess we were probably too tired, cannot make it up to the top. i managed to climb up to the 3rd bar, tried to pulled yk up, but i think he was too tired to give himself that push, well let's just say, we tried our best. then we went abseiling, so fun. i tried to bounce against the wall, but my jelly legs could not kick off. but i managed to come down glamly i guess hehe. afternoon pack my stuff, we were leaving campsite to go to pasir ris to camp there for the night. embarked on some urban quest. a little bring, took two long buses to reach the beach. then had to dig the sand for the clue. the biggest joke was, only one clue could be found. i guessed we messed up the markings and the station ic themselves couldn't rmb where the clues were. so everyone was on all four, digging. even the station ic. well, let's just say there were unity. then after that we went to our camp site. learnt how to pitch a tent. so fun. had some sort of a bbq for dinner. then went on night walk. so fun. i partnered yi zhe. i was blindfold he wasn't, however i could talk and he couldn't. we had to make our way through obstacles. all i can say is, it is very fun and we made a great team, i guess. our group woke up at 5 am to do night patrol, actually i did my duty the night before le and need not wake up so early, but i guess we were all so bonded we got up to do it together.Day 4: gg to break camp, return to our kranji campsite. we had raft building. our group totally do not know how to tie ropes however we simply tie. during this raft building trip, i realised tat we were totally bonded as a whole sub camp. we cheered together, supported each other and most imptly helped each other. then we went back to sch for finale night. had lots of fun, every 2 grp had to act out a skit. we played sno white and the seven dwarfs. i was one of the dwarfs.the camp ended, however the memories we shared will be with me forever. no matter how much injuries i sustained. it is worth it. if i were to be given a second chance, i will still go for the camp. i made lots of friends. let me acknowledge them. they are Priscilla, Sharon, Samantha, Jo'an, Novi, Shona, Qi Xiang, Yi Zhe, Yi He, Zul, Yue Kiat, Bion. and not forgetting my great facils, teng leong, nelson and xiao ying. without u guys, the camp will not be so fun. thanks alot. take care and god bless.
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