Sunday, January 15, 2006
i still feel like i'm kayaking over the waves. ><
obs was great fun! it really gave 310 (or at least 15 of us from 310) an opportunity to bond. at first we were really disappointed when we got residential, cos most of us wanted to be in mobile, and the bunks were so clean, and we got to eat in the canteen and all that. so we were wondering what kind of obs experience this was gonna be. but after that we were more than grateful for the dorms cos we got showers and clean toilets while the ri guys probably had to take tons of powder baths and trek for super long hours. (:
the first day was quite slow. we basically got shown around the obs compound and met our instructor, elgene. got allocated to the watch (each group is called a watch) called Dhanabalan. unpacked a bit, had dinner, got things an order in the dorm, then went to bed at abt 1130pm.
had to get up at 555am the next morning to do morning physical trng. was not bad, i figured at least i was getting some land ex in since i wasn't going to be trng for the next few days. the most part of the day was spent doing stuff related to kayaking like checking our lifevests (the float test was damn fun!) and doing the capsize drills etc.capsizing on purpose was quite fun (though i knocked my elbow on the coaming once ><. hurt like hell k.) but having to seesaw the kayaks to empty them was pretty tiring.
started our land ex(pedition) on the second day as well. had to read the map to very precise points, and since 310 is a LIT class and not a geog one, i think its needless to say that we didn't do very well and overshot the place quite alot of times. sigh the checkpoints were so ulu and we had to go up among the tree and stuff to find the quotes. the spiders were huge ok. i almost died. ><
got to the campsite and the mosquitoes were freaking vicious and i got tons of mosquito bites. pokks. learnt how to construct the bashas, which were horribly exposed and let in the rain and mozzies and goodness knows what other stuff. (bashas have no walls, unlike tents, though i'm not sure which is easier to set up.) we woke up in the middle of the night soaking wet cos the rain had flowed onto our groundsheets and soaked into our clothes. still managed to sleep quite well on all the rocks somehow. field cooking was pretty fun also. we did mass peeing! LOL. we were all like, one-two-three, then all of us squatted. and well, you get the picture ><
supper was maaaad. simjoo is so innocent! omg. hilarious, i tell you. HORNY ANGELS! wheehee. found a crazy partner! yanhan and me are crazy 1/one and crazy 2/too respectively. get the puns? lit class whaat. we're angelic man! x)
sea ex the nextday. rations weren't too bad. oreos, kong guan biscuits, ovaltine powder, muesli bar etc, all stuffed into our lifevest pockets ok. damn funny. kayaked for dunnohowmany hours, but really enjoyed ourselves tone. rained halfway through the expedition so we had to beach up on some uluated island and have lunch there. we were all shivering man. i could feel my teeth chattering. got soaked to the skin. sang schools songs and cheered. the puppies at the pavilion were so cute!
sorry getting a bit incoherent already, there's so much to talk about. x)
arrived back in pasir ris park at about 5pm. not to go home la dots. to camp there. the food was pretty good. baked beans! (make crazy one fart right lol so sick) it was so near to home. everyone wanted to just take mrt home or smth like that. so near yet so far huh.><
played truth or dare with miffy, kristin, yanhan, vinna, yvonne. more like truth or truth really. you can guess what sorta questions we asked right. whahaha.by abt 1 something only me miffy and yanhan were left. confessions. the scandals man! don't ask me anything. shhh! (:
kayaked back again in the morning. felt really good to be going gome. or so i thought anw. cleaned the kayaks and the dorm and the toilets and all the equipment and stuff. haha it was so totally rushed. the washing of equipment was super fun. we were splashingwater back and forth and everyone got even wetter than we already were. if that was possible anyway.
went souvenir shopping and got one turquoise tank and a black obs shirt. nicenice. went to the hall for the last debrief. i'm ahsamed to say i fell asleep. sorryyy la. i was tired ok! >< after the school cheer and dedication many ppl in our watch were crying already, and i was like, cry for what. but after el's debrief i think i just started going abit off, and then the tears just came. gave sihui her cert and yanhan gave me mine. newfound crazy toot yay! after that we stood in a circle and closed our eyes and el told us a story though i can't remember what i really was and all, but after that we shared our experiences and stuff. was really touching. our watch was the only watch crying for gods sake. fantastic man.
hugged ppl and el and finally got on the boat to leave. can't believe its over and its back to school already. sighh. won't forget this experience for a long time.
i miss el and i miss dhana and i miss obs pokks.
dhanabalan/ mifiona katrina yvonne vinna kristin sihui audrey fangzhou sunchao jiachi simjoo litying joey rachel yanhan.
thats all of us. (:
how i wish i could
choose between
darkness and cold.
kat â¥
2:33 AM
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