| MARSHALL! |
[Jun. 1st, 2008|12:48 pm] |
Picchas up soon; first the events.
DAY 1
Gathered at Pungol Jetty ( i was early for one bloody hour) and then took the boat to Pulau Ubin. Everyone was damm high hehe. Anyway, we gathered at the expedition grounds and then they divided us up into groups and im in Marshall! So we went to the multi-purpose hall (mph) and had some sort of briefing. Marshall's instructor was Yvonne and along with me, was Jia Xin Amira Pratika Angelica Shu Jue Dodo Liu Wei Gabriel Glen Jamie Brandon Lorenzo Cornelius. Huan Ying was supposed to be in Marshall but she had some sort of allergy and went home. Okay then we had a tour of the facilities and went to the bunks and looked and the store blah blah. Changed into long sleeved clothes and went for lunch at the cookhouse. Had to wash our dirty dishes by ourselves. After that, we went KAYAKING.My partners were shujue and lorenzo.Had some drills and we did capsizing. It was hilarious. We were rocking the kayak so we could practise capsize but me and shujue were so scared that when we were supposed to fall off, me and shujue leaned to the other side and we didnt fall off. so we kayaked to this part of the island ( not very far away) and stood on the boat :D Super scary but fun! Hehehe. Kayaked back and then um we did Jetty Jump. Like COOL. I was saying my wish halfway when i jumped so i ended up screaming like i wish for marshallYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Hahahaha. Anyway, then we bathed and went for dinner at the cookhouse. Learnt to pitch tents ( I WAS DAMM PISSED) and then we had a debrief and then went to sleep.
Was even more pissed because of certain ----- levels.
Day 2
Woke up and did morning PT. Had breakfast at the cookhouse, washed and dried the dishes ( already sick of it). Changed blah blah the usual. Went to MPH and wrote in journals, kept dozing off. Anyway, we did height elements that i failed. Didnt manage past the third step before going EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH. Anyway, i was feeling damm sick so Yvonne brought me to the sick bay and i slept in the medical centre for 2 hours ( in A/C but was super -- to really enjoy it). Went back to bunks and speed-packed. Then we hiked all the way to camp 2. Dark but it was cooling. Reached and cooked dinner. Prawn-flavored noodles with baby corn and mushrooms! Hahaha. Washed up and had a small debrief before going to sleep in the tents.
Day 3( Worse Day ever)
Woke up, did a bit of PT and then had breakfast. THat was when i really felt like puking at everything. In short, we did hiking and finding checkpoints. This is the part when im going to feel damm proud of myself no matter what: :
I WALKED 10KM NO SHIT.
We had to walk from west( where camp 2 was) to the south and then back to the north. It was fun at times though. Singing chinese songs with the prcs, singing english songs with amira and pratika, by now with jiaxin and counting hundreds with amira and shujue! We even played 7-Up ( Glen Amira Me Shu Jue). Once again, thank you guys for carrying the tents, thank you people for encouraging us slowpokes, thank you prcs for helping to find the checkpoints, thank you glen and gabriel for helping us girls carry the bloody bottles on the pole. We had lunch at this yellow shrine where all a german girl accidentally died.
Guess how she died ( no offense)
BY ACCIDENTALLY FALLING INTO THE QUARRY BEHIND HER HOUSE WHEN ESCAPING FROM SOLDIERS!
She's not say special but she's like one of the so-called landmarks of pulau ubin, like a god that blesses the island! Im amazed. No offense german girl! Im just a little amazed.
Hiked to campsite and i was feeling really terrible (than ever) and even more when i saw the kayaking people Barker and Sui Sen. We were supposed to camp at this place where it was infested with aedes mosquitoes and trash lying around but changed last minute because stray dogs were sighted to eat the trash around the campsite. So we had to walk back to the beach and started pitching tents blah blah.
At that moment, i was damm upset. No kidding. Tired legs, not enough sleep, hungry ( but i couldnt eat considering i wanted to puke at everything) ,mosquitoes biting me and so many other things were like rocks thrown against a glass wall. Then someone told me that on thursday, we were going to hike back to camp 1 and the kayaking people were going to kayak back and i was like on the verge of breaking down already. Then when i saw the kayaking people i cried. But thank god for yvonne. She talked to me and everything and gave me oreos to munch on cause i was damm hungry and like, while i was telling her why i cried, i was munching on the biscuit. Bet i look dumb. Anyway, we had curry porridge for dinner and MY BRILLIANT IDEA :D Hahaha. I gave the idea of cooking porridge and i helped cook it! It was super nice but i ate only a little ( wanted to puke). Had mini sea expedition briefing and went to sleep. I was excluded from watch duty( against wild boars, stray dogs and people who were going to steal the instructors' boat) so i could sleep till 6.
Day 4
Woke up and stayed in tent cause there were alot of lightning activity in the skies. Was almost falling asleep when keith suddenly popped his head in our window and we screamed ( make it me only). Twice. Hahahha. Packed up, breakfast and went kayaking. My kayaking partners were the fellow ahs-ians Glen and Gabriel and i must really thank them. Gabriel for not complaining when i keep accidentally whacking him with my paddle, Glen for not complaining when i couldnt paddle powerfully, The both of them for not complaining that i couldnt paddle well ( plus i wasnt feeling well) and for not complaining when we paddled to the instructors' boat for my pills. And even, thank you, for telling me not to 逞强 if i couldnt row. The 3G Boat! Hahah. Okay we paddled for like 11km and we beached up around 7km and washed the kayaks. Continued paddling after lunch on the beach and we stopped at the place we kayaked to on Day 1 and we stoood on the boats again and cheered/sing! hahaha. Toook pictures and then kayaked back.
I swear i was damm happy to see camp 1. We washed the kayaks, and packed the stuff and then took a bath. SUPER NICE. Loves. Pitched tents and then had dinner and stuff and then we had our night walk! Walked to this activity place ( same route as the route to camp 2) and we did tunneling. It was quite easy cause Marshall got the tunnels while Munshi got the caves. And the tunnels were damm smooth ( but dark). Walked back and didnt talk at all. People were getting paranoid at the sight of moving bushes. Anyway, went back, took another bath and went to sleep in the tents. Was laughing throughout and finally fell asleep.
Day 5
I woke up with a swollen lip and a weak stomach so we were damm late for PT. Skipped PT, sat with Angelica, Kent, Pratika and ShaoJie who dropped his specs into the quarry. Hahaha. Okay then had breakfast and we packed our bags and the store and then we talked about the experiences we had and stuff and distributed the food not eaten during the outdoor expeditions. Did height elements, the leap of faith and even though i didnt catch the trapeze ( which only the guys + pratika did), im proud of myself for choosing that height element and actually jumping. :D DIdnt have much time for souvenier shopping and we did our eating plus washing in record time : 15 minutes! 2 ppl shared one plate and cup so we have lesser to wash and more time to shop! Rushed and bought stuff. I bought Tshirts, notebooks and a pin which im going to wear with pride :D Went to MPH and got our certs + photos and my electronic devices back.
I <3 my DS + IPOD + PHONE + PURSE.
Took the boat back to Pungol Jetty and bused back to school with Shitty Stone. Dad gave her a ride so we had fun talking about our experiences during OBS. hahaha.
Okay PICCHAS! in next post :D |
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