Y Friday, June 09, 2006Y
9:19 PM
whoa.. finally back from the LTC.. the LTC was so hiong but fun too! i didnt regret going thou it was kinda tough and i almost couldnt take it.. reached home on thurs at around 11 and slept all the way till aftnoon.. now i am going to type out watever that happened during the camp.. *take a deep breath* we were divided into 4 grps, O,D,A and C.. i was in grp O, Odysseus.. the first day we went to pulau ubin for land expedition and walked around pulau ubin looking for clues to the next station from 12pm to around 1am in the morn! can u imagine that?! walking for more than 12hrs under the hot sun, carrying the heavy backpack that consist of my stuffs for the whole camp.. my back almost break can.. finally came nite time where its much more cooler but it was so scary.. as u noe, pulau ubin is full of nth else but trees and bushes and mayb u can see some huts now and then as u walk, so u can imagine how dark and eerie it was.. chuanting and i led the whole grp throughout the nite.. figuring out locations on the map under the faint torchlight was tough.. esp when my torch spoil at that time.. wat a nice timing to spoil.. -.-l but anyway we managed to complete almost all the stations and was the first grp to reach the HQ.. that nite we slept in the open basketball court of the island.. and yup.. no pillows, no bolsters, no blankets.. but the stars was nice! =) and oh ya, we didnt bathe that day.. heex.. the 2nd day we sat the bump boat back to changi and straight away went to changi sea sports club for sea expedition.. we were supposed to kayak from there all the way to coney island which was 11km away! i was like 'wa, aft torturing our legs, its time to torture our arms and hands ar..' but luckily i love kayaking, so it was quite fun.. a pity when we start to kayak out to the open sea, it started to rain heavily.. the current and wind was against our direction, plus the rain and waves that were high enough to cover me, i almost gave up half way.. fortunately they decided to change the destination to pasir ris only.. so at least nt so tired la.. aft a lunch break at pasir ris, we kayak back to changi again.. the journey back seems less tired and faster.. dunno y.. haha.. thou we were still against the current and wind on the journey back, mayb cos numb le ba.. hahas.. oh.. did i mention that since day 1 till the lunch break at pasir ris, all the 'meals' that we had were biscuits from Khong Guan.. everyone was like addressing the biscuits as Mr Khong Guan already.. and today i freaked out when my mum suggested buying Khong Guan biscuits at NTUC.. =/ aft the sea expedition, it was bout 5 plus when we went back to sch.. the first thing i wanted to do was to bathe, but we were not allowed to cos we had to pitch our tents first.. and so suay, my grp of gals got the dunno wat A- shaped tent that was so hard to pitch while the rest all got the dome shape one.. luckily the sirs and mdms gave us more time allowance.. forgot to say, we were supposed to address the seniors as sirs and mdms.. a bit bu xi guan at first.. hahas.. kept on calling them by names and got scolded.. the seniors were realli very fierce and strict during the camp, very unlike of them.. but they had no choice too.. aft bathing was dinner and debrief of the land and sea ex and then lights off.. on the 3rd day was PT in the morn.. the PT was so hiong lo.. or perhaps i too weak la.. hehe.. but PT b4 breakfast leh.. i almost died of hunger.. then came Stamimania.. there were 4 stations, and one of them was flying fox! woo hoO! flying fox was so FUN!!! thou i cried on top and almost back out which luckily i didnt, it was still very fun.. i nv regret trying.. =) aft Stamimania was lunch den station games.. the station games was so dirty and wet can.. but i enjoyed it thou.. my grp first station was to crawl in the drains.. yes, drains.. 8 drains.. it was so dark and wet inside and oso very small! for the gals it was still alright but the guys almost got stuck inside.. hahs.. at first i thot crawling in the drain was wet and dirty enough till i completed the next 3 stations did i feel that station 1 was the cleanest one.. at the 2nd station, they blindfolded us and made us sat on plates of sauces and mud.. and i got the mud.. and i thot it was shit.. luckily it wasnt.. hahs.. den we were made to do commando crawl on muddy grass patch and look for coins that total up to $2.. proudly, i found 10cents.. heex.. the 3rd station required us to carry members across spider web made of ropes without touching the ropes.. obviously we did touch the ropes and we got their so called 'spider attack' as forfeit.. they threw big packets of sauces that contain chilli or sweet sauce at us.. aft that station, i felt delicous.. haha.. but flies kept on flying around us.. and some even got stuck on the sauce that was on us.. so gross! i enjoyed the last station the most! there was a big slopey patch of grass behind the canteen and they put a big sheet over it and poured detergent, vinegar, soy sauce on it.. the aim was to have at least one member of the grp to reach the top.. it was simply too slippery! and we kept falling down.. so pai seh! finally we decided to make a human ladder and chuanting shall step on our shoulder and reach the top.. but we failed thou.. jingkai tried running up and he almost made it to the top.. wat a pity.. time was up and the station masters allowed everyone to slide down from the top.. woo hoO! it was so fun! our whole grp formed a line and sat on top, holding hands as we slide down.. i love it!!! aft that we had our campfire.. 4th day morn was PT again.. this time more hiong.. we did twice the amt of exercise on the 3rd day.. we ran 4 rounds around the track, did 2 rounds of circuit run and 4o push up and many many.. but i am glad that i didnt feel as tired as the PT on the third day.. mayb cos i am stronger le.. hahs.. and oh ya, we did the odac call while running on the track.. at first i thot doing the odac call will make running more tiring but it didnt, it distracted us and i didnt feel the tireness, wat more, i got to lead the odac call.. so happy.. =) aft breakfast was pioneering and den situational test den debrief den home..! aft the camp, went to long john with the odysseus members and our 2 grp leaders from j2, qi yin and meng wee.. i muz say they were very gd leaders.. thx qi yin and meng wee! and thx chuanting for being so helpful towards me throughout the camp.. =D and oso, long john had nv tasted as nice! and i think i feel my hair getting lesser cos throughout the camp, we cooked instant noodles for every meals.. however on the whole, i enjoyed the camp very much and had gained alot of experiences and yes, injuries. heex.. btw, we took alot of photos during the camp, will update them as soon as i get them.. =)
