1st time blogging since I came back from OBS! To all people who have blogs and viewed/read my blog, especially to all my fellow Camp 1 Alpha mates, plz leave links to your blog!
Sec1:Ursa Major-----Sec2:Magelen----Sec3:Sui Sen
Anyway, 1st day of OBS was like hell! Suffered with a runny-nose all day. My greatest apologies to all my fellow watch mates if i pissed you guys off with the snorting and sneezing haha. Used up 5 packets of tissue that was donated by various friends from different watches. And that was not including the napkins i got from the canteen haha. That was how bad the runny-nose was. Had a different instructor again as usual. Sec 1 was Sam/Samantha, sec 3 was Daya, and this year was Pei Lee! Although all you guys have different styles and expectations of your watches, you were the ones who always made the difference in my camp experience. You made the camp like a sweet dream, or a beautiful nightmare~! haha. Anyway, felt so outcasted that day, especially during dinner when Pei Lee said that no one was to share utensils or food with me cos of my flu :(. Was sent straight to the medic after dinner. He gave me lemsip and told me to take one before sleep and 1 more when i wake up if i still have the flu bug. And if i took it, i wouldn't be able to take part in the activities and if i continues till afternoon, they will send me back home straight.
2nd day, luckily, i woke up without any sniffing or what so ever. Pei Lee allowed me to take part in the rock climbing! We were issued points according to the height of our climb and extra bonus if we reached the top. And i big congrats to Sui Sen watch for exceding our target by almost 18k points! Had freshly cooked food over at the canteen for lunch and damn it tasted good! After that spent the whole day packing and preparing for our land and sea expeditions for the next day. After that hiked over to Camp 2. Had a night meeting about our expeditions, and was chosen by my watch together with Darren to represent Sui Sen and be the sea expedition leader. Tks guys for the amazing opportunity! Had so much fun leading and helping you guys out. Hope you had fun too. After that the leaders had a meeting on the time planning and schedule, debriefed the others from other watches and set tents there for the night.
3rd day. Had a fresh start and got into the kayak by 7. Was posted as the sweeper, meaning that I had to stay right at the back and take care of the slower ones. I kept changing partners, taking those who really cant paddle. In other words, my passenger can sit there and enjoy the ride while i paddle xp... Was super exhausted by the end. As we reached the end, it started pouring! While the rest waited juz off-shore, the leaders all carried on ahead to dismount 1st. Then we helped the rest off their kayak and brought it up a steep slope to the camp site lol. Bombed my ass off after that and dropped dead like a log into lala land :D.
4th day, land expedition. But before that, to have a rinse in the quarry! It was filled with fresh water and we washed all of the salt water off our bodies. The challenge before the 'bath' was for all 4 watches involved in the expedition to build a raft and raft out to the middle of the quarry and then if we make it, the intructors would give us 1 less check point to go to, meaning a quicker journey and less time carrying the heavy back pack! And congrats Sui Sen on being the only watch to complete the challenge! haha. But to the other watches, we were all in it together, and every watch has its strength. Eg. Barker was usually puntual for gatherings, Washington always were the fastest to pitch tents and Tock Seng always kept the others happy and the environment lively! As for Sui Sen, we were like the worker ants of our company, always more to the practical and physical side. And it was how we covered for each others weaknesses that made our camp a once in a lifetime experience were we all bonded so well! Everyone in the end seperated for different check points for the expedition yet we all bumped into each other on the way back lol. Everone had a well deserved shower that night. And like how brotherly and sisterly we are, we all shared food with one another, helped each other pitch tents and got our sound sleep together.
Final day, nothing much went on, we did the trust dive and it was nice to see that everyone trusted each other :D. By the end, everyone was so close that it was almost impossible to say good-bye. It felt like ripping a major vein from your heart. Camp 1 Alpha! YOU GUYS WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED!
Sec1:Ursa Major-----Sec2:Magelen----Sec3:Sui Sen
Anyway, 1st day of OBS was like hell! Suffered with a runny-nose all day. My greatest apologies to all my fellow watch mates if i pissed you guys off with the snorting and sneezing haha. Used up 5 packets of tissue that was donated by various friends from different watches. And that was not including the napkins i got from the canteen haha. That was how bad the runny-nose was. Had a different instructor again as usual. Sec 1 was Sam/Samantha, sec 3 was Daya, and this year was Pei Lee! Although all you guys have different styles and expectations of your watches, you were the ones who always made the difference in my camp experience. You made the camp like a sweet dream, or a beautiful nightmare~! haha. Anyway, felt so outcasted that day, especially during dinner when Pei Lee said that no one was to share utensils or food with me cos of my flu :(. Was sent straight to the medic after dinner. He gave me lemsip and told me to take one before sleep and 1 more when i wake up if i still have the flu bug. And if i took it, i wouldn't be able to take part in the activities and if i continues till afternoon, they will send me back home straight.
2nd day, luckily, i woke up without any sniffing or what so ever. Pei Lee allowed me to take part in the rock climbing! We were issued points according to the height of our climb and extra bonus if we reached the top. And i big congrats to Sui Sen watch for exceding our target by almost 18k points! Had freshly cooked food over at the canteen for lunch and damn it tasted good! After that spent the whole day packing and preparing for our land and sea expeditions for the next day. After that hiked over to Camp 2. Had a night meeting about our expeditions, and was chosen by my watch together with Darren to represent Sui Sen and be the sea expedition leader. Tks guys for the amazing opportunity! Had so much fun leading and helping you guys out. Hope you had fun too. After that the leaders had a meeting on the time planning and schedule, debriefed the others from other watches and set tents there for the night.
3rd day. Had a fresh start and got into the kayak by 7. Was posted as the sweeper, meaning that I had to stay right at the back and take care of the slower ones. I kept changing partners, taking those who really cant paddle. In other words, my passenger can sit there and enjoy the ride while i paddle xp... Was super exhausted by the end. As we reached the end, it started pouring! While the rest waited juz off-shore, the leaders all carried on ahead to dismount 1st. Then we helped the rest off their kayak and brought it up a steep slope to the camp site lol. Bombed my ass off after that and dropped dead like a log into lala land :D.
4th day, land expedition. But before that, to have a rinse in the quarry! It was filled with fresh water and we washed all of the salt water off our bodies. The challenge before the 'bath' was for all 4 watches involved in the expedition to build a raft and raft out to the middle of the quarry and then if we make it, the intructors would give us 1 less check point to go to, meaning a quicker journey and less time carrying the heavy back pack! And congrats Sui Sen on being the only watch to complete the challenge! haha. But to the other watches, we were all in it together, and every watch has its strength. Eg. Barker was usually puntual for gatherings, Washington always were the fastest to pitch tents and Tock Seng always kept the others happy and the environment lively! As for Sui Sen, we were like the worker ants of our company, always more to the practical and physical side. And it was how we covered for each others weaknesses that made our camp a once in a lifetime experience were we all bonded so well! Everyone in the end seperated for different check points for the expedition yet we all bumped into each other on the way back lol. Everone had a well deserved shower that night. And like how brotherly and sisterly we are, we all shared food with one another, helped each other pitch tents and got our sound sleep together.
Final day, nothing much went on, we did the trust dive and it was nice to see that everyone trusted each other :D. By the end, everyone was so close that it was almost impossible to say good-bye. It felt like ripping a major vein from your heart. Camp 1 Alpha! YOU GUYS WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED!
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