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This is where i record my activities and reflections. It is sort of a journal.
Just an OBS sticker
My certificate that says i completed OBS
A wristband and ' Outward Bound Singapore' is printed on it. yea its blue. had other colours like red, black, orange, yellow and maybe others tt i dunno of.
1st Day [3rd March]
i was rather excited about going to obs la as heard from many people that obs was really really fun. so yea went to sch then took buts to punggol jetty then down a bumboat to pulau ubin then to obs. journey was short lar but a bit shaky then i was like din really like the feeling lar. so our instructor was mauricette then she collected the valuables and did some admin stuff. ten we changed to our wet attire and went to learn how to kayak. it was cold la. but we kayaked for a short while only and in a short distance cuz i dunno why. it was a tri yak. so cool nv seen one yet. only done double kayak and seen a single kayak. but not a triyak. so yea. mauricette made us capsize our kayak and then get onto it. its to ensure tt we know how to sort of rescue ourselves when our kayak capsize. ya and and we actl had to carry this uber heavy rowboat down to some platoon(is this how u spell it) or wtv lar. it was so darn heavy ok. kns. yea and we are all girls so GIRL power! haha ok im lame. then after tt we pitch tent so lan4 lar tt kind of tent but its rather easy to pitch since it requires so low amt of energy. then we also cooked dinner- instant noodles and some can food. after tt showered and yay we could sleep. BUT the tent was so freaking smelly it stinks lor. and ya tt nite i slept with hmm sarah, junying (a.k.a. june), vanice and yvonne. the day was quite short actl so yea. and it was damn cold at nite lor. i gung ho la, sleep in shorts and short sleeve t shirt. at nite freeze till like siao! then smth really funny happened at nite :)
2nd Day [4th March]
We lugged our super heavy backpack onto some boat before we went to row our rowboat. The rowboat is slow heavy and yea. its just slow, and we had to row it for ard 5 km. and we took abt 4h? ard there la. the max a rowboat can go is avt 3km/h? i think so, if i din rmb wrongly. the boat included june, sarah, vanice, shermaine, me, yvonne, clarice (a.k.a. mummy darine). yup everyone is like from 302 except shermaine haha! on the boat we talked about a lot of funny stuff. like ppt and the da da da alarm. and the south china sea and yea. we were rowing our boat halfway then we found the other barker boat being washed to e shore and hit the rocks by the strong waves. it was scary and i think it was traumatising for hui ci. then kakay and ting yi went out to help push the boat in to the sea again. after that our boat ran into some problems lar. we were rowing past this keylong, then this rope got caught onto some rader of wtv it is called lar. then our boat was stuck . then this rope was connected to some floating stuff and it was pulled closer to us. then we tried to use our oar to push it away and then suddenly A LOT of insects (believed to be sandflies) flew off from the floating thing. we were so darn scared, we tried protecting everypart of our body with caps and wtv we could find. in total at least like got 100 lor. im not being kua1 zhang1 but its really true. we tried rowing away but it jsut din work. in the end we blew our whistle and suisen instructor came over. he said he wun save us and want us to row away by ourselves. we already try so hard lor, he still dun want to help. then he say wat we are not trying hard enough, want us to try harder. then we really pia like mad also cannot. in the end he just towed us away lor. kns. then our campsite for te nite is this public campsite whereby there is absolutely no facilities at all lar. like u can dig a hold and shit inside tt kind. tt nite we had to do sentry duty. barker was supposed to do from 2-4 am. then my tent did 3-4 am. 2-3am was done by ppt tent. our sentry duty also had ppl like vanice, yvonne, clarice and shermaine (a.k.a. spermy) haha. ya my tent tt nite was me, june, sarah, kakay and hui ci. then we saw some dogs during sentry duty so we used to the camping sticks to hit the floor as instructed by instructors to show them that we are awake. like to scare teh dogs away. then the tent tt nite was like sai la. i slept on 2 huge rocks that was damn painful. cant even sleep properly la. then somemore at like 7 plus got music blasting from jb. as in from the place we are in, we can hear the music so loudly lor. until like 4plus 5 then it went off. so the songa were like repeated from 7-5. hey tts like 10 h. omg i think i nearly knew how to sing liao. it was also so freaking cold but yea outside the tent during sentry duty was so much comfortable than sleeping inside the tent. also everyone cannot bathe since there is like no facilities available la.
oh actl i forgot smth, b4 the rowboat thingy, we did some team games, suisen also.
3rd Day [5th March]
we woke up strike tents, ate some stuff etc. the usual stuff lar. after tt we walked a short distance to the quarry. omg so cool can!!!! we were supposed to build a raft. its good ok. it could float even with all 14 of us in barker as well as mauricette. then we rowed ard. but then i think suisen's one some parts like got disintegrated la. so dunno how. but the water was shioka! it was nice and cooling and REFRESHING! it was really nice. but soon we had to keep our raft and stuff. so yea. but we were given a last chance to take a dip into the quarry so sort of clean off t dirt on us cuz we might not bathe at nite again. but we did anw. after packing up stuff. changing into clean dry clothes, we trekked. from te quarry to ubin viallage, to german girl shrine, to camp 2. its was so damn long. plus our damn heavy backpacks, we nearly died alrite! when we were trekking to ubin village, to see th supposedly kampong life, which was totally not kampong at all, it started drizzling. then ting yi said aiya its only a drizzle, wun be big rain der. then suddenly boom ! the rain got so much bigger. its just like so qiao la. then ting yi said are u trying to say i am a jinx. then june said ya. haha so funny. and though it rained we still continued. and me june and ting yi sang songa along the way. like erm my love, 25 min, paint my love (solo by ting yi) , girlfriend, the best damn thing, everything back but you. our songs sounded like a remix since we sang parts of it cuz we could not really rmb e lyrics and tune. i feel so proud after trekking cuz we trekked like 11km without knowing it in like 4h in te big rain. it was so unexpected. it was rather fast cuz actl it was extimated that we were su pposed to take like 5 h. so we finally trekked to camp 2 and we stoned for like 10 min. cuz every part of our body is aching. our shoulder, hips, leg, everywhere lar. ten me and shermaine got like blue-blacks on our hips there. omg. i had blisters on my feet and on my hand there. sucks lar. and we were drenched from head to toe. so it just made our backpacks heavier causing it to be heavier. after tt some went to pitch tent, some cooked, some went to shower first. then later we cooked and yea. had some debrief thing then went to sleep.
our sleep wasnt easy ok. cuz we were te last to bring our tents down to our camp site. so the lights were off then we cannot see. so brave sarah sort of knocked on the room and asked the instructor if we could on the lights as it was pitch black and it was not lights out time yet. and there was a lampost which was supposed to be a lightsource for us ok. then he just said, go down there to the lamppost, and u will see a switch. just turn it on. then he went back to the room to sleep. wah lao. where got liddat der. anw we went to on it. it was so darn freaky. and te place was wet so we were so scared tt we would fall of and roll down .ratehr its me who is scared. haha. but this nite felt mroe comfortable then the previous nite. but the previous nite was more interesting. tonight's tent was the same as the previous nights'. erm me, sarah, june, kakay and huici.
4th Day [6th March]
It was raining and yea we stayed at camp 2 for a while b4 moving off. we were last to do so. we went to the jetty there to this thing. we stood in a rowm put our arms over each other's shoulder and sang the song my bony lies over the ocean. then we had to to teh reverse action when the word has a 'b'. like if we are standing then it goes 'my Bony ....' we had to squat down. then got another 'b' word, we had to stand up if were squatting down. our body ache liek mad liao, ten we do this, ache even more. haha. after tt we sort of walked to camp 1. wah it was like heaven man. we did high elements tt day. erm barker was divided into 2 grps. so my grp went to do the snake and ladder thing. then had to climb this rope ladder first, then this erm snake like metal ladder, then finally the rock wall. i climb till the end of the metal ladder there. ten vanice was below. oh yea we had to climb in pairs. and if one wants to go down, both goes down. so yea in the end i stopped there, and my heart nearly popped out can. so scary!!! but yea. after tt we took a break then we went to do the rock wall. it is te wobbly kind. like just attached to cable on top, then below got some metal chains chaining it down to the floor. so it wasn static and it was damn difficult. my grp could not climb up la. at first i climb past only the 1st square. then after resting for a while, i climbed up further till e top!!. yea halfway rite, i dun know how to continue cuz i couldnt reach anything above me. ok i noe im short lar. so cannot reach. but other barkers were like telling me wat to do and their encouragement really helped me. and yvonne wa slike telling me how to climb. barker is really very very nice. ok so mushy lar. not me man! then i just pushed myself and i smacked the highest pt. then when i came down i was like tearing cuz i , i , dunno how to describe. just full of emotions. but dun think anyone saw tt. after tt we went to prepare for dinner. it was the best tihng ever out of the days there. we had nicer things to eat. and we ate with mauricette. wooo! ya we had eggs, onion, garlic, oil, wok, luncheon meat erm veggies and ya cant rmb alrdy. had campbell soup also. haha. but it was nice. after tt we washed up, pitched tent and showered. i slept tt nite with erm vanice,yvonne, shermaine, clarice and ofcuz me! yea i slept in shorts and t shirt at nite. of cuz it was cold. then i brought track pants down. so i just slipped it up when it felt cold. and clarice slept in a 's' shape then her knees on me. at first i was sleeping then i felt ey? wat is this thing on me. then i woke up and see. it was clarice! haha so funny. then i cont sleeping. and ppt took the clean tent cleaned by clarice they al the previous nite. then we took the tent i slept in cleaned by us last nite. so yea. haiz. bo bian. got ppt this kind of person.
5th Day [7th March]
yea its the day tt we are going home. a day tt i looked forward to. during the camp i was like missing everything and everyone. ok not everyone. some only. haha. then i dujnno why but i felt sad to leave. sad to leave this fantasy world with no worries on hw. no stress. just a camp with no worries. but i felt felt so emtional. anw we had lunch at the cookhouse, marvellous man. later we went to souvenior shop and i bought this obs tee tt cost $18. it is black in colour and dry fit. yea. later we went to the mph (multi purpose hall) to assemble. getting ready to go home . getting ready to go to the jetty. getting ready to go on the bumboat. but i just felt sad to leave. dunno why. i really din enjoy the process but after the camp, it is just so so so so memorable. obs to me is not fun. definitely not. but the memories are so precious. not all can be describe. but they will always stay with me. all the way. its so memorable. just cannot believe myself going through it. going through such a wonderful camp with so many friends. friends that started off as strangers, friends tt started off as being thought as dao to cute[its me lar :)] haha
BARKER! the fourteen of us and instructor mauricette :):):):)
.junying.clarice.yingsiu.kimlien.sarah.tingyi.vanice.yvonne.shermaine.kakay.huici.yenmy.helin.meijuan.
i will post pics later if have time.
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ok back to the other side. this blog is getting really dead. but I promise . i will blog abt OBS. REALLY i swear. ok...im feeling a bit disguste [ok tt may not be the best word] but yea, complicated feeling in me. about 2 matters. im really so zee zar zar. dunno how to describe. i tried to went my frustrations by punching a bolster instead of telling someone cuz im quite paiseh to do tt anymore. since i have like talked a lot of sad stuff to e person. so >.<>