Thursday, May 29, 2008
summarized the trip coz all beautiful memories are in the head :PB3ers: shuna, sheena, wanxin, xiangying, yueyun, leonard, wee kian, lu yang, he xuan, zulB3 tr in charge: Mr simon quek (you rock!)Day 1:had 1 giant bakcpack n 1 daypack.... went to ISH and stone...quite sian bud oos quite excited, bud didn really get to know the ppl in my grp, coz..we really duno each other la! then wait n wait n wait n sweat n sweat, finally they shooed us onto the bus and we head towards TANAH MERAH ferry terminal!!! at the terminal its another round of waiting and finally we got onto the ferry!!! i quickly swallowed a pill to prevent sea sickeness lest it ruin my entire trip la!
on the ferry, ALOT of ppl got scammed by the food la! where got ppl buy 1 sauage bread for $3.50 one!!! haha! SCAM la!!! OH! and the lollipop costs $1.00 each. this kinda lollipop cant eat fin de la! too ex le!
off the ferry, and alot of waiting then hop onto a bus to head towards a WONDERFUL resort called NIRWANA GARDENS! only to know....we're staying on this plot of land beside it...
at the camp, its a whole lot of admin work (sorting ppl into grps...taking logs etc etc) then at around 4+ they sent us out to camp!!!
walked wrong route twice coz of miscommunication bud well well, we finall get to reach our campsite in the end la...budden it was getting quite dark by then! guys started to pitch tents while gals started wif cooking! i lit up the kerosene stove lo! so proud of myself!!! yay!! guys were super efficient in their pitch and cooking was a success! we're the FASTEST grp to get out tents done, fill up our tummies and even got time to cut up the watermelon to eat la!!! so pro lo! the rest of the ppl were kinda ke lian struggling wif food la...
we sort of all konk-out at arnd 8++ coz super tired la! and got to wake up at 4+am lehh...of coz sleep early la! when to pee b4 that...5 gals pee at the same time in the bushes...funny experience!! HAHAHA!!! oh, forgot to mention the wonderful night sky! stars were like diamonds...seriously! HAVENT SEE SOOOOOOOOO MANY STARS in my entire leh!can u imagine, gazing out and ur entire view is jus the dark sky n bright stars...gosh man, this is when u jus sit n stare at the stars n sighhhhhhhhhh! which i did eventually!!! then went into tent to sleep la...not very comfy coz of uneven ground n ppl are kinda noisy la!
Day 2: woke up abit earlier than the rest then went out of tent for a breather! stars are still as lovely and my day was started wif a happy thought! went to wake up every single B tent! our group was still as efficient and very quickly, we packed and were ready to go!!!
1st main activity: Dragon Boating
super fun man! the boat got DRAGON HEAD one la! had yeling as our facilitor and he is seriously nice la! the waves were fun, the weather was awesome! no rain, no sun...all the wind (though wrong direction...) we rowed n rowed la....was the only grp to made it to all checkpoints yet reach the shore early :D lucky lucky!!!
2nd main activity: Wakatobi Trail
freaky yet fruitful experience. must seriously thank shi hua! our dear cute facilitator!
used the pro looking GSP that only works if u walk...bashed thru loads of dense plants n vegetation...unable to describe the entire feeling la! coz its UNDESCRIBALE... all in all, we held on, pulled ourselves tgt. the guys helped alot by carrying the 30kg dummy...we sang n sang song after song to keep our spirits high! afterall, we're the grp with the most POSITIVE ENERGY wad!!!
lemme recall come stuff dat happened:
- my shoe when deep INTO the mud and came out black
- the dummy is seriously UNETHICALLY heavy
- the guys were awesome and super gentlemanly
- the gals were very very sweet and man (coz we helped to carry the stretcher too!!!!)
- lu yang got bitten by loads n loads of BIG FAT READ ANTS (freaky accident)
- i got bitten by BIG FAT READ ANTS toooo!! on the forehead n on the hand
- we got so lost our GSP had no signal!!!!!!!!!! ><
- mr tan cheen ming had to come n save us...
- walked a long way b4 we came out of the forest....
had a super long day...some more still got night walk
Main activity 3: Adventure Camp
Its jus a walk wif station games la, we didn wana win la...so we us slacked off and sing sing sing the whole night...one song after another! we shld jus open a sing song club la!!!
KO immeidately after dat....coz was super tired!!!
Day 3: ehh had a wonderful sleep....coz only woke up at 4+ once!
Main activity 1: Rafting...we designed and build the rafte using $200 (fake) given! tried our best to build but the dumb thing couldn balance...xiangying was awesome at the knots and leonard tried his best to stablize the raft. the rest of us helped in every way we could...being cautious of any jellyfishes at the same time...well, in the end, we flipped the entire raft upside down. and TA DAH!!! it floated! then gals sat on the bamboos and i held onto the canoe the guys are using...so off we go!!!! 3m out into sea...then the string i held BROKE n the guys SPLASH! and capsized....haha laugh my head off la!!!!!!!! we're tired n wet....bud we got LOADS OF FUN!!!!!!!!
Main activity 2: Reforestation
- Once in a lifetime experience
- The shaky sampan was the best man! so thrilling!!! as if its gona capsize any moment!
- Water was at the waist
- Every step taken plunge me into the mud
- Had a hard time digging a hole (coz everytime i dig, pulled out my foot, i lose my hole...)
- Planted 5 mangroves saplings in all!
- Very very enriching experince
On the way home...
SAW A FULL COMPLETELY RAINBOW ACROSS THE BLUE SKY!!!!!!!!! SO BEAUTIFUL!!!
Day 4: Woke up at 5.5oam like ytd....rushed to toilet...packed up our stuff....flag raising...eat breakfast...ate the $30 food luyang bought for us...packed tents at an incredible efficient rate...de-briefing...chat wif mr quek abt many many issues...though alot about how to lead one earth...lunch....dig for bags...dig n dig n dig for bags....took bus to ferry terminal...waited 2 hrs at the ferry terminal...bought 6 keychains in all!!!...took the ride back....got off at tanah merah ferry terminal...bus back to school...de-briefing....BREAK CAMP
HEAD TO SUBWAY FOR DINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNER!!!!!
ccal cam was awesome, would be forever etched in my brain!!!! very sleepy le...going to sleep now!
shuna! wrote at
|