Friday, May 30, 2008
TRULY CAMP.NO JOKE.
It was a super duper tiring adventure.with lots of obstacles.all cos of bad weather.but we survived.the cohort was divided into 3divisions:A,B,C.different divisions did different expeditions on diff days.
1st day:
gathered in school to set off.reached msia at around 10am.after a one and half hour bus journey,finally reached the site for kayaking!!but first,we had lunch.a very unfateful lunch.
(you will know as you read on.)just when we were all prepared to get into the johor river for kayaking after all the briefings,the rain poured.I was wet throughly.we braved the rain for half an hour i think,before the rainbecome a drizzle and we proceeded on!!on a 3-seater kayak,i paddle like mad,man.with dunno how many kayaks in the river,it almost became bumper kayak.you know..like bumper car.though it was my first time,i truly enjoyed it.as i paddled more,i became more familiar..so more fun.some more kayak in the rain.shiok.but my arms suffered.now i know why those guys in dragon boating have such muscular arms.can really train those flabby arms man..
the highlight of the kayaking was to have all of us stand in the kayak in the middle of the river.yea,everyone on the kayak.all the kayaks were in a row and one by one all of us stood up with the instructors splashing waters on us.we completed the challenge by singing our school song while standing up..and the instructors said no school has ever succeeded in doing it..i wonder if its true..though its no simple feat.
Last event of the day was the Firefly Cruise after dinner..saw alot of fireflies by the river.very beautiful.but i was so tired,saw the first few very excited,subsequently,i slept..but yeah,you cant find such amazing sight in spore..after that we went back to campsite where we slept in tents.FIY,i din bathe cos there were so many people queueing.i smell like dunno what,but our whole tent people(6) compromised and decided to bathe the next morning.so everybody smell together.this is camp what..lol.
If you thought 1st day ended like this,NO WAY!!almost the whole camp have diarrhoea.due to food poisoning.i went to the toilet twice in midnight,wanted to tolerate but cant.so throughout the night,people were seen running to the toilet in and out.The A division slept in chalets,so they flooded the toilets there,while C division spent the night on mountain.they dug holes and did their business.the route to mountain smelled as a result.
2nd DAy:
woke up at 530am to bathe.stomach was better after medication.went mountain climbing after lunch.but suay again,after 1hour of trekking,it rained heavily.real heavy.so we were in the middle of the rainforest for almost an hour soaking in the rain.damn cold.trekked back after the rain stopped.din went up in the end,wasted.but was so touched man..my whole grp endured together,hugging each other to get warmth.i rushed to toilet to bathe thanks to the 1st night experience.we had a mini campfire,sort of..very fun..before going to bed in the conference room.we were supposedly gonna spend the night at the summit.thank god.it would be freezing.oh yea,i lost my sleeping bag that night,save the details and i shared sleeping bed with my friend.freezed like~din catch a wink in the end.
3rd Day:
roaring for the waterfall expedition..very happy cos that night we were designated to sleep in chalet!but history repeated once again,it rained while we were trekking to the waterfall.had to turn back after the 1st checkpoint.damn unlucky!!my legs became firmer though.lol.by the 3rd day,my energy has already drained out.after bathing(hot water finally),i dozed off on the queen size bed which i shared with jon and 2girls.
Last Day!!!
din want to wake up cos it was so comfortable..with aircon and the bed..after breakfast,we did our very last activity for the camp..water activities!!sitting on rubber floats and floating down the stream along with current..and jetty jump..jumping into a man made river..shiok.made ourselves wet as much as possible since its our last activity.rinsed myself with water sprayed from rubber hose by instructors and changed into clean camp tshirt.then came the closing ceremony..cheering and giving out the best grp prizes..then by 7am,HOME SWEET HOME!!!!
my instructor was so coincidentally my ex neighbour in amk..my bro playmate then..din know why,but i recognised him somehow..and he remember..lol.he's so funny.without him,the camp wun be as fun.and i got super tanned.leg & arms colour super contrasting to body colour.applied sunblock on 1st day,subsequently lazy & only bothered to apply insect repellent.still got bites anyway.went there with a heavy bag,but came back without loads of things..no sleeping bag,a pair of socks(thrown cos too disgusting) and towel(left in the chalet.forgot to pack in..lol.)so conveniently lessen my load.haha.
end!!experienced alot seriously.memorable that i wun forget in many years to come.now to come to think of it,the sec3 camp wasnt camp at all...easy peasy..pictures upload when im free..
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