Saturday, November 24, 2007
hey guys!!!
i m bac!!!
went to obs for e past 5 daes...
it was damn tiring but v fun...
made alot of new frens thr..
day 1 was quite tiring..
coz hav to wake up quite early...
reached pulau ubin in e aftnn..
n we were broken up into watches..
my watch was rajaratnam..
e name of some forefather of singapore la..
we had alot of of fun peeps in e watch:
yangyi, dinesh, hong wei, mervin, teck yew, darren, eugene, joel, xiao wei, ciau er, jin min, hazlyn, melissa n me!!
thn we met our stand-in instructor, din...
coz our instructor was sick on dat dae..
thn he showed us ard camp 1..
next was our firx activity which was e basic belaying...
thn we did other small games lyk pepsi cola, n running thru e rows of peeps...
those were our icebreakers...
we were alrdy crapping ard when we started pitching our tents...
dinner dat dae was cooked by ourselves...
we had alot of fun man...
day 2...
we welcomed our 2 new frens...
melissa n rin..
n we had to say gdbye to din..
hu had to 'go behind e scenes'...
so sad dat he wasnt in e fotos..
haiz..
n guess wad..
it was mauricette hu helped us took e pics lehx!!
she's still as pretty...
but i tink she don rmb me..
or dexter le..
hahaz..
aft dat..
we went for basic kayaking..
it was damn fun kayaking wif teck yew..
dat was all for morning..
we went for e high elements in e aftnn..
i did e same obstacle as e last time i came..
but i din complete it tis time..
haiz..
we were split up into 2 grps..
doing 2 different course respectively..
xiao wei n joel were firx up..
at firx i thod they would finish it damn fast wif joel helping xiao wei..
in e end..
it was xiao wei hu helped joel up..
hahaz!!
she is e bravest gal i hav ever seen la..
at e same time..
hong wei n mervin were 'brokebacking' at e other course..
hahaz..
so funni...
up next were me n eugene...
he was v brave up thr..
but we still did nt reach e top despite doing our best..
we did hav fun though =)
soon aft we finished e activity...
we head off to camp 2...
n it was cooking-n-pitching time for us agn..
dat was e best evening we had...
watching e sunset n chatting alot wif gandhi( another watch)..
thn we had a night debreif at e jetty area..
n sumting unexpected happened when we were ending..
it rained..
..v heavily..
ciau er started to feel damn cold...
so we cuddled tgt while yangyi n xiao wei went bac to get e ponchous...
thn i suggested dat we move abt so dat we can be warmer..
n e whole grp started singing n jumping abt le..
it was damn crazy but it was e most unforgettable part of e whole course..
we juz rock la!!!
n of coz..
even wif e ponchous we all gt wet..
our stuff r oso nt spared..
luckily e tents were okae..
n so we spent e nite drying our stuff..
day 3...
half dead le..
mentally la..
aft dat heavy rain..
n thr we no dry clothes left le..
our firx activity was blindfolded human chain..
we were supposed to form a certain shape wif everyone holding onto a rope..
of coz no decent shape came out of it la...
hahaz..
thn we were asked to move to a certain tree (or plant) in a line blindfolded agn...
eugene lead us all e way thr wif a little help frm xiao wei...
he's damn pro sia...
hahaz...
lastly..
we were asking to grab e hands of random peeps in a circle..
n we were supposed to untangle ourselves without speaking..
n we were lyk...
'mmm mmm mmmm' all e way..
hahaz..
so funny...
aft lunch we had....
flying fox!!!
woots!!!
so lucky!!!
it was damn fun la..
but it was too short le..
thn dinner time...
n we had briefing abt our sea expedition for e following dae..
so excited la..
day 4...
woke up damn early in e morning to get ourselves prepared..
me n yangyi gt e single kayaks...
damn fun la..
but i changed wif xiao wei shortly aft dat...
thn it was me n melissa...
aft awhile melissa swiched wif darren n it was me n darren to e end le..
so fun..
some peeps lyk joshua xiao wei audrey n me were singing throughout e whole journey...
so cool!!
we spent 8hrs to kayak e whole perimeter of puala ubin..
so tiring!!
we had to wash e kayaks...
put them bac...
n thn move all e way bac to camp 1 b4 dinner...
my bag was full of ponchous...
...n i literally crawled wif e rest skipping bac to camp1..
thn it was dinner time...
n we sang a bdae song for xiao wei!!!
happy bdae to xiao wei!!!
n guess wad she gt for her present...
an ice-cream!!
it was e best present to hav when having obs...
n it was damn nice of her to share ard wif us...
aft dinner we went all e way out for our nite activity which was e tunnel..
v short nia...
i was out within 30sec
so sianz...
i met e rest on my way out...
for tis activity rite...
we had to tink abt 2 peeps we wanna thank during e 5 daes...
n 1 peep we wanna apologise too..
i thod alot during e activity...
n i found out dat i had to thank my whole watch..
they rock!!!
we rock!!!
hahaz...
day 5...
last day!!
happy n sad...
we did our last activity...
we was e leap of faith..
we missed e jetty jump coz we overslept...
but nvm...
coz e sea was lyk full of rubbish...
hahaz..
we had to leap across once...
n back agn but tis time blindfolded...
it was damn cool too...
n a great way to end our stay in obs...
dinesh was v nice to write us all a poem...
n it goes lyk tis...
A Tale of 14 People
We looked around in anticiaption
Waiting for other's participation (day 1)
The only thingg we did was to look
And the only thing we were excited about was to cook
We climbed the inverse tower
Never wanting to go lower
At night it rained on and on (day 2)
From there formed an unbreakable bond
The flying fox we did was really high
Ciau Er and Hazlyn thought they were gonna die
We never really rationed our food (day3)
But the butter rice with raisins were good
The sun was shining bright
And we rowed with all our might
We had a walk in the night (day 4)
And things werent really that bright
4 Raja goondus cudnt find their way (tunnel)
And all we could do was to say "hey"
The range of topics we talked about was impressive (day 4)
And all of us are definitely creative
Today as we gather
Sitting here together
We came as strangers and will part as friends
Hopefully this is not the end
Dinesh
dat's all for my time thr at e obs...
will post more soon..
it feels so gd to be bac!!!