Outward Bound Singapore 24th May – 28th May[reflections]
First Day[24th May 2004]
Hmms.3e9 was told dat we are in mobile. Dat means we are the outdoor group. So we boarded the bus with sochenda's mum and yea, set out for punggol jetty.i was msgin jane and she also is in mobile, which is in camp two. My stomach was churning as to what was to come next.all I hope was to survive. Well, den we alighted at outward bound skool. We scampered with our big bags. And towards the mass hall. We went towards mel[instructor for Columbus?]. She was quite mean and stuff. But haha,hu lyks her aniwae? So we found out our watches first since we are randomly grouped. Im in livingstone, together with safwanah, haziqah,amira, nk, Roxanne, connie, peijun,Alicia , xinyan, lin lang, wanting,Fiona,Valerie,Genevieve and tahirah. Wee. Haha.den we were welcomed to outward bound by Ken, the course director. He told us a lil bit abt obs and den we were to find out instructors by calling his/her name. we did not really catch KC's name at first. All we heard was tan kim? Haha… did not remember the chuan. Became a standing joke in livignstoen abt his name. we were like total idiots arh, calling him Tan Kim to make him come to our watch.haha.. den we were told to go at the big tree.dere, we met kc's companion and our grp mascot, Charlie brown. We played ice breakers for awhile by passing Charlie ard. Hahas.den we got our food which is a lot? I brought home lyk a plastic bag full of food.hahas. den we got our storeroom key. And we pitch tents. We are the first to pitch the tents.hahas. den we did the first nice activity of the dae. KAYAKING!! Omg it was soo fun.. but haha btw, we had to spent some tym loading the kayak and I tink I shedded 4kgs at least unloading it? It was soo heavy. Shackleton was also unloading.hahas.jane's group. Me and tahirah took the one they have unloaded.hehe.sorrys. but shackleton had to pitch tents first..haha. too bad. Well, It wasent that ez to get to kayak taus. First we got into the water. Den we float together. And den we went to the jetty and swam.oo,I forgot to sae that we wore life jackets. Mine was 08 all the wae. And whistle. Well, I had difficukty swimming but luckily lin lang helped me. She is a sweet thing really.i love her.hahas. ok. Den kc showed us the proper wae to get into the kayak and how to paddle.hahas. den FINALLY we got into the kayak. I went with tahirah. Haha. It was our first tym after all so we din noe how to manage the kayak. Kept cursing it.. hahas. Den we were shouting coz the thing was very shky. Like wanting to capsize. Haha. Ooo I forgot agn, we had to practice capsizing b4 dat. Hahas. I thot I wud never doo it but I did taus. Im so proud.haha. den we were so stoopid. Dunnoe how to kayak den we ended up in wrong places. And din noe how to turn back. But we got the hang of it larh. Haha. We had to save hazi and saf which capsize in the middle. It was a chore to get hazi's butt up!! Haha. Larky kc was dere. Den we went to the swampy area. Yea. Den we had to capsize dere. Goddamnit.it was so hard I was so frustrated. Hahas. But I did it larh. Roxanne was with amira. Hahas. Wdvr. Den we kayak till like so long taus. 3 to 4 hrs like dat? Haha. I got my period liao. Den we went ashore, we bathe and kook dinner which was like so fun. Hahas. Got maggi hotdogs and stuff. Yeah… haha. Den we [tiara, yana, saf, amirah,nk] made milo and chatted for quite a bit. Diy joined later. Haha. My radio was on den the fuck it song was on. So nice. Im gonna find the lyrics.hmms. den after dat I slept. It was 12 I tink. Lights out was 11 but it wasent that strict. Yea. So I gez that marks the end of dae 1. little did I know more was to come.and at nite we tok abt our hopes and fears to kc.
Day 2-well I woke up in the morning at 6 to wake dem up for thekey. I leaked lehs.hahas. dey were so piss bud hey I carn help it. Den I changed and stuff.hahas. so yar. We den ate breakfast and fill up our bottles. Den we put on our helmet and our harness. Shackleton was dere agn together with lj[the gay instructor] yea.den we learnt how to put harness.hahas.learned how to belay or smth lyk dat. Din try tho coz I was leaking.again. sheesh. Frustrated. I only belayed. I din climb the trial rock wall. Den went to frying fox area weith Raleigh.i was number 7 to do it I tink.ok. it was so high so I was lyk eerrr.. I dunnoe whether I wanna try at all. To actually get up the flying fox area,we already had to climb 101 steps. To get up the frying fox, we had to climb up abt four storeys high. Gosh. It was so high.imagine. I have dis fear of height so I reached half wae and looked down and omg. My head was spinning.but I decided to go on. C'mon. how many tyms in ur life you get to do this? Yea. So when I reached up it was so worst. All the while I was telling kc im scared. So scared. And to make it worst, amira had to jeer and stuff.err. I held on the red thingy, and below all the people were cheering me on. So I asked the rope gurls, ''rope gurls are you ready?'' dey saed ''yes!!'' and I saed, ''im flying!!'' and dey saed fly on!! So after abt 20 secs of fear, and kc comforting me to do it, I went down..i cant describe the feeling!! It’s a whoosh!! Wow!! I wanted to do it agn!! Argh!! Hahas.well.. den I had to do breaking!! Hahas.took over claires place!! The storm was coming. But we continued.so after a while we went down and stuff. I went to bathe.hahas. den ate dinner. Yea.den did the tunnel thingy.hahas.den bathe agn coz I got dirty.den after dat prepared for expedition. Hahas. Packed with tahirah. Den went to sleep. I forgot to mention that we did rock climbing too. Yea. Cant really remember.hahas
Day 3-well dis dae was ok larh. First thingy was we did trekking. Very tiring but Im alwaes ahead.i had to carry the 20 kg bag.coz tahirah wanted to pee badly.hahahs. we had to find those metal plates.den we were lead to our campsite. Pitch our almost wanna collapse tents. Relied on stones and some stupid idiots had to keep knocking dem over. Anywae Columbus was dere. So was Raleigh. Columbus just finish sea expedition which was 7 hours on kayak. Lyk wow.shirin told me while eating dry maggi. Hahas.tanks.den we kooked and stuff.yea. den kc got piss with us for awhile. Coz we din clean the area.bud I was too tired. Anywae, me and val has made a pact not to tell anyone abt our big secret. Hahas.ryt valo? Wees.den slept larh. At 12.30. I tink. Our campsite was near the seas. Den was near johor bahru. Den we heard kompangs and stuff.. and very sayu u noe coz we heard the azan. I felt lyk gg home.. anywae the sandflies are horried. Now my leg is ruined.sighs. end of dae 3.
Day 4-we woke up at 4.30. ate breakfast.and den had dis cat fite with Raleigh. So me and Claire were lyk fiting. Coz Raleigh took our camp bag! And dey dun wanna gif us back. Claire was lyk '' u fuckin find our fuckin campbag b4 u fuckin take out the fuckin tent. Don’t u agree it will be a fuckin wasted effort?'' and I was lyk '' but this is our fuckin tent bag.'' Wow. We woke kc and Brandon up with the cat fite. When we found it we were lyk ''we shal fuckin use ur fuckin tentbag den?'' hahas. Den we loaded the kayaks while Raleigh loaded our bags.den we got a lil briefin.so we set out in a diamond shape formation.kayak with tahirah. I tink amira is super fast orh. Oh well.. I haf no comments abt her. In the end me and tahirah and xinyan gave wae and kayak at the back coz Roxanne was crying coz she cuden catch up. Yea. I tink it was worth it. I mean it was really satisfying.yea. I lost my pink specs tho but it was worth it.really.den we stopped at sekudu island and ate and pee in the sea. Hahahahaha. Wadevar. Mass peeing session. Wee. Haha.den ate and set out agn.. the weather was perfect for kayaking really.hahas. reach shore and had to clean kayak. So heavy and I had no strength.hahas. force my self. Den I bathed. And I cleared the food. Haha. Got alto of food in my bagg. Wee.. den nk and me tried to pitch tent bud err…we felt a presence.eerie and weird. Seriouslie the campsite is haunted. Other group saw the woman in white accrdg to jirah.yea. den I slept. Later elia yana tiara came. Slept with us.. haha.
Day 5- well, it was mostly clearing stuff.yea. very saddo. i bot a cup and a badge. And I got certificate. Sigh. Sniffs. I took a personal picture with Brandon. And hes so romantic tau.he asked if he could put his arms ard me.. and I was in cloud nine… -melts-. And kc acted as james bond and I the dumb blonde. Haha. I miss kc. And Brandon. Anywae Raleigh was very jealous. Haha. Ally ain and Claire was so jealous when they heard I took pic with Brandon. Wahahaha. Hes so cute arhs! Argh! Kc too. Kc is more lyk my daddy for obs. Hahas. Well den we sang our cheer at the jetty and off we go. end of obs.
Anywae I lost my quicksilver shirt.and reebok shorts and my shampoo.i dun care. Obs has changed my lives.
Forever. I miss OUTWARD BOUND SINGAPORE.
''a ship in harbour is safe. But that is not what ships are built for''-william shedds-
''outward bounds may end today but it will alwaes be a part of your life wherever you go.''-tan kim chuan-
sighs.dos hu did not go obs.youre missing out sumthing good.sumthign worth it.yea.dats all. Shall go talk2 now. Bubbyes.