Friday, November 28, 2008
Friday, November 28
Puff.. Juz finished Outward Bound Singapore (OBS)... Its a fun camp... I would continue to stay there if my teammates are also staying as we had fun together and they felt me a big impression which led me to have a great bond with them.. I didnt take a camera go.. So no photos... But gt took photo of certificates and stuffs...Day 1: Before the camp started, all of us were strangers.. But after playing ice breaking games, we manage to 'desolve' the ice and started to be more open and chit-chat here and there.. We went through Belaying, Tent pitching, Cooking, Trust fall activites and stuffs.. Yea.. Learn to Belay ppl and cook rice in pots which i had nv done it before as i am used to cook rice using electricial rice cooker... Though the rice was 'crispy', but we had alots of fun.. Hahas.. And we had a fire drill at night.. Will as expected of us, we didnt hav sense of urgency and walk to the parade square slowly.. Haha.. Got scolded as we took 10 mins.. Might have die if theres a fire as it only needs 3mins to kill ppl.. We were staying in camp 2..
Day 2: We had some morning Physical Training (PT) and had fun.. Yea.. We went for flying fox for like 4hours as theres 20++ ppl need to play at least once.. Its diffcult as we nid like 19 ppl for 1 person to get down from the flying fox... It includes ppl who nid to dig to ground to make smoother landing(3), Belayer(5), Stoppers(6), Watcher(1), Helper for taking caribinna (2), Helper to unlock the flyer(2)... Learn tat we should not blame ppl for doing wrong and if u tink you are better, dun pin-point the guy doing wrong but take over his position rather thn pin-pointing... We got better together as we are all 'high' ppl.. Haha.. Non-stop chatting + joking.. Hahas... Thus, i learn that bonding together will cause the team to work faster and communicate well... And at night, we went for a short trekking of 15-30 mins to our new campsite which is near a beach.. Haha.. Carried a freaking heavy bag pack.. Its like carrying myself.. Damn heavy.. Seriously.. Coz gt clothes + tents + poncho + life jackets.. Lucky is OBS bagpack.. Nt ours.. Haha.. We were staying at a wilderness place..
Day3: Well.. Its was the hardest among the camp as we went trekking for like 10 hours with a freaking heavy bag pack... Its like hmm.. 2-5 bag of rice behind u and u are walking.. Zzz.. Grown shorter =x.. Walked around ubin to the checkpoints.. About 15-20++ Kilometres... Ate finish all my rations ( happy meal ) and thn no more rations for trekking for the rest of my 5 days le.. Haha.. =x But shoulder damn pain.. Cant even raise up my hand lo.. Kns.. Pain like **** + ache like ****.. But applied counterpain.. So back to normal le.. But still pain la.. Only subside abit nia.. So we trekking to Camp 1, which is heaven... Coz gt cafeteria.. Food was superb.. Haha.. Learn some phrases.. " Ranks is what we wear, Respect is what we earn. ", "Coming together is the beginning, Keeping together is the progres. ", " We are like teabags, we dont know our strength until we are boiled ".. I heard a story about 'reaction' which is from my Instructor.. Here is it: A boy always failed in everyting he does, so he ask his mother why is he a failure in life. But the mother never say anything and asked the boy to take out 1 carrot + 1 egg + some coffee beans. He did and asked his mother why are we doing this. The mother didnt say anything and continue to ask the boy to boil the 3 items. After awhile, the mother asked what did u see? The boy replied, I saw nothing. The mother ask him to see clearly and the boy replied i saw a boiled egg + soft carrot + coffee. The mother said this : the carrot changes from hard to soft after boiling and the egg changes from soft to hard after boiling and last but not least, the coffee bean changes to coffee. The boy asked, whats the big deal? The mother smiled and replied : the carrot went through an experience and from a 'hard' guy, become 'soft' and the egg has changed from a soft guy to a hard guy, the coffee has changed the surrounding to suit himself. After that, the boy laugh and said thanks to his mom and from then on, he became a sucessful person. Moral of the story is: different people has different way to adopt their experience. So if you dont adopt any, you will stuck in the same place and never get out. We were staying in camp 1..
Day4: We went kayaking for like 6 hours whereas our aim was 10 hours.. Haha.. Its fun as we get to experience a long day of kayaking.. Haha.. My watchmates get to pee in the sea.. Haha.. Coz our instructor dun allow us to go toliet expect the sea.. I endured like 1hour++.. Hahas.. Pain sia.. But after i reached the shore, i chiong toilet le.. Haha.. Wat a relieve.. After that we go trekking back to our own campsite which is at campsite 2.. Haha.. Thn bathe le thn we go pack our stalls.. At night we sat down in a circle and we had it known as confession night.. Hiaz.. We were to confess everything that you would wan to say before we left for tomorrow.. So ya.. Said someting and ya.. So tats all for Day 4.. We were staying in camp 2..
Day5: Last day.. Sad... Went to pack our stall and 'adopt' some items.. Yea.. So left OBS at 1++pm.. Met zhi jing and chatted.. After tat half of our group went eating in punggol.. While the other half from DeYi secondary went back as they must coz their school bus are waiting for them.. Yea.. So.. Tats all lo...
Heres the pics i took:
Group Photo
Wish i could go again tgt with my same groupmates.. Hahas.. Btw my instructor is called C.J ( Sze Juey )
