OBS! im missing it alr! :(
i think this is gonna be a lonng entry
cos there's simply ALOT to say.
stupid leadership course
so boring. and unfun
but actually it aint so badd
cos i was reluctant to go back yesterday.
monday.
bad start.
brother forgot his file and left in train
so hweeboon and i had to go back to dover to return
so we were kinda late for school!!!
there wasnt any taxis in sight
and it was raining summore.
so pissed off lar.
and i really tot i was gg to get a bad group of 0bs.
erps. paranoid.
reached school and von passed me sum stuff
wahh. she must be jealous.
cos i got 5 pg long letter!!!
haha and alot of tibits to tide me thru obs!
thanks joycelyn and yingmin! =)
haha.took photos in the bus.
looked so dumb.
hehe. reached obs and realised we were residential.
okay this is my watch:
me,von,usarin,chuhui,
peiting,sharyl,carol,fasihah,
shangyi,huijuan,fanny,kairiya,
liling,deborah and sinthu
from
KENG SWEE!
yupp quite nice :)
it din feel good at the start
cos i was only close to von and usarin.
and thru the days.
i think my watch was great!
altho sheng's watch had really nice ple!
haha. oh wellsx.
1st day super boring.
all the admin stuff etc.
ewwks. really wanted to go home ok!
learnt how to belay!
hee quite interesting larhs
haha. but aft dinner
the activities quite fun!
learnt sum first aid skills.
plus abseiling
and kayaking!!!
haha but it was in the swimming pool.
haha. lastly lashing.
yup den sleep.
it was badd cos had to slp in the forest!
oh my gooodness!
so freakkkky!
the tentages were so hot.
and i cldnt slp at all!
so went to the toilet at midnight.
den we decided to move out.
this meant we slept in the open air
wit only a poncho! =/
slept from 1.30 to 3.30
den i cldnt sleep cos damn wet and hot.
yesh so i sat up stright ok!
apparently i was the only one awake
and i think i heard wild boars grunts
so scarry.
so i forced myself to sleeeeep..
tuesday.
kept consoling myself that it wld be a better day.
hmm not too bad.
i think the food served is great!
haha by stamford catering services lor.
hmm and i din eat veggies at all!
hah. we din do much
except for abseiling an rockclimbing.
oh man. we had to wait bloodyhell long for our turn lor.
and i fell asleep.
cos damn bored lar.
we werent exactly divided into our watches
so had to do it one by one=/
yupp but i thinkm rafting was super memorable!
its like keng swee possesed alot of UNITY!
i really mean it okay.
i see everyone playing their part
tying the ropes holding the barrels
i was jus so satisfied.
we were the first to get our boats done
the first to overturn it
the first who prepared to launch off
and who knows.
the barrals overturned the min it went to sea
and every1 suddenly face so black.
so sad that it wasnt a success
after all that confidence we had
so we went back to shore to retye
but it failed once agn
so one by one
kimsan launch off
followed by sheres.
and we requested uncle liew to help us.
this time it really worked!!!(:
altho the same thing happened.
uncle liew said it was normal!
and to think we managed to move!
haha. that was the happiest moment
u cld see everyone faces changed
from happy to dissapointed to happy agn
haha:) kengswee just rocks!!!
so we named it
BANANA BOAT!tralalala.
and when we returned.
our boat turned back to normal!
so we burst into laughter.
commenting how unique our raft was
aichin was laughing at us
telling us how our emotions changed so drastically.
haha we cldnt stop giggling.
so we took a watch photo
so proud of our beautiful raft :)
cheerios!
i loved that instant
and that was probably the only photo our watch took
we din have any other chance.
and i hope audrey wld give the pic to us.
hope it turns well :)
cos its the only memory that is on paper..
yes i love rafting!!
at night was sum orienteering skills
i feel asleep.
so up till now
i dunno how to use a map or compass
to find directions
haha whoops =/
had sweet dreams at night.
the bed was just so comfortable! :)
wednesday.
morning was out in the forest!
my worst experience!
the
wild boar i saw! =/
oh man. i was like the only unlucky one
who saw the furry fugly looking boar!
eeewks! i'll never forget!!
it was a wet and sweaty experience.
esp the one at checkpoint 4
fancy wearing ponchos on a sunny day
gg into the forest.
yuck just to prevent bee stings.
heehee. damn gross.
its not those kind of light ponchos
but those which are really heavy
like army kind de /:
everyone was so demoraelised
cos we cldnt find a single checkpoint lar.
hmpff.
ltr we hadta squeeze all ur stuff into 3 barrels.
which was BAD!
cos the barrel was far too small larh!
so we spent too longg.
den learn how to kayak!
damn fun ;)
but the wait was longg.
b4 we were off to sea.
heehee.
but the water was really choopy.
damn hard to paddle.
and me and yvoone banged to this boat.
haha.
so they called us back to shore.
and cancelled our journey to campsite 2
hmm.
kinda disappointing
but i guess we'll never make it there
in those kind of conditions.
yup so the instructors made a right choice huh?
as much as i was kinda pissed off.
haha. had outdoor cooking.
fun :)
but kinda gross.
cos my messstin had sand in it!
so i was eating mushroom rice with sand
i almost puked i tell u.
GROSS!!!! :/
despite the fact that the currychicken and anchovies were quite nice.
i hated that dinner
and i really wondered how the mobile grp survive
with those yucky food.
eeeks. but most ple said the food was great tho.
bleahs.
briefing on the sea expedition was GREAT!
made me so super excited lahs.
i just wanted to complete the journey
which was almost impossible
22.5km! arnd pulau ubin.
my goodness.
the thought was kinda scary.
haha. it was a goal. i wanted to achieve(:
so yupp my watch packed the stuff at nite
while others went to bed early.
seriously.
it think kengswee is really hardworking.
with ple like carol
we'll always get things done!
thanks so much!
and i guess each one of us have different abilities
like peiting is good at pitching tents
haha and we have huijuan.
our redcross girl :)
and sharyl. super daring de!
haha i love kengsweee!
the ultimate watch:)
camped outdoors.
near flying fox.
and that stupid place was so rocky.
damn painful lar.
hurts when i sleep.
hah probably cos von and i giggled too much
but its really funny
the way she sprayed insect repellant
and how "fragrant" it was
haha kept pushign von to her left.
cos i din want her to rolll over me
haha! damn funny :))
thursday.
woke up arnd 530
while others woke up at 5.
cos we slept the latest
yupp and everyone was tired mah
but despite all that.
we were still the first to pack our tents
haha and the stuff were all packed liao :)
everyone was so excited abt the sea expedition
haahah so at 7 we went to the jetty and moved the kayaks
and this stupid instructor
let the mobile grp go first lar
so much for our hardwork!
hmpff. i know most of us were super pissed.
so much for our effort.
wake up early so that we wun be late
and so that we cld finish the whole journey.
TSK!!!!
finally set off arnd 9am
after all the capsize drills.
oh man. so scary lar.
we took so long to be saved
haha but when it came to fenghui's
and genevieve's turn
it was ALOT faster.
i guess we were more PRO liaos.
hahahaha:)
yupp i was damn excited okay.
so von and i peddled and peddled.
wahh so fun lar!!!
but who knows.
the calm water began to be choppy.
and dunno why
we kept rafting tgt.
wasting lotsa time.
everyone seem damn pissed.
and everything was suddenly very bad
we cldnt move cos the wind kept blowing us back
and we were too near the rocks.
almost gg to capsize
i felt so hopeless lar
totally wanting to give up
and just at this time
a kayak capsized.
oh man. it was so scary
cos everyone was just crowding arnd.
not helping to save them.
so its lik we took really long to save them
cos their kayak was alr submerged in the water
hmm. in the end.
we had to stop on the shore.
cos we really cldnt proceed any longer.
that time was so saddening
i was kinda demoraelised
cos i really wanted to complete the journey
but sumhow
we all knew it was impossible.
cos we kept stopping after 5 mins
and at that speed we'll never mk it there :(
so we jus rested. and ate our biscuits
damn hungry larhs.
waited for the rain to pass
and ethel kept laughing at me!
cs i said the ship was fumigating the place and she din believe me okays!
i feel so dumb.
and im not lame! :/
haha.
finally after a long long wait.
things started to be better.
the sky cleared and once agn we were ready to set off!
haha i pee-ed first!
damn funny.
cos all of us went to the sea and squat
b4 we cld pee! so hilarious :)
so off we went.
and things seem much much better
we moved as a grp.
and von and i were right in front!
almost the first 5.
haha so we din wanna be at the back
so we kept pushing ourselves.
to stay front and not to drift.
Hope and Faith kept us going.
we kept chanting that
esp the left right left right
ahah and it really worked.
we cld peddle so so fast!
and do we din give up!
so happy when we cld see frog island!
the first stopover!
haha so we peddled even faster u know.
haha with ultra alot of confidence!
jus kept gg like dragon boat liddat
so finally we reached!!!
and we saw the mobile grp abt to reach to!
oh my.
do u know we took like 2 hours less den them?!
thats sense of accomplishment was simply great!
we never expected to even reach frog island
cos our target was to be there by1pm
who knows.
we were abt an hour earlier.
so we din have to turn back!
damn happy lar.
and we cld finally eat!
yes digestive biscuits!
so yummmy :)
hahahaha. the feeling was awesome! :D
we set off agn at 1245.
this time we were the last to leave the island.
cos we helped the others first
and our lead markers, fayanne and debbie
had ants in their kayaks.
so we helped them a lil
b4 we left that plc.
hmm. that time was simply horrible
i din know why.
but the bend seemed ultra long.
and we cldnt move properly.
the wave kept gg against us lar.
after barely a few mins.
i really wanted to give up.
i just wanted to throw my peddle and stop kayaking.
what crap lor.
all that hard pushes.
we cldnt seem to move.
yes so frustrating!!!
plus the sun was blooodyhell hot
look at everyone faces.
wahh all wanna give up alr lor.
thats when the encouragement really helped:)
so we pushed on
and survived that ordeal.
but the journey was really tiring.
and the feeling of being at the back sucked full time!
hmm cs von was feeling sea sick.
see her face so pale i really din know what to do.
kinda afraid she'll jus faint u know.
and she so stubborn
dun wanna drink water summore.
mk me more irritated
yes but sorry lar.
cant helped.
we kept scolding each other.
and i was getting more and more paranoid.
each time we were near an obstacle
i kept asking her to steer right of left.
yahh very very tiring okay.
and the heat was unbearable.
tot we cld stop at sume kellong.
but we just went on..
so i went to the sea twice.
to pee.
haha. kept bumping into marsha and wanting.
annual sorry day :)
haha.
in the end, we sorta gave up
just decided to peddle at the back.
it was damn funny!
cos may, shuwie,ethel,yuxiang,siti,sheng
i think were all irritated by the same person!
haha it was so fun lar.
the way they moved on.
haha. really liven up the mood.
haha.and nicole and chunzi blamed von for almost capsizing them
haha really a fun experience alrights.
heehee kept asking ethel to let us pass
cos we din wanna be the last boat
haha so just pushed on lor.
our arms were aching damn badly
plus i cld feel the sunburnt.
so painful that i keep stopping
just wished to drift in the water lor.
yahh okay maybe i was too paranoid lar.
but at the same tiem
i was worried abt our safetly lor.
heh heh. von suddenly got back her energy
after a long long while.
so we tried to row as fast as we cld.
to catch up with her few others.
but we kept bumping into ahem lar.
haha but nvm. cant be helped
just as we saw the jetty at campsite one
we were ultra ultra happy!
that was like our goal.
that cheered us up alot.
we din know we cld see the ending so fast
cos the water was really hard to peddle in.
all the stilts were our obstacles okay.
den yahh we pushed ourselves to the limits.
esp the last part.
my arms were really gg to break ler
but yet, we PERSERVERED.
we wanted to finish the journey so badly.
we jus wanted to do smth meaningful.
and the last part.
was indeed the MOST memorable for me.
the waves kept pushing us back.
the journey seemed never ending.
we din seem to move any forward
but yet, we did not seee all this as obstacles.
instead that self confidence was built
and we pushed on
peddling as hard and as fast as we ever cld.
just a bit more and we were reaching.
lotsa encouragement came out.
each did our part to ensure we'll reach there safely.
and unbellievably.
WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!
my happiness cant be expressed at that time.
cos when i came outta the boat.
i cldnt even stand still.
the butt cramps and all.
and feelign awfully cold
stumbbled abit
and almost fell to the sea.
heh obviously i din :)
went to the toilet
and saw my face damn burnt!!
it was ultra red
plus bloodshot eyes.
but not too painful yet.
cept for my shoulders lar.
hmm so washed my feet.
and got rid of the sand
haha. saw hweeboon.
and told her my GREAT achievement at sea.
i was just so happy.
cos we reached at 4pm!
the instructors were equally happy at our success.
cos they tot we'll only reach at arnd 6 plus?
hahaha. the feling was just superb!
-thumbs up to everyone :)
im so proud okays!
i cldnt belive myself kayakign for 6 wh0le hours.
arnd pulau ubin.
mayeb much more than 22.5km
since we cldnt peddle straight all the time
but the experience was fantastic i tell you!
i really din mind gg again!
haha =))
my biggest sense of accomplishment
at least it was smth meaningful after those broing dats initially.
so we went to pack up
taking turns to bathe.
i cldnt really bathe properly lar.
cos the sunburnt hurt alot.
so i just applied lots of aloe vera.
hahaha.
i was so thankful we reached early.
cos a storm came right after we kayaked.
thank God! (:
i think dinner was the most fun too!
ahaha i became shuwie's lobster fwen :)
heh and my watch was just so hyper.
everyone was eating and felt we were bobbing up and down.
haha first time i ate so damn slowly lar
cos my hand hurts so badly tt i cldnt really lift them up
haha. so when i finished my food.
it seemed like we all caught the LAUGHING DISEASE!
i think it started wit usarin and i.
i cant recall what we were talking abt.
but i think its tofu.
haha lets see.
uu said: tofu soup agn.
den she said may said it wll smoothen ur skin
i said: yahh i eat tofu the first
but chuhui and i heard it as:
may said tofu will enlarge our boobs.
and i said: yeahh thats why i ate it first.
so we all burst into laughter.
and sumhow
i din understand what was happening
until uu mentioned.
haha. so we laughed till we teared lor.
and usarin cldnt swallow her food.
after tt we kept laughin at the slightest things okay
haha uu din wanna see von n i
so we decided to let her have some peace and eat finish first
haha and she tot that the sour sop drink was barely!!
haah and i joked saying cos she added her rice into it
omg. so hilarious.
i laughed till my sides hurt so badly okay.
hahaha. and next we saw peiting and fanny laughing
abt i dunno what.
but it was just so funny
the atmosphere suddenly became so light-hearted lar.
haha and shangyi was lifting her shirt to let huijuan check out her mosquito bite
haha that was actually the happiest day of the OBS trip
it was like.
i jus loved my watch, KENG SWEE.
alot alot alot.
it was filled with damn funnny ple.
and i made new fwens.
haha. i think it was a fun bunch to hang out wit.
seriously, i think i really enjoyed myself.
that night was just the best!
haha. but the solo nite walk was freaky.
they brought us to a pretty plc.
that cld see "giraffes" and m'sia
haha the plc we kayaked acros too.
den we were made to go back
one by one. all alone in the darkness.
i tell you, i was scared to my wits.
at first, i kept consoling myself.
cos the fears were all psycological.
i knew ntg wld happen.
bt i started hearing footsteps.
and suddenly sumone called my name
it sounded alot lik usarin.
so i turned back
and all i saw was a piece of darkness
it scared me even more.
so i started walking damn fast lar.
and when i heard my name the second time
i knew i was reaching
since i cld see the green light.
it was only then
when von told me she called my name twice
like wth.
i wldnt havent been so afraid if she din do that
it like terrible =/
but i felt another sense of accomplishment
the 2nd in the day.
i cant believe myself walking thru the forest
all alone.
wifout the torchlight.
I DID IT!
oh man. i was just so happy.
haha. i tot of many things that night.
how i managed to over come my fears.
how i realised that each time i was just scaring myself only
actually all these are just in the head.
its ntg more that psycological fears.
so we have to overcome this
b4 we cld lead well in life.
theres just so much to be shared that day.
so much i;ve learnrt
thru the kayaking experience
plus the solo night walk
those we the times
i'll never forget
its just super meaningful lar.
and i really enjoyed it.
jus as found out the other grp din do solo nite walk
but instead they did it in pairs.
we seemed even more accomplished
by curbing our fears.
haah! so we had a great night out there.
and green bean soup for dinner.
b4 we tucked ourselves neatly to bed.
while von kept staring at me
jus cos i was drinking water
to get rid of my bloodshot eyes.
haha paranoid.
i cldnt slp to one side.
cos my arms were hurting badly.
and von's sunburnt looked like she put blusher.
friday.
woke up once my alarm rang
and saw von looking at me still!
with her eyes slightly opened only.
STALKER!
hmpff.
hahah. it was 6am then.
washed up b4 waking the others up.
they looked so tired.
so peaceful sleeping.
so i only woke them up at 6.30.
hahaha. packed our stuff up.
folded the bedsheets etc
b4 we proceeded for breakfast.
as usual, kengswee was the first :)
wit etg packed and done.
while others din bring this and that.
haha. assembled at the poolside.
b4 we went back to tidy up our store rooms.
yes it was pretty tiring.
cos we had to scrub all the mess tins
for sheres and kimsan too!
cos they were doing flying fox mahs
yeah. i was that scared cos they say it was scary at all.
but i think i was kinda unlucky at that time.
cos i slipped on the grass and fell on my butt.
den while i was climbing the 22m tower
i hit my head against sum pole.
ouch lor. =/
and when i reached. i banged my head against the stopper
lik what the crapp.
i shut my eyes when i leapt off.
cos i was kinda scared.
but it wasnt that bad after all!
cos the impact aint too scary
it was gradual and the scenery was awesome!
haha. the wind blowing against my face was so nice lar!
i dun mind doing it agn!
but this time.
i wldnt shut my eyes at all.
cos i think i missed out sum great scenery.
pouts-
cant belive that was the longest flying fox in southeast asia
we were given time to buy our tee shirts after tt
the small size super bigg lar.
tried it and i realised it loks terrible on me
esp wit school skirt okay
cos the sleeve so huge.
and it looked totally oversized on me!
i shudd have bot xs or smth.
regretful :/
hmm lunch. our last meal there:(
we took a foto whilst eating
and von claimed tt usarin was self obsessed.
haha.
i guess we shudd have taken a proper foto
cos there wasnt any time after tt.
quite sad lar.
no concrete evidence we were from kengswee
sobs-
gathered at the new learning room
and with shuxian and uncle liew
we shared our thoughts and emotions
yes a great experience in fact
haah and von tol everyone i ws paranoid okay!
malu :/
heh but yupp it was really a great experience for me lar
and everyone kept mocking at me
RED LOBSTER!hmpfff-
i think the instructors were very satisfied with us okay
they said our speed of kayaking was 5km per hour
really fast in fact
and they din think we cld complete the journey initially
but i guess we proved them wrong!
and so we derserve a round of applause :)
haha i clapped so damn loudly
cos i was just so happy
i really really cannot seem to accept th fact that we completed that okay
wheeeee- we rocked.
certificates were issued
and we were rushed to the jetty
the place where we did our jetty jump
haah tasting the salty water
with oil!
haha but fun :)
the instructors promised us a grp photo.
but who knows.
they cheated our feelings okay
its like everyone boareded the ship le
den they said goodbye to us
wit only shukor coming along.
that time ar my heart shattered into a million pieces lar.
as much as i wanted to leave so badly on the first day
i din wanna go back.!!!
yes think im too emotional liao
cos i started tearing.
just cldnt resist my tears.
and made von tear too!
heh uu sat beside us
and think we made her tear too!
goodness i shudd have control my feelings lar
i felt so silly.
btu i really missed them
altho their older and stuff
they're nice and caring ple after all
esp uncle liew
he constantly praises us ok
made us so much more confident lor
sigh- i miss obs.
opened the window to let the wind blow dry our teary eyes.
sobs-
guess i've really learnt alot yahh?
the journey back to school was rather longg.
and may and fayanne sat behind us
they kept cracking silly jokes
liveniening up the atmosphere
such as setting up barshas outsides our homes
kayakin in the pond
and many more lar k
haaha. fell asleep very quickly
cos i was tired and all.
think i slept on von's shoulder
cos i felt lik i was hitting sumone
reached sch and eunice tot i cried
cos she said my eyes were damn red
yahh it sure was
after i checked it out in the toilet
was totally shocked.
haha was supposed to go back with hweeboon
but i think she left first
cos the mobile ple reached sch alot earlier lar
hmm so the journey home was long
and i hadta carry my bag on my hands while walkin to redhill
so tiring cos my shoulders were damn painful
yup met qixin on the train
and i think everyone was staring at us lar
heh qx's bag was relly huge!
and i totally looked liek lobster
haha. but it was the first camp i din feel so tired okay
yeahh and i think i'll cherish this OBS alot.
made many friends
learnt many skills
and found out many things abt myself
sum things which i've never discovered it b4
and i guess thats wat OBS is really for
to find out more abt yourself
pushing yourself to the limits
and discover the real ME:)
so glad that it was a fun and enriching and beneficial experience
seriously, i'll never forget it for eternity!
i just wished we cld turn back time
and at least take a photo at OBS
where my memories could stay forever....
i really wanna go back to OBS! :(cant believe i spent 3 hours up
dating my blog :/